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Hamilton is ruining his own legacy - No Wins - 2021 - 2022 - 2023 and 2024 so far. No wins in 2021 really, how does that work out for a driver like Alonso? Alonso's teammate has not been winning races either. Ocon won a race, so you're looking to back up the original post, me personally I don't thi...

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Hamilton is ruining his own legacy - No Wins - 2021 - 2022 - 2023 and 2024 so far. No wins in 2021 really, how does that work out for a driver like Alonso? Alonso's teammate has not been winning races either. Ocon won a race, so you're looking to back up the original post, me personally I don't thi...

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Yep, I'd agree with that as well. Ocon has a sizable body of work in F1 at this point, and the vast majority of it points to less than optimal teamwork. The only teammate he didn't fall out with was Ricciardo, and that was probably just because Ricciardo had him firmly in hand in terms of pace. Gas...

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No, why would I do that? Just checking it seemed with the present Mercedes it's little more than being able to drive around problems. That is over 8 years ago. Are you seriously arguing that the situation is even remotely comparable? No I'm talking about today's Mercedes, what you see is struggling...

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Hamilton is ruining his own legacy - No Wins - 2021 - 2022 - 2023 and 2024 so far. No wins in 2021 really, how does that work out for a driver like Alonso? Alonso's teammate has not been winning races either. Ocon won a race, so you're looking to back up the original post, me personally I don't thi...

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Gasly races the same way, so I don't think you can really put the blame on one over the other. Much like with Perez/Ocon, it takes two to tango. When it first happened with Perez, I put it down to Perez. When it then happened with Alonso I thought "hang on, this is not new". Now it is happening all...

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It is clear that the correction regulations Red Bulls are struggling relatively more on street circuits. I don't recall that being a trait of the W06? Then again, there were less street circuits in 2015 as well, so perhaps it just didn't come to the fore. So you would also look to blame the Mercede...

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In Canada 2022 there were only a few laps early on when both Sainz and Verstappen were on the same tyres in clear air and in that time Sainz closed the gap to Verstappen by a small amount. Remembering that Sainz was almost always the slower Ferrari driver in 2022 it's reasonable to hold the opinion...

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What was up with how Ocon and Gasly fought? Ocon as usually did not give a quarter to his teammate. That often ends in tears. I can't understand teams wanting to employ such a driver, who appears hell-bent on beating his teammate above all else, even if it means crashing out. Gasly races the same w...

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Well, this is my take on it and we will have to agree to disagree. The data is not available to prove one right or wrong either way. What I see is struggling drivers, what you see is a bad car. Russell by all accounts is really no better than Albon and therefore one must assume he is not insanely t...

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mmi16 wrote: ↑
Fri May 10, 2024 2:37 am

pokerman wrote: ↑
Thu May 09, 2024 10:27 pm

mmi16 wrote: ↑
Thu May 09, 2024 9:25 pm
Remember - when a female is in a race - every male thinks they have bump her whenever possible.
Do they bump them in qualifying as well.
Every opportunity they get.

It's hard to take you seriously.

pokerman

In Canada Sainz qualified behind Alonso because he made a mistake on his final lap, which in turn also cost him time in the early part of the race. Still he was as quick or quicker than Verstappen once both were in clean air. Not to mention that Leclerc started last because of a penalty, a very win...

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No he was faster in qualifying as well the practice sessions just showing how he was dominating the weekend he was favourite to win the race. Are we talking just single laps from practice sessions? Or long run data? Because if it's just single laps, no one is really questioning the idea that Lecler...

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No he was faster in qualifying as well the practice sessions just showing how he was dominating the weekend he was favourite to win the race. Are we talking just single laps from practice sessions? Or long run data? Because if it's just single laps, no one is really questioning the idea that Lecler...

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mmi16 wrote: ↑
Thu May 09, 2024 9:04 pm
Feature that the VSC was called at the point when Verstappen was past pit in and would not be able to take advantage of it.

Like they waited for him to drive past but no none of the cars close behind him pitted either, we look for the VSC to be called at the best time it suits the leader?

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mmi16 wrote: ↑
Thu May 09, 2024 9:25 pm
Remember - when a female is in a race - every male thinks they have bump her whenever possible.

Do they bump them in qualifying as well.

pokerman

mmi16 wrote: ↑
Thu May 09, 2024 9:05 pm
Hamilton is ruining his own legacy - No Wins - 2021 - 2022 - 2023 and 2024 so far.

No wins in 2021 really, how does that work out for a driver like Alonso?

pokerman

I’ve just had a look at the top speeds clocked in qualifying at Baku 2019, and the difference between Leclerc, Bottas and Hamilton was nonexistent. Also you say that Vettel was the “slower” Ferrari driver, but Leclerc was still slower than Bottas when he put on fresh C4s while Bottas was on old C3s...

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In Canada Sainz had better tyre deg than Verstappen and was actually scheduled to make one fewer stop than Verstappen but the Tsunoda crash arguably ruined his strategy. Baku we never saw play out but Leclerc was in a great position. Ferrari should not have won Singapore because they didn’t win? Wi...

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Clearly the current drivers cannot extract a great deal of performance from the W15 and they were also struggling with the W14 and the W13. In my view the drivers are unable to drive around some of the unwieldy characteristics of the current generation of Mercedes cars. That leads to a downwards sp...

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I think his individual role on RB or impact on his future team is hyped way too much. I doubt if he could have a major impact anymore, let alone in a short few months... That's why Aston Martin offered him a 4 year contract worth £100M. That doesn't prove much. The annals of sports history are litt...

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Perhaps Mercedes is gambling that Verstappen can extract more performance from a fickle car and thus propel the team forward. You mean a team that seems to be completely lost it's just a matter of motivation, they are not trying hard enough, even Verstappen doesn't believe that, you're not going to...

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I think it achieves two aims, despite the split be amicable. Newey can't work in a 2025 challenger, so that championship will probably be in the bag. Newey can work on a 2026 challenger, but will be severely hampered by having to wait a year and then having to embed himself in the team and gel with...

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Let’s go back to what was originally claimed, Mercedes in 2019 had “competition throughout the season”: By a certain metric, it's arguably true. Mercedes in 2019 had a similar level of competition throughout the season, unlike Red Bull in 2022 (Mercedes was actually the slower car more often in the...

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He won 11 races out of 21 in a season where Bottas won 4 and comfortably finished second in the standings. He lost 4 races to Bottas and crashed out of the lead in Germany, that alone is 16 race wins, without taking into account what race results an inherently faster driver could have flipped. In 2...

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Apart from the four races that Ferrari won in 2022: Charles finished 0.5 seconds behind Max in Jeddah Charles was leading in Spain by 15 seconds when his car failed The less said about Monaco strategy the better Sainz was quicker than Max in Canada and finished in his DRS Charles was leading by 15 ...

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This is the problem, Ferrari being totally crap on one tyre (as in literally over a second per lap slower than Bottas) would have ruined any chance at victory. It doesn’t matter if they were reasonably close or even level with Mercedes on the other tyre. Would the Mercedes have been able to pass gi...

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The old system use to be:- tier 1 - the best(s) drivers tier 1b - not quite the best but good enough to be world champion if circumstance allowed. tier 2 - strong #2 drivers at top teams tier 3 - midfield drivers deserving of F1 tier 4 - shouldn't be in F1 So going by consensus of Verstappen standi...

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It's not based on Q2 times how could it be when Leclerc got knocked out in Q2, he didn't set a time, you have no recollection but you can make counter argument. You base a counter argument with no recollection of what what happened in Baku 2019 to say that Ferrari should have won 12 of the opening ...

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Apart from the four races that Ferrari won in 2022: Charles finished 0.5 seconds behind Max in Jeddah Charles was leading in Spain by 15 seconds when his car failed The less said about Monaco strategy the better Sainz was quicker than Max in Canada and finished in his DRS Charles was leading by 15 ...

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That is okay, Wheatley is not involved in designing the car. Operationally Wheatley is a very clever guy, you think that's not important? Relatively unimportant compared to the design of the car, yes. Also, a function that is easier to replace or recruit. Tell Mercedes that. It has nothing to do wi...

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The old system use to be:- tier 1 - the best(s) drivers tier 1b - not quite the best but good enough to be world champion if circumstance allowed. tier 2 - strong #2 drivers at top teams tier 3 - midfield drivers deserving of F1 tier 4 - shouldn't be in F1 So going by consensus of Verstappen standin...

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So Norris missed the pit entry as the SC was called and the SC missed Norris (I assume he passed pit exit before the SC did?). The SC then picked up Verstappen and effectively extended Norris' gap prior to him pitting next time around. I assume that the SC, having missed Norris, should have allowed...

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Miami F1A races weren't the best.. but then F4 cars on that circuit isn't a recipe for excitement. Looks like Pin is going to have more of a challenge than some predicted. Still only 2 events in. on to Barcelona. I haven't been able to watch Indy NXT this year so don't know how Chadwick is looking....

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If it's current trend then I guess it gets revised every few races.

pokerman

Miami F1A races weren't the best.. but then F4 cars on that circuit isn't a recipe for excitement. Looks like Pin is going to have more of a challenge than some predicted. Still only 2 events in. on to Barcelona. I haven't been able to watch Indy NXT this year so don't know how Chadwick is looking....

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Looking at it again I think you have too many tiers... Looking at the state of play as of now I think I would suggest something like Tier 1 - Verstappen Tier 2 - Norris, Leclerc, Alonso Tier 3 - Sainz, Hamilton, Russell Tier 4 - Perez, Hulkenberg, Ocon, Gasly, Bottas, Tsunoda, Albon, Piastri Tier 5...

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Now that Norris has made a big psychological breakthrough by finally winning his first race, I think he will gradually establish himself as the second best driver in the sport. I don’t have much evidence that Norris is better than Leclerc but it’s a hunch from the eye test, difficult to prove thoug...

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Johnson wrote: ↑
Wed May 08, 2024 11:51 am
I am asking, where are the times on the official site. Link please?

https://www.fia.com/events/fia-formula- ... nformation

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I just watched it again, Verstappen actually was losing more time than I thought to Norris. On lap 24 he was 9.5 seconds behind. On SC deployment on lap 28, the gap was 11.5 and it gradually grew every sector. He gained 2.0 seconds in 4 laps. Leclerc also gained 1.2 seconds in those 4 laps on Verst...

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