Australian GP is this weekend... lot of changes and new faces.

Placed our annual points based dinner wager with a few fun twists last night with my friend.

The bet:

(dinner) Driver - he took Lewis and I took Lando

(bar tab) Team - he (of course) took Ferrari so I took McClaren

(dessert) Low Tier Team Driver - we both wanted Sainz so he had to come off the table. I took Ocon with Haas and he took Ollie Bearman, also with Haas. (laughter ensued)

We both agreed (he begrudgingly) that Max is the best driver and kept anything to do with Red Bull completely off the table. I will of course be rooting for Carlos to beat Lewis... 😜

The driver's championship is getting close...3 man race... Maybe Max can pull it off? I will be at COTA for the next race. Should be a good one!

COTA

Max with pole for the sprint, if he keeps the pace up, and a little help from George getting himself on the podium the the title fight will get interesting

Edited October 18, 2025Oct 18 by krom

well max is leading the sprint, and both papaya cars are in the garage rushing to get fixed in time for quali

On 3/17/2025 at 9:46 AM, Crnr2Crnr said:

I prefer the ESPN coverage... just not willing to deal with how you view the race on it. yesterday morning I could have watched it on demand, in Spanish???? through the ESPN app on Roku. we have ESPN and ESPN3 through spectrum and the race wasn't shown at all on the schedules or in the App. fuck em...

Most importantly do you have your gd soo app dialed in? It’s only 3 and 1/2 months away

On 10/6/2025 at 6:33 PM, pjameven said:

The driver's championship is getting close...3 man race... Maybe Max can pull it off? I will be at COTA for the next race. Should be a good one!

Max gained 8 points in the sprint and starts the race in P1 by .4 over lando, oscar way back in 6th

4 minutes ago, krom said:

Max gained 8 points in the sprint and starts the race in P1 by .4 over lando, oscar way back in 6th

watched quali and sprint highlights when we got home last night... rest of the season should be a nail biter for the drivers championship. oscar and lando crash in the sprint, no one saw that coming.

Edited October 19, 2025Oct 19 by Crnr2Crnr

Turn 1 looked like it was from a NASCAR race at that track.

Max cleaned that one with ease. Tire strategy was Soft/Med or Med/Soft... looks like Med/Soft was the way to go with a lighter fuel load.... as seen with Lando and LeClerc in the end.

off to Mexico...

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I got that email.... wtf...if the price is similar, ok. But will it have all the other content etc. will you be able to watch on 5 devices....?

22 hours ago, Crnr2Crnr said:

Max cleaned that one with ease. Tire strategy was Soft/Med or Med/Soft... looks like Med/Soft was the way to go with a lighter fuel load.... as seen with Lando and LeClerc in the end.

off to Mexico...

if LeClerc didn't get in the way for the whole race (he did a good job...lol), Lando might have challenged Max

1 hour ago, pjameven said:

I got that email.... wtf...if the price is similar, ok. But will it have all the other content etc. will you be able to watch on 5 devices....?

I was good with F1 TV

the fuckerz

1 hour ago, pjameven said:

if LeClerc didn't get in the way for the whole race (he did a good job...lol), Lando might have challenged Max

idk, just based on how poorly Oscar did... as the current points leader

should be a good battle for the drivers championship, which is how it should be

1 hour ago, pjameven said:

if LeClerc didn't get in the way for the whole race (he did a good job...lol), Lando might have challenged Max

he probably would have caught Max (hard to know for sure, as max def wasn't pushing) but with the trouble he had getting around the Ferrari, I don't see him ever getting the lead without yeeting the redbull.

Max is showing why he's the best.

Since the break the RedBull team have really improved the car for both drivers.

Yuki has more points in the last 3 races then he had all season prior.

I like Yuki, he drove the ass off that Toro Roso.

all caught up from the Sprint race to Quali for today... Brazil once again making things weird.

starting grid...

8 laps into today's demolition derby...

Good race.

max, title on, or off?

17 hours ago, krom said:

max, title on, or off?

You never say never, if anyone can do it, max would be the guy.

Not impossible but it is looking like Norris or Piastri.

1 minute ago, awful knawful said:

You never say never, if anyone can do it, max would be the guy.

Not impossible but it is looking like Norris or Piastri.

I think Max will beat Oscar, but after this weekend, without a dnf lando is out of reach

big speed down the strip... should be a good show.

RaceFans

Official: Norris and Piastri disqualified from Las Vegas...

Max Verstappen has slashed his points deficit in the championship fight after both McLaren drivers were disqualified in Las Vegas.

ouch...

4 hours ago, Crnr2Crnr said:

RaceFans

Official: Norris and Piastri disqualified from Las Vegas...

Max Verstappen has slashed his points deficit in the championship fight after both McLaren drivers were disqualified in Las Vegas.

ouch...

official link if you want:
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/norris-and-piastri-disqualified-from-las-vegas-gp-as-mclarens-fail-post-race.10uHwsN6mLfCNoZ6nKQvPy