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Silverstone, Hamitlon doesn’t get time to size up what might happen as it’s impossible to know which line Verstappen will take by which point it is too late for Hamilton to do anything about it. I do not agree with this at all. In any collision in such a general situation, Hamilton's front wheel (o...

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2021 is very important for defining Verstappen's eventual legacy. He beat Hamilton head to head in a marginally lesser car. If not for misfortune he would have likely won with rounds to spare. That removes any potential doubt as to how he stacks up against the previous generation. If the regulations...

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Well it's been a nice 9ish months of not seeing a Mercedes in P1, hopefully we get another 9 now

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Max now in top 10 wins list. Could well be well be 7th or even 6th by the end of the season. I think he'll be 1st by the time he retires. I also think there's a chance he breaks the wins record this season. So with 10 races left, Verstappen needs to win 6 of them to equal the record of 13 wins in a...

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Would love to see him at Le Mans in a year or two if he gets the itch to get back behind the wheel.

Ferrari redemption on the cards?

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He does need to cut out mistakes like France and Imola, and I agree with the point made about him not having that leadership quality some of his peers have. I think you could make the case he would have benefited from more years to find his feet in F1 before getting the Ferrari drive. But I will say...

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I don't think the Formula E contract will be a hurdle if the time comes that F1 wants to go electric. For one, we don't know the exact wording, and there's bound to be some wiggle room in there for lawyers to get their hands dirty in. Also we have the following from 2018: Formula E CEO Alejandro Aga...

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I'll inject my own pedantic opinion here, and grouch that 'Pole Position' is a starting position on the grid, not the achievement of setting the fastest time in qualifying. Verstappen has earned Pole Position for the dreadful 'Sprint', but whoever wins that farce will start in Pole Position for the...

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That was unbelievable. How close were those three, Sainz again out of nowhere puts himself in there Looks to me that Red Bull are working as hard to make the RB18 to Verstappen's liking as Ferrari are to make the F1-75 to Sainz's. Leclerc can't leave fast enough. Yeah I don't understand it tbh. Lec...

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But what if they aren't doing it and built a really fast car without it? If they aren't, I'll be very surprised. They run their car at a collossal rake and ride height already which to me suggest they'll need to run lower in France and may encounter bad bouncing as a result. Where have you seen tha...

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Wait. We are aware Red Bull and Ferrari are doing it. That much has been confirmed. What we aren't aware of is why they think it's acceptable and if it's clearly against the rules or if the FIA test weren't thorough enough to deal with it. Do you have a source confirming it? All I've come across is...

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I was pretty disappointed with the stewarding at Silverstone tbh, they said they would clamp down on pushing people off track and they simply haven't so this will no doubt lead to more inconsistency and confusion in future Perez not getting a penalty for cutting the corner to push Leclerc off track...

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I was pretty disappointed with the stewarding at Silverstone tbh, they said they would clamp down on pushing people off track and they simply haven't so this will no doubt lead to more inconsistency and confusion in future Perez not getting a penalty for cutting the corner to push Leclerc off track...

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I disagree with the assertion of poster named Black Flag. The difference bewtween Hamilotn and Verstappen in 2021 and Hamilton and Leclerc this year (2022) in Corpse is that Leclerc is not driver who drives without consideration of the other driver. Hamilton drove the same way last year except Vers...

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Happy for Sainz but man what a mess that was from Ferrari.

They don't have the pit wall to win championships, and if they want to make the most of this set of regulations where they appear to be in with a shot of titles in the near future, they need to make some changes.

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Leclerc and Hamilton shown how copse could be taken for the 2nd year in a row against Verstappens exploits last year in taking himself out. Leclerc appeared to leave less space than Verstappen left last year. The difference between the two incidents was that Hamilton's driving was better in this in...

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While the racial aspect is clear cut, the homophobia isn't. I don't think he's insinuating Hamilton is gay, or making a derogatory statement about homosexuals in general. When he says he was getting f'ed in the donkey during that time he's saying he was getting bad luck. It's a fairly common thing t...

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I just replied to someone in the Piquet v Mansell thread, but think it's a little off topic. So maybe the 'bad stuff Piquet has said' posts should be moved to a separate thread in case discussion of that takes over, which is definitely a possibility with the stories doing the rounds in F1 media at t...

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For me, it is not possible to take a restrospective view of Piquet without taking into consideration what a very, very unpleasant human being he was when racing and, by information in the public domain, remains. On the other hand, in the spirit of fairness, it is also not possible to take a restros...

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Has anyone seen the stories about the Mercedes second stay and how it appeared straight after the Technical Directive was issued? Other teams seem to have cried foul, especially because of the fact that the ex Mercedes employee Shaila-Ann Rao just so happened to be appointed recently as the interim...

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It seems the FIA TD has had an effect on Toto and he has raised the rear of the Mercedes. He says that by looking at the Red Bull, rake seems to be part of the solution, so they have increased the rake on the Mercedes - which is what the FIA was threatening to make them do. https://www.youtube.com/...

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Hamilton seems surprisingly upbeat about that qualifying. Considering they are still 1.5s off and 4th sounds good on paper but with Leclerc and Perez out of contention on the final runs, isn't that the minimum you would expect? Perez crashed and looked slow anyway. My point isn't on driver performa...

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Hamilton seems surprisingly upbeat about that qualifying. Considering they are still 1.5s off and 4th sounds good on paper but with Leclerc and Perez out of contention on the final runs, isn't that the minimum you would expect?

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Sainz failed badly there. Russell too if that was his decision to go out on those tyres. Sainz said that he knew he was down on Verstappen so he just went for it going through the last chicane but got it wrong losing him half a second and P2 to Alonso. Yeah it's harsh to say he bottled it. He wasn'...

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Any word on when the enforcement of this comes into effect?

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hamilton could tell the team to raise the ride height "x" amount, run some laps, if it is still porpoising, raise it another "x" amount, until it stops. if it is a bit slower, so be it. he could refuse to drive the car if they don't raise it I think it's important we remember this isn't drivers vs ...

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hamilton could tell the team to raise the ride height "x" amount, run some laps, if it is still porpoising, raise it another "x" amount, until it stops. if it is a bit slower, so be it. he could refuse to drive the car if they don't raise it I think it's important we remember this isn't drivers vs ...

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Agreed, I like variety in the F1 calendar and don't mind street races in general, but about 1/3 of the calendar is the limit for me, with 2/3 on purpose built circuits.

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I think that given some teams seem to have hardly any porpoising (such as alfa romeo) it shows that many teams have failed to get it under control. I think the teams should be able to do something, but if it effects their speed, I don't think they should be allowed to tweak other areas to compensat...

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I think that given some teams seem to have hardly any porpoising (such as alfa romeo) it shows that many teams have failed to get it under control. I think the teams should be able to do something, but if it effects their speed, I don't think they should be allowed to tweak other areas to compensat...

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If it can be accurately measured and monitored as was suggested in another thread on here, then the FIA could impose penalties or disqualifications if they exceed a set tolerance. That will force teams to raise their ride heights, which they and their drivers won't like, since it will make them slow...

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Regarding Albon's explanation for the incident with Leclerc, here is a copy-paste of what I posted on RaceFans: This is a pretty disingenuous explanation from Albon. If he had much more pace, he wouldn’t have been holding Leclerc up at all. I can see why he didn’t yield for the first corner or two,...

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Regarding Albon's explanation for the incident with Leclerc, here is a copy-paste of what I posted on RaceFans: This is a pretty disingenuous explanation from Albon. If he had much more pace, he wouldn’t have been holding Leclerc up at all. I can see why he didn’t yield for the first corner or two,...

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UnlikeUday wrote: ↑
Mon May 30, 2022 5:03 pm
Vettel's overtakes went unnoticed:

Not even a replay, how ridiculous.

All for Monaco staying on the calendar but they absolutely need to lose their TV direction control.

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Here is Albon's take - https://www.racefans.net/2022/05/30/albon-didnt-let-leclerc-lap-him-because-it-was-quicker-for-both-of-us-if-i-stayed-ahead/ Interesting. He still should have been penalised for ignoring blue flags. But the explanation makes more sense than him doing it because of some sort o...

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Pretty good race as Monaco GPs go. Annoyed they delayed/red flagged/drove around behind the safety car until it was dry enough to be the crossover point between inters and wets. Really feels like we could just get rid of the full wet tyres these days, and these new race directors seem to be even mor...

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I voted Checo and Gasly, forgetting that Checo also escaped a penalty for crossing the pit entry line. Wish I’d only voted Gasly. It was Max not Checo that crossed the pit lane exit and didnt get punished. Checo would have definitely got punished for it. I haven’t seen the footage of Checo doing it...

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Latest news: In an interview today with Sky TV, Zac Brown said that apart from Imola last year and a few other races Ricciardo has under performed, shots fired? Depends on the tone/context. He could actually be saying it to protect him. Saying that he is underperforming suggests he has it in him to...

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Latest news: In an interview today with Sky TV, Zac Brown said that apart from Imola last year and a few other races Ricciardo has under performed, shots fired? Depends on the tone/context. He could actually be saying it to protect him. Saying that he is underperforming suggests he has it in him to...

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