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Hamilton and Russell could be a battle for the ages. Hamilton would win because he's so consistent and as far as race craft, '18 showed me he's the best on the grid. Russell is not as fast as people think, but he's got "it" whatever that is. His ability to force a Williams into Q2/Q3 was like black ...

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Am coming across so many tweets or articles where it's been said the delay from Hamilton to speak out just anything is a hint he's decided to retire. I wonder if someone could shed a light on this - Being a 7-time world champion but losing to Max, would his ego have been hurt? (No disrespect to Ham...

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I want consistent officiating. You shouldn't be able to squeeze someone off the track. Considering that is only allowed by a set of guidelines we know exist, but which aren't public, perhaps it is officiated consistently. But we can't be sure. The same is true for your comment about weaving in the ...

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Hamilton and Rosberg. If you have the best car, you know you're going to win both the WDC and WCC and no third team can challenge because they won't win races against those two.

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It's almost impossible to argue. Alonso performed well in the standings, but did not outdrive Ocon. However, Ocon has improved since last year and is 98% the driver Alonso is now. Alonso's also 2 years younger than when Schumi came back. Schumacher came back at 41 in what was essentially a 2009 car ...

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I think the media blackout and unfollowing everyone is his way of retiring.

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I watched from 'the middle of '95 to '04 before I got bored of MS' dominance, then came back from '10 to '13 when MS came back, leaving again when he retired for the 2nd time, then '18 on after Grand Prix Driver piqued my interest and finding myself cheering for Red Bull because they took on the Hon...

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This has gone quite nicely from rank the season's performance to rank specific portions of the season's performance to rank the final few laps of the season performance. The battle between the top two did take place across the entire season, with two generally evenly matched cars (I'd sway towards ...

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Anyway, I thought that Driver61 made a great point. As aggressive as Verstappen is, he always tries to make sure that his nose is ahead of his rival’s nose on corner exit. iJO3AhXhiXE I mean half the time when wheel to wheel Max doesn't even try to keep his nose on track. We've also seen Max take o...

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I want consistent officiating. You shouldn't be able to squeeze someone off the track. More than one weaving move on the straights shouldn't be allowed. Currently it's only disallowed in a braking zone. Significantly slowing down as a defense or to let someone pass should be a hefty infringement, if...

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also american, pretty much every time officials mess something up the league comes out and apologizes... think about the blown pass interference call in the Saints vs Rams 2019 NFC Championship game... the league apologized and then CHANGED THE RULE to allow PI to be reviewable. Could you imagine i...

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In reality, I would say Leclerc should be 10 - 20 points ahead. I think many have been very influenced by Sainz's recent turn of form, which is excellent, but in reality, I don't understand why Leclerc is getting outvoted by almost everyone. Leclerc's 2021 will be remembered as a season very simila...

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I didn't know that CFD was restricted as well. That's quite significant.

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Whereas Hamilton, showed pure class in that final lap of AD despite having the rug completely pulled from under his feet. On a tangent here, but I've read this a lot, that Lewis has shown class in the last lap, and for the life of me I don't understand it. As in, what else could Lewis do in the las...

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You know what? I think we need to re-race this whole season with stricter rules and robust punishments.

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Assuming current drivers are set in their place for the upcoming season, I would take Oscar Piastri on loan from Alpine, or bring Antonio back to F1. Nico Hulkenberg is also an option.

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I was a gifted athlete in my youth and I’m sure there are more than a few on here. I was also in the martial arts. When my hockey coach told me to get off the bench and go help protect my team during a bench clearing brawl that was a line I would not cross. I told him I would fight anyone in the ri...

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Monza due to the crash. I think that's the worst way to win a championship.

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I agree, imagine Grosjean or Mazepin putting in the same performance? Max lost his head in that grand prix. Yes. But -- in a twist of infinite irony -- I think he didn't get a penalty because race control / the stewards didn't want to be seen as interfering in the championship by handing Lewis an i...

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This year Lewis drove better than I'd ever seen him. Max fought hard by driving almost equally as well, but next year I'd like to see him prove himself within the racing lines. Mazepin has amazing thick skin, survived a social media cancellation, and managed to get fastest lap in a HAAS! but sadly h...

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I get people being angry, and certainly, mistakes were made. But I also think this is quite the mass overreaction. Play devil's advocate. Imagine those lapped cars had un-lapped themselves the lap before... we get the same outcome, surely? Would everyone accept, that was just rotten luck for Hamilt...

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https://medium.com/@gwkj1/analysing-the-fia-rulebook-after-the-abu-dhabi-grand-prix-a-lawyers-perspective-571ca3810060?s=08 Good article which seems to indicate Merc have a pretty rock solid case Seems like a good article, would like to know that guys qualification tho. As other have said lawyers a...

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Oh come on. Even Albon wins the title at that point there was absolutely nothing special from Max in that last lap. Even Albon? For goodness sake... Perez had shown how to defend on worn tyres, to the extent I was surprised to see Hamilton not covering the inside line. Are we ignoring the fact Hami...

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One thing that many are fully aware of and in general agreement with on this forum is that a safety car has the ability to influence the outcome of a race to favor one competitor over another. It is for that very reason the rules around it should be written as a clear procedure so that it can be ap...

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Yes, 100% crucify the FIA. Although I don't think Mercedes need to seek the WDC, that moment has passed. I think people should separate in their minds what Mercedes going to court actually means, are they seeking WDC or are they seeking damages? You can have different opinions, as I do. It's like t...

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Short-fuelling a car is not against the rules However, doing so with the intention of stopping on track to force a safety car would I think be treated the same way as Piquet in Singapore. Anyway, I'm sure that's not what RBR did; It would be a stupid risk to take when they can't have known in advan...

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All of these suspicions are irrelevant and just distract from the much larger known events that actually happened. To me, gamesmanship is a part of any sport. But that’s not what happened in Abu Dhabi. It’s just bare faced, brass necked corruption from the officials and the governing body. The Race...

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F1_Ernie wrote: ↑
Wed Dec 15, 2021 4:03 pm
I'm sure I heard that if all cars actually unlapped themselves then there wouldn't have been time for a racing lap? Is that true?

There was time but not for the safety car to then come in before the next lap. They could have sent Ricciardo and Stroll in too but didnt

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Carlos Sainz last lap radio: Sainz: "I think it would be unfair to restart this race. We should stay behind the safety car" Adami: "Yup, understood" Sainz: "Giving massive advantage to some people" Edit: Another radio message emerges - Danny Ric Ricciardo: I'm glad I'm not a part of that, whatever ...

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I don't know why Perez retired, and the reasoning RB gave didn't really make any sense with just 1 lap to go, but it benefitted Sainz more than anyone and I don't think he would have retired if the race was to end under SC. Theory going around is that they underfueled Perez. occurred to me that may...

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I mean if he thinks it was wrong cus he almost lost a podium I am pretty sure he would be sympathetic to Hamilton lol Yes but if Perez hadn't retired he wouldn't have had a podium. Perez was put on softs and retired for no reason. If it was fuel or mechanical they would have detected it and retired...

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Hamilton's legacy has been elevated further than an 8th championship would have. I now have high doubts that Max is the faster driver in the same car, maybe over 1 lap but not in a race.

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Carlos Sainz last lap radio: Sainz: "I think it would be unfair to restart this race. We should stay behind the safety car" Adami: "Yup, understood" Sainz: "Giving massive advantage to some people" Edit: Another radio message emerges - Danny Ric Ricciardo: I'm glad I'm not a part of that, whatever ...

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Lewis will be around for awhile. I imagine he will get 10 championships and win 10x at GB Will he though? Everyone knows how to beat him now... just aim at him. Cheers for that Max. That is the driving style of the new generation. They honed their skins in sims where they learned how to be as aggre...

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Lewis will be around for awhile. I imagine he will get 10 championships and win 10x at GB Will he though? Everyone knows how to beat him now... just aim at him. Cheers for that Max. That is the driving style of the new generation. They honed their skins in sims where they learned how to be as aggre...

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There should be some sort of liaison to the RD who the teams can communicate with. The RD has a big job and for the team principals to be able to get on a headset and communicate directly in real time is quite odd.

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Lewis will be around for awhile. I imagine he will get 10 championships and win 10x at GB

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I don't like the VSC rules where you have to slow down to 40% and maintain your deficit to the driver in front. Driver should be able to pull up all the way behind each other. As for the SC, I don't see a need for the extra lap at the end. It's an extra 3 minutes wasted when all the cars are out of ...

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If you look at it as one race, then I'd say it was quite unfair for Lewis. However, I thought it would be an easy win for Max at the restart and it seems that everyone thought that as well, but Lewis made it hard as hell. Nothing was certain and Max slid his rear at the final turn where he had troub...

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... Message all drivers that lapped cars will not be released, As a result Lewis stays out, Max pits.. I'm pretty sure that the original message not to allow lapped cars was not the main factor in Merc not pitting, more that they would have lost track position to Verstappen and were effectively sno...

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