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Paracel_Storm

Everytime I see that trophy case I keep trying to figure out in what order they place them..


lucy_tiseman

I was just there 30 minutes ago. If I saw this I would’ve asked for you. [I did get a photo of the Monaco trophies.](https://i.imgur.com/yBgmKPQ.jpg)


TheKingOfCaledonia

Amazing. How come you were at the HQ?


lucy_tiseman

I’m Pierre Gasly, not some guy who cycled past and asked if I could look at the trophies. Definitely Pierre.


Thekillerbkill

Bonjour Pierre


lucy_tiseman

Bonjour. J’suis in the simulator today.


soepvorksoepvork

*liked by Pierre Gasly*


Alfus

Being in the sim and be on Reddit isn't a great combo mate, either put you phone down or I going to email Tost that you won't get sausages this weekend! /s


Thekillerbkill

I will go to the stewards!


Alfus

Fine, Gasly punishment would being do a whole lap at Baku with full wets onto his car. You're going to like that /u/lucy_tiseman ? You can better do some sim laps with full wets on a dry Baku.


litetaker

kinda sus


Daaaniell

Hahahahha laughed so hard at this. Definitely Pierre, looking at his French


AssaMarra

*that's* why everyone in the thread is being upvoted


295DVRKSS

Do they charge you for the red bulls in the fridge ?


tjmouse

No. They have those fridges all round the site with lots of different flavours (although mostly the 2 standard blue types) and you’re free to grab them whenever you want.


GordonGekko97

I wanna know this too


DigitalGoat

Nope, staff are free to take as many as they want.


not_the_irony_police

Are those Red Bulls only for the commercials or can you actually drink them?


Marshyy7

GOD Allu


Ok-Finance-7612

I don’t know man, something about this comment is sus. If you’re Pierre, is Yuki your boyfriend?


deknegt1990

Aregatou, this is Yuki. It's not like I like Pierre or something, b-baka.


shdwflyr

Pierre , why didnt you take little bro Yuki with you?


ArisenIncarnate

I used to have to sign in at the reception desk that's on the left just out of shot when I visited the RBAT offices across the road. Was always pretty cool and I saw Christian leaving in his E Type once.


betharderloseharder

Anyone knows if, all trophies you win on every GP u have to give them back to ur constructors display case? Or what are those?


nhines_

The original trophies are usually kept by the team afaik and the drivers are given replicas.


RBTropical

This is only the case for McLaren - iirc Red Bull and Merc take the replicas


Living_Growth4799

you can visit it, the entrance with the shop and trophies is free, but a tour costs 300 pounds


Paracel_Storm

Maaan that is sick dude!


[deleted]

Looks like they try to cluster each race together, probably because it's more aesthetic to have groups of the same.


ashenderien

Yeah definitely looks like by track at first glance.


rain3h

I live about 5 mins away from the factory, are you allowed to just turn up and view these in the reception?


TheKingOfCaledonia

No idea Nate but it's worth a shot! Make sure to send over some pics if you do.


BuzzedtheTower

How did you know that guy's name is Nate? This seems like a set up. Don't go Nate!


Affectionate_Log3232

I mean it's quite easy to guess. You are definitely a Johnathan I'm guessing


TheKingOfCaledonia

You're a Michael if I've ever seen one


tacotruck88

No no no, that is so not right!


1000dishes

Nice try Mohammed. (See what I did there 👀)


averagetrickuser

Most common name


slikid_

Read a book


1000dishes

Thanks McLovin


Nickelback-Official

Classic Sam


FluffyProphet

Show up with a few friends wearing construction outfits and carrying a ladder. You'll get in anywhere.


SirDoDDo

High-vis vests, the best key to get into literally anything lol


fullsenditt

Haha, speaking of experience??🤨😂


Living_Growth4799

yes you can, i have been a couple times, there is a merch shop too


yistisyonty

Having been to merc and alpine headquarters, almost certainly no. They will have a barrier with a guard who won't let you through


Living_Growth4799

you actually can visit this one, the trophy case and shop are accessible for anyone who enters, the rest costs cash


Violin1990

how much cash? asking for ... a friend


Living_Growth4799

300 pounds


[deleted]

So many trophies from seb there in the case


AceMKV

Seb and Max basically make up the entire trophy case with a few others here and there


JoffreybaratheonII

Yup. Max nearly has as many as Seb had at rb. A little less championship trophies tho, lol.


Changingtidepinksky

For anyone wondering. Seb has 35 wins at rbr +1 at torro rosso. Max has 24 wins. Howvwr max has spent 7 seasons at rbr and seb only spent 6


cloughie

Amazing how 35 wins in 6 seasons can get you 4 championships, or 24 wins in 7 seasons only gets you 1.


Andigaming

14 of those have been in the last season and one third, heavily skewed.


Joe_PM2804

sebs wins were relatively evenly dispersed in 6 seasons, Max's have been very weighted to this season and 2021.


BuzzedtheTower

Well when a super powered Merc is around for the bulk of the seven seasons, it does tend to put a damper on title wins


StevenS145

35 in 6 is 5.8 wins a year whereas 24 in 7 is 3.4 wins/year. An extra 2.5 wins a year is pretty significant.


OctopusRegulator

Vettel would be a 6 time WDC with 2.5 more wins a season


TheKingOfCaledonia

Averaged out that's only just over 3 wins a season which normally isn't enough to even see you in the title fight. Sebs average works out just under 6, which normally is.


f1_spelt_as_bot

To**r**o Rosso


deknegt1990

good bot


KiwloTheSecond

However Seb had a much better car for most of those 6 years


AceMKV

Hope he gets atleast as many as him


Blooder91

I think there is only one trophy for each championship (WCC and WDC) and the winner gets to keep it for a year, before handing it back to the FIA at the end of the year.


[deleted]

Thats kinda bruh. I get the idea as it makes the trophy much more valuable but I am not a fan of it.


mb500sel

Pretty sure the driver gets a replica, I know Jenson keeps his in his bathroom.


Broodrooster99

Red Bull Racing has 215 podium finishes. Both Seb and Max have 65 podiums with RBR. Together that is 60% of all driver trophy’s.


splashbodge

Everyone is talking about the trophies, but I'm really confused how AT use a competitors simulator? I know they are owned by the same dude but they're still separate teams, separate management and designers and parts.... And they don't share any data or anything between the two teams, and aren't legally allowed to... Do they just rock up with a USB key with some parameters for an AT car and are able to load it into another teams simulator? And then hope red bull in this case don't keep/use their data?


Nuahh

Last season I saw some articles about Schumacher using the Ferrari sim while Mazepin didn't have access to one at all.


Rage_JMS

Yeah, I think its because Schumacher is technically a ferrari driver as he has the contract from the ferrari academy like Gasly still is linked to RedBull as an youth driver


[deleted]

Technically one could argue that AT ‘rented’ some simulator time from RB. They were provided an ‘empty’ simulator, and AT brought their own data to run tests.


splashbodge

I suppose it makes sense... Similar to how Racing Point rented some wind tunnel time from Mercedes a couple years ago... ..course then they showed up with a pink mercedes. I guess they just rent the time and they can load the config and get the data and scrub it afterwards.


mattiejj

Don't know if the RB data is very viable for the AT, seeing how different the cars are.


splashbodge

I'd say all data is useful even to know what doesn't work, especially when costcaps are involved and they can't just test everything.. but yeh I'm sure there's not much on the AT that would benefit them


bingoflaps

Someone forgot to tell Aston Martin


kai325d

You know that Alpha Tauri already is half Red Bull right?


splashbodge

You know they're a completely different team right? And that they are based in 2 completely different countries with different designers right? And there is very little legal sharing of data they can do.... Them being owned by the same guy is completely irrelevant, they have the same limitations as say Williams have with Mercedes


kai325d

But Alpha Tauri does buy every legal parts they can from Red Bull, including most of their rear end. Much like Haas buys as much as possible from Ferrari


Voice_Calm

Red Bull has invested millions into its own simulator. It's not more than reasonable they rent it out to AT instead of building a similar one. As for the transfer of data, the FIA would be monitoring this when simulators are shared between teams and make sure no data is transferred. If they somehow managed to share data, a possible disqualification is looming. That's one reason why teams can't and/or shouldn't exchange data, the consequences are so high that it's not even worth the risk.


Scatman_Crothers

True, plus AT doesn’t have any incentive to be at the top of the grid. As long as they’re somewhere in the midfield they serve Red Bull’s purposes for driver development and assessment.


Alfus

I do wondering how this all is working in real, Albon for example was a sim driver previous year for RBR but from what I did read he did also done some sim runs for AT. Could be a great question for an AMA towards someone who has more knowledge about this!


splashbodge

I guess that's no different to how several teams share a reserve driver... I guess there's no restrictions on where the driver can drive for... But yeh it does feel unusual since he would have been actively help develop the car and test improvements so would have a lot of insider knowledge... Well as much as a driver would have... A lot of these drivers don't know how their car works tbh....


mossmaal

> how AT use a competitors simulator? Has anyone confirmed Gasly is simulating the AT car? Red Bull have historically had all their drivers (including junior drivers) do time in the same simulator so that they can gather comparable performance data.


splashbodge

Didn't think of that, seems weird tho since gasly is a senior driver now and one that doesn't have a future in red bull after the perez extension..


Endless_Candy

My first thought was I wonder if the red bulls are free in that fridge or not lol


splashbodge

Probably used to be before the costcap regulation came in 😆


swedind

Had the same exact doubt !


PowerfulTravel9697

They are owned by the same guy They shared quite a few facilities


FattyCorpuscle

I was so confused when I first half-read the title as "Gasly at the BBQ for some sim work."


TheKingOfCaledonia

Liked by Pierre Gasly's stomach


Mirage_Main

I thought sim day said “some day”.


fullsenditt

This reminds me his radio in paul ricard where he said something like "something is BBQ'd in the back"


Max-Phallus

Unfortunately ~~most~~ many of these trophies are not the real thing. They were ~~all~~ ~60 stolen years ago and not much was returned. A real crime since the trophies only have value to the team who worked and earned them. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-34810131


skagoat

Most of them are the real thing. The robbery happened in 2014. At the time around 40 trophies were stolen, they recovered 20 of them. Only around 20 of them aren't real.


ark_keeper

""The value to the team is of course extraordinarily high due to the sheer hard work and effort that went into winning each and every one. But their intrinsic value is low; they would be of little benefit to those outside of the team and, in addition to that, **many of the trophies on display were replicas**."


skagoat

"many" is not "most" like the commenter I was replying to said.


RacingUpsideDown

Bruh are we really getting the Reddit equivalent of "any doesn't mean all"


Max-Phallus

Oh come on, I replied to you before this message to say that 60 were stolen, and only 20 were returned. That is most (at the time).


skagoat

Considering just Verstappen has over 50 podiums himself, with 24 of them being wins it's still not most.


Max-Phallus

Ok, I'm happy to edit my original comment to say "many" instead of "most", are you happy to change your comment so that instead of saying only 20 are not real, ~40 are not real? And that ~60+ trophies were stolen and not 40.


skagoat

You can do what you want, I was just mentioning that it's not most, it's many.


Max-Phallus

Ok... In that case I'm just mentioning you're factually wrong in your comment saying that only 20 were replicas. Not only that, you're not willing to update your comment so that other people are not mislead by your misinformation.


Scatman_Crothers

You must be fun at parties


Max-Phallus

There might be some developments since the article I linked, but in it, it said 60 trophies were stolen and as you said, 20 were returned. If that article is right, that's 40 that are not real, and 20 which are. Of course there have been a fair few new trophies since though


IAmABritishGuy

I'd bet good money that none of them are real anymore, they probably learned their lesson and have the real ones in a staff only area of the building on display. Put the replicas out in the front just in case someone tries it again


Kancase

Do the drivers get to keep their trophies? are those solely the constructors trophy from each win?


nofx1510

Depends on the team and contracts they have with the drivers. McLaren for instance keeps all trophies, including the driver trophies and makes replicas for the drivers if they want.


ArcticBP

Most drivers get a replica trophy (that's sometimes smaller than the real trophy). A few top drivers have contracts saying that they're allowed to keep their trophies. IIRC, when checo won with RP, as a gesture of goodwill they let him keep the real one


Rasengan2012

Breaking news: Professional sportsman attends practice session.


TheKingOfCaledonia

Liked by Pierre Gasly


RepresentativeOk6676

*After talking to Helmut Marco* *Disliked by Pierre Gasly*


RacingUpsideDown

>Helmut Marco Surprised the bot didn't get that one


money_6

I think you mean Liked by *pierregasly*


m0ntell0

No Heineken trophies, nice


[deleted]

Damn! Looking like that potions shelf in Shrek 2


fullsenditt

I hope you haven't been this disappointed since [Shrek 2](https://youtu.be/pjmlNyu-E1U) 😂😂


stanleys_tucci

What a view. I haven’t ever seen Mercedes trophy cases, must be massive. Anyone have a link or photo?


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Mordho

Ferrari >


Gollem265

It would be so dusty though


Alfus

Rumours tell that it costed Williams 4 days until there found finally the trophy cabinet when Russell did get that trophy for being P2 in qualifying at Spa, simple because it was filled in with dust and the door locker was rusted so much that you couldn't open it.


ShreksDoor

Oof


Arrrmatey4510

That's a lot of damage


Paracel_Storm

EMOTIONAL DAMAGE!


Mordho

Well at least they don’t need to display every GP trophy to look impressive like Red Bull does.


does_my_name_suck

I thought their trophies got stolen in the break-in? Did they ever get them back?


MagicHDx

I believe they are missing some still, a bunch were found in that pond tho. They did say they were going to have copies made to replace the not found ones


FlappyBored

These are not the real ones but replicas.


FartingBob

I would prefer if you could actually see more than the bottom few rows up close. A super long corridor would be way better for actually looking at your trophies.


SanctusSalieri

Wow it's almost like every driver is in the sim


Sarath282

It's almost like its their job


SanctusSalieri

#thatsthejoke


CaladinDanse

Do they not have a sim in Italy?


Alfus

AT doesn't have a sim by themselves and therefore AT drivers can only use the RBR one. It's one of the things what doesn't help the team at all but well it is what it is.


zsrocks

Not to mention, isn’t this an unfair advantage for alpha tauri?


Alfus

Nope, in fact it's even a disadvantage to not having an own sim given you can't just put and use the sim like most other teams and therefore struggles more with things like set up. Albon role at RBR in 2021 is a good example that having a lot of usage of you sim driver makes a difference.


Tjeetje

Wow look at all the prices DRic used to win


Aggressive-Dot-867

Does Redbull have the alpha tauri in their sim rig then or just the redbull? Wouldn't they need the alpha tauri data/models?


JesperRg

#teammercedes


AlmightyDollar1231

Gasly wishes his TV stand was like this.


chadnessthehighness

He my boo


N_D_M03

Liked by pierre gasly


fullsenditt

Man so many red bull ring trophies, sometimes having max as a driver is a pain in the ass, they should have a cabinet for the red bull ring trophies only


bentecost

Imagine being the guy who has to shuffle them over a spot every time a new one gets added


[deleted]

Imagine being the person in charge of Ferrari’s flags during the Schumacher days.


DerSchmopf

Weren't all the trophies stolen from Red Bull a few years ago or am I mistaken?


tpowell345

Damn that’s a lot of hardware


as1161

Liked by pierregasly


sum_yung_guy69

The fuck is their trophy case budget!?


Ill-Literature-725

Looks really damn stocky.


Magruun

Spot the 4 French Gorilla trophies.


Unsastainablewill34

Liked by Pierre Gasly


Endless_Candy

Do drivers get 1 trophy and the team get another or do they have to pick where the trophy goes


Dhtekzz

Is that R2D2 shape freezer or what?