u/ballerinabubbles — reddlx

George Russell Fanbook Messages

Hi Grussell Sprouts!

I know we are all very down so I wanted to share there is a fan going to the Vegas GP who is making a fanbook for GR.

Will put the link to their original post in the comments but hoping we can have lots of support messages from fans. Its been a rough season. 🥹

Please note the OP wants to only accept messages via their twt DMs so if you don't have an account, I would be happy to pass it on!

Deadline is on November 8.

Thank you!!

u/ballerinabubbles — 11 days ago

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GRandstand has additional tickets!!

Our President has done it again!! Sharing here just in case anyone missed out on tickets and wants to try again!

u/ballerinabubbles — 14 days ago

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Has there been any information on when POGPR is sitting out FP1?

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This has been on my mind for a while because George still has to sit out 2 FP1s.

I assume Malaysia is out, since its the new ADUO and a new track for both drivers. Singapore is a sprint so no. Usually Abu Dhabi would have been a good option but its likely not happening.

Will they do it at Mexico and Brazil maybe?

Thank you in advance if anyone has news on this!

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u/ballerinabubbles — 18 days ago

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George Russell appears alongside other athletes in PSA about mental health and suicide

Powerful stuff. Be nice to George!

u/ballerinabubbles — 1 month ago

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GR Hate

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Sorry to post this but I just feel so down. I have been in a lot of sports fandoms and I genuinely cannot fathom the amount of hatred George is getting. It's always been rough given who his teammates have been with both Kubicka and Hamilton plus the Verstappen shenanigans. I actually thought I had seen the worst of it with those emails LH fans sent to Merc.

But this season is on another level. The boos, all the insistence that his car issues are not real, calling him a complainer. It's really too much, considering how he hasn't even said anything negative to anyone in the press. He's been such a good sport throughout it all but its constant slander everywhere. Calling him washed in this race when he was pulling good laps on 50+ old hards like...its so wild. Merc keeps getting away with treating him like this because people just want to believe he's not good so they insist its a skill issue.

I also especially hate the projection some fans do. I keep seeing people say they hate how he speaks. They do not even seem to know he had a speech impediment as a child and that is why he overenunciates. They just really hate him for existing, its genuinely wild.

Idk fam am just really glad to know George has a therapist because I feel like I would not even be able to handle a quarter of the hatred he gets.

ETA: Thanks for everyone for being so nice about this post. I know its not really in the nature of the sub to be this serious so thank you so much! It's rough being a George fan this season but I will keep believing in him. He's never stopped fighting for that win and I will always believe he can achieve it.

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u/ballerinabubbles — 1 month ago

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Does Mercedes have a regular sales day for its merch?

Hello, hope it's okay to ask this question here. I was wondering if the Merc online store ever has a sales period, and if they ever put the special collections as part of it? I only ever buy in stores but when I checked where I live, they said they won't stock the Singapore collection. I still want to get it but the shipping fees are so high so I was thinking of waiting for a sale. Is that something that happens? Thank you!

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u/ballerinabubbles — 2 months ago

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MPH: Revealed - the fault behind Mercedes' Belgian GP deployment chaos

This article from Mark Hughes has an interesting analysis on what happened to the Merc cars/engines at Spa. Their theory is there were two software coding errors that led to the deployment issues.

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/single-seaters/f1/mph-revealed-the-fault-behind-mercedes-belgian-gp-deployment-chaos/?utm\_source=twitter&utm\_medium=Zoho+Social

Some excerpts - this one is about what happened in Lap 1:

"Quite understandably, fans and drivers alike were left extremely confused about issues of battery deployment around the Spa-Francorchamps track last weekend. Some were more affected than others, but George Russell’s whole weekend was destroyed by it. Here, we can give the definitive explanation of what was happening out there.

It was a situation made infinitely more confusing by the combination of the nuances of deployment on this most extreme of energy-starved tracks and for Mercedes by two straightforward malfunctions, rooted deep in software errors.

Here’s what happened at the race start: both Mercs have the correct state of charge of their batteries as the lights go out. But as they exit La Source just a few seconds later, both Kimi Antonelli and Russell suddenly have lost between 30-40% of that charge. In how to distribute the electrical energy through the lap, the software algorithm can only work with what charge it has, so it will immediately have reduced the power they each had available on the charge down the hill to Eau Rouge, even though they were still deploying.

Max Verstappen, in second running alongside Antonelli, suddenly realises he may be able to overtake and so uses the overtake button to deploy more, ensuring he gets ahead into Eau Rouge. In that moment, Antonelli has to lift to make room for the Red Bull. In lifting, Antonelli inadvertently resets the system to give a less severe power restriction up the hill and down the Kemmel straight than Russell suffers. This reset allows Antonelli to deploy for longer than Russell down the Kemmel straight, but still for a shorter period than if it had been working fully. Verstappen meanwhile, having used his overtake button, also runs out of deployment early on the straight. So the battery problems on both Mercs have triggered three separate compromises for Antonelli, Verstappen and Russell."

This one talks about qualifying issues for George and Oscar:

"So, was it just that Russell and Piastri had used up more battery energy earlier in their qualifying laps to be as quick as their team-mates up to that point? Used more brakes and needed to accelerate more and the earlier curtailment of deployment was the price? Not fully, no. That scenario is perfectly feasible, particularly on an energy-starved track, and at Silverstone, Russell was braking for 11% of the lap compared to 9% for Antonelli.

But at Spa the more significant shortfall was in the software. There may have been a small element of driver input, but nowhere near enough to account for the gap to their team-mates. That was mainly from a problem deep in the coding which was over-delivering energy early in the lap, meaning it ran out early. It will have helped Russell and Piastri early in the lap but the benefits would be small compared to the penalty inflicted by running out prematurely. Nothing they were doing in the cockpit would have helped significantly."

So it was multiple issues...if it's software I hope it can be fixed via some sort of patch in Hungary 🙏

u/ballerinabubbles — 3 months ago

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Random thrift score - Coach Rexy!

So thrilled to find a Coach Rexy in a random thrift store in Tokyo! She doesn't hold much but she has my heart!

u/ballerinabubbles — 4 months ago

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Can I use my laptop plugged in if the battery needs replacement?

Hello everyone.

I have an HP Spectre x360 Convertible 13-aw2xx laptop. It is quite old, as I got it in 2020. I have recently noticed that the battery is not charging anymore and when I ran the HP support assistant, it said the battery needs replacement, failure ID RE00W. I am currently based in a country where I have limited language skills and am not too confident that I can communicate well with the service center if I go to one. I also use the laptop a lot currently as I am a student and honestly cannot afford to replace it this year. I also do not want to buy a laptop in this country as then I might not find one with an English keyboard.

Given this, can I just consult what options I have?

No options, I have to replace as soon as possible.
I can keep using the laptop plugged in. (I would like to know if this one is possible as I do not mind being plugged in all the time...it is more affordable than buying a brand new computer for me.)

Sorry if this is not a super technical question, I have limited funds so I have not contacted to HP yet.

Thank you for your kindness.

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u/ballerinabubbles — 4 months ago

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Contract Questions

I am a very, very new F1 fan. A friend gave me a ticket to Suzuka this year and I enjoyed it so much so I have started watching. I hope it is okay to ask this question here in the Mercedes sub because I keep seeing people/media talk about Kimi Antonelli and Max Verstappen becoming teammates next year and how a bunch of other drivers (Ocon, Bottas, Alonso, Sainz) will be leaving or losing their seats next season because of performance clauses. How do the contracts work exactly? As a driver, you have to win a race to be considered a good performer? Do they all basically sign contracts where they have to hit such high targets? But the conversation about Russell is that even if he wins a WDC this year, he will still lose his Mercedes seat because Toto Wolff likes Max more. On the other hand, the conversation about Alonso and Sainz is that they will find better seats because their car is not performing. So is it both ways or is it just depending on the team? And is it always a beat your teammate or lose your seat situation? I watched a bit of Drive to Survive but it just confused me more. Thank you in advance!

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u/ballerinabubbles — 4 months ago