# Formula 1 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** racing-auto-boat\ **Created:** [January 3, 2024, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-2024/995536 "2024-01-03T03:49:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Shortname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@Shortname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shortname)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-2024/995536/141 "2024-06-10T23:38:12Z")
Subreddit full of F1 memes. The pre-season content around Horner had me in tears. ---
**Author:** ![Shortname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@Shortname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shortname)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-2024/995536/142 "2024-06-10T23:39:49Z")
[https://www.reddit.com/r/formuladank/comments/1dclevi/you\_cant\_convince\_me\_these\_arent\_the\_same\_picture/](https://www.reddit.com/r/formuladank/comments/1dclevi/you_cant_convince_me_these_arent_the_same_picture/) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-2024/995536/143 "2024-06-14T21:35:41Z")
Interesting… ---
**Author:** ![Shortname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@Shortname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shortname)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-2024/995536/144 "2024-06-14T22:57:00Z")
Yep. F1 got a lot less interesting when this guy left. I’m just keeping up for the memes. I can’t bring myself to care about the current drivers. I deeply dislike most of them. [https://www.reddit.com/r/formuladank/comments/1dfxmvp/i\_miss\_kimi/#lightbox](https://www.reddit.com/r/formuladank/comments/1dfxmvp/i_miss_kimi/#lightbox) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-2024/995536/145 "2024-06-22T07:24:37Z")
Danica was trackside for practice, and as such had to wear the vest thing that indicated she’s allowed to be out there. Least Garish thing I’ve seen her in. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-2024/995536/146 "2024-06-22T08:07:13Z")
She should be trackside every race. Just not the F1 tracks. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-2024/995536/147 "2024-06-22T21:35:44Z")
I watch on DishTV, and let me tell ya, they don’t give F1 a fucking second more than they need to. Lewis hadn’t even closed his mouth before they cut away to… Professional Cornhole. I’m going to repeat that: Professional Fucking Cornhole. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-2024/995536/148 "2024-06-23T04:53:05Z")
It’s not Dish TV (because DirecTV did the same), but ESPN. Hell, they didn’t even give Nicole Briscoe an opportunity to deliver the bad news. Sure, coverage may continue on ESPN3, but DirecTV doesn’t carry ESPN3 (maybe Dish does?). Even so, I am glad that ESPN just decided to use SKY rather than try to cover F1 themselves. Much better than NBC sports and their crap before ESPN picked up F1. And ESPN does offer replays and extended coverage on their Roku app. With ESPN owned by by Disney, I’m just thankful they haven’t tried to make F1 adopt a Star Wars theme. Because you know some fucker has thought about it. But yeah, Cornhole? WTF! At least they can be authentic and make it a drinking game. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-2024/995536/149 "2024-06-23T05:49:36Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > But yeah, Cornhole? WTF! At least they can be authentic and make it a drinking game. If my father were alive today or was able to see into the future all those years ago that day we had a talk about what it was I was interested in pursuing a career… 🧠 🔥 ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-2024/995536/150 "2024-06-23T12:40:18Z")
Flavio seems super drunk already on the grid walk. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-2024/995536/151 "2024-06-23T21:48:54Z")
Either that or he’s had a few massive strokes while away from the sport. He was never like that before. Pretty decent race. I’ll admit I’ve not given any fucks about Norris up to now, but he’s proving to be the real deal. That racing with George on lap 35 was brilliant! Carlos is kinda turning into a whiney snot. Seems like every time he gets passed, someone has done him a massive injustice. It’s getting tiring. ---
**Author:** ![mattgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@mattgg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mattgg)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2024, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-2024/995536/152 "2024-06-26T11:02:06Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Carlos is kinda turning into a whiney snot. Seems like every time he gets passed, someone has done him a massive injustice. It’s getting tiring. Both Ferraris are whiny little bitches. It won’t get much better with Lewis Hamilton, who complains only a bit less than his current teammate. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2024, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-2024/995536/153 "2024-06-26T11:16:35Z")
Yeah, it’s whiny and annoying. But it’s also looking to exploit any and every slight to their advantage as possible. Just like you’d expect the engineers and team bosses to do. It’s all part of the game. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-2024/995536/154 "2024-06-29T20:59:47Z")
Verstappen complains about the car from 30 seconds in front of everyone else. It’s just part of the sport, like soccer players diving and baseball players taking 45 minutes between pitches. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-2024/995536/155 "2024-06-30T14:26:42Z")
Pretty boring race up until like lap 50ish. Then it got real interesting! Then max proves himself to be a prick again. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-2024/995536/156 "2024-06-30T14:53:49Z")
After Verstappen and Norris came together, and Verstappen had an obvious flat tire, he still tried to block Norris from getting by him. I didn’t hear anybody talking about that part, but that seemed as dangerous as what led up to the contact. Could, or should, Verstappen face an additional penalty for driving right down the center of the track with an obviously damaged car? Norris, as it turned out, had a flat tire as well; but in the immediate aftermath he was faster. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-2024/995536/157 "2024-06-30T14:56:34Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > After Verstappen and Norris came together, and Verstappen had an obvious flat tire, he still tried to block Norris from getting by him. Yeah, that was the real cherry on the top prick move. I’m not an expert on the rules, but I think he definitely deserves at least points on his super license. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-2024/995536/158 "2024-06-30T15:21:09Z")
There was pretty aggressive driving from Verstappen and Norris leading up to the incident. The initial contact was more of the same, and does deserve a penalty. The blocking afterward just struck me as a different level. After his car was clearly damaged, and most drivers would be “limping back to the pits”, Verstappen was still trying to defend his position. And as I said, no one on the telecast seemed to be talking about that part of it. I wonder if it will get an extra look, or will it be lost in the noise of everything else that happened. I’d be interested to see Verstappen’s in-car camera from the whole sequence, to see how deliberate all of it was. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-2024/995536/159 "2024-06-30T15:23:48Z")
Anthony Davidson just reviewed all of Max’s sins on the skypad…_except_ for that part, surprisingly. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-2024/995536/160 "2024-07-01T00:19:49Z")
Ferrari on the Podium. I’ll take it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-2024/995536.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-2024/995536.md?page=9)