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What train? Is sharing observations (very valid imo) now considered jumping on some train? And "back" on it? Wow, some people have serious issues with discussion forums it seems. :uhoh: There are all kinds of patterns to observe, why are we not passing similar comment about Leclerc? Leclerc has com...

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The problem Mercedes have is that there simulation facilities (wind tunnel) etc isn't correlating to real life. It's not that their engineers have suddenly become bad it's that what the simulation tells them works doesn't work in real life. But lets not forget they still have the 4th fastest car. T...

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If Hamilton doesn't want to be in the car, perhaps he should make way for someone who does. This is the kind of excuse that has been going around this forum before about a perceived loss of competitiveness. That's not what I'm talking about, I'm talking about him giving Russell a free pass who was ...

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If Hamilton doesn't want to be in the car, perhaps he should make way for someone who does. This is the kind of excuse that has been going around this forum before about a perceived loss of competitiveness. That's not what I'm talking about, I'm talking about him giving Russell a free pass who was ...

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Wouldn't you say that Hamilton had a relative poor season in 2008? Similar to 2007 compared to Ferrari and no teammate competition. It has been speculated that Räikkönen took his foot off the gas after securing his WDC in 2007. As you've already been told Kimi started the 2008 season strongly but t...

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Well we need to see what happens going forward don't we. I'd certainly say Hamilton did not look like peak Hamilton today. He claimed damage to his car when he let Russell go passed but that being said he seemed to have little fight like we saw from Russell for all of 7th place. He certainly has li...

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I'm counting Verstappen's seat as the best. You could say joint best if you wanted. Many of the drivers you list weren't blocking one of only two seats that offer a viable championship chance year after year. The only comparison is Bottas who also got 5 seasons. If you go back far enough you'll fin...

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Why second best seat; the Redbull is the outright best seat at the moment. This is not the first time we are seeing this though; I remember the years of suffering through Barrichello/Kovalainen/Massa/Webber/Bottas when it was clear they had no chance of ever competing for the title against their do...

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I don't know whether RB thinks like that - but if they did it would be a massive disapointment. Everyone and her daughter would have finished second. But the one time it counted - when Verstappen's car failed - he was nowhere. Seriously, it would be a travesty for the competitiveness of F1, if an o...

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I hope you're wrong. He's got three 2nd places in 4 races which is what is the most expected from him. On top of this, he's not going to mess around with going another setup route like last year. He getting 2nd in Japan is a big shout out from him for a contract extension. Sainz has to look at 2026...

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Yes, because both Hamilton and Räikkönen had relatively poor seasons. In hindsight, things were not going to get any better for Räikkönen, but very few would have predicted that. See you can just invent whatever you want, Massa having the most pole positions is because Hamilton and Kimi under perfo...

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Yes, if those drivers would drive for many teams. The trouble is that few top drivers do. They have teammates who may do however. Yes, but that is quite meaningless in the context of the car itself, doesn't it? For instance, we hear Hamilton complain to no end about the current generation of Merced...

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I can and did. The stewards didn't look at Alonso's real or pretended throttle problem, just as they didn't look at Russell's actions while chasing Alonso, because Russell apparently didn't inform them he was paying attention to something else than the car he was trying to catch up to. Also, I'm no...

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Back on the train i see. Lets give it to mid year at least. If the race pace is still "average" maybe we can draw that conclusion then. It has to come some time though hes no spring chicken What train? Is sharing observations (very valid imo) now considered jumping on some train? And "back" on it? ...

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Didn't look "much quicker" in the final stint; he got closer due to Russell getting stuck behind Piastri. For me this looks like a turning point; we could rely on Lewis turning it up in the race regardless of where he qualified, but this season Russell seems to clearly be the better driver. Back on...

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Didn't look "much quicker" in the final stint; he got closer due to Russell getting stuck behind Piastri. For me this looks like a turning point; we could rely on Lewis turning it up in the race regardless of where he qualified, but this season Russell seems to clearly be the better driver. Back on...

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See my prior post, the team can literally see this. The engineers know, the problem is that they don't know how to make the car go faster than the rest of the field instead of lagging behind. You don't believe in driver feed back then unlike the drivers who are always looking to give feed back. Of ...

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No, I think most people (including you!) have said Hamilton has very likely declined from his peak. That's obviously not the same as saying that it would be impossible for Hamilton to ever outqualify Russell. Bottom line.... You can't moan for weeks about people using a "3 race sample" and then try...

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No, I think most people (including you!) have said Hamilton has very likely declined from his peak. That's obviously not the same as saying that it would be impossible for Hamilton to ever outqualify Russell. Bottom line.... You can't moan for weeks about people using a "3 race sample" and then try...

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I'm not sure why Hamilton offered to move over. Sure he was slower in stint one which was unlike him but he was much quicker than Russell in the final two stints and lost 10 seconds to the undercut. Didn't look "much quicker" in the final stint; he got closer due to Russell getting stuck behind Pia...

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The problem Mercedes have is that there simulation facilities (wind tunnel) etc isn't correlating to real life. It's not that their engineers have suddenly become bad it's that what the simulation tells them works doesn't work in real life. But lets not forget they still have the 4th fastest car. T...

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It is a follow-on from last year. "I know what a car needs". I would wager there a people on this forum (me personally not among them) that know more about what makes a Formula One car work than Hamilton. And what goes for Hamilton, goes for all drivers in the field. It's called giving feed back, h...

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It is a follow-on from last year. "I know what a car needs". I would wager there a people on this forum (me personally not among them) that know more about what makes a Formula One car work than Hamilton. And what goes for Hamilton, goes for all drivers in the field. It's called giving feed back, h...

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The data does not give you the relative performance of the car versus the rest of the field, not its drivability. Therein lies the problem. It gives a good idea who are the better drivers. Yes, if those drivers would drive for many teams. The trouble is that few top drivers do. They have teammates ...

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Bottas has had three teammates if I remember correctly (Massa, Hamilton, Zhou). Beating Zhou could be the same as beating Sargeant or beating Latifi. Quit meaningless in other words. Edit: spelling. While Massa was a GP winner and just seconds away from being a world champion. Yes, because both Ham...

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OK, so not able to provide a quote or an example then. Sorry, I don't believe that you thought anybody was arguing that it would be impossible for Hamilton to ever out qualify Russell ever again. Chill out and actually think about what you're claiming here. I would say that one member has certainly...

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I think in the part that dealt with Russell saying he was actually looking down when changing something on his steering wheel. Which Russell revealed in Japan, I'm not sure the stewards can see the future, however nice way to avoid the question which you can't answer in defence of Alonso. I can and...

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You have to give credit to Hamilton for persevering with this nonsense. https://www.crash.net/f1/news/1046497/1/lewis-hamilton-now-knows-exactly-where-w15-not-strong-enough What nonsense would that be? It is a follow-on from last year. "I know what a car needs". I would wager there a people on this...

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Remember where this started? It was based on an argument of circular logic. When I point out that this applies to Hamilton vs Bottas, it is somehow not relevant. There are any number of reasons why the comparison of Verstappen vs Perez against Hamilton vs Bottas is not going to give us much informa...

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Fair enough on the first point, what I should have written is that there is no real telling either way. As for Massa declining over time, every driver does and drivers (and athletes in general) decline at different ages, that is something that I think is commonly accepted. Whether his accident affe...

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The relevance lies is that Bottas for all intents and purposes is not an accurate yardstick, this has been clear all along, and we can see that play out at Sauber. That gets countered with excuses as in “Bottas does not really try” or “Bottas is only good in a top car”. That than leads some to give...

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He did. Which in itself isn't breaking the rules. The question is whether Alonso making a mistake while Russell is checking his steering wheel is enough to earn him a penalty. And that is where his potential throttle problem may come back into the discussion. I was just replying to the member who s...

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Could you please quote literally anybody on the forum saying that it would be impossible for Hamilton to out qualify Russell? Just once will do... Having the need to use 3 race samples gives that feel of something set in stone. OK, so not able to provide a quote or an example then. Sorry, I don't b...

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Why are you complaining about a 3 race sample yet using a 1 race sample to discredit it? What Hamilton did was apparently not possible with him being over the hill. Could you please quote literally anybody on the forum saying that it would be impossible for Hamilton to out qualify Russell? Just onc...

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Read some news about Vettel potentially being in the running to replace Lewis. I hope that is untrue; he was past it by 2018 and the subsequent time at Aston Martin was already an embarrassment. Stroll should not be getting anywhere as close to a top-level driver as he did when partnered with Vette...

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I just rewatched the onboard from Russell's car about 5 times and to me it looks like Russell is simply unaware of Alonso's car that is visible slowing before the corner. From what I can see, Alonso wants the best corner exit possible and therefore is trying to reduce the speed of Russell in the pr...

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Oh, I've no doubt that without the big crash there is no penalty. That's because of shoddy stewarding rather than a defence for Alonso though. What is clearly borderline (just judging by the split response from the drivers) is Alonso's driving and whether that was over the line or not. What I think...

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The last part is a fine line, whether what Alonso did in Australia crossed that line is obviously something that not everyone agrees on. I think it was on the good side, even if somewhat marginal. If blame is to be apportioned to Alonso at all, then it is probably in the order of 30/70 between him ...

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No, I don't think a driver should take his eyes off the track for more than a split second when closely fighting and trying to overtake another driver. Perhaps this demonstrates a limitation in Russell's armour and it further fuels doubts about his ability overall. They make numerous switch changes...

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I am going to look at the onboard of Russell later today. I don’t think though that Alonso made a mistake and I don’t make much of his excuse of some throttle problem. I think Alonso should have stuck to his guns and come out and tell it like it is. I thought that Alonso told the stewards he made a...

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