Motor Sport

[WhiskeySandwich]

pretty sure Merc is winning "best livery of 2026"

[Bridger]

Looks like a lizard. Maybe good for the hot dry tracks.

[WhiskeySandwich]

@Bridger ah, a wishful livery after last years struggles with heat, i see. Still looks good, my homie agrees

[Bridger]

Very cool @WhiskeySandwich

What type of lizard is he/she/they?

[WhiskeySandwich]

@Bridger he's a bearded dragon. we got him 5 or so years ago as a tiny dude barely bigger than my finger and he turned into a monster. He's unusually big, probably because he's lazy/chill AF and just sleeps and eats. I hadn't noticed the Merc resembling the pattern, but i def see it now, especially on the 'sidepods' lol

[Bridger]

He is very cool @WhiskeySandwich

How socialised is he with humans? Does he spend time outside of his space?

[Giles]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/articles/cgl8dxrr302o

[Bridger]

Testing results.

Lance had a busy social calendar at the time and left Alonso to it.

Mind, even the lack of laps from Aston suggests that Newey has more work to do.

Other than Ferrari, top 8 are all Merc power units.

[mclaincausey]

Aston is cooked

[Bridger]

I'm a big Honda fan. I suspect Aston will not have a good start to the season. However, I think a Honda Newey combo will deliver something. Newey knows Honda. I can't imagine that Aston has a Honda is a coincidence.

[Giles]

Probably means I will be watching much less of it again.......

[Brian]

More of a click bait article to advertise the Netflix series than anything else ( and yes I did fall for the clicking on it bit) feel the bbc has gone downhill with their online reporting recently especially with sports coverage

[Bridger]

@Giles said in Motor Sport:

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Has Leclerc scored a sample pair of IH-684S-16-GER?

They seem to be fading fast in an interesting pattern.

[DeeDee85]

@Bridger James Hunt they are not eh?

[Bridger]

Ha, @DeeDee85, well said!

If Drive to Survive was around back in Hunt's time it would have been far more racy!

[DeeDee85]

@Bridger would have been a must watch for me

[WhiskeySandwich]

@Bridger said in Motor Sport:

I'm a big Honda fan. I suspect Aston will not have a good start to the season. However, I think a Honda Newey combo will deliver something. Newey knows Honda. I can't imagine that Aston has a Honda is a coincidence.

There's an interesting dynamic there. It seems like their vibration/performance issues are transmission related, so i'm sure once they resolve that, they'll have a huge jump in performance.

Another interesting thing is the RBPT/Ford is probably more Honda than Ford actually, from what I've read. Seeing as Ford has apparently hugely overstated their involvement in the PU's development, with RB building on their knowledge from their previous partnership with Honda.

[louisbosco]

we're back! and for the love of the fire horse lunar year. I hope this is Ferrari's year!

[goosehd]

Definitely not Aston Martin’s…

[Bridger]

@WhiskeySandwich that's interesting insight.

I wonder if any of the Honda engineers from the RB days have stuck around with Ford.