Formula 1 2021 - Gather round for a hopefully COVID-free season, F1 fans

Anger Management Mazepin is sponsored by Moscow State University because he is a 4th year student. Studying International Relations, apparently.

FP1 in Bahrain is about to start and Jenson Button is sporting some moose knuckle on Sky.

The blue zebra stripe Williams looks uglier every time I see it. I wonder if they threw James Middleton a bone and allowed him to design the livery. I can't explain it any other way.

Quali about to start!

Wow! That was the best Lewis Hamilton - Max Verstappen - Valtteri Bottas podium in ages.

R5 yes, meanwhile, Alonso/Vettel/Sainz did a good couple of laps changing place. It's the first race I watch in the last 10 years outside one last year (I can't be bothered to pay for it, too expensive). I forgot how boring it could be. It's like watching ice skating, and wait for the dancer to fall...

R1 Mazepin study International relation?! I hope he never work in diplomacy, or it will end up in war.

Videos cringe af. But mazepin, apparently, is a son of a russian oligarch. Well, had i been the whore on his ig video, i would’ve willingly let myself be assaulted by him. Who wouldn’t want to be rich instantly?

Of course Alonso is the hottest. Spanish men are hot as fuck.

Baby Bottas refused to come out for the team photo and was bawled out by Toto Wolff, who made the throat-slitting “cut it out” gesture. Poor Toto. Must be having flashbacks to the Rosberg days.

Ahahaha!!

Mercedes admin is a savage

For those wondering, Cyril has a new job as a consultant for Mecachrome, the co who provide renault, sorry Alpine, with parts for their engines. Very little chance that we should be able to hear his accent any time soon.

R12 I really miss seeing him on the grid. Any new developments on that tramp stamp?

After Ricciardo's quali performance, Cyril may be pretending not to know him.

R13 I think Ricciardo mention it at the beginning of the season, that's it was not yet done, but it was definitely happening!

Zak was smart enough not to make any such bets with Danny Ric. Can you imagine? lol

Zak Brown will let Ricciardo drive a car once belonging to Dale Earnhardt Sr in his collection - if he gets a podium.

Which given the way Ricciardo is driving might happen next year some time.

Toto Wolff promised Grosjean in his hospital bed he will give him the chance to have one more drive in an F1 car. He'll be driving the 2019 Merc at Circuit Paul Ricard and has already gone to Brackley to be fitted in a race suit, a seat and to have a go on the sim.

"Mazepin will never change". LOL, you tell him Charles!

Lewis gets 100th pole. Superman can give me his pole anytime.

It’s stunning that Lewis Hamilton is 36 and driving his best when Kimi and Vettel certainly peaked in their early 20s. Obviously the car is great but he rarely puts a foot wrong and when he does he makes up for it at the. His overtakes the past 2 GPs were textbook.

It actually gets depressing to see Seb’s performances these days and I hope he gets a podium, ditto Alonso too, but Ocon is out-driving him beautifully.

R21 Lewis' technique of screaming "blue flags!" when taking over seems to work...

Kudos to Lewis, but I'm getting tired of seeing the same person win every bloody race. Can't wait to see podiums without HAM/BOT/VER.

[quote] Lewis' technique of screaming "blue flags!" when taking over seems to work..

He should scream a bit louder at Mazepin.

Who is the Deux Moi troll? Someone has blind-itemed a Daniel Ricciardo Trevor Noah threesome.

R25 this is so random, that I think it's actually true.

Turkey cancelled for a double Austria.

R27 I hope they can modifie the track in Austria, it's pointless to have the same race twice.

I enjoyed both Austria and Styria last year because the track is so beautiful and the racing was fierce. I think ought to make the racing more interesting to have the drivers revisit and improve their racing week to week. Not to mention it rained, which we gotta love.

Then again, I utterly loathe Silverstone.

Tom Holland is in Monaco

What are your predictions for this weekend? Another pole and win for Sir Lewis? Can Danny Ric redeem himself?

R31 I didn't see Charles' pole, immediately followed by the crash, that's for sure.

R30 where on earth is Ricciardo? or Alonso? Perez? With Monaco, anything can happen, once they only had 3 cars getting to the finish line.

Charles is out - he’s not as good as crashing to prevent others to reach pole as Michael Schumacher - due to his shaft and gearbox.

Also for the DL sneaker heads, his girlfriend is wearing Hyper Royals in blue. I’m so jealous.

Erling Haaland is attending, and Serena Williams will wave the checkered flag.

Now, that's what I call an exciting race! Really happy for Vettel!

There was money to make on betting on that podium!...

R36 up to the very last second, too! Everyone kept crashing and fucking up. Makes up for the Monaco borefest.

Nice shirtless pic of Carlos Sainz and his pup.

Even though he trims, his chest hair will not be denied

So we are 8 races into the season. Was Cyril right about Danny Ric? Was leaving Renault a big mistake?

For Daniel Ricciardo, leaving Red Bull was a mistake. He’s not so much a complete racer as a dive bomb merchant which is why he can’t get a handle on the McLaren.

SV5 x Cardi B

Remember when Sebastian Vettel sued to be hot? Red Bull Seb > Ferrari Seb > Aston Martin Seb. Glad he’s still around though.

R42 I wasn't around during his peak time, he still has his sense of humour though?

I think Seb is way hotter now than back in his RB days.

Seb is so pale and sad now.

There was a time during Ferrari when he bleached his hair, became quite tan and got a bit fat (ie, gained 1-2kg) and he was hot as hell.

Someone save him from Kanye

R46 at least he doesn't bother with beards anymore.

R47 exactly, but it seems to be still popular in the paddock, Fernando followed his former girlfriend back on IG, then bring her for the french gp, to never see her again? Same for his teammate Esteban, his girlfriend is a student, she should be on holiday now, but somehow rarely show up for the grand prix? With their results, having the girlfriends around would get Alpine some coverage... Midfield is barely describing their position.

R48 huh, I never picked up anything on these two, but then I don't really follow their private lives.

Btw, what happened with Pierre's ex gf? They were all loved up and then he started seeing someone else all of a sudden. Reminds me of Charles' weird breakup.

Nowadays they don't bother announcing a break up, they just unfollow each other on social media and people have to understand that they no longer are a thing. And they bait a new story with social media as well...

Hulkenberg announced his wedding and her pregnancy on social media, the fastest way to get the info out.

Hamilton isn’t actually gay, he’s just fey and nerdy and British.

Alonso is, OP!

Close second:

R51, Yeah, yeah.

The new car is as ugly as the leaks promised. It looks like and Indy car. The drivers were making fun of it on the strait.

I couldn't compare anything with all the colours/shapes on the livery, teams will make their own version anyway?

Look at the size of that front wing. Horrible.

A cleaner version.

LOL, it does look like a Satanic ritual

Danny Ricc: “Yeah, nah, it’s terrible, it’s shit, it’s the worst”

Bono sounds so happy! He hasn’t delivered a good “Get in there, Lewis!” for a few races

Pretty sure Lewis Hamilton has a semi after that drive

So, did you watch the sprint race/quali? Was it worth it?

Lewis Hamilton is gay isn't he? pings to high heaven and back to me. he remind me of a closet case who used to stalk me and when rebuked made a whole gallery of photo shopped pictures of me and him together.

The sprint quali was weird because it was just long enough that drivers had to mange their tyres so it didn’t give us more “racing”. It was a normal F1 train. Even taking into account Alonso’s good start and Perez’s fuck up the results have presorted the midfield to where they would normally be at this point in a race.

Toto Wolff is such a hot daddy. I want to see him get fucked by Leclerc and Carlos Sainz.

And the new model will plow your driveway, too!

This guy, r63?

Pshaw!

R67 did you see him nuzzling Tom Cruise's neck after his win?

Lewis is bloody hot to me.

Friggin aggressive jerk. He could’ve killed Max. And only a 10 second penalty for what he did? Ugh.

Ha! No, I missed that! I used to watch every televised F1 race, back to the David Coulthard and Nikki Lauda days and further (Sterling Moss and Jackie Stewart).

But I got into it because my husband loved the sport. My interest waned after his passing.

Carlos Sainz and Fernando Alonso are the hottest to me. Love dark haired/dark eyed Spanish men. Yum.

Charles LeClerc is pretty. Vettel is alright, looks better now than when he was young. He had a Bieber hair thing going on then. But, I heard he’s a nice guy so that’s good.

Not a Lewis fan. I’d fuck Ricciardo in a heartbeat. Great nose and huge smile. Total BDF.

It’s so funny to me that the one time Lewis Hamilton doesn’t back out after Max Verstappen aggressively failed to leave him room for the nth time in as many races, Horner, Marko, Max and his thug father are calling for his head.

Anyway, after Checo receivrd zero points after he fell out of the top 10 when he pitted to take fasted lap away from Hamilton, I don’t think I will laugh harder if Red Bull lose the Constructor’s by 3 points.

Here's some Lando Norris thirsty pics for ya'll. I still think he plays for our team.

R74 I don't think he's clever enough to put up a straight façade. I think he really is just a nerdy straight gamer who doesn't know how to talk to girls (same with Tsunoda). Which is baffling, because a rich athlete doesn't even need to talk to girls, they just throw themselves at him. And he's cute, too! If even someone like him is forever single, there is no hope for the rest of us. lol

But if he is gay or bi, there would be unquestionable 100% support for him. He's the most lovable driver on the grid.

Max Verstappen was asking for this. has dive bombed Lewis Hamilton all season. It’s one thing to let it go at the start of the race but a few laps in, Hamilton has nothing to lose.

[quote] I think he really is just a nerdy straight gamer who doesn't know how to talk to girls (same with Tsunoda). Which is baffling

Lando Norris dropped out of school at 14, which explains a lot. It has made him both undersocialised and over-protected which is why he has these occasional press gaffes and why he makes rookie mistakes like attending an English football match with no security wearing a custom Richard Mille and driving an orange McLaren.

I like Lando- he seems like a nice kid. Is his daddy a billionaire? Or just a regular millionaire?

Some of the YouTube videos with him and Sainz are pretty funny. They had such a big brother/little brother vibe.

Red Bull should send Perez to crash into Hamilton next race. An eye for an eye.

Lando’s father is worth several hundred million pounds and retired at age 36. So not such a normal kid.

Red Bull are such whiners.

I wonder about LH. A couple-few years ago he was being really shitty with the media. A photographer said, "If someone doesn't tell the truth about this guy, maybe I will." About the same time, someone pieced together that he'd been making a helluva lot of trips to the USA -- during the season, not for promotional stuff. Also noted that he's had OBJ out to Monaco for whatever fun they had.

[quote] A photographer said, "If someone doesn't tell the truth about this guy, maybe I will."

That guy is an Australian paparazzi who was a big Rosberg fan. He’s still on Twitter, still bitching and moaning, very pro-Trump and pro-Johnson.

Today was a shit show. Crazy start and a royal fuckup from Bottas. I feel bad for Lando.

Happy that George Russell finally got some points.

Of course you won’t have a “COVID-free season.”

This sport is of, by and for Deplorable rednecks who don’t think COVID is real.

You’re going to have a superspreader season.

R84 = Somebody who is confusing F1 for NASCAR, and has probably never watched an F1 race in their life. Get fucked, R84

Such bullshit from the Mercedes team 😡😡😡😡😡

They screw everybody over with their aggressiveness and nasty racing.

Fuck them.

R86 Yeah, totally shitty. I did hear that Bottas has been penalized 5 spots in the next race.

Sucks for Vettel getting DQ’d. I was so happy for him in P2.

Alonso drove like a beast today! Glad he kept Lewis off Vettel and Ocon.

I think Stroll is getting penalized 5 spots, too. That’s a bummer-he tried to avoid creating one collision only to create another with Leclerc. Bad luck.

Lewis looked like shit on the podium. I’m not a fan of the guy, but I do hope he’s well.

Max is still in the points race, I hope these last two races don’t mess with his concentration too much.

R88 Oh shit! I didn't know Vettel got DQ'd. Reading about it now. I hope that doesn't mean Hamilton slides into 2nd place.

R89 yes, everybody slide to the next spot.

I am watching the news on french tv, they start with the Olympics, and zero mention of Ocon win... or Alpine... I don't know what they are doing at Renault, but they better promote that win because since F1 is on pay tv nobody knows we have 2 french drivers and a french passing (Leclerc) in F1! I discover it last year watching the Netflix doc, how pathetic is that!

Can't wait to see the Baku and Hungary races on the next season of Drive to Survive. What a shit show indeed. So gutted for Lando!

SO very straight.

Omg, what a mess😑😑

Just one freaking lap?

The desert southwest and California could use some of that rain action 🤔

At least my crush George Russell got P2. Have you seen his eyelashes? They're so long!

The German boys playing a little footie during the wait. Love Seb!

I don't have F1 on tv live, and for once I didn't have a feeling of missing out...

In unrelated news, Fernando released the season 2 of his documentary on Amazon prime, it's not bad, just very carefully presented concerning his private life. "I am a normal guy going to buy his bread by himself", like a candidate for the next election...

Such rotten luck for Lando! Could have been on pole and won the whole thing. This sport is just not fair.

Lando is very talented and I predict at least two F1 Championships in his future.

R96 here, I have re watched the doc Fernando, and I didn't realize but he mention twice his stints at McLaren, first 2007 and he gives "his version", and in the next episode the 2015-18 years, saying his family hate McLaren and told him "we told you so" when his second stint didn't work. I though he had a good relationship with McLaren, why stir the shit like that? Especially with Hamilton, it makes him look like he didn't move on from the 2007 championship? For a documentary about himself, it makes him look like a bitter guy.

Plus he insists how is life in F1 is full of solitude, but he never moved in with his girlfriend in 5 years, at that point, it must come from him?

Hamilton had to shuck and give in orange outfits and tell blatant lies on TV about how welcoming the crowd was (they were literally heckling him at the time) in order to stop the booing.

But it worked. Best fans! Best track!

I watched the doc about Schumacher on Netflix, It' was interesting. I didn't expect to see Senna's accident, I had completely forgot how long it took for Ferrari to get their first championship.

Another clusterfuck of a race.

Those two really don’t like each other.

R102 I'm just happy for the McLaren boys. Hamilton and Verstappen have had their moment in the spotlight. I want to see fresh faces on the podium.

I still want to see Max win, he’s not been winning for very long. He still has to dominate.

Hamilton can go the fuck away,

I’m rooting for Max just so someone other than Lewis wins the championship. I don’t hate the guy, but I would like someone else to win. Ideally, I’d like Daniel, but it seems like Max is the only one who can do it.

I hate Red Bull so I want anyone but Max/Checo/Pierre/Yuki to win.

I wouldn't mind Pierre winning again, once a year, Alpha Tauri is more an outsider, but I don't want Pierre to go back to Red Bull, he was treated like shit there, no need to repeat the experience.

Sochi: Midfield teams plus a random Williams top 3 on the grid!

Hamilton and Verstappen: Hold our beers.

But seriously, HUGE props to Lewis Hamilton for winning his 100th Grand Prix. He’s worn over 9% of races in the HISTORY of F1. His achievements are mind blowing.

Many of us here know Lando only from a commercial running in the U.S., but what a cutie! Glad to see him discussed on this thread.

May I suggest someone start a separate thread introducing Lando on DL; based on what little I know, he appears to be a potential Jack Grealish on wheels.

Thanks.

R109 Lando is an (attention) whore?

Nevermind, R110; forget I even brought up the man's name. I just thought it would be nice to chat up interest in creating a new DL fave.

Enjoy your weekend.

R111 oh I agree that he should be talked about more on here. The comparison to Grealish confused me. I thought you might be referring to his love life or maybe the Gasly thing?

I'm all for a separate thread on him! He definitely deserves one.

Damn, I wish I could go to the Austin race.

It’s nine hours away by car 🚗😢

While still in this shithole state, mind you. 😧

Gasly's far sexier than Lando!

Lando’s cute. If I were closer to his age than his father’s age, I might be into him. As I’m old, give me Fernando Alonso or Vettel anytime.

Landon does look adorable here.

*Lando, of course

I like Seb like this.

I’m hoping he gets another podium this year- and gets to keep it!

Thankfully both Seb’s and Pierre’s hair transplant have taken.

Max is a fucking lunatic and a disgrace.

He is not, R119. Hamilton is the aggressive jerk.

Only good thing I can see from Hamilton is his rainbow helmet. Giving a “fuck you” to those Arab assholes.

Lewis and Toto are whiny liars.

Max brake tested him and was penalised 5 seconds. If it were anyone else, they would have been DSQ.

Horner and Marko are so desperate for this WDC that they’re encouraging Max to drive like maniac as he has all season. Hell kill someone if he’s not careful.

[quote] Lewis and Toto are whiny liars

Only they’re not, so…

I hope Max crashes into Hamilton in the final race and wins the championship that way.

Don’t think he wouldn’t. Helmut Marko would personally suck his dick.

I'm gutted for Esteban... so close.

I’m elated for Max. Damn, he’s gorgeous.

Ferrari on the podium, too bad it didn’t happen more often this year.

Maybe the officials wanted the race to be more competitive.

I was thisclose to changing the channel at the last lap, but then, a great bit of driving gave us a new champ. 🥳🥳🥳🥳

Less credibility than NASCAR

LOL what a joke of a final lap. F1 and the FIA need a shakeup.

Drive to survive s4 will be available on March 11...

Is there a new thread for 2022?

New thread

it's weird, the 2022 thread is for subscriber only? When I can post anywhere else on DL?!

I wanted to share this info about the Las Vegas gp, who is going? You have a year to save, it's not going to be cheap!