The New F1 season. 🏁

[garygooner]

Anyone out there interested in F1? 

I'm gonna try & watch as much as possible this season. I watched the opener in Australia & I'll be watching  this weekend's in China. 

I used to be someone who watched the first 5 laps & the final 2, (flicking back & forth occasionally in between) but I'm gonna try harder this season. 

Trying to get a bit more enthusiasm. 🏁

[garygooner]

Ready for F1 raceday no 2 from China.

The good thing about this season could be there are a number of possible winners. 🏁

 

[garygooner]

Well, I'm going to try to stick with the F1 for now, but yesterday's race was disappointing. Very little overtaking and basically follow the leader.

Onto Japan in 2 weeks time. 

[ignis]

Watch F1 for many many years

 

The good old days were a lot better, now one wonders if it is worth watching, so many changes all the time + changes after the Race, some by silly amounts No points as plank was .0x mm to thin. + 2 more cars underweight by a silly small amount

 

Why test just a few ? if all were tested maybe all would have been out

[garygooner]

Okay, it's time for round 3.

The Japanese F1 race is usually one of the better ones. We'll see.

I'm ready for qualifying and the main race tomorrow. Let's hope a few teams will be battling it out and for no penalties after the race has finished. 🏁

 

[garygooner]

I couldn't have been more wrong. 

The first 6 cars finished just as they started the race. No overtaking whatsoever. Boring. 

[EmmaH]

Ferrari looked decent in today's practice sessions after their recent upgrades and I hope they do well in the qualifying.

[garygooner]

6 hours ago, EmmaH said:

Ferrari looked decent in today's practice sessions after their recent upgrades and I hope they do well in the qualifying.

I'll be watching. 

Hopefully it'll be an interesting race. 🏁

[garygooner]

I just don't understand why race tracks have been designed for little or no overtaking. Boring Imola race last weekend. 

This weekend it's the Monaco grand prix. I'll watch it because it's a classic, but qualifying will be so important.  

Again very little overtaking expected.  

[jas007]

Was the race in Monaco the start of the season for F1?  Yesterday, there was that race, and the Indy 500, both on the same day.  

 

The Indy 500 was sort of disappointing.  

 

Once upon a time, they had Formula 1 at Indy, but that ended on a sour note. Maybe they'll try again sometime. .  

[garygooner]

17 hours ago, jas007 said:

Was the race in Monaco the start of the season for F1?  

No, it was race 8 out of 24. 

Qualifying was better than the actual race itself. This weekend is Barcelona. 

[EmmaH]

It looks very likely that McLaren will win both championships. The only real question which of their driver will win the WDC.

[garygooner]

Well, if you're still into F1 then this weekends race at Silverstone is definitely one of the best on the calendar. Plenty of overtaking opportunities thankfully. Hoping it's not just a battle between the two McLarens.

We'll soon find out. Young rookie driver for Red Bull too. 🏁

[EmmaH]

On 7/5/2025 at 12:32 PM, garygooner said:

Well, if you're still into F1 then this weekends race at Silverstone is definitely one of the best on the calendar. Plenty of overtaking opportunities thankfully. Hoping it's not just a battle between the two McLarens.

We'll soon find out. Young rookie driver for Red Bull too. 🏁

Not a surprise to know that this track has been a permanent part of the F1 calendar since 1987.