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Harpo

During the last ten/twelve years how many drivers got a "championship contending car" ? Some happy years four, or else only two. If you don't take into account the obvious subservient n° 2 drivers, it reduces the number to 1 or 2. Such is the state of F1 that I wouldn't bet on any of the current "be...

Harpo

I like the way people here discuss the micro-details of driving (I mean it, I really like it, though I very rarely participate - see what follows) just like if any moves made in fractions of seconds were the result of long thinking and well thought decisions... But. But these drivers are may be mad...

Harpo

This is the crucial part for me. Even with losing speed when he bumped off Max, Lewis still ended with all four wheels outside the track line, on the kerbs. Which means that he was not going to make the corner 100% cleanly. Edit to mention that this is not for the 2019 incident obviously! Is it rea...

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Latifi is 2 years into a 3 year contract. :lol: :lol: :lol: That's the bit that won't happen. Mazeoin and Latiffi should get together and start a new team named "Billionaire". Yeah that would leave more room for drivers of real talent. :) Only if the Billionaire Team is the 11th on the grid. If the...

Harpo

So just asking the question here. Corner speed aside & keeping in mind that at one point Hamilton was virtually level with Verstappen, by how much does this incident differ from Verstappens pass on Leclerc in Austria in 2019? Verstappen was slightly behind going into the corner the same as Hamilton...

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Russell to Red Bull Perez to Williams Ticktum replaces Latiffi Bottas stays at Mercedes Latifi is 2 years into a 3 year contract. :lol: :lol: :lol: That's the bit that won't happen. Mazeoin and Latiffi should get together and start a new team named "Billionaire". Yeah that would leave more room for...

Harpo

If the aim is to mix the cars to get "exciting" overtakes during the first 5 laps until the true order of cars speed and drivers abilities is restored, the best thing is to put 20 lotto pawns with cars numbers on them in a hat and ask the nearest child with an innocent hand (so no one with a parent ...

Harpo

Brawn was short of superlatives. He would have been even if the drivers had decided to park the cars by the side of the track after the 3rd lap. So don't worry, whatever the popular or sporting "success" of the tests, whether you want it or not, you'll get sprint "qualies" implemanted.

Harpo

Imo one of two things will happen 1. RB will fill his head with nonsense which will make him feel wronged. He will implode and either crash off trying to hit back or do something too obviously intentional he will get a ban 2. Quietly RB will address his role in the incident including other incident...

Harpo

I hope Max returns the favor in the future. Senna vs Prost in the making. I won't discuss the "favor" thing (that implies that he has no responsability at all in what is just an incident but could have been one of the worst accidents of these last years. He was lucky to escape uninjured from an acc...

Harpo

Interesting taken from a comment on one of those articles How about the Spanish grand prix? Anyone remember Horner saying this: “Turn 1 was mega,” Horner said at the time. “I mean Max, that was full Max Verstappen – he was just going for it – and he positioned the car fantastically well. “He tucked...

Harpo

Interesting taken from a comment on one of those articles How about the Spanish grand prix? Anyone remember Horner saying this: “Turn 1 was mega,” Horner said at the time. “I mean Max, that was full Max Verstappen – he was just going for it – and he positioned the car fantastically well. “He tucked...

Harpo

The only good thing about this is Verstappen being not even injured, which looked unlikely. It could have been far far worse. The opposite side of the medal is that, if the current cars were not so safe, may be a handful of drivers would hesitate before swaggering... Other point is that cars should ...

Harpo

Whatever happens, they won't ditch the "sprint race", but make it mandadory before long. We have never seen populist politicians with an agenda admit they are wrong and that's exactly what Brawn and consorts are. F1 as we (well I) liked it is not yet dead, but there so little of it left alive that w...

Harpo

Looks very Indy car to me. I bet it will drive similar to Indy too, with drivers making a lot of steering corrections all the time. When you couple 1000+hp and less downforce, I bet you're going to see unstable cars. Might be fun to watch. It does look a lot like a modern IndyCar without an aeroscr...

Harpo

Jezza13 wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 03, 2021 9:05 am

F1Tyrant wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 03, 2021 9:00 am
Russell to Mercedes in 2022 or I'll be absolutely gutted...
I'd be willing to bet my entire savings portfolio totaling $216.26 that Russell will be in that 2nd Merc next year.

Don't rush and go on using conditional...

Harpo

And now the winner of the Sprint notsureifitsaraceorqualifying event WILL be given an official Pole result. Not happy..... Well the official pole was always who given the P1 slot on Sunday, not who was fastest in qualifying. See Schumacher at Monaco 2012, or Kimi at Monza 2005. It does seem weird t...

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Verstappen. Hamilton. Norris. Gasly. Vettel. Alonso. Sainz. Giovinazzi. Russell. Schumacher. A lot of it pretty much reflects Sundays finishing order - and I really don't have much to add to that! Feels like rather a lazy return from me. Same - although looking at the results here Verstappen/Alonso...

Harpo

General consensus, except I didn't vote for the Mercededes duo, as it is obvious that Bottas hasn't any (never had, will never have) munitions handed by the headquarter to fight the war

Harpo

May I say that, in my opinion, the most obvious difference between Ferrari 2017/2018 and Red Bull 2021 is the constant quality of RB pitwall strategies ? This. The 2017/18 Ferrari was a quick car but the team strategy sometimes left Vettel on the back foot. I'm sure that some of his much-discussed ...

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May I say that, in my opinion, the most obvious difference between Ferrari 2017/2018 and Red Bull 2021 is the constant quality of RB pitwall strategies ?

Harpo

Of course they age... But what I meant is that it's not because Bottas' chassis was new that it was as good as Hamilton's old one or Bottas' previous one when they were "new". Though the building processes have reached an amazing level, 2 chassis are never perfect twins.

Harpo

I know, it is the weirdest explanation I've read in a while. Hamilton is a sure bet, that's fine, but it is like saying that one driver will definitely do less mileage? And it was planned? Do they always swap chassis in 1/3 of the year? I don't understand what the confusion is. Presumably the team ...

Harpo

Who got the official "Fastest Lap" point in Baku? Verstappen (and Hamilton) finished worse than 10th, so it can't be him... Nobody got the point, because the official fastest lap of the race was "performed" by a driver who DNF and the second fastest being the first slower, he doesn't get an undeser...

Harpo

Am I the only one who thinks that year after year, Bakou is not a motor race but a circus game ? One day, one the crashed cars will be sent back in the traffic and we'll get dead drivers. It's a tough challenging race track. Things can go wrong at any track. Things could go wrong at any track. They...

Harpo

Am I the only one who thinks that year after year, Bakou is not a motor race but a circus game ?
One day, one the crashed cars will be sent back in the traffic and we'll get dead drivers.

Harpo

Don't think there has ever been a driver luckier than Lewis Hamilton in the history of the sport. Weird that when Lady Luck has deserted him it cost him three titles. Beaching it in the gravel counts as luck? Shame there wasn't a crane nearby. Or are we talking about Glock letting him by on the fin...

Harpo

Well the "Monaco Problem®" resurfaces among the "fans" every month of May. The problem at Monaco is that obvious that it allows to forget that the "Monaco Problem" is in fact "Every Track Problem", and that's all. Sorry, but we can't spend years complaining about dull (though faster and faster) proc...

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A.J. wrote: ↑
Wed May 19, 2021 1:34 pm

Can't believe I missed this - am curious to hear what the people bashing RBR have to say about this.

I'd say that both front wings "vibrate" but don't flex.

Harpo

You're not wrong. Hamilton, Bottas, Russel & Ocon. Plus Perez, Stroll, Gasly, Tsunoda, Raikkonen and Giovanazzi. Very convenient for Mercedes, but at the same time quite the headache. Wolff has been pretty vocal about the importance of harmony within the team and avoiding a another Hamilton/Rosberg...

Harpo

I may be wrong but don't all the contracts between Mercedes and their drivers end this year ? By drivers, I mean not only Hamilton and Bottas, but also Russell and Ocon. You're not wrong. Hamilton, Bottas, Russel & Ocon. Plus Perez, Stroll, Gasly, Tsunoda, Raikkonen and Giovanazzi. Very convenient ...

Harpo

I may be wrong but don't all the contracts between Mercedes and their drivers end this year ? By drivers, I mean not only Hamilton and Bottas, but also Russell and Ocon. You're not wrong. Hamilton, Bottas, Russel & Ocon. Plus Perez, Stroll, Gasly, Tsunoda, Raikkonen and Giovanazzi. Very convenient ...

Harpo

Well, another race, another underwhelming result. It's a long season so plenty of time I guess, but conspiracy theories aside, I wasn't expecting wins, but I was expecting him to have the measure of Stroll and it would be hard to argue that's happened so far. The car is woeful It's literally based ...

Harpo

I may be wrong but don't all the contracts between Mercedes and their drivers end this year ? By drivers, I mean not only Hamilton and Bottas, but also Russell and Ocon.

Harpo

Monaco has been organized for decades mid-may... Long before Bernie had any power in F1. And once at the helm, he was not dumb enough to move the date, so didn't have to "allow" nor "forbid" anything. Not always mid-May, sometimes it shares the weekend with the Indy 500 which is at the end. Not thi...

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Have always wondered why they have Spain and Monaco are back to back though. Would it not make sense to have a few races in between where overtaking is a bit more possible. Probably has a lot to do with logistics, given that Monaco practice is on a Thursday and not a Friday. Now you could ask why M...

Harpo

I can say that most of us who started following F1 during the previous millenium don't recognize much of what they loved, watching the current usurper. Even the cars are ugly. What worries me even more than the "sprint" machin-chose , it's the thinking that altering the tracks is the solution to al...

Harpo

Well, this insanity will go no further than the first crash involving 2 cars of 2 front teams...

Harpo

At a time when those who run football clubs showed themselves to be out of touch, self-obsessed halfwits it seems F1 was not to be outdone. I loathe this idea. Why take an aspect of F1 that works well and replace it with one that doesn't? Apparently it's what the fans want, but sadly as usual no on...

Harpo

At a time when those who run football clubs showed themselves to be out of touch, self-obsessed halfwits it seems F1 was not to be outdone. I loathe this idea. Why take an aspect of F1 that works well and replace it with one that doesn't? Apparently it's what the fans want, but sadly as usual no on...

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