Canada

Generally we do not play as a region (hence the flag).

Feel free to join a faction if you want to find out what it is all about. You will see that we are recommending Canopy which is run by our friends in Forest. The Starlight Brigade are also worth a look IMHO

I made a new flag, does anyone like it?

Vodafones wrote:

I made a new flag, does anyone like it?

Good work. An interesting design idea,

Being vert picky, there are a few little things I would suggest fixing. The main ones are...
= The natural banana doesn't quite sit right with the plain graphics. It is also a bit big and might be better not overlapping the star.
= Yellow on white is hard to make out. Use a brighter shade and add a slightly darkened outline.

Finally, lose the ripple. It never improves a flag.

I had a go at the rework myself, see https://i.8upload.com/image/d064b414af07ef3c/vodafone-rework-01.jpg . If you want it, keep it. If not, I won't mind at all.

Almonaster Nuevo wrote:

Good work. An interesting design idea,

Being vert picky, there are a few little things I would suggest fixing. The main ones are...
= The natural banana doesn't quite sit right with the plain graphics. It is also a bit big and might be better not overlapping the star.
= Yellow on white is hard to make out. Use a brighter shade and add a slightly darkened outline.

Finally, lose the ripple. It never improves a flag.

I had a go at the rework myself, see https://i.8upload.com/image/d064b414af07ef3c/vodafone-rework-01.jpg . If you want it, keep it. If not, I won't mind at all.

Well I like it and will use it

Formula 1

The Azerbaijan GP in Baku is running a day earlier than the normal schedule to acomodarte a national remembrance day tomorrow. Here is the line-up for this afternoon

1 George Russell (Mercedes)
2 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
3 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
4 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)
5 Lando Norris (McLaren)
6 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
7 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
8 Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
9 Franco Colapinto (Alpine)
10 Oliver Bearman (Haas)

11 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
12 Alexander Albon (Williams)
13 Esteban Ocon (Haas)
14 Carlos Sainz (Williams)*
15 Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls)
16 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)

17 Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi)
18 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)
19 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
20 Sergio Perez (Cadillac)
21 Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
22 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)

* Sainz qualified in 9th, but was penalised.

Antonelli had a crash in Q2, and Verstappen missed out on an expect4ed "tow". I expect both to improve during the race. Otherwise the top places are much as expected.
Williams brought a new chasis which has finally reduced the car weight to the permitted level. The performance has improved but they still have work to do. Scoring points would be a good result.

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Race result
1) Russell 25
2) Verstappen 18
3) Hadjar 15
4) Leclerc 12
5) Antonelli 10
6) Hamilton 8
7) Lindblad 6
8) Ocon 4
9) Bearman 2
10) Sainz 1

11) Hulkenberg
12) Lawson
13) Bortoleto
14) Piastri
15) Perez
DNF: Bottas, Colapinto, Gasly, Norris, Albon, Alonso, Stroll

There were several crashes and other incidents with 2 safety car periods. Colapinto tool out Gasley and caused him to damage Norris who later retired. He will face some hard words and probably penalties later.
A good day for Russell who led throughout and had a close fight with Verstappen at the end. Red Bull have closed the gap to McLaren and Ferrari. Haas lucked into some better points than expected due to the Colapinto incident,.

Next up is Bahrain on 4th Oct (I will be away, so a report from others would be welcome), then Singapore o the 11th.

Rugby Union

Fiji 20 - 17 Netherlands
Hong Kong 17 - 34 Samoa
Italy 29 - 41 South Africa
England 26 - 19 New Zealand
Wales 24 - 26 United States
Scotland 10 - 30 Australia
France 21 - 5 Canada

I dont know about that new flag, I liked the "eh" one more tbh

It will ve gone in about a week

Formula 1

The "Bahrain" GP is being held at Sepang in Malaysia. All the action is in the wee small hours for me, so reporting will be minimal

Here is how they will line up...
1 Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
2 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
3 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)
4 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
5 Lando Norris (McLaren)
6 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
7 George Russell (Mercedes)
8 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)*
9 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
10 Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi)

11 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
12 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
13 Carlos Sainz (Williams)
14 Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
15 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)
16 Oliver Bearman (Haas)

17 Esteban Ocon (Haas)
18 Alexander Albon (Williams)
19 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)
20 Sergio Perez (Cadillac)
21 Franco Colapinto (Alpine)*
22 Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls)*
* Hadjar qualified 3rd, but has a 5 place penalty for using too many replacement parts. Colapinto and Lindblad also received technical penalties.

Race result

1 Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 25
2 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) 18
3 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) 15
4 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 12
5 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull) 10
6 Oscar Piastri (McLaren) 8
7 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) 6
8 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) 4
9 Lando Norris (McLaren) 2
10 Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls) 1

11 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi )
12 Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
13 Franco Colapinto (Alpine)
14 Oliver Bearman (Haas)
15 Esteban Ocon (Haas)
16 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
17 Carlos Sainz (Williams)
18 Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi )
19 Sergio Perez (Cadillac)
20 George Russell (Mercedes)

DNF Alexander Albon (Williams)
DNF Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)

Can any RL Canadians offer an explanation for CAQ getting wiped out?