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In the TD F1 predictions, most people seem to have written George off.

Might have been a bit premature. :lol:
It's better for Kimi to learn from the experience and figuring it out eventually, than to not be aggressive at all. The problem is fricking around with your own teammate. :lol: He's taking a big risk angering his team.
Hadjar is in angry mode on the radio. He has no power but the team told him to stay out another lap.

OK, now they concluded that they can't fix it, so he's retiring.
Laura Winter is back on F1TV from maternity leave.

I don't remember exactly what she looked like before, but she's got a nice mommy rack now.
Very orderly order:

Mercedes
McLaren
Ferrari
Red Bull
VCARB
Williams
Carlos sneaks into SQ3 at the last moment.
Oh right, I was thinking about watching this because Tatiana is fantastic in Orphan Black.
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. :lol:

Gulf Coast Tiger with the bold Max prediction. :cheers:

dg42.net/TDF1/race-prediction
OMG, another WWII movie? :lol:

I just saw the trailer for Pressure, coming out next week.

They're going to be making WWII movies for a hundred years. I guess because it was the last war with no moral ambiguity whatsoever.
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Where the frick is someone supposed to pass on that track?

Braking into Turn1, silly! :lol:

What, did you want more than one passing zone? :rolleyes:

:wah:
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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

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. :lol:
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How many lurking TD enjoyers?

Probably not related to whatever the hell this thread is, but this thread title reminded me of something. Remember a couple of years ago when GameDay finally went to Berkeley for the Miami game? I was there all night with a huge crowd waiting for dawn, and I saw this guy holding a really tall pole with an LSU flag on top. I went up to him and said "Hey are you on Tigerdroppings?" He hesitated slightly then said "Yeah." I asked "What's your username?" And he said "Oh, well I mostly just lurk there. That place can be very toxic." True story. :lol:
I just watched the last episode of Season 1. This show has a really serious element to it with a child custody dispute and Jynx's relapse. The comedy is that Elle's family can't help but commit violence as they rage against the father and his a-hole family. :lol:

Really well-written and a great cast with Elle, Offerman, Pfeiffer, Kinnear, and Kidman. The show was renewed last week for a Season 2: deadline.com/2026/05/margos-got-money-troubles-renewed-season-2

And in the last episode we get an unfortunately short glimpse of Elle's incredible arse in a thong.
Just saw this. Decent movie. The last part of the movie was good, but the movie starts with so much explanation. It was tedious.

Oddly, Jake and Henry are the headliners of the movie, but Eiza Gonzalez is actually the main character.
FYI, this week's Indy 500 schedule:

Monday

Practice 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET

After the crash, apparently the rest of practice was cancelled due to weather. From the video, they only got 30 minutes of practice in before the crash.

Tuesday through Thursday

The drivers fly around the country doing promotion. They'll do morning shows, late shows, public appearances.

Friday is Carb Day

Practice 11:00 am - 1:00 pm ET

After practice is the Oscar Meyer Wienie 500, and the pit stop competition.

Sunday

Pre-race 10:00 am ET

Green flag: 12:45 pm ET
After a full week of practice and qualifying with zero* incidents, they finally had a big crash in Monday morning practice. :rolleyes:

Front row starter Alex Rossi lost in in T2. Pato and Grosjean got caught up in it.



*Well technically, Sato kissed the wall with his right rear tire on his last qualifying run, but he does that all the time so it doesn't count. :lol: After qualy, when VeeKay was asked about how he felt about his qualy runs, he said could have gone flat-out and "pulled a Sato," but he said Indy 500 car setup is so sensitive, any minor contact and the car won't be the same after that, so he chose to put it safely in the show.

re: 2026 Indycar Season Thread

Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82 on 5/17/26 at 11:43 pm to
Well there were some late-night shenanigans.

Rookie #4 Caio Collet (AJ Foyt), who originally qualified P10, and #24 Jack Harvey (Dreyer & Reinbold), who originally qualified P29, were both DQ'd from the qualifying session after post-qualy inspection because of the same violation. Their cars both had modifications to a Dallara-supplied part that was supposed to be installed as-is with the supplied hardware.

This was a particularly big blow to rookie Collet, who was originally starting on the inside of Row 4. Both drivers are now starting the race on the last row.

The teams have the right to appeal the ruling, and we have a whole week til the race, so the revised grid is still considered provisional.
Palou on pole, two Americans on the front row.

Alex Rossi and Lil Dave fill out the front row.