2022 F1 Discussions

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Pitfitter446

·May 9, 2022

Cheers, don’t do football, American or Soccer, but go to the game that uses a ball similar to the one Brady has.

 

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Hubert

·May 9, 2022·TAG Heuer Forums Moderator

Miami Race Recap

 

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Mspeedster

·May 9, 2022

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Tom Brady. NFL GOAT.
(former TAG Heuer ambassador)
Michael Jordan. NBA GOAT. Period 😜
Sir Hamilton is 3rd for me. I’d put Schumacher & Senna ahead for F1 GOAT.
Beckham probably GOAT of English football or not quite? I’m not really sure. 😗
But ALL Living LEGENDS in their own right / respective field 👍

I'm with @Pitfitter446, I don't believe in the term GOAT. Because the circumstances for the legendary athletes of different eras makes it impossible to compare, numbers are only part of the story.

In Brady's case, the New England Patriots were caught cheating on several occasions with illegal spying on other teams and deflating footballs to make it easier to catch etc. This diminishes his accomplishments IMHO.

It's also weird to see Brady switch sides, having been with TAG Heuer for so many years and then switching to IWC.

 

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Aquagraph

·May 9, 2022

I also think GOAT is a fiction, especially in a sport like F1 where machinery is everything. We currently have a 4 time F1 WDC who most people wouldn't now give the time of day, was he really so 'amazing' when he was at Red Bull or so amazing at driving that one specific car for those four specific years? I repeat a four times WDC, same as Alain Prost, one more than Senna. 3rd or 4th most succesful driver ever and yet no one would even dream of putting his name up as the greatest driver of all time. By contrast you have someone like Alesi who many thought was an excellent driver but only actually won 1 race. Yet had he gone to Williams when he was supposed to instead of Ferrari would almost certainly have been a WDC.

So if you can't even really compare the 'Vettel' era with the 'hybrid' era, how can you hope to compare different decades?

 

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Pitfitter446

·May 22, 2022

It’s all going on in Spain.

 

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kappa_md

·May 22, 2022

Max & Checo / Red Bull 1-2!

 

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Yago

·May 22, 2022

Spanish GP hasn’t been this exciting in ages 👍
Never expected Max to win after DRS issues behind Russel early on in the race.

 

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kappa_md

·May 22, 2022

Yago

Spanish GP hasn’t been this exciting in ages 👍
Never expected Max to win after DRS issues behind Russel early on in the race.

When Max’s DRS won’t open, I thought his chances of a win are now very slim. It’s really a combination of a bit of luck, raw talent and machinery to win! Charles had engine issues, Carlos spinning, Lewis making contact with KMag, got to give it to Russell for a solid drive 👍

 

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Hubert

·May 22, 2022·TAG Heuer Forums Moderator

Heartbreak for Ferrari. Max now leads. Bitter sweet for Checo.

 

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Aquagraph

·May 27, 2022

How come FP1/2 are on Friday? I thought it was usually on Thursday?

 

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kappa_md

·May 27, 2022

 

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YY77

·May 27, 2022

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How come FP1/2 are on Friday? I thought it was usually on Thursday?

Someone on OF posted this: "Read that for 2022 Monaco is going to be in-line with other F1 races since it part of a double-header this year. Usually there is a 2-wk gap before Monaco -- not this year. And, having FP1 on Fri has helped the F1 circus move from Barcelona to Monaco giving them 1 more day to get things in order. Also, read that Ascension Day is less revered by their public over time so likely to upset only a few people."

 

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·May 27, 2022

Ah right, so I am not crazy... thanks YY77

 

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YY77

·May 27, 2022

McLaren wil carry Senna's name on their cars from now on:

https://twitter.com/McLarenF1/statu...ren-brengt-eerbetoon-aan-legende-ayrton-senna

 

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kappa_md

·May 27, 2022

YY77

McLaren wil carry Senna's name on their cars from now on:

https://twitter.com/McLarenF1/status/1530082067844849665?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1530082067844849665|twgr^|twcon^s1_c10&ref_url=https://www.telegraaf.nl/sport/2000134936/mc-laren-brengt-eerbetoon-aan-legende-ayrton-senna

About time! Took them so long after producing a hardcore limited edition sportscar named after him 👍

 

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·May 27, 2022

Thing about getting old... is like Dollares doesn't even know who Michael Schumacher is. He's like 'Oh... yeah that was before I was watching F1' and Senna was like 'Before I was born'. So to Jim, Senna is as irrelevant as Fangio was to me.

 

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Jim Dollares

·May 27, 2022

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Thing about getting old... is like Dollares doesn't even know who Michael Schumacher is. He's like 'Oh... yeah that was before I was watching F1' and Senna was like 'Before I was born'. So to Jim, Senna is as irrelevant as Fangio was to me.

What you ramblin about now old man

 

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·May 27, 2022

Jim Dollares

What you ramblin about now old man

Pastor Maldonado...

 

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Jim Dollares

·May 27, 2022

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Pastor Maldonado...

Who

 

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·May 27, 2022

Exactly.