All-purpose open-wheel (F1, IRL) racing thread

Hopefully the new ownership can bring Williams off the scrap heap. I’m skeptical about a capital group doing that, but maybe if they throw enough money at it, they can.

I liked Claire Williams in her limited screen time on F1: Drive to Survive. She seems capable and smart, though obviously she/they didn’t get much in the way of results the last few years.

 

It was bound to happen soon and was obviously inevitable, but losing Frank Williams from that team is a terribly sad thing for the sport.

 

My thoughts exactly. I had a little bang in my stomach reading 2MCM's OP.

 

Au revoir Renault. Bonjour, Alpine!

Renault to become Alpine F1 Team in 2021

 

Nice looking livery.

 

That might’ve been the most unexpected podium in F1 history.

 

That was just a wonderful race today. Bummer there were no fans to hear the Italian national anthem on the podium this time around.

The Renault-Alpine move seems a little odd to me, but whatever. It's their money. They can brand it however they want.

 

Expected: Ferrari to be a disaster ... has folks in Maranello, um, seeing red.
Unexpected: Valteri Bottas to seriously struggle.
Max Verstappen to DNF for mechanical issues
Mercedes to try and pit Lewis Hamilton and have to go to the back of the grid for it after having Grand Prix well in hand

Wonder what the odds were for Pierre Gasly to win - and for that trifecta on the podium.

 

Lewis Hamilton wears Breonna Taylor shirt after winning Tuscan Grand Prix

 

Finally got to the DVR and that was a pretty wild race. Happy for Albon to finally get a podium, but I was rooting for Riccardo to hold him off. That last restart probably cost him P3.

 

Hamilton damn near wound up with P15 during qualifying and instead wound up on pole. Helluva drive.