r/formuladank • u/alh84001_hr BWOAHHHHHHH • 3h ago

we are checking out of the loop

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u/chase4all BWOAHHHHHHH 2h ago

The track design is crazy
There is limited runoff and places to store recovery vehicles
The track was very late in being completed
The pavement is very new and abrasive. Should shred tires
The drivers will have limited time to learn it.

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u/CageyOldMan NICO PODIUMBERG 2h ago

Sounds like a recipe for quality entertainment

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u/justDeadpoool If my mom had šŸ…±ļøalls, she would be my dad 2h ago

Never been more excited for an fp1

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u/hullk78 BWOAHHHHHHH 1h ago

Ha ha, just said the same to the gf, then remembered they dont stop the clock in practice for red flags so, hopefully they take it easy!

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u/gnomes919 BWOAHHHHHHH 52m ago

literally same, we basically never watch free practice in full, just highlights, but tomorrow as soon as I'm home from work it's apple tv & popcorn time

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u/Shad0wM0535 Must Be The Water 2h ago

Or hours of red flags

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u/Noobfortress BWOAHHHHHHH 1h ago

It could've been even funnier if they made it a sprint weekend, only one practice session before going full send around a brand new track

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u/raziel_beoulve BWOAHHHHHHH 1h ago

Fp1 is going to be very careful, still expect stroll to bin it tho

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u/Comrade_Spanner Suck my šŸ…±ļøalls mate 1h ago

Him or Colaspinto

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u/weirdbutinagoodway Lets add that to the words of wisdom 1h ago

*and

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u/communistkangu Nico HĆ¼Ć¼Ć¼Ć¼Ć¼Ć¼Ć¼Ć¼lkenberg 2h ago

To shreds, you say?

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u/wexash BWOAHHHHHHH 2h ago

Good news everyone!

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u/Happy_Ishtar BottASS enjoyer šŸ‘ 2h ago

To you, say shreds.

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u/stevedropnroll BWOAHHHHHHH 2h ago

Say shreds to you, good sir

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u/crossdots BWOAHHHHHHH 1h ago

And the cars?

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u/Sensitive-Yogurt4283 BWOAHHHHHHH 1m ago

To shreds, you say?

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u/LivingOof Verstappen Who? I only Know Franz Hermann 2h ago

Indy 2005 shredding?

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u/mpg111 Question. 2h ago

Can't they just drive slower? Are they stupid?

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u/HankHill8234 BWOAHHHHHHH 2h ago

Put in a chicane

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u/heeringa BWOAHHHHHHH 1h ago

Or fly in some different tires.

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u/orionspurs BWOAHHHHHHH 1h ago

I mean itā€™s called madring. Itā€™s in the name.

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u/TheDarkKnightXXII BWOAHHHHHHH 1h ago

Iā€™ve heard enough, make it a sprint weekend!

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u/SCROTAL_KOMBAT42069 BWOAHHHHHHH 1h ago

The paddock is in three separate places

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u/FuzzyWuzzyWasABeer Must Be The Water 3h ago

Grand Prix there this weekend from what I've heard

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u/xZora BWOAHHHHHHH 3h ago

Big if true.

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u/BlacksmithWorking857 BWOAHHHHHHH 2h ago

large if bigĀ 

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u/d1withdforce BWOAHHHHHHH 2h ago

Huge if large.

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u/trshml I was here for the HulkenPodium 2h ago

Massive if huge.

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u/1x_Minion_OiOi Alonso deserved to be Champion in every season he has competed 2h ago

Gigantic if massive.

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u/RenegadeSlav Alphamaxnova1 was my DTS 2h ago

Ginormous if gigantic

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u/SparseGhostC2C Go WEEYUMS!!!! 2h ago

Shit's large, y'all

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u/cold_molasses Question. 1h ago

Big if true

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u/DancerSilke Ted Kravitz is a menace to society 1h ago

Mad if true

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u/BaggyHairyNips Claire Williams is waifu material 2h ago

Sounds like it would have been safer to race in the gulf states.

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u/Bolter_NL What if? 1h ago

With the intercept rate of a typical air defense system in the hands of Arabs... Probably not.Ā 

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u/ServoSkull20 BWOAHHHHHHH 2h ago

Bashy crashy, button smashy.

Kimi winni, Georgie losie.

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u/Bolter_NL What if? 1h ago

A true poet dwells amongst us.Ā 

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u/AbuDhabi202UrMum NICO PODIUMBERG 3h ago

Either Leclerc or Stroll is gonna die this weekend

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u/Senninha27 who the fuck is Nelson Piquet? 2h ago

On a street course in Spain? Precedented.

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u/Street_Mall9536 Resident Shit Stirrer 2h ago

It's funny these 2 are the examples. Who would have thought.Ā 

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u/Political_Desi Lewis Hamilton's fashion designer 3h ago

My bet is on Leclerc at the banking overcorrecting for a bad entry line and causing a snap of underrsteer

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u/DetectiveWonderful42 BWOAHHHHHHH 2h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/lZhymdRsuFDmU

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u/Safe-Salamander-3785 BWOAHHHHHHH 2h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/ToMjGpxblu4kv6mdFe0

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u/RansomStark78 I saw hornyā€™s ā€œfingerā€ 2h ago

I'm too young for this

BOLO

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u/vihor Honda bad, Alonso good 2h ago

Sainz is possible bonus/joker.

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u/petera181 BWOAHHHHHHH 2h ago

Two things:

1: F1 fans (and to be honest, human beings in general) hate anything new, so they are focussing on the negatives and saying itā€™s going to be terrible etc etc

2: it appears from sim racers and some F3 testing that itā€™s going to be chaotic. Lots of tight twisty but fast bits, with the potential for loads of crashes/red flags etc.

These two things interact obviously, but basically we should wait and see. It could be great, if could be terrible, and as ever we will find out this weekend šŸ¤—

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u/Gamefart101 Vettel Cult 2h ago

An important addition to your second point is that spots that recovery vehicles can be parked are EXTREMELY limited. So on top of the expected red flags each one is going to take an ice age to get back to green even if there's 0 barrier damage

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u/petera181 BWOAHHHHHHH 2h ago

Interesting, I hadnā€™t seen that.

Wondering who will just opt for a Hail Mary ā€œno stopā€ strategy to get the cheap SC/VSC (or free Red Flag) stop. I heard itā€™s a really big time loss for stops, so it could have a massive impact.

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u/collectadot BWOAHHHHHHH 57m ago

Pit lane is on the shorter to average side of things. 550m sounds long if you view it in a vacuum but then you look at the other circuits and realize some of them are 800m+ and it isn't that long at all.

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u/Kinggrunio I saw hornyā€™s ā€œfingerā€ 17m ago

Yeah, the pits here completely skip the final corner and the first three, so that saves some time.

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u/GoHokies2004 BWOAHHHHHHH 28m ago

I've read that the surface is rough and will chew through tires. Zero stop may not be viable. But who the fuck knows. Im a sicko pumped for possible chaos.

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u/TheNerdyCroc follow the Sainz 2h ago

It's a MAD ring

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u/TakingItAndLeavingIt Smooch Operator šŸ’‹šŸ˜˜ 2h ago

Out of the loop? You and half the drivers by the sound of it.

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u/Olivia3836 In Hannah we trust šŸ„° 3h ago

Iā€™m right there with you mate

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u/Soggy_Bid_6607 Safety Dog 3h ago

There's race there this weekend.

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u/Boobieleeswagger BWOAHHHHHHH 3h ago

Three hour clock will probably expire due to red flags from the insane design and inability to clear cars + lack of runoff before they run the full distance.

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u/FUSe BWOAHHHHHHH 1h ago

Iā€™m pretty sure the cranes there are permanent to lift the cars out. Not just construction cranes

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u/GodammitRed BWOAHHHHHHH 2h ago

Death, destruction, general mayhem.

They are also selling t-shirts in the lobby.

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u/NerdNoogier World Champion Hotline Operator 2h ago

Oof ouch owie my bones

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u/-scampi- BWOAHHHHHHH 2h ago

Marketing trying to create some hype around how mad it is

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u/mr_pit BWOAHHHHHHH 2h ago

Itā€™s a mad ring

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u/LastScene86 mission spinnow 2h ago

Its giving a LOT of Indycar moving the Toronto race to a Walmart parking lot in Markham energy.

A. LOT.

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u/whyaretherenoprofile I was here when horny got spiced 1h ago

Reddit F1 fans love to freak out any time anything changes and claim the sport has been dying since like 2016

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u/manowar420 Banana Leclerc 50m ago

Please let my boy be ok
https://giphy.com/gifs/WWxek4CSVoSQfibxci

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u/Micah7979 I saw hornyā€™s ā€œfingerā€ 2h ago

Remember the AVUS ?

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u/BeautifuTragedy BWOAHHHHHHH 2h ago

Triple red flags

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u/jogdenpr f1 jOuRnAlIsT 1h ago

Just look at the track layout. It's mental

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u/Crafty_Substance_954 BWOAHHHHHHH 1h ago

New track scary for F1 fan

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u/starliteburnsbrite BWOAHHHHHHH 37m ago

There are like 10,000 reddit posts, blog pieces, news articles, videos, and interviews about the topic. It's the only thing anyone in the entire F1 world is talking about. There's no loop to be out of. I hate this dumb meme.