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He complained that he could go so much faster then not long after Russell was asked to go faster, up to that point he made no attempt to pass Russell, Mercedes didn't want Norris to get any closer by the Mercedes drivers fighting. Why is Antonelli merely complaining about being held up rather than ...

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No Russell is just the old Russell, I like Leclerc but that didn't stop me from criticising his risk/reward driving in Monaco for which of course I got push back and lo and behold here we are again Russell didn't do the things you are claiming he did in Spain. It is also bizarre to criticise a driv...

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Like I said he wouldn't have had team orders not to pass Norris who was only a few seconds behind Russell, then being at least half a second quicker than Russell would have quickly caught him. Towards the end of the race we hear Mercedes asking Russell to go faster which he couldn't which I think w...

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Why mention Antonelli when he was supposedly racing Hamilton, he was the car directly behind him afterall, I said ihalfway through the race that Russell would cost Mercedes the win, he is always too pre-occupied with beating his teammate, you think his words would have no influence in particular wi...

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Mercedes gave team orders for him to stay behind Russell, even then when he did pass Russell the speed he gapped him he would have had a good chance of making up a 5 second penalty, I'm not voting for Russell given how slow he was. Note to others reading this, I am discussing team mate wars vote in...

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Russell doesn't control the strategy. He can say what he likes. He can't make Mercedes do anything with Antonelli's car. Edit - I've just listened to team radio from Russell. He certainly was never demanding they pit Antonelli at any point. It's a narrative you've formed entirely in your head. The ...

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I guess that would have put him behind Norris but he wouldn't have been issued team orders not to pass Norris. That's quite galling by the stewards, a late SC would have potentially ruined his race. While Antonelli could be considered one of the DOTD, just asking, would you again, like Canada vote ...

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Why would they have to listen to Russell RE Antonelli at all? Completely normal that Russell wouldn't want Antonelli on a better strategy than he had but Mercedes don't have to take that into account. Well you talk about them being fair to both drivers that seems like Russell making sure they were ...

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Russell kind of demanded that Antonelli be pitted he didn't want him on a different strategy, on the same strategy he could control Antonelli's race with the help of the team who told Antonelli to sit behind him, so the second option was never going to happen, whether they keep listening to Russell...

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But those drivers only seem really strong now because we know what they went on to do. There are drivers currently in F3 with equally good records up to that point. Bortoleto, for example... Before he won F3, he'd finished 5th in Italian F4, behind two of his teammates and 16th and 5th in FREC. Lin...

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Well Antonelli pitted just two laps after Russell in order not to get undercut by Norris I believe, Antonelli was probably quicker than Hamilton but had to run at Russell's pace. I'm not sure what Wolff meant when he was annoyed by the 2 cars fighting, was it that Antonelli should not have challeng...

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Anyone else notice how we've almost entirely stopped getting onboards and entirely stopped getting onboards with telemetry data? No, and I don't think it's true. But you made me curious enough that I loaded up the F1 TV replay and had a look. Within the first 30 minutes (I just skipped by 10s incre...

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Anyone else notice how we've almost entirely stopped getting onboards and entirely stopped getting onboards with telemetry data? No, and I don't think it's true. But you made me curious enough that I loaded up the F1 TV replay and had a look. Within the first 30 minutes (I just skipped by 10s incre...

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I hope Mercedes realise that and by holding Antonelli up allowed Hamilton to take the lead of the race, even Verstappen said that he managed to halve the gap to Mercedes because of the slow pace of Russell in the second half of the race. All Wolff can do is seemingly blame Antonelli for trying to p...

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Where exactly did I write that last season was rich of talent? Last season was already marking the end of the wave with the likes of Camara and Tsolov being the latecomers of the Bearman-Antonelli-Hadjar-Bortoleto-Lindblad generation (age-wise). Who comes after them? Slater, yes. But else? Ugochukw...

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Yes, Slater is doing enough, no doubt. But also not more than that. And yes, he is better than his teammates, no doubt again. But they don't strike me as future stars as well. After we had a wave of great talent, we are currently running a bit into a drought, which is not unusual. His teammates are...

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F2: IMO, Camara and Tsolov are the two best drivers this season, the only ones who are consistently fast. I am unconvinced by the penalty for Tsolov. The others are either fast but inconsistent (Dunne, Stenshorne, ...) or not as fast but lucky (Minì). F3: IMO, not a very strong field overall. Ugoch...

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As for the race, excellent win by Hamilton, thoroughly deserved. Russell is really looking second best in that Mercedes, it is going to be a long and painful season for him. I think no one will think that Russell is one of the best drivers on the grid anymore come end of the season. I hope Mercedes...

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As for the race, excellent win by Hamilton, thoroughly deserved. Russell is really looking second best in that Mercedes, it is going to be a long and painful season for him. I think no one will think that Russell is one of the best drivers on the grid anymore come end of the season. I hope Mercedes...

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All British podium - TURN OFF SKY SPORTS NOW FAST Yea but at least Crofty isn't here. The BBC will go nuts about this for years on end about this though and claim how amazing British drivers are and probably half ignore the circumstances as to why Antonelli wasn't there. Why would the BBC go nuts? ...

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All British podium - TURN OFF SKY SPORTS NOW FAST Yea but at least Crofty isn't here. The BBC will go nuts about this for years on end about this though and claim how amazing British drivers are and probably half ignore the circumstances as to why Antonelli wasn't there. Why would the BBC go nuts? ...

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All British podium - TURN OFF SKY SPORTS NOW FAST Yea but at least Crofty isn't here. The BBC will go nuts about this for years on end about this though and claim how amazing British drivers are and probably half ignore the circumstances as to why Antonelli wasn't there. Why would the BBC go nuts? ...

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Verstappen, Antonelli, Gasly.

jk, I voted for Hamilton.

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That’s a brilliant brilliant drive by Hamilton. Russell got lucky there, more evidence that he’s just slower than Antonelli though. Bit of lucky evening up though. Yeah Russell looks very happy with the Antonelli retirement, I'm guessing Antonelli's front wing got damaged when Russell forced him on...

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Badger36 wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 14, 2026 2:32 pm
Same thing happened again in this VSC gap between Russell and Hamilton went from 18s to 25s

Are the Mercs over slowing?

The gaps under VSC will always greatly extend as cars are going at half the usual pace.

mikeyg123

Anyone else notice how we've almost entirely stopped getting onboards and entirely stopped getting onboards with telemetry data?

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Red Flag wrote: ↑
Sat Jun 13, 2026 12:01 pm
Won from pole (or perhaps it was front row) more often than Monaco, according to Karun Chandhok!

Since 91 (the first GP in Barcelona) it has been won from pole 25 times.

In that same time period Monaco has been won from pole 19 times.

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The tyres are so fragile for this track that we just get to see drivers sat in the garage, I'm glad the track is not on the calendar for next year. It's not really the track fault they've gone a step to soft on tyres. I think it's a good layout (now they've reverted to the proper S3). It show cases...

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Exactly - and the teams also reduced the speed on their limiter to take care of it. Now if the drivers still fall foul of it then it is entirely on them and their team I'm afraid, as they had the possibility of (i) driving within the white lines, or (b) further reducing the speed on their pit limit...

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F3 Barcelona Round 3 Qualifying 01. Theophile Naël (Campos Racing) 1:28.263 02. Ugo Ugochukwu (Campos Racing) 1:28.302 03. Hiyu Yamakoshi (Van Amersfoort Racing) 1:28.398 04. Brando Badoer (Rodin Motorsport) 1:28.496 05. Taito Kato (ART Grand Prix) 1:28.500 06. Bruno Del Pino (Van Amersfoort Racing...

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I have read in the past that speed guns are not always very accurate, which is why even with speeding cameras there is a 3% or so tolerance that is given to the drivers. Now I am sure the more expensive ones reduce that margin, but the most accurate way is to measure the distance between 2 points a...

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Alpine win the appeal. Gasly P3 reinstated.

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Common sense youd say is how do you get a penalty foe speeding without ever speeding. Simply not logical and the measurement method is so typical of F1 its not surprising at all Realistically they will investigate themselves and find themselves to be right, too messy to clear it up. I have read in ...

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Badger36 wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 11, 2026 12:54 pm
I do wish we would get a bit of a merry go round with seats. It is one thing I miss about the good old days - drivers did move about more.

Yeah, it can get a bit boring with how static the grid is these days. Especially a top teams. They keep the same lineup for much longer.

mikeyg123

Alpine's have their request for an appeal granted. The new evidence provided is that the distance used to calculate the official timing was incorrect.

This could be a nightmare to sort out as the vast majority of drivers penalised, served their penalty during the race.

mikeyg123

Getting things somewhat back on topic, these are my predictions as to how the silly season will go. Feel free to revisit this in a few months to tell me how wrong I am... No change at the top four teams Out of the top four teams, the only question marks have been around Verstappen and Hamilton (not...

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Getting things somewhat back on topic, these are my predictions as to how the silly season will go. Feel free to revisit this in a few months to tell me how wrong I am... No change at the top four teams Out of the top four teams, the only question marks have been around Verstappen and Hamilton (not...

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Geez, why didn't I think of that one. Verstappen responded in character for him, he got even on the track. If you want to call that a meltdown, I will not stop you. Wait, so your argument is "Verstappen doesn't have meltdowns because, when he meltsdown, it's in character for him"? That makes absolu...

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Verstappen has never melted down in his entire Formula One career. Already the false narrative, I don't really need to read the rest to be honest. Really? Did Spain 2025 not happen? Geez, why didn't I think of that one. Verstappen responded in character for him, he got even on the track. If you wan...

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By all indications, Verstappen would be ahead at virtually every race and it would not be close. The team would prioritise Verstappen in those cases, why would it not? By all indications - except when they actually were teammates ... (Verstappen and Sainz, that is). ;) You have your opinion, fine, ...

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