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by pokerman
Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:27 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2025
Replies: 674
Views: 24993

Re: Silly Season 2025

Mercedes have passed on Alonso many times. In the past yes but reasons would be of Alonso's unsavoury history with Hamilton plus early on the past head of Mercedes wasn't a big fan of Alonso because of spygate and probably because of his general behaviour that year. Exactly. So you see why your com...
by pokerman
Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:18 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Japanese Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 86
Views: 2273

Re: 2024 Japanese Grand Prix Race Thread

I know I have corrected the record and you have as well. I'm not sure our corrections was accepted though, the way the member continues with it I would say probably not as he lists liegate as Hamilton pointing fingers at his team, that would be his team that told him to lie or at least one senior m...
by pokerman
Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:52 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2025
Replies: 674
Views: 24993

Re: Silly Season 2025

Mercedes have passed on Alonso many times. In the past yes but reasons would be of Alonso's unsavoury history with Hamilton plus early on the past head of Mercedes wasn't a big fan of Alonso because of spygate and probably because of his general behaviour that year. Exactly. So you see why your com...
by pokerman
Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:47 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Japanese Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 86
Views: 2273

Re: 2024 Japanese Grand Prix Race Thread

Which has now been cleared up Has it really I didn't see anything of the sort in respect to the specifics. I know I have corrected the record and you have as well. I'm not sure our corrections was accepted though, the way the member continues with it I would say probably not as he lists liegate as ...
by pokerman
Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:42 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Is Hamilton ruining Max’s legacy?
Replies: 693
Views: 43433

Re: Is Hamilton ruining Max’s legacy?

The relevance of the fastest lap is completely debatable, there is literally nothing to be gained except some on track time if you are chasing another driver. Räikkönen recorded 10 fastest laps and Heidfeld 2 fastest laps, does it really mean anything? It does mean something, if you know all the re...
by pokerman
Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:53 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2025
Replies: 674
Views: 24993

Re: Silly Season 2025

UnlikeUday wrote:
Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:32 am
Okiedokie....
Well they had to invent something because keeping him has nothing to do with driver performance, I guess we all know what the real reason is, meanwhile what a comfortable scenario for Alonso.
by pokerman
Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:49 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2025
Replies: 674
Views: 24993

Re: Silly Season 2025

Exactly that. Of it isn’t a problem for Ferrari, the team is not winning anything at the moment. Red Bull have the best driver and the best car. Why on earth would the team hire Hamilton? It makes no sense at all. You know this of course and still keep pushing the point. It just seems strange that ...
by pokerman
Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:43 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2025
Replies: 674
Views: 24993

Re: Silly Season 2025

And what about Ricciardo? Who you like to point out has beaten both of those drivers. Was he not rated higher than Bottas in 2018? What about Alonso? Mercedes, like RB, passed on him. For next year, maybe RB weren't ready to make a driver decision in mid-April. Or like Mikey had said, maybe they ar...
by pokerman
Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:41 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2025
Replies: 674
Views: 24993

Re: Silly Season 2025

Exactly that. Of it isn’t a problem for Ferrari, the team is not winning anything at the moment. Red Bull have the best driver and the best car. Why on earth would the team hire Hamilton? It makes no sense at all. You know this of course and still keep pushing the point. It just seems strange that ...
by pokerman
Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:40 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2025
Replies: 674
Views: 24993

Re: Silly Season 2025

Exactly that. Of it isn’t a problem for Ferrari, the team is not winning anything at the moment. Red Bull have the best driver and the best car. Why on earth would the team hire Hamilton? It makes no sense at all. You know this of course and still keep pushing the point. It just seems strange that ...
by pokerman
Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:38 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2025
Replies: 674
Views: 24993

Re: Silly Season 2025

Do Lewis and Charles and a long and intense rivalry that I'm unaware of? Has Charles shown, without a doubt, that he can win a championship? Seems to me the situations are different enough for it to make sense for Ferrari but not Red Bull. Leclerc, like Norris (maybe even to a greater extent), has ...
by pokerman
Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:39 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Is Hamilton ruining Max’s legacy?
Replies: 693
Views: 43433

Re: Is Hamilton ruining Max’s legacy?

One thing that bothers me about the Max/Lewis debate is that many of the arguments for Lewis being better are not actually based on skill, but on legacy. For instance, Lewis has won a title for two different teams. Max has never had a realistic opportunity at achieving this. It’s not like he has an...
by pokerman
Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:35 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Is Hamilton ruining Max’s legacy?
Replies: 693
Views: 43433

Re: Is Hamilton ruining Max’s legacy?

Just at face value that tells you the Ferrari was quicker because of the drivers involved plus you mentioned race fuelled qualifying but then are happy to take the poles at face value. In the races Ferrari had 13 fastest laps, McLaren just 3, this a period of time when fastest laps meant something,...
by pokerman
Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:33 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Is Hamilton ruining Max’s legacy?
Replies: 693
Views: 43433

Re: Is Hamilton ruining Max’s legacy?

Hamilton put the car on pole 7 times and Kovaleinen once out of 18 races. That is the same as the Ferrari drivers combined total of 8 poles. Still you maintain that the car was nowhere. Just at face value that tells you the Ferrari was quicker because of the drivers involved plus you mentioned race...
by pokerman
Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:26 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Anyone believe Ferrari signed Hamilton because Charles is a disappointment?
Replies: 34
Views: 748

Re: Anyone believe Ferrari signed Hamilton because Charles is a disappointment?

No, I think it's an attempt by Ferrari to get the best team possible. I also think it might be a mistake. Now, I'm not about to suggest that Hamilton is at the same level now as Kimi in 2014 -- but to me, this feels the same as bringing Kimi in to partner Alonso at the start of the hybrid era. Ferr...
by pokerman
Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:24 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Anyone believe Ferrari signed Hamilton because Charles is a disappointment?
Replies: 34
Views: 748

Re: Anyone believe Ferrari signed Hamilton because Charles is a disappointment?

Are we being influenced by the last 4 races here, before the season started I was reading things like Leclerc would dig a grave for Hamilton while Sainz had been looking slower than Leclerc season after season, why not this thread before the season started? slower (or at least "not as quick") maybe...
by pokerman
Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:16 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Japanese Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 86
Views: 2273

Re: 2024 Japanese Grand Prix Race Thread

One bash comment V one bash comment for every time you reply. Also, Hamilton did do a bad thing. That's just a fact. You should be pleased when looking for a bad thing Hamilton has done people have to reach back 15 years. My problem is how it was initially wrongly reported. Which has now been clear...
by pokerman
Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:10 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2025
Replies: 674
Views: 24993

Re: Silly Season 2025

Do Lewis and Charles and a long and intense rivalry that I'm unaware of? Has Charles shown, without a doubt, that he can win a championship? Seems to me the situations are different enough for it to make sense for Ferrari but not Red Bull. Leclerc, like Norris (maybe even to a greater extent), has ...
by pokerman
Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:04 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2025
Replies: 674
Views: 24993

Re: Silly Season 2025

We have been here before. What can Red Bull possibly gain by contracting Hamilton except a whole lot of hassle and a huge salary bill to boot? Which seemingly wasn't a problem for Ferrari, it has a bit of a feel of a driver being protected, no to Hamilton, Alonso and Leclerc it seems. Exactly that....
by pokerman
Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:59 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2025
Replies: 674
Views: 24993

Re: Silly Season 2025

Is it much of a revelation? Red Bull have taken exceptional measures to ensure they keep Verstappen in the past. It's hard to see a reason why they would risk losing him unless there is a better option. Neither 40+ Alonso or Hamilton are long term options at all let alone being better long term opt...
by pokerman
Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:59 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2025
Replies: 674
Views: 24993

Re: Silly Season 2025

We have been here before. What can Red Bull possibly gain by contracting Hamilton except a whole lot of hassle and a huge salary bill to boot? Which seemingly wasn't a problem for Ferrari, it has a bit of a feel of a driver being protected, no to Hamilton, Alonso and Leclerc it seems. Exactly that....
by pokerman
Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:56 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2025
Replies: 674
Views: 24993

Re: Silly Season 2025

Is it much of a revelation? Red Bull have taken exceptional measures to ensure they keep Verstappen in the past. It's hard to see a reason why they would risk losing him unless there is a better option. Neither 40+ Alonso or Hamilton are long term options at all let alone being better long term opt...
by pokerman
Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:55 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2025
Replies: 674
Views: 24993

Re: Silly Season 2025

We have been here before. What can Red Bull possibly gain by contracting Hamilton except a whole lot of hassle and a huge salary bill to boot? Which seemingly wasn't a problem for Ferrari, it has a bit of a feel of a driver being protected, no to Hamilton, Alonso and Leclerc it seems. Exactly that....
by pokerman
Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:51 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2025
Replies: 674
Views: 24993

Re: Silly Season 2025

We have been here before. What can Red Bull possibly gain by contracting Hamilton except a whole lot of hassle and a huge salary bill to boot? Which seemingly wasn't a problem for Ferrari, it has a bit of a feel of a driver being protected, no to Hamilton, Alonso and Leclerc it seems. Do Lewis and ...
by pokerman
Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:41 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Japanese Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 86
Views: 2273

Re: 2024 Japanese Grand Prix Race Thread

You realise if you didn't keep trying to defend him you'd cut the line of conversation stone dead. So just feel free to bash away, how many times does he have to drag up liegate, his original version being a false one at that. One bash comment V one bash comment for every time you reply. Also, Hami...
by pokerman
Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:40 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2025
Replies: 674
Views: 24993

Re: Silly Season 2025

No to a 40+ Hamilton and Alonso. There is no suggestion than Leclerc was available to them. Ferrari don't have an asset like Verstappen to ensure they keep hold of so it's much easier for them. I've now read the article and it doesn't say that Red Bull turned down Leclerc, however it's interesting ...
by pokerman
Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:38 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Japanese Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 86
Views: 2273

Re: 2024 Japanese Grand Prix Race Thread

Except for the bit in bold, nothing else is relevant to the point I made. As for the bit in bold, a grown man cheating because someone told him to do so reflects really poorly on that man. Well you know it doesn't really surprise me how you would keep on drumming up something that happened with Ham...
by pokerman
Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:36 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The big 6 then the rest?
Replies: 906
Views: 21546

Re: The big 6 then the rest?

I think Verstappen spent a few seasons as a rough diamond, which is understandable given his age. Fast but ragged. I'm thinking moments like the overtake around the outside of Blanchemont, and his Monaco debut (albeit ending in the wall), as things that got the attention very early in his career. V...
by pokerman
Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:21 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Anyone believe Ferrari signed Hamilton because Charles is a disappointment?
Replies: 34
Views: 748

Re: Anyone believe Ferrari signed Hamilton because Charles is a disappointment?

Are we being influenced by the last 4 races here, before the season started I was reading things like Leclerc would dig a grave for Hamilton while Sainz had been looking slower than Leclerc season after season, why not this thread before the season started?
by pokerman
Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:17 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2025
Replies: 674
Views: 24993

Re: Silly Season 2025

We have been here before. What can Red Bull possibly gain by contracting Hamilton except a whole lot of hassle and a huge salary bill to boot? Which seemingly wasn't a problem for Ferrari, it has a bit of a feel of a driver being protected, no to Hamilton, Alonso and Leclerc it seems. No to a 40+ H...
by pokerman
Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:13 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Japanese Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 86
Views: 2273

Re: 2024 Japanese Grand Prix Race Thread

Not in the same vein that Lewis has repeatedly done over the years. Pretty much since the start of his career if you're honest. When the going is good he's a great team man for the PR, but the moment things go south Lewis is quick to start pointing fingers. It's a pattern throughout his career, whe...
by pokerman
Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:03 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Japanese Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 86
Views: 2273

Re: 2024 Japanese Grand Prix Race Thread

But unlike Leclerc, Lewis throws his team under the bus every chance he gets. I bet Ferrari can't wait for Lewis' detailed car drawing for next year's challenger :lol: You don't hear the Ferrari drivers criticising their car, that's interesting. Not in the same vein that Lewis has repeatedly done o...
by pokerman
Sun Apr 14, 2024 10:52 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2025
Replies: 674
Views: 24993

Re: Silly Season 2025

Because he is a younger prospect. What would RB gain from getting Hamilton or Alonso ? RB is just doing the sensible thing. No need to spin it like Verstappen is making these decisions... What about Leclerc, the explanation from Horner about Hamilton had nothing to do with his age, it seemed to be ...
by pokerman
Sun Apr 14, 2024 10:43 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2025
Replies: 674
Views: 24993

Re: Silly Season 2025

Because he is a younger prospect. What would RB gain from getting Hamilton or Alonso ? RB is just doing the sensible thing. No need to spin it like Verstappen is making these decisions... What about Leclerc, the explanation from Horner about Hamilton had nothing to do with his age, it seemed to be ...
by pokerman
Sun Apr 14, 2024 10:38 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2025
Replies: 674
Views: 24993

Re: Silly Season 2025

Because he is a younger prospect. What would RB gain from getting Hamilton or Alonso ? RB is just doing the sensible thing. No need to spin it like Verstappen is making these decisions... What about Leclerc, the explanation from Horner about Hamilton had nothing to do with his age, it seemed to be ...
by pokerman
Sun Apr 14, 2024 10:32 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2025
Replies: 674
Views: 24993

Re: Silly Season 2025

Because he is a younger prospect. What would RB gain from getting Hamilton or Alonso ? RB is just doing the sensible thing. No need to spin it like Verstappen is making these decisions... What about Leclerc, the explanation from Horner about Hamilton had nothing to do with his age, it seemed to be ...
by pokerman
Sat Apr 13, 2024 2:33 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2025
Replies: 674
Views: 24993

Re: Silly Season 2025

Interesting if true and of course would make total sense. “Carlos Sainz has been chosen by Mercedes as Lewis Hamilton’s replacement for the 2025 F1 season, according to Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport.” https://www.crash.net/f1/news/1046710/1/rumours-swirl-italy-mercedes-have-chosen-lewis-ha...
by pokerman
Sat Apr 13, 2024 2:30 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2025
Replies: 674
Views: 24993

Re: Silly Season 2025

This seems a lot more likely to me - https://twitter.com/SportmphMark/status/1778726142565896375 Yeah It's believable amongst all the rumours and counter rumours, it does make you wonder why Norris passed the litmus test though, do they have to run it past Verstappen? Because he is a younger prospe...
by pokerman
Sat Apr 13, 2024 10:31 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Japanese Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 89
Views: 2557

Re: 2024 Japanese Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

The might have the 4th best car or the car might be better, but Mercedes and its drivers just can't get the setup right. When you start seeing comments such as "don't mess it up", there is clearly more to the car than just the result this is achieved on race day. It is funny how Verstappen and Red ...
by pokerman
Sat Apr 13, 2024 10:28 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Is Hamilton ruining Max’s legacy?
Replies: 693
Views: 43433

Re: Is Hamilton ruining Max’s legacy?

You are arguing about races that you openly admit to not even remembering...absurd. Hamilton won 5 races out of 18 in 2008. 2 of those needed rain in which the Ferrari pair drove poorly. After winning the first race, the Mclaren was probably the better car in 2 or 3 of the remaining 17 races that s...