RBs one weakness seems to be in dirty air. Aside from the obvious that must be why Max is so cutthroat on getting pole and building a 1st lap cushion every race.Paolo_Lasardi wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 1:01 pm... and he did it!
RB should hire him if they want the clean sweep. Perez, on the other hand, ...
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- Sun Mar 24, 2024 3:38 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread
- Replies: 488
- Views: 8798
Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 5:33 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread
- Replies: 488
- Views: 8798
Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread
Tsunoda has had a superb weekend. Only 3 seconds behind Stroll in the faster Aston Martin. Yes been very strong indeed Not really. He basically dropped 2 places if you don't consider the 3 DNF cars. Meanwhile Ric improved 3 places, but that's not really good considering where the car should have st...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:08 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
- Replies: 278
- Views: 5499
Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
both slower than their Q2 times, so I don't think they were trying that hard. Danny Ric really is done. His deleted lap was still slower than Yuki's.TheGiantHogweed wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:05 amsainz really impressive today.
Alonso half a second off stroll certainly not a common sight!
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:23 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
- Replies: 278
- Views: 5499
Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Apparently Mercedes are lost with the car and are going to be experimenting on the first day, we seem to be back to 2021. I wonder what happened with: - Elliot being sidelined because it was his fault that the car was bad. - Hamilton getting his wish for Mercedes to design a Red Bull lookalike car....
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:02 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
- Replies: 278
- Views: 5499
Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
If Williams can't get a chassis to the GP in 3 days time that probably means they don't have a spare one period? Wow, even Haas going thru Grosjean, Mazepin and Mick has not had a DNS since 2016. They should consider selling the team.
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:22 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
- Replies: 461
- Views: 28237
Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
In another twist to the story the accuser is appealing according to the BBC. I know 90%+ of fans agree with Horner and just want this story to disappear but it seems it won't, yet anyway. When I was sacked from a job under unreasonable circumstances a lifetime ago I too appealed and won after it wa...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 11:40 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
- Replies: 461
- Views: 28237
Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
I must admit, it was a great play by Marko setting up the honeytrap and the woman got a massive payday. Horner's response showed he is a survivor. But in the long run, as soon as RB stops being competitive, they'll no longer have a reason to keep him.
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 4:54 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
- Replies: 461
- Views: 28237
Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
Without some context/a statement from Red Bull, that is really not a good look for them (Red Bull). Red Bull is heading for a PR disaster of cosmic scale. This is almost unbelievable. An extremely successfull and professional company throwing their reputation down the drain by acting as if MeToo ne...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 7:49 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
- Replies: 461
- Views: 28237
Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
Question marks growing on how the texts get leaked to the Dutch press from someone inside the team, that's a big problem as well It kind of proves that someone senior in Redbull wants him gone. None of the lower staff would dare as I imagine the list of names with access is both short and traceable...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 4:59 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Calling it now: Hamilton's records will never be broken
- Replies: 214
- Views: 28111
Re: Calling it now: Hamilton's records will never be broken
Crazy how fast things can change. To be honest, I am still not counting out the idea of Red Bull having a disastrous 2026 engine and Verstappen retiring early (instead of moving a works team like Mercedes, Ferrari or Aston Honda). Of course, it's also possible that all these so-called retirement th...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 4:56 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
- Replies: 461
- Views: 28237
Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
Since Geri was affectionate with Horner after the GP, we don't know what kind of situation they have in their marriage. She seems unbothered by the texts
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 10:54 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
- Replies: 461
- Views: 28237
Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
According to the Daily Mail (I know), Jos is calling for Horner’s head because Red Bull will ‘explode’ is Horner remains as team principal. According the article Verstappen senior had a row in Horner’s office on Friday night. Horner believes Verstappen senior has orchestrated a smear campaign. Jos ...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 10:45 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix Race Thread
- Replies: 185
- Views: 7748
Re: 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix Race Thread
RB beat the 2nd place car by 25 seconds, nearly 6 tenths larger than the gap between 2014's Merc to RB. Unfortunately we won't have a driver rivalry at RB to make things interesting.
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:49 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
- Replies: 181
- Views: 8711
Re: 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
RB may have got it right but Ferrari is close. Lewis could not beat last year's undeveloped RB time.
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 4:51 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
- Replies: 461
- Views: 28237
Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
Lol why? Sorry for being one of the best TPs of all time, making you (the stakeholders) truck loads of money by making the Red Bull team one of the best teams in recent F1 history . Sorry but as much as I dislike CH (even before all this which only multiplys my distaste for the guy) I don't think s...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 3:44 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
- Replies: 461
- Views: 28237
Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
Why would he need to beg for forgiveness from Red Bull - honestly what did he actually do that was that bad from the company perspective? The biggest issue is its bad PR but that is not his fault it is the fault of the leak From a business/racing perspective, this will probably blow over. From a pe...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:55 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
- Replies: 461
- Views: 28237
Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
If those leaked conversations are true, Horner needs to be removed immediately, as no one who doesn't understand the correct usage of "your" vs "you're" should ever be a team principal. The person on the other end of the texts should also be fired for the same reason.
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 4:57 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
- Replies: 461
- Views: 28237
Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
It sounds like the original accusations of Horner acting in a controlling manner, if true, was not a serious enough offense to remove him from his position. The rumors of sexual misconduct and offers of a huge settlement appear to most likely be completely false. If I were Horner I would be suing th...
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 10:49 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2024 F1 Pre-Season Testing Thread
- Replies: 124
- Views: 8870
Re: 2024 F1 Pre-Season Testing Thread
The Stake car actually looks pretty nice on track compared to the all blacks.
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 11:58 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2024 Car Launch Thread
- Replies: 17
- Views: 751
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 12:33 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: So... who replaces Lewis at Mercedes?
- Replies: 323
- Views: 16941
Re: So... who replaces Lewis at Mercedes?
Nobody said that Alonso was declining you made the first comparison that Hamilton was declining but Alonso wasn't, it was only said that at 44 Alonso might start to decline. You can continue to make up a false claim, that does not make it true. But I have learned a long time ago that you will never...
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 5:24 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
- Replies: 461
- Views: 28237
Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
Hmm, if it couldn't be contained internally it's either serious mobbing/whatever it is or some form of smear campaign. Usually HR is good enough to resolve it behind closed doors unless the person went to their lawyer first. RB going public is usually a bad sign for the accused, even if proven inno...
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 2:46 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
- Replies: 461
- Views: 28237
Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
If true it is good that the employee is stepping forward.
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 6:09 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Hamilton vs Leclerc
- Replies: 300
- Views: 8613
Re: Hamilton vs Leclerc
Lewis has shown to be a master at adapting to new cars. I still think he's the fastest qualifier on the grid and his race craft is far better than Leclercs.
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 6:41 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Andretti Cadillac
- Replies: 181
- Views: 35517
Re: Andretti Cadillac
How could the Haas team have cleared all of the hurdles to enter, and Andretti Cadillac fail? We all have the right to speak up and let Liberty Media et al know how we feel about their decision on the Andretti-Cadillac rejection: F1Media@F1.com investor@libertymedia.com When Haas joined, the entry ...
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 10:48 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: So... who replaces Lewis at Mercedes?
- Replies: 323
- Views: 16941
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 10:44 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Hamilton to Ferrari for 2025 Season
- Replies: 472
- Views: 21240
Re: Hamilton to Ferrari for 2025 Season
Smart move to hedge his bet on both Merc and Ferrari. He's always wanted to go to Ferrari and now it's going to happen. If Merc has actually improved 2.4s this year he can fight for the title. If Ferrari beats them he'll be driving an evolution of that car in '25, and they should be competitive in '...
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 3:19 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: So... who replaces Lewis at Mercedes?
- Replies: 323
- Views: 16941
Re: So... who replaces Lewis at Mercedes?
Albon would be my choice. I think he's quick enough to be close to George so there won't be a huge performance gap like there was vs Max, but there's a chance that he might even be quicker. Either way Merc can win a title with these drivers. For Alonso, how old is too old? He seems to have gotten be...
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 12:20 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Madrid then... Thoughts?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5596
Re: Madrid then... Thoughts?
It reminds me of Long Beach.
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 9:08 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: F1 Gossip/Rumour/Inside news Thread
- Replies: 1531
- Views: 166042
Re: F1 Gossip/Rumour/Inside news Thread
Geen Haas is always blamed for not spending enough money on his team to make it competitive, but in an interview he explains that Haas is working very close to the budget cap. If that's the case it's not in accordance with the facts of the real world to blame Haas' lack of succes on a cheap owner. ...
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 12:52 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Michael Masi. 1 Year on.
- Replies: 2029
- Views: 137921
Re: Michael Masi. 1 Year on.
Masi gave us a new champion, the first for Max. But in hindsight, Verstappen didn't need Masi's help to win 2 championships and will most likely win another 2 more. So what we were really robbed of was seeing Lewis win his record breaking 8th title and it doesn't look like he'll ever get it now.
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 12:32 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: The best season performance from any driver
- Replies: 119
- Views: 6835
Re: The best season performance from any driver
The car was a beast in Max's hands. He was relentless in pursuit of dominance from start to finish. He didn't need to lead every lap, even the first lap. Whether he was starting P1, P2, P3, his starts were all amazing. I can't recall him having a bad start this season. He didn't even need to, but in...
- Tue Nov 21, 2023 7:41 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Worst Vice-Champion?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 5976
Re: Worst Vice-Champion?
Michael was 2nd in 1997. Frentzen and Webber would be the worst P3s. Perez has tried different setups to beat Max and this is why the car hasn't seemed as capable in his hands but it's the mental errors that's ruined this season. Frentzen is the official vice-champion of 1997. But yes, performance-...
- Tue Nov 21, 2023 4:14 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Worst Vice-Champion?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 5976
Re: Worst Vice-Champion?
Michael was 2nd in 1997. Frentzen and Webber would be the worst P3s. Perez has tried different setups to beat Max and this is why the car hasn't seemed as capable in his hands but it's the mental errors that's ruined this season.
- Mon Nov 20, 2023 4:58 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Thoughts on Vegas then?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1388
Re: Thoughts on Vegas then?
This had the feel of an actual street circuit instead of a parking lot track. Seems the solution to street tracks is to make the straights as long as possible.
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 1:19 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2023 Mexican Grand Prix Race Thread
- Replies: 179
- Views: 4421
Re: 2023 Mexican Grand Prix Race Thread
Yuki's pace before the crash was interesting. It looked like he was going to end up ahead of Ric. They seemed to have unlocked some potential. Unsure if it's due to the track.
- Sun Oct 15, 2023 5:48 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: This Is Getting Ridiculous. Felipe Massa is Looking At Legal Options Over 2008 F1 Title Outcome.
- Replies: 571
- Views: 32721
Re: This Is Getting Ridiculous. Fillipe Massa is Looking At Legal Options Over 2008 F1 Title Outcome.
P.s. Any chance you could fix the thread title using Massa's correct first name? Thx! Unfortunately there is nothing in the regulations that allow this. You must stop inventing.
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 9:53 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Red Bull's Checo Conundrum
- Replies: 517
- Views: 30348
Re: Red Bull's Checo Conundrum
I think that's a mistake. There's no doubt in my mind that he will secure P2 in the championship. He's had some poor drivers but unless he's had a mental break down, things will even out in the end. It's ridiculous to fire a driver for poor performance while he's still P2 in the championship and hel...
- Tue Oct 03, 2023 1:24 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Andretti Cadillac
- Replies: 181
- Views: 35517
Re: Andretti Cadillac
will Andretti-Cadillac make F1 "explode" in popularity in the USA? come on, no. will it draw more american eyes to the sport, of course. same as the netflix show that i have never watched. but many friends have, and ask me about F1 now that they watch the show, and some races. something they never ...
- Sun Sep 17, 2023 6:05 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Driver(s) of the day - 2023 Singapore Grand Prix
- Replies: 53
- Views: 2277
Re: Driver(s) of the day - 2023 Singapore Grand Prix
Lawson looks like a future champion.