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Verstappen, Russell, Alonso. What warrants Alonso a vote when stroll beat him without having any stops under VSC while Alonso did? Yes Alonso's strategy wasn't ideal, but from starting 4 places behind him, and missing a load of practice, Stroll still beat Alonso. Stroll did indeed do well today. I ...

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Will go for a more unusual lot this time, although one of them isn't. Verstappen - His overtake on Hamilton was superb, and he strategy wasn't the best, but despite clearly not being comfortable in the car, he was extracting so much out of it. Impressive performance. Russell - Problems again for hi...

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It was in a turn (aka a braking zone). Kimi tried to game the system (brake earlier, but then carry more speed through the turn so as not to lose any time in the sector) and didn't get away with it. It's not complicated, you have to slow down, in the area where a car is in a vulnerable position. Ki...

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Was the introduction of DRS really as a result of Abu Dhabi 2010? It seems quite a short turnaround for that race to trigger such a change for the start of the 2011 season. I would have thought it would have been agreed earlier in 2010. Yes, It was announced in June 2010. Long before the final roun...

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It's being said that if the Aston Martin upgrades don't have the desired affect then Alonso will look to set up a merry-go-round where he sees out his career at Alpine even though that would involve a pay cut. Sainz who is seemingly not over happy at Williams will replace him at Aston Martin which ...

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Thinking back on today's race - and this "regs" thread, I thought back to the (perhaps) arcane (and still quite relevant) driver skill of "managing tires". To me, that's a valuable skill - more so than "energy harvesting". To me, I can understand generally how a driver might manage tires - based on ...

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Russell still 1.2s slower than Antonelli. Russell does like Spa and has generally been strong here. This season, Kimi has either found genuinely elite-level speed, or there is an imbalance in how the two drivers are able to extract performance from the car. It is probably a combination of both. I a...

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I can't think of a better thread to post this in...

https://xkcd.com/3269/

If you're new to xkcd, you might not know that there's always another punch line in the "alt text".

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I think in the prior set of regulations it would have depended on how strong the DRS effect was to determine if Hamilton would be a sitting duck or not. As for the regulations themselves, something that I have asked on here before but continues to puzzle me. When the following car gets "overtake mo...

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Sprint race was horrendous. Hamilton was overtaken for the win, not because of an absence of skill, but because his battery ran out of juice making him a sitting duck. What makes it worse, is as a viewer, I'm given zero information to tell me what is actually happening. Drivers cruising though prev...

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I wasn't comparing him to Antonelli. He however likely will have got 3rd without his slow puncture and Antonelli was either 2nd or 1st. So he's gone from losing three points or ten points, ten in my view as Antonelli was so much quicker than Leclerc on the fresh tyres, to a gain of 18 points. That'...

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How about... One lap, everyone starts in a horizontal line? Like here? https://www.cyclenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Barstow-to-Vegas-desert-race-in-1989.jpg or https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=4985424311470478&set=gm.3125242634417817 (from 1971) ??? In these, there was one, very long se...

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Sprint race was horrendous. Hamilton was overtaken for the win, not because of an absence of skill, but because his battery ran out of juice making him a sitting duck. What makes it worse, is as a viewer, I'm given zero information to tell me what is actually happening. Drivers cruising though prev...

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I suspect race control told everyone they were going to g to do the lapped cars and finish the safety car before someone came running in reminding them of the correct procedure. I would like to know exactly when the lapped cars were released. But the tractor was cleared quickly though. Anyway MBS f...

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I suspect race control told everyone they were going to g to do the lapped cars and finish the safety car before someone came running in reminding them of the correct procedure. I would like to know exactly when the lapped cars were released. But the tractor was cleared quickly though. Anyway MBS f...

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Sprint race was horrendous. Hamilton was overtaken for the win, not because of an absence of skill, but because his battery ran out of juice making him a sitting duck. What makes it worse, is as a viewer, I'm given zero information to tell me what is actually happening. Drivers cruising though prev...

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Right now the only positive, for me at least, is the cars being smaller, they look far better. I will wait few more races before calling this F1 racing, or something else (Power Unit Trial ? Formula One Half ? Formula On/Off ? I started "following" motor racing in the mid-sixties, when racing cars ...

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t2jd1967 wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 03, 2026 5:20 am

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Thu Jul 02, 2026 8:48 pm
It seems that here - the "emperor" has no clothes. Interpret this as you may.
I am thinking of the "would be emperor" here. Interpret as you you may

Fair enough!

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It seems that here - the "emperor" has no clothes. Interpret this as you may.

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I know what’s being discussed here with the TV direction is specific to this year, but the TV direction has been poor for ages. We’ve regularly missed key bits of races due to watching a meaningless pit stop (this happened as recently as Miami) and just bad camera angles for showing what’s happenin...

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For the umpteenth time, I am not sure what you think you have proved here. When exactly was there a contract offer on the table from Mercedes to take up the seat next to Hamilton? It obviously never got to that stage, you look to say Wolff was never interested about Verstappen despite the fact he n...

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I think it's fair to say that we - as a whole - lack sufficient definitive information about the actual finances of an F1 team and how the budget cap actually works. That being said, surmising how teams approach the budget cap (and perhaps exceed it within the technical regs) is an exercise in specu...

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If I were a betting man I'd wager NOT to Aston Martin!!! :lol: What a woeful DISASTER!!! That team is literally outspending most other teams just as Toyota did, and just like Toyota, they seem to be tethered to a giant cargo ship anchor they can't seem to cut themselves away from. This goes to show...

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How do you know that Antonelli would not have beat Russell even with his penalty he gapped Russell by 1.4s seemingly in less than a lap, also Mercedes clearly looked to intervene in the second stint, when the driver behind is basically asked to slow down then I'm not thinking the driver in front is...

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Soooooo, if Antonelli wins the WDC (ot at least severely outperforms Russell in the eyes of followers of the sport), how does this play out regarding any driver moves? Would Russell become a pariah? Would it be time for musical chairs?

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Was it really that impressive? George did not even cover the inside line. It looked very weird to me and very not typical of George who is known to be fierce in wheel to wheel. He left the inside open and tried to squeeze Antonelli on the entry. Very amateur defense imo. I think it was more about t...

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Yea but at least Crofty isn't here. The BBC will go nuts about this for years on end about this though and claim how amazing British drivers are and probably half ignore the circumstances as to why Antonelli wasn't there. Why would the BBC go nuts? They don't show F1. Indeed and also perhaps ignora...

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I guess that's what you saw that he unfairly looked to highlight your friends post, some of us just look to post as individuals, why would he look to overlook and not criticise my post, we are not friends.. Hey Siao did you know we are friends? Observation, why get involved, why look to tell anothe...

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I'm thinking that Antonelli has a very solid prospect for the WDC this year.

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All British podium - TURN OFF SKY SPORTS NOW FAST Yea but at least Crofty isn't here. The BBC will go nuts about this for years on end about this though and claim how amazing British drivers are and probably half ignore the circumstances as to why Antonelli wasn't there. Why would the BBC go nuts? ...

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Great lap by Hamilton. You have to wonder where Leclerc's head is at the moment. The car certainly looks quick enough. Leclerc will never be world champion, I think that must be pretty clear by now. Leclerc's over-exuberance in quallies has been the substance of threads here for several years. He c...

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Common sense youd say is how do you get a penalty foe speeding without ever speeding. Simply not logical and the measurement method is so typical of F1 its not surprising at all Realistically they will investigate themselves and find themselves to be right, too messy to clear it up. Many measuremen...

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Where on earth did the 2 seconds come from? I don't remember many upgrades giving as much as 2 seconds during a season... May be they don't mean 2 seconds per lap, nor a single race, but a total of 2 seconds for the 17 remaining GP... That said, it's not an upgrade, it' a redesign. Which means they...

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Eventful! Great race by Antonelli, he is a force so far. What a shame that Ferrari's super-launches have been curbed, it would have made the last start interesting. I was watching a video about the pit-lane incidents, they got fines for going 60.1km/h... IThis is because they measure the time it ta...

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Based on the FIA’s ADUO assessment, Red Bull appears to have the strongest ICU component. But that does not mean its (it might be) the strongest overall power unit, because the FIA’s assessment is not a full power unit ranking — it does not fully capture battery deployment, harvesting, battery effi...

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Eventful! Great race by Antonelli, he is a force so far. What a shame that Ferrari's super-launches have been curbed, it would have made the last start interesting. I was watching a video about the pit-lane incidents, they got fines for going 60.1km/h... IThis is because they measure the time it ta...

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Bernie Collins made a couple of interesting points re the pit lane speeding …. Monaco is unique in that the cars at point of pit entry are going slightly slower than the actual pit lane speed limit. Therefore when they hit the speed lane limiter button the car actually accelerates up to that speed ...

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She thinks no end of herself by doing this & also snubbing Martin Brundle by ignoring him point blank... 2063920308365455478 That's just sooooo funny - Martin Brundle getting ignored/snubbed by the "famous" folks on the grid who don't know (or care) what his job is. I frankly have little respect fo...

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I don't understand how a driver of Perez' experience can accumulate so many stupid mistakes. As Cadillac, I would extremely annoyed that he binned this unique chance of valuable points. Given how Bottas struggles to get up to speed, I wonder whether Cadillac would have been better off with two youn...

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This - except for Antonelli so far - is a race of failures.

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