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Clearly the current drivers cannot extract a great deal of performance from the W15 and they were also struggling with the W14 and the W13. In my view the drivers are unable to drive around some of the unwieldy characteristics of the current generation of Mercedes cars. That leads to a downwards sp...

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Perhaps Mercedes is gambling that Verstappen can extract more performance from a fickle car and thus propel the team forward. You mean a team that seems to be completely lost it's just a matter of motivation, they are not trying hard enough, even Verstappen doesn't believe that, you're not going to...

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Mercedes built the Zero Pod concept with full confidence the engineers had a full grasp as to the performance they could expect, but once the drivers went around the track in the car they immediately felt the car was lacking balance and they communicated this to the team, but the engineers assured ...

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Maybe it is what Mercedes is thinking, because otherwise the amount makes very little sense. They're a sinking ship and they're desperate, signing Verstappen might also attract some Red Bull engineers you never know. Perhaps Mercedes is gambling that Verstappen can extract more performance from a f...

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https://www.racefans.net/2024/05/06/sainz-loses-fourth-place-after-penalty-for-piastri-collision/ I can't understand why they have gone for a 5 second penalty for this when the standard is 10 seconds even for much more minor things. Sroll gets a 10 second penalty for being along side albon and it w...

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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 no gardening leave then from what Sky Sports reports. This is an exciting phase for Ferrari coming up with Hamilton and now potentially Newey joining next year It's no secret that Eddie Jordan is a huge fan of Ferrari so he likely managed to work out that at his Age, after all he's done for Red ...

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We take for granted that Newey will either stay in formula 1 or retire, but there is another possibility. He could take his God given talent somewhere else. Here is a quote from 2014, when Newey engaged himself in America's Cup: "Newey has long talked about the America's Cup as a challenge that sti...

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This is awesome news. Newey definately doesnt fit in with red bulls bs, this is like Galen Erso escaping the empire. Newey has lived with a dark mark on his record since 1994, so all this spiel as if he’s above controversy or some extremely noble, almost divine being is horse manure. And if that’s ...

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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...

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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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IDK what the heck you're rambling about. You're all over the place and seem to be reading off random Wiki Pages or were suffering a stroke while you rote that. IN 2014 there is absolutely ZERO CHANCE Ferrri wanted Verstappen and to say otherwise is absurd. Jos "CLAIMS" that in 2016 Ferrari and Merce...

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Is it reactionary... Leclerc has generally been a better driver than Sainz but only managed to convincingly beat him over a season once in three years. Given the poor start means that it so far looks like it won't change in the 4th year It's a reasonable question to ask. Leclerc has lost a crazy am...

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No, I think it's an attempt by Ferrari to get the best team possible. I also think it might be a mistake. Now, I'm not about to suggest that Hamilton is at the same level now as Kimi in 2014 -- but to me, this feels the same as bringing Kimi in to partner Alonso at the start of the hybrid era. Ferr...

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Interesting from AMUS that Alonso has been offered a seat at Red Bull but seemingly Alonso is only interested if Verstappen has left the team, strange that Alonso would have less confidence of going up against Verstappen then Hamilton did. https://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/formel-1/f1-transfermar...

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Sorry but I disagree. Alonso is making Alonso look good and has done so for a VERY long time.
Nothing Stroll is doing has any effect on how good Alonso looks. Alonso is driving lights out in a car that on its day, at the right track is really decent.

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The presumption of innocence is a very important legal concept. It doesn't necessarily equate to an actual presumption by any number of individuals. Legally speaking, if a person was caught on live camera in front of a dozen witnesses shooting another person, they are presumed innocent until proven...

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I like to believe that one is innocent, unless proven guilty in a court of law. Whatever happened to presumption of innocence? I can see why rival teams will be rubbing hands with a whole lot of glee. They are already talking about people leaving, which if am honest, it is wishful thinking. Verstap...

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Is Tsunoda driving the Red Bull in FP1 at Suzuka? https://twitter.com/F1REAKS/status/1771786096260649335 That would be VERY interesting. Tsunoda has been driving that car lights out and has done considerably better than Ricciardo, and I wonder if he puts up times that are on par with Verstappen, Re...

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This is new: 1770165849401249888 It's been rumored that Farrari have offered Newey a ton of money to sign with them, and I "think" Newey might harbor a wee bit resentment towards some of the aero engineers that defected from his immediate crew at Red Bull to join AM, so perhaps he won't want to go ...

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Brundle rightly believes that Alonso's antic on Russell which caused damage to his Mercedes car & put him at risk as well, has burnt a bridge he was trying to make to Mercedes for the 2nd seat. Surely not another bridge burnt. Can't burn a bridge any worse than 2021 as a whole, much less the finale...

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Alonso would be the last driver Red Bull would hire. He'll create a mutiny inside the team in no time. As opposed to the mutiny already underway at Red Bull with Jos' jealous tirades because he found out he was enjoying Horner's sloppy seconds? And then Marko's public criticisms of Horner rather th...

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Some "rumors" are suggesting Ricciardo has all of 2 more races to prove his mettle against Yuki or he's out. Sad to think such a scenario could be true.

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UnlikeUday wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 24, 2024 4:02 pm

I've just read on F1insider that Alonso "will" be Verstappen's teammate in 2025.

https://f1-insider.com/formel-1-horner- ... ull-62663/

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On top of it all, Hamilton never had a car as dominant as Verstappen has enjoyed the last 2 seasons and seemingly this season as well. I'm sorry, but that's just not true. The only way the current Red Bull is even potentially better than the peak Mercedes years is reliability, but purely from a per...

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Verstappen’s performances with inferior cars in 2019 and 2020 are miles above Hamilton in 2022 and 2023 with a comparable deficit. I don’t understand how this is even remotely debatable. Verstappen won races in inferior cars also in 2016, 2017 and 2018, ah but his teammate also was able to win race...

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On top of it all, Hamilton never had a car as dominant as Verstappen has enjoyed the last 2 seasons and seemingly this season as well. I'm sorry, but that's just not true. The only way the current Red Bull is even potentially better than the peak Mercedes years is reliability, but purely from a per...

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An only 2nd fastest car which is not behind much and slow team mates help with that a lot. Last year Lewis had the 3rd best car which he brought to be the 2nd best after RB. 3rd best car in 2019 and probably 2nd best car in 2020. Both miles off as the fastest car. Probably by a similar amount to ho...

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The 2 times Max had formidable teammates in Sainz and Ricciardo he didn't beat them so comfortably and Bottas is every bit as good as both of them, and on his day with a car he feels he's gellign with, Bottas proved to be pretty unbeatable by anyone. Like Raikkonen, Bottas prefers a certain feel and...

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I don't know, I think like Ferrari, Wolff is a bit weary of taking on drivers too young, and my question in all this is, what about that young talent he's spoken so highly of that "should" have a seat in F1?!??… Mick Schumacher? I doubt it but it would be nice to see how he stacks up against Russel ...

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We shall see about that. Just be prepared to give Hamilton his props when he beats Leclerc. And if he doesn't? I'll be the first one to give Leclerc his due props, though I don't foresee that happening because I have a sneaking suspicion that Hamilton is going to shoot out of the gate running like ...

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We shall see about that. Just be prepared to give Hamilton his props when he beats Leclerc.

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The news that Massa has begun a UK high court legal action against 3 named organisations/parties regarding his failed WDC victory has changed my view on the entire process. It seems apparent that Massa feels abused by inappropriate implementation by the named orgs/peeps of the then current regulati...

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I htimk Red Bull need to fire Jos Verstappen from… Oh wait, he's not an employee and he could easily have his paddock pass revoked, and even if his son applies for one for him, Red Bull can have him banned from entering any of their spaces, and I think that's th emost sensible thing. There's no rea...

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I htimk Red Bull need to fire Jos Verstappen from… Oh wait, he's not an employee and he could easily have his paddock pass revoked, and even if his son applies for one for him, Red Bull can have him banned from entering any of their spaces, and I think that's th emost sensible thing. There's no reas...

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My guess is, he's been at best an awful human to a colleague and at worst made inappropriate advances towards a colleague. With the latter being in some fuzzy grey area and not clear enough to classify as incorrect conduct. By their policy, neither classify as gross misconduct but at the same time ...

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This all began because a comment along the lines of if Horner was found guilty of Hornball behavior that she should take him for everything he's got.

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I appreciate you taking the time to share all of that but 2 things… I know this will kick this topic completely into the weeds but I find your view of your marriage extremely hard to read. A marriage is as close to a business as one can get without directly forming a company. You both bring capital...

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I've always been intrigued by the power dynamic of that team. Horner is supposed to be the team principal of RB but I get the impression that every now & then Marko comes in & undermines him slightly. To me, unlike Wolff, Brown, Vassuer etc, I've never seen Horner as the clear #1 at RB. How many ti...

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