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TheGiantHogweed

I haven't voted yet as I'm finding it really hard, but here is what I've come up with so far: I'll put some points next to several I'm unsure about. The groups are a reasonably clear difference between the performance of the drivers, though some gaps are much bigger than others. 1: Verstappen 2: Alo...

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I've been writing this throughout the season as I follow Bottas pretty closely during the races (not on track though ;) ) He's had possibly the worst luck of any season in his career, and in an odd way too. It is more related to damage rather than retirements. Here is the list, and it is big. Saudi...

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I've been writing this throughout the season as I follow Bottas pretty closely during the races (not on track though ;) ) He's had possibly the worst luck of any season in his career, and in an odd way too. It is more related to damage rather than retirements. Here is the list, and it is big. Saudi ...

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Hamilton's racecraft has looks a bit messy lately it seems. i've just watched the highlights. I would say he was entirely to blame for hitting Gasly and was very lucky that he didn't have to change his wing. He's had clashes in quite a few races this year. If Gasly got damage, I think hamilton shoul...

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Poor performance by one of the team mates in every team except the Mclaren. Though Norris again making mistakes when Mclaren has looked good. Having not seen the qualifying and seeing this post, I knew it would be Hamilton who had dropped the ball, interesting sign that maybe he is on the decline n...

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Perez is just hopeless at the moment. Or is it an archivement just getting into q3? I really hope the team don't keep using his P2 in the standings as reasoning behind keeping him next year. He just keeps failing to get good results in qualifying in the race.

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Hamilton has said he likes it when there’s not many practice sessions during the weekend (like this weekend and sprint weekend). He never actually seems to do very well when there’s a lack of practice. I think he definitely needs all three practice sessions to maximise the pace of the car in qualif...

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https://www.racefans.net/2023/11/22/you ... r-charity/

Well, I'm not into this sort of thing, but guess he is doing it for a good cause!

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I thought there would never be a stage of the season that over a fair chunk of races, Stroll has scored the same number of points as Alonso. Over the last 5, Stroll has scored 26 points. Alonso has also scored 26.

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Can't understand the quantity of votes for Perez. He drove way too close to Bottas and then had no room to steer away from him when Bottas had to slow before hitting alonso. I blame Perez for this as there were more drivers behind perez that will have hit him - if they hadn't kept a more sensible di...

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Verstappen, Ocon and Stroll for me. Yes, I know giving it to the race winner is controversial. I think what raises eyebrows for me is choosing Verstappen over Leclerc; I thought the latter did a much better job and deserved the win, cruelly taken away by the safety car. That's how it is in racing s...

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This vote is for what he did specifically today. But Checo achieved just that today , did he not? Beating a seven-time-world champion to P2 in the championship with a race to spare, something only the great Kimi Räikkönen has done before, to the even greater Michael Schumacher. Staring behind Lewis...

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Checo for me... in the fight for P2 in the WDC he completely annihilated a 7xWC, with a race to spare. Something that hasn't been done since Kimi beat Michael to P2 in 2005. ;) I feel you may say this to just frustrate some others or do you actually think that Perez gettign P2 is a really good arch...

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UnlikeUday wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 19, 2023 9:54 am
When was the last time an unsafe release from the pits been let off or had no review necessary? Guess what, Verstappen made it happen.

Stroll's release into the side of verstappen was worse and that didn't even get noted.

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Stroll's personality and performance really has changed over the past few races. Seems like a nice person in the interviews now. This is however the only race where he very clearly outperformed alonso.

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Not watched the race so no comment on any of that from me but I’ve just looked at the standings. Ferrari are only four points behind Mercedes again now. I’d expect Ferrari to be stronger again in Abu Dhabi so we could be on for a late position swap there. Alonso is back above Norris and level with ...

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Looking back, this is Perez'z only podium in the last 7 races, where verstappen won all but one of those races. However, I will say both Perez and Verstappen get a good excuse for getting no podium at singapore. But, verstappen has at least been on the podium or won every single rac excluding singa...

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Looking back, this is Perez'z only podium in the last 7 races, where verstappen won all but one of those races. However, I will say both Perez and Verstappen get a good excuse for getting no podium at singapore. But, verstappen has at least been on the podium or won every single rac excluding singap...

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UnlikeUday wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 19, 2023 7:37 am

TheGiantHogweed wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 19, 2023 7:34 am
verstappen did exactly as asked and perez still can't make it. Verstappen even with damage was just so much faster.
Told you mate...dm Horner!

I think all verstappen could maybe have done was to give perez DRS but then he's almost putting himself at risk. Not that he has much to lose!

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ChapmanBaxter wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 19, 2023 7:57 am
Coulthard now asking the liberty media scripted questions

Hopefully something bad happens and we never have to go back there.. borefest of straights

You just know that Coulthard himself would chose this stuff...

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huh. the supposed cool down car and there perez is very sugly sitting between verstappen and Leclerc

I was also going to say everything is was too american, but i think it's a bit of a poor show from them given that they have to use a british car. Clearly we make better ones

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Ocon......... Stroll & Leclerc I'm going for the same.Hope stroll gets some credit from others as had alonso had a start and race like that, I think he'd get plenty. Ganing 10 places (admittedly a few due to the chaos), but still, it was one of the best starts of the season yet again by him and his...

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verstappen did exactly as asked and perez still can't make it. Verstappen even with damage was just so much faster.

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crofty keeps saying russell will be out of the points and doesn't bother looking at the time gaps. currently he would get 9th. Finally just as i'm typing this he's now said otherwise.

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guessing bottas's damage is pretty big. his pace is dreadful. nearly 30 seconds behind ricciardo and he's last and on mediums.

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verstappen looking faster than perez despite having pretty big damage.

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perez very lucky this race. 2 free stops and if anything, he played a part in Bottas's damage as he hit bottas before Alonso's spin slowed bottas down.

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how on earth was that an unsafe release for verstappen? Wasn't it stroll that was released into verstappen?

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not his fault, but that should be a penalty for stroll for unsafe release.

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that looked like russell was just oblivious that verstappen was there.

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i think we can now say that verstappen's penalty certainly has peanalised him.

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the thing is - i feel that russell will have passed Leclerc if Leclerc himself didn't also break too late and go off track. While he got pushed by verstappen, I don't think Leclerc wasn't at fault a bit too for going wide. Although it serves nothing, i still don't quite see how verstappen should ha...

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i thought that incident between hamilton and piastri looked pretty one sided and to me hamilton didn't leave enough room and made both suffer. Maybe as hamilton took most of the negative impact from it, that's possibly why they took it no further.

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stroll having already pitted and starting nearly last running 4th.

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that incident was on hamilton.

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the thing is - i feel that russell will have passed Leclerc if Leclerc himself didn't also break too late and go off track. While he got pushed by verstappen, I don't think Leclerc wasn't at fault a bit too for going wide. Although it serves nothing, i still don't quite see how verstappen should han...

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well, i think the chance for alfa romeo claiming back 8th in the standings is gone and they now could well lose 9th. rotton luck for bottas and the team.

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ChapmanBaxter wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 19, 2023 6:10 am
While I think Verstappen should give the place back, Leclerc was so late on the brakes trying to keep ahead I don't think he was going to keep it on track anyway with how slippy it was at the start.

I agree. Both left it too late.

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and again - stroll's start was stunning. I don't know how he manages these so often.

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