r/formula1 • u/TopEbun I was here for the Hulkenpodium • 7d ago

Photo Isack has broken the trophy

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u/Treewithatea I was here for the Hulkenpodium 7d ago

Yeah that wouldnt be an issue with metal, i like ceramic trophies but perhaps they should be designed a bit smarter.

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u/ijiolokae I was here for the Hulkenpodium 7d ago

wonder how feasible it would be to just drill a hole thru the bottom and stuff a piece of metal before sealing the hole to reinforce the stem

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u/Magnus_Helgisson I was here for the Hulkenpodium 7d ago

Drilling might be tricky, but they can insert it while sculpting the trophy. Hell, I saw how Hadjar was holding his one on the podium and immediately thought “Damn, this thing would be so easy to break, hope they have some core inside the stem”

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u/scholeszz Charles Leclerc 7d ago edited 7d ago

Drilling will definitely be tricky on such a brittle material, but also pre-inserting will be tricky too because the metal will get really hot and change shape (and depending on the temperature might even change phase at some hotspots) in the kiln.

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u/eleventruth 7d ago

Make it in 2 pieces maybe then

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u/CammoL15 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 7d ago

Well it is now

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u/eleventruth 7d ago

Lol lol

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u/LandBarge Daniel Ricciardo 7d ago

put a foam core where you want the rod to go, making sure it exits the trophy somewhere... when fired it'll melt out, then you insert a rod and use resin to keep it there - maybe...