darxiaomi (OP)
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August 19, 2026, 01:33:29 PM |
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Yo, race is back and my answers are all submitted. Was very tempted to pick Max Verstappen and then now sad to see him in Tier 2, what a downfall this guy and Red Bull had, to be honest, but I guess that's good for the game.
For some reason for me, totally feels weird we're in stage 2 of the season, is it because of World Cup?
Yes we all want to pick Max Verstappen since this is his home race but we all know he also doesnt have a proper car to fight for the win (or maybe yes), about the stage 2, no is just because is the part after a break nothing relevant at all. Everything is back to normal now. I made the same brave picks that took me home recently, and I like beating dead horses so let's see what reward awaits. Race? Well, Max is back home, it's been the start of rain here since yesterday, and not expected to let up. Should be fun.
What a strange thing it is to see you with that avatar hahaha, anyways is a really good on but i dont know the lore behind it. Or is just a banter againt the guy who ban sigs, Nutella? 
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swogerino
Legendary

Activity: 3990
Merit: 1265
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August 19, 2026, 01:50:31 PM |
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Everything is back to normal now. I made the same brave picks that took me home recently, and I like beating dead horses so let's see what reward awaits. Race? Well, Max is back home, it's been the start of rain here since yesterday, and not expected to let up. Should be fun.
If I remember correctly we have not seen a full wet race here in Netherlands, sure I remember a bit of rain some years ago during a race but it was very little and did not influence a lot the race back then. I think you are in for some dead horses as who knows what they can bring you, personally will wait for all the possible data, including all Free Practice sessions to finally put my picks on, I am on a very consistent run which I hope to prolong it further in this Dutch Grand Prix this Sunday.
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Koal-84
Legendary

Activity: 3304
Merit: 1564
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August 19, 2026, 02:41:05 PM |
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This weekend, Formula 1 is finally back after what felt like a very long break. However, I will wait until Saturday before making my predictions. First of all (as already mentioned) rain is expected on both Friday and Saturday, while Sunday is currently forecast to be mostly dry. In addition, the teams have had time to work on their cars during the break and will likely have introduced several upgrades and improvements. Even so, I believe that Mercedes will once again be very competitive and perform exceptionally well in Zandvoort.
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darbitmobilerecovery
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August 19, 2026, 03:22:36 PM |
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This weekend, Formula 1 is finally back after what felt like a very long break. However, I will wait until Saturday before making my predictions. First of all (as already mentioned) rain is expected on both Friday and Saturday, while Sunday is currently forecast to be mostly dry. In addition, the teams have had time to work on their cars during the break and will likely have introduced several upgrades and improvements. Even so, I believe that Mercedes will once again be very competitive and perform exceptionally well in Zandvoort.
So it is a chance to have a very diverse and strange grid for start the race right? If the qualy and the sprint race goes under full wet a lot of things can happen even some car crashing and making the start of the sunday race being a lot diferent than we can expect to be. This is good news for us in term of fun but i hope everyone is safe, i said this because this circuit has some very close walls in some turns. I think for friday we are gonna have a much clear picture about the weather.
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swogerino
Legendary

Activity: 3990
Merit: 1265
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August 19, 2026, 04:26:58 PM |
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This weekend, Formula 1 is finally back after what felt like a very long break. However, I will wait until Saturday before making my predictions. First of all (as already mentioned) rain is expected on both Friday and Saturday, while Sunday is currently forecast to be mostly dry. In addition, the teams have had time to work on their cars during the break and will likely have introduced several upgrades and improvements. Even so, I believe that Mercedes will once again be very competitive and perform exceptionally well in Zandvoort.
I think the car who has promised more upgrades is McLaren and they are the last race winner so I am very interested to see their performance during this race. Mercedes is the team to beat but if we add another team like McLaren to fight for the race win I think races will become very interesting. Ferrari is one of those years where they have not already started working on next year car so that will be interesting to see. Redbull and Verstappen I am doubtful about them despite being Max home race the car simply does not respond.
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LTU_btc
Legendary

Activity: 3892
Merit: 1556
Slava Ukraini!
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August 19, 2026, 06:24:13 PM |
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@darbit - havee question about driver changes for this round. As you probably already saw, Hadjar will miss this race because of wrist injury. He will be replaced by Lawson, while Tsunoda will replace Lawson at Racing Bulls. Want to have some clarification about predictions because there is no changes in prediction form.
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darbitmobilerecovery
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August 20, 2026, 02:30:58 PM |
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@darbit - havee question about driver changes for this round. As you probably already saw, Hadjar will miss this race because of wrist injury. He will be replaced by Lawson, while Tsunoda will replace Lawson at Racing Bulls. Want to have some clarification about predictions because there is no changes in prediction form.
Thanks for pointing it out, i have it already covered in the rules since in case of this kind of things happening is gonna play in aumomatic the substitute for anyone who picked each driver, but since one of the drivers still in the grid but change team and goes up in the tier i also update the spreadsheet with the names of both updated so no one has any surprise. Now i check and a few guys who already submited pick him in the tier 3 so im gonna ask them to resubmit their answers, sorry guys it was a change at last moment and its jsut because he goes up to a team in other tier. Tagging you. B1g4udge famososMuertos buwaytress cryptofrka slaman29
I dont know who of them pick him but please resubmit your answers, thanks!.
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LTU_btc
Legendary

Activity: 3892
Merit: 1556
Slava Ukraini!
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August 20, 2026, 08:10:01 PM |
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Guys, as you already know Verstappen extended contract with Red Bull until 2030 and it closes all speculation around his name. Looks that he have faith in brightfuture of Red Bull. Meanwhile Williams extended contracts both with Albon and Sainz. What's next? Russel and Anotnelli contracts ends after this this season, but probably it's only matter of time until they will announce about extension Thanks for pointing it out, i have it already covered in the rules since in case of this kind of things happening is gonna play in aumomatic the substitute for anyone who picked each driver, but since one of the drivers still in the grid but change team and goes up in the tier i also update the spreadsheet with the names of both updated so no one has any surprise.
Thanks for update. It looks that's just impossible to coverevery possible scenario in rules.
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Jinetics1111
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August 20, 2026, 09:01:32 PM Last edit: August 20, 2026, 09:20:44 PM by Jinetics1111 |
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Koal-84
Legendary

Activity: 3304
Merit: 1564
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August 21, 2026, 03:21:47 PM |
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The Sprint Qualifying is now over, it didn't rain and Russell took pole position ahead of Norris and Leclerc. Antonelli finished only fifth behind Piastri. But somehow I have the feeling that Antonelli didn't perform up to his potential, still, I'm going to submit my picks now.
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swogerino
Legendary

Activity: 3990
Merit: 1265
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August 21, 2026, 07:11:47 PM |
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We see that Mclaren is back but personally I am waiting to see the Sprint as it will give me a glimpse of what we can expect in the race. Mercedes with Russell looking good, apparently the fact that Russell got engaged during this summer break worked out well for him. I am expecting a good fight for the race, Max was not doing great and I doubt Redbull will be able to recover for the race. It will be a Mercedes vs McLaren most likely.
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LTU_btc
Legendary

Activity: 3892
Merit: 1556
Slava Ukraini!
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August 21, 2026, 08:53:12 PM |
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It's strange way for F1 driver to get injury. I was thinking that they have prohibitions in their contracts which don't allow various activities which can lead to injuries. But when I see how some drivers spent their summer break, looks that I was wrong. Less than 0.1 between Top 4 drivers on sprint qualifying, but I guess nobody won't show their all cards on sprint.
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buwaytress
Legendary

Activity: 3640
Merit: 4455
I bit therefore I am
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August 21, 2026, 10:15:58 PM |
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Skem!
Thanks for the message dar, I resubmitted (I must have picked the missing driver as my new Tier3 pick is ... my old nemesis Yuki (hot tip).
Just for future, what happens if I had forgotten to submit new picks, would my T3 driver just be null or would the system have selected the guy who filled his gap? Or would I have been considered a no-show?
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I APPROVE OF nutella Post outside your interests. In threads you have no interest in. Be heard. Be seen. Brownnose me for merits. Be... artificially intelligent!
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darbitmobilerecovery
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Today at 02:43:53 AM |
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Ey guys we are just a few hours away from the deadline and a lot of users didnt submit their picks yet so im gonna tag all of them. ROUND 12 NETHERLANDS GP [DEADLINE START OF QUALY]mv1986 crwth Slissy notblox1 LTU_btc KTChampions Improved swogerino Saint-loup nil_krokodil doggywin
As always let me know if something is not working properly. Skem!
Thanks for the message dar, I resubmitted (I must have picked the missing driver as my new Tier3 pick is ... my old nemesis Yuki (hot tip).
Just for future, what happens if I had forgotten to submit new picks, would my T3 driver just be null or would the system have selected the guy who filled his gap? Or would I have been considered a no-show?
By the rules in the tier 3 you are gonna have the guy who fill his gap, my problem with this change was not for tier 3 but for tier 2 because you are gonna have 2 drivers in that one.... which i can allow to happen to not give a 0 but is gonna be also a complete bad thing since the multiplier is diferent and it changes so much the power of the cars and the chance of getting points by that driver, i have to cover it in a added rule despite this is the only way of seeing this happen since this are the only two teams who can switch drivers so easily. I have to think about it.
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