If you check the modlog the user bwoah@lemmy.world was moderator for 7 minutes two days ago. Not sure what’s going on with that.
c/Football also had a fairly inactive Admin but the community managed to get in touch with him and he appointed a second mod who has been much more active. That seems like the best way to go. And in general this place will probably be too large soon for a single mod anyway, especially considering F1 needs coverage across multiple time zones.
The moderator of this sub was at least active today, so they are not completely absent. However, with the amount of activity here and considering how absent they appear throughout the week (and nothing wrong with being busy IRL!) it would probably be a good idea to get in touch with them and see if we can appoint another mod or two to lighten the load.
I think Perez looks a bit uncomfortable in the wet. Wasn’t it Canada quali as well where he just couldn’t find the grip and bailed on the dry tires to make his attempt on Inters when all the fast runners in Q2 were using softs?
We all know Norris is great but Piastri looks the real deal too. Exciting future for McLaren if they can build on this, especially with the new wind tunnel coming online soon.
Come on Max just let us have something.
Perez was overly cautious on his final lap. He really doesn’t look comfortable in the wet as we’ve already seen this season. Took too few risks and just ended up slow.
Races this year have been mostly mediocre but we’ve had several dynamite qualis already!
He should for this race. I don’t really understand how under the radar he’s gone this season, he’s been impressively close to Norris for a rookie all year.
Nothing better than quali on a drying track!
This is starting to get embarrassing for Checo. I thought people were exaggerating how precarious his position was but if he keeps performing like this RB might actually be forced to take action.
Imagine if RB had an actual competitor, Checo couldn’t support Max at the front at all if he keeps going like this.
Waiting the whole season for Max to make a single mistake and when it finally happens it’s in a Q1 that doesn’t matter
No downforce will do that to you. It’s the trade-off for the low drag they’ve gone for.
Great lap by Nando
Drying track is always fireworks for quali. I missed the pre show, what’s the weather forecast for q2 and 3?
They have way more and better people working at the car now than they had during the Pink Mercedes days, so I don’t think it’s that simple.
The first place to look is money, I think - the budget cap. It’s possible they spent a majority of their available development budget for the season over the winter just to get this platform ready.
Let’s also look at RB’s advantage and be realistic. From the start AM have said they want to be winning races in a couple of years, not this year. Considering the gap, trying to spend money on development for this year is honestly just wasteful. Nobody is going to catch Red Bull and if AM were actually trying to they’d be making a mistake.
All development should focus on next year and beyond. If any of that can be translated to upgrades that can be fitted immediately then great, but the only priority should be the future, as sad as that will be for the remaining races of this season.
You’re right. Going down through the levels of “okay, and why?” works on a theoretical level but requires both the person asking the right why-question and a level of intellectual honesty from both parties that is incredibly hard to find.
It’s not a bad approach for questioning your own beliefs though, if you can muster the strength to be honest with yourself.
Brother you’ve been running a Chrome livery all season with all those logos.
Also I’m not a McLaren fan but imagine being one and getting teased with the words “chrome livery” and then seeing this garbage. I know they can’t just resurrect the Vodafone deal for one race but come on.
Public transport is the real killer for me. It seems bizarre to me now that there was a time I could stand on a bus or train and comfortably just hold the support handrail with a bare hand and not wash it afterwards or anything. These days I avoid them at all costs and still gotta carry disinfectant for mental health purposes.
Like I said Ruud himself is probably too busy to respond but try one of the other admins
Yeah, please keep us posted. They were active today so is not completely absent but this community is soon too large already to be governed by just one mod, not to mention we would need coverage for multiple time zones.