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I didnt get to see the last 20 due to family coming over, but from what ive read Lewis was alot quicker than George and maybe had a better shot at the win For me, Mercedes should have simply told Lewis to retain his 3rd place after the start. Taken a 5 second if they give it. But give he effectivel...

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Reverse the application. DRS is enabled all the time, and when a car comes up to another car within 1 second in a reverse DRS detection zone, the car is able to turn off DRS to increase downforce so that they can overtake in the corners.

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Lando's parents net worth is enough to pay the F1 team entry fee. Compared to him, Max grew up 3rd class.

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McLaren will finish the season with the 2nd best car . I don't think anyone else is bringing upgrades? Maybe Merc will try something. AM and Ferrari's upgrades didn't work out as planned. Merc I can't even tell if they're better pre or post sidepods. Ferrari and McLaren will easily leapfrog AM due t...

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They don't even need a second driver anymore. Max is leading the WCC by himself. Max's average gap to Perez when they have a 1-2 finish (8 races) is 16.875s. Perez's avg gap (only 2 races) to Max is 3.746. Michael Schumacher's avg gap (17 races) to Rubens Barrichello was 7.794s, Barrichello's gap to...

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Since Britain when both drivers have had the upgrades, here's the stats when they've had a proper race: Qualy Lando 2 over Piastri 1 Races Lando 2 over Piastri 0 Sprint Qualy Lando 0 over Piastri 1 Sprint Race Lando 0 over Piastri 1 So it's basically Lando winning 4-3 which is far less than what you...

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Tsunoda, Ocon, and Nando. Max obviously is superhuman.

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Ocon and Tsunoda showed some grit today. They've upped their ceilings a bit. Lando is tough to judge. He did not beat Sainz in a top 3 car, but showed that he was very quick at times. He now has a top 3 car again and appears to be losing to Piastri. We saw what Max could do with a top 3 car. So is L...

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I think all qualifying should be done with softs. That could discourage drivers from doing a final qualifying lap to win back pole, like in the last race.

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Inside news: According to Yhacbec López, accredited F1 media, Alex Albon received an offer to return to the Red Bull family. Albon turned the proposal down, seeming confident in his ability to shine with his current team in addition to other teams reportedly also showing interest. Thanks; I love th...

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Or maybe they should put something properly abrasive to cook tyres up, something that can be screwed in for f1 race but removed for MotoGP, proper gritty stuff. Or give them something else, you go across certain line, no DRS for you this lap. We are all arguing how stupid F1 is with these penalties...

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He has the money to do it so I think he might as well. Lewis should then challenge 2021

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2023 is basically Mercedes vs a field of RB and Ferrari clones

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The racing is closer, and I am happy to see less lap 1 crashes than previous years. DRS also helps to prevent crashes overall since you can only defend against it so much until you have to accept that you'll get overtaken. Perhaps there needs to be a max number of DRS usages, enabled in more places ...

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Charles showed why he deserved it.

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Silly from Sargeant, he needs to clock the laps for a super license point which means he can finish one place lower in F2 to get his super license, pushing that hard that you nearly crash and ruining a set of tyres wasn't needed. He’s reached this distance now anyway - I think this highlights that ...

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Going back to Alpine would be far more embarrassing.

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What does Mercedes do now that they've won one? Keep improving the nopods chassis or go a different direction for next season?

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Well, they did sign him for only 5 years when he asked for 10-15 so he's somewhat expendable.

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Max shouldn't had been allowed to pass Checo in the first place. Other than that, I don't like team orders where a car in front drops back to let the car behind through. Plus Checo was so far behind it would've made it look even worse. Charles grovling for points was about as pathetic as it gets. T...

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Max shouldn't had been allowed to pass Checo in the first place. Other than that, I don't like team orders where a car in front drops back to let the car behind through. Plus Checo was so far behind it would've made it look even worse. Charles grovling for points was about as pathetic as it gets.

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Ferrari will beat Merc in Brazil, but Merc could be getting a win in AD. Ferrari was at least strong in AD last year so I don't see them losing 2nd in the WCC unless Merc pulls off a 1-2 in AD.

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I think the original penalty was quite harsh but the negotiated outcome was fair considering this was basically an experimental year for the cap. Next time however (for year 2022) any breach should result in a loss of championship points.

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Merc was never winning that race imo, the RB18 is just far superior to anything the W13 can offer. Beyond a DNF, crippling damage, Merc are not winning a race. Max and the RB18 can win from nearly anywhere in the top 10. Massive Hamilton/Merc fan but Redbull have knocked it out the park with this y...

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These are what teams I presume Ric is looking at and their driver contracts: Red Bull Verstappen - 2028 Perez - 2024 Perez is expendable tbh. There's zero loyalty there. I think Perez has done ok, nothing spectacular. Ric has shown maturity in his duel's with Lando, so if RBR really wants two top dr...

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Alonso, Vettel, Norris.

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How the hell red bull managed to keep the mediums switched on for 20 laps bewilders me. The same medium tyres that couldn't last 12 laps at the start. Even fuel corrected. It should of been 16 laps at best with how hard Verstappen was pushing. Even the hards went off Lewis car after 21 laps. With M...

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Tier 1 Nico Rosberg Kimi Raikkonen Jenson Button Valtteri Bottas Filipe Massa Tier 2 Rubens Barrichello Giancarlo Fisichella Jarno Trulli Ricardo Patrese Tier 3 Johnny Herbert Heikki Kovalainen Eddie Irvine Martin Brundle Tier 4 Jos Verstappen Stoffel Vandoorne Tarso Marques Nelson Piquet Jr Barric...

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For someone who threatens retirement every season, I don't think he'll stick around to get more than 60 wins. I think he will win the next two titles, but the previous 2 will be stripped.

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Tier 1
Nico Rosberg
Kimi Raikkonen
Jenson Button
Valtteri Bottas
Filipe Massa

Tier 2
Rubens Barrichello
Giancarlo Fisichella
Jarno Trulli
Ricardo Patrese

Tier 3
Johnny Herbert
Heikki Kovalainen
Eddie Irvine
Martin Brundle

Tier 4
Jos Verstappen
Stoffel Vandoorne
Tarso Marques
Nelson Piquet Jr

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This is the 2nd time I've voted for Latifi and the first time after he finished a race.

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I don't think you should be able to overspend by even $1. I'm sure other teams had the same belief so they purposely kept say $100k under budget just to be sure they didn't breach it.

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I guarantee Max would not have got a penalty if he done the exact same as Leclerc. We saw Perez didn't at Silverstone. And that was side by side so much worse... Also remember when Perez went across Variants Alta when defending from Leclerc in Imola and kept position aswell in almost identical situ...

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No, I'm a bit confused about how he suddenly found pace after being threatened to get dropped. So is it a problem with motivation? Is he a streaky driver? If only they would let him test the Ferrari to get a better measurement of his skills.

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Agreed do we want F1 to be a sport or just another version of the WWF. WWF changed to WWE 20 years ago mate. Hey, the WWF that I care much more about didn't change its name 20 years ago - that is, the one who won the lawsuit and was able to prevent the dilution of its "brand" (acronym). But still s...

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DeVries Lando Sainz

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It's too bad we couldn't have had a motor race. That is all.

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Russell made a snake move for sure, but he worded the request in a way (he was losing his tires) that Mercedes couldn't refuse. Either way he was going to be 2nd, so his main motive was to beat Hamilton. I understand Lewis going for the win. George would have had to hold up the back as long as he c...

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Russell made a snake move for sure, but he worded the request in a way (he was losing his tires) that Mercedes couldn't refuse. Either way he was going to be 2nd, so his main motive was to beat Hamilton. I understand Lewis going for the win. George would have had to hold up the back as long as he co...

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His season so far reminds me of Schumacher 1995. Leclerc is vastly better than Hill ever was so I'd say it's like 1999 sans Schumacher's injury. Yeah, agreed. 1995 was just Schumacher dominating an inferior driver who was woefully overmatched in the WDC fight, and I don't have that same feeling fro...

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