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Sainz wouldn't be a good fit at Red Bull imo, he prefers a car with a stable rear and Max a car with as much front end as possible. Completely contrasting styles This is a valid concern for Sainz. At Ferrari, he's found success as the car has moved closer to his preferences, but that seems unlikely...

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From what I remember of Sainz vs Verstappen when they were together at Toro Rosso: ... By the first four races of 2016, Max looked like he was a clear step above on raw pace. 3-1 in qualifying and faster on race day everywhere. I'm not too shocked that's your memory of events, but the actual result...

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I've just read on F1insider that Alonso "will" be Verstappen's teammate in 2025. https://f1-insider.com/formel-1-horner-will-alonso-red-bull-62663/ I'm afraid that would be about 10 years late to be genuinely interesting. I have no doubts about who would come out on top in the present day, and I do...

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Missed that Alonso got a penalty til now. Very confused. Is the art of slowing down in a corner to reduce the car behind’s momentum dead? Or is it just stewards bashing Alonso for the sake of it again? Slowing down your rival is one thing, but Alonso behaved in an unpredictable and dangerous manner...

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At this stage, I feel like I have seen enough of Leclerc and Russell to know that they are the Vettel and Rosberg of this generation. Very talented drivers with plenty of redeeming qualities but lack something relative to the absolute elite, and as they are both 26 and in their 6th/7th season in th...

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These tears-offs are really a pain in the backside: It continually frustrates and baffles me that we know all the problems these stupid tear-offs cause, and nothing has been done. There was brief discussion after the Spa race where a tear-off caused Leclerc's DNF of something like a disposal slot i...

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It would help if you had better knowledge of the subject matter, Allison questioned some of the things that Hamilton said about last year's car, this car is not a Hamilton car it's an Allison car to the extent that Hamilton decided to leave the team before he even had chance to drive it. Geez, if o...

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Did Maranello let the wrong driver go for 2025?? Carlos has beaten Charley in both races that he contested this year. Charles said today (Australian GP) that Carlos was faster all weekend. It will be interesting to watch the team mate battle at Team Red this year. The difference between the four dr...

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As a slightly different take to team mate wars (my favourite thread on here)- thought it might be fun to keep tabs of the DotD over the course of the season. I'll let the polls run approximately a week or to the next race. Given we don't always get results down to 10, I'm going to tally the points ...

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Sainz just upped his claim on the best seat available for 2025 with today's win in Australia. Not sure if that will be Merc, Aston Martin, or a long shot at RBR. RB should hire him. Evidently, he is the one who brings the win home if Verstappen can't. :thumbup: Verstappen / Sainz at Red Bull would ...

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To satisfy my morbid curiosity, my predictions would have been Verstappen / Leclerc / Norris. I got lucky with this, although it was actually a missed win that would have given me the championship lead. But any ordinary weekend, I'd have lost 5-14 points to the whole field, not the 4 potential poin...

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Crap, I completely forgot to place any predictions this time. I think this might be the first time I've ever completely missed an entry here, but I suppose there's always a first. Apologies to my teammate for costing us inevitably at least the 5 free points for Verstappen in first... To satisfy my m...

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Heck, I'm not going to know anything more tomorrow than I do now... 2024 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX 01. Max Verstappen 02. Charles Leclerc 03. Sergio Perez 04. Carlos Sainz 05. Lando Norris 06. Oscar Piastri 07. Fernando Alonso 08. Lewis Hamilton 09. George Russell 10. Alex Albon

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I still don't understand why keep this hush-hush if its baseless. Couldn't Red Bull take this public and accuse the accuser of something legal, even if not for money, a court win would restore Horner and Red Bull's good name. ( :) ) It's incredibly unlikely to be baseless. Exaggerated maybe, but no...

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Verstappen running over Hamilton at the 2021 Italian GP... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VSwwZYDW94 Really? Really. Hamilton had just left the pits on cold tires. Verstappen's hot tires would easily overtake HAM after the slow chicane, had he patiently waited. Instead, VER chose to barge his way...

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I have always personally believed that Verstappen did the 2021 Monza incident as an intentional takeout, but unless the stewards were able to somehow demonstrate that, it doesn't rise to the level of a race ban. As far as the danger level of how exactly the collision played out, you can't give penal...

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I think there's a pretty clear argument for Red Bull bringing the sport into disrepute if they're actually engaging in a coverup. It's drawn international attention at this point, and it's getting people that don't normally care about F1 to suddenly notice it in a bad light.

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We clearly had moved on to track limits when you said that they shouldn't be monitored. I didn't say track limits shouldn't be monitored, they should be abandoned completely except for pit entry and pit exit. that wouldnt make much sense, on many "modern" tracks where is just a huge asphalt place w...

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You was talking about track limits. Not in reply to your post. We clearly had moved on to track limits when you said that they shouldn't be monitored. I didn't say track limits shouldn't be monitored, they should be abandoned completely except for pit entry and pit exit. that wouldnt make much sens...

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On top of it all, Hamilton never had a car as dominant as Verstappen has enjoyed the last 2 seasons and seemingly this season as well. I'm sorry, but that's just not true. The only way the current Red Bull is even potentially better than the peak Mercedes years is reliability, but purely from a per...

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The end of cheap motoring is going to be a problem for millions (especially as the cost of housing pushes those on lower incomes further and further from their places of work) of people and I don't see how it's one that can be resolved. You see this as a problem, but I think there's a good argument...

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On top of it all, Hamilton never had a car as dominant as Verstappen has enjoyed the last 2 seasons and seemingly this season as well. I'm sorry, but that's just not true. The only way the current Red Bull is even potentially better than the peak Mercedes years is reliability, but purely from a per...

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As for Ricciardo, well he is slow as molasses now, and as for De Vries, the less said the better. This is a somewhat circular argument, since the reason to think Ricciardo is bad is because he's being beaten by Tsunoda, who isn't good because he's only beating a slow guy like Ricciardo. There's ano...

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Vettel in Baku is the one that comes immediately to mind; I think he should have had a black flag for the race, and a possible suspension after interviewing with the stewards to determine mindset, awareness, etc. Verstappen's brake check in Saudi Arabia, while bad, doesn't rise to the level of a rac...

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In a hypothetical scenario where Verstappen leaves Red Bull and Perez becomes lead driver, RBR will know they need to develop a car that's at least four tenths quicker than whatever car Verstappen is in to win the championship. What's the better bet: Gamble that you can continue to produce a car tha...

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If you're not aware F1A also includes a very hand on programme called Discover Your Drive initiative putting on dedicated events for young female karters and supporting ones that want to progress. This in turn feeds into the Champions Of The Future programme. Maybe this stuff should be better publi...

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Tsunoda is pretty clearly an F1-quality driver. I have serious doubts that he's more than a midfielder, but all evidence suggests he fits in the same rough envelope as drivers like Gasly, Ocon, and Hulkenberg (and Perez, for that matter).

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The same must be true of Tsunoda of course, talent alone brought him to the highest rung on the motorsport ladder. " Sources say Tsunoda retains the backing of Honda, which includes financial support, for this season, but as Mekies tells me, the Japanese driver is at the team “100%” because of his ...

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No it's not clear at all if Albon was available then I think he would be in contention, Red Bull are interested in Albon but they would only consider buying out his contract out if Verstappen left the team, they don't need to because they have Verstappen like wise Mercedes don't need to because the...

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I don't really remember who was on what tyres when so I won't dispute you about that but did you forget that Max also span around earlier in the race, so really they both made a mistake it's just that Max's mistake luckily for him didnt cost him as much. You are still ignoring that without Mercs ca...

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Leclerc or Bearman - The problem I have with this is it isn't a fair fight. Bearman did an absolutely superb job jumping in the car when he did, qualifying where he did and finishing 7th. Leclerc didn't put a foot wrong, again qualified on the front row and finished pretty much where the Ferrari is...

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I think what gets me frustrated is a repeat of the confusion with W Series. If the mission statement is "increase the number of females in motorsport" then great, if it's "Get a female on the F1 grid in 10 years" I think that's foolish. I fully agree with this. I think the 'F1 Academy' branding is ...

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Verstappen would have won races in a Mercedes in 2022 and 2023 largely because if he's driving for Mercedes then he's not driving for Red Bull. Mercedes drivers finished second to Verstappen 8 times across 2022 and 2023. That's assuming he's going up against Perez as lead driver of Red Bull. If Max...

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The really bad part of course is not the super license system or the teams in F3 and F2, but the very fact that Formula One teams themselves allow this situation to perpetuated. The rewards for driver excellence are clearly valued lower than the amount of money a driver can bring in, either directl...

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This is why as much as I support the efforts I don't buy "it's a numbers game" argument we hear so often. These exercises are using a very small data set but what they do suggest is that even if 50% of the grid was female... with the exception of Pin it would probably be the back 50%. The 'numbers ...

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Plus what was possibly worse, and the part that actually incurred the penalty was that Pin carried on a full lap at racing speed while the pitwall were doing fist bumps. They ended up with a Red Flag - that isn't put out lightly so it's poor that the team didn't address the problem before the the r...

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Don't forget it is the driver who is punished, not the team, for an unsafe release. In my view, a different penalty is not warranted. The driver and team are punished together, as they are a joint sporting entity. This is one of the ways in which American motorsport gets it right IMO; the car is th...

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Or not... Team didn't advise Pin on last lap and she didn't see flag , completing another lap at race speed. 20 sec penalty means Pulling inheritance the win and championship lead. Harsh... It was a mistake that Doriane can't blame on anyone else but herself, amateur racers are expected to understa...

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He did get a penalty point, which brings him 4 away from a ban which means he will likely get away with more now without points as they always are slack when drivers get close to a ban if they receive more. Sadly, this is absolutely the case. A driver with 10 points could probably murder someone an...

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A lot of 15 points this round. Yup, I have a feeling this is going to be one where any team that didn't hit the double Perfect Podium slips back rather than those who did really moving forward. Luckily, Team No Limit Excedrin Racing was on the right strategy this time, and didn't get seduced by Alo...

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