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I'm slightly more bullish on Hamilton's decline than others are. I do think these regulations haven't been a great fit for Hamilton but I do think if he gets a pointy car (big if) at Ferrari then we could see the Hamilton of old. I suspect the consistency would drop at 40 and Leclerc would have the ...

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My methodology for scoring drivers in teammate battles is as follows: Qualifying Round exclusions: Did not participate. Reliability problems. Yellow flags. Round wins: Driver qualifies ahead of his teammate. Round losses: Driver qualifies behind his teammate. Driver runs out of fuel. Races Round exc...

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My methodology for scoring drivers in teammate battles is as follows: Qualifying Round exclusions: Did not participate. Reliability problems. Yellow flags. Round wins: Driver qualifies ahead of his teammate. Round losses: Driver qualifies behind his teammate. Driver runs out of fuel. Races Round exc...

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History never repeats itself but it does rhyme. McLaren still haven't fully learned the lessons of the 2010-2012 Hamilton-Button era. While it is positive that they have backed Norris for the WDC now, it's far too little too late. The team put the hammer down in Hungary to the point that Norris felt...

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Yes the one lap pace has gone it seems. Mark Hughes claims that the W15 doesn't have the performance in the slow corners with Hamilton's hard braking and V line rewarding more progressive braking and a U line in slow corners. It will be interesting to see if next year follows the current trend or h...

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It remains to be seen if Verstappen can keep his nerve in the pack when the WDC is on the line. Every other driver will know he can't afford to crash out so the tables will have turned. Given his recent irritability I'm not sure he'll be able to keep his cool if someone pulls a marginal move on him.

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t2jd1967 wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 28, 2024 6:04 pm
Let's be honest, Russell is only thinking about numero uno and nothing else, but then again most top drivers are wired that way.

Yes, and it's only because he's close enough for such gambles actually work.

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t2jd1967 wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 28, 2024 5:51 pm
Comedy gold! Oh wait, quick with that edit button! I swear I saw a bunch of sour grapes just now!

Oh well …

We both saw what I wrote. It was rather pathetic.

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I couldn't be more happy with the outcome of the race! Hamilton takes another win!

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I'm not sure why Hamilton offered to move over. Sure he was slower in stint one which was unlike him but he was much quicker than Russell in the final two stints and lost 10 seconds to the undercut.

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Told you Sainz looked rubbish

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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...

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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.

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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.

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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...

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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 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...

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Oh no. This feels like a bit of a mistake but props moving to Leclerc's team.

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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...

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KingVoid wrote: ↑
Sun Dec 10, 2023 9:28 pm
3. VERSTAPPEN, Max
2. HAMILTON, Lewis

Some posters I suspect will do a double take.

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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 (...

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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.

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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.

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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, ...

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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...

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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.

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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 "...

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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...

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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.

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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...

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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...

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