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So you're claiming from 2017 to 2021 Hamilton was in decline…

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I don't think you can categorically state that Pérez was worse than Bottas in the last few seasons. We see how Tsunoda is struggling immensely at Red Bull, something that very few would have predicted apart from the usual suspects blaming Red Bull for making the car drivable only for Verstappen. Ev...

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Perez started off decent at red bull, then got worse to the point to of being terrible. To me that showed he was getting worse as a driver and not just because of how things are as Versts poem's team mate at this team. Otherwise he will have started terribly too. He's out of the sport this year, no...

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I very, very sensible signing. Basically a no brainer. That is just like saying Stroll is a good signing for Aston Martinin 2026. Both are underperforming pay drivers. You have to go back years to find a good season from Perez. As I said before, it would be like bringing Ricciardo back based on wha...

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Not wanting to be "that guy" (but going to sound like him anyway... 😂) but isn't this the 'F1 Gossip/Rumour/Inside news Thread'? There's probably a more appropriate thread in the forum to have a discussion about how much drivers weighed several decades ago. Sorry. I'll shut up again. And in that sp...

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POB's system did not account for the fact that Prost's weight in itself gave him a 0.3s advantage per lap, every lap, to Prost over his competition. Not just pace - this also massively helped with reliability in an era where reliability frequently decided championships. And everyone can see Prost c...

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Even an overrated driver like Prost "won" 3 (thanks to the unfair FIA rules which were conveniently only changed after his retirement - thanks Balestre :uhoh: ) and cheated his way to a 4th, so who knows? Maybe Colapinto might sneak one too. Your accusation of Prost being overrated is preposterous....

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If this rumour is true, his days are really numbered because burning of the clutch by a F1 driver doesn't shed a good light on the driver's skills & doesn't help justify his place on the F1 grid. And yet, that was what Schumacher did on his very first F1 race. So who knows, perhaps Franco is also o...

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Not sure if anyone has read the likely reason Horner was fired so abruptly, but apparently somehow the power struggle between the powers that be somehow finagled things to pull 2% of Yoovidhya‘s 51% stake in the team dropping his share to 49%, thereby making him the minority and Mintzlaff got his wa...

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If this rumour is true, his days are really numbered because burning of the clutch by a F1 driver doesn't shed a good light on the driver's skills & doesn't help justify his place on the F1 grid. And yet, that was what Schumacher did on his very first F1 race. So who knows, perhaps Franco is also o...

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Honestly, Alpine is the same team that on a shoestring budget and nearly bankrupt, consistently punched soooooo much higher than their weight class under Eric Boulder's leadership, and when Renault bought the team over again the budget was no longer an issue, but with inept leadership the likes of C...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qz4oMk3bUA

Horner's speech breaking the news to the team.

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This is a bad move by Red Bull! Fire the guy who's devoted his entire life to Red Bull and made it the most consistent well performing team since his arrival, and is in it for the long haul in favor of a prima donna driver who's constantly threatening to leave (his camp anyway), and his abusive dad ...

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Regarding being at Audi, you do wonder if the engines will be good or a disaster, so it is hard to tell how good the team will be. But the car performance has been improving massively this year vs last. Remembering that Audi enjoyed dominating many seasons in LMP running hybrid engines that are sim...

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Regarding being at Audi, you do wonder if the engines will be good or a disaster, so it is hard to tell how good the team will be. But the car performance has been improving massively this year vs last. Remembering that Audi enjoyed dominating many seasons in LMP running hybrid engines that are sim...

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I completely disagree. Hulk had PLENTY of excellent opportunities and he was on several teams' microscopes and he failed to deliver, often choking when and where he had great opportunities and simply choked. How often did we see him in the top 5 positions on merit while at Racing Point and Force Ind...

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Do the math, if a collective of people criticize certain drivers similarly, it's for a reason. In this case, it's a driver that is revered for his elite ability, something no one denies, yet has extreme character flaws that lead to him routinely lashing out on track which unquestionably kills the fl...

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This was a weird one. I'm less interested in Max shoving Russel as I don't think there is more to discuss there. I'm more interested in the cause of Max's frustration. What was your take on the course of events Russells move on Verstappen Verstappen keeping the place Red Bulls call to Max to give t...

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You’re wasting your time with a certain poster using all caps to make a point. This poster is not interested in a serious conversation, instead sitting on his high horse trotting out grievances. Probably better to save yourselves the keystrokes. Dogpile Troll. :lol: You're nothing but a small thing...

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Your previous post had the stench of troll I just reread your reaction to Siao7's post on page 1. Perhaps you should too, and calm down a bit. I am perfectly calm. I voiced my disdain for the de-evolution amongst fans having come around to thinking that dirty driving which doesn't result in contact...

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You’re wasting your time with a certain poster using all caps to make a point. This poster is not interested in a serious conversation, instead sitting on his high horse trotting out grievances. Probably better to save yourselves the keystrokes. Dogpile Troll. :lol: You're nothing but a small thing...

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Your previous post had the stench of troll, particularly when you said "your avatar included", which is something I've seen you sneakily do to others in the same way so I called you on it. The irony that you are in here criticizing people and when a criticism is cast your way you want to cry to mode...

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This was a weird one. I'm less interested in Max shoving Russel as I don't think there is more to discuss there. I'm more interested in the cause of Max's frustration. What was your take on the course of events Russells move on Verstappen Verstappen keeping the place Red Bulls call to Max to give t...

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The more I think about the incident, the more I see what led to Verstappen's frustration. He banged wheels with Leclerc, where he was being gently squeezed out. That would have annoyed him a bit. He then banged wheels with Russell, again getting annoyed a bit more. After that, he should have kept t...

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This was a weird one. I'm less interested in Max shoving Russel as I don't think there is more to discuss there. I'm more interested in the cause of Max's frustration. What was your take on the course of events Russells move on Verstappen Verstappen keeping the place Red Bulls call to Max to give t...

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Interesting statistic: Lawson has scored as many points today as Tsunoda has at over every race at Red Bull on Sundays. I think Palmer was totally right that Tsonoda would no longer look good if he went to Red Bull. I'm unconvinced he's doing any better than what Lawson would have done if he had re...

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WHAT a race that was!!!1 Days like this remind me why I'm a fan of this sport. Did you watch the same Race as the rest of us? Or are you trolling?? That “race” was a borefest of epic proportions, and the most exciting thing was Piastri closing up to Leclerc. This race needs to be stricken and left ...

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Drivers ruin laps with minor mistakes of their own doing. This wasn't a big deal at all. So the guy has to go around one more time to start a fresh lap. Had the incident occurred with time running out, I would totaly be on board with the penalty. But there was PLENTY of time left and his tires were ...

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That 3 place grid penalty for Hamilton is a joke! It wasn’t an all in your way impeding type of penalty where Verstappen had to take evasive action. He merely couldn’t take the preferred racing line at full speed. Verstappen easily made it through the session unimpeded and put up his fastest lap. T...

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That 3 place grid penalty for Hamilton is a joke! It wasn’t an all in your way impeding type of penalty where Verstappen had to take evasive action. He merely couldn’t take the preferred racing line at full speed. Verstappen easily made it through the session unimpeded and put up his fastest lap. To...

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If you think that 2025 Norris is as good as 2010 Hamilton (when he was at his peak in my view), well that is surprising. Well I think the performance gap between Hamilton and Button is something that Norris could easily sit inside, beyond that I do believe the standard of driver in F1 is higher tha...

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I tried to look up what the F1 definition of a contract is, but I seem to have crashed the dictionary website. :D Also, Hamilton was in a non-WDC-winning team in 2021, 2022, and 2023. Only to become the number 2 driver in 2024. Why stay so long? You don't believe that Mercedes had a WDC capable car...

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He was matching Ricciardo for speed. That he was not the complete package yet is something else. How can you know with Ricciardo being hemmed in behind Vettel. I think if you take the whole of 2016 from Barcelona onwards, Ricciardo was not faster than Verstappen. That is matching for speed to me. A...

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I think we would have to disagree on that. In my view, Norris has been flattered by the car more than most seem to think. The same is happening with Piastri incidentally. I think if you put 2025 Norris next to 2010 Button in that field, then Norris would have a great deal of trouble getting the bet...

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Just watching Drive2Survive with some Norris bits. You just cant help liking him but he is just not cut out to survive this. I wonder if he has someone to guide and motivate him... Hope he gets his WDC and continue being his happy himself for the rest of his life. Just like Button... Whilst I agree...

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Then why even go.for a split strategy if you're going to let your drivers trip over each other at the cross over point, it's quite basic premise that you swap your drivers when one had a time limited tyre advantage ather than squander it and then swap them back we see it all the time and it's somet...

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Despite the swap, Lewis hasn't exactly driven way down the road. I can see the Hamilton/Ferrari relationship blowing up. They don't seem to gel. They left him behind Leclerc too long and ate up the tires a tad too much. Had they told Leclerc to let him by immediately he would have chased Antonelli ...

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The usual suspects would have a field day if Verstappen was moaning like Lewis did. What are you going on about? Verstappen always moans when things don't go his way. Pay closer attention so you can hear him complain about the tires, the brakes, the shifting… it's ALWAYS something when he isn't the...

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Judging by at least one driver call I heard during the race, "being ahead" instead of "far enough alongside" is going to take some time to get used to. And remember the previous compulsion to leave adequate space was never properly policed. NOw, that's not even necessary anymore. Accepting a crash ...

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With Max Verstappen, no longer in the best car, this is going to be a very busy thread for the year. I am going to say 100+ pages. When Max offers drivers the chance to crash of yield, I think he is due someone taking him up on crash and do it properly and maybe in a way they survive and he doesn't...

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