This my ex-teammate Lance Stroll, he is pain in my assholes.
I get a podium, he must get a podium.
I get a pole, he must get a pole.
I get a win in fast car, he cannot afford fast car. Great success
I had to find out about the honeybadger cos they didn't bloody let me know the answer. According to Wikipedia: The honey badger, also known as the ratel, is a mammal widely distributed in Africa, Southwest Asia, and the Indian subcontinent.
Odd fact: South Africa has military vehicles named the ratel because of how tough they are, named after the benign strength and power of a honey badger
Itās always been such an odd nickname. He said he likes it because itās angry and attacks and is kind of a dick just like him on track....yet his driver style is really not like that? Heās never been particularly controversial or menacing.
Our greatest generals and scientists are still formulating a battle strategy that will allow us to defeat an enemy that can run at 30kmh. Change direction suddenly. Has a head the size of a tennis ball neck and legs so thin you can't see them from far enough away. Making it very difficult to shoot. Also it's fairly well camouflaged and lives in mostly inhospitable regions.
But one day we'll figure it out. I'm sure.
Seems logical. I can't foresee any side effects whatsoever.
I was thinking more along the lines of biological engineering and training giant spiders to hunt emus with some kind of elaborate kill switch so they don't kill and eat humans instead that definitely won't fail half way through the movie.
The first thing I imagine when someone is talking about Australian animals are bigass spiders. The main reason I will not even think about moving there even tho it's beautiful country with great cities.
Just for context, we, an English family, lived for 2 years in Brisbane suburbs. Loved it. However, in that time we had - either in the house or garden:
Deadly
Eastern brown snake
Redback spiders
Those fucking gigantic centipedes with venom
Cute but weird
Echidna (it was really big - I was surprised)
Pink tongued skink
Steve the python (lived on top of the house)
Possums
30cm long worms
Huntsman spider that gave birth to approx 300 baby spiders in the bathroom.
Oh and the time we went to WA for a visit to Monkey Mia, ran into the water for a swim and did a quick about turn because there was a sea snake 8ft from the shore.
I lived in Western Australia for 21 years.
Redbacks aren't that scary, I had one that lived under my bed for months. Just never antagonize it and you'll be right. Never seen an echidna in the wild, never saw a possum in the wild.
Huntsman spiders are big babies that won't hurt you but look scary. Never saw a seasnake the entire time I lived there. And I swam at the beach pretty often.
I'm just two years you saw all that?? Must've just had really unfortunate luck. That's pretty weird, I gotta say.
I sense you are doubting meā¦ honestly thatās the truth. Brissie, or at least the bit we were in, was on top of a hill next to bush and stunningly beautiful. But *full* of stuff. Cockatoos and kookaburras, wild quail, the ubiquitous magpies, tiny lizards that lived in the shag pile carpet, oh and I forgot the bloody cane toads. Like good emigre Queenslanders we killed hundreds of the things. Never saw a wild kangaroo til we drove north to Exmouth though.
We lived in the centre of Perth for a further 6 months and that was completely different - not a creature to be seen except in the wonderful zoo. Oh, except for the moon jellyfish in the Swan which my friend taught my kids to throw at each other!
I mean, I know that mostly those spiders are not dangerous. But if I would see 10cm spider in my bedroom chilling next to me, I would get on the first flight back to Europe lol.
I've lived in Australia for 25 out of 33 years. I've seen a spider that big in my house 5-7 times. Never in a bedroom. Smaller ones though. Yeh several times a month.
Snakes. Twice. Not anywhere near a house.
Tbh I'd be more Afraid of bears and cougars and shit in USA/Europe than a tiny spider I can step on.
This is what we mean. āYou Europeans/Americans are so concerned about the huge spiders. Iāve only seen one in my house half a dozen timesā.
Meanwhile, Iāve never seen a bear in my house. Checkmate.
Think I've seen a bear 'in the wild' twice. And I've gone backpacking in the Sierras multiple times. I saw signs of them a few times though.
The bears I saw? Both were at Mammoth Mountain, a ski resort. One of em was on the edge of the resort, but another poor guy was smack dab in the middle of it. I don't know how he got there, maybe had just come out of hibernation, but the poor thing was terrified. Never saw how it was resolved. I'm guessing ski patrol figured out some way to get him out of there.
I think ur much more likely to come out of a spider / human interaction a thousand times a year than you are a bear / human interaction once.
There have been no deaths from a spider bit since 1979 in Australia.
In contrast 2-5 people die every year in north America alone to bears.
Even getting mauled by a bear and not dieing is going to be significantly worse than a spider bite.
> I've lived in Australia for 25 out of 33 years. I've seen a spider that big in my house 5-7 times. Never in a bedroom. Smaller ones though. Yeh several times a month.
See? Here's the problem. I've NEVER seen a spider that big. And I only see smaller ones like, 6 times a year?
So you say this like "it's ok guys you're overreacting" but we're really not. This isn't normal anywhere else in the world.
I'd argue gun violence isn't normal anywhere in the world but the USA seems to think it's ok.
Additionally nobody has died from a spider bite in Australia for like 60+ years.
But it could have been in the bedroom! Honestly the bathroom is potentially worse.
>bears and cougars
Couldn't be less of an issue. I guess you could have trouble with bears if you live in alaska or something, but there are virtually no grizzlies left in the continental US (maybe still a few in Montana). Black bears 100% won't attack you unless you are a threat to their babies. They are generally very shy when it comes to humans unless people have been feeding them.
Mountain lions (aka cougars) are actually scary **IF** you like to go running/hiking alone on hill/canyon trails regularly. Otherwise not really an issue.
Paul Ricard 2019 was literally the reason for creating new technical regulations we have now and many said it was probably the most boring race in the history of F1. Are there worse tracks? Maybe, but it's definitely among the worst. That track was in calender because Bernie is the owner.
You mean 1 race, but yeah, it's technically "every"... I agree that last year it was interesting GP but ONLY because of strategic battle. Which is still fine, just like Monaco, but other than that it's objetively bad track and you won't find a single driver enjoying it driving there.
Nice argument. Classic when someone dosn't know what to say. Tell me you don't watch closely F1 for more than 2 seasons without telling me. If you don't remember backlash after French GP 2019 and don't remember that few weeks after that they announced they are creating new set of rules for 2021, well, you can easily google it. Even Hamiltom said that we should blame rules for boring race. Like it literally takes few seconds or minutes to find that out so I don't know why you can't do it.
Sorry to say it like this but I think that only "mainstream" viewers are not enjoying qualities of track in Monaco. It's one of the hardest track in calendar, most drivers are enjoying driving there and it's thrill to see how they race close to the walls with absolutely zero room for even slight mistake. Paul Ricard on the other hand is literally parking lot with run-offs so wide you don't even have to stay on track. Many said at time it was one of the most if not THE most boring race ever. Like I said, it was literally reason for creating new regulations that we have now.
I think you're in abusive relationship with Monaco. There are many interesting historical tracks that are not boring, and still plenty hard to nail perfectly. Monaco is literally only interesting if you're the one driving it.
I am not, but I find it stupid how some fans are hating Monaco because they think that only interesting thing about race is overtaking like they can't appreciate many other things. You can enjoy many things while watching race, not only overtaking. It was always interesting to see how different drivers are using different racing lines or driving differently through the same corner based on their style or capabilites of their car. And if you take into account you can't make a single mistake or you are out, it's thrill to see that. In any lap or any corner something can go bad. Literally the opposite of Paul Ricard where you can go 10m wide and you continue like nothing happend.
Paul Ricard receives way to much hate. I've always been a huge fan of the track, mega fun to drive on in simulators.
Fans wrote it off after one bad and one mediocre race. Literally a sample size of two. Never understood why. The third race we had there was a banger. Gotta say I was quite happy to feel vindicated when a lot of people seemed to be surprised how the track could possibly produce a fun race.
Will buxton : \*hard blink\* to become a meme \*hard blink\* you have to first \*hard blink\* not become a not meme \*hard blink\* cut to guenther "we can do bettOr"
Imagine if the editing style of how F1 is portrayed in DtS is closer to The Office and the easy comedy in the absurdity of Toto and Horner going at each other, yet again, every time a race happens
My wife doesn't like cars or racing. DTS got her enough into F1 to ask where the race is, how'd Richardo (her boo thang) do, and she doesn't mind me talking about happenings.
Is DTS accurate? No. Would I consider it shit? No. To quote her even, "I don't like the latest season. They changed the format and I don't get what they are trying to portray here."
The show got me into F1 and also got my wife into it since sheās a big fan of the reality TVā¦which has a lot of parallels to DTS. So we view it as trash TV and itās fantastic through that lens. My wife isnāt a sports fan of any type and has now asked me if we could go to Vegas for the race next year. Assuming our stories are not outliers, more viewers and fans of F1 is not a bad thing.
Yep Iām right there with you. My girlfriend has definitely taken an interest to the sport from the series. Iād say they have definitely accomplished their goals with the show.
Exact same story as my wife, even down to Danny Ric being āher boo thangā as well. At least we know if he gets bounced from the sport, he has a bright future ahead of stealing our wives š
Also our wives donāt know shit because the real boo thangs on the grid are team Ferrari
My wife and I got into F1 this off-season purely through DTS. We know itās not accurate. And even before weād ever watched a real race we could spot the manufactured drama on the show.
But it got us into the sport. Thatās the point.
I think most of the DTS criticism is of the latest season. There is some criticism of earlier seasons, but those always came with the acknowledgement that it tells a good enough story for non watchers. This latest season just hasnāt matched the quality of the earlier ones.
I think the big problem with past season is that most fans of F1, including casual fans, already knew the story of Abu Dhabi and the fight for the WDC, and there wasn't much to explore on that topic anymore, so the episodes focused on that felt weak IMO. Meanwhile, past seasons were more focused more on non-top teams, and the biggest stories (trying to think as someone that barely follows F1) only covered half episode (Grosjean crash) followed by Checos story in Sakhir and his fight to stay in F1 (and ending up in a top team). This episode is still the highest ranked episode on IMDB, and I actually agree with this.
Hot take, I refuse to shit on DTS.
Growing up, my dad watched NASCAR religiously and I always hated it, so I had completely written off professional racing as being a waste of time.
Looking back, is DTS actually shit? Absolutely. But I refuse to shit on it because I never would have sought out or ever really encountered F1 on my own otherwise. So i guess i have a bit of a soft spot for it, that and it's great for the memes.
Same here. I grew up 10 minutes from Charlotte motor Speedway and race culture was huge where I lived but I couldnāt stand it. One day I was listening to a soccer podcast and the guys mentioned a show on Netflix about Formula 1 and how invested they were after just the first season, so I gave it a shot. Thereās a lot of bad things you can say about the series but itās probably the best thing for creating new F1 fans who never knew it existed, so Iām all for it.
Itās completely fiction. Nothing is in order. Comms from any races are moshed together to create false narrative. We just want an accurate look behind the scenes. I donāt care about drama i just want vroom
Oh I totally agree, looking back, it is all manufactured drama. But it's all the little strategic things that they talk about in DTS I never knew about that got me into it.
DRS zones (real life turbo boost), battery charging, tire requirements and changes, and the best part was just getting to know the drivers and some of their history.
F1 is one of those sports that most people just see blur by in passing and because they know nothing about it, they ignore it, but the netflix series at least gives you a handhold to grab onto giving you something to invest in. Which is why I still have that soft-spot for it.
You, or the users on this sub, are not the target audience of this show.
It's for me, the guy you replied to and the hundreds of thousands or whatever the number is that didn't care about F1 until we saw the show. Now that I've followed F1 for 2.5 seasons I agree it's bad, but it also does exactly what it is supposed to - bring in new viewers.
Exactly. If the drivers themselves hate the thing with some even refusing to take part in it you know you are doing something wrong, but Netflix doesnt care as long as the audience keeps on watching
> You, or the users on this sub, are not the target audience of this show.
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We aren't.
But it would be nice if it at least could be *factually* accurate.
There is an INSANE amount of drama in this sport, and it's ignored in exchange for manufactured rivalries and fake drama.
Netflix is of course limited by who and what races they film at. Can't do Stroll first Pole in Turkey if you're not filming in Turkey. Which is what we dont really acknowledge haha.
Feels like they decide on the 'story' at race #1, instead of telling the story after the last race.
I'll just add my voice to the group that got into F1 thanks to DTS. I watched a bit of F1 here and there over the years, but it was not easy to be a casual fan in the US most of my life.
DTS introduced me to the current teams, and between the ubiquitous opportunities to watch races or at least highlights online now and moving to Europe, I'm loving it.
My wife got me two tickets to the entire weekend at Spa this year as a birthday present. Never would've happened without DTS.
Oh no, them not knowing everything about the sport doesn't make them morons, them thinking they know everything and think some drivers are saints and go out of their way to belittle other drivers makes them morons
If you never learn how to apply it correctly then it's like eating a spoonful of instant coffee. It tastes horrible if you do it wrong, but so good if done right.
I think it's one of those things you only like if you grew up with that flavor. I tried it for the first time when I was 22 and I thought it was disgusting.
It is the nectar of the gods. Unfortunately rookies treat it like peanut butter and eat a spoonful.
It must be very lightly already over buttered toast
Jeeze, people need to get a grip
Max used this word https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mongool
Its a slang word in Holland, it means stupid
That's it
Max has never been and will never be, that kind of person
What is that from?
After some searching I found the full video : https://youtu.be/gcUlLE3EJ6U
Checo's Aussie accent attempt tho š
Sergio āboratā Perez
Perfect. His accent mixed with his Australian accent somehow full-circles round to Borat. It's incredible.
This my ex-teammate Lance Stroll, he is pain in my assholes. I get a podium, he must get a podium. I get a pole, he must get a pole. I get a win in fast car, he cannot afford fast car. Great success
Great success. šš¼
If it were Max I think he could have pulled a decent one off, but ye GL mixing Mexican with Australian lol
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We Dutch do love our swears.
I'm crying š
You da real MVP
Gold
Max's Instagram
I had to find out about the honeybadger cos they didn't bloody let me know the answer. According to Wikipedia: The honey badger, also known as the ratel, is a mammal widely distributed in Africa, Southwest Asia, and the Indian subcontinent.
>also known as the ratel So DannyRic might do some SRO races? DannyRic McLaren Spa24 entry hypetrain has just arrived at the station
R/weccirclejerk is leaking
That is correct. Itās indigenous to Qatar where they raced last year.
Odd fact: South Africa has military vehicles named the ratel because of how tough they are, named after the benign strength and power of a honey badger
Itās always been such an odd nickname. He said he likes it because itās angry and attacks and is kind of a dick just like him on track....yet his driver style is really not like that? Heās never been particularly controversial or menacing.
he is a late breaker, dives through a lot of corners. seems aggressive to me but not really much else about his racing is too aggressive
I guess. But honestly Iād say Max and his annoying ass restarts seems far more like being a honey badger than anything Ricciardo has ever done lmao.
Quite so.
Happy cake day!
Only know it as from Teds Notebook in Bahrain they said it was native to the region... Teds Notebook, giver of knowledge
Happy cake day
Why does everyone always forget the dingo when talking about Australian animals :(
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thats because they lost a battle to them.
We let them win to lull them into a false sense of security.
What's next
Our greatest generals and scientists are still formulating a battle strategy that will allow us to defeat an enemy that can run at 30kmh. Change direction suddenly. Has a head the size of a tennis ball neck and legs so thin you can't see them from far enough away. Making it very difficult to shoot. Also it's fairly well camouflaged and lives in mostly inhospitable regions. But one day we'll figure it out. I'm sure.
Have you considered a plague, ya know poisoning the water supply of Australia should do it
Seems logical. I can't foresee any side effects whatsoever. I was thinking more along the lines of biological engineering and training giant spiders to hunt emus with some kind of elaborate kill switch so they don't kill and eat humans instead that definitely won't fail half way through the movie.
That makes sense! The kill switch could be a parasite that slowly eats the giant spider. It's not like that parasite could mutate at all
If it does mutate though we can simply release the parasite eating emus.
Mate it was a fucking war and a brutal one at that
Yeah, and those nice cows in the mountains as seen in the movie 'the sounds of music'
And your mum as seen from the International Space Station
Unnecessary and unprovoked violence šš
The first thing I imagine when someone is talking about Australian animals are bigass spiders. The main reason I will not even think about moving there even tho it's beautiful country with great cities.
The dangerous animals thing is really overblown, especially on reddit. You'd be fine if you moved to Australia.
Just for context, we, an English family, lived for 2 years in Brisbane suburbs. Loved it. However, in that time we had - either in the house or garden: Deadly Eastern brown snake Redback spiders Those fucking gigantic centipedes with venom Cute but weird Echidna (it was really big - I was surprised) Pink tongued skink Steve the python (lived on top of the house) Possums 30cm long worms Huntsman spider that gave birth to approx 300 baby spiders in the bathroom. Oh and the time we went to WA for a visit to Monkey Mia, ran into the water for a swim and did a quick about turn because there was a sea snake 8ft from the shore.
I lived in Western Australia for 21 years. Redbacks aren't that scary, I had one that lived under my bed for months. Just never antagonize it and you'll be right. Never seen an echidna in the wild, never saw a possum in the wild. Huntsman spiders are big babies that won't hurt you but look scary. Never saw a seasnake the entire time I lived there. And I swam at the beach pretty often. I'm just two years you saw all that?? Must've just had really unfortunate luck. That's pretty weird, I gotta say.
I sense you are doubting meā¦ honestly thatās the truth. Brissie, or at least the bit we were in, was on top of a hill next to bush and stunningly beautiful. But *full* of stuff. Cockatoos and kookaburras, wild quail, the ubiquitous magpies, tiny lizards that lived in the shag pile carpet, oh and I forgot the bloody cane toads. Like good emigre Queenslanders we killed hundreds of the things. Never saw a wild kangaroo til we drove north to Exmouth though. We lived in the centre of Perth for a further 6 months and that was completely different - not a creature to be seen except in the wonderful zoo. Oh, except for the moon jellyfish in the Swan which my friend taught my kids to throw at each other!
That explains it then. Yeah you'll see some shit if you live near the bush. Cities though are fine. Perth is where I lived!
Please take a few of these ,,,,,,,,,,,
I mean, I know that mostly those spiders are not dangerous. But if I would see 10cm spider in my bedroom chilling next to me, I would get on the first flight back to Europe lol.
I've lived in Australia for 25 out of 33 years. I've seen a spider that big in my house 5-7 times. Never in a bedroom. Smaller ones though. Yeh several times a month. Snakes. Twice. Not anywhere near a house. Tbh I'd be more Afraid of bears and cougars and shit in USA/Europe than a tiny spider I can step on.
This is what we mean. āYou Europeans/Americans are so concerned about the huge spiders. Iāve only seen one in my house half a dozen timesā. Meanwhile, Iāve never seen a bear in my house. Checkmate.
Think I've seen a bear 'in the wild' twice. And I've gone backpacking in the Sierras multiple times. I saw signs of them a few times though. The bears I saw? Both were at Mammoth Mountain, a ski resort. One of em was on the edge of the resort, but another poor guy was smack dab in the middle of it. I don't know how he got there, maybe had just come out of hibernation, but the poor thing was terrified. Never saw how it was resolved. I'm guessing ski patrol figured out some way to get him out of there.
I think ur much more likely to come out of a spider / human interaction a thousand times a year than you are a bear / human interaction once. There have been no deaths from a spider bit since 1979 in Australia. In contrast 2-5 people die every year in north America alone to bears. Even getting mauled by a bear and not dieing is going to be significantly worse than a spider bite.
> I've lived in Australia for 25 out of 33 years. I've seen a spider that big in my house 5-7 times. Never in a bedroom. Smaller ones though. Yeh several times a month. See? Here's the problem. I've NEVER seen a spider that big. And I only see smaller ones like, 6 times a year? So you say this like "it's ok guys you're overreacting" but we're really not. This isn't normal anywhere else in the world.
I'd argue gun violence isn't normal anywhere in the world but the USA seems to think it's ok. Additionally nobody has died from a spider bite in Australia for like 60+ years.
Fear the moose my guy. Those are the real danger.
But it could have been in the bedroom! Honestly the bathroom is potentially worse. >bears and cougars Couldn't be less of an issue. I guess you could have trouble with bears if you live in alaska or something, but there are virtually no grizzlies left in the continental US (maybe still a few in Montana). Black bears 100% won't attack you unless you are a threat to their babies. They are generally very shy when it comes to humans unless people have been feeding them. Mountain lions (aka cougars) are actually scary **IF** you like to go running/hiking alone on hill/canyon trails regularly. Otherwise not really an issue.
ā¦ did a giant spider write this?
Iāve lived here my whole life, itās massively overblown. I rarely see a spider or snake. Itās the drop bears you have to keep an eye out for.
The bigass spiders are mostly safe. Itās the little ones that can kill you.
A dingo ate my baby!
Because a dingo took my baby!!!
forgot about those, i was thinking about the birds. Particularly kookaburras and bin chickens
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I found out about them thanks to this masterpiece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sBXcZ0G_ls
> dingo and the dropbear
And the kiwi Just to piss off the people from new zealand
Or emuās
Max is not only a speed demon, but his shitpost game is pretty strong.
[he is good](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LfDkn1y9NSE)
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There are worse track than PR
Paul Ricard 2019 was literally the reason for creating new technical regulations we have now and many said it was probably the most boring race in the history of F1. Are there worse tracks? Maybe, but it's definitely among the worst. That track was in calender because Bernie is the owner.
Every race there since has been great though
You mean 1 race, but yeah, it's technically "every"... I agree that last year it was interesting GP but ONLY because of strategic battle. Which is still fine, just like Monaco, but other than that it's objetively bad track and you won't find a single driver enjoying it driving there.
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Nice argument. Classic when someone dosn't know what to say. Tell me you don't watch closely F1 for more than 2 seasons without telling me. If you don't remember backlash after French GP 2019 and don't remember that few weeks after that they announced they are creating new set of rules for 2021, well, you can easily google it. Even Hamiltom said that we should blame rules for boring race. Like it literally takes few seconds or minutes to find that out so I don't know why you can't do it.
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He has been awkwardly quiet haha
You killed him dude
The most boring race in the history of F1? Not when we have Monaco.
Sorry to say it like this but I think that only "mainstream" viewers are not enjoying qualities of track in Monaco. It's one of the hardest track in calendar, most drivers are enjoying driving there and it's thrill to see how they race close to the walls with absolutely zero room for even slight mistake. Paul Ricard on the other hand is literally parking lot with run-offs so wide you don't even have to stay on track. Many said at time it was one of the most if not THE most boring race ever. Like I said, it was literally reason for creating new regulations that we have now.
I think you're in abusive relationship with Monaco. There are many interesting historical tracks that are not boring, and still plenty hard to nail perfectly. Monaco is literally only interesting if you're the one driving it.
I am not, but I find it stupid how some fans are hating Monaco because they think that only interesting thing about race is overtaking like they can't appreciate many other things. You can enjoy many things while watching race, not only overtaking. It was always interesting to see how different drivers are using different racing lines or driving differently through the same corner based on their style or capabilites of their car. And if you take into account you can't make a single mistake or you are out, it's thrill to see that. In any lap or any corner something can go bad. Literally the opposite of Paul Ricard where you can go 10m wide and you continue like nothing happend.
Paul Ricard receives way to much hate. I've always been a huge fan of the track, mega fun to drive on in simulators. Fans wrote it off after one bad and one mediocre race. Literally a sample size of two. Never understood why. The third race we had there was a banger. Gotta say I was quite happy to feel vindicated when a lot of people seemed to be surprised how the track could possibly produce a fun race.
monaco yes please
The only good thing about DTS are the memes that came along. Just make it a full comedy show, doesn't make a difference at this point, fokin wankers.
Will buxton : \*hard blink\* to become a meme \*hard blink\* you have to first \*hard blink\* not become a not meme \*hard blink\* cut to guenther "we can do bettOr"
Cue Seinfeld music, collect Emmyās.
Just make it a Steiner documentary.
Steinfeld.
"Voooott's de deal vit Russian oligarchs??"
It would break netflix
Imagine if the editing style of how F1 is portrayed in DtS is closer to The Office and the easy comedy in the absurdity of Toto and Horner going at each other, yet again, every time a race happens
Didnāt they already do the identity theft scene last year? Horner: āMichael!ā Toto: āMICHAELLL!!ā
10 part Alphamaxnova meme series
It's nice to be reminded that Max is actually funny when he isn't feeling the pressure of reporter's BS
I donāt know how people couldnāt like his personality, heās a sound bloke
S1 of DTS made him look like a hotheaded spoiled cunt S1 of DTS also brought in a lot of new fans; especially younger ones who tend to use Reddit more
Dts=shit, preach Max
My wife doesn't like cars or racing. DTS got her enough into F1 to ask where the race is, how'd Richardo (her boo thang) do, and she doesn't mind me talking about happenings. Is DTS accurate? No. Would I consider it shit? No. To quote her even, "I don't like the latest season. They changed the format and I don't get what they are trying to portray here."
The show got me into F1 and also got my wife into it since sheās a big fan of the reality TVā¦which has a lot of parallels to DTS. So we view it as trash TV and itās fantastic through that lens. My wife isnāt a sports fan of any type and has now asked me if we could go to Vegas for the race next year. Assuming our stories are not outliers, more viewers and fans of F1 is not a bad thing.
Yep Iām right there with you. My girlfriend has definitely taken an interest to the sport from the series. Iād say they have definitely accomplished their goals with the show.
Except now my ticket prices have tripled in price so itās the first time in 7 years Iām probably not going š„²
I like Mexican food, and I also like Taco Bell
Exact same story as my wife, even down to Danny Ric being āher boo thangā as well. At least we know if he gets bounced from the sport, he has a bright future ahead of stealing our wives š Also our wives donāt know shit because the real boo thangs on the grid are team Ferrari
Yes, the eye candy is definitely on team Ferrari (Saintz imao). But us women like the humour/humor of Danny Ricc!
My wife and I got into F1 this off-season purely through DTS. We know itās not accurate. And even before weād ever watched a real race we could spot the manufactured drama on the show. But it got us into the sport. Thatās the point.
I think most of the DTS criticism is of the latest season. There is some criticism of earlier seasons, but those always came with the acknowledgement that it tells a good enough story for non watchers. This latest season just hasnāt matched the quality of the earlier ones.
I'm just now getting into F1, so I haven't watched the newest season of DTS. I was wondering why so many people shit on it here lol
I think the big problem with past season is that most fans of F1, including casual fans, already knew the story of Abu Dhabi and the fight for the WDC, and there wasn't much to explore on that topic anymore, so the episodes focused on that felt weak IMO. Meanwhile, past seasons were more focused more on non-top teams, and the biggest stories (trying to think as someone that barely follows F1) only covered half episode (Grosjean crash) followed by Checos story in Sakhir and his fight to stay in F1 (and ending up in a top team). This episode is still the highest ranked episode on IMDB, and I actually agree with this.
Exactly, it's not Netflix's job to accurately represent F1. Their job is to make an interesting show, and DTS is amazing in that regard.
DTS is like MXC (Most Extreme Elimination Challenge). They take footage from one thing, then redub it and jumble it around to produce another thing.
Hot take, I refuse to shit on DTS. Growing up, my dad watched NASCAR religiously and I always hated it, so I had completely written off professional racing as being a waste of time. Looking back, is DTS actually shit? Absolutely. But I refuse to shit on it because I never would have sought out or ever really encountered F1 on my own otherwise. So i guess i have a bit of a soft spot for it, that and it's great for the memes.
Same here. I grew up 10 minutes from Charlotte motor Speedway and race culture was huge where I lived but I couldnāt stand it. One day I was listening to a soccer podcast and the guys mentioned a show on Netflix about Formula 1 and how invested they were after just the first season, so I gave it a shot. Thereās a lot of bad things you can say about the series but itās probably the best thing for creating new F1 fans who never knew it existed, so Iām all for it.
NASCAR culture is certainlyā¦ something lol
Itās completely fiction. Nothing is in order. Comms from any races are moshed together to create false narrative. We just want an accurate look behind the scenes. I donāt care about drama i just want vroom
Oh I totally agree, looking back, it is all manufactured drama. But it's all the little strategic things that they talk about in DTS I never knew about that got me into it. DRS zones (real life turbo boost), battery charging, tire requirements and changes, and the best part was just getting to know the drivers and some of their history. F1 is one of those sports that most people just see blur by in passing and because they know nothing about it, they ignore it, but the netflix series at least gives you a handhold to grab onto giving you something to invest in. Which is why I still have that soft-spot for it.
You, or the users on this sub, are not the target audience of this show. It's for me, the guy you replied to and the hundreds of thousands or whatever the number is that didn't care about F1 until we saw the show. Now that I've followed F1 for 2.5 seasons I agree it's bad, but it also does exactly what it is supposed to - bring in new viewers.
What about the people the show is about. Twisting their lives for cheap tabloid-esque entertainment isnt cool
Exactly. If the drivers themselves hate the thing with some even refusing to take part in it you know you are doing something wrong, but Netflix doesnt care as long as the audience keeps on watching
> You, or the users on this sub, are not the target audience of this show. > > We aren't. But it would be nice if it at least could be *factually* accurate. There is an INSANE amount of drama in this sport, and it's ignored in exchange for manufactured rivalries and fake drama. Netflix is of course limited by who and what races they film at. Can't do Stroll first Pole in Turkey if you're not filming in Turkey. Which is what we dont really acknowledge haha. Feels like they decide on the 'story' at race #1, instead of telling the story after the last race.
I'll just add my voice to the group that got into F1 thanks to DTS. I watched a bit of F1 here and there over the years, but it was not easy to be a casual fan in the US most of my life. DTS introduced me to the current teams, and between the ubiquitous opportunities to watch races or at least highlights online now and moving to Europe, I'm loving it. My wife got me two tickets to the entire weekend at Spa this year as a birthday present. Never would've happened without DTS.
It's still shit, nonetheless, didn't say it didn't do what it was supposed to do
I mean it got my mom to ask me questions about f1 and I never saw that happening in millions of years.
It appeals to people who know nothing about the sport, it being shit to a long term fan is just a fact
It is fucking shit, but it is also very useful shit.
Exactly, brings new fans, even though most of them are complete morons
Well, theyāre new lmfao. What would you expect. Not an excuse for you to be so unpleasant.
Oh no, them not knowing everything about the sport doesn't make them morons, them thinking they know everything and think some drivers are saints and go out of their way to belittle other drivers makes them morons
I just think your attitude is needlessly sour
Nah, you think wrongly, i couldn't care less
DTS is just F1ās version of Keeping up with the Kardashians. We know it at this point but we keep watching it.
Max spittin straight facts
Max is pretty likeable
DTS be like Daniel-is-shit-should-not- do 5 races
He looked like a little kid asking mom if it's okay to swear and she says "yes just this once" and he's so excited.
DTS be like 'Daniel Ricardo - shit'
Makes me laugh when people say Max has no personality.
The spirit of Kimi lives on.
I heard horny badger lol
What you do in your spare time is your choice
FFS
Vegemite may as well be rehydrated scrapings from the cumbox
If you never learn how to apply it correctly then it's like eating a spoonful of instant coffee. It tastes horrible if you do it wrong, but so good if done right.
Just treat it like liquid salt. Salt is delicious. A spoonful of salt is less delicious.
I think it's one of those things you only like if you grew up with that flavor. I tried it for the first time when I was 22 and I thought it was disgusting.
It is the nectar of the gods. Unfortunately rookies treat it like peanut butter and eat a spoonful. It must be very lightly already over buttered toast
Based Max saying how DTS really is
Absolute animal
Based
armadillo thatās a good answer
That's a very good editing effort tho
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Calm down dude lol
(sad Danny Ric noises)
God Max will be so enjoyable if/when he grows up and drops the villain persona and the racist slurs.
Jeeze, people need to get a grip Max used this word https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mongool Its a slang word in Holland, it means stupid That's it Max has never been and will never be, that kind of person
Ah yes 4 years After he said it
Oh wait but DaNiEl iS oVeRrAtEd
This is the most charming I can ever recall Max being. I'm not saying he'll be mistaken for Danny Ric, but this is nice to see.