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by F1Tyrant
Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:20 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 122
Views: 3891

Re: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

Sainz was ill yesterday but still drove in FP1/2. Here you can see how visibly ill he looks but is sweet enough to sign autographs for fans. It always shocks me how elite sportspeople just carry on and push through illness. Is Sainz really that worried he'd be shown up by the reserve driver like St...
by F1Tyrant
Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:27 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Hamilton Vs Teammates
Replies: 22
Views: 2078

Re: Hamilton Vs Teammates

DOLOMITE wrote:
Mon Mar 04, 2024 2:08 pm
Ultimately it's results that count - so that's what I've done, you are of course free to ignore!
That's fair enough, just pointing out a significant confounder in the data.
by F1Tyrant
Mon Mar 04, 2024 1:03 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Hamilton Vs Teammates
Replies: 22
Views: 2078

Re: Hamilton Vs Teammates

I exclude DNf's so they have no impact. That is not strictly true because Hamilton was almost always ahead when either driver suffered poor reliability or crashed out. So actually you are reducing Hamilton's margin. There was 20 DNFs between the pair and Hamilton was ahead when either of their cars...
by F1Tyrant
Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:34 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Hamilton Vs Teammates
Replies: 22
Views: 2078

Re: Hamilton Vs Teammates

The Hamilton vs Button gap is hurt hugely by the distribution of Hamilton's and Button's DNFs. The theme being that Hamilton was almost always ahead when his car failed and Button was almost always behind Hamilton when his car failed. That said, no teammate had enjoyed the consistent advantage Butto...
by F1Tyrant
Thu Feb 29, 2024 6:27 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
Replies: 425
Views: 25660

Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread

The report from the Warren Commission was published in full. That did not stop conspiracy theories and it may well have fuelled them. I agree, the Warren Commission didn't do a good job and was prejudiced by the FBI and the Executive Branch. The conspiracy theories were in response to a transparent...
by F1Tyrant
Thu Feb 29, 2024 4:23 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
Replies: 425
Views: 25660

Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread

t2jd1967 wrote:
Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:56 am
Can powerful companies and people influence investigations? Of course they can. Does it mean that every investigation is therefore tainted? Of course not.
A opaque process will always raise more eyebrows about foul play. Judging from recent news, looks like we are going to find out.
by F1Tyrant
Thu Feb 29, 2024 7:06 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
Replies: 425
Views: 25660

Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread

This outcome suggests to me that any allegation didn't meet the threshold of either: on the balance of probabilities OR beyond reasonable doubt. However, these private internal investigations always give the outcome desired by the people with the most power. How many "fair, rigorous and impartial" i...
by F1Tyrant
Sat Feb 24, 2024 1:13 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
Replies: 425
Views: 25660

Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread

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...
by F1Tyrant
Tue Feb 20, 2024 9:40 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)
Replies: 336
Views: 30085

Re: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)

I must say KV has me convinced on the age factor. I always thought that the key was 4 years experience before you are fully developed in F1, but for most drivers their first 4 years is from late teens to early twenties or early twenties to mid twenties - the exact overlap that KV's age hypothesis in...
by F1Tyrant
Thu Feb 01, 2024 11:04 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Hamilton to Ferrari for 2025 Season
Replies: 472
Views: 20936

Re: Hamilton to Ferrari for 2025 Season

Oh no. This feels like a bit of a mistake but props moving to Leclerc's team.
by F1Tyrant
Wed Jan 03, 2024 7:17 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The top 3 performing drivers of every season
Replies: 53
Views: 11518

Re: The top 3 performing drivers of every season

I have to say I'm a little surprised you've given Hamilton the win in 2020. I'm also curious as to your rationale for ranking 2010 as you have. Kubica had a great year but I'm more circumspect to you giving the win to Rosberg. I think Villeneuve has a very strong claim for #3 in 2000, why do you thi...
by F1Tyrant
Sun Dec 10, 2023 9:37 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)
Replies: 336
Views: 30085

Re: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)

KingVoid wrote:
Sun Dec 10, 2023 9:28 pm
3. VERSTAPPEN, Max
2. HAMILTON, Lewis
Some posters I suspect will do a double take.
by F1Tyrant
Fri Dec 08, 2023 11:05 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Winning Streaks in the Lewis Hamilton Era
Replies: 259
Views: 18888

Re: Winning Streaks in the Lewis Hamilton Era

Amen ! And also nice phrase to decribe what is going on here... the thing is it is all perfectly OK if it was all sports fan talk but most usual suspects here wont accept that and say they are being all fair and what not... It's a bit rich for you to talk about intellectual dishonesty given the mot...
by F1Tyrant
Thu Dec 07, 2023 6:22 pm
Forum: Hall of Fame
Topic: Rank the Drivers 2023 Season Performance
Replies: 70
Views: 7117

Re: Rank the Drivers 2023 Season Performance

The Race website has ranked them: Verstappen Alonso Norris Leclerc Hamilton Albon Sainz Piastri Russell Gasly Ocon Tsunoda Perez Hulkenberg Lawson Bottas Stroll Ricciardo Magnussen Zhou Sargeant de Vries Can anyone do an EPROM metric on this? Either I'm completely missing something because I cannot ...
by F1Tyrant
Tue Dec 05, 2023 12:59 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Winning Streaks in the Lewis Hamilton Era
Replies: 259
Views: 18888

Re: Winning Streaks in the Lewis Hamilton Era

Oh I agree that overtaking from 2017-2021 was poor, I just don’t see the logic behind including 2015 and 2016 in that category. The cars were significantly smaller and lighter back then. 2015-2016 was peak whoever leads after T1 wins precisely because dirty air had started to make passing much more...
by F1Tyrant
Mon Dec 04, 2023 9:48 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Winning Streaks in the Lewis Hamilton Era
Replies: 259
Views: 18888

Re: Winning Streaks in the Lewis Hamilton Era

There were more overtakes in 2016 than 2022 despite one fewer race btw. I'd argue Hamilton lost more races to Rosberg and Bottas precisely because of the effect of dirty air. Verstappen blasting through the field and past Perez isn't because he's so much better than Hamilton was in a dominant car (...
by F1Tyrant
Mon Dec 04, 2023 9:20 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Winning Streaks in the Lewis Hamilton Era
Replies: 259
Views: 18888

Re: Winning Streaks in the Lewis Hamilton Era

JN23 wrote:
Mon Dec 04, 2023 6:45 pm
In what way is this? That you can push tyres more currently?
No, just smaller effect of dirty air enabling more overtaking.
by F1Tyrant
Mon Dec 04, 2023 6:42 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Winning Streaks in the Lewis Hamilton Era
Replies: 259
Views: 18888

Re: Winning Streaks in the Lewis Hamilton Era

t2jd1967 wrote:
Mon Dec 04, 2023 6:11 pm
So he was really looking for an even more winning formula? Yes, now that makes total sense of course.
The 2022 formula plays to both Hamilton and Verstappen's strengths in a way the 2015-2021 didn't.
by F1Tyrant
Sun Dec 03, 2023 11:07 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Winning Streaks in the Lewis Hamilton Era
Replies: 259
Views: 18888

Re: Winning Streaks in the Lewis Hamilton Era

I doubt Hamilton would have given up any of his 6 "easy" world titles in exchange for a closer field where he would not win one of those titles if the field was closer. It is easy to say when you are dominating the field and even easier to say when you are no longer dominating the field. Actually, ...
by F1Tyrant
Sun Dec 03, 2023 11:04 pm
Forum: Hall of Fame
Topic: Rank the Drivers 2023 Season Performance
Replies: 70
Views: 7117

Re: Rank the Drivers 2023 Season Performance

How would you rank Alonso, Norris and Hamilton? I'm still not sure I've got them in the right order :lol: It's no easy question tbh. What is better: P3 in the 3rd best car dominating your teammate, P4 in the 5th best car dominating your teammate or P6 on the 4th best car beating your teammate. By m...
by F1Tyrant
Sat Dec 02, 2023 4:39 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Winning Streaks in the Lewis Hamilton Era
Replies: 259
Views: 18888

Re: Winning Streaks in the Lewis Hamilton Era

I'm sure if you asked Hamilton if he'd rather race with a closer field and regs that enable easier overtaking versus the era of his actual dominance with a wider field but very hard to overtake, he'd take the 2022 regs any day.
by F1Tyrant
Sat Dec 02, 2023 3:29 pm
Forum: Hall of Fame
Topic: Rank the Drivers 2023 Season Performance
Replies: 70
Views: 7117

Re: Rank the Drivers 2023 Season Performance

I just can't see the Leclerc > Hamilton votes. They had similar car with similar level of teammate. Hamilton blew his away while Leclerc was less dominant (only better) than Sainz. Alonso and Norris > Hamilton I can see the argument as they were in vastly inferior machinery to Mercedes at different ...
by F1Tyrant
Thu Nov 30, 2023 6:46 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Winning Streaks in the Lewis Hamilton Era
Replies: 259
Views: 18888

Re: Winning Streaks in the Lewis Hamilton Era

SUMMARY: Hamilton seems to get outperformed by Bottas more often and makes more critical mistakes. The only wins that Mercedes cost Hamilton are maybe Monza and Russia 2022, although Monza he must take a good chunk of blame, and in Russia there’s a high chance he wouldn’t have won anyway. Verstappe...
by F1Tyrant
Thu Nov 30, 2023 2:00 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The best season performance from any driver
Replies: 119
Views: 6723

Re: The best season performance from any driver

You don't seem to understand what I mean. By turning into a car alongside of you, even if you are supposed to "have that corner", even if it is not your fault, you lose that potential race win anyway. What good is superior insight, if you're not using it? What you are perhaps overlooking is the pen...
by F1Tyrant
Thu Nov 30, 2023 10:38 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The best season performance from any driver
Replies: 119
Views: 6723

Re: The best season performance from any driver

I think it's sad some fans now see this as a 'normal' option. And in this specific case, risking your own car to risk your only chance of a win this season, seems very unwise to me. Perhaps Charles noted last year how Hamilton failed to retain his only chance of a race win in Brazil. It's not the "...
by F1Tyrant
Thu Nov 30, 2023 10:09 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Winning Streaks in the Lewis Hamilton Era
Replies: 259
Views: 18888

Re: Winning Streaks in the Lewis Hamilton Era

Unbelievably consistent driver + unbelievably consistent team + reliability + a little bit of luck = Verstappen's epic streaks. Hamilton's streak >4 breaks: 2014 4 streak: Beaten on merit by Rosberg. 2014 5 streak: Beaten on merit by Rosberg. 2016 4 streak: Beaten on merit by Rosberg. 2016-17 4 stre...
by F1Tyrant
Thu Nov 30, 2023 9:38 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The best season performance from any driver
Replies: 119
Views: 6723

Re: The best season performance from any driver

Exediron wrote:
Thu Nov 30, 2023 8:55 am
Leclerc fights him every time they're together on track. But it's true that quite a few drivers don't seem to bother.
There's fighting and there's "fighting". Leclerc made Verstappen's life quite easy in Abu Dhabi. I've yet to see Leclerc make Verstappen choose between backing out and crashing.
by F1Tyrant
Thu Nov 30, 2023 8:43 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The best season performance from any driver
Replies: 119
Views: 6723

Re: The best season performance from any driver

Verstappen is simply a freak. I've never seen this level of consistency from a sportsman for quite some time. While he has some decent advantages, in a car that has probably been W10 level of dominance he's just delivered relentlessly. Verstappen has an aura no other driver has: inevitability. Peopl...
by F1Tyrant
Mon Nov 20, 2023 9:27 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The Official Charles Leclerc Thread
Replies: 254
Views: 106355

Re: The Official Charles Leclerc Thread

Leclerc is a very good driver and I still think out of him, Norris, Russell and Sainz, he is most likely to succeed against Verstappen. When he's on it, he's fire but there is a small question over unforced errors. However, I think it's better to make mistakes when you are blindingly fast rather tha...
by F1Tyrant
Mon Nov 20, 2023 9:06 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 4th in the WDC
Replies: 16
Views: 2914

Re: 4th in the WDC

Sainz's ability to hoover up points is quite something. Leclerc's probably still been the better performer this year by the same margin he was in 2021 but will now be losing 2-1 in seasons when he arguably hasn't been outperformed in any of them. I still think that of the new generation Leclerc has ...
by F1Tyrant
Sun Nov 19, 2023 8:11 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The second best car debate
Replies: 115
Views: 10325

Re: The second best car debate

Ferrari has looked mega since Mexico. I think Hamilton has done very well to lock in P3 with a race to spare in probably the 3rd best car on average.
by F1Tyrant
Tue Nov 07, 2023 2:21 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Ocon vs Gasly
Replies: 62
Views: 8591

Re: Ocon vs Gasly

Annoyingly Gasly looks to have a handle on Ocon which is another feather in Verstappen's bow (although, I doubt Gasly was at his best in 2019).
by F1Tyrant
Wed Nov 01, 2023 7:16 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Anyone still on here from 9 years ago?!
Replies: 355
Views: 71382

Re: Anyone still on here from 9 years ago?!

I'm still ticking. 11 years and counting but trying to keep my interventions brief and targeted.
by F1Tyrant
Mon Oct 30, 2023 6:04 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The Official Sir Lewis Hamilton thread
Replies: 5307
Views: 1347393

Re: The Official Sir Lewis Hamilton thread

Wasn't Hamilton's 'disastrous start' largely down to Mercedes playing around with new ideas on a pretty uncompetitive car in early 2022 and Hamilton being the guinea-pig for these in those races? I think this is a little overstated tbh. Hamilton did carry extra sensors (worth a few kilos) in Austra...
by F1Tyrant
Sun Oct 29, 2023 9:29 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The second best car debate
Replies: 115
Views: 10325

Re: The second best car debate

Exediron wrote:
Sun Oct 29, 2023 9:04 am
Oh, it's very possible to do... as long as the dragging direction is downwards! :o
:lol:
by F1Tyrant
Sun Oct 29, 2023 8:49 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The second best car debate
Replies: 115
Views: 10325

Re: The second best car debate

That's an interesting way to put it; I'm going to borrow this for debates at my local karting club if you don't mind ;) I think the a "drivers are the problem" approach make a whole lot more sense than "x driver makes the difference to the car". The laws of physics dictate the ultimate pace of the ...
by F1Tyrant
Sun Oct 29, 2023 7:39 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The Official Sir Lewis Hamilton thread
Replies: 5307
Views: 1347393

Re: The Official Sir Lewis Hamilton thread

Is it worth going back through the last few pages and spinning off a few ideas into separate threads? This thread departed from the rules almost immediately after it was bumped.
by F1Tyrant
Sun Oct 29, 2023 7:31 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The second best car debate
Replies: 115
Views: 10325

Re: The second best car debate

Drivers are always an impairment on the pure car performance. In the USA, I'd say that there was almost nothing between McLaren and Mercedes as I feel Norris was a marginally bigger impairment to his McLaren than Hamilton was to his Mercedes.
by F1Tyrant
Mon Oct 23, 2023 9:36 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The Official Sir Lewis Hamilton thread
Replies: 5307
Views: 1347393

Re: The Official Sir Lewis Hamilton thread

Bit in bold; demonstrably untrue as multiple people have said over the years that he was one of the most adaptable drivers out there. Part of this also made him fairly useless for testing as he used to drive around the car issues, while drivers such as Irvine and Barrichello (probably one of the be...