Motorsports Thread

[Luca]

Feel free to discuss everything about Motorsports here.

 

[Luca]

These are the updated formula one driver and team standings as everything take a breather with the much-needed summer break.

 

[Luca]

Max Verstappen wins the Brazilian GP to stretch his lead to 62 points in the WDC race with only 3 races to go in the season. Surely Lando can't go past him now.

 

[Luca]

Congratulations to McLaren for winning the constructors' champions for the first time in 26 years.

 

[Luca]

Ford insists Carlos Sainz Sr still has all to play for in the 2025 Dakar Rally despite losing heaps of time in a crash during the 48-hour chrono stage on Sunday.

Having just crossed the seventh checkpoint at the 325km mark, Sainz’s Ford Raptor flipped over and landed on its roof over sand, leaving him stranded in the Saudi desert.

https://www.autosport.com/dakar/news/sainz-still-in-contention-for-2025-dakar-win-despite-rollover-says-ford/10686504/

 

[Luca]

Do you guys see Lewis Hamilton winning a race this F1 season?

 

[jclaffee]

Do you guys see Lewis Hamilton winning a race this F1 season?

I'm a Lewis fan. But younger talent may have passed him by. I'd give him <25% chance. Hope he comes to grips with the F car and shows that I have no idea what I'm talking about.

 

[Luca]

I'm a Lewis fan. But younger talent may have passed him by. I'd give him <25% chance. Hope he comes to grips with the F car and shows that I have no idea what I'm talking about.

Winning a race doesn't look likely for him after seeing his performance so far in the season but he might have a couple of podium finishes this season.

 

[Luca]

This is how the Formula 1 WDC and WCC standings look like as we head in the summer break.

 

[Luca]

Not sure if Colton Herta has made the right decision by leaving IndyCar. What you guys think?

 

[Luca]

McLaren are the 2025 world constructors' champions. They have done it with 6 races remaining in the season.

 

[Luca]

New interview with Doriane Pin after her F1 Academy title win. She talks about working with Prema/Mercedes, learning from Hamilton and Russell, and her long-term goal of reaching F1. A good watch for anyone following future talent:

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[Luca]

Max Verstappen is not happy with the new F1 cars.

Read more on this here:

 

[Luca]

Great start of the 2026 F1 season for Mercedes as they finished 1-2 in the Australian GP Qualifying.

 

[Luca]

Great start of the 2026 F1 season for Mercedes as they finished 1-2 in the Australian GP Qualifying.

and also finished the race 1-2 as well.

 

[Luca]

Mercedes had a 1-2 finish in China as well and it looks like they will be hard to beat this season.

 

[Luca]

Kimi Antonelli wins the Japanese GP to make it 3 race wins in 3 races for Mercedes.

 

[Luca]

Christian Lundgaard has been in great form heading into the 2026 IndyCar season, building on his momentum with Arrow McLaren and running near the front consistently. It really shows how the move away from the F1 path worked out in his favor. Worth a watch:

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[Luca]

Congrats to team Toyota.

 

[Luca]

Lewis Hamilton seems to have great time off the track at the moment. It will be interesting to see if he can perform great on track as well this weekend at the Miami GP.