@LawVSX It’s F1 for the TikTok generation 🤷♂️ - watched every race since 2003, now I’ll hear about it from guys like you and Peter Windsor. It’s like watching the death of MTV all over again 💔
🚨| Alonso rips into Formula 1 cars with scathing verdict:
— Fernando Alonso criticized the current Formula 1 cars, suggesting that nearly half of his team could drive them. He expressed disappointment over the diminished challenges at the Suzuka Circuit. Speaking to media, Alonso remarked:
"It's gone. I told you in Bahrain the chef could drive the car now. Maybe not the chef, but 50% of the team members I think, at least, can drive in Suzuka, because as I said a few times already the high-speed corners now became the charging station for the car."
— Alonso elaborated on how the current regulations have altered the driving experience, reducing the need for driver skill. He explained:
"So you go slow there, you charge the battery in the high speed and then you have the full power on the straight. So the driver's skill is not really needed anymore."
"You just need to back off the throttle or turn down the battery and you charge the thing. So no more challenge in the high speed."
— The two-time F1 world champion also criticized the nature of overtakes in the current racing environment, warning of potential incidents similar to Oliver Bearman's. He noted:
"The overtakes we see now are unintentional. Suddenly you find yourself with more battery than the car ahead and either you crash into them or you pass them. It's more of an avoidance move than a proper overtake."
#fernandoalonso 🇪🇸
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Get out of there @Max33Verstappen and take @alo_oficial - you’ve got kids now, stay in one continent and take another driver or two with you
I’d rather watch you racing shopping carts at the store before this sack of shit - leave it for TikTok, Netflix and the Kardamiltons 🤮
Max Verstappen claims he is giving thought to his future in Formula 1 amid his ongoing lack of enjoyment driving the new cars for the 2026 season.
Verstappen told reporters on Saturday at Suzuka he was “not even frustrated any more, I’m beyond that”, but that he had “a lot of stuff also for me personally to figure out.” Asked what he meant, Verstappen replied: “Life here.”
Those comments were put to Verstappen following Sunday’s race at Suzuka in an interview with BBC Sport, in which he explained that while he was still giving his full commitment, he was doing so in a way that is “not very healthy at the moment because I am not enjoying what I’m doing.”
Verstappen added: “When you are in P7 or P8, and you are not enjoying the whole formula behind it, it doesn’t feel natural to a racing driver. Of course I try to adapt to it, but it’s not nice the way you have to race. It’s really anti-driving. Then at one point, yeah, it’s just not what I want to do.”
Asked if that related to walking away from F1 at the end of the season, Verstappen replied: “That’s what I’m saying. I’m thinking about everything inside this paddock."
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@fia To quote @JeremyClarkson, it’s as real as a hookers smile - that’s your @F1 for this set of regs. It’s no longer racing, it’s content for the TikTok generation
@guidetski@F1@MercedesAMGF1 It’s f1 for the TikTok generation - I’m sure Mercedes and teams now have more ways to affect the narrative. Watch Kimi win it - just for the likes, this isn’t racing, this is content - and we are the product 🤷♂️