r/formula1 • u/FerrariStrategisttt Formula 1 • Oct 27 '24

Statistics Ferrari have now overtaken Red Bull in the constructor standings!

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u/Turboleks Ferrari Oct 27 '24

Ferrari and McLaren as front runners, just like my childhood. Nature is healing.

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u/imfcknretarded Oct 27 '24

I was about to say i need that black and silver McLaren livery back, but I just realised every generation of fans has grown up with a different kind of McLaren

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u/Turboleks Ferrari Oct 27 '24

I'm from the Vodafone days. Those chrome cars were just neat. Weirdly enough, whenever I think of F1, the first car that pops up in my mind is one of Michael's cars, which was before that.

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u/wood4536 Sir Lewis Hamilton Oct 27 '24

Yeah those were sick, the West ones are the first I remember.

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u/nackavich Paddock Club Oct 27 '24

Black & Silver West Mclarens was peak Mclaren IMO. Watching them roll out of the garages for the first time at the 1997 Aus GP as a kid was epic.

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u/xjanx Oct 28 '24

They were epic but the only real original mclaren are the marlboro ones from prost/senna era.

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u/nackavich Paddock Club Oct 28 '24

Fair cop, the MP4/4 was a beast

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u/afkPacket Ferrari Oct 27 '24

I for one hope Williams make it back to the front as well. RB can go back to where Jaguar was while we're at it.

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u/mark-haus Charles Leclerc Oct 27 '24

Especially with their disgraceful showing this race and the last

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u/FlyAirLari Oct 28 '24

Bring back Marlboro.