US Grand Prix 2018

I’d like to request that the moderators remove Gaius. His sheer lack of aesthetic appeal is becoming a distraction to those of us who prefer more refined beauty. Thank you.

ruggedhawk20 said:And finally, a brief tribute to the late Gaius, a true legend of American motorcycling, may God rest his soul.

Why speak of him in the past tense?
If he had actually passed away, I would have heard about it from someone living in my own neighborhood...

Richard Green73 said:Why speak of him in the past tense?
If he lived in my neighborhood, I would have heard about it by now.

And why on earth are you so preoccupied with ruggedhawk20?

Even if Gaius passed away today, I was actually hanging out with him briefly back when we were just kids.

And remember Pilate? He was dead for about a year after getting hit by a streetcar while riding his bike. By some freak accident, he somehow slipped back through time and stopped that streetcar right before it hit him. Because of that, he’s walking around again today.🙂

Seriously, this isn't how you start a thread 😢

I really hope that doesn't happen.

What an absolute disaster of an opening for the first race of the season. 👎
Even a total amateur wouldn't mess up this badly on their first try.
It was honestly pathetic.
p.s.
I haven't even seen the starting grid yet and I can already tell how bad this is going to be. BOYCOTT!

@darkmarlin16/">@@darkmarlin16 and Timothy Castillo6

Man, you guys are ungrateful—if you're so eager, why didn't YOU start the thread? darkmarlin16 said he’d get to it over the weekend, but nothing happened. It's Monday now, I'm the only one who actually stepped up to get this going... look, I’m no professional writer, but something is better than nothing, right? I made sure to include all the essentials and even added some video clips with a solid season intro. If you think you can do a better job, go ahead—there's another race coming up and I won't complain if you take the reins...

First off:

-I actually have to side with this guy on one thing... we've been waiting months for this opening race, and if anyone actually had any initiative, they would’ve started this thread ages ago... at least the kid put in some effort, so there's really no point in acting like it could've been done better...

Regarding the race:

-I'm just hoping McLaren shows enough progress that we can finally justify feeling optimistic about a decent season ahead.😁

As for everything else:

-...

Let's get this show on the road.🍿

There’s absolutely no point in just sitting here whining about why this thread was opened in the first place. Let's stop the endless complaining, put our heads together to actually build some meaningful content, and save the venting for when the next race weekend finally rolls around!
😁

Does anyone actually read these opening threads? I certainly don't. It feels like the same things are being posted over and over again.

Terry Carter2 said:Look, there’s zero point in whining about the thread being opened! Let’s just pull together, beef this thing up, and then when race day actually rolls around, you can all show up and make some noise!
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I mean, look, I get it, but man, fighting with this new Google crap regarding images is a total nightmare—I swear I spend at least an hour just trying to get one damn thing to load, and honestly, it’s probably only going to get worse from here.

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briskhound76 said:First things first...

I have to agree with this guy—just for once... we've been sitting around waiting months for this first race, and if anyone actually had the drive, they would've started this thread ages ago. At least the kid put in some effort, so there's really no point in acting like an expert now and nitpicking how it could've been done better...

Thanks, I appreciate it...🙂 It’s just me—I'm not exactly a kid anymore... 😉

Terry Carter2 said:There’s really no point in whining about the thread being opened!... Let’s tackle this together... And when race day finally rolls around—that’s when I want to see you all show up!...
😁

Exactly—instead of those two just talking trash about me, they could have actually shared what they’d add to the mix... then Kyle Edwards5 could have easily slotted it all in where it belongs. But hey, I guess it's way easier to just talk smack...

Alright, I'll go back and polish up the opening post in a bit.

Edit. There, done. Hope that works for you, neonfox65. 👍

Twenty-two years ago, I woke up at 4 AM—well, not really "woke up" since I hadn't even slept. I was basically running on zero sleep for five days straight leading up to the race. I was just dying to see those Formula 1 cars back in action for the new season. Even though the cars looked hideous with those massive new cockpit guards they added after Hakkinen’s crash back in 1995 at Austin—which was the season finale—they were still a blast to watch. I was counting down the minutes to see my guy Jacques Villeneuve making his Formula 1 debut, and of course, the most hated man on the grid, Michael Schumacher in that Ferrari. I actually had this dream right before the race that Eddie Irvine would pull off a win in some chaotic mess. I was dead set on Eddie Irvine taking it. Little did I know I was living three years ahead of schedule—he didn't actually win until '99 in a race that played out exactly like my crazy March 1996 dream.

Being twenty-two years ahead of my time doesn't exactly help when I'm waking up at 4 AM. I'll probably dig up the footage sometime Wednesday. Formula 1 hasn't changed—it's just the world that's gone stale. Being twenty-two years ahead of the curve means all that Formula 1 excitement just... vanished.

When we first kick off a thread like this, all we really need is to drop the dates and times—and maybe include a few more guys with oversized egos and even bigger... well, you know what I mean.

Kyle Edwards5 said:Alright, I’ll go back and tweak the opening post in a bit.

edit. okay, done. Hope that works for you, neonfox65...👍

Of course it's fine—no reason for me to complain!👍

darkmarlin16 said:I mean, I get it, but this new Google photo crap is such a pain—it takes me like an hour just to get everything to load, and probably even longer now.

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It’s probably less about Google and more about the lawyers. 😂

This isn't even Formula 1 anymore... nobody is going to sit through watching it like this...

They’ve added a third DRS zone

https://www.racefans.net/2018/03/21/...nd-prix-track/

Does anyone have any betting ideas for this weekend? Since it's the season opener, there might be some opportunities to capitalize on. For instance, could McLaren pull off a surprise (maybe getting Fernando Alonso into the top 3), or will they totally fall flat? Also, when looking at the Ferrari-Red Bull matchup, who are you guys leaning toward?