Formula Oppo: The /r/GP of M'Lady

"Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire" (arch-duke-maxyenko)
03/27/2015 at 16:15 • Filed to: fo

Welcome m'lady to teh second round of teh 2015 year of teh F1 you-pick'em game of Oppositelock known formally as !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Time boot up your home built PC, grab your blue Bawls, scratch your neck beard and tip your hat to the /r/GP of M'Lady, m'lady. (2/10 would not type that garbage again.)

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Previously on !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! we watched Lewis Hamilton cream his jeans when a wild Arnold Schwarzenegger appeared out of the tall grass to congratulate him on an effortless win. Arnold then proceeded to mock ze girlyman Nico Rosberg for being ze first LOOZAH. Vettel vetted a third place but was more than 30 seconds from the second Mercedes. His teammate had a rather unfortunate race that ended in a DNF when his car was released without the back left wheel being on all the way. The Saubers overcame their legal woe is me's and got two cars to finish in the points, the Force India boys also managed to get points. Bad luck Felipe managed 4th while Bottas sat out the race with a bruised back. Captain smiles was disappoint finishing behind a Sauber and his teammate didn't even start. The wee baby Max Verstappen retired with similar gearbox issues. Both Loti didn't make it past the first lap, with Pastor being crashed out and Romaine Lettuce had engine problems. That leaves us with the sole McLaren to start the race, and that McLaren was driven by Button, but unfortunately powered by Honda. He finished the race, but was lapped by the Mercs. Fernando still isn't sure if his head is alright after that miserable showing.

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But what about this week? Will the issues that plagued half of the field be remedied? Can anybody close the gap to Mercedes? Will Christian Horner continue to be a whiney brat about it? Will there be any original content or will it all start on 4chan and be claimed as original on Reddit? Will Manor actually be able to get one lap in?

Your drivers for this race?

Lewis Hamilton- Mercedes

Nico Rosberg- Mercedes

Daniel Ricciardo- Red Bull

Daniil Kvyat- Red Bull

Felipe Massa- Williams

Valtteri Bottas- Williams

Sebastian Vettel- Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen- Ferrai

Kevin Magnussen Fernando Alonso- McLaren

Jenson Button- McLaren

Nico Hulkenberg- Force India

Sergio Perez- Force India

The Wee Baby Max Verstappen- Torro Rosso

Carlos Sainz, Jr.- Torro Rosso

Pastor Maldonado- Lotus

Romain Grosjean- Lotus

Felipe Nasr- Sauber

Marcus Ericsson- Sauber

Will Stevens- Manor

Roberto Merhi- Manor

My picks?

Q. Lewis Hamilton

1. Lewis Hamilton

2. Nico Rosberg

3. Kimi Raikkonen

Curse: Roberto Merhi. Now there was some confusion about the curse last week. For our sakes, the curse is a curse and a DNS is just as good as a DNF. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

The rest of you neck beards got to Q1 (3/28 2:00 am est) to make your picks.

/tips hat

M'lady

DISCUSSION (69)

pdish > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/21/2015 at 18:03

Q. Rosberg

1. Hamilton

2. Vettel

3. Rosberg

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/21/2015 at 18:05

Q: ROS

1. HAM

2. VET.

3. RAI

Curse: Button, gonna get bit by the Honda being slow and unreliable once again/

Bandit > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/21/2015 at 18:20

1) Ham

2) Ros

3) Vettel

Q) Ham

I feel like I am going to be making this lineup quite a few times this season.

Branden J -Reading the Manual > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/21/2015 at 19:13

Q. Hamilton

1. Hamilton

2. Vettel

3. Raikkonen

(Why not take a little risk?)

RTeeJay > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/21/2015 at 19:32

Q. Hamilton

1. Hamilton

2. Rosberg

3. Vettel

No curse this week, don't want to use up all my luck, haha.

jvirgs drives a Subaru > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/21/2015 at 20:00

Q. HAM

1. ROS

2. HAM

3. VET

Curse: Will Stevens- Manor

Agrajag > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/21/2015 at 21:26

Q. Rosberg

1. Rosberg

2. Hamilton

3. Bottas

Fred (FreddsterExprs) > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/21/2015 at 21:26

Q: Hamilton

1. Hamilton

2. Rosberg

3. Bottas

Santiago of Escuderia Boricua > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/21/2015 at 22:05

Q: Rosberg

1: Hamilton

2: Rosberg

3: Bottas

Curse: Ericsson

Wheelerguy > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/22/2015 at 01:15

Kinja'd!!!

Fuck this.

Wheelerguy > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/22/2015 at 01:15

Kinja'd!!!

And this.

Wheelerguy > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/22/2015 at 01:15

Kinja'd!!!

And this one.

Wheelerguy > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/22/2015 at 01:15

Kinja'd!!!

And this one in particular.

Wheelerguy > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/22/2015 at 01:16

Kinja'd!!!

Hell, even this one, too. Fuck this. When I make a track, I can tell you, it's far, FAR better than whatever Tilke can come up with.

Wheelerguy > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/22/2015 at 01:21

Wait a minute. Why is everyone taking picks this early? If that's the case...

*evil within intensifies*

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Wheelerguy
03/22/2015 at 12:33

In the F1 video games, Malaysia is about the only Tilke track I enjoy driving, I used to hate it but then I just figured out how to drive it well and I started to like it.

Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/22/2015 at 12:50

Q. Hamilton

1. Hamilton <— Hope to continue his shift to Bieber!

2. Vettel <— My second favourite Sebastian

3. Raikkonen <— For Finland!

Hoccy > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/22/2015 at 13:16

Wow, I actually got points last time! I have to continue with this then!

Q: Hamilton
1. Rosberg
2. Hamilton
3. Kimi
C: Ericsson

Brian Silvestro > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/22/2015 at 14:06

Q. Hamilton

1. Hamilton

2. Rosberg

3. Vettel

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/22/2015 at 19:48

Q. Hamilton

1. Hamilton

2 Rosberg

3 Vettel

Verdog ~ manual Bro, Bro - HellHawk Equipped > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/23/2015 at 16:36

Q, Hamilton

1. Hamilton

2. Vettel

3. Riakkonen

C. Rosberg

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/23/2015 at 16:40

#Blessed #TeamLH

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/23/2015 at 16:48

Q - Lewis

1 - Lewis

2 - Britney

3 - Bottas

Curse - Nando

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Bandit
03/23/2015 at 16:50

Yeah. Pretty sure that just going back and forth between Seb and Bottas for #3 is all you might need to do depending on the track. I went with Bottas this time because he was super fast here before, the Williams is fast as shit on the straights, and Malaysia has two very long straights right after each other.

Local Miata Bro > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/23/2015 at 16:59

Q Hamilton

1. Hamilton

2. Vettel

3. Massa

TxBrumski > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/23/2015 at 17:39

Q. Hamilton

1. Hamilton #Blessed

2. Rosberg #LETMEPASSHIM

3. Perez #BombarderoEsquina

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > TxBrumski
03/24/2015 at 16:36

Perez on the podium again would be awesome, but I don't see the FI being anywhere near that this season.

kinjasignedmeout > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/24/2015 at 16:43

Q. Ham

1. Ham

2. Ros

3. Rai

Margin Of Error > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/24/2015 at 16:53

Not sure if serious ...

Alex from Toronto > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/24/2015 at 17:02

Q. Nico Rosberg

1. Nico Rosberg

2. Kimi Raikkonen

3. Pastor Maldonado (lol worth it.)

Curse: Daniel Ricciardo, Engine problems will force him to retire.

StingrayJake > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/24/2015 at 17:51

AH just remembered to look for this.

Q. Hamilton

1. Hamilton

2. Rosberg

3. Massa

Curse: Stevens

GT Stig > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/24/2015 at 21:15

Q. Hamilton

1. Hamilton

2. Rosberg

3. Vettel

Curse: Alonso

Biggus Dickus (RevsBro) > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/25/2015 at 15:03

Q. Rosberg

1. Rosberg

2. Hamilton

3. Massa

BrtStlnd > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/25/2015 at 16:26

Q. HAM

1) HAM

2) ROS

3) RIC

jariten1781 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/25/2015 at 17:05

Q: Ham

1: Ham

2: Rosberg

3: Vettel

No reason not to go safety this round.

BeaterGT > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/25/2015 at 17:14

Q. Hamilton

1. Hamilton

2. Rosberg

3. Grosjean!!!

EL_ULY > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/25/2015 at 17:32

Q. Ros

1. Ham

2. Ros

3. Vet

Viggen > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/25/2015 at 18:21

Q: Hamilton

1. Rosberg

2. Hamilton

3. Vettel

'Wägen, EPA LOL > Bandit
03/26/2015 at 08:38

Lock this in for the year. It's going to be a fairly boring season.

thebigbossyboss > Margin Of Error
03/26/2015 at 08:55

Did you ever get my email Margin of Error?

Margin Of Error > thebigbossyboss
03/26/2015 at 09:01

Yes I did !

That's pretty serious work so I'm taking my time reviewing it

Will get back to you shortly

thebigbossyboss > Margin Of Error
03/26/2015 at 09:04

Honestly take all the time in the world, Part 2 is still a long ways from completion and I want to have them both done before I post part 1.

Thank you very much for the help!! I owe you...

ncasolowork2 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/26/2015 at 23:08

Q Rosberg

1 Rosberg

2 Hamilton

3 Vettel

Curse Merhi

ncasolowork2 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/26/2015 at 23:10

Just going to throw this out there... I think this is Rosberg's best track. Might be the only week this year I pick him.

StingrayJake > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/27/2015 at 00:36

I'd like to change my picks slightly:

Q. Rosberg

1. Rosberg

2. Hamilton

3. Vettel

Curse: Stevens

Gizmo - The Only Good Gremlin, but don't feed me after Midnight > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/27/2015 at 03:40

Q. Lewis Hamilton

1. Lewis Hamilton

2. Nico Rosberg

3. Kimi Raikkonen

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > StingrayJake
03/27/2015 at 06:19

no changing

StingrayJake > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/27/2015 at 09:08

I see no part in the rules declaring that picks made well in advance of Q1 can't be changed before Q1.

Thou shalt make thine driver picks known when a post asking for them is posted. Thou shalt have until Q1 to make up thine minds or they shall forfeit said round and be awarded no points because thou haft been a sloth.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > StingrayJake
03/27/2015 at 09:23

Your first picks are your picks, you get to live with them, consider it an unwritten gentlemen's agreement.

There's a reason why a lot of people wait until the last minute to make them.

StingrayJake > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/27/2015 at 09:50

Makes sense. Rules is rules.

lucky's pepper > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/27/2015 at 13:18

I'm gonna keep picking what I hope will happen instead of what I think will happen, so...

Q: Rosberg

1: Rosberg

2: Hamilton

3: Raikkonen

(Actually what I really hope happens would be a Raikkonen, Massa and Riciardo podium but that's not terribly realistic)

OkCars- 22k Crossroads > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/27/2015 at 16:34

Same as you although 3rd place could be kimi or change it to Vettel.

Anima > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/27/2015 at 16:43

Q. Rosberg

1. Hamilton

2. Rosberg

3. Bottas

Curse: Maldonado

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/27/2015 at 17:17

Picks today!!

Q: Hamilton

P1. Hamilton

P2. Rosberg

P3. Bottas

Curse: This is tough because RBR both look good in FP1-2, Maldonado was 1.1 seconds faster than Grosjean, the midfielders are all putting in just enough but nothing back breaking on their cars. I'm going to have to curse someone with enough balls to give it a go constantly. Therefore it will have to be Alonso this weekend.

Kinja'd!!!

Especially after outing the steering as his crash causing element, and switching from the one they developed for him specifically back to a standard steering unit like JB's and KMag's.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/27/2015 at 18:56

Q. Nico Rosberg

1. Nico Rosberg

2. Lewis Hamilton

3. v. Bottas

curse Will stevens

KnowsAboutCars > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/27/2015 at 19:07

Q. Hamilton

1. Hamilton

2. Rosberg

3. Räikkönen

vorspringing > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/27/2015 at 20:27

Q. Rosberg

1. Hamilton

2. Rosberg

3. Vettel

No curse.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/27/2015 at 21:09

Q HAM

1 HAM

2 ROS

3 VET

For Sweden > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/27/2015 at 22:27

Q. Hamilton

1. Hamilton

2. Rosberg

3. Kimi

JEM > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/27/2015 at 23:23

Q: Rosberg

1: Rosberg

2: Vettel

3: Bottas

PushToStart > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/27/2015 at 23:41

q. Ham

1. Ham

2. Ros

3. Rai

Trunk Impaired 318 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/27/2015 at 23:46

Q Hamilton

1 Hamilton

2 Raikkonen

3 Rosberg

Curse Stevens

Gated Manual > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/28/2015 at 01:16

Q. HAM

1. HAM

2. ROS

3. RAI

rad_mike > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/28/2015 at 01:22

Q: Loois

P1: Loois

P2: Nico

P3: Kimi

DoomBuggie > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/28/2015 at 01:31

Missed the first one.

Q Rosberg

1. Hamilton

2. Rosberg

3. Raikkonen

pirates-ecu > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/28/2015 at 02:44

My picks will be in shortly ... but quali is not till 5 am. i am watching P3 right now live....its 2:44 am est

Wheelerguy > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/28/2015 at 02:59

Huzzah! I have come to cast my picks.

Q: Rosberg (oh, this better work)

1. Hamilton

2. Raikkonen (oh, this better work)

3. Vettel (oh, this better work)

Curse: Button. If Manor's asses got saved now, there can only be one other ass that still wouldn't.

You know what I think the surprise will be . Beisdes, Grosjean might just make many of us wrong. Oh, and lastly, I'm a n00b. I can never be good at this. OZ was sheer luck.

Wheelerguy > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/28/2015 at 02:59

Kinja'd!!!

BTW, Malaise-Era GP is a better name.

pirates-ecu > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/28/2015 at 03:05

1. Hamilton

2. Rosberg

3. Kimi the iceman

Q Lewis Ham Mother trucking sandwich

curse>?>>>>>>>> Roberto Merhi- Manor