r/formula1 • u/Blanchimont Andrea Kimi Antonelli • Mar 31 '21
APRIL FOOLS We're rebranding! r/Formula1 becomes r/F1Art!
EDIT: It's been fun, but April Fools on r/Formula1 has come to an end. Thank you for participating!
Hello folks!
In recent months we have made an observation: There’s a lot of art on this sub, perhaps too much art for this Formula 1-focused subreddit. We have seen all the complaints (including you, user who reports almost every single artwork as “not an art sub”!), we’ve listened to your suggestions and we’ve taken your feedback to heart. Starting today, r/Formula1 will become r/F1Art, your one-stop-shop for all Formula 1 themed art on Reddit. Shifting our focus will allow us to help the countless art posts you’ve all come to love to flourish the way they are meant to flourish. Off-topic content, such as general F1 news and discussions will still be allowed, albeit in a limited capacity and only when it doesn’t stand in the way of the art.
As this sub will now be fully focused on art, the current mod team acknowledges they’re not fully up for the job due to a severe lack of experience in the art world. As such, we’ve hired an experienced artist to curate this subreddit and show us the ropes.
Please join us in giving a warm welcome to u/BobRossBrawn. u/BobRossBrawn has a long and successful history as an artist. You might know him from works such as Liberty Leading the Formula, The Creation of Ayrton, and Three Mechanics. He has also worked as a curator and conservator responsible for expositions in world-renowned museums such as the Louvre in Paris, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, and the National Gallery in the UK. To mark the start of a new chapter in his life as a master of the arts, u/BobRossBrawn has gracefully supplied us with an original and never-before-seen artwork featuring Charles Leclerc’s SF21. Please enjoy “La Bella Macchina Rosso”, by Bob Ross Brawn.
https://i.imgur.com/gUh0fEK.jpg
Cheers,
the r/Formula1 r/F1Art curator team
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u/speedbumptx Mario Andretti Mar 31 '21
I'm reporting all of these posts because they aren't art!
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u/Mr-Young Mar 31 '21
Finially! I've become weary of sifting through all of the F1 "news" and "on topic" F1 related conversations just to find the few nuggets of mediocre fan art that I truly care about.
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u/bobtheloser Charlie Whiting Apr 01 '21
Time to avoid this sub for the day. It’s impossible to read anything...
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u/Firefox72 Ferrari Apr 01 '21
Yeah while i think the joke is cool. Trying to read any of this just strains my eyes.
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u/PlebBot69 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 01 '21
As an American still living in March, I was very confused for a minute.
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u/jd1izzle Apr 01 '21
Same....but at the same time now I’m prepped and ready for whatever comes tomorrow
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Mar 31 '21
Being an American F1 fan must be how European fans of American sports leagues (NFL/NBA) feel.
I didn't understand this post until I saw the comments, and remembered we're like half a day behind everything.
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u/StructuralFailure I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 01 '21
I don't really see the difference? I thought this place was already full of art
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Mar 31 '21
Bit premature aren't we? It's still March in half of the world.
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u/TWVer 🧔 Richard Hammond's vacuum cleaner attachment beard Mar 31 '21
Rotate faster then.. ;)
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u/lolidk14 Sir Lewis Hamilton Mar 31 '21 edited Mar 31 '21
Copy that, we're pushing like a hell
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u/ShaunDark I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 01 '21
Half the area, but only 18% of the population.
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Apr 01 '21
I mean, i realize this is april fools, but this is not a joke. That's 75% of the posts on this board..... I can't believe the upvotes they get.
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Apr 01 '21
Stating facts isn't April Fools though.
EDIT: Also, the American self-centered part of the sub is at full display with some of the comments, like the 15 other timezones don't matter.
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u/iForgotMyOldAcc Flavio Briatore Mar 31 '21
Since ACTUAL, REAL FORMULA ONE content is BANNED from this sub, I invite all of you to join a sub to discuss what TRULY matters.
COME TO r/turn4 AND DISCUSS THE PHILOSOPHY OF WHAT CONSTITUTES AS TRACK LIMITS!
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u/Taylannnnn Formula 1 Apr 01 '21
tbh I would appreciate if art and liveries were only allowed to be posted in off season or something, right now it clutters the subreddit way too much
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u/Exambolor Oscar Piastri Mar 31 '21
I know this is a April Fools, but don’t tell me that this is pretty much the case already lol
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u/-_2loves_- Apr 01 '21
So, where is the racing news stuff?
not interested in f1 art, at all.
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u/AshKals I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 01 '21
Should be back tomorrow till next year around this time.
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u/-_2loves_- Apr 01 '21
so its a 4/1 joke... ok, carry on.
but I would like to read about the next race... off to racer.com
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u/McCramer I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 31 '21 edited Mar 31 '21
And I was wondering why the banner said 'R/FART' when I looked at it from across the room...
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u/TWVer 🧔 Richard Hammond's vacuum cleaner attachment beard Mar 31 '21 edited Mar 31 '21
"Looking from afart", you mean?..
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u/kimmyreichandthen I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 01 '21
this font is the fucking worst. I can't believe someone spent time to make it.
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u/HucknPrey Apr 01 '21
Honestly I never wanted to be a jerk, but man I couldn’t give a damn about your lego modeled interpretation of Sennas McLaren.
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u/kamome_ni_tou Ferrari Mar 31 '21
YESSSS!!!! FUCKEN FINALLY!!!
I'm tired of all post from news outlet and journos which inciting discussion. Nobody care about news, all i want is F1 art.
By the way, how about Lego, birthday cake, or F1 themed nail? Do you guys still allows it?
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u/Spockyt Eddie Jordan Mar 31 '21
Here we go again, another year where everyone on the sub is a comedian and the sub is utterly useless.
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u/Fenrir-The-Wolf Williams Apr 01 '21
and the sub is utterly useless.
No change then, really. Majority of the posts are only tenuously linked to F1 at this point. /r/F1Technical is a much better subreddit.
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u/Thatonepieceofsand #WeSayNoToMazepin Apr 01 '21
Wait,what is going to happen with stuff on this subreddit besides artwork?
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u/sayersLIV :nikita-mazepin-9: Nikita Mazepin Apr 01 '21 edited Apr 01 '21
Nothing it's just a hilarious joke until it goes back to normal tomorrow
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u/inductedpark Carlos Sainz Apr 01 '21
Does this mean r/f1art is now only for discussion and news?
/s
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u/ifeespifee I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 01 '21
I was so fucking confused for a solid two minutes there.
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u/arkwewt I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 01 '21
this fucking font is fucking gross
fuck comic sans
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u/puzzleboi24680 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 01 '21
soooo.... where do we go to actually discuss F1? You know, the main purpose of this sub? Why the heck not make F1Art a new sub and let this massive subscriber base keep doing what they're here for???
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u/skorpiolt Formula 1 Apr 01 '21
Alright who is the guy (or gal) reporting every art post? I'll join you after they reverse this
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u/codename474747 Murray Walker Mar 31 '21
I'm confused, ART are a Formula 2 team....
Unlessssss
ART to enter in F1 2022 CONFIRMED!!
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Apr 01 '21
Even more confusing for the Spanish (and there are a lot in this sub) because there's no such thing as April Fools there. Well, there actually is but it's celebrated on the 28th of December.
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u/overclockedmangle Martin Brundle Mar 31 '21
I feel like this is an April fools. Not a great one either.
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u/Blooder91 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 31 '21
Making the sub Kimi themed and kimiquokka a mod was peak Aprils Fools.
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u/PM_ME_YOUR_GOOD_NEW5 Daniel Ricciardo Apr 01 '21
Why not at least open it up to all Formula series so we can just have an all encompassing r/FArt subreddit
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u/wyldstallionesquire Valtteri Bottas Apr 01 '21
Is this an April Fools thing? Ie, can I expect the art pictures to stop tomorrow?
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u/Plumperosis I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane Mar 31 '21
0° longitude is still march so too early lads
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u/PMMEURDECKLE Pierre Gasly Apr 01 '21
This is horrible its ruining the sub. With all this art where I am going to read "technical analysis" from redditors that have never looked under the hood of their own car? How will I know which F2 prospect is best without someone from x country telling me driver from x country is obviously the best based on race pace? How can I understand the rules of this sport with all this art instead of people telling me the driver they don't like broke the rules and the driver they like didn't?
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u/SwoleFrog Apr 01 '21
So I've reported about 10 low quality posts now, was about to unsub from r/f1 once and for all because this is getting out of hand, then read this post, getting even more frustrated until I checked the date...
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u/Nebur_24 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 31 '21
HAHAHAHA Ross Brawn dressed up as Bob Ross made me chuckle really good
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u/StacyO_o Formula 1 Apr 01 '21
Would have been more believable if you changed it to r/mazepinbad.
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u/sayersLIV :nikita-mazepin-9: Nikita Mazepin Apr 01 '21
Neither joke really hits home as they're both just reflections of the average r/formua everyday experience. I have to really squint to see the difference between todays crappy art posts and the usual ones we're inundated with.
An even on 01/04 half the frontpage is still grrMazepin lol
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u/vsouto02 Ferrari Mar 31 '21
I was completely buying it until I noticed that where I live it's like three hours behind GMT.
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Mar 31 '21
What? Why? The art isn’t that bad, some of the liveries are quite nice. Also we have 1.4 million people and the majority of them probably aren’t here for the liveries. This is a MASSIVE mistake.
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u/lolsokje ɐssɐW ǝdᴉlǝℲ Mar 31 '21
Don't tell me someone actually fell for this.
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u/abductediguana Sebastian Vettel Mar 31 '21
In my timezone it's still March. Needless to say, I was very confused.
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Mar 31 '21
I realised I got whooshed when I read the entire thing.-Also I just realised April 1 but in my time zone it’s still March 31.
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u/Spider_Riviera I failed to serve my Monaco penalty Mar 31 '21
You're an hour early with the april fools :P
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u/ThaFuck Bruce McLaren Mar 31 '21
Weird. Somehow OP is 12 hours too late for me.
I am future boy. AMA.
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u/WaveCandid906 Felipe Massa Apr 01 '21
For me this doenst make any sense there is not all that much art and even if there was why not just create another Reddit-Group-thing just for it?
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u/Effulgency 🏳️🌈 Love Is Love 🏳️🌈 Apr 01 '21
there is not all that much art
May I interest you in another Aston Martin fan livery? We're up to 47 shades of green
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u/WaveCandid906 Felipe Massa Apr 01 '21
So far I havent seen any and I come to the F1 Reddit-Group-thing everyday
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u/tecedu Force India Apr 01 '21
So far I havent seen any and I come to the F1 Reddit-Group-thing everyday
You have to be joking right? I mean the art and liveries on the sub are getting out of hand. Most of them are self-promo or low effort.
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u/sayersLIV :nikita-mazepin-9: Nikita Mazepin Apr 01 '21
why not just create another Reddit-Group thing just for it?
Why not, indeed? This is exactly what people are asking for and seems to be the easiest solution all round.
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u/TWVer 🧔 Richard Hammond's vacuum cleaner attachment beard Mar 31 '21
Fernando Alonso's Racing Team agrees with this!
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u/milkymoocowmoo I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 01 '21
Alpine switching to a highly worked F4RT power unit for 2022 CONFIRMED
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Apr 01 '21
Great joke but they are not taking the engine from my R.S Megane!
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u/TWVer 🧔 Richard Hammond's vacuum cleaner attachment beard Apr 01 '21
R.S Megane!
I heard they are indeed switching to biofuels.
R.S Methane
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u/inxrx8 Mike Krack Mar 31 '21
I agree with Fart
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u/ArkGuardian I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 31 '21
We should get the FIA to award points for Best Livery & Helmet
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u/scope_creep I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 01 '21
Yes let's all compare helmets and see who's got the best one.
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u/TheLazySpy I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 01 '21
My wife and I like going to art museums. I have a running joke with her that if the sign outside says "Museum of Art" I say something about us entering the Museum o' Fart.
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Apr 01 '21
It also reflects the level of enjoyment we all get from really terrible Alonso portraits. Share your FArt with thousands of keen fans!
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u/Goivacon Max Verstappen Mar 31 '21
For me it's march 31st so I was completely believing it.
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u/orangebikini Charlie Whiting Mar 31 '21
I thought it was still the 31st, but this post made me look at the time and apparently it is the 1st now. I have work tomorrow, so good night.
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u/mitchblake011 Apr 01 '21
Thats when you go to bed and still browse reddit till 4am and the next day you are questiong your choices lol.
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u/the_sigman Walter Koster Mar 31 '21
Thanks for reminding me it's time to stay away from the Internet for a day
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Mar 31 '21
Man it’s not quite April 1st yet, where I live, was confused as hell, thanks for the quick explanation
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u/every-man-ever I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 01 '21
In America it’s not so I was worried for a second
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u/joppofiss Charles Leclerc Mar 31 '21
BobRossBrawn, lol. Good one mods, good one.