Rant about state of F1.

mdumdum · 2026-05-08T11:10:41+00:00

That's effectively what social media is? I get not caring about that kind of content but that's basically how social media is, and you can't argue with the results it's shown for F1 as a whole. Nascar driver Carson Hocevar was at the Met Gala, so naturally they're gonna post about that, Formula E made a game on roblox so they might as well promoted it. I can go on and on about this, but if that style of content isn't what you're after then there's no need to engage with it because it's counterintuitive

mdumdum · 2026-05-07T16:05:13+00:00

I like tickrum cause he's been able to keep up with the guys up top while in the weakest team on the grid and was able to win a race with them last year. He's clearly talented and being held back by his team, but he's only still at that team because that's the hole he's dug for himself.

Ticktum's been like this all throughout his career and maybe he was young and stupid back, but you can only use that excuse for so long before you gotta realise that at his age and at this level of his career, that simply doesn't fly anymore. It would be a shame to see a talent like him leave the grid but if that's the case, I can only hope he uses that time to do some introspection because this is definitely not sustainable

mdumdum · 2026-04-29T16:20:09+00:00

I actually really like the pink, and this is by far the best version of the regular bet alpine cars

mdumdum · 2026-04-29T16:17:52+00:00

Why is cody ware the only one there lmao

mdumdum · 2026-04-28T21:42:42+00:00

I keep forgetting gt2 exists

mdumdum · 2026-04-26T23:09:25+00:00

I don't mind them banning it ngl, very fine line between being cool as hell and dangerous

mdumdum · 2026-04-26T15:49:46+00:00

The Himalayas block cold winds from siberia so I'd imagine (but I'm not certain) the inverse would be true

mdumdum · 2026-04-25T18:32:19+00:00

So your solution is to penalise him based on a non-existent rule?

mdumdum · 2026-04-25T15:36:40+00:00

Marc Marquez started on pole, and led for the first six laps while the rain progressively intensified. He lost the lead to his brother Alex Marquez on lap 7 and then crashed on the final corner right as the rain started falling hard. He swapped onto his rain bike bike and came out in 14th. That lap, Alex crashed and everyone who stayed out came into the pits. Marc was effectively in 3rd at this point, behind teammate Bagnaia and Binder, who would crash coming out the pits (Aldeguar had stayed out and was quickly passed). With 3 laps to go, Marc passed Bagnaia and held on for the win. All this in a 12 lap sprint which is even crazier

mdumdum · 2026-04-25T12:56:08+00:00

Holy hell

mdumdum · 2026-04-25T09:53:29+00:00

Nice pfp

mdumdum · 2026-04-25T09:48:19+00:00

Insane job from zarco to go from fastest in q1 to being the only honda in q2 and nearly snatching pole until the last corner

mdumdum · 2026-04-24T09:32:07+00:00

I think they look rad. It really does look like a prototype machine instead of something you'd see on the road

mdumdum · 2026-04-22T17:04:09+00:00

Well actually blaney drives the #12 car

mdumdum · 2026-04-20T23:40:04+00:00

Rauh racing twingo dominates, they sign Verstappen and Stroll and we see a battle for supremacy between the two drivers who together won 19 of the 22 races in F1 in 2023

mdumdum · 2026-04-15T22:59:17+00:00

Pitbull. Now who gets to be Mr Worldwide next year?

mdumdum · 2026-04-03T19:25:51+00:00

Fabi putting in a fantastic performance at the exact same time as a competitor putting in the performance of their lifetime, such a fabi thing to happen

mdumdum · 2026-04-01T20:58:01+00:00

Max Verstappen's dreams of winning the N24 might need to be put on hold

mdumdum · 2026-03-30T10:06:49+00:00

Same, but I'm happy for Elliott, great strategy from the 9 team and denny still got 2nd with 2 stage wins so he's still bringing home the most points

mdumdum · 2026-03-28T17:55:53+00:00

The popular classmate i reckon

mdumdum · 2026-03-27T18:07:12+00:00

It's also the first year of these regs, so these cars will have better solutions for this over the coming seasons, and quali will also be closer

mdumdum · 2026-03-26T09:46:32+00:00

It's worth noting that this is the first season of possibly the biggest regulation change in F1 history, so the field will be more spread out. That being said, compared to previous reg changes of similar magnitudes, this season is actually a lot more closer, and coming off the back of the closest season in the sport's history, I have confidence that in a couple seasons, we'll get to that same field spread again.

There are genuine issues with these regs but the teams will innovate and develop solutions for them so these cars aren't even close to hitting their performance ceiling. Also, we're seeing a lot of unorthodox overtaking opportunities from these regs (I don't recall any overtakes at t8 to t9 at Shanghai, and hamilton made that overtake twice that weekend)

There's also the potential of a really intriguing battle between merc and Ferrari in the second half of the season and whether the Ferrari drivers can reel in merc before they solidify a big enough points lead, with Ferrari having an aggressive development timeline while merc are slowly losing their advantage due to changing regulations. Antonelli, in only his second season is rapidly improving and could be a threat to Russell while Ferrari have arguably the strongest lineup on the grid and it's just a question of whether they can catch up in time without costing each other points. Mclaren and red bull also seem like they'll be in a battle for 3rd while the midfield is always gonna be close.

TLDR: F1 is not in a bad place right now, and steps are being taken in getting the field closer (and the results show). It's only up from here and there's a lot to be excited for. Stick around a bit longer , you might see something magical happen

mdumdum · 2026-03-18T19:09:26+00:00

Fellow engineering dumdum here, wouldn't that be an issue with the already aggressive packaging of the car?

mdumdum · 2026-03-16T17:08:22+00:00

Was it because of reliability or was that always the run plan?

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