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Along with all the other tracks he owns then

I'll possibly see the race on a random TV screen in the pub later, thankfully there's zero chance of hearing any of Crofts nonsense. Yesterday was total parody... "Lewis, Sir Lewis going down the LH Straight" "will it be 3 lions roaring in Q3" He's basically just trying to get his shite soundbites on Sky adverts rather than concentrate on identifying the correct driver in a car. Its possibly one of my least favourite GPs despite the track being excellent and not having to get up in the middle of the night to watch. The overzealous Britishness ruins it.

Appreciate the sentiment (I share it to some degree). But those two teams just don't deserve the swagger they've had in the last decade. You get plenty teams who get zero attention but williams in particular seem to get particularly favourable coverage even now despite being largely rubbish.

Yeah fair play to him, thats some lap.

Im going to miss the main event tomorrow. First of the season I won't have seen live. Cant say I'm overly fussed based on the coverage I've seen of it so far.

Perez having a shocker one too many times for it not to be something underlying.

JSO would like nothing more than a fatality, it would be absolute Christmas for them. I find them hard to understand tbh, broadly agree with their outlook but going about it all the wrong way. Plus, lets be honest, they're the only chance of some drama on sunday.

Didn't realise Lance Stroll starred in Rocky V. Just shows ye.

Completely forgot about Qualy today. The highlights were pleasing though. The short lap gives an impression of competitiveness but its a red herring imo. The racing will be fairly pedestrian although I do like the A1 Ring

I don't really subscribe to this "ooh its not fair they're faster than us" Be faster then. Don't really fancy watching a series that's artificially sandbagged so jobbers like McLaren can compete.

Of course it makes sense. Could we beat them? Possibly, we've beaten better. A proven track record of being significantly better than us also however. The topic is literally about reality checking. A year ago we got horsed in Dublin lest we forget.

Switzerland would 100% qualify ahead of us in a group. I've no doubt about that. One off game, aye I'd fancy us against most teams bar the real elite sides.

So we agree. Cool.

Switzerland Last 20 years World cups qualified for 5/5 Euros qualified for 3/4 (ignoring hosting 2008) They're consistently winning or finishing a close second in Qualfying sections. Its completely obvious they're better than us. Trying to disagree with that is frankly laughable. Wales have had a mixture of good fortune and a superstar. That plays into seedings over a long period, something I have a feeling we're about to benefit from.

Folk keep talking about a Checo exit and looking to Riccairdo as a replacement. Its strange how much good press coverage he gets on Sky considering he's utter garbage. Checo has been a great no.2 albeit off the boil currently.

Wales' slide into the international abyss has began. I'm going to enjoy every second of it.

Nothing negative in my post at all. Look at Switzerland's record in qualifying and appearances at major tournaments in the last 20 years. I'm enjoying the moment for the National Team.... But if you think we're anywhere near them you're kidding yourself.

Respectfully disagree, Switzerland are absolute powerhouses in qualification. Probably my first pot 2 "avoid" team. We're nowhere near that unfortunately.

Today, I bump into the mate whose bird I've done... sold him two ton of high white.

Reality check: we're immense.

Really into my peated stuff these days. Noticed the other day that my open shelf is approx 2/3 peated and mostly Islay. Its taken about 8 years of whisky enthusiasm but I think I'm on the dark side finally.

Was Mazepin driving that Titanic Submarine?

Its grim when the only enjoyment this season is enjoying Alonso P2's and the English darlings being shyte.

Time penalty for Hamilton you'd think?

He might actually be more unlikable than Hamilton.