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

The collective anguish of the crowd when Sainz went out was one of the great moments in sport.

Also, it's the 20th anniversary of Schumaker's other-wordly championship.

 

They dragged Charles LeClerc to a Marlins game.

 

Because it really hasn't got a good place to go, I'm tossing in with the car guys.

If I had to make a bet, he shifted from 1st to 2nd and got on the gas too hard, the rear end came around, and he drove it into a tree.

Florida Ford GT Owner Crashes Because He's "Unfamiliar" With Manual Transmission: Police

 

We have a Florida Man thread.

 

LOL, yah. I just don't think "Rich asshole crashes the supercar he can afford but does not have the skill to drive" is really a fit for Florida Man.

 

"old tires, muddy pavement and a fresh detailing"?

The first is a crock. If you have $704,000 to drop at a Barrett-Jackson auction on a FoMoCo with a classic paint job, you don't have a couple thousand more to re-shoe the pony? This isn't an "not having OEM tires affects the value" issue. Replace them, especially factoring in the type of vehicle and how much you're already dropped on it.

Muddy pavement? If you don't realize that might have been an issue, you're not only too stupid to have a vehicle like this, you might be too stupid to exist.

Fresh detailing? Whaaat? Failed to wear Ray-Bans and the glare got you just like so? Or did they not wipe off the windshield and glare got in your eye? I mean the only thing that's left is they put something on the tires that lost traction ... and he's already playing the "old tires" excuse.

Failure to launch. Or literally ... launch control. Trying to blame it not being able to drive a manual - after knowingly purchasing a vehicle with a stick - personifies "weak." A fool and his money are soon parted.

Leave it in the garage next time. Better yet, give me the money. A bunch of us on this board can find better ways to use $704,000 at Barrett-Jackson.

 

It's an '06. I'd be surprised if it has launch control. Had the "idiot behind the wheel" option though.

 

It doesn't have launch control. Nissan tried to modify the GT-R with it because too many of them were back at dealerships after the transmissions literally dropped on the pavement. (The only flaw isn't a lack of launch control ... put a third pedal in it, Nissan. You still have it in the Z ... then duplicate it in the GT-R).

"Idiot behind the wheel with infinitely more money than sense" is the likely culprit. Starting with ... dropping more than $700,000 on something with a blue oval on it.

 

I thought Ferrari was trying to get out of the competitive gutter, not go right back to it ...

 

He’s on the pole, so he’ll probably win the race.

 

Brits don’t know a thing about American college sports so this is actually not surprising