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Exediron wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 11, 2025 4:14 pm
I'd be happy to see Horner purchase Alpine, if only so he can immediately sack that crook Briatore.

Indeed. Amazed to hear some people say Horner has been the least likeable member of the paddock for years with people like Briatore and Mallya there.

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1000psi = 69bar. I think the maximum braking pressure can exceed 100bar. But yeah this probably isn't the right thread for bringing up 2021 SA.

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I think it's possible that part of the reason they're cleaning the house is that it's been hard to find a good second driver because no one wants to go there looking at how the no2 drivers have fared the last 10 or so year.

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I have to say it would be pure guesswork on my part, don't have nearly enough insight into the inner working of the teams to know which team principal is doing a good job as it's such a team effort to get good results in F1. Of course the TP has an influence on what kind of people the team consists ...

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Horner has to be quite high up the list of longest acting team principals at one team?

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Johnson wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 09, 2025 9:50 am
First piece of the red bull tower falls. Probably the least likeable member of the entire paddock of the last 20 years. So long.

I don't think he's even been the least likeable team principle during that time, let alone member of the entire paddock.

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Yikes. Curious timing.

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I doubt either of these drivers would want to drive RBR against Max and ruin their career Does it even matter what Max is doing in the car? Yuki's results lately would look dire if he was alone, never mind Max. If both (or the only) drivers finish in P20 everyone would assume the car is the worst o...

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Loved how Hulk responded to Piastri in the cooldown room. Oscar was clearly trying to get some sympathy for his penalty during the SC and Nico said something like he almost ran into the car in front of him because of the braking.

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Race control should have the power to make everyone use the full wet tyres. Make the call during VSC to make sure no one gains or loses out massively and when everyone has made it back from the pits, green flag and everyone is again free to choose what tyre to run. It does seem pretty ridiculous th...

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Hulkenberg so far ahead of anyone else that he gets my only vote, honorable mention to Norris, Stroll, Gasly.

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Race control should have the power to make everyone use the full wet tyres. Make the call during VSC to make sure no one gains or loses out massively and when everyone has made it back from the pits, green flag and everyone is again free to choose what tyre to run. Why oh why would Verstappen / Red ...

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He's clearly going to demand that George goes to another team, Kimi is loaned to Alpine (or Williams) and then Bottas is promoted to be his teammate. Then we can get the prime Lewis vs. prime Max teammate comparison that we always wanted. ;) I honestly don't see it. It makes much more sense to Wolf...

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McLaren will bring a (Google) Chrome livery to the British GP.

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George Russell at Red Bull is such an unintuitive partnership. Verstappen for Russell is a pretty hilarious swap in fact, because it might be the teams on the grid I feel are the worst fit for both drivers in terms of company culture relative to how I perceive the drivers' personalities. Drivers sh...

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Probably is gonna happen, no smoke without fire as they say If Max already knows that there's a deal on the table for him to move to Mercedes then it might also explain why he was so calm with Kimi and so easy going in his interview - knowing that they'll both be under contract at Mercedes next yea...

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Johnson wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 02, 2025 10:46 am
50-70% chance of rain during qualifying and 30-50% during the race. Silverstone never disappoints. The UK has been dry for months as well.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2637827

Based on my expertise in British weather from watching Clarkson's farm, it should rain with a 100% chance!

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I think Yuki hit a new low in Austria and he has no idea what is wrong https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/red-bulls-tsunoda-baffled-by-lack-of-pace-as-he-issues-apology-after-austria-crash/10737752/ Lawson had his best weekend in comparison in Austria and I do not think he would want to go back to ...

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Why would it be all about Verstappen for me? I think you are honestly projecting here. I wouldn't be following a sport closely for 45 years if it was all about the one driver. At the point that Verstappen's title hopes look to be over we suddenly talk about either Norris or Piastri being unworthy c...

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1939579666446073950 unfortunately this trend comes to end this weekend Wouldn't count him out as he is usually better than the trend would suggest in Silverstone. Last year he was fourth in Austria just like this year but won in Silverstone. Last year at the trio of Britain, Hungary and Belgium he ...

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I also think that the merit of making the one-stopper work are a bit underestimated. Certainly by Ferrari. Well there was no merit at all for Ferrari. They finish 3rd and 4th either way. In hindsight yes but a red flag or safety car could have brought him on the podium with a one-stopper so I don't...

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I think the main ones are Hulkenberg and Lawson. Maybe Alonso too. I think Bortoletto's result is not as good as many are implying. As is often the case, first points and rare decent / good performances can swing the votes a bit. Hulkenberg after a very poor Saturday showed just how good that Saube...

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As said in the race thread, it shows how bad Tsunodas weekend was,when his team mates race was over after 20 seconds.... and he is going to lose this vote convincingly. Finishing last of the running cars isn't great. Verstappen would have lapped him at least once had he not been taken out. It's not...

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1939579666446073950 unfortunately this trend comes to end this weekend Wouldn't count him out as he is usually better than the trend would suggest in Silverstone. Last year he was fourth in Austria just like this year but won in Silverstone. Last year at the trio of Britain, Hungary and Belgium he ...

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Who thinks Max was extra careful with yellows due to his point troubles, and eventually got him 0 points ? Havent read about this anywhere bit I felt like it was out of character and might make him change his approach in coming races... Sorry, was extra careful with yellows when? He raced for about...

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Do we get the best talent through the ranks? Well, we have Cordeel, Villagomez, and Shields in F2, we have similar examples of drivers who never won anything in F3. At the same time, Linus Granfors - 2024 winner of GB 4: out of drive Oscar Pedersen - 2024 F4 China winner: out of drive Linus Lundqvi...

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So, next one: put Paul Aron into the car! Rumours are Bottas. Any more details on these rumours? Is he a part of their long-time plan, just a temporary replacement driver, or are Cadillac paying to have him in the seat and hit the ground running next year? https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/valtter...

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Mon Jun 30, 2025 9:07 am

Paolo_Lasardi wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 30, 2025 9:05 am
So, next one: put Paul Aron into the car!
Rumours are Bottas.

Any more details on these rumours? Is he a part of their long-time plan, just a temporary replacement driver, or are Cadillac paying to have him in the seat and hit the ground running next year?

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Alonso holding back the much faster Bortoleto was masterclass driving! It was partially related to being a rookie / lack of experience as to the fact that Alonso managed to hold Bortoleto behind though. Bortoleto made quite a big error near the end. He could easily have had Alonso if he didn't atte...

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What can be said now that Lawson was able to qualify 6th in Austria? He's the same driver who qualified dead last in his first & only 2 races with Red Bull? Should we assume Lawson has now become that good or can we safely say that the second Red Bull car is the toughest seat to qualify in (Tsunoda...

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In hockey I believe you can challenge a goal or penalty or something which will then be reviewed but you will get a penalty if the review turns out unwarranted. Each team gets a single Coach's Challenge per game, which can be used to challenge any goal on a specific grounds (goaltender interference...

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In hockey I believe you can challenge a goal or penalty or something which will then be reviewed but you will get a penalty if the review turns out unwarranted.

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In 12 monkeys he was great. In Once Upon a Time in Hollywood he was also good. He can act when he wants I guess, it is the type of movies he makes. But these things are subjective sometimes 12 Monkeys is great in many ways. Definitely makes my top 10. As for Pitt, I also liked him in Inglorious Bas...

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I’m a bit late to the conversation on this one but did people have the same apparent dislike of Russell’s character before he moved to Merc? I've disliked Russell ever since he crashed Bottas out and then ran over to his car to hit him on the helmet, and nothing since has made me think it's not fun...

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Maybe if Red Bull didn’t have Verstappen they’d be forced to figure out why whoever the second driver is they appear to not be able to drive the car anywhere close to Verstappen’s pace and that would enable them to have a car that means they could finish higher than the bottom end of the WCC. I fin...

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I read that Alonso quite openly admitted to hoping to get a few drivers penalised after the race for overtaking him after the finish line.

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For me it was an interview that Russell was flaunting his "victory" over Hamilton that I found it a bit... bad taste. I don't know if any of you heard the radio communications on the cooldown lap after Q3. "Talk to me, talk to me" because the team was not on the radio quick enough to laud his perfo...

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https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/why-penalised-lando-norris-avoids-a-grid-drop-for-oscar-piastri-clash/ Lando given a five second time penalty instead of grid penalty in next race for colliding with Piastri. No penalty points given to Lando either AFAIK. What are the rules concerning penalty poin...

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https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/why-penalised-lando-norris-avoids-a-grid-drop-for-oscar-piastri-clash/ Lando given a five second time penalty instead of grid penalty in next race for colliding with Piastri. No penalty points given to Lando either AFAIK. What are the rules concerning penalty poin...

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Why is he alongside him under safety car before russell slows? Russell is fully entitled to slow down to 10 car length of safety car. Verstappen is not entitled to be alongside russel, this is not allowed as per amended rules (which they amended to prevent him doing it in the first place) Its just ...

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