Pick the Podium 2024 Season

[Retroram52]

Well, with only a couple of weeks left to the off-season and the new F-1 Season approaching, I have some news to report. First, We lost our sponsorship. Stevens Enterprises is done and even though the negotiations were encouraging, the return on investment of time and money was the killer. Thus we approach this season with no backing. Secondly, I am not sure I want to participate in the coming F-1 Season as the moderator of the competition among the regulars. I have a week or two to decide for sure, but right now, I am leaning toward not participating. I'll let everyone know my final decision in a week or two.

 

[Retroram52]

After some thought, I will not be a participant in the 2024, F-1 season competition here on the Motorsports SportsHoopla Forum. See all of you some time in the future.

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Works for me.

 

[Retroram52]

Yea, Hank. I'll be around, (just like you) just not every week. F-1 is getting too weird and I decided after 10 years of the weekly nonsense, I decided it was time to be busy elsewhere.

 

[Retroram52]

Hank, if you want your reward from last season from the sponsor, send me a PM with your address and I'll drop it in the mail!

 

[Retroram52]

Hey guys: ckhokie, Hank, 43, and Schmoopy, if you want your cash awards for both seasons 2022 and 2023, send me a PM with your addresses and I'll send them out!!

I'll give you until Tax day to get those addresses out to me through a PM here on the SportsHoopla. Click on the letter icon on the menu bar at the top right and that will allow you to send your real name and address and it will be entirely private as I will be the only one who sees the convo as you have to specify what member you want the PM to go to in order to start the convo. Just use my member ID of Retroram52 to open a new convo and follow the prompts.

 

[Hank Kingsley]

I’m not worthy of prize money.

 

[Retroram52]

O.K. dude. It was for Third place in the 2022 season and it was for $3.00. I'll consider the matter closed with you. Later.

 

[Hank Kingsley]

It’s all good. Not going to affect my retirement. And by the way in two weeks, I will have been working from home for four years. Thanks to Covid. I was going to retire two years ago but why when I don’t have to leave home?

 

[Schmoopy1000]

Hey guys: ckhokie, Hank, 43, and Schmoopy, if you want your cash awards for both seasons 2022 and 2023, send me a PM with your addresses and I'll send them out!!

I'll give you until Tax day to get those addresses out to me through a PM here on the SportsHoopla. Click on the letter icon on the menu bar at the top right and that will allow you to send your real name and address and it will be entirely private as I will be the only one who sees the convo as you have to specify what member you want the PM to go to in order to start the convo. Just use my member ID of Retroram52 to open a new convo and follow the prompts.

I did this for fun.
Wasnt aware there was actual money involved LOL
Dont worry about me. Buy yourself a drink on me or something

I am saddened that I wont be able to scare the bejesus out of you guys with my great comebacks from behind though

Didnt mean to put that much stress on you guys with my expert pickings of Verstappen for the win every week. I know I think outside the box, what can I say.
I guess it is time for me to put my racing shell away. (I was tuning up the shell, changing the oil, etc...)

Hope you do well on whatever your next endeavors are.

 

[Retroram52]

O.K.Schmoopster. I'll consider this matter closed with you and I'll be around.

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Races should have their own thread anyway. For conversations. Picks can be posted if one wishes? I mean, we’re all still watching we’re just not competing anymore, correct?

 

[Schmoopy1000]

Races should have their own thread anyway. For conversations. Picks can be posted if one wishes? I mean, we’re all still watching we’re just not competing anymore, correct?

Guess we arent competing anymore.....

Or.......
Are we?

 

[Hank Kingsley]

More like "I like the way McLaren looks this week, I think they might pull this one off?"

Hopefully we can say things like that?

Instead of Max is going to win again.....

 

[Retroram52]

Yep. We are not competing but the thread remains open. Fire away all season long if you want.

 

[Hank Kingsley]

And avoids Schmoopy coming at us "on the run with a burger on a bun....." when we least expect it.

 

[Schmoopy1000]

 

[Hank Kingsley]

So day, one of testing is behind us now. Only two drivers didn’t do any driving, Perez and Hamilton. Max and Russell were the only two with over 100 laps.

Max set the pace a second faster than anybody. Russell was in 12th 2.8 seconds behind. Of course, nobody knows fuel loads and exactly what they were trying to prove.

 

[Retroram52]

Nothing has changed much. Verstappen was a full second ahead of anyone else. Looks like he is well on his way to his Fourth straight Championship.

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Day two looking more competitive all over. Verstappen wasn’t running, but Perez was and was second-best to Sainz with Hamilton in third.
All three were faster than Verstappen’s lap yesterday.