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mikeyg123

The results you require of him are impossible for him to achieve as in race wins, it's just hypothetical fantasy, in today's system it's possible for Verstappen to win 18 races but Perez be champion with just 3 wins such is the devaluation of race win points. Well Norris won't be champion. It's tru...

mikeyg123

Bottas seems in good form at the moment. I expect his future career depends on what Sainz does more than anything else.

If he leaves Audi will he have an opportunity at Haas or Williams? He would be an upgrade on Magnussen or Sargeant.

mikeyg123

That's not how it works, you look to give Norris race wins for which he is not capable of, clearly today he can keep much closer to Verstappen without the need to win races. This depends how you define closeness. Norris is much closer to Verstappen in terms of % of points scored. He is only a littl...

mikeyg123

I think he's confused between Jesus and Ben Hur. Obviously you are attacking me personally, because I said something about your favourite driver you didnt like. Grow up. I should have added a smiley, my apologies. And don't worry, you haven't even come close to mentioning my favourite driver. :D Sh...

mikeyg123

Well, I never liked 10-6-4-3-2-1, but rather the one preceding it with 9 points on offer for a win. Yes, less drivers would have scored points, I am not contesting that. But we are now in the situation where teams do no need to strive to get to the top, but happily paddle around the lower end of th...

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The WDC under the previous 9-6-4-2-1 system and taking out the sprint and fastest laps looks like this. 1. Verstappen 36 2. Perez 24 3. Sainz 23 4. Leclerc 19 5. Norris 13 6. Piastri 6 7. Russell 4 8. Alonso 3 9. Stroll 1 In the current system Norris has more than half the points of Verstappen (55 ...

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Well, I never liked 10-6-4-3-2-1, but rather the one preceding it with 9 points on offer for a win. Yes, less drivers would have scored points, I am not contesting that. But we are now in the situation where teams do no need to strive to get to the top, but happily paddle around the lower end of th...

mikeyg123

Yes, there will be less points to go around to lower teams and I can see that not everyone wants to (or rather looking the various posts to no one else seems to want). As for the total points finishers I noticed you took an exceptional year to make your point. 1980 21 1981 21 1982 26 1983 20 1984 2...

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You mean because of reliability? Still you would have to be top 5 or top 6 to score points every year before 2003. How else would merely finishing get you points? This is something that doesn't happen anymore but used to. I think the points system has had to expand to continue to do the same job as...

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The reason I dislike the current system is the same reason I dislike the MotoGP system, just giving out points for basically finishing the race. I don’t think it should work that way, you should get points because you’re one of the best. Perhaps a little bit similar to the Champions League in the P...

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Well, I am happy to consider the count back, which is what Mikeg I think suggested or certainly something along those lines. Yes, it is tough that teams like Williams and so forth are unlikely to score points, but let's be clear there, these teams really are only making up the numbers anyway. Harsh...

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Driving is one part of greatness but a very important part. I don’t see anything Lewis does better than Max at actually driving the car. I don’t think he’s as quick, or as relentless, or as consistent. Sprint qualy china, the moment rain fell down, Max fell to 4th. He is not the 2nd coming of jesus...

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Driving is one part of greatness but a very important part. I don’t see anything Lewis does better than Max at actually driving the car. I don’t think he’s as quick, or as relentless, or as consistent. Sprint qualy china, the moment rain fell down, Max fell to 4th. He is not the 2nd coming of jesus...

mikeyg123

Fairly straightforward. The remaining teams get an equal share of whatever is left after the teams with WCC points are paid out. See most post above, I class these teams as the "also rans". Bar a lucky race once in a while, most teams will not be awarded WCC points. And that is totally fine with me...

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I think points for all finishers, don't really understand why not it makes it incredibly hard to accurately score the lower midfield - ust going by their best finish when there's not any points is stupid- you can have the worst team absolutely fluke a few points due to DNFs or some stupid situation...

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1782864722536112232 This is actually old news he said it at least 2 weeks ago. The wording at the end is strange, his debut would be at Imola because he would have just turned 18, the FIA wouldn't have to authorise it. Previously Saward said Monza which would be when Antonelli would turn 18. Now he...

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Ignoring the fact that Max doesn't need a rear gunner, I just can't understand why Sainz would go to Audi. These are his prime years, unless Audi has a dominant PU then I don't see him winning races or contending for anything for years with that team. Maybe I'm completely off base and they will sur...

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Driving is one part of greatness but a very important part. I don’t see anything Lewis does better than Max at actually driving the car. I don’t think he’s as quick, or as relentless, or as consistent. Sprint qualy china, the moment rain fell down, Max fell to 4th. He is not the 2nd coming of jesus...

mikeyg123

The non scorers who would benefit from this so far this season are -

Albon 5
Zhou 2
Magnussen 2
Ocon 2
Hulkenberg 2
Ricciardo 1
Stroll 1

mikeyg123

F1 are discussing changing the points system for next season. The Race understands that the top 12 finishers would receive points. The top seven would receive them as they do now (25-18-15-12-10-8-6) and then eight downwards would receive 5-4-3-2-1. Here's what writers at The Race think: https://ww...

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Sainz would be incredibly stupid to take the Audi drive over an absolute certain WDC shot in a Red Bull in 2025. If Audi don't get Sainz they'll likely pair 38 year old Hulkenberg with 36 year old Bottas. It's not like the Audi opportunity isn't going to come back around. Whilst I agree with the fi...

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Sainz would be incredibly stupid to take the Audi drive over an absolute certain WDC shot in a Red Bull in 2025. If Audi don't get Sainz they'll likely pair 38 year old Hulkenberg with 36 year old Bottas. It's not like the Audi opportunity isn't going to come back around. I completely disagree. "IF...

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Sainz would be incredibly stupid to take the Audi drive over an absolute certain WDC shot in a Red Bull in 2025. If Audi don't get Sainz they'll likely pair 38 year old Hulkenberg with 36 year old Bottas. It's not like the Audi opportunity isn't going to come back around. I completely disagree. "IF...

mikeyg123

Sainz would be incredibly stupid to take the Audi drive over an absolute certain WDC shot in a Red Bull in 2025 . If Audi don't get Sainz they'll likely pair 38 year old Hulkenberg with 36 year old Bottas. It's not like the Audi opportunity isn't going to come back around. So you believe Marko & Ho...

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TBF I made this thread last July and people were saying I should have included Sainz then. I also have not seen anyone make the argument that Hamilton does not now belong in this pool of drivers. Just that perhaps he is slipped a little bit lower in it since last summer.

mikeyg123

Enjoy your holiday! All fairly straightforward this week. Went with Bottas and Ricciardo as they were ahead when they retired through no fault of their own. All the other picks are pretty self explanatory.

mikeyg123

Sainz would be incredibly stupid to take the Audi drive over an absolute certain WDC shot in a Red Bull in 2025.

If Audi don't get Sainz they'll likely pair 38 year old Hulkenberg with 36 year old Bottas. It's not like the Audi opportunity isn't going to come back around.

mikeyg123

Rumour has it that an offer to Sainz has already been made by Red Bull but the money side of it is a bit miserly and Sainz wants more. If Sainz turns down Red Bull because of money then we can't be to sad if he ends up with a midfield future at Audi, at least he will have plenty of money. We can be...

mikeyg123

The hardest question to figure out right now is who the second best driver on the grid is. There really is no clear answer. I think it's probably Norris. Or Verstappen. ;) As of now I think Verstappen is clearly out front. Maybe, maybe not. A super dominant RB-team and a midfield teammate make that...

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Paolo_Lasardi wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:31 pm

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KingVoid wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 21, 2024 4:25 pm
The hardest question to figure out right now is who the second best driver on the grid is. There really is no clear answer.
I think it's probably Norris.
Or Verstappen.

As of now I think Verstappen is clearly out front.

mikeyg123

KingVoid wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 21, 2024 4:25 pm
The hardest question to figure out right now is who the second best driver on the grid is. There really is no clear answer.

I think it's probably Norris.

mikeyg123

Stroll got a smaller penalty for that (he only got 2 licence points) than Alonso got for touch with Sainz yesterday. Absolute insanity.

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Some spicy comments from Ricciardo - “I slowly started to calm down and then I was told what Lance thinks of the incident,” he stated. “Apparently, I'm an idiot and it was my fault, so that made my blood boil because it's clear as day and it's also behind a safety car. “The only thing you've got to ...

mikeyg123

Norris, Alonso, Hulkenberg

mikeyg123

TheGiantHogweed wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 21, 2024 8:37 am

mikeyg123 wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 21, 2024 8:34 am
How on earth did Alonso manage to catch that!
Well, Maldonado caught a loss of control that was a fair bit bigger than that in Austria 2015 so it clearly is possible.

I know it's clearly possible because I've just seen Alonso do it

mikeyg123

How on earth did Alonso manage to catch that!

mikeyg123

Ok, after viewing the replay, I think that will be a racing incident. Alonso was the main cause of the cars bunching up together. Stroll could have backed off more, but no way woulf he have expected this to happen, so I don't think it is an obvious penalty. Magnussen howerver, it certainly should b...

mikeyg123

Ok, after viewing the replay, I think that will be a racing incident. Alonso was the main cause of the cars bunching up together. Stroll could have backed off more, but no way woulf he have expected this to happen, so I don't think it is an obvious penalty. Magnussen howerver, it certainly should b...

mikeyg123

Ok, after viewing the replay, I think that will be a racing incident. Alonso was the main cause of the cars bunching up together. Stroll could have backed off more, but no way woulf he have expected this to happen, so I don't think it is an obvious penalty. Magnussen howerver, it certainly should b...

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If Alonso got 3 points for yesterday I can only imagine they'll be giving Magnussen and Stroll race bans.

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