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Also, I really enjoyed Drive to Survive up to now, but I'm not sure I'll be able to deal with it's nonsense anymore after watching it all live and realising Gunther Steiner and Carlos Sainz's cousin aren't actually the biggest stars of the sport.

GrinWithoutaKat wrote:Also, I really enjoyed Drive to Survive up to now, but I'm not sure I'll be able to deal with it's nonsense anymore after watching it all live and realising Gunther Steiner and Carlos Sainz's cousin aren't actually the biggest stars of the sport.

Don't forget the pretend rivalries that don't really exist.

OMFG THE BATTLE BETWEEN 8TH AND 14TH RAGES ON!!!!!

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I’ve found my interest in Drive to Survive has gone down with each series, I’ll probably watch series 4 but I’m dreading how the last couple of races are going to be shown off with misleading shots and the like.

I watched a couple of small segments of it a year or two back and never touched it with a bargepole ever again. :lol:

floydfreak wrote:3pm is far to late to a GP imo its not Le Mans but it is probably pandering too the USA market the later start. But a 4 hour time window before sunset is cutting it especially if the condition's are extreme like Malaysia

It's European time so 2pm starts for us

Victor Mildew wrote:
GrinWithoutaKat wrote:Also, I really enjoyed Drive to Survive up to now, but I'm not sure I'll be able to deal with it's nonsense anymore after watching it all live and realising Gunther Steiner and Carlos Sainz's cousin aren't actually the biggest stars of the sport.

Don't forget the pretend rivalries that don't really exist.

OMFG THE BATTLE BETWEEN 8TH AND 14TH RAGES ON!!!!!

"Hey team can you get me some footage of Sainz glaring at Ricciardo?"
"It doesn't exist, they never interact".
"Can you get me some footage of Sainz glaring and we'll cut it together? We want a big Sainz Ricciardo rivalry storyline this year."

Memento Mori wrote:
Victor Mildew wrote:
GrinWithoutaKat wrote:Also, I really enjoyed Drive to Survive up to now, but I'm not sure I'll be able to deal with it's nonsense anymore after watching it all live and realising Gunther Steiner and Carlos Sainz's cousin aren't actually the biggest stars of the sport.

Don't forget the pretend rivalries that don't really exist.

OMFG THE BATTLE BETWEEN 8TH AND 14TH RAGES ON!!!!!

"Hey team can you get me some footage of Sainz glaring at Ricciardo?"
"It doesn't exist, they never interact".
"Can you get me some footage of Sainz glaring and we'll cut it together? We want a big Sainz Ricciardo rivalry storyline this year."

And the fake commentary guy.

"With the first round of pit stops complete, it's Ricciardo in 5th, with George Russel in 15th"

*shot of Ron Dennis in Marlboro gear, with Frank Williams jogging around the track, then a wheel gun noise*

*Cuts to Will Buxton* "Sometimes an overtake can happen when you least expect it.... but what happens when life overtakes a driver?*

Uncanny

Wonder if we’ll get any more car announcements today :toot:

Merc reveal on Feb 18th.

It'll be funny if after all this build up with the new regs, the new cars end up being the equivalent of Homer's car design:

I want to see the new cars now

I can't help but think they will have little effect on the racing though. I hope all the theories are right and it will work though.

Return_of_the_STAR wrote:I want to see the new cars now

I can't help but think they will have little effect on the racing though. I hope all the theories are right and it will work though.

The people who've made the regs think it will be a big improvement, but the people who've run the cars in sims say it won't make much of a difference :dread:

There's always a few teams who completely take the piss with the loop holes they find at the start of a big regulation change (McLaren in 98, double diffusers and so on).

Victor Mildew wrote:
Memento Mori wrote:
Victor Mildew wrote:
GrinWithoutaKat wrote:Also, I really enjoyed Drive to Survive up to now, but I'm not sure I'll be able to deal with it's nonsense anymore after watching it all live and realising Gunther Steiner and Carlos Sainz's cousin aren't actually the biggest stars of the sport.

Don't forget the pretend rivalries that don't really exist.

OMFG THE BATTLE BETWEEN 8TH AND 14TH RAGES ON!!!!!

"Hey team can you get me some footage of Sainz glaring at Ricciardo?"
"It doesn't exist, they never interact".
"Can you get me some footage of Sainz glaring and we'll cut it together? We want a big Sainz Ricciardo rivalry storyline this year."

And the fake commentary guy.

"With the first round of pit stops complete, it's Ricciardo in 5th, with George Russel in 15th"

*shot of Ron Dennis in Marlboro gear, with Frank Williams jogging around the track, then a wheel gun noise*

*Cuts to Will Buxton* "Sometimes an overtake can happen when you least expect it.... but what happens when life overtakes a driver?*

Oh I wasn't joking, that was a real conversation I've overheard. Can't remember if it was Sainz/Ricciardo though.

Oh god

I enjoy the show, but as a hollyoaks version of F1 which has no relation to the real thing. Unfortunately a lot of new fans have based their views of the sport on these pretend rivalries and are blindly behind drivers like a moron football supporter (see max fans).

Drive to Survive has done its intended job, made the sport a lot more appealing to people who might have never given it a chance due to it being made and pushed by Netflix each year. Which for the long term is a good thing, as hopefully a lot of people who enjoy the sport now will continue watching it for years to come regardless of how long Drive to Survive will stick around. Whether the football esque fan nature will run its course is another question, I certainly hope it will as it really does not look great for F1 or any sport.

I somehow can’t wait to see which drivers Netflix are shoehorning together for an intense rivalry :lol:

The only who consistently spent races near eachother were Schumacher and Mazespin anyway

Imrahil wrote:It'll be funny if after all this build up with the new regs, the new cars end up being the equivalent of Homer's car design:

That already happened in 2012/14.

Those seasons weren’t all bad though on the car design/rules implementation though. I thought the MP4-27 was a great looking F1 car and likewise the RB10 from 2014 easily had the best disguised nose of the lot from that year in my opinion.

https://racingnews365.com/f1-moves-to-b ... e-build-up

F1 will stop race promoters from putting on part of their pre-race displays during the 2022 season and beyond.

Race promoters for Formula 1 races in 2022 won't have the option of putting on a military aviation display as part of their pre-race build-up.

A firm favourite of many promoters, displays of military aircraft flying overhead have become synonymous with certain Grands Prix.

For instance, Monza frequently has flyovers of the Italian Air Force before the Italian Grand Prix, while the Red Arrows, part of the Royal Air Force, entertain the crowds at Silverstone ahead of the British Grand Prix.

However, in an email sent by F1 to race promoters, seen by RacingNews365.com, displays of military aviation are no longer permitted.

Citing a desire to reduce carbon emissions as part of F1's drive to become carbon neutral, the ban is being introduced to "support F1's sustainability objectives".

RacingNews365.com understands that, aside from environmental considerations, there were also concerns from within the sport that such aerial displays could be seen as military posturing or as giving countries a platform for demonstrations of their military strength.

What about other aircraft flying over F1 tracks?
F1 has left the door open for promoters to continue putting on displays of civilian and commercial aircraft, once certain caveats are met.

For instance, several of the Gulf races do flypasts of jumbo jets belonging to their national airlines – these will continue to be permitted provided that the airlines are using sustainable fuels for such purposes. This process had already been undertaken by some airlines, with Gulf Airlines performing a flypast at the 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix of their Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner with second-generation biofuel supplied by Neste.

There's also the possibility for Red Bull to continue sending up some of their restored old private aircraft to entertain the crowds before the Austrian Grand Prix, provided the same considerations are taken into account.

F1 is open to promoters sending up such planes after details have been clarified and written permission granted, as well as the promoter ensuring that the correct insurance for a commercial flyover is in place and provided by the aircraft operator.

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