Formula 1 FIA World Championship 2022

[vlad 362]

20 hours ago, Monzanator said:

Well, we have a different Race Director this year

 

Nyck De Vries voted driver of the day! Latifi can't leave F1 soon enough...

Well, with or without a new race director, he must think about the fans, who expect to see racing till the end, not just a walk behind safety car when the track it's clear.

About De Vries, he looks a great talent, but let's see him in the future. Latifi is one of the weakest drivers in F1 in last 10-15 years.

[heywoodu 15,148]

On 9/3/2022 at 4:16 PM, NearPup said:

This is def the most annoying crowd in F1 at the moment.

Monza worked hard to try and beat that, not without success. Which is rather impressive  

 

Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Great Britain and Austria are definitely races I'm going to stay away from for the foreseeable future (although GB might come back once Hamilton is gone and the crowd there cools down with it). Better just go to non-European races. You know, like if China comes back or something. Can't have an annoying crowd without a crowd  

Edited September 16, 2022 by heywoodu

[heywoodu 15,148]

By the way, I don't know how it is for all other countries (like Ferrari fans in Monza or Rossi fans in Misano and such have always been known to not be exactly...fantastic, to say the least), but here in the Netherlands the fanbase in terms of going to the tracks has largely been taken over by 'football fans' types of groups. You know, the type that goes to the football stadium not really to enjoy a match, but to drink 10 beers, because they base the amount of fun they had on the amount of alcoholic drinks they drank. There are still race fans going, but that group is more and more staying away because they're basically being pushed out by the hooligans who only go for the 'party' and the drinking. No thanks..

Edited September 16, 2022 by heywoodu

[mrv86 3,138]

Another win for Checo  

 

A nice season for him, despite some setbacks and the tongues of his critics.

[heywoodu 15,148]

13 hours ago, mrv86 said:

Another win for Checo  

 

A nice season for him, despite some setbacks and the tongues of his critics.

 

He got away lucky with that safety car situation (especially driving right up to the SC got me nervous), and thank goodness he did, because that was as tight and faultless of a race as you can get

 

Fantastic job, one of the drives of his career I might even say.

Edited October 3, 2022 by heywoodu

[Dragon 1,846]

Updated

World championship grand prix wins per country

 

1 United Kingdom 307

2 Germany 179

3 Brazil 101

4 France 81

5 Finland 57

6 Italy 43

7 Australia 43

8 Austria 41

9 Argentina 38

10 USA 33

11 Spain 33

12 Netherlands 31

13 Canada 17

14 New Zealand 12

15 Sweden 12

16 Belgium 11

17 South Africa 10

18 Switzerland 7

19 Colombia 7

20 Mexico 6

21 Monaco 5

22 Poland 1

23 Venezuela 1

 

Verstappen on his own will probably overtake the USA and Spain before the end of this year... 

[Monzanator 4,510]

Pierre Gasly moves to Alpine on a multi-year deal replacing Alonso and Nyck De Vries steps in for the vacated Alpha Tauri seat. Those moves were rumoured in the last month or so and now they're official. So two Dutchmen full-time in F1 for @heywoodu

 

This also means two seats are left open for 2023 - at Williams and Haas (with Schumacher not officially out but more or less expected to be out).

[Dragon 1,846]

5 hours ago, Monzanator said:

Pierre Gasly moves to Alpine on a multi-year deal replacing Alonso and Nyck De Vries steps in for the vacated Alpha Tauri seat. Those moves were rumoured in the last month or so and now they're official. So two Dutchmen full-time in F1 for @heywoodu

 

This also means two seats are left open for 2023 - at Williams and Haas (with Schumacher not officially out but more or less expected to be out).

 

[heywoodu 15,148]

5 hours ago, Monzanator said:

Pierre Gasly moves to Alpine on a multi-year deal replacing Alonso and Nyck De Vries steps in for the vacated Alpha Tauri seat. Those moves were rumoured in the last month or so and now they're official. So two Dutchmen full-time in F1 for @heywoodu

Just like Christijan Albers and Robert Doornbos for a bit, but somehow I feel like the Verstappen-De Vries period will result in a tad more Dutch points than the Albers-Doornbos period  

[heywoodu 15,148]

5 minutes ago, Dragon said:

 

Sargeant would be much better. We've seen Mick Schumacher by now: not bad at all, but certainly nothing special. Time for someone else.