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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

Paolo_Lasardi

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...

Paolo_Lasardi

That being said I think that's in spite of the formula rather than because of it. F2 is now a bizarre series. High tyre wear, unreliable cars, safety cars and reverse grid races basically make it impossible to tell who the best performing drivers are. F3 is even worse. :thumbup: IMO, it is ideal fo...

Paolo_Lasardi

Just for fun: points scored in percentage of their teammates Bottas 46.5 Ricciardo 39.4 Perez 65.7 Alonso 108.3 Vettel 311.1 Räikkönen 100.0 Tsunoda 25.8 Russell ./. ( equal with his teammate on 0) Relieved at the explanation next to Russell. For a moment I thought that was some drivers doing well,...

Paolo_Lasardi

Just for fun: points scored in percentage of their teammates

Bottas 46.5
Ricciardo 39.4
Perez 65.7
Alonso 108.3
Vettel 311.1
Räikkönen 100.0
Tsunoda 25.8
Russell ./. ( equal with his teammate on 0)

Paolo_Lasardi

I think there are three potential explanations: 1. Bad tyres that arbitrarily failed under stress. 2. Debris. 3. Contact to a wall or to the wrong part of a kerbs, for instance on the inside of one of the left-handers, maybe a very minor contact. So far, 2 seems to be the most probable explanation. ...

Paolo_Lasardi

All this said, I do think Red Bull may well get the WCC, but more because of verstappen being far better than Hamilton so far as well as Bottas under performing and having bad luck. You discount the recency bias on Perez, but this statement has quite a bit of it on the other side. Up until Monaco, ...

Paolo_Lasardi

tim3003 wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 07, 2021 7:11 pm

Has Mazepin really been so bad for a rookie?

Which rookie has been similarly bad?

Paolo_Lasardi

I'd actually say Mazepin is falling furthest from expectation but on the list it's definitely Ricciardo. This. Also, I find a bit funny to include Perez in this list, a day after he just won a race .... which shows how much one race can influence this; same for Vettel: two races ago he would have d...

Paolo_Lasardi

Given how much he was hyped by officials (" best rookie for years") and on this forum, Tsunoda is definitely a candidate.

Paolo_Lasardi

I'd actually say Mazepin is falling furthest from expectation but on the list it's definitely Ricciardo. This. Also, I find a bit funny to include Perez in this list, a day after he just won a race .... which shows how much one race can influence this; same for Vettel: two races ago he would have d...

Paolo_Lasardi

Exediron wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 07, 2021 9:35 am
When was the last time Vettel won DotD twice in a row on this forum? Back in 2015, maybe?

And a couple of weeks ago some folks were calling for his immediate retirement.

Paolo_Lasardi

Mazepin doing Mazepin things to Mick........ 1401552717634547719 According to Haas just a misunderstanding. Mazepin made a late move to cut off Mick and it's a misunderstanding?? Mazepin misunderstanding how to drive a racing car perhaps? Schumacher misunderstanding just how much Mazepin is paying ...

Paolo_Lasardi

UnlikeUday wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 06, 2021 3:18 pm
Mazepin doing Mazepin things to Mick........

According to Haas just a misunderstanding.

Paolo_Lasardi

Verstappen had the same chance to be on pole like the others but he did not get it done - again. At this point, I think it's hard to deny that Verstappen has a pattern of choking when pole position is on offer. He must have one of the lowest poles-per-win ratios of any modern driver. By contrast, i...

Paolo_Lasardi

Vettel, Gasly, Alonso

Paolo_Lasardi

The usual suspects will say that Verstappen is flattering an obviously inferior car and is definitely not under-delivering on Saturday. In fairness, he was definitely on for pole in both the last two qualifying sessions if not for the red flags. I don’t understand how he was here... was the about t...

Paolo_Lasardi

Why was Tsunoda still running? Second lap after his flying - why that?

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