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- Sun Apr 07, 2024 7:10 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2024 Japanese Grand Prix Race Thread
- Replies: 98
- Views: 5491
Re: 2024 Japanese Grand Prix Race Thread
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.
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:02 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
- Replies: 122
- Views: 5487
Re: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Told you Sainz looked rubbish
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:20 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
- Replies: 122
- Views: 5487
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...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:27 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Hamilton Vs Teammates
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2871
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 1:03 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Hamilton Vs Teammates
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2871
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...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:34 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Hamilton Vs Teammates
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2871
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...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 6:27 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
- Replies: 462
- Views: 37520
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...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 4:23 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
- Replies: 462
- Views: 37520
Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
A opaque process will always raise more eyebrows about foul play. Judging from recent news, looks like we are going to find out.
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 7:06 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
- Replies: 462
- Views: 37520
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...
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 1:13 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
- Replies: 462
- Views: 37520
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...
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 9:40 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)
- Replies: 336
- Views: 34762
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...
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 11:04 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Hamilton to Ferrari for 2025 Season
- Replies: 472
- Views: 21666
Re: Hamilton to Ferrari for 2025 Season
Oh no. This feels like a bit of a mistake but props moving to Leclerc's team.
- Wed Jan 03, 2024 7:17 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: The top 3 performing drivers of every season
- Replies: 53
- Views: 11658
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...
- Sun Dec 10, 2023 9:37 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)
- Replies: 336
- Views: 34762
- Fri Dec 08, 2023 11:05 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Winning Streaks in the Lewis Hamilton Era
- Replies: 259
- Views: 19466
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...
- Thu Dec 07, 2023 6:22 pm
- Forum: Hall of Fame
- Topic: Rank the Drivers 2023 Season Performance
- Replies: 70
- Views: 8692
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 ...
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 12:59 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Winning Streaks in the Lewis Hamilton Era
- Replies: 259
- Views: 19466
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...
- Mon Dec 04, 2023 9:48 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Winning Streaks in the Lewis Hamilton Era
- Replies: 259
- Views: 19466
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 (...
- Mon Dec 04, 2023 9:20 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Winning Streaks in the Lewis Hamilton Era
- Replies: 259
- Views: 19466
- Mon Dec 04, 2023 6:42 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Winning Streaks in the Lewis Hamilton Era
- Replies: 259
- Views: 19466
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 11:07 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Winning Streaks in the Lewis Hamilton Era
- Replies: 259
- Views: 19466
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, ...
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 11:04 pm
- Forum: Hall of Fame
- Topic: Rank the Drivers 2023 Season Performance
- Replies: 70
- Views: 8692
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...
- Sat Dec 02, 2023 4:39 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Winning Streaks in the Lewis Hamilton Era
- Replies: 259
- Views: 19466
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.
- Sat Dec 02, 2023 3:29 pm
- Forum: Hall of Fame
- Topic: Rank the Drivers 2023 Season Performance
- Replies: 70
- Views: 8692
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 ...
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 6:46 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Winning Streaks in the Lewis Hamilton Era
- Replies: 259
- Views: 19466
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...
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 2:00 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: The best season performance from any driver
- Replies: 119
- Views: 7012
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...
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 10:38 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: The best season performance from any driver
- Replies: 119
- Views: 7012
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 "...
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 10:09 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Winning Streaks in the Lewis Hamilton Era
- Replies: 259
- Views: 19466
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...
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 9:38 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: The best season performance from any driver
- Replies: 119
- Views: 7012
Re: The best season performance from any driver
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.
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 8:43 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: The best season performance from any driver
- Replies: 119
- Views: 7012
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...
- Mon Nov 20, 2023 9:27 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: The Official Charles Leclerc Thread
- Replies: 254
- Views: 107291
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...
- Mon Nov 20, 2023 9:06 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 4th in the WDC
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3000
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 ...
- Sun Nov 19, 2023 8:11 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: The second best car debate
- Replies: 115
- Views: 10576
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.
- Tue Nov 07, 2023 2:21 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Ocon vs Gasly
- Replies: 69
- Views: 11427
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).
- Wed Nov 01, 2023 7:16 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Anyone still on here from 9 years ago?!
- Replies: 355
- Views: 72608
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.
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 6:04 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: The Official Sir Lewis Hamilton thread
- Replies: 5307
- Views: 1363827
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...
- Sun Oct 29, 2023 9:29 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: The second best car debate
- Replies: 115
- Views: 10576
- Sun Oct 29, 2023 8:49 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: The second best car debate
- Replies: 115
- Views: 10576
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 ...
- Sun Oct 29, 2023 7:39 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: The Official Sir Lewis Hamilton thread
- Replies: 5307
- Views: 1363827
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.
- Sun Oct 29, 2023 7:31 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: The second best car debate
- Replies: 115
- Views: 10576
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.