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I think the fact that Albon was able to get onto the back of Hamilton suggests that the Red Bull was the quickest car in Abu Dhabi. The Merc lads were complaining of the car being unresponsive in certain corners losing time to the typically oversteery Red Bull.

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There's absolutely no doubt in my mind that a Perez/Hulkenberg team all season for Racing Point would have seen then comfortably third in the WCC. Over an entire season, Stroll jnr just isn't going to deliver consistently week in, week out. The truly worrying thing is that he got weaker as the seaso...

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That is also a 17-0 qualifying clean sweep for Verstappen over Albon. Thanks for the memories Alex, but it's time to go.

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Really, Racing Point should have wrapped this third place up by now, and credit has to go to McLaren for keeping it interesting. If McLaren do pinch third, than RP will have to reflect on the fact that since he stood on the podium at Monza, Stroll has amassed 17 points to Perez's 91 (yes 91. That's ...

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This makes no sense to me. Red Bull desperately tried to keep Ricciardo before he went to Renault. If they were all about protecting Vertsappen then that makes no sense. Red Bull have shown themselves the only major team to not be afraid of putting two top drivers together. And if Perez does beat h...

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There is a question of whether we really want dodgy Russia based oligarchs getting a foothold into F1, and this may happen as the Mazepin family increase their influence at Haas. Obviously Nikita isn't his father, but they do come as a package in a similar way to Lance and Lawrence. I think F1 team ...

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An overlooked aspect of this is the fact that Russell isn't an ideal fit for that Merc chassis as it is, and can't apply full brake pressure. Yas Marina is has some far more technical sections than outer layout at Sakhir and that would surely make it difficult for George to be competitive. The fact ...

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F1Tyrant wrote: ↑
Thu Dec 10, 2020 5:51 pm
Poor George...

But from a certain point of view, he got an opportunity that he didn't think would come this year, and proved a lot about himself. It sounds patronising, but in many ways that's more important than a race win. He's dramatically improved his negotiating position.

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I'm guessing Vandoorne is in for Friday as a "sorry we dragged you all they way to Bahrain just to watch" thing?

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They haven't signed Perez because they are waiting to see if they can poach Hamilton.

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Mazepin is a much smaller problem to society than Cancel Culture And this particular case shines a light on that really. People are trying to weaponize cancel culture against Mazepin here. Yes, I've seen plenty of tweets calling for him to lose his superlicence over this, or at least be kicked out ...

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If the woman's explanation is true, then it's a bit embarrassing but not unforgivable. With Mazepin, his reputation precedes him somewhat due to a litany of controversies and numerous examples of him not using his brain before posting/speaking.

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Ricciardo sounded very unimpressed with Mazepin's erm 'robust' defence. If a driver is coming to F1 without the pace to succeed, that's a problem that gets resolved quickly and painlessly. If a driver comes into F1 with no regards for proper driving standards and safety, then that's a bigger problem...

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Bottas has seen his nemesis in Russell. Russell has ticked all the right boxes. I'll be happy to see Russell in Mercedes next year already. One more year at Williams will be so painful to see now after seeing him so upto speed! I think the chances of Mercedes buying out Russell's Williams contract ...

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What kind of contract does Russell have with Mercedes, and when does it expire?

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Crofty should have been consigned to the commentary scrapheap when he declared Hamilton the winner of the British grand Prix... As he went down the old start/finish straight.

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I think a lot of conclusions are being drawn about a lot of things based on qualifying and one and a bit stints in the race really. Some have written Hamilton off as a fluke 7 time world champion, written Bottas off as a complete mug, and more on a very flimsy basis. We know Bottas locked up his tyr...

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Vettel can perhaps feel somewhat vindicated after his comments last week. He talked about Leclerc going for an overambitious move, and Brundle on commentary sounded frankly derisive and mockingly said how Leclerc was now three places up the road from Vettel as if the ends justified the means. After ...

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I think Mercedes would love another opportunity to compare Russell and Bottas at Abu Dhabi on a totally clean weekend and with Russell potentially even more up to speed. Bottas can try and justify Sakhir as an off weekend, but if he was to be beaten at Abu Dhabi then things could really get uncomfor...

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Schumilegend is going to be gutted when he finds out that Mika Salo was on course to win a race in the 1999 Ferrari but had to give it up.

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Even then he beat Button and wasn't an embarrassment like Valterri I'm kinda tempted to do a Barichello vs. Bottas comparison now, because I really don't feel Bottas has been that much worse. Pretty similar normal level I'd say. Maybe with Barrichello slightly ahead. The main difference I think is ...

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Huh? Make a good comparison atleast if you want to... Russel has annihilated Latifi unlike Bottas who regularly runs Mr. Fake 7 time champ close most of the times I'd have to say it's pretty ironic for someone with your profile name to call a seven-time WDC a fake just because he wins with the best...

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^ Well said.

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It will never happen but I would love to see Bottas loaned out to Williams for a race and Hamilton and Russell driving the Mercs in Abu Dhabi. I think we'd see a very motivated Hamilton to say the least.

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JN23 wrote: ↑
Sun Dec 06, 2020 10:18 pm
Billy Buxton seems to be suggesting good news re Perez 2021 on the way: https://twitter.com/wbuxtonofficial/sta ... 71648?s=21

Should I dare to dream that common sense is prevailing?

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Aston Martin / Point 's driver choice for 2021 looks more and more stupid by each passing race. Perez fantastic, Stroll shocking, Vettel nowhere. If RBR stick to Albon, it will be the same. Albon more than shocking. At this point, It would qualify as an act of cruelty to Alex give him another year ...

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The translation of Toto's Sky Germany interview. Toto Wolff when asked about the performance of Bottas today: "I need to talk with him and his crew but yeah he did not shine today." Brutal. It might turn out to be incredible short termism but I feel like today is the beginning of the end for Bottas...

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The translation of Toto's Sky Germany interview.

Toto Wolff when asked about the performance of Bottas today: "I need to talk with him and his crew but yeah he did not shine today."

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mikeyg123 wrote: ↑
Sun Dec 06, 2020 8:28 pm
What are these options for 2022 Perez seems so confident about? Got to be Williams I reckon.

Alfa Romeo possibly? Kimi isn't likely to carry on too much longer.

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Leclerc gets a 3-place grid penalty for Abu Dhabi. TBH he's needed disciplining for a while. He needs to cool down just a little bit. Other than that, outstanding talent and brilliant for F1, of course. I agree with all of that. There were a few times last year where he crossed the line in defence,...

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Bottas what a clown .. According to him he lost to Hamilton by “fine margins”... talk about downright delusional You seem to be drawing some ridiculously grand conclusions from a small sample size of date. Russell was impressive but in a world where the last safety car didn't happen, he was by no m...

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schumilegend wrote: ↑
Sun Dec 06, 2020 7:52 pm
Russel with 4 hrs of preparation would have blitzed the field lapping everyone if everything held steady .. This is a driver who is usually last and not even the brightest of the young talents .. what would Verstappen/Leclerc do?

Usually last

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Begs the question why should Mercedes pay a diver 50M when clearly they can save 70% of that money .. I’m sorry but if there was ever a car where the driver didn’t have to make much of a difference it’s gotta be Merc Look at the championship position of the second Mercedes in 2017 and 2018. The dri...

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Outer layout, but I really quite like the traditional one too. I'd be far from gutted if both got used every season. Maybe not the 2010 layout though...

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I've gone for Russell, Perez and Sainz. Sainz because he drove such a strong race and was really quite unfortunate with his VSC stop. It was a toss up between him and Ocon for that third vote. Russell looked very much at home leading an F1 race. He may have taken Hamilton's car, but he seems to have...

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It was certainly very encouraging for Russell. I think Bottas would have closed up to him by the end of the race, but overtaking might have been a different story. Although Bottas tends to fall away at the end of tyre stints. Obviously George came in on one of the most simple circuit layouts, and ma...

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I'm overjoyed for Check, but gutted for George. Russell will probably get disqualified too. The rule about putting within three laps refers to using different compounds of your own tyre sets. It doesn't refer to running with your teammates tyres. He proved his natural pace today though. It wasn't a ...

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I think Hamilton is overrated as a qualifier..What impresses me most is his race pace Absolute nonsense. Hamilton outqualified Alonso as a rookie and he has only ever been beaten by Trulli on Saturday across his entire career. Only man to get pole position in 2011 that wasn't driving an RB7. Has th...

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In qualifying Red Bull got 3-4 results in Tuscany and Bahrain. In races, a 3-4 in Styria and (luckily) a 2-3 in Bahrain. That's just nowhere near enough. Yes Ricciardo and Verstappen failed to share a podium in the entire 2018 season, but that was a year of really poor reliability for the team, and...

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It's tempting to take a guess as to what Hamilton might have been able to do here. Bottas had a messy Friday and never quite seemed to hook it all up today. He's run Hamilton close on a number of Saturdays this season, but this has the feeling of being one of those where he'd have been a couple of t...

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