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rbirules wrote: ↑
Mon May 06, 2024 2:22 pm

Wasn't sure if this should go here or in the silly season thread. Looks like RB is plugging the hole and making sure Newey's departure doesn't lead to a mass exodus.

However I've heard that Jonathan Wheatley is looking to leave.

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Ferrari prior to TD039 was as fast as Red Bull, which they never were in 2019 relative to Mercedes for more than a few races. Races that Ferrari won and should have won, Bahrain, Baku, Canada, Austria , Spa, Italy, Singapore, Russia. Then throw in Red Bull, Austria, Hungary, Brazil. You call that a...

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Factoring out reliability it likely was the best car up until Spa. I don't think that's a particularly far out opinion. Could have won 12 out of the first 13 races? Factoring out reliability, yes, they could have won 12 of 13. Which races were Ferrari not competitive on pace? Imola is about the onl...

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Luckiest win in a long time. Perfect SC timing. Lets see if he can win one on merit now one day The fastest driver in the race, Lando's sin seems to be winning the race. Lando can be both the fastest driver and having had a massive slice of luck in order to win. I don't think anyone is begrudging L...

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Races that Ferrari won or should have in 2022: - 12 of the first 13 with the only exception being Imola and maybe Miami - Singapore if Leclerc doesn’t lose track position at the start You add Mercedes in Spain, Britain, Hungary, Zandvoort, USA and Brazil onto that. Ridiculous now you're saying the ...

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I meant the odds of him actually getting banned which can be two different things. Yeah, they'll now bend over backward to avoid giving him any more points. why would they do that? not a big name team or driver. race ban equals bearman in the seat They do it no matter the driver, Gasly would be one...

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UnlikeUday wrote: ↑
Sat May 04, 2024 1:41 pm

Is It just for one year though?

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UnlikeUday wrote: ↑
Sat May 04, 2024 1:13 pm

Well only being 17 and not allowed a super license would attest to that.

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You were say Exediron... It is hardly a good look for a series when the driver that wins each race gets embarrassed in a real F4 series, when it is their 3rd season in it. It just highlights the quality difference between the female series & their supposed counterparts. Just as Chadwick getting who...

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Isn't he going to be working on a Red Bull project? I can't see him going to any other team. When he left before to work on sailboats he returned to RB, so why not continue the challenge? That's him basically working out his 1 year gardening leave away from the F1 team, if all he wanted to do was r...

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What's the odds of that actually happening. There's still plenty of races left, so the chances of him getting 2 more points is high. I don't know what happened to him this weekend but is racing was appalling I meant the odds of him actually getting banned which can be two different things. Yeah, th...

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Ferrari prior to TD039 was as fast as Red Bull, which they never were in 2019 relative to Mercedes for more than a few races. Races that Ferrari won and should have won, Bahrain, Baku, Canada, Austria , Spa, Italy, Singapore, Russia. Then throw in Red Bull, Austria, Hungary, Brazil. You call that a...

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Verstappen had the speed straight out of the gate. What he lacked was consistency and he may not always have been able to extract the maximum from the car. But to say the speed wasn't there is incorrect, it was already there in 2014 when he was faster than Ocon. He was no quicker in qualifying than...

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I see the outrage over the safety car picking up the wrong leader has caused the forum to explode. Oh, wait, this is Red Bull at the receiving end, nothing to see here. P.s. Very happy for Norris to break his duck and he probably had the pace today to beat Verstappen on merit. Wasn't Norris going t...

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Magnussen has now accumulated a total of 10 penalty points. If he gets 2 more penalty points before 9th March 2025, he will face a race ban. What's the odds of that actually happening. There's still plenty of races left, so the chances of him getting 2 more points is high. I don't know what happene...

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Verstappen made a mistake and damaged his floor, otherwise he would have won. He threw away this victory. Happens. Whether that is true or not (not seen any news that indicates it), but the pace was not there from the start. Verstappen just could not pull away from the chasing pack and when he pitt...

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I see the outrage over the safety car picking up the wrong leader has caused the forum to explode. Oh, wait, this is Red Bull at the receiving end, nothing to see here. P.s. Very happy for Norris to break his duck and he probably had the pace today to beat Verstappen on merit. Wasn't Norris going t...

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Luckiest win in a long time. Perfect SC timing. Lets see if he can win one on merit now one day The fastest driver in the race, Lando's sin seems to be winning the race. Lando can be both the fastest driver and having had a massive slice of luck in order to win. I don't think anyone is begrudging L...

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Magnussen has now accumulated a total of 10 penalty points. If he gets 2 more penalty points before 9th March 2025, he will face a race ban. What's the odds of that actually happening. Extremely likely, 80%+ I don't mean in KMag offending again, I mean the stewards actually giving him a race ban.

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Mercedes - Hamilton, so off the ball. It was obvious there was a high chance that Sainz may get a penalty, so what do they do. Finish 5.1 seconds behind him when the entire stint Hamilton was glued to Perez's rear wing... clueless. As always but should not the penalty have been 10 seconds, we no lo...

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So happy for Lando. Looks like he made the right decision not going to partner Max. Never understood all the criticism he got for making that call. What he said made a lot of sense to me. Noone is beating Max at RBR. That should be obvious to anyone by now. Mclaren supposedly has a lot more upgrade...

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UnlikeUday wrote: ↑
Mon May 06, 2024 7:54 am
Magnussen has now accumulated a total of 10 penalty points. If he gets 2 more penalty points before 9th March 2025, he will face a race ban.

What's the odds of that actually happening.

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5 s. penalty for Sainz. I thought it was 10 s this season? Absolutely disgusting so he drops just 1 place and not 2 places that puts him 0.178s in front of Hamilton, the reason for investigating after a race is to manipulate the penalty, it just show the stewards can do what they want with wavering...

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Brutknort wrote: ↑
Mon May 06, 2024 6:20 am

UnlikeUday wrote: ↑
Mon May 06, 2024 3:25 am
Verstappen handled it better due to his God like skill set.

Indeed as he clattered into the chicane bollard damaging his car.

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Very happy that Norris is a race winner now, lowkey I think he’s the second best driver on the grid. Now he has thinks monkey off his back, I can see him winning a few races this year. I think he's second best purely because of Max's consistency (and Lando bottles too many Q3 results even compared ...

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I see the outrage over the safety car picking up the wrong leader has caused the forum to explode. Oh, wait, this is Red Bull at the receiving end, nothing to see here. P.s. Very happy for Norris to break his duck and he probably had the pace today to beat Verstappen on merit. Wasn't Norris going t...

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purchville wrote: ↑
Mon May 06, 2024 1:23 am
Luckiest win in a long time. Perfect SC timing.
Lets see if he can win one on merit now one day

The fastest driver in the race, Lando's sin seems to be winning the race.

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Red Bull 2022 had more and stronger competition than Mercedes 2019 at every stage. Ferrari were not a factor after TD039, that took away any competition. Ferrari prior to TD039 was as fast as Red Bull, which they never were in 2019 relative to Mercedes for more than a few races. Races that Ferrari ...

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I know that a theory goes around here which hypothesises that drivers improve in speed after a few years in the sport. In my view, that theory does not hold up, at least not for the very best drivers. Verstappen was quick from the gate, so were Hamilton, Alonso, Schumacher, etc. The speed is either...

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Red Bull 2022 had more and stronger competition than Mercedes 2019 at every stage. Ferrari were not a factor after TD039, that took away any competition. Ferrari prior to TD039 was as fast as Red Bull, which they never were in 2019 relative to Mercedes for more than a few races. Races that Ferrari ...

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Which is still noticeably worse than what Verstappen did in a comparable car (2023), and 2019 is worse than Verstappen’s 2022 (again a comparable car). If anything the 2019 Mercedes was definitely stronger than the 2022 Red Bull, and clearly more reliable too, and yet Verstappen finished with a far...

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Well I admire you're honesty rather than some passive dislike I sometimes see. :) I knew Hamilton when he was a kid (aged 10) in karts, from then on he was arguably, and then undeniably, the fastest driver in his formula, if IMO never the best. I was never a "fan" but always admired his on track pe...

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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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Well, there is another not implausible alternative of course, that of Hamilton and Russell being on a similar level. Whilst I am not saying that it is necessarily the case, it cannot be discounted completely either. Some posters are trying to have their cake and eat it, it seems. Similar level in q...

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Whilst I'm not sure absolute top end pace improves I think the race pace absolutely improves these days because F1 is now so much about learning how to manage the tyres through a race. Agree on the tyre management part. But if the speed isn't there on day one it will not magically start to appear a...

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You will remember my position that Hamilton is showing signs of decline similar to Schumacher at the end of his career. already clearly visible last year. The trend is plain for everyone to see, but you have to want to see it. I see mainly a decline in the car which can easily sway people. Hamilton...

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As I feared really.

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No penalty for Sainz then after damaging another car causing it to finish outside of the points. Thank you, I'll get on the games scores now. Don't tell the mods I escaped the games forum :-P Oops I should have put a question mark after that. :? Oh. Erm... pretend I didn't just post all the results...

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No penalty for Sainz then after damaging another car causing it to finish outside of the points. That is crazy. But it does show that the result of the impacts doesn't always decide on the penalty. Alonso got a huge penalty for what he did with Sainz while it was him that suffered, and Sainz got no...

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Bit of a snap judgement this. Well Lando won the race, with Mercedes what has changed, if Hamilton runs behind Russell he catches him up, if he's in front he drives away, first race where Hamilton has been in front apart from when his front wing was damaged. Which is Hamilton's fault. You can't go ...

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