TouchedTheAxeIn82

McLaren is making it a more fun season for the fans. :rotflmao:

OMG it's last year's Miami game all over again.

Cal barely hanging on 31-28 with 7:59 left. :dope:

Cal leading SMU 24-7.

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Guess we need to update the meme to include Hadjar

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With the new cars and engine formula in 2026, the teams will be spread out again. Wherever Red Bull is, it's guaranteed that Hadjar will be closer in the order to Max than Yuki was this year in an extremely tight field. Coulthard has said it many times this year, he's glad he never had to compete in such a tight field. The question that will never be answered is, if Hadjar is consistently closer in lap times than all these previous Max teammates, is he better than all of them, or has Red Bull finally designed a car that someone other than Max can maximize car performance? IMO, Red Bull should have put Hadjar in the Red Bull for five races this year to see where he stood. My guess is they wouldn't have expected him to do any better than Yuki. The difference of course is that Yuki is in his fifth season and Hadjar and Lawson now have 1 and 1.5 seasons experience, and I guess Red Bull feels the need to follow Mercedes' lead (with Kimi) and bring Lindblad up a bit early.

So, with Honda's personal sponsorship, does Yuki:

1. Buy another seat in F1?
2. Join another team as reserve driver?
3. Get a seat in IndyCar? He seemed to enjoy the IndyCar test he did in a Ganassi car.

Well there was a "pass" at the end when Yuki was given a 5-second penalty for track limits and Kimi passed him. Then a minute later Kimi was given a 5-second penalty for track limits, and the original finishing order was restored. :lol:

It's been a long time since Oscar has been on top.

First time ever I think that Yuki finished a qualy session ahead of Max. But it's sounding like it's too little too late for Yuki's career.

OK you guys who are still on TD when you should be with your families...

The predictions will be locked later tonight.

With two races left and 50 points up for grabs, only the top 5 are mathematically still in it to win the 2025 TD F1 championship.

However, the top 9 are mathematically still in it to get a top 3 finish and get a prize! jefforize you are still in it but you have to win the last two races (you would win a tiebreaker at 155 points) and hope that sorantable, gatorhater08 and I don't pip you at the finish.


All right, here is last year's Qatar qualy:
formula1.com/en/results/2024/races/1251/qatar/qualifying

And here is last year's Qatar results:
formula1.com/en/results/2024/races/1251/qatar/race-result

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Max is such a freaking machine. This year is honestly more impressive than his championship years. I don't think anyone else would have that car competing for a championship.

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Could not agree more. When he has the fastest car he simply has to drive consistently at the front, and that's not interesting. Guys like Damon Hill and Jenson Button won championships only because they had the fastest cars and ran races from the front (for at least part of season). Lando will probably win the WDC, and he'll be worthy, but he's showing himself to be below the top tier of drivers. Max is having the most impressive season. So much so, that even though I hate the idea of Max winning five championships in a row (I much prefer to crown new champions than see a long streak), I'm rooting for Max to pull it off, simply because he deserves it.

OT: Mick Schumacher signs with Rahal Letterman Lanigan for the full IndyCar season.

Finally!!! :cheers:

He lasted almost as long as Tedford, a guy who actually accomplished something. The last few years have been torture, starting each season knowing our record was going to be 5-7, 6-7, or 7-6.

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They have a really good, young Qb. I bet he enters the portal.

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We have already concluded that if that's the price we pay, so be it. Finding a good coach is far more important than a player who will last three seasons max, and in today's environment more likely a year or two.

Congrats to whoever lands Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele. It feels like his ceiling could be higher than his predecessor, Heisman candidate Fernando Mendoza.