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Having watched F1 since the early 80s my initial reaction is based on the 'good old days...' before recalling that in that turbo era drivers were having to manage boost levels to conserve fuel - there's generally been an element of conserving in F1; it isn't a flat-out sprint. I'm a little sceptical...

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I'm tempted to say Colapinto, solely for avoiding what could have been a big accident off the grid when - was it Lawson? - just didn't get going.

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FredFlintstone wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 09, 2026 3:54 pm
As the colour is a bit stronger are we allowed to call it orange this year?

Just type papaya with your caps lock on.

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Norris not deserving the WDC is bull ****. He was very consistent this season, eventually the best driver/car combo won. Indeed! To say he was inconsistent is ridiculous and speaks of hater. Consistency is exactly why he won! Rarely had bad drives and was unfortunate too have a def and a DQ or he'd...

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Happy with verstappen's response there. Not complaining, and actually happy with the teams performance. It sounds harsh, but I just can't see how Norris deserves the title over Verstappen. Will have to now put up with the BBC going crazy for him, and not factor in that Verstappen was clearly on ano...

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Congrats to Norris.

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TheGiantHogweed wrote: ↑
Sun Dec 07, 2025 1:02 pm
will say there is a 40% chance that Norris will lose a position on the first lap. It just happens so often.

Not too often like that though - that was one ballsy move.

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Watching Hamilton post qualy today was sad. I dont want him to walk, but I don't want to see this either. Really hope he gels with the '26 car. My prediction is that these cars have not suited him well at all, and that in 2026 he will improve a lot relative to the field. Obviously not as good as he...

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I'm having Mansell flashbacks. Norris running happily in third. Tyre blowout.

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rbirules wrote: ↑
Fri Dec 05, 2025 3:40 pm

Siao7 wrote: ↑
Fri Dec 05, 2025 3:19 pm

UnlikeUday wrote: ↑
Fri Dec 05, 2025 3:04 pm

Very interesting! Gloves off
That's fun in a weekend where Piastri missed FP1.

Is there a source for this? I don't see anything in news outlets that state that they wonlt be sharing this weekend.
(apologies if I'm being dense!)

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If my memory serves me well, Abu Dhabi is a circuit where Norris has generally performed well - and McLaren have generally been pretty good here too. With that in mind, I'd expect Norris to take it. I'd be happy with any of the three tasking the title. Norris is a personal favourite (reminds me a li...

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FormulaFun wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 30, 2025 4:21 pm

JN23 wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 30, 2025 4:15 pm
My gut is McLaren have got this wrong
I mean ofcourse they have lol, super obvious to pit, the whole grid pitted except them did lol

Blinder? Or blunder?

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Here's my vote: 1 McLaren 2 Mercedes 3 Red Bull 4 Ferrari 5 Williams 6 VCarb RB 7 Haas 8 Aston Martin 9 Sauber 10 Alpine Just realised that I meant to put the Racing Bulls (VCarb) ahead of Williams and put them the wrong way around. Not that it should affect the overall picture by much.

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If we see the Perez of Sauber / Force India / Racing Point, this is a good move and I, for one, will be happy to see him back on the grid.

Personally I'd prefer to see a rookie in the second seat but perhaps having two exerienced drvers in the team's debut season makes more sense.

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Personally, I think that this is the fall-out from a political-maneuvering power struggle in Red Bull Racing for a good two / three years. Horner is one of the most successful TPs in the history of the sport and, whilst all good things must come to an end, one would have thought (before the whole wr...

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I think it's pretty clear that both Verstappen and Hamilton were playing cat'n'mouse ahead of the DRS detection line. But that's 2021. Whilst Piastri's actions did warrant some sanction (any sudden braking in low-visibility conditions when the cars are bunched has to be cinsidered as risky) the timi...

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JN23 wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 08, 2025 5:46 pm
Is this the most one sided driver of the day vote ever?

Probably.
And deservedly so.

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The first truly impressive thing Norris has done all season really. Good job. But does he have an upgrade that Piastri does not? His first lap certainly was impressive, as was his 2nd, but we don't really know just how impressive it was given Verstappen and his team mate both got robbed of a 2nd la...

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As per the article below, Austria won't be Colapinto's last race & he'll at least be racing again at Silverstone. Supposedly, this all was hogwash (Colapinto has 5 races to prove himself) to justify Doohan getting replaced. It's also mentioned that his performance will be evaluated race by race whi...

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Looking at those (air) temperatures, I'd expect this to favour McLaren. If the Red Bull upgrades work though, it could make for a good scrap. Just a response to Jezza's earlier post: Probably my favourite track on the calendar... During the late 90s / early 00s (when it was badged as the A1 Ring) I ...

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Just got back from seeing it. Oh it's bad. Obviously the footage of the racing is OK, but we can see that for real every other weekend. The dialogue is cringe inducing and the acting awful. Pitt is so charismatic that is has the unfortunate effect of showing up the rest of the cast. Condon is the e...

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The bottom end of the top 10 (Hulkenberg, Ocon, Sainz) all made good accounts for themselves. I'm tempted to plump for Sainz, as his qualifying position was largely out of his comtrol and he / Williams maximised the race strategy (even if it needed a DNF or two ahead to achieve that final point).

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It's a problem that has existed for years, it seems that some Verstappen fans have only just woken up to the problem because it's affected him. Well, it isn't me. I have advocated for a while that consistent stewarding is preferable over good stewarding. Predictability trumps fairness. And it is no...

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That's clearly part of a bigger debate though that lead up to Verstappen deliberately hitting Russell, excuses needed to be made to try in some way blame everyone else , Leclerc, Russell, the stewards, his team. I looked to take part in all of that, Leclerc shouldn't be penalised, Russell should ha...

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Drivers close (and open) gaps under all conditions: green, yellow, VSC and - more obviously! - SC and Red Flag. If there is any apparent dangerous, or perhaps even unsportsmanlike, driving it's generally referred and, if so, the stewards either take action or decide that no action is necessary. What...

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That's because my understanding of the rules was that the car in front was allowed to do that so as long as there's room for the other car to move into which Perez apparently had, Sainz was not penalised so why would I even consider that Leclerc should be penalised. I see you are consistent with th...

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I stand corrected. You can polish a turd but no-one will ever be able to make Lance Stroll a good Formula One driver. Good on the whole I agree, but there are a few occasions where he is good and even fewer when he is sometimes great, but is just so rare. Although this season I would say half his r...

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It's a shame to lose Imola but, like Portamo and Istanbul, this was reintroduced during 2020 when Covid affected the race calendar, and it was a shame to lose those circuits as well.
I'm not really sold on the Madrid circuit but will reserve judgment until the race has taken place.

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I think Verstappen was just entertaining the possibility that he might catch Piastri napping into, what is it, Tabac? The green flag (light) was lit on the approach to this and Piastri was, from the exit of Nouvelle chicane, leaving the door open. I suspect that Verstappen was starting to accelerate...

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The WDC is going to drive a McLaren. The McLaren is comfortably the best car and may even be considered dominant by season end. As said on another thread, for all Piastri has looked the better McLaren driver, he is still only 10pts clear. I think Norris will improve a bit. For all Norris' not-quite...

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There was space on Verstappen's left to move into, if Verstappen had been on the edge of the track then it's a slam dunk penalty for Leclerc. Questions to be asked would be did Leclerc move across too quickly or did Verstappen do enough to avoid contact in a situation where Verstappen was clearly l...

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Red Bull must have known there was a real chance that the FIA would give Max a penalty so they decided to play it safe by asking Max to give up the position. Given the (in)consistency of stewarding I don't think anyone here would say there was a 0% chance of Max getting a penalty if he hadn't. Like...

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No otherwise he hits the car veering across the road towards him which then happened when Leclerc veered across the road towards Verstappen with Verstappen wishing to hold a straight line. Surely even you can see that Leclerc simply turns in. How that is not Leclerc's fault is completely beyond me....

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Hopefully this might clarify the muddied waters - I've taken some selected posts from the top end of this, which I believe to be relevant to the topic at hand: by pokerman » 27 May 2025 13:15 … why wasn't Verstappen investigated after trying to pass Piastri under double waved yellows, Verstappen him...

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Red Bull must have known there was a real chance that the FIA would give Max a penalty so they decided to play it safe by asking Max to give up the position. Given the (in)consistency of stewarding I don't think anyone here would say there was a 0% chance of Max getting a penalty if he hadn't. The ...

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Are we inventing rules here, Leclerc has the need to avoid Verstappen's car when being squeezed but Verstappen can just hold his ground when being squeezed. Of course not. No driver is ever on any obligation to yield when driving in a straight line along the trajectory of the track as long as an al...

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Red Bull must have known there was a real chance that the FIA would give Max a penalty so they decided to play it safe by asking Max to give up the position. Given the (in)consistency of stewarding I don't think anyone here would say there was a 0% chance of Max getting a penalty if he hadn't. The ...

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In my view, Verstappen started to drive towards the center of the track taking Leclerc more & more on the right hand side of the track. I think Leclerc mentioned in the cool down room that he didn't want to keep going on the right due to that part of the track being littered with tyre marbles + he ...

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Verstappen likely felt that he had been screwed over by his team twice: the tyre choice and the call to give Russell the position. In between, he was also likely unhappy with a lack of action from the stewards. I suspect that his bomb on Russell was a demonstration of what he had been subject to in ...

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I realize FIA stewarding doesn't operate by precedent (it sometimes seems to operate by the magic eight-ball), but it's an awfully dodgy look to establish between two races that deliberately cutting a chicane to overtake a competitor is worse than deliberately ramming a competitor. I can kind of un...

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