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D/T 2022.05.31 9:14 UTC
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Marcus Ericsson won the Indianapolis 500, collecting a $3.1-Million prize, while simultaneously brushing off the pay driver label, as his post Formula 1 career boomed.
This supports my theory, that not everyone who didn't succeeded in the F1 is a human reject good for nothing. I am not going to write an essay who is/was more clumsy between Latifi now, or Ericsson then, but I am glad this fellow reconfirms, if you fail, try and try again, and it will (probably) pay. Congrats! (Transplants seems to do well on that side of the pond.)
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Anyone remember what this video is .... Was either pironi in a ligier or arnoux in the Renault, documentary style. What I particularly wanted was the shots of the drivers feet dancing across the pedals, incredibly quickly. Was just going to show my daughter

Btw she beat me at karting today by over 3 seconds FFS. My excuses are it was 2nd time for her, 1st for me, one of my contact lenses fell out, and I have a bad cold. Probably chalk it down as a victory when I think about it
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White six wrote: 1 year agoProbably chalk it down as a victory when I think about it
Sounds a lot like Hammy fans explaining away another defeat.
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Michael Ferner wrote: 1 year ago
White six wrote: 1 year agoProbably chalk it down as a victory when I think about it
Sounds a lot like Hammy fans explaining away another defeat.
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White six wrote: 1 year ago Anyone remember what this video is .... Was either pironi in a ligier or arnoux in the Renault, documentary style. What I particularly wanted was the shots of the drivers feet dancing across the pedals, incredibly quickly. Was just going to show my daughter

Btw she beat me at karting today by over 3 seconds FFS. My excuses are it was 2nd time for her, 1st for me, one of my contact lenses fell out, and I have a bad cold. Probably chalk it down as a victory when I think about it
End of the month - that probably impacts the quality of the fuel in your kart alone.

What was the weather? Hot? Cold? Nice and mild? None of that helps the tyres either.

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MonteCristo wrote: 1 year ago
White six wrote: 1 year ago Anyone remember what this video is .... Was either pironi in a ligier or arnoux in the Renault, documentary style. What I particularly wanted was the shots of the drivers feet dancing across the pedals, incredibly quickly. Was just going to show my daughter

Btw she beat me at karting today by over 3 seconds FFS. My excuses are it was 2nd time for her, 1st for me, one of my contact lenses fell out, and I have a bad cold. Probably chalk it down as a victory when I think about it
End of the month - that probably impacts the quality of the fuel in your kart alone.

What was the weather? Hot? Cold? Nice and mild? None of that helps the tyres either.

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No, seriously, you should listen in to some of those Hammy fan folks plying their trade - according to them, Lewis is DESTROYING Russell!

Here's how it goes, in a nutshell:

- whenever LH is ahead in the race, he scores over GR (hasn't happened too often, though)
- whenever LH is ahead in qualifying, he also scores regardless of race performance

It gets tricky if GR is ahead in both qualifiyng and race, but here's where the real Hammy fan excels:

- at one race (can't remember which), LH was said to have carried a few extra sensors for data logging, and thus he gets the credit because "his car was heavier than Russell's" :!: No shit, they really said that! :rofl:
- at another race, they simply pick out a random sequence of laps where LH was faster than GR - "oh, we don't care the race went over 50 laps, in those twenty laps LH *destroyed* GR"
- and best of all, one prime Hammy fan scored Monaco for LH because "Lewis was never good at Monaco, so for him to finish only three places behind Russell means he actually performed better, and thus beat him" :wacko: :bow:
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Michael Ferner wrote: 1 year ago No, seriously, you should listen in to some of those Hammy fan folks plying their trade - according to them, Lewis is DESTROYING Russell!

Here's how it goes, in a nutshell:

- whenever LH is ahead in the race, he scores over GR (hasn't happened too often, though)
- whenever LH is ahead in qualifying, he also scores regardless of race performance

It gets tricky if GR is ahead in both qualifiyng and race, but here's where the real Hammy fan excels:

- at one race (can't remember which), LH was said to have carried a few extra sensors for data logging, and thus he gets the credit because "his car was heavier than Russell's" :!: No shit, they really said that! :rofl:
- at another race, they simply pick out a random sequence of laps where LH was faster than GR - "oh, we don't care the race went over 50 laps, in those twenty laps LH *destroyed* GR"
- and best of all, one prime Hammy fan scored Monaco for LH because "Lewis was never good at Monaco, so for him to finish only three places behind Russell means he actually performed better, and thus beat him" :wacko: :bow:
If his contact lens fell out you'd have to admit defeat to them. Depth perception and all that
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Michael Ferner wrote: 1 year ago No, seriously, you should listen in to some of those Hammy fan folks plying their trade - according to them, Lewis is DESTROYING Russell!

Here's how it goes, in a nutshell:

- whenever LH is ahead in the race, he scores over GR (hasn't happened too often, though)
- whenever LH is ahead in qualifying, he also scores regardless of race performance

It gets tricky if GR is ahead in both qualifiyng and race, but here's where the real Hammy fan excels:

- at one race (can't remember which), LH was said to have carried a few extra sensors for data logging, and thus he gets the credit because "his car was heavier than Russell's" :!: No shit, they really said that! :rofl:
- at another race, they simply pick out a random sequence of laps where LH was faster than GR - "oh, we don't care the race went over 50 laps, in those twenty laps LH *destroyed* GR"
- and best of all, one prime Hammy fan scored Monaco for LH because "Lewis was never good at Monaco, so for him to finish only three places behind Russell means he actually performed better, and thus beat him" :wacko: :bow:
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MonteCristo wrote: 1 year ago
I knew it! Michael Ferner is actually @DoubleFart's secret burner account!

No one hates Lewis Hamilton fans as much :mrgreen:.
You are actually bringing up a good point. The fandoms are getting out of control. To the point where it's painful for me to read other social media accounts. It's not the actual feed, but the comments. The fans are just arguing back and forth, tossing insults and there is ZERO information in it. I've started to avoid most F1 social media because of it. Can't stand the fans of any of the top drivers anymore (even the drivers I am a fan of). They are just a bunch of whiny and insulting assholes.

At least it's a bit more respectful here at the Fastlane. That's why I keep coming back.
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MonteCristo wrote: 1 year ago
Michael Ferner wrote: 1 year ago No, seriously, you should listen in to some of those Hammy fan folks plying their trade - according to them, Lewis is DESTROYING Russell!

Here's how it goes, in a nutshell:

- whenever LH is ahead in the race, he scores over GR (hasn't happened too often, though)
- whenever LH is ahead in qualifying, he also scores regardless of race performance

It gets tricky if GR is ahead in both qualifiyng and race, but here's where the real Hammy fan excels:

- at one race (can't remember which), LH was said to have carried a few extra sensors for data logging, and thus he gets the credit because "his car was heavier than Russell's" :!: No shit, they really said that! :rofl:
- at another race, they simply pick out a random sequence of laps where LH was faster than GR - "oh, we don't care the race went over 50 laps, in those twenty laps LH *destroyed* GR"
- and best of all, one prime Hammy fan scored Monaco for LH because "Lewis was never good at Monaco, so for him to finish only three places behind Russell means he actually performed better, and thus beat him" :wacko: :bow:
I knew it! Michael Ferner is actually @DoubleFart's secret burner account!

No one hates Lewis Hamilton fans as much :mrgreen:.
I thought it was just me and one other person with about 10 alternate slightly varied personalities
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White six wrote: 1 year ago
MonteCristo wrote: 1 year ago
Michael Ferner wrote: 1 year ago No, seriously, you should listen in to some of those Hammy fan folks plying their trade - according to them, Lewis is DESTROYING Russell!

Here's how it goes, in a nutshell:

- whenever LH is ahead in the race, he scores over GR (hasn't happened too often, though)
- whenever LH is ahead in qualifying, he also scores regardless of race performance

It gets tricky if GR is ahead in both qualifiyng and race, but here's where the real Hammy fan excels:

- at one race (can't remember which), LH was said to have carried a few extra sensors for data logging, and thus he gets the credit because "his car was heavier than Russell's" :!: No shit, they really said that! :rofl:
- at another race, they simply pick out a random sequence of laps where LH was faster than GR - "oh, we don't care the race went over 50 laps, in those twenty laps LH *destroyed* GR"
- and best of all, one prime Hammy fan scored Monaco for LH because "Lewis was never good at Monaco, so for him to finish only three places behind Russell means he actually performed better, and thus beat him" :wacko: :bow:
I knew it! Michael Ferner is actually @DoubleFart's secret burner account!

No one hates Lewis Hamilton fans as much :mrgreen:.
I thought it was just me and one other person with about 10 alternate slightly varied personalities
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Interesting to see that Leclerc's pole at Monaco was his 14th. The same as Max,

Both amongst other historical names with 14 poles such as Ascari, Peterson and Hunt (More recently Barrichello also).

However the anomaly with Leclerc is he has only got 4 wins to his name..... Max has won 6 times as many on 24.
(Hunt and Peterson both won 10 races, Ascari won 13, and Reubens 11.)

Leclerc has lost a few potential race wins to DNF's, but then so has Max and all the others..

Yes arguably Max has had a more dominant car at his disposal, but it still remains that Leclerc's conversion rate of his poles is 40% worse than the the least winning names on the '14poles' club.

To break Max and Charles down further,


Of Max's 14 he has had 10 wins, 2 seconds and 2 DNF's (both from crashes with Lewis last year).
Charles has won all 4 of his wins from pole, 3 x 2nd, 2 x 3rds, 3 x 4ths, 1 mechanical DNS and 1 mechanical DNF.
Charles has a lowly 28.6% pole and win ratio. His problem is not so much scoring poles but it seems problematic to win races even from pole.

The only race-winning driver with a lower rate is Jarno Trulli,
who scored his only win from pole, giving him a rate of 25%. He also (as does Charles) had a DNS from pole as I mentioned in the Monaco preview, at the USGP in 2005)

Other drivers pole to win conversion is much higher. Lewis has 103 poles and 103 wins(100%.). not all wins from pole obviously.
Sergio with 1 pole and 3 wins is 300%! Max 14 poles 24 wins = 171%

Is this significant? Does it say Charles is a Mr Saturday.... but a poor racer? It cant all be bad luck. Or all Ferrari strategic faux-pas. Whats the answer?

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XcraigX wrote: 1 year ago
MonteCristo wrote: 1 year ago
I knew it! Michael Ferner is actually @DoubleFart's secret burner account!

No one hates Lewis Hamilton fans as much :mrgreen:.
You are actually bringing up a good point. The fandoms are getting out of control. To the point where it's painful for me to read other social media accounts. It's not the actual feed, but the comments. The fans are just arguing back and forth, tossing insults and there is ZERO information in it. I've started to avoid most F1 social media because of it. Can't stand the fans of any of the top drivers anymore (even the drivers I am a fan of). They are just a bunch of whiny and insulting assholes.

At least it's a bit more respectful here at the Fastlane. That's why I keep coming back.
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That's diametrically opposed to what I had been doing all those years before. I certainly did have my "darlings" amongst the drivers (and teams), and a few "villains" along the way, too, but that was never a factor when watching; I could enjoy a race even when my darlings dropped out and one of the villains won. I loved MOTORSPORT! Today, the sport is like any other, with mostly "football fans" watching, and with the whole show tailored to their wants and needs. I don't think it's an accident the sport is barely recognizable these days, it's been done on purpose. "Football fans" bring in the money.
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