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Reactionary take due to poor form from Leclercs season opening. Before 2024 Ferraris woes have been Ferrari and I say this as a fan. They've lost more points for Leclerc than Leclerc has lost for Leclerc. Is it reactionary... Leclerc has generally been a better driver than Sainz but only managed to...

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Reactionary take due to poor form from Leclercs season opening.

Before 2024 Ferraris woes have been Ferrari and I say this as a fan. They've lost more points for Leclerc than Leclerc has lost for Leclerc.

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It's a tough one I voted 2011 because it's such a standout race and comes to mind immediately but actually kind of regret it now, because having thought about it more I really think I wish I voted 2010

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purchville wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 07, 2024 5:16 am

FormulaFun wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 07, 2024 5:11 am
Riccardo , back to bed
He was ahead. Albon the Chassis wrecker never got properly alongside.

He was over halfway alongside, ric just ran him off

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Riccardo

, back to bed

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pokerman wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:12 pm

t2jd1967 wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 06, 2024 12:48 pm
You have to give credit to Hamilton for persevering with this nonsense.

https://www.crash.net/f1/news/1046497/1 ... ong-enough
What nonsense would that be?

Wow this happened quickly

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Barrichello going into 1996, an aged Brundle joined the team for his last season in F1. Barrichollo whitewashed him at the start of the season, something like 8-0. However, interestingly, the second half of 1996 once Brundles was possibly more comortable, he out qualified Rubens 5-3. He also pretty...

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The relevance lies is that Bottas for all intents and purposes is not an accurate yardstick, this has been clear all along, and we can see that play out at Sauber. That gets countered with excuses as in “Bottas does not really try” or “Bottas is only good in a top car”. That than leads some to give...

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No, I don't think a driver should take his eyes off the track for more than a split second when closely fighting and trying to overtake another driver. Perhaps this demonstrates a limitation in Russell's armour and it further fuels doubts about his ability overall. They make numerous switch changes...

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Great lap from Perez, he looked great through the mid sector, pushing it Looked to me like he had to kill his tyres to even be close to max in s1 and s2 then he massively fell off s3. I suppose its good in that he is p2, but thats more a reflection of the relative car performance Verstappen didn't ...

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Hamilton has been sitting on the top of the pile for 8 years (2014-2020). The inherent problem is that many factors contributed to that outcome. Bottas sometimes matching and even outperforming Hamilton is something that potentially weighs against his legacy, rather than for it. Barrichello was con...

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Great lap from Perez, he looked great through the mid sector, pushing it

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Nobody expected Barrichello to beat Schumacher, but some expected Barrichello to run him close. I don't think the same can be said of Bottas with respect to Hamilton when he joined Mercedes. Barrichello didn't run Schumacher close and Bottas didn't run Hamilton close, If the perception was that Bar...

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There is no such thing as a known quantity when it comes to drivers in Formula One. Ofcourse, but it's about as good as you're going to get. Hamilton has been sitting on the top of the pile for 8 years (2014-2020). The inherent problem is that many factors contributed to that outcome. Bottas someti...

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Just checked on Wikipedia (it is a very long time ago), Barrichello beat all of his teammates from his debut in 1994 to his switch to Ferrari at the back end of 1999. Now these weren't illustrious teammates to be fair. That does not take away from the impression at the time that Barrichello could a...

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Hamilton has been sitting on the top of the pile for 8 years (2014-2020). The inherent problem is that many factors contributed to that outcome. Bottas sometimes matching and even outperforming Hamilton is something that potentially weighs against his legacy, rather than for it. Barrichello was con...

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Tou do realise that this impression is also based on circular logic. Bottas was not trounced by Hamilton, therefore he must be pretty good in a top car. There are other explanations possible of course that do not paint Bottas’ performances in such a great light. Hamilton is a known quantity that's ...

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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...

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I take it you didn't bother to read the stewards' report on the matter? Why do you always hit me with some laborious admin work just to reveal that it was actually 100m before the braking zone not 200m as if it makes any difference to the point about braking unpredictably early or excessively for a...

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It's a circular argument anyway. Bottas was closer to Hamilton than Perez is to Verstappen. We don't know if that's due to Bottas doing better than Perez or if it's to Verstappen doing better than Hamilton. I suppose it could be both. Personally I think Bottas skill set makes him more effective in ...

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I read that this morning, and was a bit surprised myself. Caught napping at breakfast, so to speak. I believe the Mercedes steering wheels have switches at the back, and he may have been operating those. But I don't see him operating a switch on the front of the steering wheel in the relevant on-bo...

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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...

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I see. No I don't, but let's just leave it there. The real problem isn't whether Alonso faked a throttle problem or not, it is whether a dangerous situation existed, or a potentially dangerous situation. Perhaps even more pressing is the question what kind of penalty will be given now for truly dan...

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I asked a question, which you might have understood from the use of the ? at the end. I gave my answer which you quickly dismissed, since then other more prominent figures have come up with the same answer. I see. No I don't, but let's just leave it there. The real problem isn't whether Alonso fake...

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It's a circular argument anyway. Bottas was closer to Hamilton than Perez is to Verstappen. We don't know if that's due to Bottas doing better than Perez or if it's to Verstappen doing better than Hamilton. I suppose it could be both. Personally I think Bottas skill set makes him more effective in ...

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It's a circular argument anyway. Bottas was closer to Hamilton than Perez is to Verstappen. We don't know if that's due to Bottas doing better than Perez or if it's to Verstappen doing better than Hamilton. I suppose it could be both. Personally I think Bottas skill set makes him more effective in ...

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I think something that is being missed here just observing is the difficulty passing/following conparivetly between 2019 and 2022. There's a fair few races in 2022 where Max would have lost without the incredibly easy passes he could make in 2022 (e.g. Spa). In 2019 starting down the grid for whatev...

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Some may think that while others will realise that Red Bull are a far better team and Verstappen has a dominant car with no competition. So the same as Hamilton in 2019 and 2020? Verstappen has had a dominant car since Belgium 2022. That's 34 races. Verstappen has won 28 of them. He's failed to win...

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I don't think it's enough to make a difference. Depends on what you value in a driver. Broadly speaking, you can categorize driver performance in 3 separate scenarios. 1. How they perform in dominant conditions 2. How they perform in equal best car 3. How they perform in an inferior car I also put ...

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The rules are inconsistent because of different stewards who are able to interpret things differently, it's hard to pressure for more coherent rules and stewarding when so many think that Alonso did no wrong, we have to wonder why a series like Indycars are able to produce consistent and coherent r...

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Hmmm ... you have now changed your tune from overstepping the line to cheating, I wonder why? But of course the latter is even easier. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/apr/02/lewis-hamilton-disqualified-australian-grand-prix By the why, when has another top drive ever cheated? Back to the ori...

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Do you think that drivers should drive in a predictable manner? This is the essential question that is being asked. I think that brake testing and moving in braking zones should not be allowed. Fair enough, it is a valid stance in this discussion. I think unsettling another driver by lifting premat...

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The 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is the first race that comes to mind, but generally I don't keep track of individual races and incidents. lol, lmao even I ask you for times when Hamilton has, using the word a little loosely, cheated; and you reference a time when he has not broken any rules or put an...

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Exediron wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:32 pm

ChapmanBaxter wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:34 pm
Oh look it's another thread turning into Hamilton Vs Verstappen.

Bloody bed wetters.
Hamilton vs Verstappen has quickly become the Godwin's Law of Formula 1 discussion...

Indeed

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I think you misunderstand me. The mould is doing everything to win , including throwing your team under the bus if necessary. Hamilton just goes about it in a different way and has a calculated approach in wheel-to-wheel racing where the chances of him coming off well are vastly higher than the oth...

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Exactly, Hamilton is much too calculated to crash people out. You an speculate that its a calculated decision but theres nothing that supports it; more likely he just doesn't think that's the right way to go racing, maybe it is his British sense of sporting fairness :lol: Either way though then he ...

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Exactly, Hamilton is much too calculated to crash people out. Which is plainly wrong then, Silverstone 2021 comes to mind, however that wasn't deliberate or underhand which is the point being made. Exactly, it was calculated. If it was calculated then you're saying that Hamilton deliberately put Ve...

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You don't have to be British to show a British bias. I am biased to the US although I only have visited the country a few times, it is not by nationality alone. The real difference of course is that many here applaud Hamilton for his clean driving, whilst Hamilton is just being a whole lot more cle...

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You don't have to be British to show a British bias. I am biased to the US although I only have visited the country a few times, it is not by nationality alone. The real difference of course is that many here applaud Hamilton for his clean driving, whilst Hamilton is just being a whole lot more cle...

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It is pretty clear who is us and who is them. It is all a matter of perspective. https://us.motorsport.com/f1/news/alonso-british-bias-verstappen-bad-guys/6642173/ It is interesting that you mention Vettel and Verstappen and indirectly Alonso and not some of the British drivers. Who have all been s...

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