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Leclerc has shown in '22 that he can be a serious title contender if the car is good enough. This is absolutely true. It seems that the more competitive the car the better Leclerc is. I still have a feeling that he will be a choker if it goes down to the wire for some reason. But yeah, I think he c...

Siao7

Leclerc has shown in '22 that he can be a serious title contender if the car is good enough. This is absolutely true. It seems that the more competitive the car the better Leclerc is. I still have a feeling that he will be a choker if it goes down to the wire for some reason. But yeah, I think he c...

Siao7

Bakloli wrote: ↑
Fri Apr 12, 2024 4:11 am
Bring back V10s. Job done. Do i get a bonus?

Most excellent podcast

Siao7

How does those comments on drivers relate to car quality? :lol: Glad you are amused, but what is it exactly that you find so funny? I guess because it needs explaining what perhaps is obvious to most, I've explained it myself. The funny part actually, is that he doesn't need it explaining at all. F...

Siao7

I'm not sure how we've got here but I'd certainly say that being the last WDC for McLaren in an inferior car (which it unquestionably was) adds to Hamilton's legacy. Did the Ferrari really turn out to be that much better than the McLaren, or did Heikki Kovalainen fail to bring sufficient points in ...

Siao7

I would say the essential difference is quite clear and significant; whatever there was to know in order to protest and appeal in 2021, was known on the day of the assumed wrong itself. Apart from what we don't know. Do please explain. I think it is this "we know what we know and we don't know what...

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And this is not too different to 2021 when you compare what was done and how poorly each situation was handled. I would say the essential difference is quite clear and significant; whatever there was to know in order to protest and appeal in 2021, was known on the day of the assumed wrong itself. A...

Siao7

Why second best seat; the Redbull is the outright best seat at the moment. This is not the first time we are seeing this though; I remember the years of suffering through Barrichello/Kovalainen/Massa/Webber/Bottas when it was clear they had no chance of ever competing for the title against their do...

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I don't know whether RB thinks like that - but if they did it would be a massive disapointment. Everyone and her daughter would have finished second. But the one time it counted - when Verstappen's car failed - he was nowhere. Seriously, it would be a travesty for the competitiveness of F1, if an o...

Siao7

Sainz's only deserved move would be Red Bull as that team is still the best. But Checo is doing good enough to keep that seat his. Mercedes doesn't seem like the team to go but could again create wonders in 2026 with new regulations. Aston Martin is a good choice as McLaren isn't an option. Below A...

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I agree with what you said about a video etc. However, there is nothing here in this case apart from what can be summed up as "mere allegations" from one side. I was just expressing my dismay about a situation, where people are happy to condemn this man, and all because his team is presently more s...

Siao7

Sainz's only deserved move would be Red Bull as that team is still the best. But Checo is doing good enough to keep that seat his. Mercedes doesn't seem like the team to go but could again create wonders in 2026 with new regulations. Aston Martin is a good choice as McLaren isn't an option. Below A...

Siao7

MistaVega23 wrote: ↑
Fri Apr 05, 2024 10:39 am
I just Googled that story and... wow.

#HasJustineLandedYet

Yup...

Siao7

From the start of the season Sauber have basically not been able to do pitstops properly. They have a new wheel gun design that keeps cross threading wheel nuts. For some reason this is unfixable. At the moment it's barely worth Sauber doing races as most of their stops take over 20 seconds. Hahaha...

Siao7

Indeed, caught napping by someone slowing massively 200m before the normal braking zone . Maybe we will see someone catch a closely following driver napping slowing down to 4th gear on the entry to copse at Silverstone I take it you didn't bother to read the stewards' report on the matter? Why do y...

Siao7

RE the Sauber pitstops.... How on earth can that be allowed to happen. How do you turn up at race 1 not aware of this problem and then how can it take you months to solve something so fundamental. What was this about mikey? I completely missed it x( From the start of the season Sauber have basicall...

Siao7

I thought this comment from Russell was very telling. Caught napping in other words. "Obviously a bit of a strange situation that happened last week. Totally caught by surprise. I was actually looking at the steering wheel, making a switch change in the straight, which, you know, we all do across t...

Siao7

I like to believe that one is innocent, unless proven guilty in a court of law. Whatever happened to presumption of innocence? I can see why rival teams will be rubbing hands with a whole lot of glee. They are already talking about people leaving, which if am honest, it is wishful thinking. Verstap...

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mikeyg123 wrote: ↑
Fri Apr 05, 2024 6:55 am
RE the Sauber pitstops.... How on earth can that be allowed to happen. How do you turn up at race 1 not aware of this problem and then how can it take you months to solve something so fundamental.

What was this about mikey? I completely missed it

Siao7

Japanese GP:

1. Verstappen
2. Leclerc
3. Perez
4. Sainz
5. Norris
6. Russell
7. Hamilton
8. Alonso
9. Piastri
10. Stroll

Siao7

Well, we recently learnt that the FIA president himself intervened in order to get an Aston Martin penalty overturned. Beyond this, I notice a tendency to be very lenient with those who are in a wdc/wcc fight - like the Vettel and the Verstappen example show IMO. We also had quick flags for Haas be...

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Brundle rightly believes that Alonso's antic on Russell which caused damage to his Mercedes car & put him at risk as well, has burnt a bridge he was trying to make to Mercedes for the 2nd seat. Surely not another bridge burnt. Can't burn a bridge any worse than 2021 as a whole, much less the finale...

Siao7

OK so you agree he's probably declined then. So why are you arguing against people saying exactly that? I would argue about the level of decline based on just 3 races, let's face it if Hamilton was beating Russell we wouldn't be having this conversation. :) I mean, that's a pretty obvious statement...

Siao7

He just wants to be in a wining car which includes trying to make a silk purse out of cow's ear, other drivers are perhaps more accepting, a driver that leaves Mercedes the 4th/5th fastest car and goes to Ferrari the 2nd fastest car. Lewis has never been one to put a inferior car on his back and ta...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doBY1TWp4Oo Given that this from F3 today as just given a 3 place grid penalty I doubt we will be seeing any race bans anytime soon. I missed this. Who got the penalty, the guy weaving or the guy that pushed him in the wall? Both being terrible acts... Dunne (the guy...

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Missed that Alonso got a penalty til now. Very confused. Is the art of slowing down in a corner to reduce the car behind’s momentum dead? Or is it just stewards bashing Alonso for the sake of it again? Slowing down your rival is one thing, but Alonso behaved in an unpredictable and dangerous manner...

Siao7

Sainz just upped his claim on the best seat available for 2025 with today's win in Australia. Not sure if that will be Merc, Aston Martin, or a long shot at RBR. RB should hire him. Evidently, he is the one who brings the win home if Verstappen can't. :thumbup: Verstappen / Sainz at Red Bull would ...

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mikeyg123 wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:45 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doBY1TWp4Oo

Given that this from F3 today as just given a 3 place grid penalty I doubt we will be seeing any race bans anytime soon.

I missed this. Who got the penalty, the guy weaving or the guy that pushed him in the wall?

Both being terrible acts...

Siao7

RB are what the team formerly known as Alpha Tauri are now called. Making the abbreviation of Red Bull to RB confusing. But I do think it was obvious about which team I was talking, wasn't it? Bitching about abbreviations doesn't carry a strong point, IMO. It was. TBF I don't think Hogweed was bitc...

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Paolo_Lasardi wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:25 pm

Johnson wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:08 pm
Imagine Albon totalling the second chassis too..

That would be a nice story!

Whilst I don't wish Albon bad luck, it would have been poetic. Same corner too if possible please!

Siao7

Siao7 & t2jd1967>You're talking about what feels right, and whos fault it is, but those arguments don't have any value in this situation. Formula 1 is big business, and just like it's the managements job to make unpleasant decisions about their employees in any other business, it is also the Willia...

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Williams don’t have a spare chassis following Albon’s big shunt in practice. From the tweet below looks like they’ll be using Sargeant’s car for Albon for the rest of the weekend. https://x.com/phortonf1/status/1771095697401446462?s=46&t=ogYVTvP780Kb_NbBode63w Not sure how I feel about that. That's...

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Williams don’t have a spare chassis following Albon’s big shunt in practice. From the tweet below looks like they’ll be using Sargeant’s car for Albon for the rest of the weekend. https://x.com/phortonf1/status/1771095697401446462?s=46&t=ogYVTvP780Kb_NbBode63w Not sure how I feel about that. That's...

Siao7

But the "gaming of the system" only started after Magnussen received the second penalty and his race was ruined. Only then he was asked to help his teammate scoring points - and the duel with Tsunoda began ... They met each other more than once during the race. Edit: and Magnussen actually did not ...

Siao7

I think there's a pretty clear argument for Red Bull bringing the sport into disrepute if they're actually engaging in a coverup. It's drawn international attention at this point, and it's getting people that don't normally care about F1 to suddenly notice it in a bad light. Well, it wasn't RB that...

Siao7

It could certainly be argued that it's tenuous but my understanding is that any FIA involvement would be predicated on broad disrepute provisions within the International Sporting Code: The FIA, however, has the ISC at its disposal which may force the matter. There are specific articles relating to...

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Australian GP:

1. Verstappen
2. Perez
3. Leclerc
4. Sainz
5. Norris
6. Alonso
7. Hamilton
8. Russell
9. Piastri
10. Stroll

Siao7

Here is my take Why has it gone to the fia now. Its nothing to do with them. This is not a sporting matter. Its a workplace matter and has been dealt with by red bull racing internally. If she wanted to take it further. Then you take it to a employment tribunal. Not the governing body of the sport....

Siao7

I see Senna getting a bit ridiculed for dirty driving, when you compare with the likes of Schumacher and Verstappen he looks somewhat saintly apart from that one incident that was pay back for the year before. Your remark has me wondering what your definition of saintly would be, but let's not star...

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I see Senna getting a bit ridiculed for dirty driving, when you compare with the likes of Schumacher and Verstappen he looks somewhat saintly apart from that one incident that was pay back for the year before. Your remark has me wondering what your definition of saintly would be, but let's not star...

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