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tootsie323

He had a great race in Mexico and his car seems to be improving with every race. Good signs ahead of the next season. Yes but I am a little worried at how Russell is falling off - to me that suggests it is not the car getting better, it is just coming more to Lewis' driving style which is allowing ...

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On one hand, Alonso could be a perfect foil for Verstappen and that experience (bearing in mind that Verstappen is a long way from beng a novice himself now!) passed on to Max may well result in a frighteningly dominant driver. On the other hand, should Alonso find himself wth a genuine shot at anot...

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Sorry; I wasn't following F1 at that time (US-based Champ Car fan - timing is relevant). What was the result, and if bad (assuming so), why and was it destined for failure or did they mess up some aspect that might have been fixed? Serious question. There must be some better way than what they're d...

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I wouldn’t mind this ruling by the stewards if they didn’t imply you could not stop in the pitlane in the first place. Why say now it’s ok?! My guess is that the rationale is that in Singapore, Verstappen should have been penalised because there was no need for him to stop at the end of the pit lan...

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Has Hamilton truly got on top of Russel now? Some ahead when both finished statistics. 2022: first 8 races Hamilton 1 Russell 7 2022: last 14 races Hamilton 8 Russell 3 Overall Hamilton 9 Russell 10 2023 Hamilton 10 Russell 4 After Hamiltons disastrous start to 2022 in which he finished behind for ...

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Hamilton has had - what? - almost 17 years in F1. I'd assume, with that amount of experience, a driver would gain an insight into the (aerodynamic) engineering of an F1 car and, whilst certainly far from an expert, should be able to provide a very good bum-in-seat perspective.

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I believe Chandhok said on Sky last night that it wasn't a completely random selection. The FIA had some data (something to do with oscillations) that showed Hamilton/Leclerc were oscillating a lot and therefore at risk of wear on the plank. Hence them two being checked, and eventually disqualified...

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If I could ignore Norris' restart, I'd plump for him. Both he and Hamilton showed great pace and management on mediums in the latter stages (both pushed for FL at the end). Verstappen, peerless once again. Nice haul of points from Danny-Avocado. Tough call. I think I will ignore that restart from No...

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So how are we judging this weekend? Ferrari had the car in qualifying but the race was harder to read. Hamilton would probably have beaten Sainz without the red flag but probably not Leclerc. Was that just because Hamilton lost time behind Ricciardo at the start? However, post red flag, Hamilton wa...

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Hamilton snatching FL... is the race for 2nd in WDC still on? (edit: perhaps, back on)

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JN23 wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 29, 2023 10:03 pm
Great move and race by Norris. Russell not had the best of afternoons other than the restart.

The reverse for Norris... a great race - barring the restart.

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TheGiantHogweed wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 29, 2023 9:59 pm
Don't understand why Sainz and Stroll didn't get a black and white flag for their defending too late.

Stroll takes care of himself..?
On a more serious note, what has happened to Aston Martin after such a string start the the season?

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See team orders let the much faster car go by, I think Norris would probably have finished on the podium if not for the yellow in Q1 qualifying when Alonso "cough" lost control of his car. While that’s true, Norris could have got the job done on his other attempts to set laps in Q1. Piastri managed...

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TheGiantHogweed wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 29, 2023 9:51 pm
I doubt norris will pass russell. I think both their tyres will be gone and even ricciardo may have an advantage again near the end.

I'm not so sure. Norris' mediums were new and he has shown an ability to extract life from them even at pace.
(ready for an egg-on-my-face moment...)

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TheGiantHogweed wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 28, 2023 9:42 pm
albon moaning about his car when it still gets though to q3.

Scrub that - lap time deleted.

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TheGiantHogweed wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 28, 2023 9:20 pm
alonso basically saved himself from going out in q1 by spinning out of his lap and preventing others improving.

I'm listening to radio commentary and the pundits (ex-drivers) have described it as a 'lazy spin.'

tootsie323

The chassis being very efficient is what I would be saying, you're kind of veering us off talking about the engine. At the beginning of this season the Red Bull was the fastest car with it's inherent understeer, a car doesn't have to have rear end instability in order to be the fastest car on the g...

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Re. Norris ast the US GP. I'm reminded of Roger Black, a top UK 400-metre runner from the 1990s. He won the silver medal at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 and freely admitted to running for second place because the winner - Michael Johnson - was a step above everybody else. Attempting to race him woul...

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Rumour: Joe Savard has said there were mild rumours in the paddock a few weeks back suggesting Red Bull were open to buying out Norris' contract from McLaren so he could drive the Red Bull car in '24 season itself....at the end Norris decided against it. https://joesaward.wordpress.com/2023/10/26/g...

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Well, if the engine is below par, the chassis has to make up the difference. So the engine may have had other advantages, particularly in terms of packaging, but it would still cost laptime, in particular in qualifying. Which therefore means that the chassis itself must have been very efficient. Th...

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After back to back scoreless GPs by Lewis, Checo now has a 39 point lead with four GPs and one sprint still to go. Plus most of the tracks are ones Checo traditionally does well at, plus a new street track. If he can hold onto second place in the WDC I don't see why his seat wouldn't be safe for ne...

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I'm intrigued as to how long this race will stay on the calendar after Perez retires. I assume a big part of the race taking place to begin with is Perez, but it's not the best for racing. Since it came back in 2015, there's been two mildly interesting races and that's it. It will probably never be...

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I think that the UoM-Nazi response was also a bit of banter.

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pc27b wrote: ↑
Wed Oct 18, 2023 1:43 pm
heck, I'm American and don't know why we haven't switched to the metric system??

psi, I'm fine with that

I can't tell whether you're using a subtle play on words (or, rather abbreviations) or simply responding to the original post reply!

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Argh. Who uses psi as a unit for pressure? A handful of countries at most (mainly USA)? Then again the race distance and circuit length is shown in km. Try the good old U of K. Buy fuel in litres, consume it by miles per gallon. Imperial measurement for road distance, metric for most others. Still ...

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Normally, I'd agree with you. But every F1 driver is theoretically a leader; their goal is to win for themselves, not support anyone else. A driver reduced to supporting their teammate is a driver who wasn't quick enough to win. Do we need to call him a 'lap dog' though ? How is it different than H...

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Let's make it easy: Find the race. Watch a replay of the rtace. Share a link for the specific portion of the race where Russell stated that he had a puncture, so that we all can: - Establish whether it was an actual puncture. - If it wasn't, establish why he may have stated that he did. Job done. T...

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Let's make it easy:
Find the race.
Watch a replay of the rtace.
Share a link for the specific portion of the race where Russell stated that he had a puncture, so that we all can:
- Establish whether it was an actual puncture.
- If it wasn't, establish why he may have stated that he did.
Job done.

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denizer wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 12, 2023 11:01 pm
Hamilton and Russell took this too literally , and Russell was a clear winner of this battle

For some random reason, I now have a mock up of Edwin Starr's War lyrics in my head...
War (huh)! What is it good for? Gravel in my sidepods (say it again, y'all)...

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Drivers have radioed in concerned over punctures before and they have turned out not to be so. If something doesn't feel right the driver will call it and the team will check the figures and reasurre the driver that all is ok. Nothing new there. Drivers might fake a puncture in order to trick others...

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For some reason I missed some things that were said, It was put too Russell on his side of the garage to let Hamilton through at T1 but he said it would be very difficult, he actually didn't say no though. For Hamilton's strategy to work perfectly he needed some corporation from Russell but that wa...

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I think it's an insult, personally. It implies the forum is biased in favor of one driver and unable (or unwilling) to adopt an objective opinion where Hamilton is concerned. I also think it's clearly false. Hamilton has his vocal supporters here, but it's nothing like a consensus. The idea that th...

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Russell for his recovery drive after being spun through no fault of his own.

I see that Hamilton has two votes - presumably either for driver-of-the-first-three-hundred-and-twenty-six-metres, or for giving his team mate an opportunity to showcase such a recovery drive.

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Vijay Mallya oversaw a team being competitive on a budget. Unfortunately behind the scenes his financial dealings / position put him, and the team, in jeopardy. Lawrence Stroll saw an opportunity to pick up what was a performing team and invest in taking it to the next level. His reasons for doing s...

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Perez's head isn't in it. Better for all parties if he was to move on. He could still be a great driver for Williams. Perez out, Ricciardo in with Tsunoda and Lawson at AT suits everyone. Perez needs to take a year out. The thrashing by Verstappen surely has taken a toll on him. I'd be concerned th...

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I think that Zhou snatches a point courtesy of other drivers' penalties.

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FormulaFun wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 08, 2023 6:30 pm

tootsie323 wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 08, 2023 6:28 pm
Jeez - Leclerc 3 secs quicker than Russell on the last lap. Either had a moment or is in genuine danger of losing a spot
He's incredibly slow on the softs

Came out of pits <20secs behind mclarens and 2 laps later its 27 secs

Think that Leclerc is going to run out of laps though.

tootsie323

Jeez - Leclerc 3 secs quicker than Russell on the last lap. Either had a moment or is in genuine danger of losing a spot

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Zhou on softs, with three scrapping cars just 2 sec ahead.

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tootsie323 wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 08, 2023 6:21 pm

TheGiantHogweed wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 08, 2023 6:18 pm
I'm lost now. who in the top 10 is yet to pit again?
Verstappen, Russell, Zhou

As I speak, Russell comes in and goes for softs to finish

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