#anti Williams racing

[firetrucks-fastcars]

i hope logan and kyle are having a williams merch bonfire somewhere in florida while they drink beer and plan out james vowles murder. that’s the only thought getting me through this

[kyra3128]

Look I don’t want to be a hater except I do.

James vowels and Williams are maybe my biggest opp of all time ever for the rest of time because I understand his decisions but his reasoning is so fucking stupid and the way he goes about things is even more incompetent. I am a massive Logan fan but like I can understand that he costs quite a lot (except HES CRASHED LIKE TWICE ALL SEASON) and from a business decision getting rid of him is the best chance but to say you want to “maximise points” is such obvious bullshit because the Williams is a tractor no matter who drives it and from a pr perspective is incredibly terrible but to replace the driver who was taken out of f2 too quickly and was rushed to an f1 seat with a driver who is taken out of f2 even quicker is so stupid especially considering rookies are more inexperienced and have a higher chance of crashing and less likelihood of scoring points. But they’re also harming colapintos career because there aren’t any seats until 2026 at a push so while yeah it’s great 9 whole races in f1! Awesome! Until for the next two years he’s stuck in another series or as a reserve driver. And in a Williams he won’t be able to accurately display his skills to other prospective teams as the car is not performing anywhere near the midfield teams vowels claims there compeating with wich essentially puts colapintos career in a sort of purgatory similar to Liam Lawson where he’s showed what he can do but isn’t given the opportunity to be a permanent member of the grid.

TLDR: I just think that Williams are incredibly stupid and fucking dumb and destroy their drivers careers unintentionally.

[alonsoings]

williams do not piss me off

[reesemon]

JAMES VOWLES SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT WANTING TO FIRE LOGAN FOR 24 HOURS CHALLENGE!!! **gone wrong** **failed**

[scuderia-hamilton]

i have more things to say, cause this just makes my blood boil.

this is not just shit for Logan, this is not good for Colapinto either.

it’s not just that Colapinto has no experience in F1, but he barely has any experience in F2, this is his rookie year there. they’re throwing him in F1 way too early, he’s not at all ready, even though he’s doing a kind of decent job at F2 in the moment (he’s sixth in the championship). he has potential, but they! gotta! let! him! learn! they’re ruining his chance for a good F2 season, probably ruining his entire career with this, all because they want Logan out of the team so bad. he’s not going to be able to perform at all, cause the car is horrible and he’s a rookie.

this is not like when Ollie drove in Jeddah. this is Ollie’s second f2 season, he’s driven F1 cars before for Haas and for Ferrari, he had more experience than Colapinto has now. and he was driving a Ferrari. yes, we joke that Ferrari is shit and blah blah blah, but it’s still a good car, especially compared to the Williams.

Colapinto will be under tremendous pressure to prove himself and score points, cause this is his chance, his breakthrough. but that pressure is not a good thing, as we’ve seen before time and time again, it only creates more mistakes and doubts.

this is such a shit situation and i literally cannot wrap my head around why Vowles thought that yes, this is the solution.

[sugenberry]

Does James Vowles understand he's just criticised actual F1 royalty? The gridson of one of the most beloved drivers in recent history? Does he have a death wish?

[eliz-eia]

i didn't really care about alex and logan but i have since watched a couple team torque videos and now i can't bare to see them separated

[valyrfia]

if I were McLaren and built a rocketship and I were getting outqualified by a Williams driven by a guy who was in F2 a month ago I would just leave the sport. PERSONALLY.

[britney-rosberg06]

Liam Lawson on F1 accessibility and Ollie Bearman:

“I would say maybe, it’s becoming more clear-it’s hard because obviously I don’t wanna just speak for myself but just using Ollie [Bearman] as an example-how potentially accessible formula 1 is for the younger sort of generation and us trying to step into it. I think in my experience it’s not so much driving the car but everything else that comes with Formula 1-the pressure, the media side of it the atmosphere-it’s very very different to what anything else we’ve raced. But the driver part of it sort of how accessible it is. I think from the simulator work and preparation that we do that someone like Ollie is able to jump into the car and be on the pace and do such a good job”

THIS is it!! This is what we’re saying! Liam and Ollie both performed superbly when given the opportunity to do so. It’s clear that the F1 car is manageable for someone making a quick jump from F2 or older F1 cars. When-in my experience-the reason teams have been hesitant maybe to bring in younger talent like Liam and Ollie is cause of the difference in the car. Liam and Ollie have both said that’s not true and they both did quite well through several tough races in Liam’s case like Singapore and Qatar.

It’s for reasons like what Liam says that we need to either push out some of the guys who aren’t performing at their level (*cough* Ricciardo *cough*) or open up the sport to more teams! If Andretti had gotten their bid accepted, Liam Lawson might not have to wait around for DR to get his head out of Chr*stian Horners ass and retire and he could have a seat for 2025. Cause until that happens, and until other teams make moves to push out their older competitors. Liam (and Ollie, sort of) can’t join F1.

And another problem this raises, is that either of them could have a seat next year. If teams weren’t so scared of missing out on the next Max Verstappen.

Toto Wolff practically has the seat reserved for Kimi Antonelli and he will do whatever it takes to either get it to him in 2025, or blow off that year to wait for Kimi in 2026. Meaning that Liam and Ollie would be left on their asses if either if them signed to Merc. And this isn’t hate to Kimi! This is simply a criticism of the teams only taking younger talent when they’re considered prodigious.

If they signed to a lower grid team like Haas-who we know are in tentative talks with Ollie-or Sauber or Alpine then they will underperform to their potential because the car they drive is shitty but they’ll be the ones blamed for it due to “lack of experience” and teams can continue to make the claim that the F2 to F1 jump is too big and the cycle repeats perpetually until it’s just not worth it and we the fans lose out on potential great talent. Even though drivers who have been in the sport for years can underperform in the same car and it’s fine!

It doesn’t make sense, truly, for them to not trust younger talent when Zak Brown and Mclaren have signed the youngest pairing on the grid, who after updates last year to the car, were pretty consistent with placing in the points and earned them several podiums.

Also, look at how much good the 2019 rookies ended up being for the sport. 3 childhood friends entered into F1, there were highs, lows, etc they each got their shot to prove themselves and now. One is working to rebuild a historic team, one is outperforming a 7 time champion (again no hate just observation) and one is considered to be apart of the team that can take the fight to RedBull and Ferrari

It just doesn’t make sense when young drivers get passed up even when they prove themselves in favor of relying on middling drivers who’s time in the sun have kind of passed on.

Anyway, I hope Liam and Ollie get a seat next year. I hope Kimi Antonelli does what’s best for him as a kid rather than what is best for his career. I hope Daniel Ricciardo gets kicked out mid season. And I hope the next time a team comes in trying to join F1, they can actually do it

[firetrucks-fastcars]

if i have to sit through one more heartbreaking team radio from logan i will swim to barcelona and murder james vowels with my bare hands

[lmhf1]

franco please lets work together 🫶🏻

[eciiipsed]

everyone is crying about carlos sainz going to williams and i am also crying about it but for very different reasons. the reasons are that williams is my team and i do not like carlos sainz 💀

[scuderia-hamilton]

and also i thought that we agreed on the fact that the main reason Logan was struggling in F1 was because he didn’t have enough experience in F2 and now they turn around and do the very same thing to a different guy!!!?!!??

as a wise man once said: the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

[t-nd-rfoot]

Williams with Nicholas Latifi. Haas with Mick Schumacher.

Both drivers with a reputation for their crashes. Both drivers leaving F1.

What do their teams do?

Williams: signs and gifts Latifi part of the car he earned his first points in. Latifi even jokes that they got this from a car that he crashed, to which the whole team laughed with him.

Haas: stops Mick from doing celebratory donuts at the end of the race, and doesn’t even thank or acknowledge him in the post-race radio for the work he’s done for them for the last two years. And don’t even tell me about that video of Gunther giving a speech thanking Mick. That shit was pure PR. They’ll do it for the video but what happens off camera is what matters more.

Take this post as you will, but it speaks volumes about the environments of those teams. Two of the lowest teams (and they’re both very well aware of that), yet one team still remembers that their drivers are human and can treat them with respect despite the downfalls, but another can’t even be bothered to show their drivers basic manners and courtesy.

TL;DR: fuck Gunther Steiner. Fuck Haas. Take your boat and sail away.

[bigshunt]

Race week. Mexico. Predictions. Let's gooooooo!

(Can't belive it's Thursday and I still haven't posted this. Where has the week gone?)

No nuance top 3

1. Carlos

2. Max

3. Charles

Silliness below!

🚗🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎

Realistic

- Charles Leclerc and insahalla says Ferrari. But what's this? Carlos Sainz with the steel chair! Turn 1, lap 1.

- Turn 1 carnage in the midfield. One of the rookies divebombs probably. Safety car 🚗🏎🏎🏎🏎

- Max not pushing too hard to try and avoid a DNF so is happy (well, not "happy" but ygwim) to stay in position as long as Lando is behind him.

- Mercedes stop emotionally abusing your drivers and making inconsistent, but mostly bad, calls. challenge level - impossible.

Unrealistic

- Lestappen wheel to wheel, lap after lap, hot and heavy, sexy racing. Carlos creates a pit stop gap while they squabble with each other. Lando is also there in the cuck chair P4. (I moved this one back and forth from realistic to unrealistic so many times. I think I just really want it to happen haha)

- Fernando points finish for his 400th. (Sorry queen I wanted to put this in realistic but that Aston is 🤮)

- Williams (probs Franco but rooting for Alex too) qualify high and being hard to catch on straights get their best finish of the season but gain no places.

- Checo top 5. I am a known Checo h8r but I always wish drivers well at their home race and he should have the full upgrade package this week so we'll see. (He's still a fucking embarrassment but what are you gonna do 🤷‍♀️)

Unhinged

- Alonso and Lawson crash each other out and then spit fire in their interviews.

- Max DNF, Lando wins. The championship chase stays alive for one more round.

- Fuck it. Franco podium. 🏆 If that's what it takes to get him a seat at this point I do not care

[toomx]

jimmy consonants gotta realize people already don’t like him and if he doesn’t shut his mouth it’s not going to get any better