F1: 2021 Edition

[Will Neide]

Time to race! First round in Bahrain this weekend. Lots of questions will be answered.

Will Mercedes dominate again, or will Verstappen and Perez de-throne them?

Can Alonso contend in a Renault, or at his age?

Ferrari....just mid-pack again?

Haas and Williams.....will they find speed? Can young Mick follow in his dad's footsteps?

I'm interested to see what AlphaTauri can do. Tsunoda and Gasly is potentially a fast combo.

Can't wait to see some exciting racing!

[rmplum]

Yeah, I'm in. Hopefully we can over analyze the testing results from last weekend and project that into an interesting season!

[dashDustin]

most importantly, i love Williams livery.

Alonso's comeback from breaking his jaw seems really fast.

[rmplum]

Anybody here interested in doing a VSalon league within F1.com's fantasy league? I've never done this before but signed up for one with my college buddies yesterday.

[Dave Thompson]

Have you guys watched Netflix’ Formula 1 Drive to Survive series? Excellent inside look at the machinations and inner workings of the sport. 3rd season came out recently and sets the stage for this year.

[Will Neide]

Loved all 3 seasons. I imagine the exposure is working out well for F1 too.

[dashDustin]

Have you guys watched Netflix’ Formula 1 Drive to Survive series? Excellent inside look at the machinations and inner workings of the sport. 3rd season came out recently and sets the stage for this year.

I've asked our riders to watch this series. Maybe it's creative editing, but the obedience and respect of the drivers towards staff is jaw dropping. (worth noting, the first time I watched the series was after one of our now-former riders called me a dick multiple times over the course of multiple days following removing her from the roster for a race).

[Will Neide]

I’d be game for a fantasy league. Never did one before, but let me know where to sign up.

[rmplum]

I’d be game for a fantasy league. Never did one before, but let me know where to sign up.

It's at fantasy.formula1.com - it's free to sign up.

Once you create a team, search for the league (VelocipedeF1) using this code: 5f63eac5d8 if it's too hard to find/join let me know. There's a "join with a code" button on the upper right

[rmplum]

I’d be game for a fantasy league. Never did one before, but let me know where to sign up.

I see you in there, looks like it worked!

[rmplum]

Practice certainly was entertaining. Fingers crossed for some drama up front this season!

[Will Neide]

That was exciting! Hopefully the rest of the season ends up being a good fight between Red Bull and Mercedes. Yuki pulling out a top ten in his first race! The mid pack battle is going to be awesome between Ferrari, Mclaren, and Alpha Tauri.

[rmplum]

Vettel unfortunately seems to have picked up right where he left off at Ferrari.

I guess I had a glimmer of hope that the midpack teams would inch closer to the front. Maybe they did a little but still seems like Mercedes, Red Bull and then everyone else.

Haas is sad. Why don't they just throw the cash in a dumpster this year and burn it?

[dashDustin]

That was exciting! Hopefully the rest of the season ends up being a good fight between Red Bull and Mercedes. Yuki pulling out a top ten in his first race! The mid pack battle is going to be awesome between Ferrari, Mclaren, and Alpha Tauri.

I think you might be contending for F1 team of the week after Monaco. Holy cow.

[rmplum]

Boy howdy, LeClerc and Botas struck out with bad luck this weekend.

Supposedly Botas' wheel is still stuck on the car, being sent back to the UK for removal.

[Corso]

Boy howdy, LeClerc and Botas struck out with bad luck this weekend.

Supposedly Botas' wheel is still stuck on the car, being sent back to the UK for removal.

LeClerc: Ferrari mechanics were mistakenly issued "order 109" --
The same directive they used with Vettel last season. Enough said.

Bottas: even though this was 100% not his fault, some in the media will blame him for not pitting "aggressive" enough.

Yeah, just joking...

Good for Max, Carlos, Lando and also Seb. Also good to see Mercedes show they are not robots programmed to win, but human like the rest.

I love the Monaco GP, but they really need to figure out more passing zones.

[Will Neide]

I think you might be contending for F1 team of the week after Monaco. Holy cow.

The Leclerc DNS really hurt me. I used my turbo driver on him.

[rmplum]

Well that was an interesting race. All this marshal policing is getting a bit tiring.

Still not sure how I feel about what happened. Hamilton's post race celebration seemed excessive though (or a bit tone deaf), especially considering what happened on lap 1

Ryan

[72gmc]

Horner was/is protesting loudly, I'm sure Toto would be doing exactly the same if the outcome was reversed.

My favorite thing about this incident: Toto, car and driver intact, with free repair time during the red flag, still manages to be pompous and ridiculous:

[spopepro]

Well, finally saw the finale.

This is the first season since 2013 I’ve closely followed. And unless things are dramatically different, I suppose I’ll take another long pause. Manufactured drama is more fun when it’s honest about what it is.