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Please tell me exactly where he says that the crash was intentional? The stewards were wrong on their verdict here, as Martin Brundle himself said on commentary. Regardless, a little bit more space for a driver who is clearly alongside wouldn’t hurt. See the top picture in this article: https://www...

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Is Max ruining Hamilton's legacy? Only if you believe Hamilton is the best F1 driver that's ever lived, I believe this thread was started in 2020 before Verstappen had won any titles and then got rehashed by a Verstappen fan I guess as a kind of told you so, I don't believe Verstappen can erase Ham...

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lets put that into words: VER is napping at 1st place in a dominating car since years, with a a very bad teammate. Excuses. Hamilton had the same circumstances in 2019 and 2020 and simply couldn’t do it. In 2019 he won only 11 races out of 21 (a touch above 50%) in a car in which Bottas comfortably...

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Last year, last year, last year, we are talking about 2025 in case you didn't notice. Does Alonso look any worse this year and he's about 3 years older than Hamilton. Yes, Alonso is declining year after year, how could that not be the case? Which is why it is very hard to gauge the AMR24's ultimate...

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Please tell me exactly where he says that the crash was intentional? The stewards were wrong on their verdict here, as Martin Brundle himself said on commentary. Regardless, a little bit more space for a driver who is clearly alongside wouldn’t hurt. See the top picture in this article: https://www...

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A very selective comparison, driven by an agenda, then? And you don't see a difference between a young driver in the advent to becoming a superstar and an old driver approaching his 40s who has already won everything? Lost his big chance at victory in Brazil because of a terrible qualifying session...

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Of course Ferrari has much more data on their drivers. But the team does not have that same level of data on Hamilton. Furthermore, the inevitable decline in ability of a 40 year old driver compared to that same driver 10 years young is rooted in scientific research. Hamilton would probably be the ...

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Of course Ferrari has much more data on their drivers. But the team does not have that same level of data on Hamilton. Furthermore, the inevitable decline in ability of a 40 year old driver compared to that same driver 10 years young is rooted in scientific research. Hamilton would probably be the ...

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For someone who at the height of his career rakes in a mere $12M in endorsements, I would say that his marketing value is distinctly below that of other sports stars. Looking at the roster of brands, most of these are linked at the Mercedes F1 Team. I think many here are overstating Hamilton's appe...

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You genuinely believe that Hamilton is going to be better than Leclerc in 2025? I find that extremely hard to believe and I think that Ferrari have made a massive mistake, because in my opinion in 2025 Sainz will also be better than Hamilton. Only time will tell of course. Ferrari perhaps need to e...

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You genuinely believe that Hamilton is going to be better than Leclerc in 2025? I find that extremely hard to believe and I think that Ferrari have made a massive mistake, because in my opinion in 2025 Sainz will also be better than Hamilton. Only time will tell of course. Ferrari perhaps need to e...

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Well, how many other Red Bull athletes do you really know by heart? For those that follow Formula One the team already has one of the best known drivers on the planet, so that part of the population will not be buying more cans. Worldwide Verstappen's level of fame and Hamilton's are totally incomp...

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Yes, Ferrari has gone for it which means one of two things. Either the team does not rate the best of its drives as at least as good as Hamilton or the team is literally living in a dream world. You can make up your mind what it is. Logical it certainly is not. *) *) I know people will be up in arm...

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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. I've read ...

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Yes, because Red Bull would not be selling more cans with Hamilton. Ferrari might sell more t-shirts and more caps and maybe a few more cars too. I don’t think it works out at the rumoured total cost of the deal, but it appears the Ferrari board is willing to chance it. In return the team gets a 40...

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There is not a single reason to contract a very expensive driver at the end of his career, no matter how good that driver once was or perhaps still is, unless that driver is better than both the drivers whom you currently employ. Everybody and their uncle knows this, but still there has to be an ex...

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However Ferrari have done it with Hamilton and yet again the need to say that Hamilton would have been an over expensive purchase, also strange now for you to be saying that Ferrari don't also have a better drive in Leclerc seeing your confidence in Leclerc beating Hamilton. Yes, Ferrari has gone f...

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Driver A teammates: Alonso, Kovalainen, Button, Rosberg, Bottas, Russell Driver B teammates: Sainz, Ricciardo, (Gasly), Albon, Perez (...) not a full season Take a driver of the same ability/quality: which teammate group would you expect him to dominate more strongly? I'm talking about Verstappen i...

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There is not a single reason to contract a very expensive driver at the end of his career, no matter how good that driver once was or perhaps still is, unless that driver is better than both the drivers whom you currently employ. Everybody and their uncle knows this, but still there has to be an ex...

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Day 2 of the FRECA test at Hockenheim saw Doriane Pin (1m36.415, 28th), Marta Garcia (1m36.805, 30th) and Lena Buhler (1m37.488, 32nd). The time gap was just 1s from 3rd fastest Roman Bilinski to 28th Pin, the first two were so much quicker I'd suspect a timing issue. By chance were the 2 fastest d...

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Please show me an excuse. This is getting tiring, it's the some old often repeated nonsense. A money excuse, Hamilton might be over aggressive. There is not a single reason to contract a very expensive driver at the end of his career, no matter how good that driver once was or perhaps still is, unl...

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He was easily the best driver in 2019, more than happy to debate this with anyone who thinks otherwise. of course I think it otherwise, Verstappen was best aleady in his mother's womb. Winning 3 races with the distant third best car, and outscoring both Leclerc and Vettel with a clearly inferior ca...

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He was already the best driver in 2019, when the cars were completely different to now. nah, no way, he was best even before he was born. He was easily the best driver in 2019, more than happy to debate this with anyone who thinks otherwise. of course I think it otherwise, Verstappen was best alead...

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Well, you have to consider that this comes in reaction to a poster claiming that it was "intellectual dishonest" not to accept as a fact that Verstappen is by far the best driver or not to rule out that he could ever find a competitive teammate etc. In other words, it is reaction to the endless hyp...

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Against my better judgement I'm going to re enter this discussion as a few people have brought up a Vettel comparison... You could see Vettel was going to be "found out" from a mile off. He was barely better than Webber in 2009, 2010 and the first half of 2012 and there is zero evidence to suggest ...

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Ironically, just above that one, you posted how Verstappen moans in the exactly same way if it doesn't go well for him. (False claim about RB being a midfield car already rejected by others.) The difference is that whilst moaning Verstappen drove the hell out of his car, won races in it and was so ...

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Against my better judgement I'm going to re enter this discussion as a few people have brought up a Vettel comparison... You could see Vettel was going to be "found out" from a mile off. He was barely better than Webber in 2009, 2010 and the first half of 2012 and there is zero evidence to suggest ...

pokerman

Against my better judgement I'm going to re enter this discussion as a few people have brought up a Vettel comparison... You could see Vettel was going to be "found out" from a mile off. He was barely better than Webber in 2009, 2010 and the first half of 2012 and there is zero evidence to suggest ...

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Against my better judgement I'm going to re enter this discussion as a few people have brought up a Vettel comparison... You could see Vettel was going to be "found out" from a mile off. He was barely better than Webber in 2009, 2010 and the first half of 2012 and there is zero evidence to suggest ...

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How can a draggy car with mild understeer (2019) and a slippery car with a pointy front end (2023) both be simultaneously build around Verstappen? Unless you think that Verstappen can drive anything quickly, which you seemingly do. You sure about that, why would Gasly struggle with such a car? You ...

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No. I'm saying that Mercedes have tried to do things that will suit Hamilton. Yes and failed. Sure and also not relevant. It's relevant to how Red Bull can give Verstappen the car he wants unlike Mercedes with Hamilton. Or, Hamilton doesnt know what he wants in the first place and just relies on te...

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There is almost no similarities between the 2019 Red Bull and 2023 Red Bull, these are two totally different cars build under different regulations, with very different strengths and weaknesses. The only similarity is that Verstappen was the best driver in both seasons. But yes, the whole “comfort ...

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Everyone who wants Max to “test” himself will get it soon enough, as the rumours are that he is joining Mercedes. I do wonder what the excuses will be when he inevitably turns Russell into another Albon. For starters the Mercedes won't handle like a Red Bull plus Newey won't be around, those advant...

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Gossip and rumour thread. I heard Newey was the other person at the centre of the whole Horner scandal story and he has now been forced to leave the team. No the woman was also Newey's PA, so he was probably close to what might have been going on and maybe not to impressed with Horner's behaviour. ...

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Day 2 of the FRECA test at Hockenheim saw Doriane Pin (1m36.415, 28th), Marta Garcia (1m36.805, 30th) and Lena Buhler (1m37.488, 32nd). The time gap was just 1s from 3rd fastest Roman Bilinski to 28th Pin, the first two were so much quicker I'd suspect a timing issue. By chance were the 2 fastest d...

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Gossip and rumour thread. I heard Newey was the other person at the centre of the whole Horner scandal story and he has now been forced to leave the team. No the woman was also Newey's PA, so he was probably close to what might have been going on and maybe not to impressed with Horner's behaviour.

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I think points for all finishers, don't really understand why not it makes it incredibly hard to accurately score the lower midfield - ust going by their best finish when there's not any points is stupid- you can have the worst team absolutely fluke a few points due to DNFs or some stupid situation...

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Everyone who wants Max to “test” himself will get it soon enough, as the rumours are that he is joining Mercedes. I do wonder what the excuses will be when he inevitably turns Russell into another Albon. For starters the Mercedes won't handle like a Red Bull plus Newey won't be around, those advant...

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Verstappen would absolutely enhance his legacy by going to a different team and proving he can do it outside of Red Bull. There is almost no similarities between the 2019 Red Bull and 2023 Red Bull, these are two totally different cars build under different regulations, with very different strength...

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No amount of gaslighting from Verstappen detractors will convince anyone with a bit of intellectual honesty that a guy who matched Nico Hulkenberg over 3 years is a bad/slow driver and noticeably worse than Bottas. At Mercedes Bottas never had a car that he struggled to drive. And how do you know t...

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