Got Illustrator And Photoshop Earlier Today And I've Been Trying To Figure It Out..

god gives his toughest battles (williams drivers unable to keep both cars in one piece) to his strongest soldiers (williams mechanics working overtime)

Me as a Daniel fan since the season started.

Miami GP: Quali recap

Out Q1

Zhou Guanyu, Magnussen, Ricciardo, Sargeant, Bottas

(In order from lowest to highest position, so P20-16)

Magnussen unfortunately not in a place to get points, citing too many cars in the last corner as the reason

Ricciardo also to qualify last following his 3 place grid penalty from China. It seems if you do irregularly well in the sprint you end up placing last during quali... 🥲

Out Q2

Alonso, Albon, Ocon, Gasly, Stroll (P15-11)

Albon complains about low grip and high tire degradation, almost hits the barriers while turning

"The tyres are absolutely destroyed, I can't get them to last more than six corners."

Lando Norris gets a lap time deleted but it has no effect

Alonso, not making it through to Q3 for the first time this season

Q1 results

Tsunoda, Hulkenberg, Hamilton, Russell, Piastri, Norris, Perez, Sainz, Leclerc, Verstappen (P10-1)

Verstappen takes pole position again

Hamilton went 2nd fastest in Q2 but isn't able to replicate it for Q1

Sainz and Hulkenberg have an incident (impeding) but no further action is taken

TSUNODA MAKES IT PAST HULKENBERG ON THE PIT EXIT WAR IS OVER 🔥🔥🔥

Haas DRS train 2: Electric Boogaloo

I’m not crying, you are. 😭

Honestly my favourite thing about this entire Max vs the FIA ordeal is the fact that he still made sure to tell the reporter "this is not towards you, dont worry" and let reporters ask their questions outside of the media pen because his annoyance was never directed at them

WHAT DID I SAY?! WHAT DID I SAY!!!! HE WON 🇦🇺🇦🇺

Clearing up some Ricciardo Rumors™️

Over the last few weeks rumors have sprung up about Daniel Ricciardo, which is fair enough considering the lineup for the RB and Red Bull seats as well as the expectations of him, but I've done a bit more research to clear things up :)

Replaced at Miami? Apparently not.

The New Zealand Herald wrote an article that claimed "Ricciardo has been given an ultimatum" (tldr: if he doesn't perform in Japan and China he will be replaced by Liam Lawson) as well as other things like "Lawson is seen internally as Red Bull’s best option to partner world champion Max Verstappen long-term."

The source itself isn't too reputable since the NZ Herald hardly does F1 reporting to begin with, but also because it's clear they would be biased towards the kiwi driver (Lawson).

These claims have also since been disproven, first by F1 journalist Thomas Maher who reported "Sources say there are no plans to replace Daniel Ricciardo, from the Miami GP or later, with Liam Lawson," and also by Speedcafe, who put out an article saying "Trusted sources within Red Bull Racing, which has an overarching contract with Ricciardo, denied the rumours outright when approached by Speedcafe"

Liam's team have denied the allegations too, saying he hasn't been advised by Red Bull of any moves so I don't think it was intentional pressure but rather just bad journalism from the newsletter.

Helmut Marko has implied DR needs to be doing better, claiming both RBs are "too slow" and Ricciardo is "a bit behind,” but he's also said "Ricciardo needs a safe and confident car. I hope the team can give him that, so he can at least be on par with Yuki," indicating his dissatisfaction is less with the drivers and more with the car.

What about in Suzuka? Yes... but also no.

Daniel Ricciardo will miss FP1 as Red Bull junior driver Ayumu Iwasa takes his car for the practice session, but this is just because F1 teams are required to to bring in a rookie for at least 2 FP sessions a season. Usually teams do this a bit later but RB brought a rookie in earlier last year too, when they were still known as AlphaTauri.

So why not bring in Liam Lawson? Technically he's not a rookie anymore since he's driven in more than 2 GPs. That, and Iwasa is Japanese and it's the Japanese GP. Only makes sense to let him shine a bit in his home circuit.

So is he in danger of losing his seat?

As of now, it doesn't look like there's any plans to kick him out before his contract is finished. He clearly brings a lot of good PR to the team, as well as advice to improve the car. The team has also been admitting the car needs improvements, and there's much to be done. Ricciardo isn't too far behind Yuki's pace either, however he needs to be actively outperforming him if he wants to guarantee moving past the RB seat or even staying another season, since it's clear there's options Red Bull wants to explore.

about using wag promotion for f1 academy...i seriously have nothing against influencers or models and seriously good on them if they genuinely care about and support the series.

but i mean wouldn't it have made more sense to get lily muni he or tiffany cromwell to do the promo if they wanted wags...yk like the actual professional athletes. or why not consider women who are in motorsport but aren't given the recognition as interviewers or even the wags such as the mechanics who may get lost in the crowd or the pr team who constantly chase after the drivers in the background.

even if it isn't it just comes off disingenuous and reeks of paid promo. which usually wouldn't be a problem but its an odd direction f1 academy should be going for their image.

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