Posted on 10/09/2022 2:41:57 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
Vertappen became the F1 World Champion today, after winning the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka.
12 wins out of 18 races this year with 4 more races to go.
Could break the single season record of 13 wins.
32 F1 wins altogether.
Only 25 years old.
Probably going to end up with at least 5 world championships altogether if not more.
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Congrats!
P.S. Lewis Hamilton sucks!
That man is skilled beyond a normal man. Very few, even in all of racing, can maintain the reaction time and complete understanding of controlling a race car at that speed
I watched a video of a guy explaining all of the controls on the steering wheel.
It’s absolutely remarkable to manage the wheel at those speeds.
Just an aside, I’ve never driven a real race car, my only experience is sim racing with what is supposed to be true-to-life settings on the game, and that made me look so much like a fool that I quit it altogether.
Agree to all that.
He could end up as an all time great, but we have some way to go yet.
If I ever see him I will commit a crime.
It will be worth it...
Completely true. If you want a close sim experience, try Forza 7, you’ll get a small taste of what it’s like.
Hamilton’s sense of dressing is weird to put it mildly.
Does he even have a girlfriend at all?
a good driver knows cars
a great driver knows the race director
Kind of a weird day, but his year has been impressive.
But leading by 27 seconds on that wet track is amazing.
I just watched a video review, it looks solid.
F1 is a joke these days- its not racing, its chasing. Basically whoever wins qualifying on Saturday wins the race on Sunday. And every seasons its just two, maybe three teams, who win all the races.
Indy car is much, much more competitive open wheel racing
Nope.
Verstappen has won 12 races this year, most of them NOT from pole.
He even won from 14th grid position in the Belgian Grand Prix.
He owns a clothing company, part of Manchester Soccer and part of the Denver Broncos.
He wants to keep on racing so Max can never break his records. Definite A-Hole material.
So why can't he get normal clothes?
NASCAR is an even bigger joke. Once all the computers and electronic came into play everything changed. Just like regular cars.
hell yeah!!!
Amen...
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