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TheGiantHogweed

well, the softs didn't work out for bottas very well.

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Hmm, after watching that intro, the quantity of people being filmed fimming the action looking through their phone screen baffles me. Why bother coming if you are just going to watch it through a tiny phone screen and record some crappy footage that is much worse than what you could be watching at h...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N8vwUnNILI Seeing the reason why hamilton actually went to fast is honestly rediculous. Based on this video, I can understand why it is worth a drive through, which I initially thought was too harsh. With this and the first lap contact, all of th enalty was entirely ...

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i am confused. what time did this qualifying session start? I started at half past the hout and found it was nearly half way through Q2. It stated everywhere I read that it was at half past the hour. why did it start early? I've missed all of Q1. I don't watch it because i can't stand the build up,...

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Alonso is really not looking good this weekend. Or Stroll has suddenly become one of the top drivers based on where alonso is ranked, which seems unlikely. But that is now both qualifying sessions this weekend he's been outqualified by stroll.

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i am confused. what time did this qualifying session start? I started at half past the hout and found it was nearly half way through Q2. It stated everywhere I read that it was at half past the hour. why did it start early? I've missed all of Q1. I don't watch it because i can't stand the build up, ...

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Why was Hamilton’s penalty a drive through/20 seconds? Have they upped the penalty for pit lane speeding this year? Here’s the answer: https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/decision-document/2024%20Miami%20Grand%20Prix%20-%20Infringement%20-%20Car%2044%20-%20Pit%20Lane%20Speeding.pdf Ok, if he wa...

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at least sargeant has finished in the top 10. Has albon finished in the top 10 at any other stage this season?

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I don't like that I like it, but I find magnussen's comments in the interview really interesting. Actually admitting that he deserves all of his penalties, but is literally just doing this when he no longer can get points for him, but can aid his team mate. Magnussen is certainly not a clean racer, ...

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So Hamilton gets a drive through penalty for speeding in the pitlane while KMag gets penalised less for breaking the rules 3 times, 3 useless 10 second penalties which he doesn't care about. He was given a black and white warning flag which normally means stop it or next time you get a black flag, ...

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wire2004 wrote: ↑
Sat May 04, 2024 4:41 pm
How the hell did Hamilton speed in the pitlane.

He drove through the pit lane over 3 times? and obviously went too fast in one of them.

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well, that is hamilton's penalty that I felt he should have got earlier on for the first corner, although not 20 seconds worth.

However, a drive through for the pit lane speed is rediculous. But I do think a minor penalty would have been apropriate.

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Leclerc could have 100% competed with Verstappen into turn 1 at the start of the race but he decided to finish second instead. The respect I have for the grid diminishes almost every race at this point. Getting one less point over risking it all and possibly losing more or even all of them makes se...

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Why does Alonso always retire when he has underwhelming performances. It's like he wants his statistics to show he retired because of problems to hide when he's not doing as well. Button mentioned that he did similar when with him some of the time.

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mikeyg123 wrote: ↑
Sat May 04, 2024 4:31 pm
I wish drivers raced Verstappen 50% as hard as Magnussen battles everyone for zero points. They might actually win something.

But magnussen is effectively fighting for the teams points - and it most certainly works.

TheGiantHogweed

this is hilarious, but also really dirty from magnussen.

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i don't know, but I almost like magnussen's tactics to help his team mate. It really works in terms of points for the team.

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Have I missed something? I think that magnussen didn't quite look to be totally off track when defending hamilton.

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If anyone's to blame there I'd say it's a mixture of Hamilton and Stroll although it was a but of a bizarre incident really where everyone misread what was going on and we ended up with 4 cars trying to take the corner at once. stroll could have left more space, but how could he have known what ham...

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If anyone's to blame there I'd say it's a mixture of Hamilton and Stroll although it was a but of a bizarre incident really where everyone misread what was going on and we ended up with 4 cars trying to take the corner at once. stroll could have left more space, but how could he have known what ham...

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i would blame hamilton for that. Stroll and norris totally innocent.

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it somehow shows in my view that Alonso really doesn't care much for the sprint stuff. I would say about half the time in these, Stroll looks as good or better than him.

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Not that russell was much better today, but this year, Hamilton certainly isn't even looking close to being a top level driver any more. Could quite easily say that half the grid has looked more impressive averaged out than him this season. He sounds so unmotivated on the radio too. He was hundredt...

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Not that russell was much better today, but this year, Hamilton certainly isn't even looking close to being a top level driver any more. Could quite easily say that half the grid has looked more impressive averaged out than him this season. He sounds so unmotivated on the radio too.

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That is very unusual from Bottas. He certainly wasn't looking in his mirrors and did seem a bit distracted. But interestingly, both sky and McLaren think the team are more to blame for late notice than Bottas. But I really feel like he should get a penalty for that based on similar things occurring ...

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Not sure what was wrong with Hamilton. He was good in Sprint race but in today's race he was competing in the midfield. Midfield is getting more interesting, Alpine seems to have better pace this weekend. But I think Bottas and Hulk were the best among midfield drivers. Ricciardo has a good record ...

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Probably it won't happen but if Perez gets dropped from RBR. I wonder if he can join Hulk in Audi. Looking at some stats from their FI time. They both were on par with each other. Hulk faster in qualifying and Perez in races, including some podium which for some reason Hulk could not do. The think ...

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He is never getting a top drive again. He has achieved everything he ever will in F1 and would leave the sport with a 12 season career, 10 race wins and be seen as a respected driver who was a step short of being a top driver. Bottas could go to Indycar or something and be very competitive. I don't...

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I do think hulkenberg is a pretty solid driver, but I don't think he's had many better seasons than Bottas when they have both been in the sport. You would have thought it is related to him being German that Audi want him, otherwise, Bottas I would say would be the more reliable option. It is strang...

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I don't quite follow how this related to my post? Am i missing something?

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Not sure what was wrong with Hamilton. He was good in Sprint race but in today's race he was competing in the midfield. Midfield is getting more interesting, Alpine seems to have better pace this weekend. But I think Bottas and Hulk were the best among midfield drivers. Ricciardo has a good record ...

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I don't believe in such things, but it almost does seem like bottas is cursed with bad luck throughout last season and this one. He vertually never gets a chance to stand out and when he looks solid this year, the team mess up or he had reliability or damage issues. Bottas and Hulkenberg both looked...

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Norris - probably his most consistent drive I can remember Could I suggest 2 awards, Driver of the Day - Norris Dork of the Day - Magnusson The problem for me is Magnusson wins his prize just about every race 😋 he's been fine in at least 2 or 3 of the races this season, and was clearly better than ...

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crofty saying zhou has put on a really good showing. He fell to 19th near the start from starting 16th. Then was rather underwhelming the whole race and is now 14th which is only 2 places higher than he started - and he's obviously been aided by Ricciardo and Bottas retirement as well as Stroll and ...

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mikeyg123 wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 21, 2024 8:34 am
How on earth did Alonso manage to catch that!

Well, Maldonado caught a loss of control that was a fair bit bigger than that in Austria 2015 so it clearly is possible.

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Ok, after viewing the replay, I think that will be a racing incident. Alonso was the main cause of the cars bunching up together. Stroll could have backed off more, but no way woulf he have expected this to happen, so I don't think it is an obvious penalty. Magnussen howerver, it certainly should b...

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perez already 10 seconds behind verstappen. Wasn't he already 20 seconds behind before the safety car earlier? If there were no incidents, I feel that this will have been one of those weekends where Perez will have been a good 40+ seconds behind verstappe.

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perez already 10 seconds behind verstappen. Wasn't he already 20 seconds behind before the safety car earlier? If there were no incidents, I feel that this will have been one of those weekends where Perez will have been a good 40+ seconds behind verstappe.

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Ok, after viewing the replay, I think that will be a racing incident. Alonso was the main cause of the cars bunching up together. Stroll could have backed off more, but no way woulf he have expected this to happen, so I don't think it is an obvious penalty. Magnussen howerver, it certainly should b...

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at least stroll and magnussen can race for the rest of the race, both having the same penalty.

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