Exactly. Sainz has plenty to lose if he tangles with McLarens. Team just can't crash into each other or DNF in other ways.
But I think Sainz is a fair driver and I don't think he'll risk it all. Max may even overtake him at the start.
Exactly. Sainz has plenty to lose if he tangles with McLarens. Team just can't crash into each other or DNF in other ways.
I started watching F1 in 1997 and immediately fall in love with this Team. It is crazy to think I was 11 years old when they were last champions in the constructors, I'm now married with family .... so many thing have happened, if we manage to secure the chip tomorrow it would be amazing comeback story, on the level of a Hollywood movie, just think were we were few years back, heck just think were we were race 1 of this season (not to mention last years race 1)mwillems wrote: ↑07 Dec 2024, 18:14A quarter of a century. It's nuts.Shader wrote: ↑07 Dec 2024, 18:11This is it guys ... tomorrow is the D day.
It's been 26 years ... Last time our team took the title I was a kid at primary school... Today, in 2024, I teach at the University . It's been so long, it's mind-blowing. All those seasons behind Merc, Red Bull, Ferrari... GP2 engines... failures... I though it would never come.
Let's hope our boys finish the job tomorrow, so we celebrate like there's no tomorrow.
Cheers! and Good luck!
I keep seeing things that were a quarter of a century ago. I'm middle aged and this statistic is just another reminder of how quickly it all passes!bauc wrote: ↑08 Dec 2024, 00:12I started watching F1 in 1997 and immediately fall in love with this Team. It is crazy to think I was 11 years old when they were last champions in the constructors, I'm now married with family .... so many thing have happened, if we manage to secure the chip tomorrow it would be amazing comeback story, on the level of a Hollywood movie, just think were we were few years back, heck just think were we were race 1 of this season (not to mention last years race 1)mwillems wrote: ↑07 Dec 2024, 18:14A quarter of a century. It's nuts.Shader wrote: ↑07 Dec 2024, 18:11This is it guys ... tomorrow is the D day.
It's been 26 years ... Last time our team took the title I was a kid at primary school... Today, in 2024, I teach at the University . It's been so long, it's mind-blowing. All those seasons behind Merc, Red Bull, Ferrari... GP2 engines... failures... I though it would never come.
Let's hope our boys finish the job tomorrow, so we celebrate like there's no tomorrow.
Cheers! and Good luck!
bauc wrote: ↑08 Dec 2024, 00:12I started watching F1 in 1997 and immediately fall in love with this Team. It is crazy to think I was 11 years old when they were last champions in the constructors, I'm now married with family .... so many thing have happened, if we manage to secure the chip tomorrow it would be amazing comeback story, on the level of a Hollywood movie, just think were we were few years back, heck just think were we were race 1 of this season (not to mention last years race 1)mwillems wrote: ↑07 Dec 2024, 18:14A quarter of a century. It's nuts.Shader wrote: ↑07 Dec 2024, 18:11This is it guys ... tomorrow is the D day.
It's been 26 years ... Last time our team took the title I was a kid at primary school... Today, in 2024, I teach at the University . It's been so long, it's mind-blowing. All those seasons behind Merc, Red Bull, Ferrari... GP2 engines... failures... I though it would never come.
Let's hope our boys finish the job tomorrow, so we celebrate like there's no tomorrow.
Cheers! and Good luck!
It's Sainz' last for Ferrari, who knows what his priority is. Perhaps he's all in on the win today. I certainly can't imagine he'll be playing it too safe.FittingMechanics wrote: ↑07 Dec 2024, 23:14Exactly. Sainz has plenty to lose if he tangles with McLarens. Team just can't crash into each other or DNF in other ways.
But I think Sainz is a fair driver and I don't think he'll risk it all. Max may even overtake him at the start.
Never met my hero Bruce McLaren as I was still at school in NZ. Denny Hulme as reigning World Champion signed for McLaren for their first serious F1 season, 1968, in papaya colours, car carrying the number 1, the M7A was a very competitive car being second in the constructors to Lotus with three wins. It's great to see this third major McLaren era producing greatness. 1966-80, 1981-2017, 2018-24. Will this era produce McLaren champions in both drivers and constructors championships as the previous two eras did?mclaren111 wrote: ↑08 Dec 2024, 12:35bauc wrote: ↑08 Dec 2024, 00:12I started watching F1 in 1997 and immediately fall in love with this Team. It is crazy to think I was 11 years old when they were last champions in the constructors, I'm now married with family .... so many thing have happened, if we manage to secure the chip tomorrow it would be amazing comeback story, on the level of a Hollywood movie, just think were we were few years back, heck just think were we were race 1 of this season (not to mention last years race 1)
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