great qualification for the race tomorrow.
Max is certainly on top of his game, to pull that off.

But a bit tired of all the politics and haven't read much, the reverse of HAAS protest and all the BS on how RB overspent on the cap or cheated.

But looking forward to the race on sunday

:iagree: First the FIA is so INCONSISTENT. Second they need a complete overhaul from top to bottom. :tup:

Shots from COTA.

Nikon Z9
Nikon 300 mm f/4 PF lens with an FTZ adapter

[IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...c9f66e88_h.jpg_NZ90699 (2)-2 by Raf, on Flickr[/IMG]


[IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...822c4c18_h.jpg_NZ96770 (2)-2 by Raf, on Flickr[/IMG]


[IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...fca3a841_h.jpg_NZ96126-2 by Raf, on Flickr[/IMG]


[IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...50912015_h.jpg_NZ96745 (2)-2 by Raf, on Flickr[/IMG]


[IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...d4fdb41b_h.jpg_NZ96839 (2)-2 by Raf, on Flickr[/IMG]


[IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...86a0470c_h.jpg_NZ96818 (2)-2 by Raf, on Flickr[/IMG]

Oooooooooo, those are niiiice.

very nice, great job

Fantastic shots!
Do you happen to have an Alfa amontg them somewhere? Still my favorite livery.

Sure!
 

I agree. One of my favs. Same with Aston Martin. The least that I like is Haas' livery. They could do so much but man, Gunther is saving on paint.

All shots on a Nikon Z 9 and Nikon 300mm f/4E PF lens.

Valtteri

[IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...c6e3d0bb_h.jpgAlpha Romeo BOT 77 by Raf, on Flickr[/IMG]

Zhou

[IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...8089779a_h.jpgAlpha Romeo Zhou Guanyu 24 by Raf, on Flickr[/IMG]

Norris

[IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...c619e6f9_h.jpgMcLaren NOR 4_ by Raf, on Flickr[/IMG]


Vettel

[IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...950fbff9_h.jpgAston Martin VET 5 by Raf, on Flickr[/IMG]

Checo

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...587de3d1_h.jpgRed Bull Racing PER 11 by Raf, on Flickr

Great shots, Raf! Thanks for sharing!

Ditto.
Thanks for these!

Last one and done :)
 

Last ones.



More Max!

[IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...891427ea_h.jpgRed Bull Racing MAX 1.2 by Raf, on Flickr[/IMG]


Pierre

[IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...406529bb_h.jpgAlpha Tauri Gasly 10 by Raf, on Flickr[/IMG]


Money man $troll

[IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...7d022743_h.jpgAston Martin Stroll 18 by Raf, on Flickr[/IMG]

All straight bangers

AMAZING -- HAAS ON THE POLE FOR A SPRINT RACE KMAG

watch qualifying to find out how it happen...

:happydance::happydance:

Go Haas! LOL fun qualy!

GRID CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE THE MAGMAN!!

Let's go.

Ok that was a fun sprint event! Hope we have as good a race tomorrow!

That was some race.

Max being a doofus
McLaren being mega douches (esp Danny Ricbutthead took out people's champ K-Mag)
LeClerc had a miracle.
Fernando Godlonso

But overall Merc had themselves a weekend

Max lost a lot of respect from me, reminds me of Michael Schumacher -- win at all costs. Selfish, instead of helping Perez get the points for a 1 / 2 in the championship, pay back for something earlier in the year. (I thought you were world champion) He forgets that some drivers are not going to say ok Max I will get out of the way... Hamilton, not going to do that. (sorry for the rant)

Quote By Max on the Collison with Hamilton
“To be honest, I went round the outside and I immediately felt he was not going to leave space, so I just went for it,” he explained. “He did not leave space, so I knew we were going to get together. It cost him the race win. For me, it gave me 5s. It would not have mattered…for my race because we were just way too slow. But it’s just a shame, I thought we could race quite well together but clearly the intention was not there to race.” If I can't win neither will you...

Other wise a great race with a lot of racing and different strategies.

Mic Schumacher -- think he's done.
Alonso -- amazing how he is driving.
Max -- besides the commits above, with the best car would not expect less.
MB - has it all right, next race will be interesting.

well next week, is the last 2022 race...

:tiphat:

Yup, A-hole of the day was almost sewn up for Ricciardo until the last lap when Max ran away with the title!

And then that comment about Lewis that danegrey quoted above - "I was ahead briefly on the previous turn, but then Lewis passed me and I knew there wasn't going to be any room to go through so I ignored him and crashed into him on purpose because it didn't matter to my race what happened" (paraphrasing a bit here, but that's what he essentially said - on the record, no less). Then he needed his agent in the impromptu team meeting before the press interviews - what, was daddy not there? Marko still sticking pins in his Checo doll?
All I could think of was Abu Dhabi 2021 and that heroic 3-lap defence that Perez put up against Hamilton, killing the Mercedes' tires in the process, which cemented Max's first championship. And there have been other times before and since that Checo played the team game. Little wonder there's a revolving door for Max's team mate!

Other than that, it was a really good race. I don't remember this many passing opportunities at Interlagos in the past. The new cars seem to be doing what they are designed to do.

Some great recovery drives for sure, including Lewis and Max, and Fernando, but Leclerc topped them all - I swear that he ripped that car out of the wall out of sheer anger and willed it back to 4th place. Silly to ask Sainz to forgo his podium for his own points, though. He should earn second if he is to get it at all. Yes, the team screwed him on many occasions (be it strategy, performance, or reliability issues), but that's called motor racing.

Super fast pit stops too.

Fresh off the rumour mill:

According to a report published by Italy's Gazetta dello Sport, Alfa Romeo Orlen team manager Frederic Vasseur will replace Mattia Binotto at the lead of Scuderia Ferrari for 2023. ��
Apparently "Ferrari's never ending string of mishaps, (culminating with the clamorous error of sending Leclerc our on track on intermediates, when all other drivers were already on slicks during qualifications for the Brazilian GP) has finally proved to be too much for John Elkann, and Fred Vasseur was asked to rise up to the occasion of managing the most storied and successful F1 team of all times."

IMHO, Vasseur hasn't exactly shone brightly these past few years either!

Max aka "my way or the highway"

Max aka "Only I close doors on people, they don't get to close doors on ME"!

:iagree:

Thing I'm not sure about is it Binotto, or a collection of the staff that is the weak link? I mean sure he carries responsibility either way as he influences whether or not movements were to be made.

Look at how they massacred my boy. Can't keep letting Barzini - I mean Binotto - get away with this.

https://content.api.news/v3/images/b...c543?width=768

Haas dumps Mick hires Hulk

Its a bit funny on the-race, now all the questions should Mick been given another chance, haven't read them just looking at headlines...

https://the-race.com/formula-1/schum...kes-f1-return/

Farewell Seb.

Crazy how time passes. This guy looked up to Schumacher and tried to live the Ferrari dream in his footsteps. All that — a full, illustrious career, has already came and went.

One thing that immediately comes to mind is during his championship years, he was a feature narrator in Gran Turismo 5 on the PS3, with Newey designing a fictional car for the game. One of a few things going on while him and RB were at the top of F1 in a growing social media era.

Despite the sour Brazilian GP, RB is now back on top and having the most dominant season on his exit. Kinda comes full circle despite Seb being on a different team scrapping for points.

Martin Brundle reckons Haas were ‘fed up of Mick Schumacher’s entourage’
Michelle Foster 54 minutes ago


While too many crashes and too few points have been given as the reason for Mick Schumacher’s Haas axing, Martin Brundle reckons the team was also “fed up of Mick’s entourage”.

Pressure was mounting on Schumacher’s shoulders throughout this season, the German struggling to get off the mark after a point-less opening campaign.

While his new team-mate Kevin Magnussen scored freely in the opening few rounds, he didn’t get on the board until Silverstone, the 10th race of the season, before adding more points in Austria. But that’s where it ended.

With each passing race outside the top ten, criticism of the driver began to grow as did Guenther Steiner’s search for a new driver, the team boss not keeping that a secret.

That, though, earned him the ire of Schumacher’s uncle, Ralf using his platform on Sky Deutschland and other German publications to hit back at Steiner for not supporting his driver.

And he wasn’t the only German pundit letting Steiner have it almost every post-race Monday.

Brundle has suggested it might have played a role in the team’s decision to part ways with the German.

“I think the team were fed up of Mick’s entourage and all the pressures that came with that,” Brundle mused to Sky Sports.

“He has been dropped by Ferrari as well, so it’s difficult times for him.”

BBC Sport reporting that the 2023 Chinese GP will be cancelled due to the zero Covid policy adopted in that country.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/63713326

The reasons quoted were that F1 could not get an exemption, and teams would suffer if members were detained for weeks if they tested positive.

So, that's down to 23 races and it isn't even 2023 yet.

Poor Zhou - won't get a home race again!

Mattia Binotto has stepped down as Team Principal of Scuderia Ferrari F1.
It had to be, although he was never set up for long term success.

Brawn has already publicly refused the job. Rumours are that Horner claims to have been approached for big dollars. I hope they pass over Vasseur - he's not impressed anyone outside of getting some good drivers to Alfa Sauber - but that's not SF's problem.

Brace yourself for the endless memes of "X" to replace Binotto at Ferrari.

This move alone would bring plenty of eyes to the sport. As a Ferrari fan, If you can't beat 'em, throw an ungodly amount of $$$ at their principal strategist and join them!

:driving:

Ferrari confirms Vasseur.
Temper your expectations for the next few years....

https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/corpor...team-principal

And Andreas Seidl to Alfa Romeo Sauber (in preparation for Audi Sauber in 2026).

https://www.media.stellantis.com/em-...cutive-officer

Will be interesting to watch on what happens, that is 4 changes, that's 40% of the field.

I think its safe to say the Ferrari will not be making any more pit strategy mistakes. :ugh2:

I think it is safe to say that...

https://www.4c-forums.com/cdn-cgi/im...8-jpeg.137227/

Mick Schumacher reserve driver for Mercedes

https://the-race.com/formula-1/merce...eserve-driver/

Hope they have a bit of extra in the budget earmarked for replacement chassis.
At least he'll only get the chance to drive about three sessions a year - how much damage could that cause???? :icon17:

this sucks
https://the-race.com/formula-1/f1-dr...ical-gestures/

This is what one would expect, with a camel-humper in charge.
He probably wants to be MbS or Shaky Mo when he grows up.

What isn't clear is whether this relates to race weekends only, or if they intend to impose the rules on their private time / socials as well, arguing that their pull is entirely on account of the FIA???