Alt+F1: 96 - Belgian GP & Italian GP Prerace 2016

ICEMAN :)

Let's hear some thoughts about that start!

Here's a decent article on Verstappen's Kemmel Straight move on Kimi: http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/opinion/f1/does-verstappen-need-be-stopped

Ha ha, I love RIC. He is by far my favorite driver.

He is the Brad Muir of F1 :D

I'd rather not have to break out the body armor and whiskey. Thanks.

Dick Dastardly almost certainly has illegal modifications.

Been looking forward to their take on that crazy race.

I disagree with the turn one opinions, Max Verstappen was going to go very wide at the corner, if Kimi wasn't there he would've probably still hit Vettel

This week was the first time in years that I've watched an F1 race - been looking forward to this week's podcast!

I thought Max did not really break any written rules, maybe some unwritten ones.

Max didn't break any rules. But the moves he's done is simply frowned upon. Even if he did break any rules, he's a favorite alongside Hamilton that he'll still get away with it. Look at Austria and Germany. He broke the rules there and still got away with it.

He's driving very rashly. He went from second to 11th so that clearly worked out for him lol. I'm glad Ricciardo got 2nd just to show him what proper racing is.

In that 1st turn i don't believe Verstappen did anything wrong, except imo it was a stupid move, because even if he would have made that corner he would have come out so tight and that before such a fast straight. Staying in fourth he would have had room to take a good exit and fight the Ferrari's on after Blanchimont. (Hindsight and all that ;-) )

Those incidents on the Kemmel straight were totally out of order, and as Raikkonen said, will cause an accident... You can't wait until the driver behind makes his move to react, you should defend a part of the track and not go on blocking a driver...

I was glad i had a screen during that race, otherwise that would have been hard to follow!

Links in the show notes don't work when you visit the site by going to f1.cool :(

@ben_h: Lets draw lots instead of racing. Someone might get hurt.

Works fine for me

I saw Danny's Tweet before listening to this.... Good luck to him but man I hope this keeps going :D

Very happy to see Dick Dastardly as the thumbnail.

Been looking forward to opinions on Verstappen's driving since the event :).

@metalliccookies: He's coming to Austin for the USGP, so I imagine it shall have to continue.

Otherwise, just strap yourselves in, because y'all are now entering the Lang Zone.™

Additionally, I just found footage of Sebastian Vettel doing the crazy motion as Drew described:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W3p8AvpKbk&t=59

Hey,

I saw a photo of the real-life Haas steering wheel, and I noticed it has the quote "Enjoy Every Sandwich." That's a reference to Warren Zevon, who I know both Ryckert and his father are fans of.

Just trying to do my part to unite the worlds of the Dans.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enjoy_Every_Sandwich:_The_Songs_of_Warren_Zevon

Also, I just got Clubsport v3 pedals. I have the Thrustmaster TX wheel that Danny has. It's a bit tricky getting the brake sensitivity right with F1 2016. I spend most of my time in iRacing, though. I remember Drew tried it once on UPF and had sort of dubious results, but I thought it was fine, it was too much pressure to perform in that situation.

Drew, the hand signal in front of the face exists in Sweden aswell.