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Somewhere in the world Mike Elliot is probably the only guy enjoying watching F1 at the moment.

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Your feelings are incorrect. Lewis won Spain in 2021, in part because they had a better strategy than RB, they pitted Lewis for fresh tires late in the race and he caught back up and passed Max. Yep, both teams messed up pitstops in Monza. RB messed up a pitstop in COTA 2022, made Max's job a lot m...

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Not that russell was much better today, but this year, Hamilton certainly isn't even looking close to being a top level driver any more. Could quite easily say that half the grid has looked more impressive averaged out than him this season. He sounds so unmotivated on the radio too. He was hundredt...

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So was Ricciardo's chassis knackered all along?

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Paolo_Lasardi wrote: ↑
Fri May 03, 2024 12:31 pm
Not that I think it will matter but: does Antonelli have enough points for the super-license?

Yep. The issue is just age.

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Hamilton won 22 races out of 37 race finishes from 2019-2020 despite driving by far the best car in this time period, and having a midfield driver as his teammate. He also had bulletproof reliability and his car never failed in even one qualifying session to compromise his weekend. In these perfect...

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Holy cow, £128M a year, that is insane. No matter how good a driver is, this is taking it into ludicrous territory. https://www.crash.net/f1/news/1047716/1/mercedes-tabling-world-record-ps128m-max-verstappen-offer-replace-lewis-hamilton poor George, Toto sold him a bridge :] I think it is odds on t...

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The entrance of Eddie Jordan into this story is an extremely enjoyable twist.

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I put him 10th. I still don't think there are any outstanding candidates to take that spot.... Perhaps Guy Ligier or Peter Sauber. One of Peter Sauber, Ken Tyrrell, or Paul Stoddart could easily replace Wolff on the list. Wolff literally brought nothing to the sport as team principal. This is proba...

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So stepping back but staying involved much as he did a few years ago with the America's Cup yacht.

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I really disagree with this downtalking of Red Bull. They are doing a sensational job, probably the best overall team performance in F1 history. The fact that a midfield driver like Perez, driving his arguably worst F1 season driving-wise and still winning vice-wdc with some races to spare provides...

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I put him 10th. I still don't think there are any outstanding candidates to take that spot.... Perhaps Guy Ligier or Peter Sauber.

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Well Autosport/Motorsport are reporting Newey has now handed in his resignation and we could get an announcement as soon as this weekend. They're also suggesting he will have to stay in his role (not on gardening leave) until the start of 2025 at the earliest, which seems like it would be a bit awk...

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The point being because Hamilton's teammates were better, in particular in qualifying, Perez was horrendous in qualifying last year but still bagged P2 in the title race yet Verstappen you say should take all the credit for winning the title. Yes, not just for title though, also for the big gap he ...

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Bottas is not the same circumstance as Perez who cant even make it out of q1 five times in a row. edit: also in Merc team mates of Lewis are allowed to fight him, in RB ? they even retire Perez or put him in lap deficit to help Max... This always come up but doesnt this make Max even more succesful...

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Now since Spa 2022, Verstappen has had a dominant car, and has won a staggering 30/36 races since then. This level of consistency over two years is something we have never seen before, nobody has come close to this even in the most favourable circumstances. Little evidence to suggest that Perez is ...

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Small chance of rain on Sunday.

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Now since Spa 2022, Verstappen has had a dominant car, and has won a staggering 30/36 races since then. This level of consistency over two years is something we have never seen before, nobody has come close to this even in the most favourable circumstances. Little evidence to suggest that Perez is ...

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Ferrari perhaps need to employ you because you know so much better despite not having access to the kind of data Ferrari would have regarding drivers. Of course Ferrari has much more data on their drivers. But the team does not have that same level of data on Hamilton. Furthermore, the inevitable d...

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Let's see where this sponsorship goes in 2025. https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/mercedes-formula-1-team-replaces-hugo-boss-with-tommy-hilfiger-4986575/4986575/ Does that not depend on the length of the present contract? Anyway the sponsorship Hamilton brought in went to the team, I remember when a...

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Or they saw Hamilton gapped both their drivers in the latest season despite being in a far worse car which won Merc 2nd place over Ferrari and hired him because they saw he can bring performance to the team. A simple Occams razor, but we must develop another set of theories to avoid this obvious on...

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Yes, Ferrari has gone for it which means one of two things. Either the team does not rate the best of its drives as at least as good as Hamilton or the team is literally living in a dream world. You can make up your mind what it is. Logical it certainly is not. *) *) I know people will be up in arm...

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Probably it won't happen but if Perez gets dropped from RBR. I wonder if he can join Hulk in Audi. Looking at some stats from their FI time. They both were on par with each other. Hulk faster in qualifying and Perez in races, including some podium which for some reason Hulk could not do. The think ...

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Driver A teammates: Alonso, Kovalainen, Button, Rosberg, Bottas, Russell Driver B teammates: Sainz, Ricciardo, (Gasly), Albon, Perez (...) not a full season Take a driver of the same ability/quality: which teammate group would you expect him to dominate more strongly? I'm talking about Verstappen i...

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Ironically, just above that one, you posted how Verstappen moans in the exactly same way if it doesn't go well for him. (False claim about RB being a midfield car already rejected by others.) The difference is that whilst moaning Verstappen drove the hell out of his car, won races in it and was so ...

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Against my better judgement I'm going to re enter this discussion as a few people have brought up a Vettel comparison... You could see Vettel was going to be "found out" from a mile off. He was barely better than Webber in 2009, 2010 and the first half of 2012 and there is zero evidence to suggest ...

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Against my better judgement I'm going to re enter this discussion as a few people have brought up a Vettel comparison... You could see Vettel was going to be "found out" from a mile off. He was barely better than Webber in 2009, 2010 and the first half of 2012 and there is zero evidence to suggest ...

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Against my better judgement I'm going to re enter this discussion as a few people have brought up a Vettel comparison... You could see Vettel was going to be "found out" from a mile off. He was barely better than Webber in 2009, 2010 and the first half of 2012 and there is zero evidence to suggest ...

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Against my better judgement I'm going to re enter this discussion as a few people have brought up a Vettel comparison... You could see Vettel was going to be "found out" from a mile off. He was barely better than Webber in 2009, 2010 and the first half of 2012 and there is zero evidence to suggest ...

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A midfield car that could beat the all mighty W11 on merit twice in the season. Imagine that... It was the second best car that year and it was by a mile. The racing point was quick in quali but never had the race pace to deal with the redbull. I really wish Verstappen goes to Merc, but looking at ...

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Against my better judgement I'm going to re enter this discussion as a few people have brought up a Vettel comparison... You could see Vettel was going to be "found out" from a mile off. He was barely better than Webber in 2009, 2010 and the first half of 2012 and there is zero evidence to suggest ...

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Against my better judgement I'm going to re enter this discussion as a few people have brought up a Vettel comparison... You could see Vettel was going to be "found out" from a mile off. He was barely better than Webber in 2009, 2010 and the first half of 2012 and there is zero evidence to suggest ...

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Against my better judgement I'm going to re enter this discussion as a few people have brought up a Vettel comparison... You could see Vettel was going to be "found out" from a mile off. He was barely better than Webber in 2009, 2010 and the first half of 2012 and there is zero evidence to suggest W...

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It's not going to happen but if Antonelli, Bearman, Lawson, Pourchaire and Martins/Doohan all joined the grid next season and Ricciardo, Zhou, Sargeant, Magnusson and Bottas all left it would be a fantastic revitalisation for F1 and a far more exciting grid. The team lineup could be something like -...

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Well that comes from Wolff, Antonelli is the Verstappen they missed out on unless it seems he can get Verstappen himself. As I said earlier today if they can get Verstappen then everything Wolff has said prior can probably be disregarded. It's hard to make any predictions without knowing when Verst...

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Both cars tailored around Verstappen that's the similarity, that's something that Red Bull/Newey seem apt at same for Vettel, with other teams it can often be you make do with what you've got. Haven't Mercedes literally moved the cockpit position to suit Hamilton? I really don't think Red Bull are ...

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Look, I like winner takes all systems. That may not be everyone's cup of tea and clearly on this forum it isn't. It is just how I feel about the sport, which honestly has gotten into a downward spiral for many, many years now and the trend just continues. P.s. In the same vain I liked the 1 hour 12...

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Verstappen would absolutely enhance his legacy by going to a different team and proving he can do it outside of Red Bull. There is almost no similarities between the 2019 Red Bull and 2023 Red Bull, these are two totally different cars build under different regulations, with very different strength...

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Verstappen would absolutely enhance his legacy by going to a different team and proving he can do it outside of Red Bull. There is almost no similarities between the 2019 Red Bull and 2023 Red Bull, these are two totally different cars build under different regulations, with very different strength...

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Well it would have to be Russell then wasn't Antonelli supposed to be the Verstappen that got away or maybe not if they can get Verstappen himself. I don't see why it has to be Russell. We don't know how good Antonelli is yet. Well that comes from Wolff, Antonelli is the Verstappen they missed out ...

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