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I also think that the merit of making the one-stopper work are a bit underestimated. Certainly by Ferrari. Well there was no merit at all for Ferrari. They finish 3rd and 4th either way. In hindsight yes but a red flag or safety car could have brought him on the podium with a one-stopper so I don't...

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Terrible driving from both Norris and Piastri. Yet these are the two drivers fighting it out for the WDC. Not going to be a vintage year by any measure. I get it there are not as good as Verstappen, nice to see McLaren letting them race, good for the show, not sure where the terrible driving came f...

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I think it comes down to what you are looking for in any given sport. I personally much prefer greatness over competition if a choice has to be made between the two. But I am genuinely happy for you and those who enjoy the WDC between Norris and Piastri. We all can't get what we want after all. At ...

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Max surely be looking at his options right now. Any credible(?) rumors, yet ? First of all there are so many rumours about what Verstappen's exit clause might be, the latest I heard is Red Bull need to finish top 3 in the WCC by the summer break which surely isn't going to happen, this may also exp...

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1937921204473458982 Not looking forward to the battle of the has beens. It would be interesting to see who comes out on top. I doubt there is much between them. Both are competent midfielders and certainly Pérez' stock must have risen by dint of the performances or rather lack of those that have st...

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Not looking forward to the battle of the has beens. It would be interesting to see who comes out on top. I doubt there is much between them. Both are competent midfielders and certainly Pérez' stock must have risen by dint of the performances or rather lack of those that have stepped into the Red B...

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They have protested results 2 or 3 times this season after the race, it's clear why Palmer brought up his idea even if he may have pinched it off me. I only remember Canada? I think they also protested Russell not slowing enough under yellow flags/VSC in Miami, IIRC. Yes that went to the stewards a...

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I totally agree. I doubt however that we can find many instances of teams filling a post-race review more than 3 times a season. Truth be told, I haven't kept track. I think Red Bull are on 2/3 not sure which one. It is possible. Whilst Red Bull have been very vocal in de press, the only ones I can...

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I think the main ones are Hulkenberg and Lawson. Maybe Alonso too. I think Bortoletto's result is not as good as many are implying. As is often the case, first points and rare decent / good performances can swing the votes a bit. Hulkenberg after a very poor Saturday showed just how good that Saube...

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I think the main ones are Hulkenberg and Lawson. Maybe Alonso too. I think Bortoletto's result is not as good as many are implying. As is often the case, first points and rare decent / good performances can swing the votes a bit. Hulkenberg after a very poor Saturday showed just how good that Saube...

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Paolo_Lasardi wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 30, 2025 9:05 am
So, next one: put Paul Aron into the car!

I'm more impressed by what Aron did in F2 now given what Beganovic and Browning are doing in the Hitech car this season, he was battling with Bortoleto and Hadjar and they both seem to be doing quite well in F1.

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Do we get the best talent through the ranks? Well, we have Cordeel, Villagomez, and Shields in F2, we have similar examples of drivers who never won anything in F3. At the same time, Linus Granfors - 2024 winner of GB 4: out of drive Oscar Pedersen - 2024 F4 China winner: out of drive Linus Lundqvi...

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I think Red Bull are on 2/3 not sure which one. It is possible. Whilst Red Bull have been very vocal in de press, the only ones I can think of are the theory about tyre management (not a review I think so I don't think it counts as such) and Canada. They have protested results 2 or 3 times this sea...

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The penalty for ignoring blue flags is the 5 seconds. Colapinto was trying to follow the car in front to get the slipstream. Obviously he didn't no Piastri was there. Stroll on the other hand DID know he was racing Gasly. how can he possibly not know that there was a leader about to lap him? Are we...

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That is ridiculous. 5 seconds?? Stroll got 10 for doing basically the same to a driver who decided to drive into a closing gap. Colapinto was literally required to move out of the way, not push the leaders off the track. That should be a drive through IMO. It was dangerous... I think the difference...

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Terrible driving from both Norris and Piastri. Yet these are the two drivers fighting it out for the WDC. Not going to be a vintage year by any measure. Disagree with that strongly. I dont think either are properly elite tier drivers, but they drove well and giving a title fight. I think it comes d...

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mikeyg123 wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 29, 2025 8:27 pm

Paolo_Lasardi wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 29, 2025 6:46 pm
Cynics may say Antonelli did Verstappen a favour - so he couldn’t collect anymore penalty points and avoided the risk of a ban.

(Not meant entirely serious, of course.)
Same result as a one race ban anyway.

Worse because he's still carrying 9 penalty points.

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I think the difference is quite easily explained... Stroll moved across in an intentional racing move. Colapinto just didn't know Piastri was there. It is just that 5 seconds is basically the most lenient it can be. Drivers ignoring blue flags get much worse than this. He must have known that a lea...

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On a longer track yeah. On a track with a lap time of 65 seconds where your constantly in traffic it was always a big ask Norris did it last year to Max, closed down 8 seconds I think after the initial bite went out the tyres, the offset wasn't enough to make much difference between 2 drivers and c...

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That is ridiculous. 5 seconds?? Stroll got 10 for doing basically the same to a driver who decided to drive into a closing gap. Colapinto was literally required to move out of the way, not push the leaders off the track. That should be a drive through IMO. It was dangerous... I think the difference...

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Terrible driving from both Norris and Piastri. Yet these are the two drivers fighting it out for the WDC. Not going to be a vintage year by any measure. I get it there are not as good as Verstappen, nice to see McLaren letting them race, good for the show, not sure where the terrible driving came f...

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Palmer was referring to Red Bull's post-race protest specifically and that the only bar teams have to pass today is a deposit of $2k, which of course for teams isn't very much. So every team gets 3 reviews on any matter (I think) and would most likely keep the review if the team was right to protes...

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1937921204473458982 Not looking forward to the battle of the has beens. It would be interesting to see who comes out on top. I doubt there is much between them. Both are competent midfielders and certainly Pérez' stock must have risen by dint of the performances or rather lack of those that have st...

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Given current situation it wouldn’t surprise is this season’s championship is cut short 2 or even 3 races. Businesses big and small are putting travel restrictions in place for a suite of Middle Eastern countries, and governments and businesses are also putting advice/restrictions in place for the ...

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What is the McLaren pit wall doing? They rob us of 30 laps of a great battle by not immediately pitting Oscar after Lando in the first stint (with a flat spot) and then negate the tire offset by immediately pitting him after Lando the next time, and into traffic. I guess that first stint was too mu...

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What is the McLaren pit wall doing? They rob us of 30 laps of a great battle by not immediately pitting Oscar after Lando in the first stint (with a flat spot) and then negate the tire offset by immediately pitting him after Lando the next time, and into traffic. I guess that first stint was too mu...

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t2jd1967 wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 26, 2025 8:40 am

UnlikeUday wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 26, 2025 2:36 am

Not looking forward to the battle of the has beens.

It would be interesting to see who comes out on top.

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Given current situation it wouldn’t surprise is this season’s championship is cut short 2 or even 3 races. Businesses big and small are putting travel restrictions in place for a suite of Middle Eastern countries, and governments and businesses are also putting advice/restrictions in place for the ...

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Just seen the Antonelli incident again, he should start from the pitlane at Silverstone for that one.

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But as I say, chicken an egg. How can a series "earn it's own level" if it doesn't carry as many ranking points as it's rivals? Better drivers will continue to pick the series offering more ranking points making it impossible for the lower tariff series to compete. I'm hypothesising that if you gav...

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What is the McLaren pit wall doing? They rob us of 30 laps of a great battle by not immediately pitting Oscar after Lando in the first stint (with a flat spot) and then negate the tire offset by immediately pitting him after Lando the next time, and into traffic. I guess that first stint was too mu...

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Bortoleto.

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Fascinating conversation chaps but should probably be in the Junior/Feeder series thread.... Pullings strong start in GB3 looks like a false dawn, she's dropped to 17th overall now with 3 drivers ahead of her having done less races. She's average 12/20 and that's' not going be enough to further her...

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I think an argument could be made to give winter series fewer licence points as most people don't really consider them. With others though I think the same licence points makes sense. They'll be ebbs and flows in terms of quality obviously but logic says over a period of time they should equalise o...

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Well imagine my surprise to hear Joylon Palmer during FP2 talking about a 3 strikes policy for reviews from teams during the season in a bid to stop frivolous protests and citing specifically tennis and test match cricket as examples. It is not the first time I have noticed this kind of stuff. F1 j...

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Well imagine my surprise to hear Joylon Palmer during FP2 talking about a 3 strikes policy for reviews from teams during the season in a bid to stop frivolous protests and citing specifically tennis and test match cricket as examples. It is not the first time I have noticed this kind of stuff. F1 j...

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Paolo_Lasardi wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 29, 2025 2:57 pm
With all the disqualifications for excessive plank wear in F2 and F3, let's wait to see the final results ...

Really, been away these past few days so playing catch up.

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Terrible driving from both Norris and Piastri. Yet these are the two drivers fighting it out for the WDC. Not going to be a vintage year by any measure. I get it there are not as good as Verstappen, nice to see McLaren letting them race, good for the show, not sure where the terrible driving came f...

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Tsunoda's driving is atrocious, 2 cars he's hit now.

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Ok... So you're complaining about people defending Russell in the past for doing things you consider "underhand" and now criticising him. Even though you acknowledge that trying to get Verstappen banned is worse than the things he supposedly did to Hamilton (your words. I don't think he did anythin...

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