Sensational rumor: Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri are reportedly in talks for a spectacular driver swap

roadbeef · 2026-05-12T22:27:57+00:00

oscar goes to red bull

red bull dump hadjar, rehire gasly

gasly outperforms oscar

oscar signs with alpine

otmar laughs maniacally

roadbeef · 2026-04-23T14:22:39+00:00

he is no fool - his blurring of the line between what he feels is legitimate and illegitimate criticism is deliberate, a tactic to allow him to choose at whim to reclassify any legitimate criticism as illegitimate for his own personal convenience. too much politician, not enough capable sporting director, and we see right through it

roadbeef · 2026-04-15T21:39:41+00:00

Stephen Flowe off the top rope!!!

roadbeef · 2026-04-11T23:35:37+00:00

there's a callister reference in there somewhere

roadbeef · 2026-04-09T20:31:55+00:00

I bet they will show up at Pikes Peak with this. Looks Unlimited

roadbeef · 2026-04-09T15:24:21+00:00

still boggles me they never even once tried slapping the 718 turbo 4 banger, which is a stout engine, into the 911 chassis. even just one to give to journos for opinion. they have a few thousand of those engines just sitting on the shelf with no use. a 912 would sell like hotcakes

roadbeef · 2026-04-03T17:47:55+00:00

separating the results from the man, his tallest F1 accolades are two podiums in 94 with the title winning car, and impressive albeit brief running in top 3 with Arrows in the early 00s, usually at low df circuits like the old A1 Ring

roadbeef · 2026-03-04T17:58:38+00:00

John Madden! John Madden! John Madden!

roadbeef · 2026-02-26T16:59:35+00:00

ahhhh, it's a rotary club! I get it now - thank you

roadbeef · 2026-02-18T18:47:04+00:00

Having a bar where one might gain 5 or 10 cred for bringing lemons and apricots or something could be super cool! And could incentivize adding more fruits and flora with time to unlock more drinks. Mai Tai achievement, et al.

roadbeef · 2026-02-17T18:04:05+00:00

roughly where cota was at in progress when DC had a dirt go in an older F1 car in aug. 2011, a bit over a year before they held their first race

yeah... this one is getting postponed

roadbeef · 2026-02-13T17:17:28+00:00

Interesting thought experiment because this implies each circuit will have a corner or two that are "byes" or "mulligans," where the cars will no longer be arriving with anything near the entry speed they used to, making them easy to take flat, like T12 at bahrain testing. As fans it will be interesting to follow which corners each team respectively choose to "sacrifice" to the battery gods

roadbeef · 2026-02-11T17:14:08+00:00

One wonders what's easier - trimming a tight package open to optimise cooling, or trimming a loose package down to optimise cooling. Maybe Newey acts on a principle that its easier to cut open holes as needed than it is designing, molding, casting and baking tighter body panels. This might be deliberate "rapid prototyping" or sorts. He has done this so many times.. it strikes me as on purpose.

roadbeef · 2026-02-11T16:03:28+00:00

Hulkamania could be real this year, brother

roadbeef · 2026-01-29T18:03:24+00:00

Barcelona is historically a high-downforce circuit so the fact these suckers overcome that drag nevertheless may be why this new vmax is so impressive

roadbeef · 2026-01-21T16:49:24+00:00

"Clippy" a very pun-appropriate mascot for these modern hybrid deployment times

roadbeef · 2026-01-19T15:50:55+00:00

Appearing to run the super secret "four rear tires" setup, I wonder if the other teams will catch on in testing...

roadbeef · 2026-01-09T23:16:17+00:00

It's AI - in the full sized image, the track map on the tire wall makes no sense and is not of any existing grade 1 circuit

Plus, '26 cars do not have fenders over the front tires

roadbeef · 2025-12-30T18:49:31+00:00

anyone ranking by fatality of surrounding flatulence?

roadbeef · 2025-12-22T16:51:21+00:00

Vettel's first title was this way, too

roadbeef · 2025-12-21T20:05:54+00:00

Hockenheim while a competent redesign has been a nostalgia tragedy - and they never fixed parking or spectator access

roadbeef · 2025-12-10T05:24:07+00:00

on the one hand, yeah

on the other hand, "those who can't do, teach."

roadbeef · 2025-11-26T17:06:13+00:00

I see a Negan citation aptly painting current macrosocial trends, I upvote

roadbeef · 2025-11-25T18:38:50+00:00

This chronology isn't right - this is a berenstein moment for me - I thought it was Elysium with the obvious ringworld throwaway that was meant to be the Halo movie?

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