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Verstappen magificent lap - extracting everything out of that Red Bull.

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Two races in and looks like Pirelli are going to be the stars of this season - All we’re going to hear this year is: ✅ Operating Windows ✅ Preparing the tyres for a hot lap ✅ tyre temperatures ✅ “my tires are dead” ✅ Graining front ✅ “I can’t get heat into my tires” ✅ Ferrari losing all their time i...

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Great result by Norris! Fully deserved and unlucky for Piastri. The McLarens look in another league so I’m eager to see these cars in dry conditions. Max still the best driver on the grid - keeping Lando honest till the end. Merc looking decent but I think them and Ferrari are around the same place....

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You either die a hero or you live long enough to become the villain. The villainization of Max at this point just to have the championship go to the last race is pretty hilarious to see. The famous line above from The Dark Knight comes to mind. Max was praised for these same moves in 2021 and prior ...

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105 is amazing. Gives the flying dutchman a harder job to catchup. Elated. Not going to say I'm gutted for Russell. He loves those hail mary strategies even though they often bite him in the pickle. Today he was close to pull it off but he didnt. Merc showing there is something not right at their c...

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Schoolboy error for Mercedes - Should never happen. George got shafted unfortunately.

Curious if more cars would have been disqualified if they elected the one stop?

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Great race! Great call by Russell and defensive driving at the end to keep Lewis behind. Lewis must be kicking himself trying to workout whether he should have taken more out of the tyres earlier in the stint to give him more time at the end to complete the pass.

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Today the Sky F1 commentators were taking digs at Max’s extracurricular activities sim racing and staying up late. Not sure if that is impacting his performances now that things are tighter at the front and the McLarens are slightly faster. Personally, if he’s been used to doing it for multiple year...

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I think calling it a brake test is a little unfair, even if it technically was one. The spirit of what Alonso was doing, wasn't to brake test Russell in the way we understand the term brake test. I've no reason to disbelieve Alonso, his recount seems like what he was trying to do, and what happened...

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Given Sainz's recent performances it seems line a no brainer. It doesn't even look like Ferrari has made a good choice letting him go for Hamilton, not because I think Sainz is better than Hamilton, but because of their ages and likely commitment. Lewis is likely to want to leave F1 if he doesn't g...

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Given Sainz's recent performances it seems line a no brainer. It doesn't even look like Ferrari has made a good choice letting him go for Hamilton, not because I think Sainz is better than Hamilton, but because of their ages and likely commitment. Lewis is likely to want to leave F1 if he doesn't g...

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Alonso forgot that it was Russell behind him and not Hamilton. He's been doing that with Lewis and other drivers and wins driver of the day and plaudits for his awesome defensive ability to keep faster cars behind - Finally, he got punished - there should be a race ban.

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Time for a new tyre compound to give Pirelli competition here - these tyres have hardly any difference except on Saturday. Bring back Michelin or Bridgestone to add a little more spice. I don’t mind seeing Red Bulls getting 1-2’s every race from now till 2030 but there needs to be variability of tyr...

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Hamilton has nothing left to prove. Most men would love to drive a Ferrari when they enter retirement, Hamilton gets to live that dream out. I think for Hamilton he doesn’t care if he wins, loses, draws at this point. For Ferrari I think this is a strange call, 5 years too late.

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This race was a tantalising glimpse of what the season might have been like minus Red Bull... Yup ! I think convergence is closer than we think, maybe 1 to 2 more seasons before the other top teams close in. F1 should just learn to not try changing any rules for the next 10 years if possible. We se...

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What can we hope for in the next 2 years, as it stands now more podiums but will wins and poles be still so difficult. I think Lewis has resigned himself to having the type of career Alonso, Raikkonen, and Vettel have had for the last few years of their careers battling in the midfield with the occ...

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Encouraging race for Merc. If they can improve their one-lap pace and have both cars consistently on the second row, I think we may start seeing them close the gap to Red Bull in the second half of the season. Marginal gains like finishing 10 to 15 seconds behind the winning RB car would be a huge a...

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Interesting to hear George’s comments. He seems to think the Red Bulls were faster (relative pace) in testing. Might have held back a little for sake of reliability, which is a scary prospect.

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So Lance Stroll has had 5 and 1/2 seasons in F1 now, 3 podiums, and 1 Pole Position - He's still pretty young at 23 years old - Curious to understand what his end game is? Can he get a seat at a bigger team, or does he just ride out his career with Aston Martin, and maybe they can be fighting for a ...

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Johnson wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 25, 2022 12:49 pm
Vertsappen. Arguably Sakhir 2020, he went off road to avoid an accident but didn’t back off enough and slid into the barrier as it was so dusty out there.

When is Hamiltons? Is it Monza 2009?

Monza 09' Hamilton was in third place chasing down 2nd - a Brawn I believe when he crashed out.

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Charles costly errors are going to make him a nearly man.

Merc keep picking up podiums.

Is Sergio driving a b-spec Red Bull? Maybe it’s a turbo spec Alpha Tauri

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George is at fault for that incident - Reminded me of Vettel at Singapore a few years back.

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Russell has been great this season, but can you truly judge a driver until they are in a World Championship battle? I would love to see him go wheel to wheel with Max at some point this season. A lot of this season has been - can he beat Lewis? I don’t really care about that. I think the bigger ques...

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Champions drive by Max at the end there! 12 months ago he was going wheel to wheel with Lewis almost every race - You can see how that has made unbeatable now. No offense to Carlos, but Max had him covered.

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Can Max win 15+ races this season? I think this season is a perfect storm of regulation changes and Red Bull reliability/race pace/dominance over Ferrari/Merc that Max can aim for record race wins in a single season even if Leclerc and Perez out qualify Max on Saturdays.

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F1_Ernie wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 12, 2022 1:03 pm
Skysports working in overdrive will Hill saying the championship is wide open

Championship becoming a walk in the park for Max. Ferrari an absolute tease.

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Where did Mclaren's sudden pace come from? In the last two races, they were nowhere. Hopefully, they can build on this! If they can continue the pace they showed today the rest of the midfield is going to be fighting for scraps in 9th and 10th place.

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That was clumsy by both of them - Lance more at fault - Yes - But what was Latifi even thinking there?

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Is there a handling/failure issue with that Williams or was that a unforced error by Latifi?

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Big picture, Masi will be ok. But what happened to him is quite unreasonable. Losing track position to Max would have ended Hamilton's race because Max would have taken any evasive action possible to stay ahead (as we saw on Lap 1 of Abu Dhabi, and in Saudi, and in Interlagos). Previous FIA regimes...

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I think this is an acknowledgment by the FIA that there was a mess-up so I'll give them that. In years past, Mosely would have deaded this investigation before it even started. Hopefully, Michael Masi can officiate Formula E events moving forward - I think that's more his level of making decisions u...

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Hypothetically if Hamilton did retire, who do we think Mercedes would replace him with? Vandoorne and De Vries are in their stable and probably the most likely, but would they be willing to run a lineup with such a lack of experience of racing at the front in F1? Would/could a deal be cut with anot...

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Disappointed but not surprised. I guess they decided the damage is already done and don't want to look like sore losers. If that's the reason, I respect it even if I don't completely agree with it. Regardless of Merc's decision, the FIA's continuing support for Michael Masi is an unfathomable own g...

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Seriously, I think all the chat about Perez is a bit of a distraction really. Whether you approve of the tactics or not, he did nothing against the rules and his team are perfectly at liberty to retire him from the race for any reason or for no reason... it's their car, they can race it or not race...

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So here's a stat that just occurred to me. Lewis has now won and lost a championship on the final lap of the final race. I wouldn't imagine anybody else has done that. Yeah that is interesting! He’s been on the podium 182 times across the last 15 years, mostly fighting near the front, which means e...

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This sport is full of classism, nepotism, bending of the rules, ongoing controversy, putting money over human rights etc - none of that has stopped me from following the sport. Yesterday was nothing in the grand scheme of Formula One.

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After the fiasco in the previous race, where Verstappen should have been disqualified I said that it's all set up and the title is rigged and will be given to him. I'm not glad I was right, but now I can safely stop watching F1 as it seems it turned into a circus the kind of the wrestling show in U...

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In that situation, absolutely yes, real motor racing fans would rather a safety car finish than see a result blatantly & deliberately manipulated to favour one driver over the other in the name of "racing". Ahhh ..... the "no true scotsman fallacy" FYI I have been following Formula One since the la...

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Interesting that there wasn’t any contact today - the Max dive bomb on Lewis at the start of the race being the closest they really got today. Top marks for Lewis playing it fair on that last lap and not shutting the door on Max. On the two straights he was close enough to go divebombing himself but...

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Merc should drop this protest for the good of the sport. Yes they were screwed today by a questionable decision but can’t take it away from Max like this. Absolutely not. There are rules and regulations for a reason. Masi played God. If him going is the only result from the protest then we all win....

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