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Hadjar and Lindbald promotion seems obvious since the summer break. Personally I do not think there is anyone in F1 that come with in 0.2secs off Max so I think Hadjar is likely going to be Max's next vicitim. But it is brand new cars and it should be same from everyone, if they put him this year i...

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At this point I really want RB to get competitive again, just to expose how stupid McLaren handling this... Sounds a bit like the traditional friction between managers and engineers. Totally the opposite I would say. I have known quite a few top-level managers and some are ruthless to a fault. Appa...

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denizer wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 11, 2025 8:47 pm
At this point I really want RB to get competitive again, just to expose how stupid McLaren handling this...

Sounds a bit like the traditional friction between managers and engineers.

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I'm fine with it. It's consistent with McLaren's handling of their drivers ever since they've had the best car: let the drivers race on track, and mitigate the effect of any team misfortune to the one ahead on merit. McLaren created the situation by pitting Oscar first despite the fact that he was ...

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elite are you watching the same races as me. lol one of them loses places at the start at the majority of the races and seems to bottle it all the time in qualy. the other got destroyed last year by that guy. i think norris is having a terrible season i think the pressure has got to him and its mak...

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Verstappen is peerless in F1 at the moment. With Hamilton and Alonso aging, IMO he is as far ahead of everyone else as Schumacher was in the late 90s/early 00s. Peerless at this moment. Yeah I feel like Norris and Piastri are just so far behind i actually find it difficult to get excited for their ...

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Crofty is so tedious. AGAIN confirming NORRIS GETS POLE. Then stuttering when realizing that Verstappen had not completed his lap at the time he said all this, realizing about 5 seconds after celebrating Norris on pole that Verstappen had beaten him. He is such an awful commentator. I was thinking ...

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Crofty is so tedious. AGAIN confirming NORRIS GETS POLE. Then stuttering when realizing that Verstappen had not completed his lap at the time he said all this, realizing about 5 seconds after celebrating Norris on pole that Verstappen had beaten him. He is such an awful commentator. I was thinking ...

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A) Piastri was ready for F1. B) Antonelli was not ready for F1. There are junior classes to prepare drivers for F1, Antonelli skipped F3 and only did one season in F2. I'm sure when University graduates start work there is a certain amount of catch up they have to do but they have their degree that...

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Piastri improved as most rookies do but it's clear his starting level was higher than Antonelli who is clearly struggling and it seems to be sapping his confidence, this also could relate to his age him being only 18, I believe Piastri was 22, you can't underestimate the extra maturity that Piastri...

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First time in a while I've had time to write something when this goes up, so here are mine: Piastri over Norris -- It almost feels unfair, as I'm reasonably certain Norris was the quicker driver throughout the weekend. However, he didn't deliver at the crucial moment in Q3 when it mattered most, an...

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Crofty asking Vowles one of the most stupid questions of something totally unrealistic that won't happen. He answers in a way clearly implying that he is just thinking it's another stupid scenario crofty is making up. Crofty does say some of the most inane things - pretty much every broadcast sessi...

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And Tsunoda ends up at Alpine alongside Gasly in that scenario. Honestly, I really, really want to see Palou in F1, and from Red Bull's point of view if he can adapt then he'll be an upgrade on their current options. But for Palou it feels like a terrible idea. Between the combination of being Max'...

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Something tells me that there's not a lot of variance (in the minds of voters here) in the rankings of the top 5-6 drivers. Top five I'd say, since (at least according to this poll) there's a very large and clear gap between 5 and 6, and several drivers close for #6. There's more variation this yea...

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Given who is available, it's the best possible option for Cadillac. They could've waited it out a little with one of the two seats but there is no guarantee that whichever of Bottas and Perez they delayed on would still be available, or indeed that any other driver who would represent a better choi...

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FWIW, my eponymously-named EPROM metric was a not-great 1.789, but the badness was all in the mid-field. For places 1-6, it was 0.333 (I gave Hamilton 2 places favorable, the rest matched the main opinion) For places 7-12, it was a pretty bad 3.667 For places 13-20, it was 1.25 Something tells me th...

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Well Hamilton's form is also a big worry in qualifying as well then. He is way behind Leclerc vs what Sainz managed and is basically as far behind as Stroll is behind Alonso. Just 0.008 in it. I wouldn't look to disagree with that even though I would question the numbers being brought forward, Hami...

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Just a thought; could they have started with a higher pressure in the beginning when the car was heavy and then drop it for later stints ? Could be one way to balance things out for Ferrari... I'd be quite interested to know (although I doubt we ever will) what idea Leclerc had that he thought woul...

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In the second-to-last corner, the car snapped at the rear on Alonso. If it hadn’t been for that, Alonso would’ve taken pole. https://x.com/DAZN_ES/status/1951669275892084872 Interesting. I am "not allowed" to watch this in my country according to X :lol: BTW, I thought you were new to the forum! 10...

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Plenty of surprises. Just where did AM come from today - just a hair more than 100ms off of pole time? First 6 places very tight!

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Well, I’m happy some of you like the format. Personally it leaves me cold and I can’t wait for sprint races to be dropped. But that is never going to happen, the sport needs “more excitement”. More excitement is generally preferred to less excitement. I don't particularly "like" the sprint format b...

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After Verstappen, Norris and Piastri and Russell, I found this really hard. Mainly because the rookies who generally are I would say exceeding expectations. Agreed. My votes: Here is how I voted in the poll: 1 Verstappen 2 Piastri 3 Russell 4 Leclerc 5 Norris 6 Hamilton 7 Antonelli 8 Hadjar 9 Alons...

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A myth? I never said heavier skeleton. I said wider, larger, skeleton. Prost has the waist/shoulders of a 13 year old boy. That’s determined by your skeleton size. He is freakishly small. In the bottom 2% for European adults without disability. He is also in the bottom 2% for F1 drivers. There is n...

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I wonder if it is the case from last year, Max possibly going away, or RB's bad performance of recent months . It may be a combination of everything I guess. The bits in bold are very likely highly correlated, and the second likely causal to the possibility of the first. Perhaps a shoe dropped rega...

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If this decision was purely performance related I’d be slightly surprised. [Edit] do we know for absolute certain he was sacked? the statement said 'released from operational duties', which leaves more wriggle room than the FIA rule book I'm far from an expert in this area, but when someone is unde...

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Now, that would have been a worthwhile plot for an F1 movie.

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I'm definitely rooting for Hulkenberg here!

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Ironic that the battle between 3rd and 4th is the most interesting here.

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Of course I can see a lot of people being tired of the Max Verstappen show. That is bound to happen with dominance. When it comes to one team with two drivers fighting it out for the title, that really only works when we have two drivers going at it with hammers and tongs and preferably when we hav...

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It's been a while (since 2016, right?) since we've had a serious intrateam competition for the WDC. That kind of dynamic is clearly different from an interteam competition. Perhaps it's really time to shift focus here? Promise of head-to-head in the same machinery is somewhat spoiled because these ...

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Wow; I haven't voted (and see little need to frankly), but viewing the results is interesting: the first 8 of 8 teammate "wars" provide exactly zero votes for the second in the pair (even Verstappen - who barely made one corner in the effort over Tsunoda). Wow, this is getting mundane, is it not? Gr...

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It's been a while (since 2016, right?) since we've had a serious intrateam competition for the WDC. That kind of dynamic is clearly different from an interteam competition. Perhaps it's really time to shift focus here?

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I just watched it. Not going in with the intention of finding as many things wrong about it as possible or expecting a deep thinking classic, I basically enjoyed it. For what it is -- a fun summer blockbuster sports film that's also an advert for F1 -- it does a pretty good job. The only things tha...

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I've signed up for tickets on the 29th at the huge 23x17 meter Udvar-Hazy Airbus Dual-Laser IMAX Theater near Dulles Airport in Virginia. It's a very impressive IMAX setup and I've seen at least a dozen movies there. The Air and Space Museum there is actually better (IMO), but that's me. An SR71, Sp...

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I find him to be very entertaining. :) I also find him to be entertaining. He is animated and enthusiastic. I just wish he was a little easier to understand. The other commentators do a very good job of getting their ideas across. I just wish he was a bit easier to understand. Well I have a bigger ...

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I have been listening to Davide Valsecchi for a while now and always find that it takes almost my full concentration to parse out what he is saying about the racing in his comments. His very heavy Italian accent is a bit much. I am a citizen of the US and don't need for the man to speak with a mid-...

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Oh, wow - not what you want to do here...

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You got it in one for a change. Hopefully I don't have to explain why, it is self-evident. It's a very low bar you look to set. No, because however these decisions fall, some drivers and some fans will always complain. At least with consistency, drivers and teams can start to act upon those decions...

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It seems you aren't even aware of what makes this discussion so difficult, and it's not me who is shifting the goalposts. It is the simple fact that the FIA did not make the new guidelines publicly available (*). Which in turn means you cannot prove your position any more than I can mine. As for in...

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What’s the point in the super license if the FIA can just grant an exemption when requested? Lindblad has enough points for a super license, the exemption is because he's not old enough (not for a few more months). Are you asking what's the point in an age limit if there are exemptions? If a driver...

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