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Posted 02 April 2025 - 23:19
Great start to the build up for the weekend, KWSN-DSM! Love Suzuka, one of the few proper race tracks left.
Edited by GlenWatkins, 02 April 2025 - 23:21.
Posted 03 April 2025 - 00:09
Bring on the hats…
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Posted 03 April 2025 - 02:24
that car must've been so much easier to drive if PER was so close ?
Posted 03 April 2025 - 03:42
The Passenger, on 03 Apr 2025 - 00:51, said:
Last year's results:
Bit awkward, now, perhaps, to see that Perez came second. Yuki's got such a challenge ahead, I wish him very well.
Posted 03 April 2025 - 04:21
Racing Bulls posted a pit board with “We missed you Lawson” online. Tried to get it to post but not right format.
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Punishing. Interesitg to look at Yuki there.
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Posted 03 April 2025 - 08:45
That raw chicken "delicacy" is vile. What the actual hell.
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Posted 03 April 2025 - 09:05
DevilDare, on 03 Apr 2025 - 08:45, said:
That raw chicken "delicacy" is vile. What the actual hell.
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Edited by Mc_Silver, 03 April 2025 - 09:29.
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Edited by Beri, 03 April 2025 - 09:34.
Posted 03 April 2025 - 09:39
Definitely my favorite circuit, and I think most of the drivers as well. A true driver's circuit where mistakes are punished. Maybe not so good for DRS-era racing, but along with Monaco it's the only track where a mere practice onboard lap gets you nervous and excited.
Posted 03 April 2025 - 09:51
Afterburner, on 03 Apr 2025 - 00:42, said:
The Port Town II layout returned as Port Town II: Snake Road in the 3D sequel F-Zero X in 1998. The original Port Town I and II are back in the 2023 online version of the 1990 game, F-Zero 99. Port Town is considered the home of the game’s protagonist, Captain Falcon.
Mostly only tangentially related info but the point is there were definitely racing fans working at Nintendo!
Interestingly I've never felt like anything of Port Town II: Snake Road have ever reminded me of Suzuka. Other than me making more mistakes on that track than almost any other... Racing fans at Nintendo is obvious as F-Zero is somewhat their idea of "F1 in 500 years time, but now it is F0 Grand Prix".
Also. I never got around to try out F-Zero 99...
Posted 03 April 2025 - 09:54
Ruusperi, on 03 Apr 2025 - 09:39, said:
Definitely my favorite circuit, and I think most of the drivers as well. A true driver's circuit where mistakes are punished. Maybe not so good for DRS-era racing, but along with Monaco it's the only track where a mere practice onboard lap gets you nervous and excited.
Finished second during the race, if I recall correctly? Distinctly remember being very young and thinking "oh, I thought McLaren were bad, Hakkinen must be really good" when I saw Mika on the podium.
Posted 03 April 2025 - 10:16
According to ChatGPT, the equivilent UK town to Suzuka is Swindon.
Posted 03 April 2025 - 10:43
Posted 03 April 2025 - 10:52
jonpollak, on 03 Apr 2025 - 10:43, said:
Ok I’ll give it up to the ChatGPT then.
Just seemed a dodgy twinning.
To me at least.
Jp
I remain also puzzled!
It does also have a park that has some lovely Cherry Blossom going on, complete with festival to celebrate it, maybe that’s it??
https://www.swindona...ts-times-dates/
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SophieB, on 03 Apr 2025 - 10:52, said:
I remain also puzzled!
It does also have a park that has some lovely Cherry Blossom going on, complete with festival to celebrate it, maybe that’s it??
https://www.swindona...ts-times-dates/
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There aren't many things in Swindon that usually get called beautiful but I do think that the Town Gardens is absolutely deserving of that title," one local told the Adver while out on a stroll through the park.
Posted 03 April 2025 - 11:07
JimmyClark, on 03 Apr 2025 - 11:01, said:
ChatGPT
You said:
Which venue that hosts F1 races is most like Croydon?
ChatGPT said:
The race itself can be chaotic, with tight corners and unexpected drama—kind of like navigating Croydon’s traffic and tram lines
Posted 03 April 2025 - 11:16
I know I write this every year, but really, the entire first sector of Suzuka is the best stretch of tarmac on the entire calendar.
Posted 03 April 2025 - 11:18
JimmyClark, on 03 Apr 2025 - 11:01, said:
Obviously the important questions need to be asked...
ChatGPT
You said:
Which venue that hosts F1 races is most like Croydon?
ChatGPT said:
If we’re talking about an F1 venue that gives off a Croydon-esque vibe—urban, a bit rough around the edges but with its own energy—I’d say Baku City Circuit in Azerbaijan might be the closest match.
It’s a street circuit with a mix of modern and older architecture, much like Croydon’s blend of post-war brutalism and newer developments.
The race itself can be chaotic, with tight corners and unexpected drama—kind of like navigating Croydon’s traffic and tram lines.
It’s not the most glamorous F1 venue, but it gets the job done with a bit of scrappiness, similar to how Croydon isn’t central London but still has a lot going on.
Other contenders:
Las Vegas GP – Neon lights, slightly chaotic, and full of unexpected surprises, like a South London night out.
Marina Bay (Singapore GP) – A dense urban setting, but probably too polished to be a true Croydon equivalent.
What do you think—too harsh or spot on?
‘Slightly chaotic and full of unexpected surprises’ reads like it comes from the Ankh-Morpork tourist information guide.
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Posted 03 April 2025 - 12:12
Mat13, on 03 Apr 2025 - 05:10, said:
For anyone not local to Japan, or a treacherous colonial, the race start time in BST (that’s right, we in the UK get to name time as we clearly invented it), is 6am.
I will be waking up for this one. The start time is in my narrow morning operating window.
Posted 03 April 2025 - 12:29
Yesterday's Tokyo Street Run Demo (Full version)
Jp
Posted 03 April 2025 - 13:55
Beri, on 03 Apr 2025 - 09:34, said:
Suzuka. Everyone talks about the Esses or the WhateverDegreeItIsNowadays-R corner. But to me.. it's this one;
The car bending Degner Curves..
They need a super slow mo camera at Degner 1 so we can see these types of shots. F1 cars always look so poised in real time it's nice to see them working like in this pic.
Posted 03 April 2025 - 14:16
KWSN - DSM, on 03 Apr 2025 - 13:46, said:
Would like for that to be show on TV during races, the way they make it seem Scalextric and we all know it is so darn on the limit all the time.
7MGTEsup, on 03 Apr 2025 - 13:55, said:
They need a super slow mo camera at Degner 1 so we can see these types of shots. F1 cars always look so poised in real time it's nice to see them working like in this pic.
It really is insane how much F1 fails to showcase its most spectacular aspects on TV. Both this kind of thing and the sense of speed is sorely lacking in the broadcast.
Posted 03 April 2025 - 14:21
Beri, on 03 Apr 2025 - 09:34, said:
We’re all talking about how we need more of this, but I want to single out the photographer who took that photo. I don’t know how much of that was touched up in post but that’s an absolutely phenomenal shot.Suzuka. Everyone talks about the Esses or the WhateverDegreeItIsNowadays-R corner. But to me.. it's this one;
The car bending Degner Curves..
Posted 03 April 2025 - 14:39
Afterburner, on 03 Apr 2025 - 14:21, said:
We’re all talking about how we need more of this, but I want to single out the photographer who took that photo. I don’t know how much of that was touched up in post but that’s an absolutely phenomenal shot.
Peter Fox. Motorsport.com had an article with a word from the man himself.
Posted 03 April 2025 - 15:01