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Can you imagine the conspiracy theories if something like this assisted Verstappen to a win. Totally different situation now. In 2021, assisting Verstappen to a win was a way to break the stranglehold of Mercedes domination and confirm the hype that had already been heaped on Verstappen as The Next...

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Charles was leading when he retired. Max had 31/32 laps to cut down a 15 second lead or so, and then pass Charles. Charles would have to make his tires last 41 laps compared to 31/32 laps for Max. We have no idea how it would have played out, because we didn't get to see Charles vs. Max on the same...

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Note that I did not watch the 'Sprint', and as such I will be basing everything anecdotal on the actual race. I consider it to be the far more important event, although with qualifying I'll give similar weight to both. Verstappen over Perez -- Respectable by Perez, or poor drive by Max's standards? ...

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As of today, Hamilton and Norris have completed the same number of races for McLaren - 110. I find that stat incredible. I still think of Norris as a relatively new driver having just progressed from the rookie era of his career....... Where as it seemed like Hamilton was at McLaren for a long time...

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Again, the phrase was "as fast as RB" not "faster than RB". I think it's been shown that Ferrari was close enough to RB/Max in 11 or 12 of the first 13 races (exceptions being Imola and perhaps Miami) for that comment to be considered valid. Feel free to offer analysis or your reasoning for believi...

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Tier 1: Verstappen Tier 2: Norris, Leclerc Tier 3: Hamilton, Russell Tier 4: Alonso, Sainz Tier 5: Perez, Bottas, Ocon, Hulkenberg, Piastri Tier 6: Magnussen, Gasly, Tsunoda, Albon Tier 7: Stroll, Zhou, Ricciardo Tier 8: Sargeant I'm broadly in agreement with this, although I'd raise a few question...

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Norris and Hamilton for me. Qualifying wasn't great for either, but come race day they both delivered. Ocon doesn't get my vote because of how he and Gasly fought on the first few laps. What was up with how Ocon and Gasly fought? Ocon as usually did not give a quarter to his teammate. That often en...

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Mercedes built the Zero Pod concept with full confidence the engineers had a full grasp as to the performance they could expect, but once the drivers went around the track in the car they immediately felt the car was lacking balance and they communicated this to the team, but the engineers assured ...

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this race yesterday was a fine reminder that without the car Max cant win just like everyone in f1, and that he does mistakes too. Yes, Max makes mistakes, just like every other driver. You seem to be acknowledging that Max didn't have the best car this weekend, I think most that watched would agre...

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I’ll never pull for McLaren again Just for letting that bag in the door Fact Bless ya. So precious It's just so damn pathetic how the mere mention of Trumps name can provoke such childlike responses from some adults. Is it really that big a big deal is it? It's a pretty big deal if you're one of th...

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Norris and Hamilton for me. Qualifying wasn't great for either, but come race day they both delivered. Ocon doesn't get my vote because of how he and Gasly fought on the first few laps. What was up with how Ocon and Gasly fought? Ocon as usually did not give a quarter to his teammate. That often en...

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I’ll never pull for McLaren again Just for letting that bag in the door Fact Bless ya. So precious It's just so damn pathetic how the mere mention of Trumps name can provoke such childlike responses from some adults. Is it really that big a big deal is it? It's a pretty big deal if you're one of th...

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Very happy that Norris is a race winner now, lowkey I think he’s the second best driver on the grid. Now he has thinks monkey off his back, I can see him winning a few races this year. I think he's second best purely because of Max's consistency (and Lando bottles too many Q3 results even compared ...

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UnlikeUday wrote: ↑
Mon May 06, 2024 3:26 am
Update - Sainz has gotten a penalty & got demoted to 5th whereas Perez climbs to 4th.

That'll cost me 5 points, I think. But it could cost me the win if someone else gains a lot.

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Worse but still somewhat defeats what you said, in 2019 Mercedes had competition throughout the season, in 2022 Red Bull had little competition in the second half of the season. Red Bull 2022 had more and stronger competition than Mercedes 2019 at every stage. Ferrari were not a factor after TD039,...

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Very happy that Norris is a race winner now, lowkey I think he’s the second best driver on the grid. Now he has thinks monkey off his back, I can see him winning a few races this year. I think he's second best purely because of Max's consistency (and Lando bottles too many Q3 results even compared ...

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After the latest McLaren upgrade, maybe I don't want Newey to come back to Woking! Everything seems to be working too well to want to rock the boat.

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Wait, I got a win out of that? I guess my lack of belief in Mercedes really paid off!

Yeah boys! Woo-hoo-hoo!

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I think the time has come to dump my Sergio Perez stock. Orange is the new blue. MIAMI GP Podium Prediction 1. Max Verstappen 2. Lando Norris 3. Oscar Piastri I didn't go quite big enough! Congrats to all the people who picked up 1 point for Leclerc in P3.

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We have gone over this before without you providing an adequate answer. Ferrari does not have this goldmine of data on Hamilton, as I am sure you must be aware. Therefore Ferrari's decision is literally a shot in the dark compared to the drivers it currently employs. Teams have far more data on dri...

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You will remember my position that Hamilton is showing signs of decline similar to Schumacher at the end of his career. already clearly visible last year. The trend is plain for everyone to see, but you have to want to see it. I see mainly a decline in the car which can easily sway people. Hamilton...

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Well, I think you must have realised by now that we view Hamilton’s performance very differently and in my view he has already dropped out of the top tier, one swallow not withstanding. You use such a small sample size to have such a view, last year Hamilton finished 3rd in the 3rd best car, gut fe...

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I wasn't able to watch sprint race qualifying. Was this a case of Norris cracking again when a chance of a great quali result was on the table? I didn't watch it either, but from what I've read it was a combination of the McLaren not looking as strong on the soft and Lando making a mistake in the f...

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UK registered and operational company as the commercial rights holder and operator, a French organisation responsible for overseeing the rules and regulations. Exactly just what do the self-absorbed yanks think they can do? Liberty Media is American (the name is kind of a tell). They're the ones bl...

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Pulling being top and second on the timing sheets demonstrates the problem with F1 Academy (and W Series), the level is lower than in F4 series. It has been proven numerous times at this point. Last weekend in British F4 started 5th & 8th in the two races that ran, slipping back in both of them to ...

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Lewis is not GOAT, so you can rest your keyboard. This is actually something I've considered starting a thread on, but have held back for fear of it devolving into a toxic flame-fest that will make the mods hate me for my part in starting it :uhoh: Does anyone actually think Hamilton is the GOAT of...

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Too bad that also less than 1% of passengers could afford to fly Concorde even if it still existed... Interesting... What part of my explanation regarding the forced pricing of Concorde & seats by US aircraft manufacturers & airlines on Air France & British Airways did you miss? I didn't miss it, b...

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mikeyg123 wrote: ↑
Fri May 03, 2024 9:33 pm
So was Ricciardo's chassis knackered all along?

It has to be considered a possibility. Small sample size, but since changing it he's looked quicker than Yuki in every competitive session.

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Lewis is not GOAT, so you can rest your keyboard. This is actually something I've considered starting a thread on, but have held back for fear of it devolving into a toxic flame-fest that will make the mods hate me for my part in starting it :uhoh: Does anyone actually think Hamilton is the GOAT of...

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Happy to hear that from Vowles if true: taking a stand for his own team's independence rather than let them to be bought by Mercedes into firing their driver and dropping a Mercedes rental into the car mid-season.

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UK registered and operational company as the commercial rights holder and operator, a French organisation responsible for overseeing the rules and regulations. Exactly just what do the self-absorbed yanks think they can do? Liberty Media is American (the name is kind of a tell). They're the ones bl...

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1786358089643327572 Not to blow my own horn, but I did call that response (over in the F1 Gossip thread): I don't see $128m vs $50m being a difference maker for Verstappen. If he's interested in Mercedes, I think he'd be interested for either figure. If he wants to stay at Red Bull, I highly doubt ...

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Battle Far wrote: ↑
Fri May 03, 2024 10:05 am
IMO less than 1% of passengers would spend 6 hrs in an airplane crossing the Atlantic when they could do it in 3.

Too bad that also less than 1% of passengers could afford to fly Concorde even if it still existed...

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I think the time has come to dump my Sergio Perez stock. Orange is the new blue. MIAMI GP Podium Prediction 1. Max Verstappen 2. Lando Norris 3. Oscar Piastri

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2024 MIAMI GRAND PRIX
01. Max Verstappen
02. Sergio Perez
03. Charles Leclerc
04. Carlos Sainz
05. Lando Norris
06. Lewis Hamilton
07. Oscar Piastri
08. George Russell
09. Fernando Alonso
10. Daniel Ricciardo

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Holy cow, £128M a year, that is insane. No matter how good a driver is, this is taking it into ludicrous territory. https://www.crash.net/f1/news/1047716/1/mercedes-tabling-world-record-ps128m-max-verstappen-offer-replace-lewis-hamilton poor George, Toto sold him a bridge :] I think it is odds on t...

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The idea that Red Bull is an operational superteam who don’t make mistakes, throw away wins, etc… is a myth. Verstappen just has a level of consistency that makes Hamilton look inconsistent by comparison, which people incorrectly attribute to Red Bull. Who exactly made that claim in this thread? Or...

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Is it really the same if we look to match up the points to where they are today the points would be, 27-18-12-9-6-3, instead we have 25-18-15-12-10-8. I'm afraid it's even worse. If you'd convert that system into today's, you'd get: 1) 36.36 2) 24.24 3) 16.16 4) 12.12 5) 8.08 6) 4.04 7) 0 8) 0 9) 0...

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Now since Spa 2022, Verstappen has had a dominant car, and has won a staggering 30/36 races since then. This level of consistency over two years is something we have never seen before, nobody has come close to this even in the most favourable circumstances. Little evidence to suggest that Perez is ...

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There is not a single reason to contract a very expensive driver at the end of his career, no matter how good that driver once was or perhaps still is, unless that driver is better than both the drivers whom you currently employ. Everybody and their uncle knows this, but still there has to be an ex...

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