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thestaggy said:
The Red Bull environment itself could only be conducive to a certain type of personality.

Back in the day, this would have been Williams, where bosses like Sir Frank and Patrick Head meant you needed to be made of stern stuff.

If Red Bull is indeed ''take no prisoners'', I think Tsunoda has the temperament to handle it. He is very sure of himself and has some bite to his character.
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That's if Honda will foot the bill for the fines because of the over-air language :laugh:
 
I wonder if Lewis Hamilton know his SA Snowflake supporters like cherry blossoms.

I mean this is a man who once told his nephew that boys do not wear dresses.
Also a man who sparked controversy saying F1 is a man's sport.

He will probably run faster than Liam Lawson in a Stake F1 if he sees drama queen wants an autograph.
 
Who doesn't like cherry blossoms? That's just nuts, they're beautiful. People travel to Japan specifically to see them. I guess maybe if you're some kind of backwards, velskoen wearing jappie who drives a Hilux and doesn't want his mates to know he has the ghey then you would have to deny it.

Normal people can just appreciate beauty in things.
 
UrBaN963 said:
Who doesn't like cherry blossoms? That's just nuts, they're beautiful. People travel to Japan specifically to see them. I guess maybe if you're some kind of backwards, velskoen wearing jappie who drives a Hilux and doesn't want his mates to know he has the ghey then you would have to deny it.

Normal people can just appreciate beauty in things.
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Japan is on my list of future destinations. I saw them in Washington DC during the peak bloom some years ago - absolutely one of the most memorable highlights of that trip.
 
UrBaN963 said:
Who doesn't like cherry blossoms? That's just nuts, they're beautiful. People travel to Japan specifically to see them. I guess maybe if you're some kind of backwards, velskoen wearing jappie who drives a Hilux and doesn't want his mates to know he has the ghey then you would have to deny it.

Normal people can just appreciate beauty in things.
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He/She seems very bitter about something. Taking this conversation personally. Trumpism at its best.
 
quovadis said:
Japan is on my list of future destinations. I saw them in Washington DC during the peak bloom some years ago - absolutely one of the most memorable highlights of that trip.
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Yeah even places like Vancouver in Canada has cherry-blossom-lined streets in their Chinatown area, it's always an attraction for tourists when they bloom. (1/4 of Vancouver's population is Asian).
These blossoms are a part of their culture and it's always a sight to behold.
 
thestaggy said:
I have free time at work...
* Below list ignores changes because of injury, illness, suspension or other commitments, such as all the Covid shenanigans in 2020-2022, Sainz's surgery and Magnussen's suspension last year and Alonso going AWOL to run the Indy 500.

  • 2015: One driver change - Marussia rotated Roberto Merhi and Alexander Rossi in their second car for the last 7 races.
  • 2016: Two driver changes - Manor dropped Rio Haryanto for Estaban Ocon mid-season and Red Bull done the Verstappen-Kvyat swap earlier in the season.
  • 2017: Three driver changes - Musical chairs at Toro Rosso. Sainz left for Renault (replacing Jolyon Palmer) and Brendan Hartley replaced him. In the other car, Kvyat and Gasly rotated seat time for the last 6 races.
  • 2018: No changes
  • 2019: One driver change - Red Bull done the Gasly-Albon swap mid-season, demoting Gasly to Toro Rosso and promoting Albon to RB.
  • 2020: No changes
  • 2021: No changes
  • 2022: No changes
  • 2023: One driver change - Alpha Tauri replaced Nyck de Vries with Danny Ric. I won't include Lawson then replacing Danny Ric while he was injured as that was forced.
  • 2024: Three changes - VCARB replaced Danny Ric with Liam Lawson; Williams replaced Logan Sargeant with Franco Colapinto and Alpine replaced Ocon with Jack Doohan for the final round. Bearman replacing Sainz (surgery) and Magnussen (suspension) doesn't count.
  • 2025: One change so far - Tsunoda-Lawson swap.
23 drivers moved around in unforced changes; 14 of them being Red Bull drivers. Over half of all driver swaps involved a Red Bull team.
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This all comes from not being allowed to do a lot of testing because of the FIA rules. In the old days a new driver could race around an unused track 24/7 to get practice times to see how he performed, if he did well then they'd hire them, if not... you're out.

We have simulators nowadays, but they're not the same as actually feeling the g's, danger, pressure etc. It's a huge gamble from the teams, some work... some don't.
 
Wrath of Khan MD said:
This all comes from not being allowed to do a lot of testing because of the FIA rules. In the old days a new driver could race around an unused track 24/7 to get practice times to see how he performed, if he did well then they'd hire them, if not... you're out.

We have simulators nowadays, but they're not the same as actually feeling the g's, danger, pressure etc. It's a huge gamble from the teams, some work... some don't.
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So true, back in the day guys did 1000s of miles of testing.

But, they are allowed to do private testing through TPC, so rookies can still do enough testing in relative machinery to bring them up to speed in F1 terms, the simulator is also useful to learn tracks for those that have not raced them. The new season's car will be the same for everyone to learn and adapt to when official testing starts. It's not like the rookies are unprepared and thrown into the deep end.
 
Red and white, well done RB, looks awesome!

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