Extremely strong rumours that this (Miami) is Doohan’s last race with the man who puts the BANG in bang-average taking his place from Imola. 💔

A few different liveries for this race.  I think the Racing Bulls pink one might make it into the game but I don’t think the Ferrari one will ever see the light of day again 😂

EA_Groguet​ will definitely support of having the racing bulls livery in the game as will I 😂.

Will be a real shame if it is Doohan’s last race though. I feel he hasn’t had enough time to prove himself (okay little more than lawson)

Lawson had 13 races before he was demoted and poor Jack had 6 before the decision was made apparently. (Although I think he was doomed before he even sat down tbh).  He’s had moments of showing he can be competitive but it’s not been a rip-roaring start.  The two crashes didn’t help his cause although one was unfortunate and the other was from trying too hard to impress, but at least it was innovative. 
Alpine will get better and his replacement will get points and it’ll look justified, even though I think it’d be the wrong choice to drop him. 

Racing Bulls do have a habit of cracking out a banger when it comes to liveries so I hope it makes it into the game.

Not quite the exciting 4-team free-for-all that was promised.  I'm not sure Red Bull were ever this dominant (although it's hard to tell their exact pace because Max was so good and Perez so average).   Mercedes were this far ahead a decade ago but I don't see McLaren having such a prolonged stint at the top.   Hopefully teams will come back at them as the season goes, I suppose. However, I think my pre-season hopes of a Leclerc title have become dust. 

Looking forwards to next year. usually changing the regs results in one teams dominance, so it might be a similar story next year too, but if it's primarily based on engines being good then maybe McLaren, Mercedes and possibly even Wiliams and Alpine will be duking it out. Hopefully.   Although, with growing rumours that Saudi are getting a second race for 2027 (rather than the new circuit replacing Jeddah) and America stockpiling races where they can (supposedly they're thinking about a 4th in the north near New York / New Jersey again. It was originally thought to replace Miami but clearly not anymore!) then I think track-politics might take some of the excitement out of F1 going forwards.  Although that first corner in New-Saudi being like 200ft off the ground looks like drama waiting to happen. 

SmokyAtom!!!!!!!!!!!  How you doing! 

For those who enjoy the paddock gossip. 
Doohan, as prophesied, is on his way out. 
Weirdly it seems Franco is also only getting 6 races at this point. 

I imagine if he performs then he keeps the seat. If he doesn’t, then does Aron get 6 too?   Then the best of the three gets the last 6? 
I’d expect both Franco and Aron to fare better than Jack due to car improvements throughout the year but I’d say Jack is comparatively the fastest of the 3 (when he gets it all together, which he’s not done just yet) 

Alpine is a mess. At this rate there's a very good chance both you and I could get a turn in the Alpine before the end of the year. I kinda feel sorry for Gasly having to put up with all the noise.

They will be fine I'm sure they have a few billion options before they have to consider you 😁

Sounds like I should be in the car by Spain then. It'll be disappointing to miss out on the glitz and glamour of Monaco, but I probably can't afford a hotel there so it's probably for the best.

I say we alternate who drives it but i want silverstone.