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pokerman

Yeah, obviously it's a gamble right. Could be one worth taking though. For sure because in qualy at least, the difference between Russel & Latifi is night & day. Especially seeing as Williams is floated on the Stock Exchange. Appearing better increases Williams value. If it's not appearing better w...

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I mean, yes that's the whole point. Had Ricciardo driven a faster car he wouldn't qualify. But he hasn't. He still would qualify because it's also reliant on both Max and Hamilton messing up which isn't happening. Sure, so as it stands he's never driven a car capable of contending for the champions...

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I never said title capable I said TITLE CHALLENGING. Which the car factually actually did. Regardless, I made the proposition so I'm setting the parameters for myself in thinking that. I'm happy to have a conversation about it but if you're starting point is so extreme as to deny things that we act...

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There hasn't really been any path for Ricciardo to ever find himself into a championship challenging seat. No path to Mercedes, or the 17/18 Ferrari. He could have stayed 8 seasons at Red Bull to finally get a championship capable car, but that is pretty unprecedented to be at a team that long that...

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It's just extreme circumstance that kept Kubica in the game not the quality of the car, on today's grid if you give Ricciardo's present car just 2 tenths more performance then you are perhaps were Kubica was with his car, look at Lando so close to 2 poles already, even with 2 tenths more performanc...

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Ricciardo had 0 chance at the 2014 WDC. We won 3 races when Mercedes imploded 3 times. Kubica did get a lucky win, but he was on track to win another race when he retired from the lead. With 2 races to go in 2008 he was 12 points off the WDC lead... He relied on the faster cars messing up to have a...

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Since the beginning of 2019, Verstappen has been making equal or fewer mistakes than Hamilton. If Verstappen is faster than Hamilton, and more/equal in consistency, then at that point, what does Hamilton have left over Verstappen? Is your assumption that Max is faster on something that can't really...

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I thought this thread was started because of the shenanigans last time out, Audi are pulling out of the series and then basically crapped all over it. I often forget to watch the races but managed to catch the last race, probably helped because there was no F1 or MotoGP on at the weekend to preoccup...

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To be fair to Masi he was new to the job and perhaps finding his feet, I think he is now finding a better way were stewards decisions can be more consistent, with the Austria 2019 incident it was an obvious cop out for political reasons, at the time to find Leclerc partly responsible was ridiculous...

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I think Gasly's contract was only for 2021, but with the very obvious caveat that Red Bull will have the option to extend it into 2022 if they wish. Latifi's contract was reported to be three years, so until the end of 2022. But I think it's safe to say that if Williams' new management did feel the...

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Depends how much money. How much does a team like Williams gain from going from say 8th to 6th in the WCC? One is a guarantee the other is not, how can you judge that Williams make such good progress with the car, the driver they replace Latifi with is probably going to be worse than Russell who th...

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A few weeks back I recollect the owner of William's team saying as of now their finances are in good shape & for them now having 2 good drivers is the priority. I still don't see any team being happy to throw away money sorting out contract disputes. Depends how much money. How much does a team lik...

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Kubica did have a championship challenge. In the 2008 BMW. In the third best car, how was that a WDC capable car and only in the hunt due to McLaren/Mercedes mess ups, he won only one race because of the pit lane collision between Hamilton and Kimi, he was out of contention in the last third of the...

pokerman

To be fair to Masi he was new to the job and perhaps finding his feet, I think he is now finding a better way were stewards decisions can be more consistent, with the Austria 2019 incident it was an obvious cop out for political reasons, at the time to find Leclerc partly responsible was ridiculous...

pokerman

I think Gasly's contract was only for 2021, but with the very obvious caveat that Red Bull will have the option to extend it into 2022 if they wish. Latifi's contract was reported to be three years, so until the end of 2022. But I think it's safe to say that if Williams' new management did feel the...

pokerman

Who do you think it would be, then? Bear in mind that mikeyg123 said he would be the greatest to 'never drive a car capable of making a championship run', not the greatest to never make such a run himself. He hasn't even had the opportunity regardless of personal ability -- no one could have challe...

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I have Verstappen surpassing Hamilton on ultimate pace in 2017 and surpassing Hamilton as all-round driver in 2019. I wouldn't want to disagree with the first part as for the second part in respect to the forum you are in the minority. Since the beginning of 2019, Verstappen has been making equal o...

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tootsie323 wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 26, 2021 11:48 am
Going off on a slight tangent, I recall one specific F1 driver having two contract negotiation issues with Williams back in the 00s.

In this case it had to be paid out by the driver, Button, and not any of the teams involved.

pokerman

In a nutshell..... These are the drivers who're already confirmed for 202 or beyond: Carlos Sainz Jr., Ferrari (2022) Fernando Alonso, Alpine (2022) Lance Stroll, Aston Martin (2022+) Mick Schumacher, Haas (2022+) Nikita Mazepin, Haas (2022+) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes (2023) Max Verstappen, Red Bull...

pokerman

In a nutshell..... These are the drivers who're already confirmed for 202 or beyond: Carlos Sainz Jr., Ferrari (2022) Fernando Alonso, Alpine (2022) Lance Stroll, Aston Martin (2022+) Mick Schumacher, Haas (2022+) Nikita Mazepin, Haas (2022+) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes (2023) Max Verstappen, Red Bull...

pokerman

In a nutshell..... These are the drivers who're already confirmed for 202 or beyond: Carlos Sainz Jr., Ferrari (2022) Fernando Alonso, Alpine (2022) Lance Stroll, Aston Martin (2022+) Mick Schumacher, Haas (2022+) Nikita Mazepin, Haas (2022+) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes (2023) Max Verstappen, Red Bull...

pokerman

To be fair to Masi he was new to the job and perhaps finding his feet, I think he is now finding a better way were stewards decisions can be more consistent, with the Austria 2019 incident it was an obvious cop out for political reasons, at the time to find Leclerc partly responsible was ridiculous,...

pokerman

Kubica did have a championship challenge. In the 2008 BMW. In the third best car, how was that a WDC capable car and only in the hunt due to McLaren/Mercedes mess ups, he won only one race because of the pit lane collision between Hamilton and Kimi, he was out of contention in the last third of the...

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Kubica arguably also never had a credible championship winning car, but his career was cut short. This is probably the 7th or 8th season Ricciardo has been considered a top driver - its unusual in the history of the sport for a top driver to go that long without ever getting a go in a championship ...

pokerman

In a nutshell..... These are the drivers who're already confirmed for 202 or beyond: Carlos Sainz Jr., Ferrari (2022) Fernando Alonso, Alpine (2022) Lance Stroll, Aston Martin (2022+) Mick Schumacher, Haas (2022+) Nikita Mazepin, Haas (2022+) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes (2023) Max Verstappen, Red Bull...

pokerman

Who do you think it would be, then? Bear in mind that mikeyg123 said he would be the greatest to 'never drive a car capable of making a championship run', not the greatest to never make such a run himself. He hasn't even had the opportunity regardless of personal ability -- no one could have challe...

pokerman

In a nutshell..... These are the drivers who're already confirmed for 202 or beyond: Carlos Sainz Jr., Ferrari (2022) Fernando Alonso, Alpine (2022) Lance Stroll, Aston Martin (2022+) Mick Schumacher, Haas (2022+) Nikita Mazepin, Haas (2022+) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes (2023) Max Verstappen, Red Bull...

pokerman

That is a narrative that we now know isn’t true because Verstappen had already surpassed Hamilton in speed in 2018 at the latest (but more realistically 2017). Perhaps in one lap pace but there is no way Verstappen was the superior race driver. Your previous crossover point of mid-2019 is fairer an...

pokerman

The lifeline for Ricciardo is a totally new car for next year because he's clearly struggling with the car presently, to say the greatest driver never to make a title run with the limitations that he has, I'm not so sure. Who do you think it would be, then? Bear in mind that mikeyg123 said he would...

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pokerman wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:37 pm
Mercedes quicker in qualifying, the race I can't call it, Max was quick in the sprint but got crashed out in the GP, so:-

Red Bull 13 - 6 Mercedes

This using AMuS GPS data just for the race.

Apparently both Mercedes and Red Bull are agreeing with AMuS so:-

Red Bull 14 - 6 Mercedes

pokerman

The lifeline for Ricciardo is a totally new car for next year because he's clearly struggling with the car presently, to say the greatest driver never to make a title run with the limitations that he has, I'm not so sure. Who do you think it would be, then? Bear in mind that mikeyg123 said he would...

pokerman

That is a narrative that we now know isn’t true because Verstappen had already surpassed Hamilton in speed in 2018 at the latest (but more realistically 2017). Perhaps in one lap pace but there is no way Verstappen was the superior race driver. Your previous crossover point of mid-2019 is fairer an...

pokerman

I've read that Honda have taken Verstappen's engine from Silverstone to check for damage, though they believe that it is OK. This led me to think of an interesting situation though - had the engine been terminally damaged, Verstappen would have to take another, increasing his chances of exceeding t...

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I've read that Honda have taken Verstappen's engine from Silverstone to check for damage, though they believe that it is OK. This led me to think of an interesting situation though - had the engine been terminally damaged, Verstappen would have to take another, increasing his chances of exceeding t...

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I've moved this here as we were getting wildly off-topic. There is a thing called common sense do you think Webber is anywhere near as good as Alonso, because Rosberg had a poor rookie season against Webber you can't put that on Hamilton who had an outstanding rookie season against Alonso, elite dr...

pokerman

I've read that Honda have taken Verstappen's engine from Silverstone to check for damage, though they believe that it is OK. This led me to think of an interesting situation though - had the engine been terminally damaged, Verstappen would have to take another, increasing his chances of exceeding t...

pokerman

So Red Bull are introducing a new dynamic to the argument now, money sitting the crash cost the £1.3 million. This is taking whinging and moaning to new levels Mr Horner. They will be sueing Pirelli next because the tyres don't last the race. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/57949190 This coupl...

pokerman

That's why you can't simply throw in numbers without context, saying that Webber was better than Rosberg when he was a rookie is the same as saying that Sainz is the equal of Max today, so how can Max be the best today when Leclerc is presently better than Sainz, Ignore more recent Hamilton > Butto...

pokerman

It's inaccurate if you are still using out of date 2014 data when newer better data is available, in the 2018 Mercedes/Ferrari season why are you declaring Hamilton and Vettel as equals when the data said that Hamilton was the fastest driver in F1, faster than Vettel and Alonso, why wasn't that ann...

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Verstappen chopped hamilton. There is no denying that. Those in denial simply show their bias against hamilton and are happy to see him fail. I feel this is very unfair and partisan. I have changed my mind on the incident as I misunderstood the longstanding convention of passing on the inside. If y...

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