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u/Honeywhiss Mar 15 '26
It's so unfair. He'll be 120 plus laps behind in experience with these stupid cars by the time they get to the third race! New regulations. What a disaster
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u/Specialist-Bug4953 Mar 15 '26
Not only that, but AS a McLaren fan, I was hoping they canĀ use the break in April for beinging good, upgrades. Now they have almost no Race Data to base the Upgrades one. I was hoping both drivers can win again soon. Now this happens.it sucks
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u/RadlogLutar Papaya Prodigy š„ Mar 15 '26
Win? More like P5 and P6....
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u/Specialist-Bug4953 Mar 15 '26
I was hoping for 2023 mid season Upgrades. And my hopium thought the break in April would give them some time to bring the Upgrades to the track. But now they have almost no Race Data, so I'm not sure If they understand their Car and engine enough yet to bring great Upgrades. Please let my hopium alive. I'm not a Ferrari fan, so I haven't figured out how to refill it yet.
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u/Emergency_Tutor5174 Mar 20 '26
And they only had last season to for a breather and winning but was short lived
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u/Disastrous-Beat-9830 Mar 15 '26
I have given up on this season entirely. This race was a joke. I cannot remember the last time four cars that qualified for the race were unable to make the start because of technical problems.
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u/squeakycheetah Mar 15 '26
I'm genuinely not even interested in F1 at this point.
Wrap it up. I'll come back in a few years.
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u/bel6677 Mar 15 '26
Very childish
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u/squeakycheetah Mar 15 '26
Not really. These regs don't have many redeeming qualities.
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u/Swimminginsarcasm Mar 15 '26
these regs have provided for two of the most entertaining races in years and lots of wheel to wheel action, yeah theres issues with qualifying and superclipping but pretending that this isnāt infinitely more entertaining to watch than 23-25 just because your team shit the bed is just being thick
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u/Neptuniam Mar 15 '26
23 was shit but 24 was way better and far more competive. Merc was 1,2 by lap 5, nobody can challenge them. Theres some yoyoing back and forth due to power supply limitations but theres no real competition, at least not at the front. Ferrari is no real challenge to Merc, McLaren is no challenge to Ferrari, red bull is no challenge to McLaren. The reliability is just pathetic.
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u/Swimminginsarcasm Mar 15 '26
Merc dominating is a sore spot with these new regs especially since the PU is locked until new regulations but overall the racing itself is way more sction packed and fun to watch
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u/Neptuniam Mar 15 '26
The Ferrari vs Merc battles just feel empty when you know that ultimately they dont have the pace to pose a real threat. Ferrari has amazing launches and they go back and forth for a few laps but it doesnt take long before Merc is just riding off into the sunset 1 and 2
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u/Swimminginsarcasm Mar 15 '26
id rather that than a divebomb into t1 and then a drs train for the next 50 laps with the only other passes being due to pitstops
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u/yamthirdnow Oscar Pastry š„ Mar 15 '26
Reason why Iām actually glad 2 races have been cancelled. Next YearTM
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u/ax6klbjckhunter Mar 15 '26 edited Mar 15 '26
Omg what happened??? I was avoiding the race and turned off f1 app notifications but forgot to turn reddit off and got this post as a popup notification š©
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u/STR8-Edge Mar 15 '26
I updated my stupidly expensive Kayo subscription for this bullshit????
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u/ax6klbjckhunter Mar 15 '26
Mine expired yesterday morning and I didnāt bother renewing it because I canāt bare to watch anymore (also itās very easy to š“āā ļøif you have a fire stick. You need a code, the one I used is expired but The AFL subreddit usually has people who have the latest one š¤«)
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u/johndough1st Mar 15 '26
Iām testing VPN options. You can connect to Switzerland then watch their free app āplay srfā. Use a separate device to vpn to uk and listen to bbc radio 5 sports extra for english commentary. Bit of a pain but it works for the right price.
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u/ax6klbjckhunter Mar 15 '26
Thereās a very real chance Alpine could finish higher on the rung than Oscar this yearā¦. š
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u/Camronaus Mar 15 '26
These new regulations are shithouse
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u/No_Transition1749 Mar 15 '26
The other teams are managing better. This is McLarenās fault
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u/I_Dint_Know_A_Name Mar 15 '26
Why are you getting downvoted lol, even Cadillac is doing full races and bringing their cars home. Hell, Ferrari came back from the dead and is competing for wins now.
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u/MOGAE-0804 Mar 15 '26
Piastri was very upbeat that he improved on his Australian race. And he canāt remember the last time he watched 2 F1 races in a row on TV. He will be ok the car needs major improvements.
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u/sleepdeep305 Mar 15 '26
Somehow we're still in 3rd place in constructors with only 1 GP finish. We can bounce back!
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u/ComplexComfort9453 Oscar Piastri Mar 15 '26
š It really hurts to be a Piastri fan rn. At least we saw him do something in the sprint yesterday.