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If you could have a drink with Senna one last time, what would you say to him?

I would love to. That was the plan when we were discussing (at the) end of '93 and beginning of '94. We had a connection. We had a call. Sometimes, more than one call every week. We were talking about the present, about the future, and we were talking about what happened in the past but not a lot. For sure if we had a drink, I would have a lot of questions, a lot of discussions we could have. It was really different. It was a different personality after our last podium together in '93 in Adelaide. And there was a lot of things I wanted to ask, I wanted to know, because he's a very mysterious person also, you know? And he did not want to be a friend when we were racing because he told me that he had a fear—that if we were friends, he would lose some part of motivation. But when I retired, obviously, everything went back and we could have had a lot of fun, I suppose.

source: heinekenbr on tiktok

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Spa 2023 rain chat I miss you so fucking much

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him.

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I think I’ve found my muse 😩

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bratcedes hug please (´ω`)

i crode drawing this

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Sorry not sorry but this is hilarious

It was a literal decade ago!!! In an entirely different car!!! Max was a 17 year old teenager!!! IT WAS HIS FIRST YEAR IN F1!!!

God bless these guys' egos, they need them.

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DRS won’t be on the 2026 cars, these are it’s replacements

F1 has been wanting to reduce its reliance on DRS for a while and it’s been known for a while that the 2026 cars won’t have it, however FOM and the FIA needed to come up with something that would aid overtaking in the absence of DRS and this is what they came up with.

Active Aero

Essentially there’s two modes for the aerodynamics of the car.

There will be a higher-downforce Z-mode, which is used for cornering, while on the straights drivers will be able to switch to a low-drag configuration, called X-mode, which will help boost top speed.

Z-mode is the standard mode, and all drivers will be able to switch between that and X-mode at predetermined points around the track.

Essentially the difference between the two modes is the rotation of the front and rear wings, so in the higher downforce Z-mode the flaps on the front wing will be in a position that makes them as tall as possible, whilst in X-mode the front wing flaps will flatten, and the rear wing will open.

This will mean that teams will be able to more closely tailor their set ups to suit the track, as they can have their higher downforce setting (Z-mode) for the corners whilst utilising their X-mode on the straights and as such not suffering in the straight line speed.

Manual Override Mode (MOM) / Override Mode

This is an electrical system, that is somewhat similar to the current ‘overtake button’ but more powerful and kind of overcomplicated.

The override will work by allowing the chasing car to continue using the maximum available power from their MGU-K (motor generator unit - kinetic, which generates power from braking) while the car ahead cannot.

MOM will only be able to be used when a car is within a specified distance of the car ahead at the end of the lap prior, and when that happens the car behind gets an extra boost of electrical power allowing them to continue using 350kW of electricity.

Essentially the car ahead will be depleting its battery at full power whilst the chasing car gets an extra boost.

In addition Override Mode will only be available when the chasing car is 290kph or faster so it’ll likely only be utilised on straights, but there’s a good chance that it’ll be available through straight-ish full throttle corners too.

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Yuki lives to see another race

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“I asked ChatGPT .” “I asked grok” well I asked the gentlemen to take a short view back to the past

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Spa-Francorchamps Corner Names

So like most classic tracks, most of the corners at Spa are known by names as well as numbers, however there are some corners that have been given multiple different names over the years and as such this can get confusing.

La Source (Turn 1): The first corner on the circuit is also the slowest. It draws its name from the various water sources in the region and particularly in the Spa area.

Le Raidillon de l'Eau Rouge (Turns 3 - 5): Usually these two names are referred to separately but the corner complex is officially called ‘Le Raidillon de l'Eau Rouge’. Raidillon which translates to small steep road, and Eau Rouge meaning red water in reference to the nearby stream.

Kemmel (Turn 6): Sometimes referred to as the Kemmel Straight, but it is in fact a corner, well a slight uphill kink. The name comes from the village of Kemmel, in Belgium.

Les Combes (Turns 7 - 9): Combes translates to small incised valley or gorge and once again it’s a reference to the geography of the local area, as the track was designed around these natural characteristics.

Bruxelles/Rivage (Turn 10): Bruxelles is the proper name for Brussels and the name Rivage comes from a nearby Hamlet.

Speakers Corner/Jacky Ickx Corner (Turn 11): This corner was called Speakers Corner as on the original circuit this was the point that the commentator would first see the cars after they had disappeared into the forest at the start. In 2018 the corner was renamed after the Belgian racing driver Jacky Ickx as a tribute to his career (6 24 hour of Le Mans wins, 8 wins and 25 podiums in F1). However if you listen to the Sky commentary you may hear them refer to this corner as ‘no name’.

Pouhon (Turn 12): The word Pouhon means the place where the water springs from. This corner is a major challenge as it’s a downhill double left, that’s taken at very high speeds. In fact Fernando Alonso confused the McLaren Honda system so much in 2017 by taking Pouhon flat out that the car stopped working in qualifying.

Fagnes (Turn 13): The name used refers to the Fagnes (fens) region as the village of Francorchamps is located there.

Campus (Turn 14): The Campus corner is a fast curve bending to the right and its name comes from Campus Automobile adjacent to the track. This is a training centre training centre for engineers and technicians in subjects such as automobile industry occupations, motorsports and in technological research.

Stavelot (Turns 15 - 16): Quite simply these corners are named after the area in which the Spa Francorchamps Circuit is located

Paul Frère: A sort of unofficial corner as it doesn’t have a corner number as it’s just a kink that the drivers aren’t even really aware of but this corner was named after Paul Frère who was a racing driver and journalist from Belgium. He participated in eleven World Championship Formula One Grands Prix and achieved a podium finish in his last race - the 1956 Belgian Grand Prix.

Blanchimont (Turns 17 - 18): A double bend that is particularly difficult to negotiate given the speeds attained. Like most of the corners here, it too was named after a nearby village

Chicane/Nouvelle Chicane/Bus Stop Chicane (Turns 19 - 20): The last challenge to approach is a slow corner in an S which bears the (un)original name of: Chicane in the old days, it was alluded to as the "Bus Stop Chicane" as at that time when the track was open to traffic at certain times, there used to be a bus stop there. Novelle Chicane is also used sometimes, and that literally means ‘New Chicane’ - it’s not very creative

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Lewis Hamilton - Dark Brown

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George Russell - Blue/Brown Central Heterochromia

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him.

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happy half a month late birthday @femmegeorge!! my og plan failed so here’s a little something else. thank you for being a great friend. ily❤️

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marci father reveal 👋😁