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WHoff78

Honestly you are both right. Yes, most teams are not going to pay a driver out of his contract. But, if you were to expect this from any team/drivers next season the situation for latifi makes this a reasonable bet. The one thing in his favor, other than the contract, is that Williams may decide the...

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This is Max being Max, not willing to give an inch even when it's clear he's at a disadvantage and relying on intimidation to force the other guy to lift because there's no way he's going to yield, but in this instance, he tried to intimidate the wrong driver on the wrong day, whilst helping said d...

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If only it were that simple. In a season where Red Bull have had the upper hand due to rule changes Merc only trail by 8pts and 4pts in each championship. I know bottas can have his ups and downs but given the position he is in, despite what many will say, Merc will be hard pressed to find a better ...

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Yeah you are right. I am still confident that it will make them weaker rather than Stronger. I think Merc probably know that as well, which makes it a tough call, but it's fair that it would certainly be more entertaining.

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Good points. If it's possible to extract him from his Merc contract would Russell take a Red Bull drive in 2022 or would he wait for Merc to see if they came back in 2023. On one hand the Merc drive is the better option. On the other there is no guarantee Merc won't pass on him again. RB are a 1 dr...

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I am curious as to the thoughts on this overtake, probably Verstappen's most famous overtake, on Leclerc at Austria, the move that defined "hard racing" Here, he was further back on entry to the corner, doesn't make the apex (much farther than Hamilton), makes contact with Leclerc and deliberately ...

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Other than teammate wars I’ve not seen too much discussion on the Kimi-Perez incident towards the end, but interested to hear peoples views on this one. Seem to be similarities with some of the penalties at Austria but the outcome was different. I would argue that racing incident is fair, but based ...

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Not sure if you're being serious? I don't think we saw Lewis turn in to Max at any point? We saw Max turn in to Lewis but not the other way around? Lewis got on the radio. Asked how Max was. Was told he's okay. You expect him not to celebrate a race win at Silverstone? Red Bull and Max have shown t...

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Do you think you or Alonso is better qualified to judge the unique situation? I'd say the stewards, because they have the data and telemetry. It amazes me how you continue to jump towards appeal for authority even when the ultimate authority gave Hamilton a penalty. Assume you agree that a 10s pena...

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I don't think it's a free pass. I agree that both could have done more to avoid the incident. It takes two to tango. Max is generally very aggressive and he gives Hamilton the absolute bare minimum on the approach straight. He makes it as hard as he can for Hamilton - hard but fair, but neither are...

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Guess I made my point if you have switched to arguing about different incidents now.

WHoff78

I don't think it's a free pass. I agree that both could have done more to avoid the incident. It takes two to tango. Max is generally very aggressive and he gives Hamilton the absolute bare minimum on the approach straight. He makes it as hard as he can for Hamilton - hard but fair, but neither are ...

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It's a racing incident. All I do know with 100% certainty, is if you switch the two drivers round so that Hamilton is the one defending on the outside, the one or two posters on here that are quite over the top in there criticism of Hamilton, would say the following: Hamilton is to aggressive on the...

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Depends exactly what we are voting for. I enjoyed it, but more because of the variation. I would love to see it continue if they decide to keep some variation moving forward and they use this format a handful of times throughout the season. If we are talking every weekend - I prefer the current form...

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Of course, it is also additional starts where the top drivers could just as easily end up going backwards.

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One interesting thought is that a team/driver can perhaps take a bit more of a gamble towards race set-up than qualy in this format. Perez is out of position for Sprint Qualy tomorrow, but he can use the sprint race to get back into position, and certainly the target should be to clear the Ferrari. ...

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Qualifying will be in cooler conditions than the Sprint Race and Main event with the later timing. That is the only new variable I can really see and may mix things up with some teams compromising set-up Friday evening. Agree that ultimately the sprint will act as a 'spoiler' for the race as some ha...

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Compelled to re-post after a little more reading, although at this time I am still only to read the interactive summary and not the full report. Think it’s important to highlight a couple of concluding paragraphs: Although this report has focused predominantly on the progression of Black people into...

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However, I would argue it's scope could have been broadened to other ethnic minorities. As for the last paragraph, it was the very first thought that came to me as well. It concentrates on black people (the title reads "ACCELERATING CHANGE: Improving Representation of Black People in UK Motorsport"...

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Completely agree that where possible rules should check the boxes bulleted by EPROM. But do wonder in this instance how possible that is and given the many variables in every incident - most notably the unique nature of the flow/corners of the track where the incident happens makes it hard....perhap...

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Would be interested to see the a comparison of the tyre allocation on a regular weekend vs sprint qualifying weekend, but have struggled to find anything clearly set out. Basically saying how many and what sets are new for each session and returned after each session. Anyone know if that exists? I'v...

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My biggest concern I think is that if it is a quality driver like Norris/Russell defending they will have no choice going forward and make the space, and essentially Perez (or other) in a faster car will just waltz through. But he will think twice about doing the same against someone with poorer rac...

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There is a reason why there is more risk overtaking round the outside of the corner, and why a defending driver more actively defends the inside line. Alternatively referred to as Physics. The reason an outside move should be more difficult is because the driver on the inside has the shorter line a...

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Regarding the other scenarios - that is the choice that the defending driver needs to consider when they position themselves going into the corner. There is a reason why there is more risk overtaking round the outside of the corner, and why a defending driver more actively defends the inside line. A...

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For me if you start to penalize Norris or other drivers in similar situations to that then it starts to swing the balance to far in favour of the overtaking driver. That’s not what I want to see personally but I can understand that there is probably some frustration from how little overtaking there...

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For me if you start to penalize Norris or other drivers in similar situations to that then it starts to swing the balance to far in favour of the overtaking driver. That’s not what I want to see personally but I can understand that there is probably some frustration from how little overtaking there ...

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This guy basically says the driver ahead ( ahead by any margin ) owns the racing line and can use it all. He also says lewis alex last year was different because alex was ahead, but he was only ahead due to gunning straight into ans overlapping lewis line, which at the time lewis was ahead. Fine wi...

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Finding it almost unbelievable that anyone would think Norris, and subsequently Perez, deserved a penalty for the turn 4 offs. When trying to overtake around the outside you take the risk and often it doesn’t work, what is the driver on the inside expected to do - just stop and let them past. The o...

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Plus....this latest iteration of Honda engine still needs to pass the durability test.....so far so good but time will tell whether they can go the distance with Merc....

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At the end of the day - the people arguing that Merc were stronger last weekend...have said countless times that you are better to have a car that can qualify on pole and is faster in a straight line. That is the car that Red Bull, Max and Perez had. And going forward that advantage is not going to...

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So... Nobody able to explain AMUS finding Red Bull the fastest car but Verstappen performing better than Hamilton and Perez performing better than Bottas then? Despite The Red Bull drivers having a better strategy and according to AMUS a better car yet only finished a few seconds ahead. Unless that...

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At the end of the day - the people arguing that Merc were stronger last weekend...have said countless times that you are better to have a car that can qualify on pole and is faster in a straight line. That is the car that Red Bull, Max and Perez had.

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So... Nobody able to explain AMUS finding Red Bull the fastest car but Verstappen performing better than Hamilton and Perez performing better than Bottas then? Despite The Red Bull drivers having a better strategy and according to AMUS a better car yet only finished a few seconds ahead. Unless that...

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In a word. Dreadful. Politics has degraded this sport repeatedly. Nobody has the cojones to stand up to the big teams when they threaten to leave and kindly direct them to the door. We'd still have compeitive privateers if the powers at be had stood up in the past. I remember being extremely uncomf...

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So... Nobody able to explain AMUS finding Red Bull the fastest car but Verstappen performing better than Hamilton and Perez performing better than Bottas then? Despite The Red Bull drivers having a better strategy and according to AMUS a better car yet only finished a few seconds ahead. Unless that...

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Definitely good changes but why in holy hell would someone who designs tracks for living not design this the first time. Would the thought process not be that long straight, after and followed by tight corners and heavy braking zones, increasing acceleration and braking would be better for racing/o...

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And when I say Merc...I do include Hamilton and the lost time in/out of the pits.

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Unless my memory fails me, I distinctly remember Hamilton's stop being 0.1s quicker than Verstappen's. Yep and that doesn't contradict what Johnson said. Hamilton's pitstop was faster but Verstappen was quicker through the pitlane, everything combined. Since he said (and I quote) that the biggest f...

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Speed is surely somewhat circumstantial, at least where the drivers are relatively close in ability. For the start of 2021 at least, consistency and minimizing mistakes is much more important for Hamilton and Verstappen than it is for Leclerc. That will no doubt change as the season unfolds and one ...

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Am I the only one who thinks that year after year, Bakou is not a motor race but a circus game ? One day, one the crashed cars will be sent back in the traffic and we'll get dead drivers. Exactly my thoughts, this track is extremely dangerous. If Verstappens car had gone to the left and not the rig...

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