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Posted on 5/20/26 at 3:50 pm to
Posted by Gulf Coast Tiger
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Posted on 5/20/26 at 3:50 pm to
Nice website
Posted by MSTiger33
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Posted on 5/20/26 at 5:22 pm to
Flying out tomorrow morning for Montreal. Going to enjoy acting like an OT Baller in the paddock club for three days
Posted by Gulf Coast Tiger
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Posted on 5/20/26 at 5:43 pm to
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Flying out tomorrow morning for Montreal. Going to enjoy acting like an OT Baller in the paddock club for three days



That’s awesome, have fun

Give us details next week. Montreal is on our list of races to go to
Posted by s14suspense
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Posted on 5/20/26 at 5:49 pm to
Yep. Enjoy! Share the details when it’s over or be our on the ground reporter.
Posted by jefforize
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Posted on 5/21/26 at 9:05 am to
heres a spicy rumor

Horner in talks to return to F1 with potential Chinese entrant, BYD

LINK
Posted by Lsut81
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Posted on 5/21/26 at 9:56 am to
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Horner in talks to return to F1 with potential Chinese entrant, BYD


Isn't BYD China's equivalent to Tesla?
Posted by jefforize
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Posted on 5/21/26 at 10:03 am to
yeah.

doubt this happens but its fun to consider
Posted by Lsut81
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Posted on 5/21/26 at 10:07 am to
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yeah.

doubt this happens but its fun to consider


Well would be fitting with the way they fricked up the regs and tried turning F1 into Formula E

Already enough teams on the grid and if they truly want to get in the game, need to take one of the spots from the bottom feeders.
Posted by Gulf Coast Tiger
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Posted on 5/21/26 at 10:38 am to
BYD is bigger than Tesla
Posted by MSTiger33
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Posted on 5/21/26 at 12:26 pm to
Will do. Went two years ago and had a blast. Full slate this weekend with sprint, f2 and the clams
Posted by fightin tigers
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Posted on 5/21/26 at 12:30 pm to
Weather looks pretty good too. Cold but I would rather that over the 90° days.

Sunday rain chance has been slowly creeping up. Fun track when it rains.
Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82
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Posted on 5/21/26 at 1:38 pm to
I didn't realize it was a sprint weekend. That's two in a row.

All right, sorry I forgot to remind people earlier this week, but tonight the prediction lists will be locked. With just one race over the last two months, we gotta get back into the groove now!

McLaren with the big upgrades! Will they start to dominate again?

Will George continue to slump compared to Kimi?

What's up with Ferrari and Red Bull? Have they indicated that they expect increased performance in Canada? I haven't heard anything.

I've heard rumblings that the relationship between Ocon and Komatsu are so bad that there is speculation that he might not last until the end of the season. I guess we'll see in the next few races if Bearman continues his domination (17 pts vs 1 pt so far).

Also let's look at Red Bull. Max 26 pts, Isack 4 pts. As the car evolved into Miami, the gap between them got bigger. Lawson has 10 pts and rookie Lindblad has 4 pts. Looks exactly like last year. The VCARB guys have an easier time extracting speed than the Red Bull #2 driver.
Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82
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Posted on 5/21/26 at 2:17 pm to
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I've heard rumblings that the relationship between Ocon and Komatsu are so bad that there is speculation that he might not last until the end of the season. I guess we'll see in the next few races if Bearman continues his domination (17 pts vs 1 pt so far).

Oh wait, Ocon is denying that there is a rift, and says Komatsu will back him up later when he does a media session: formula1.com/en/latest/article/stories-have-been-fabricated-ocon-denies-haas-rift-rumours-ahead-of-canadian-grand-prix


So Carlos has done a few laps of the new Madring, which is still under construction. For a "street course," most of it looks like a road course. It starts and ends in a city-like area, but it goes out into an open area where they appear to be building a purpose-built road course. They may become public roads, but they are clearly built with racing in mind. There is a rising section that turns at the top, like a mini Turn 1 at COTA except that it turns right. There is a wild banked corner that is similar to the new banked last turn at Zandvoort. This may be the best "street course" we've ever seen. Coming in September!

formula1.com/en/video/carlos-sainzs-first-laps-of-the-madring-new-spanish-gp-track

Posted by BottomlandBrew
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Posted on 5/21/26 at 3:57 pm to
Where the frick is someone supposed to pass on that track?
Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82
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Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 5/21/26 at 4:16 pm to
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Where the frick is someone supposed to pass on that track?

Braking into Turn1, silly!

What, did you want more than one passing zone?

Posted by BottomlandBrew
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Posted on 5/21/26 at 4:27 pm to
Looks like a fun course for GT cars. Looks like dog shite for F1 cars, especially if we're nerfing battery deployment strategy going forward.
Posted by fightin tigers
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Posted on 5/21/26 at 4:30 pm to
It has some pretty wide parts
Posted by Gulf Coast Tiger
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Posted on 5/21/26 at 5:45 pm to
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Where the frick is someone supposed to pass on that track?



The long curve is banked and they claim it’s a passing zone
Posted by MississippiLebowski
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Posted on 5/21/26 at 6:45 pm to
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https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/fernando-alonso-f1-lost-a-full-decade-of-pure-racing-overtakes-are-now-avoiding-actions

Asked where the best overtaking spots can be found around the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, the Spaniard explained that overtaking is no longer an art.

"On the straights, when you have more battery than the others,” he added. “It will be very easy. And it will not be overtaking, it's just an avoiding action.

"When you have more battery than the others, the other ones clip, so they reduce 500 horsepower. Then you have 500 horsepower more than the others, you take an avoiding action, and then you overtake a car."
Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82
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Posted on 5/21/26 at 11:27 pm to
All right, the predictions for the Canadian GP are now locked. Nice variety of predictions, although Kimi is the big favorite to win. Not a ton of respect for George.

Gulf Coast Tiger with the bold Max prediction.

dg42.net/TDF1/race-prediction
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