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Finally caught up on F3 - watched final race last night. Wow. Couldn't have written it could you. But.... surely you have to look at the series format when wins are distributed Rank Driver Sprint Wins Feature Wins 1 Leonardo Fornaroli 2 Gabriele Minì 1 3 Luke Browning 2 4 Arvid Lindblad 2 2 5 C...

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Can we add Lawson please mods? viewtopic.php?p=957121

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So as he is on the grid for the remainder of this season at least, what can we expect?

Just a reminder of how he stacked up against Yuki first time around it was 2-1 ahead when both finished and av fin was 12.2 to 14.0 in Lawsons favour.

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RBR have Iwasa, Hadjar, Marti and Goethe, Lindblad, Tramnitz plus Deligny and a couple of F4 drivers.

Lindblad has been consistently impressive, Hadjar has his moments as did Iwasa, but I don't see the "next" Piastri/Norris etc

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I have no idea. I can't believe they can keep Perez, but as it stands there isn't an obvious successor. Some reports are suggesting that the remaining races for Tsunoda/Lawson are effectively a shoot out for the '25 RBR seat. Tsunoda has definitely now got some consistency to go with his speed, and ...

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Yeah, there were a few occasions DR said something along the lines of "it's my time" and I'm not sure it ever actually was. We had Vettels time, Hamiltons time and it very quickly became Verstappens time. And of course it's *always* Alonso's time.

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A place to say your farewells then. As a character he will definitely be missed, but as a driver it feels like he has been missing for a while already.

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These drivers are financially supported by F1 for no other reason than being a woman, meanwhile on the ITV coverage of British F4 on ITV, Deagan Fairclough who has just won a F4 champion unlike the F1 Academy drivers is thanking his family for working hard to pay for his F4 drive. There is a massiv...

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So where are you at on sweargate? Let the drivers show their emotions? Delay and bleep? They have a responsibility - keep it in check Personally, I think bleep. I think the in-car stuff is inevitable in the heat of the moment. Sat in a press conference though you have time to choose your words and s...

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Actually I see what you mean about the grid... quick check suggests that only Block, Chambers, Hausmann and Nobels could return. The rest will be either too old, have already done 2 seasons or will be promoted. Block has been great - really impressed by her. I could see Lloyd joining full time, alon...

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I don't think, assuming the series survives, that it will struggle to fill the grid. The bigger issue as time goes on will be the evident lack of "success" of the drivers who progress into the conventional feeder series and sink. And that's always been the issue. As with it's predecessor it can surv...

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Happy for Ella Lloyd that's great. I thought the wildcard was supposed to be a local driver - it's a long way from Pontypridd to Singapore!

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The lead drivers clearly do not push for the best time in Q1 and Q2. That's where you went wrong. I have never seen somebody compare Q1 and Q2 times for drivers that always make Q3. That is for a good reason. The only drivers pushing hard in Q2 are the drivers that usually go out in Q2. What your s...

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Piastri is shaping up to be an interesting driver. He has all the intangibles in spades: he's a team player when he needs to be, but knows when and how to look out for himself; he's a good starter, and his racecraft is right on that razor edge of aggression without getting into incidents. But does ...

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Piastri is shaping up to be an interesting driver. He has all the intangibles in spades: he's a team player when he needs to be, but knows when and how to look out for himself; he's a good starter, and his racecraft is right on that razor edge of aggression without getting into incidents. But does ...

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That was impressive. Great, controlled pass but to keep Leclerc behind for that long when you have that massive straight and DRS.... Nice work.

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Piastri job now is to get in between Max and Lando when Lando is ahead. I wouldn't fancy that task!

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IMO, Perez was overrated before his RB stint because some outstanding drives (some of them truly outstanding, some of them getting lucky with alternative strategies) overshadowed the much weaker standard of his performances. He never was more than an inconsistent midfielder. tend to agree tbh. Thos...

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Verstappen. Norris has to outscore Verstappen by 8 pts/weekend for the remaining events. For the last 5 races he has only averaged less than 4 pts more than Max (17 vs 13) so I don't see it happening, even allowing for the Sprints. On his current form (5 races again) Norris with an avg finish of P3 ...

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Anyone know if there's away to embed an image bigger than this? The actual image is much bigger. Unfortunately, not that I know of. This forum is rather stuck in the past, with what is now a small maximum size to protect it from images so large they break the interface when they display. The only t...

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Anyone know if there's away to embed an image bigger than this? The actual image is much bigger.

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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53986572163_2e35700af9_c.jpg So... Sergio Michel 'Checo' Pérez Mendoza then.. Perez v Kobayashi (+0.2) Some wildly varying results initially across their time together but level it out and there wasn't much in it, Kamui coming out slightly ahead. Always felt he d...

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Thanks EPROM. Hard to know what to treat as anomalies when you think about the data we are dealing with. The number will only ever be 1-22 or thereabouts so we won't get real outliers. The only thing I disregard are results where a driver did not finish but was still classified as I don't think as a...

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A very interesting analysis. Sainz is a bit of an odd one, falling short of the very best, but only by a small margin and can match anyone on his day. Perhaps Button-level is the closest comparison I can think of over the past 20 years or so. Going back further Jean Alesi comes to mind. Nico Rosber...

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A very interesting analysis. Sainz is a bit of an odd one, falling short of the very best, but only by a small margin and can match anyone on his day. Perhaps Button-level is the closest comparison I can think of over the past 20 years or so. Going back further Jean Alesi comes to mind. Nico Rosber...

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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53981044181_b39c81b8da_c.jpg Sainz vs Verstappen (+.6) Close. Verstappen edges it but it turned out Max was quite handy. Sainz vs Kvyat (-3.1) Sainz certainly had Kvyat covered but I was surprised the gap was this big. Sainz vs Hulkenberg (+1.4) This one surprise...

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What we saw in Monza was very revealing. I am not talking about the deflated body language displayed by Lando nor the missing radio instruction from the pit wall issuing team orders. Has Oscar got a clause in his contract preventing him from supporting his teammate? Mark Webber is his manager and k...

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We've seen it with other drivers like Kimi and Vettel, in the ever changing cars of F1 is it just lack of adaptability coupled to aging? I think it has to be. Assuming the driver is a relative constant, then its the car and teammate that change. And I do wonder if scenarios like these back up the i...

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Agreed on all that Exed. In 30 years of watching the sport I can't think of anything similar. On the RIC/KVY though, I agree Ricciardo appears to be the better driver but whilst numbers can mislead, they don't lie. It's worth going and having a look, it was very close between them and DNF's don't af...

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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53969681433_0206c5af5f_c.jpg number in brackets is the final difference in average finishing position The number is that teammates difference from the driver we are analysing so a + means they were behind. Example Ricciardo 19.3 to Liuzzi's 20.1. = +.9 (with roun...

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Ricciardo is indeed a very difficult driver to place. My personal take is that the 2014-2021 regulations suited him very well, and he was a legitimate tier 1.5 driver during that era. At the end, he obviously didn't gel very quickly with the McLaren car, but it was really how he went downhill in hi...

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I think it's a lesson learned for both Norris and McLaren. I do wonder if they had a "hold station off the start and first corner" instruction so Piastri figured 2nd corner was fair go! Either way, as Rosberg pointed out, if the team has clear expectations, give clear, direct instructions. Just sayi...

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So torn on this. I know Norris is in contention for the WDC and with the big cushion Max has, Norris needs every point he can get. So on that basis, Yes. But.... There are still 232 points available if my maths are right and Piastri did everything right to get himself where he was. So on that basis ...

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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53964399074_048e71c95e_c.jpg Ericsson +1.3 A clear advantage for Leclerc but I think Ericsson was better than he was generally given credit for. I don't follow Indy closely but I think he's gone OK there. Vettel +2.1 Oh dear. Proof of Leclercs potential or Vettel...

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Norris / Piastri What to make of this. Piastri is no slouch but the gap increased and then has stayed fairly similar for the last 20 races. I think it's more Norris really hitting his stride unluckily for Piastri. Piastri is going to really up his game to avoid being overlooked. Thoughts? Yeah,like...

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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53959644719_5dd034fb43_b.jpg I've done this for Verstappen, Hamilton and Perez so I thought I'd go the same for the rest of the grid. x = number of races y = Running Average of Race Finish Resets at each change in teammate. Norris / Sainz Well Sainz clearly ahead...

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Colapinto bringing $500k / race apparently.

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Colapinto is a surprise, I never even considered him because I don't know how he has enough super license points. He's having a solid rookie season now seemingly matching Hauger who initially looked like one of the favourites helped by it being his third season. I guess it's a good way of finding o...

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Colapinto is a surprise, I never even considered him because I don't know how he has enough super license points. He's having a solid rookie season now seemingly matching Hauger who initially looked like one of the favourites helped by it being his third season. I guess it's a good way of finding o...

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...but it's also an odd move considering the situation. Surely when a team makes a driver change mid-season it's because 1) the outgoing driver was coming with backing that dried up 2) the replacement driver brings more funds than the incumbent driver 3) you're considering running the new driver the...

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