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This is probably the hardest DotD of the season so far.

Most of the front runners were good without doing anything noteworthy.

I guess to answer @Eprom question. Different folk see it different ways.

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Lewis often starts slow during the season, that in itself isn't unusual. However..... I have a slightly different gut feeling about this. But.... he is far too experienced and good to be written off as past it after a poor run of form over a handful of races. I agree we should be waiting until the s...

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As a slightly different take to team mate wars (my favourite thread on here)- thought it might be fun to keep tabs of the DotD. Given we don't get reliable results on these polls down to 10, I'm going to tally the points based on the 90's scoring system for the top 6. If drivers are tied on votes, t...

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Vettel had a short peak, and when on it - he was spectacular.

but.... he looked past it for at least his last 3yrs in f1 and will have had 2yrs away.

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I did race until recently, albeit at a club level. When you are racing you rely so much on trusting other drivers being predictable. If they are, you just flow. You don't really look all that much in your mirrors, as you are just naturally aware - you do glance a few times a lap to see. Corners like...

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I reckon I've seen the careers of 5 all time great drivers in my time watching F1. I only seen the tail end of Prost and Senna so never lived through it to judge the whole picture. In terms of overall attributes - I'd rate them: 1) Alonso 2) Schumacher 3) Verstappen 4) Hamilton (Some daylight) 5) Ve...

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Alonso still has the race craft, awareness and experience. I do think that relentless race pace has declined a bit though. I think the same maybe true for Hamilton. As you get older, speed of thought slows, and reactions slow and errors creep in. In boxing they call it the "trigger", when a fighter ...

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It's significantly easier to judge the white line limit on a bike than an F1 car. You can see all of your wheel for a start and you're head is centric with the wheels. Problem F1 has we are policing track limits to the millimeter, and the drivers will push the limit to the millimeter. You see two ca...

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Personally feel that Sainz is under rated.

Sure he isn't an elite driver, but he is a guy who could get a WDC in the right circumstances. His race awareness, race management, and defence is amongst the best on the grid. He just lacks a tenth or two and consistency that the very best have.

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The 4 elite talents to break through in my years of watching F1. Schumacher, Alonso, Hamilton and Verstappen. 3 of them showed up in F1 and you realised they were very special within a few races of their debut. Alonso took a little longer, but it may have been equipment. Once he had a decent car he...

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I'm not sure I'd describe any top driver in my lifetime as being totally fair. Hamilton has a great talent in judging how far he can push into the blurry bit about fairness, whilst rarely going over it. This is a compliment of him, not a criticism. I think almost all elite level sports folk in indiv...

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The 4 elite talents to break through in my years of watching F1. Schumacher, Alonso, Hamilton and Verstappen. 3 of them showed up in F1 and you realised they were very special within a few races of their debut. Alonso took a little longer, but it may have been equipment. Once he had a decent car he...

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The 4 elite talents to break through in my years of watching F1. Schumacher, Alonso, Hamilton and Verstappen. 3 of them showed up in F1 and you realised they were very special within a few races of their debut. Alonso took a little longer, but it may have been equipment. Once he had a decent car he ...

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Missed that Alonso got a penalty til now. Very confused. Is the art of slowing down in a corner to reduce the car behind’s momentum dead? Or is it just stewards bashing Alonso for the sake of it again? Slowing down your rival is one thing, but Alonso behaved in an unpredictable and dangerous manner...

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Missed that Alonso got a penalty til now. Very confused. Is the art of slowing down in a corner to reduce the car behind’s momentum dead? Or is it just stewards bashing Alonso for the sake of it again? Slowing down your rival is one thing, but Alonso behaved in an unpredictable and dangerous manner...

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I think calling it a brake test is a little unfair, even if it technically was one. The spirit of what Alonso was doing, wasn't to brake test Russell in the way we understand the term brake test. I've no reason to disbelieve Alonso, his recount seems like what he was trying to do, and what happened....

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Did Maranello let the wrong driver go for 2025?? Carlos has beaten Charley in both races that he contested this year. Charles said today (Australian GP) that Carlos was faster all weekend. It will be interesting to watch the team mate battle at Team Red this year. The difference between the four dr...

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As a slightly different take to team mate wars (my favourite thread on here)- thought it might be fun to keep tabs of the DotD over the course of the season. I'll let the polls run approximately a week or to the next race. Given we don't always get results down to 10, I'm going to tally the points ...

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Not sure I'd call what Alonso done a brake check as per how we all understand it. He was playing a DRS game though, although I don't think the consequence was intended. It was a deliberate action taken to avoid DRS detection that caused a fairly major accident. Russell isn't totally blameless for cr...

Badger36

As a slightly different take to team mate wars (my favourite thread on here)- thought it might be fun to keep tabs of the DotD over the course of the season. I'll let the polls run approximately a week or to the next race. Given we don't always get results down to 10, I'm going to tally the points b...

Badger36

As a slightly different take to team mate wars (my favourite thread on here)- thought it might be fun to keep tabs of the DotD over the course of the season. I'll let the polls run approximately a week or to the next race. Given we don't always get accurate results down to 10, I'm going to tally the...

Badger36

A guy from a country with little motorsport heritage, and coming from a culture where the norms (and what's seen as acceptable) of conducting business/life are quite different from the west.... Controlling a sport that is predominantly based and watched in the west..... What could go wrong? I lived ...

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Obviously it's more interesting to have 2 drivers in a title fight compared to 1 driver in a title fight. Dominance is tolerable when that happens.

It's more interesting when there is multi-team competition.

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Don't know how to save it, but the stagnation (rather than dominance) of the last 10yrs isn't sustainable.

Advantages seem to get locked in and drivers get locked into seats.

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Which is the main time you will be looking at it. At least it won't rotate and shake. Obviously there will be a reason for it. But I've seen many instances where a flatspot ona front wheel makes the steering wheel shake so much that the display becomes unreadable. Why would it be less likely to sha...

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All will be revealed after Q3 I guess. That's the first point we can be sure the teams have shown there true hands.

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With the 'if they are legitimate' caveat, based on those leaks I can at least understand why he wasn't dismissed. Seems like it was very much a mutual thing up until a point, and then presumably one of them (her, you would assume) broke it off and it started becoming problematic. And again, if they...

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10-15. With other wins being split between 3 other constructors.

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Verstappen is one of the easiest picks on the grid. Perez will do a little better this year but it will still be a trouncing around 80/20.

Hamilton will be at Russell at around a 60/40 split.

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Not sure how this will play out but Tbh I think it's put some much needed grease on the driver merry go round - which had rusted to a halt.

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At 41 and joining Ferrari. It's a ballsy move from Lewis tbh, although maybe 5-6yrs too late. Although, even if it's a disaster, due to the mitigating factor of age, I don't think he loses anything much from a reputational lens. He can only gain if it's a success. But...... I'm not sure Hamiltons pe...

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Catalunya is a good track from a technical stand point, just not for F1 racing.

We have enough street tracks though

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It is no coincidence that 2 of the longest winning streaks came from 2 Red Bull drivers (Vettel and now Verstappen). The dominance of this team(operations, strategy, team dynamics, aerodynamics) is even superior to any kind of dominance Verstappen could have against any driver. I have watched long ...

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It is no coincidence that 2 of the longest winning streaks came from 2 Red Bull drivers (Vettel and now Verstappen). The dominance of this team(operations, strategy, team dynamics, aerodynamics) is even superior to any kind of dominance Verstappen could have against any driver. I have watched long ...

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Shorten the length of the cars by at least 100cm to bring them to similar length to a big car.

Decrease the braking performance to make braking zones about 25% longer

Simplify the aero. 2 element front wings.

Open the rules up a little more

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Who has been the most successful driver of the current drivers on the grid can be calculated/claimed in a number of ways. One way is to look at the results during their best season ever and adjust the score for number of races. In the following table I have defined a win as worth three 2nd position...

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Best thread on the forum IMO and it has become one of metrics I use to assess driver performance.

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Has there ever been an F1 close season with zero driver changes? A mild frustration that of drivers that have debuted since the hybrid era started a decade ago - hardly any have found their way into regular race winning seats and only 1 driver has found there way into a WDC capable seat. I believe t...

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I have no problem in saying the RB19/Verstappen combo is probably the most complete team and driver effort in F1 history. Been so little weakness shown. It's been so dominant, I don't really know where to rank it in the GOAT seasons other than saying it is up there. Other cars have had bigger pace a...

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I do think Verstappen from about 2020 onwards has been performing at a level that is right up there.

Where this season ranks, I don't know. He has been superb though.

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