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Johnson talked about context. Then he used a year that was cut in half to make a point. It is ironic to say the least, but maybe my post was a tad distasteful, so I'll apologise for that. However, if we want to be correct, Silverstone shouldn't count; the race was restarted and shortened by 1 lap, ...

Johnson

Hamilton didn't miss 7 races in 2016, please stop making a nonsense comparison. It's not nonsensical. In races they both entered, Irvine scored more points despite being utterly outperformed by Schumacher. Johnson talked about context. Then he used a year that was cut in half to make a point. It is...

Johnson

Hamilton didn't miss 7 races in 2016, please stop making a nonsense comparison. What? Michael entered 10 races in 1999. In those 10 races, Irvine out scored him. The missed races are removed. I think you'll find that he wasn't included for Silverstone. Even in F1's website: https://www.formula1.com...

Johnson

Hamilton had Button comfortably beat for 2.5 seasons out of 3. 2010, Hamilton dominated Button. Button finished ahead of Hamilton 3 times when both finished. 2 were in mixed conditions when Button gambled (whilst behind Hamilton) and won the race. The other was in Japan when Hamitlon was a long way...

Johnson

I've been extremely uncharitable to Hamilton suggesting he would be swept by Schumacher. I got the wrong end of the stick with Invade's post. I don't think Schumacher has a big enough margin to sweep Hamilton, maybe through intangibles within a team but on pure performance no. I'll now reclaim my H...

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Double post

Johnson

Hamilton had Button comfortably beat for 2.5 seasons out of 3. 2010, Hamilton dominated Button. Button finished ahead of Hamilton 3 times when both finished. 2 were in mixed conditions when Button gambled (whilst behind Hamilton) and won the race. The other was in Japan when Hamitlon was a long way ...

Johnson

Context is everything, as is what you emit. That same man you refer to whitewashed Schumacher which gave me a laugh reading that. I've been extremely uncharitable to Hamilton suggesting he would be swept by Schumacher. I got the wrong end of the stick with Invade's post. I don't think Schumacher ha...

Johnson

Context is everything, as is what you emit. That same man you refer to whitewashed Schumacher which gave me a laugh reading that. I've been extremely uncharitable to Hamilton suggesting he would be swept by Schumacher. I got the wrong end of the stick with Invade's post. I don't think Schumacher ha...

Johnson

Not sure how anyone can conclude it would be a Schumacher clean sweep, considering Schumacher was never really tested by an outright quality teammate (unless you subscribe to the theory that Rubens was just as good as Fernando). As Invade says, a small but decisive edge often leads to a clean sweep...

Johnson

I'm not even sure if this was Kimi hanging Hamilton out to dry - this was a chicane, and he was going left for the left part. There was no way to give space there without completely conceding the position - leaving space doesn't mean allow the other car through. Hamilton was sufficiently far behind...

Johnson

That's not true though - Hamilton wasn't forced off track, he just chose to cut the chicane and came out ahead of Raikkonen (instead of tucking behind him when he lost the corner). He then let Raikkonen by before immediately taking the position back under braking at the first corner. Here's the vid...

Johnson

"best sectors" is usually the most accurate indicator of outright pace, I think this had Leclerc 0.300 ahead. No. Because with electrical deployment used on different laps at different points by different drivers, you're not always comparing like for like. Electrical deployment in qualifying is pre...

Johnson

I highly doubt that the 9 tenths gap between Vettel and Bourdais had much to do with fuel loads if anything at all, that’s just desperate reaching. Anyway, the fastest car that weekend was McLaren, but Kovalainen simply couldn’t keep up with Vettel while Hamilton had his issues in qualifying (that ...

Johnson

Comparing Sainz Q2 vs Leclerc Q3 is the best example of both drivers at there best. For me, the most useful information. Comparing Sainz Q3 vs Leclerc Q3 is an example of a mistake ridden lap of Sainz vs Leclerc's maximum. Unless Sainz makes errors continually then surely the first comparison is not...

Johnson

Yes, the strategy was great. That is always the advantage of running second place, you can be aggressive and if it does not work, you finish 2nd. If you are in the lead and aggressive, you can throw away a win. Red Bull did not have Perez in P4 to stop this strategy, although the tyre offset between...

Johnson

A stark contrast with Hamilton at Spa where he cut the chicane and let Kimi (?) past, only to immediately overtake him again on the straight. Assuming this is true, of course (haven't read anything about this). In that situation Hamilton was actually forced off the track and he was never really pas...

Johnson

That's not true though - Hamilton wasn't forced off track, he just chose to cut the chicane and came out ahead of Raikkonen (instead of tucking behind him when he lost the corner). He then let Raikkonen by before immediately taking the position back under braking at the first corner. Here's the vid...

Johnson

On the Hamilton vs Verstappen battle... - Mercedes timed the first stop to perfection. Max was doing 36.0-36.2 comfortably, but just as Lewis pitted he went into the 36.8-37.0 range. - It could be Verstappen had a slight problem but it seems on medium tyres at least, the Red Bull was unable to pull ...

Johnson

Bottas race pace was exactly equal to Hamiltons, funny how so many jumped on Bottas’ back for this race. I feel Lewis has more to come in this car. It usually takes him 3-4 races to warm up. It might take longer this year with no real pre season. http://en.mclarenf-1.com/index.php?page=chart&gp=1057...

Johnson

Awful chart, the axis is too spread. Here are the raw times. Hard to judge, but it appears Perez was about 0.3 off a lap which would be perfect for Red Bull.

http://en.mclarenf-1.com/index.php?page ... io%20Perez

Johnson

Hamilton was expected to be in that GOAT conversation until he had an awful second half of 2011. 2012 repaired his reputation but not to the heights of beforehand. It takes many years to repair a bad year, like Vettel had only just recovered from his bad 2014 by the time he started dropping the ball...

Johnson

Do the leaders still get DRS from lapped cars? I noticed that Lewis did not open his DRS when lapping an Alfa as make had DRS on him. I also noticed it on another occasion.

Johnson

Bottas was strong, makes me think Lewis has not clicked with the car yet. Bottas was 0.2 off in qualifying and once you account for the 4 seconds lost fighting Leclerc and the long pit stop - he lost about 5-10 seconds to Lewis over the race distance.

Johnson

How many places will Max lose off the line? Or have Red Bull fixed that weakness?

Johnson

It is for the season

Johnson

I have just placed my first bet of the season, it seems like good odds to me... Hamilton>Bottas Max> Perez Leclerc > Sainz Vettel > Stroll The odds are, 1/2, I placed £400, could make a £800 profit if it comes in. Im not a big gambler but it just seems like a good "investment"/risk. It is points sco...

Johnson

Clutching at straws now, are we? Don't even know what your video is supposed to prove, as Irvine himself is saying it wasn't Magny-Cours that cost him the title - he literally says the only people who could compete for the championship those days were the ones driving a Newey car or if you were Mic...

Johnson

It is an unprecedented situation in the history of the sport that we already know the WDC before the year has started , but it's pretty clear Merc knows that anybody can be WDC in that car, and are holding all the cards going into 2022. Knowing the WDC before the year started... Since Rosberg retir...

Johnson

That hair style really brings out his forehead.

Seb has been battling it for a decade and has done well, but I gasped when I saw that, he has been performing miracles with the comb over. He has added 10 years to his look. He needs to go full Bruce Willis and not Bobby Charlton.

Johnson

Kimi also did it in 2005 in 15 laps and came out the pits about 10 seconds clear. That was a bit different though as the Mclaren was a rocket and the cars behind Kimi did not get fresh tyres. But Brundle on commentary did not think it was possible

Johnson

You think a Renault with 35 laps of fuel is just 0.5 slower than a Ferrari with 11 laps of fuel. Thats 24 laps of fuel. Schumacher was catching Trulli when he had 6 laps more than fuel than him. Schumacher was the fastest man on track, his fastest lap on lap 23 stood until the end. I think I will ta...

Johnson

Monaco, it’s a one off style of track and Schumacher was still able to win with his strategy when he crashed out. Even the dominant Mercedes had one off tracks it wasn’t best at, Monaco, Singapore and Malaysia over different years. Spa, it was a close race and he only lost because the Bridgestones ...

Johnson

Not sure really. In Monaco Trulli got the pole as well, the Ferrari was just not the fastest there. Schumacher was only running 1st before taken out as the others ducked in the pits after the accident with Ralf and Nando. Spa, race restarts are part of racing. Kimi won on merit and not because of a...

Johnson

Indeed, although I'd put 2004 at least one place lower. I'm not going to pretend that it wasn't a fantastic year/car, but 3 other teams won that year, on merit and not fighting for scraps. I'd say that they had more competition than 2016 for example. Monaco, it’s a one off style of track and Schuma...

Johnson

I stand corrected, sorry it is Suzuka in the middle of nowhere and owned by Honda. I referenced Fuiji, because it is the track owned by Toyota. But it still does not change the point at all. F1 people are not going to relocate en mass to Japan, Toyota had to pay 50% on top of normal wages just to ge...

Johnson

1. Something open and available to *all* teams and drivers. It speaks volumes about Schumacher's commitment that he was willing to go to Fiorano to test parts midweek, while Hamilton couldn't be bothered to work with his engineers even during the limited testing era (words of Jenson Button quoted b...

Johnson

Easiest to hardest for titles to win in dominant cars..Schumacher and Hamilton combined. Allowing for reliability, team mate strength and reliability, strength of competition outside of team. Starting with 2002 as the easiest title by far. Schumacher had a dominant car that was bulletproof, whilst ...

Johnson

Some advantages Schumacher enjoyed that Hamilton has not- 1- Unlimited testing throughout the season. A huge advantage that Schumacher had at the time, Ferrari owning there own test track. There is a story of Michael flying to Fiorana during the middle of a race weekend to test some setup things an...

Johnson

Easiest to hardest for titles to win in dominant cars..Schumacher and Hamilton combined. Allowing for reliability, team mate strength and reliability, strength of competition outside of team. Starting with 2002 as the easiest title by far. Schumacher had a dominant car that was bulletproof, whilst ...

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