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by Pullrod
Wed Jan 17, 2024 11:18 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Winning Streaks in the Lewis Hamilton Era
Replies: 259
Views: 18873

Re: Winning Streaks in the Lewis Hamilton Era

It is no coincidence that 2 of the longest winning streaks came from 2 Red Bull drivers (Vettel and now Verstappen). The dominance of this team(operations, strategy, team dynamics, aerodynamics) is even superior to any kind of dominance Verstappen could have against any driver. I have watched long e...
by Pullrod
Sat Sep 09, 2023 8:55 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Rank Hamilton and Verstappen's teammates
Replies: 469
Views: 10414

Re: Rank Hamilton and Verstappen's teammates

Having a weak teammate means you still win the race even if you give him a 8 - 15 seconds headstart. This is the "comfortable" situation Verstappen enjoys now. A stronger teammate in either of these races would be enough to deny Max his consecutive wins record. Miami (Max started 9th, Checo on Pole...
by Pullrod
Sat Sep 09, 2023 1:22 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Rank Hamilton and Verstappen's teammates
Replies: 469
Views: 10414

Re: Rank Hamilton and Verstappen's teammates

Having a weak teammate means you still win the race even if you give him a 8 - 15 seconds headstart. This is the "comfortable" situation Verstappen enjoys now.

A stronger teammate in either of these races would be enough to deny Max his consecutive wins record.
by Pullrod
Tue Aug 15, 2023 8:51 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The big 6 then the rest?
Replies: 852
Views: 19585

Re: The big 6 then the rest?

Max Verstappen is riding the perfect wave. 1. it is miles easier to overtake these years(regulations plus the RedBull super DRS) 2. team mate is non existent 3. competition behind RedBull is lacking Compare all of this with the Vettel's years where the only option was to put the car on pole and run ...
by Pullrod
Wed Oct 26, 2022 12:46 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Hamilton vs Verstappen
Replies: 682
Views: 50915

Re: Hamilton vs Verstappen

If you want a best car / best team reasoning you have to look at the second driver. Compare Perez who is second in the championship as a result of horrendous decision making at Ferrari rather than on merit in my opinion (particularly when you consider race results) compared to a similar ability /B ...
by Pullrod
Wed Oct 26, 2022 10:28 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Hamilton vs Verstappen
Replies: 682
Views: 50915

Re: Hamilton vs Verstappen

If you want a best car / best team reasoning you have to look at the second driver. Compare Perez who is second in the championship as a result of horrendous decision making at Ferrari rather than on merit in my opinion (particularly when you consider race results) compared to a similar ability /B ...
by Pullrod
Wed Oct 26, 2022 10:16 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Hamilton vs Verstappen
Replies: 682
Views: 50915

Re: Hamilton vs Verstappen

If you want a best car / best team reasoning you have to look at the second driver. Compare Perez who is second in the championship as a result of horrendous decision making at Ferrari rather than on merit in my opinion (particularly when you consider race results) compared to a similar ability /B ...
by Pullrod
Wed Oct 26, 2022 7:20 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Hamilton vs Verstappen
Replies: 682
Views: 50915

Re: Hamilton vs Verstappen

All this talk about straight line speed ignores the fact that Verstappen overtook Hamilton by outbraking him. He was still fully behind before the braking zone going into 12. He was carrying less downforce than the Mercedes and still outbraked it. Also, unlike circuits like Brazil and Austria (whic...
by Pullrod
Wed Oct 26, 2022 7:05 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Hamilton vs Verstappen
Replies: 682
Views: 50915

Re: Hamilton vs Verstappen

All this talk about straight line speed ignores the fact that Verstappen overtook Hamilton by outbraking him. He was still fully behind before the braking zone going into 12. He was carrying less downforce than the Mercedes and still outbraked it. Also, unlike circuits like Brazil and Austria (whic...
by Pullrod
Tue Oct 25, 2022 7:39 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Hamilton vs Verstappen
Replies: 682
Views: 50915

Re: Hamilton vs Verstappen

All this talk about straight line speed ignores the fact that Verstappen overtook Hamilton by outbraking him. He was still fully behind before the braking zone going into 12. He was carrying less downforce than the Mercedes and still outbraked it. Also, unlike circuits like Brazil and Austria (whic...
by Pullrod
Sat Sep 03, 2022 8:15 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: How many races will Verstappen win this season.
Replies: 96
Views: 6699

Re: How many races will Verstappen win this season.

Hamilton did get 2 races though. Yeah, 2 opportunities to be taken out. I would prefer as a driver Spa 2022 to Brazil 2021. How does that work :lol: He's still got the same amount of cars to pass. I'd sooner have 120 minutes of racing than 90 minutes of racing if I was starting at the back in fast ...
by Pullrod
Sat Sep 03, 2022 7:39 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: How many races will Verstappen win this season.
Replies: 96
Views: 6699

Re: How many races will Verstappen win this season.

Verstappens pace in Belgium was akin to Hamilton in Brazil '21. The car just made everyone else look like they were playing a computer game with the AI level turned a bit down. Obviously a chunk of that is down to the driver too, but you're not making it look that effortless without a clear car adv...
by Pullrod
Sat Sep 03, 2022 7:33 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: How many races will Verstappen win this season.
Replies: 96
Views: 6699

Re: How many races will Verstappen win this season.

The irony of people claiming that Hamilton had to fight “harder” at Brazil 2021 is that Hamilton only had to fight hard because Verstappen himself was willing to cross the line to keep a car that was obviously much faster behind him. At Brazil 2021, Hamilton was already up to second by lap 19. The ...
by Pullrod
Fri Sep 02, 2022 3:00 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: How many races will Verstappen win this season.
Replies: 96
Views: 6699

Re: How many races will Verstappen win this season.

Verstappens pace in Belgium was akin to Hamilton in Brazil '21. The car just made everyone else look like they were playing a computer game with the AI level turned a bit down. Obviously a chunk of that is down to the driver too, but you're not making it look that effortless without a clear car adv...
by Pullrod
Fri Sep 02, 2022 2:40 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: How many races will Verstappen win this season.
Replies: 96
Views: 6699

Re: How many races will Verstappen win this season.

Verstappens pace in Belgium was akin to Hamilton in Brazil '21. The car just made everyone else look like they were playing a computer game with the AI level turned a bit down. Obviously a chunk of that is down to the driver too, but you're not making it look that effortless without a clear car adv...
by Pullrod
Thu Sep 01, 2022 11:44 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: How many races will Verstappen win this season.
Replies: 96
Views: 6699

Re: How many races will Verstappen win this season.

I'm sorry but Spa was obviously car not driver. And with it being Red Bull you wonder where it ends. Remember at the end of 2013 Vettel was the fastest driver in the world for most. He left Redbull and quickly got found out. Most wouldn't have him in their top 10 now. Spa was both car and driver, a...
by Pullrod
Thu Sep 01, 2022 11:42 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: How many races will Verstappen win this season.
Replies: 96
Views: 6699

Re: How many races will Verstappen win this season.

The reality of 15 wins is still utter dominance. Utter dominance by team or driver though. The cars have been very close so far but the season has been utterly dominated by Verstappen. It's a 1995, 2001, 2018-esque level of driver dominance at the moment. What about the teams? As usual this element...
by Pullrod
Thu Aug 04, 2022 1:41 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Official Max Verstappen thread
Replies: 489
Views: 125076

Re: Official Max Verstappen thread

His outlap was 2.803 second faster than Russell, both on medium tyres and the Mercedes was quite close to Red Bull in terms of competitiveness this weekend . He’s just become a very complete winning machine. The fact that he made a win from 10th around Hungaroring look “easy” is evidence of that. H...
by Pullrod
Thu Aug 04, 2022 12:08 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Official Max Verstappen thread
Replies: 489
Views: 125076

Re: Official Max Verstappen thread

His outlap was 2.803 second faster than Russell, both on medium tyres and the Mercedes was quite close to Red Bull in terms of competitiveness this weekend . He’s just become a very complete winning machine. The fact that he made a win from 10th around Hungaroring look “easy” is evidence of that. H...
by Pullrod
Thu Aug 04, 2022 11:06 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Official Max Verstappen thread
Replies: 489
Views: 125076

Re: Official Max Verstappen thread

His outlap was 2.803 second faster than Russell, both on medium tyres and the Mercedes was quite close to Red Bull in terms of competitiveness this weekend . He’s just become a very complete winning machine. The fact that he made a win from 10th around Hungaroring look “easy” is evidence of that. H...
by Pullrod
Mon Aug 01, 2022 6:19 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Ferrari vs. Red Bull - 2022
Replies: 558
Views: 53135

Re: Ferrari vs. Red Bull - 2022

The 2 cars are so evenly matched we should have a cracking championship on our hands. But it looks like the only way Ferrari will prevent RB from winning this year is if they gift the F1-75 blueprints to Mercedes. Vowles has made plenty of mistakes over the years, no guarantees there. RB are a cut ...
by Pullrod
Sun Apr 17, 2022 8:38 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Max Verstappen argument thread #5420
Replies: 198
Views: 11929

Re: Max Verstappen argument thread #5420

I really dont buy this thing about car favoring one driver. And in all 20+ many years I watched F1, this only being suggested for verstappen is also not very convincing... It's hardly new for Verstappen. It got suggested for Schumi, and then for both Alonso and Vettel. Any time you have a driver do...
by Pullrod
Thu Apr 14, 2022 10:19 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Horner: Leclerc is more talented than Verstappen
Replies: 11
Views: 2960

Re: Horner: Leclerc is more talented than Verstappen

Obviously, he didn't say that exact sentence ;) - but this is an F1 forum, and it's a more honest reflection of reality than most of the clickbait headlines the F1 journalists come up with... But after the race I did have to smile when Max said "we were faster on the straights, they were faster on ...
by Pullrod
Wed Jan 19, 2022 3:49 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Verstappens Teammates
Replies: 89
Views: 8800

Re: Verstappens Teammates

Verstappen performance in 2021 (same as Alonso 2012) was possible because of his EXCELLENT team. Just replay the season and switch the strategy/operations teams of RedBull and Mercedes. Verstappen execution was excellent(bar the last races) but his team was even better and always BOLD. Everytime Ver...
by Pullrod
Thu Jan 06, 2022 7:47 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 10 of the best on-track battles of 2021!
Replies: 15
Views: 1567

Re: 10 of the best on-track battles of 2021!

Feel like there was probably some racing down the field that we missed this year due to focus on the front, I agree Schumacher defending against Verstappen was a cool one to see. Alonso Vs Hamilton was great. Weird that Hamilton was involved in so many great battles and Verstappen not. You can not ...
by Pullrod
Tue Dec 28, 2021 12:59 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Schumacher's 2006 vs Hamilton's 2021
Replies: 52
Views: 4504

Re: Schumacher's 2006 vs Hamilton's 2021

The parallels are actually really striking. Both started off with the slightly weaker car but in the second half of the season had a significant car advantage. Both were fighting against a driver who (in my opinion) had just succeeded them as the best in the sport. Both had one hand on the title be...
by Pullrod
Wed Dec 08, 2021 8:49 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Will Verstappen and Hamilton collide at Abu Dhabi?
Replies: 170
Views: 13705

Re: Will Verstappen and Hamilton collide at Abu Dhabi?

Think about it for a second. What would have happened if the roles were reversed at the last restart in Saudi Arabia where Verstappen made his overtake at the start? A crash 100%. What people fail to realise(especially Kingvoid) is that all the excellent overtakes Verstappen does on Hamilton is beca...
by Pullrod
Sat Nov 06, 2021 11:40 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Unpopular Opinions (2021)
Replies: 225
Views: 18550

Re: Unpopular Opinions (2021)

To be fair I think the Hulk > Sainz comparison is one of the most unrepresentative comparisons and highlights the weaknesses with the system, especially with just one year of data. It's no more unrepresentative that Ricciardo vs Norris this season. Sainz couldn't handle the R.S.18's rear instabilit...
by Pullrod
Sat Nov 06, 2021 10:27 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Unpopular Opinions (2021)
Replies: 225
Views: 18550

Re: Unpopular Opinions (2021)

RedBull is the best combat machine since forever(look up at my post from 2015/2016) and I wish Lewis was driving that car. Lewis best ability has always been braking, and since he joined Mercedes I can not remember any memorable last moment braking overtake. When he tried, he failed massively. He no...
by Pullrod
Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:30 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Mercedes vs Red Bull - 2021
Replies: 1450
Views: 146105

Re: Mercedes vs Red Bull - 2021

Its not due to a Verstappen win, Hamilton has won 1 race in 9 in which period Verstappen has won 6 times. He is scoring 6 wins to Hamiltons 1 in the form book and that's not Verstappen getting lucky, it's actually the opposite. The figure could easily be 7-1 or 8-1. Hamilton has not beaten Verstapp...
by Pullrod
Sun Aug 22, 2021 12:56 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2022
Replies: 658
Views: 69450

Re: Silly Season 2022

RedBull just like Ferrari(the old one just like the old Renault) would not even think twice if they had to remove a part from the #2 car to give it to their lead driver. If you have limited resources (duh... they all do, and perhaps most so for well-performing, well-funded teams most likely to be s...
by Pullrod
Sun Aug 22, 2021 11:40 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2022
Replies: 658
Views: 69450

Re: Silly Season 2022

Is it not funny that RedBull drivers tend to become worse and worse and worse and are behind the lead drivers in term of upgrades? The differences between teammates there are always been (artificially) exaggerated. Who can forget Webber with his terrible starts(the same stunt they pulled with Fisic...
by Pullrod
Sun Aug 22, 2021 10:56 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2022
Replies: 658
Views: 69450

Re: Silly Season 2022

Is it not funny that RedBull drivers tend to become worse and worse and worse and are behind the lead driver in term of upgrades? The differences between teammates there are always been (artificially) exaggerated. Who can forget Webber with his terrible starts(the same stunt they pulled with Fisiche...
by Pullrod
Wed Jul 21, 2021 12:16 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: How will Max and Lewis race each other for the rest of the season?
Replies: 139
Views: 13175

Re: How will Max and Lewis race each other for the rest of the season?

Verstappen simply has a "better" car until now and Hamilton has done his best to avoid contact. Perez vs Bottas 7-3 in qualifying for Bottas 6-2 in races for Bottas Better car or simply a better driver? It is that simple really. If you think a driver with no championship to his name Never had the c...
by Pullrod
Tue Jul 20, 2021 9:41 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Hamilton/Verstappen British GP 2021 Collision Discussion
Replies: 690
Views: 65146

Re: Forum verdict on the Hamilton/Verstappen collision

. It is noticeable that some of the biggest "Hamilton Haters" on this site are (obviously by pure coincidence !) the ones posting ridiculous pro-Verstappen claims. This thread is toxic. . They are mainly ex Alonso fans. The funny thing is whilst even HAM fans can say some things positive/nice about...
by Pullrod
Tue Jul 20, 2021 8:27 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: How will Max and Lewis race each other for the rest of the season?
Replies: 139
Views: 13175

Re: How will Max and Lewis race each other for the rest of the season?

I remember when Hamilton and Rosberg were teammates, Hamilton was the master of dark arts. He knew how to position his car in such a way that it would hurt Rosberg, but not too badly so he would have plausible deniability. The start USA 2015 and Canada 2016 are great examples of that. When Rosberg ...
by Pullrod
Tue Jul 20, 2021 8:19 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: How will Max and Lewis race each other for the rest of the season?
Replies: 139
Views: 13175

Re: How will Max and Lewis race each other for the rest of the season?

If you think a driver with no championship to his name is going to teach a lesson to a F3 champion, F2 champion and 7x F1 champion, you are the one dreaming. Verstappen is in his 8th season of single seaters. Hamilton's 8th season in single seaters was... 2007. I daresay Verstappen is performing at...
by Pullrod
Tue Jul 20, 2021 7:43 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: How will Max and Lewis race each other for the rest of the season?
Replies: 139
Views: 13175

Re: How will Max and Lewis race each other for the rest of the season?

I remember when Hamilton and Rosberg were teammates, Hamilton was the master of dark arts. He knew how to position his car in such a way that it would hurt Rosberg, but not too badly so he would have plausible deniability. The start USA 2015 and Canada 2016 are great examples of that. When Rosberg ...
by Pullrod
Mon Jun 28, 2021 8:22 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Driver(s) of the Day - 2021 Styrian Grand Prix
Replies: 28
Views: 3119

Re: Driver(s) of the Day - 2021 Styrian Grand Prix

. Again I will point out the hypocrisy. When Hamilton won in the obviously faster car, leading from begining to end people would say "what had he done to claim "driver of the day" ? Now that Verstappen does the same, so many vote for him. I don't mind genuine opinions, I object to hypocrisy . . LOL...
by Pullrod
Tue Jun 22, 2021 8:17 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Mercedes vs Red Bull - 2021
Replies: 1450
Views: 146105

Re: Mercedes vs Red Bull - 2021

Are you confident, if the cars were switched between Hamilton and Verstappen Tha the rankings would be the same? It is a simple question. I am confident in this RedBull Hamilton would have had not only more poles but also wins. And your confidence is baseless. If Verstappen drove a Mercedes, I beli...