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Paolo_Lasardi

That line he took with Leclerc was a perfect exemplification of how he SHOULD've done in the first instance with Max. Hamilton winning this one with his main rival out of the race, due mainly to his mistake, doesn't do justice to F1. Did Hamilton take a different line or did Leclerc take a differen...

Paolo_Lasardi

Leclerc and Alonso

Paolo_Lasardi

Is the Williams among the top 5 cars? I've heard some people say (and it is often obvious) that williams focus more on qualifying and and very often struggle much more on race pace (though Russell was excellent on race day last time out). I don't think they will be in the top 5, but certainly close...

Paolo_Lasardi

One interesting thought is that a team/driver can perhaps take a bit more of a gamble towards race set-up than qualy in this format. Perez is out of position for Sprint Qualy tomorrow, but he can use the sprint race to get back into position, and certainly the target should be to clear the Ferrari....

Paolo_Lasardi

One interesting thought is that a team/driver can perhaps take a bit more of a gamble towards race set-up than qualy in this format. Perez is out of position for Sprint Qualy tomorrow, but he can use the sprint race to get back into position, and certainly the target should be to clear the Ferrari....

Paolo_Lasardi

Deledda is a bad joke, really. Is he some billionaire son and that's why he is on the grid?

Paolo_Lasardi

JN23 wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 16, 2021 7:51 pm

Alienturnedhuman wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 16, 2021 7:44 pm

Hamilton GOAT confirmed.

Paolo_Lasardi

It is an excellent report of high quality.

Paolo_Lasardi

It's rumoured Checo will stay with RB for '22. However, RB are insisting on a 1-year contract whereas Checo wants a multi-year contract. This disagreement is nothing too big but probably delaying the announcement. I fear an extension will happen. As it means no in-team competition at RBR whatsoever...

Paolo_Lasardi

he should have been the 1981 wdc if not for his team working against him. Oh? He complained of gearbox problems at Las Vegas, where he was lapped by the winner, his teammate Jones. Patrick Head said they examined his car minutely and there was nothing wrong. Not a great driver but a fascinating one...

Paolo_Lasardi

On pole in his first GP and he should have been the 1981 wdc if not for his team working against him. A complicated but great driver. RIP.

Paolo_Lasardi

Ocon could be a long term #2 driver for them but as a #1 he would be pretty dreadful and bring the level down to Haas or Alfa Romeo in terms of their lead driver level... Ocon was easily beaten by Perez, destroyed by Ricciardo, only looked good till Alonso was obviously rusty and now again back to ...

Paolo_Lasardi

This guy basically says the driver ahead ( ahead by any margin ) owns the racing line and can use it all. He also says lewis alex last year was different because alex was ahead, but he was only ahead due to gunning straight into ans overlapping lewis line, which at the time lewis was ahead. Fine wi...

Paolo_Lasardi

They'll be let off. We know that if many drivers break the rules the stewards give them a free pass for some reason. It can only be the drivers behind Kimi and Vettel? You have been proved correct (mostly). Sainz, Perez, Ricciardo, Leclerc, Gasly, Giovinazzi all cleared. Mazepin and Latifi get a th...

Paolo_Lasardi

If the others get a penalty then surely Vettel should get two? One for the slowing and one for the blocking. Or he might even escape one due to the fact that the other overtook him and slowed down thus impeding him. 1411333587392249861 His lap was ruined anyway at that point in time - and still he ...

Paolo_Lasardi

Awful from AM/Vettel, but Alpine should know better not to send their car out as early as they did, stupid deicsion Drivers have been told not to go slow where Vettel was going slow. Can’t blame Alpine for that. Plus Vettel was neither going to the pits nor starting a fast lap ( time was up) - he w...

Paolo_Lasardi

I think the difference is not so much the severity of the mistakes but the severity of the outcomes. Imola behind the SC and France first corner could have easily damaged Verstappen's car and then people would give very different assessments. Verstappen got more lucky with his mistakes than Hamilto...

Paolo_Lasardi

I think it’s exactly that. Mercedes are putting more of their resource to 2022 than Red Bull are at the moment. If that continues it will probably show over the rest of this season but also at the start of next season. Red Bull outspending the opposition while some believe it's the brilliance of Ma...

Paolo_Lasardi

A little fun, who are the best never to... 1) Win multiple WDC’s Mansell 2) Win a WDC Moss 3) Challenge for a WDC 4) Win a race Norris/Russell 5) Get a drive in a car capable of race wins Hulkenberg 6) Best team to never win a race Toyota Add any other interesting ones you can think of I am excludi...

Paolo_Lasardi

Just imagine if we had sprint quali in the last race.... Perez and Bottas would have been able to regain there normal positions in 3rd and 4th. We would have found out that Norris was way off the pace in the race despite being almost a match for the top teams over one lap. We would have seen that t...

Paolo_Lasardi

I hope they keep developing this year's car. Otherwise, the wonderful prospect of having a close fight for the wdc that we have atm will quickly disppear. Given how far Perez is away from Verstappen, a Reb Bull domination will be at least as boring as the worst years we had so far. But for now, the ...

Paolo_Lasardi

My view has not changed one bit. Overrated in the sense that he is viewed as better than what he really is. I have seen nothing to suggest THIS Verstappen with THIS car is any better than the ROOKIE Hamilton. And so far this season I have seen nothing to suggest that a far more experienced Hamilton...

Paolo_Lasardi

Maybe people need to go and rewatch this seasons again, the early part of '17 and '18 was Vettel being flawless and taking maximum points irrespective of the Ferrari pit wall strategy, once the Mercedes juggernut was steam rolling Vettel was over compensating also reliability. I'll wait to see Max ...

Paolo_Lasardi

I knew Checo would overtake Bottas for the podium due to 1 reason mainly - nursing the tyres. So happy for Checo. Interesting though that we had a comparison between Hamilton and Perez somewhat regarding their ability to manage the tyres. Not so much here that Hamilton "nursed" his but he still ext...

Paolo_Lasardi

Mercedes dont even pit Bottas to take FL of Verstappen Yes, why? No interest in winning the championship anymore? That was a no-brainer, really. They totally threw the race, they deliberately gave Max the undercut by forcing him to pit by pitting Bottas first, Hamilton had that race easily under co...

Paolo_Lasardi

Norris, Alonso, Russell ...

... and of course Verstappen and Hamilton

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F1_Ernie wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 20, 2021 2:32 pm
Mercedes dont even pit Bottas to take FL of Verstappen

Yes, why? No interest in winning the championship anymore? That was a no-brainer, really.

Paolo_Lasardi

Do we ever get 2 stop races? 1 stoppers dont let teams do alot for strategy. It is the teams who are so desperate to turn every race into a one stopper. Why would the teams be desperate for a one stopper? Risk aversion and overly reliance on computer-made strategies is my guess. We have seen it so ...

Paolo_Lasardi

F1_Ernie wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 20, 2021 9:12 am
Do we ever get 2 stop races? 1 stoppers dont let teams do alot for strategy.

It is the teams who are so desperate to turn every race into a one stopper.

Paolo_Lasardi

Today is another example showing Leclerc has been very over rated in this thread. He has the speed, but he is so inconsistent. I can't consider him as the fastest when he simply isn't on a regular basis. He really struggled to get a good lap together. If he is rated as high as he is, he should be q...

Paolo_Lasardi

When you have a car that is definitely designed to your liking it's a whole lot easier to be consistent weekend in and weekend out. At Mercedes you get a feeling that the team is bending over backwards to assure that both drivers are as close to each other as possible. They even rotate the chassis ...

Paolo_Lasardi

Sainz, Gasly, Russell and Schuey all did a sterling job. Gasly and Russell have been here before so perhaps we should expect them to do well. Sainz has shown potential to qualify close to Leclerc and benefitted from Leclerc struggling this weekend so far. Shuey did a great job to get out of Q1 but ...

Paolo_Lasardi

JN23 wrote: ↑
Sat Jun 19, 2021 1:27 pm
Three races in a row that a red flag has caused an early end to a qualifying session…

And once again the one who caused it may benefit from it with his best qualifying result ...

Paolo_Lasardi

Great race from Victor Martins, would have deserved the win.

Paolo_Lasardi

Tufty wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 18, 2021 11:34 am
Armstrong could see he had one car alongside though and still turned into the apex. If Ticktum wasn't there, there would still have been contact.

I guess no as Pourchaire would have gone more to the inside.

Paolo_Lasardi

I'm going to preface this by echoing what Delphic said in their first paragraph. Training especially has made a huge difference to how/when athletes in general decline. Let's start with Hamilton. I actually think his raw speed is already declining, but it's countered by just how complete a driver h...

Paolo_Lasardi

Agreed. He was right alongside Pourchaire going into the braking zone and Armstrong was the one who initiated the contact by turning in, from the outside, as if Pourchaire wasn't there. Armstrong should have been the one penalised. On the other hand, it does make the radio comms entertaining! There...

Paolo_Lasardi

So all I'm reading is that Red Bull and Aston Martin were responsible for their tyre failures. Where you reading that? Or do you mean that’s how you interpret what Pirelli have said/the new directives? I just read this (since posting) and it might be what pokerman is referring to: https://www.motor...

Paolo_Lasardi

The penalty for Ticktum seems a bit harsh. Yes, he was alongside and there was contact with Pourchaire. But he and Theo only ended up alongside Armstrong after Dan had already committed to the move, and the first car to change line (IE turn into the corner) was Armstrong, who must have known Pourch...

Paolo_Lasardi

The penalty for Ticktum seems a bit harsh. Yes, he was alongside and there was contact with Pourchaire. But he and Theo only ended up alongside Armstrong after Dan had already committed to the move, and the first car to change line (IE turn into the corner) was Armstrong, who must have known Pourch...

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