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There is no way Perez is this bad. They have to support to him, though if he fails to finish P2 this year he probably deserve to be out. Not sure Ricciardo deserves the spot either. He has to beat Yuki comfortable first so it will be interesting to see if he can even do that ?

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I think the decision was made a while ago but Lawson is doing better than expected. He was pretty good in first half and but probably some 0.3secs slower per lap in second half on hard tyres.

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It was good race overall. But Perez has had a shocker. Also some strange strategies. Not sure why did they wait so long to bring Sainz and Yuki to the pits compared to their team mate for second stop. Ironically both Sainz and Yuki finished a place behind due to it and the gap for both were 0.8secs ...

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Max fastest on all session. If he is P1 after lap1 he is going to be some way ahead of rest. Piastri is doing amazing job, he was fast in SPA and fast here as well which is a driver track, he has bright future for sure. Suzuka is the best track to see car go fast and Leclerc back to normal speed. He...

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IMO RBR should go for Piastri for future. For AT I would go for Yuki and Lawson. If they go Ricciardo that means they rate his experience and knowledge and consider that important factor. They dropped NDV because he was some 0.2secs slower to Yuki. Lawson does not make mistakes but he also seems som...

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Singapore is better than Monaco. But the strategy here is same drive as slow as possible to make tyre last

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Sainz, Piastri, Max

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Russell and Sainz are doing great now, especially Russell, Hmailton is very strong in Monza and here again, he almost got P1. There is no way RBR are getting to top5 here. Even if their car seems faster in race than qualifying. Yuki unlucky both in Monza and here. He would have definitely been in to...

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Since Ricciardo is also a factor in the silly season talk of '23, I wonder how much of an eye opener is his latest pic showing the injury he got at the Dutch Grand Prix. Considering the location of the injury, I think he will need a good time to recover enough to not get any pain or further damage....

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I think this was one of Perez better drive. They should have called Perez early instead of Max. I do not think he was ever in doubt not to win. Perez had to earn this P2. Ferrari were surprisingly very competitive in the race as well. IMO this was bad weekend for Leclerc. Piastri was unlucky with te...

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Bottas, Albon and Perez.

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Great result for Ferrari. Sainz has looked good all weekend. Also nice to see Piastri finally able to beat Norris and surprisingly Russell also ahead of his teammate. Hamilton is usually very strong in Monza.

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Wow Perez simply can't have a clean weekend. But anyways I do not think he can afford another mistake this weekend. A good qualifying and a podium in the race is needed from him. Ferrari is expected to be strong here so he has to do well. Times will be close in qualifying.

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It was good race, the mixed condition definitely heped some especially Gasly. Surprisingly there were lots of overtaking and Alonso made some great moves. Lawson P13 was also unexpected. But I think both Mclaren and Mercedes underacheived this race. Yuki too was doing well than the P16 result.

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I voted for podium finish. I think Gasly performance was surprising good. Even with 5secs peanlty he was faster than Sainz. He has habit of getting some great result every now and then.

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Perez has 40pts lead over Alonso and Hamilton is just behind him. So as long as he does not have some DNF, crashes he will end up as P2 so I cannot imagine they would terminate his contract for 2024. Moreover according to one sky sports podcast in youtube, Crofty said Perez sells most of the caps, m...

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I voted Yuki and NDV pretty high because I think the car was the problem not drivers. But rest seems to be with in range. Leclerc was +3 for me at P8. Although I think has the speed to challenge or beat Max. One way or other simply does not get good result. Sometimes it team fault other times he doe...

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Max lap after the red flag was amaing. Perez needed good qualifying as overtaking won't be easybut somehow he has to get podium tomorrow to make up for today's performance. Piastri too underperformed in Q3 but otherwise he was also competitive.

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Yuki and Zhou will be there next year as well. Zhou has had 3yrs experience in F2 and I think is doing ok in his second year. Yuki only had 1yr in F2 but did well in second half of last year and has been consistent this year. 3 P11, 3 P10 and he missed P9 in Monaco due to brake problem. Ricciardo is...

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Piastri was not racing last year and in his first year he is already so good. I think he can beat Norris next year, it should be close. Alpine missed out and I think many teams will be interested in him in future.

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Ocon, Yuki and Norris.

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Wish Max would be out in Q2 so that race would be more intresting. Very surprising that Williams were out in Q1, this track should suit their car. AMR and Alpine progress seem slow compare to other teams.

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Yes, but Verstappen beat Sainz. Norris lost. Twice. He is underrated. Sainz beat Norris twice and even Leclerc once. I do not think he is better than Leclerc or Norris but he is pretty good. He was not bad against Max as well even though he lost twice. He deservers to be in top6. How did Sainz lose...

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Verstappen was a 17 year old with very limited open wheel experience. And Norris was a 19 yr old against a seasoned Sainz. Yes, but Verstappen beat Sainz. Norris lost. Twice. He is underrated. Sainz beat Norris twice and even Leclerc once. I do not think he is better than Leclerc or Norris but he i...

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Sainz had almost double the amount of points Norris had in Norris' first season (96-49). Norris finished a lot closer to Sainz in his seccond season but still couldn't beat him. Verstappen beat Sainz quite comfortably as a 17 year old rookie. Norris got beaten by his rookie team mate 3 times this s...

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I voted for top3. Russell also got good result. He was unlucky yesterday but lucky today with the start especially with 2 less Alpine. Intresting that Toto said Mercedes was second fastest car.

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Max is by far the best driver in F1 for many years. His bad performance is actually pretty good lol. Like yesterday where he missed pole by 0.003 or when he got beat by Perez in Baku, he was barely 0.1sec slower. From what I have observed he has no weakness and is good on all tracks all conditons an...

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Wow Max 33secs ahead. Perez was much better today but he has to improve his qualifying.

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Max won from P10 last year. But hopefully he will be stuck for longer time behind others and it won't be easy win. Ideally it will good if Norris can overtake him. I do not think Max will take too many risk at start

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Many drivers are within a tenth. Top 3 in 0.6x then next 3 in 0.9x and next 3 drivers in 17.0x. Had Perez been slight 0.1sec faster he could have been in P4. P9 looks bad on a track where overtaking is difficult

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Ricciardo already improving steadily, showing us what Tsunoda really is. Everyone was suddenly claiming he's massively improved this year. One session with a real teammate and he's exposed. Really ? He seems slower for most part but on his final run 0.013 ahead. There were 4 drivers in 0.9x mark. S...

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IDrinkYourMilkshake wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 22, 2023 2:21 pm
Ricciardo already improving steadily, showing us what Tsunoda really is. Everyone was suddenly claiming he's massively improved this year. One session with a real teammate and he's exposed.

Really ? He seems slower for most part but on his final run 0.013 ahead. There were 4 drivers in 0.7x mark.

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It is difficult to read as first session was pretty much useless but in FP2 the times are close. Perez cannot have a bad day tomorrow. Track position is very important here.

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You have to give 1 year at least. The only reason they dropped him is because of his age, which is also unfair. Yeah he is 5yrs more than Yuki who has had 2yrs in F1. By that logic Ricciardo has to be at least 0.3sec faster than Yuki as he has 11yrs more experience to him. Because according to Marko...

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I voted for Yuki but it should be close. I also do not think Nyck was as bad as people think he is. He scored point in debut in Williams which was a decent car. Albon will likely also fight for points this time on SPA, Monza especailly, they were good in Silverstone too. AT on other hand is just a p...

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I actually think Ricciardo has made a mistake. It is very unlikely for AT to score any points they are struggling to make it into Q2 as well. Yuki stocks will definetely improve though if he can be ahead of Ricciardo

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Wow this is so unfair on Nyck. But not sure what Ricciardo is going to achieve in AT

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De Vries underperforming in AT gives Red Bull an opportunity for a bit of a trial run here. If I was them I'd put Ricciardo in the AT against Tsunoda after the summer break and have what would effectively be a shootout for the 2nd Red Bull seat in 2024. Ricciardo or Tsunoda runs as Red Bull number ...

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Piastri was unlucky with SC. He should have got podium. The race was close. RBR advantage is not big anymore. Mclaren was amazing this weekend. Even Williams have made big upgrade.

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Wow din't know Nyck has a contract for next year Unfortunately for him AT needs a upgrade soon they seems the worst car in the grid. So he might finish last and get beat by Logan from Williams as well.

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