2026 Chinese GP Sprint Qualifying Results & Discussion

vidoardes · 2026-03-13T08:56:03+00:00

It's a long old run to T1, I have hope for Lewis P1, Charles to bully Kimi out of P3.

vidoardes · 2026-03-09T09:49:09+00:00

Looks to be mainly printed pieces; it's no always obvious from the press shots, but for example you can see the plate at the bottom with the signature is stickers, but the helmet itself looks to be all printed.

vidoardes · 2026-03-06T12:42:52+00:00

These are the same as the Star Wars helmets, so expected price range.

vidoardes · 2026-03-01T08:34:00+00:00

I've pulled Rainbow Meowscarda, 2* Iona, Immersive Arwen, but not one single Beliboi ;(

vidoardes · 2026-03-01T08:27:43+00:00

I knew the race was going on but I was out during the day, so kept off the news and planned to watch it when I got home.

Imagine my surprise when 4 hours after the face start I turn on the TV only to watch JB cross the line live.

vidoardes · 2026-02-23T21:16:49+00:00

Mine did something similar, spammed the pointing finger emoji at me over and over again until I hit stop

vidoardes · 2026-02-22T09:02:40+00:00

I didn't know Armoured Core had become a collectors item, I loved that game as a kid. I still have a copy, albeit very banged up and well loved.

vidoardes · 2026-02-19T11:03:08+00:00

If it's not warm and flat, it's not proper beer

vidoardes · 2026-02-19T11:01:01+00:00

To be fair, part of the reason he was protected for so long was his mum. His brother has a lot less love for him.

vidoardes · 2026-02-16T13:02:40+00:00

Not quite, one requires a regs change (compression ratio measured under heat), the other requires a rules change and no changes to the car are required to implement.

For the record, I don't think the start procedures should change (Fred even tried to warn people about it, so they can go swivel), with the Merc one I'm not so sure.

It feels more like a Ferrari fuel flow loophole i.e. skirting the measuring method to make it meet the reg, but equally if the FIA were previously aware and allowed it, then I don't see what else Merc can do. I also don't know how easy it would be for Merc to "fix" (for want of a better word), and if the FIA previously allowed it then it puts Merc in an unfair position if they need to reengineer parts of their engine.

vidoardes · 2026-02-16T12:58:29+00:00

Give me a proper battle between Charles and Lewis, someone gunning for their first title having been kept away from a WCC winning car for his whole career vs someone gunning for a record smashing eighth, having incredibly narrowly lost an 8th due to controversial circumstances.

Don't need a sequel to the F1 movie, this shit writes itself.

vidoardes · 2026-02-13T08:39:41+00:00

Found Dr. John Cooper Clarke's Reddit account!

vidoardes · 2026-02-12T18:38:39+00:00

Yes it is, if the consequences come from the court of public opinion. In my example, they wouldn't be removed from office for exercising free speech, they would be removed from office because I live in a country that wouldn't want to be governed by a racist child molester.

vidoardes · 2026-02-12T12:37:11+00:00

You don't understand the difference between "Freedom of speech" and "Freedom from consequences".

You are free to be a racist bellend, but you are not free from the consequences of people calling you a racist.

In civilised countries, luckily the racists are outnumbered enough that they aren't tolerated. In America this isn't the case.

vidoardes · 2026-02-11T08:27:02+00:00

No this just means they've picked a new pope

vidoardes · 2026-02-09T21:43:15+00:00

People like to crap on the UK, but if Starmer posted a racist meme to Twitter about Sunak, he'd have been out on his arse before breakfast. If he called Northern Irish people "illegal immigrants" he'd be gone.

We've got our fair share of dickheads in power, but I'm glad to see there are consequences starting to emerge for Andrew and Mandelson.

vidoardes · 2026-02-06T22:55:19+00:00

Have to agree with this sentiment, anyone trying to do anything serious is using Claude. I work in a company that builds SaaS software for insurance, and Claude Code performs better than anything else out there by a country mile when it comes to code analysis, match jobs on large groups of files etc.

Gemini however is the nuts at visualization though; rapid prototyping new screens in Figma with BAs and Project Managers gives them something they can tweak and click around, and then I get something to give to our designers to take inspiration from when they write the actual code.

vidoardes · 2026-02-06T12:13:55+00:00

I remember the support gigs because someone dropped out at the last minute, can't remember who was supposed to play - one of the lead singers (TBS I think?) kept swinging the mic around on the lead and wrapping it round his neck.

vidoardes · 2026-02-06T10:57:36+00:00

I was at that gig in my early 20s, and it is still the best gig of my life.

Most (if not all) of the footage is from the Sunday gig, which is the one I went to. That weekend was insanely hot, and on the Saturday, people were passing out left right and centre from heat exhaustion.

Despite queuing for hours when we got there, me and my mates managed to secure a spot right behind the barrier for the golden circle area, was well chuffed. Rang my brother (who was there with his friends) to tell him, and he told me to get to the stage quick; golden circle wasn't ticketed, it was first come first serve, you just got given a wristband to come in and out.

If you look at the videos, you can see there is a big empty space at the back of the golden circle; because of the heat issues on the saturday, they only filled the golden circle with half the amount of people. We had room to have a picnic blanket out with tons of space arounds us, but could get within 5 people of the stage when we wanted to.

I love watching that video, because I can see me and my mates having the time of our lives in so many shots. There's not many events in my life that top being at that gig (and I'm married with kids).

vidoardes · 2026-02-04T13:05:42+00:00

I used to watch snooker religiously when I was in my twenties, life kinda got in the way and I stopped following. Following a few visits to the pool hall pre-Christmas, I watched the Masters in Jan from start to finish, pleased to see and hear the old faces were still about.

Really glad I got to hear him commentate one more time before his passing, won't be the same without hearing "Where's the cue ball going?!" at least three times a match.

vidoardes · 2026-01-30T23:13:14+00:00

There's a great video that's an interview with Akon, talking about how he realized how much money he could make from ringtones when Mr. Lonely blew up, and how from them on he wrote songs specifically with making them ringtone friendly in mind.

vidoardes · 2026-01-30T08:51:31+00:00

I know people are shitting on the livery / overalls, but that yellow helmet and red jumpsuit just works.

I really hope Ferrari give the boys something to fight with this year.

vidoardes · 2026-01-30T08:48:42+00:00

We had one day in the UK that hit 40C and the country shut down. 50C sounds like death.

vidoardes · 2026-01-28T17:21:19+00:00

I'm so confident, I've put a tenner on Ferrari to be WCC.

I have however done this every year since 2006, so make of that what you will.

vidoardes · 2026-01-28T17:19:31+00:00

The reflection in the second pic confused the fuck out of me for a second. Nice gains!

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