Official 2022 Miami Grand Prix Thread ***SPOILERS***

Official 2022 Miami Grand Prix Thread ***SPOILERS***

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Total Members Polled: 223

Hamilton: 5%
Russell: 8%
Verstappen: 38%
Perez: 5%
Leclerc: 28%
Sainz: 4%
Norris: 8%
Ricciardo: 1%
Vettel: 1%
Alonso: 1%
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ARFBY

449 posts

135 months

Friday 6th May 2022
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cuprabob said:
Vette_1978 said:
Why is Lewis wearing three watches in the driver press conference?
GMT, EST & Hammer time.
biglaugh

Deesee

8,501 posts

85 months

Friday 6th May 2022
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FIA are investigating which floor Carlos used in the tyre test last week, & I expect a team to report the ‘ice skate’ Red bull are using to stop the porpoising and is subsequently sealing the floor..

Pflanzgarten

4,156 posts

27 months

Friday 6th May 2022
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Deesee said:
FIA are investigating which floor Carlos used in the tyre test last week, & I expect a team to report the ‘ice skate’ Red bull are using to stop the porpoising and is subsequently sealing the floor..
Aren't Ferrari using the same method?

Piginapoke

Original Poster:

4,843 posts

187 months

Friday 6th May 2022
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Vette_1978 said:
Why is Lewis wearing three watches in the driver press conference?
It’s fashion man, you wouldn’t get it biggrin

Deesee

8,501 posts

85 months

Friday 6th May 2022
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Pflanzgarten said:
Deesee said:
FIA are investigating which floor Carlos used in the tyre test last week, & I expect a team to report the ‘ice skate’ Red bull are using to stop the porpoising and is subsequently sealing the floor..
Aren't Ferrari using the same method?
No.. apparently not

Jasandjules

70,036 posts

231 months

Friday 6th May 2022
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Piginapoke said:
It’s fashion man, you wouldn’t get it biggrin
Pretty sure it will be the promotional work........

Piginapoke

Original Poster:

4,843 posts

187 months

Friday 6th May 2022
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I think he was making a point about drivers having to remove jewellery (which he won’t do)

The Vambo

6,731 posts

143 months

Friday 6th May 2022
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cgt2 said:
In contrast to the lowbrow dimwiittedness Seb is going to be on Question Time next week which will be interesting to watch. He's probably the most articulate driver on the grid.
A multimillionare tax avoider who is paid exclusively by large corporations?

Are you sure it's not just another politician named Sebastian?

Pflanzgarten

4,156 posts

27 months

Friday 6th May 2022
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Piginapoke said:
I think he was making a point about drivers having to remove jewellery (which he won’t do)
And under-crackers...

https://the-race.com/formula-1/hamilton-clampdown-...

Deesee

8,501 posts

85 months

Friday 6th May 2022
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The Vambo said:
cgt2 said:
In contrast to the lowbrow dimwiittedness Seb is going to be on Question Time next week which will be interesting to watch. He's probably the most articulate driver on the grid.
A multimillionare tax avoider who is paid exclusively by large corporations?

Are you sure it's not just another politician named Sebastian?
Let’s be fair, Seb is a resident of Switzerland, and pays his taxes accordingly..

It’s not his fault that Monaco/Florida/Nevada/Arab Emirates (etc) have no personal income taxes when he is ‘working’ there. UK ‘PLC’ are quite happy to take his 1/22 of his personal income when he rocks up for 3/4 days every summer.

Piginapoke

Original Poster:

4,843 posts

187 months

Friday 6th May 2022
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Pflanzgarten said:
Who needs fire proof undercrackers?

Pflanzgarten

4,156 posts

27 months

Friday 6th May 2022
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Piginapoke said:
Pflanzgarten said:
Who needs fire proof undercrackers?
Me after my curry watching FP1.

James Corden is in on the joke;

https://twitter.com/MercedesAMGF1/status/152261348...

2172cc

1,128 posts

99 months

Friday 6th May 2022
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Only able to withstand about 10 minutes of that opening ceremony tripe on Sky. I know it's aimed at the American audience but it really is garbage. Cue the Crofty haters.

Deesee

8,501 posts

85 months

Friday 6th May 2022
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Good chance Lewis and Max could miss this race with their ‘piercings’.

thegreenhell

15,896 posts

221 months

Friday 6th May 2022
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Deesee said:
Good chance Lewis and Max could miss this race with their ‘piercings’.
Zero chance F1 will let that happen. There will be some compromise reached at the last minute, if not before.

Pflanzgarten

4,156 posts

27 months

Friday 6th May 2022
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Deesee said:
Good chance Lewis and Max could miss this race with their ‘piercings’.
Read the link above, the FIA don't claim to care about piercings-it's the wearing on none flameproof underwear that they are concerned about. The piercings part is just because it's the same rule that governs it.

It wouldn't surprise me if it's more about drivers wearing a none approved sponsor or perhaps a none "on message" political slogan on some underwear that the FIA's got wind of.

Sandpit Steve

10,512 posts

76 months

Friday 6th May 2022
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Pflanzgarten said:
Read the link above, the FIA don't claim to care about piercings-it's the wearing on none flameproof underwear that they are concerned about. The piercings part is just because it's the same rule that governs it.

It wouldn't surprise me if it's more about drivers wearing a none approved sponsor or perhaps a none "on message" political slogan on some underwear that the FIA's got wind of.
They have already had to deal with the wrong sort of political slogans on t-shirts, after Lewis wore one on the podium a couple of years back.

This does appear to genuinely be a safety issue, as the certified design includes Nomex underwear, rather than more comfortable cotton underwear preferred by the drivers. The standards changed after the Grosjean accident investigation.

robscot

2,299 posts

192 months

Friday 6th May 2022
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These DJs on Sky just now are stter than the crap at the local nightclub.

Nova Gyna

1,285 posts

28 months

Friday 6th May 2022
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Piginapoke said:
Pflanzgarten said:
Who needs fire proof undercrackers?
Early adopters of Tesla’s, if memory serves hehe

Sandpit Steve

10,512 posts

76 months

Friday 6th May 2022
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That “water” is really embarrassing.