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Constructors championship is blown a bit open with the possibility of Bottas tangling in the midfield

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M44 wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 11, 2021 2:05 pm
Mercedes have dialled out single lap performance for race pace. Red Bull have compromised.

I reckon

I wonder..

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Someone say Max has lost his head?

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RB looked marginally quicker than Mercedes in race pace, but I'm guessing that advantage won't last considering they've only fitted their turbocharged engine overnight. Practice completely meaningless though, especially with the mind games that will be employed here. If we are to read into it, it lo...

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If there is anybody who still thinks that Verstappen's double overtake of Hamilton & Ocon was anything other than legitimate this image should open your eyes. https://i.postimg.cc/gjbkPtFK/ver-Ham-Oco.png Verstappen is on the inside and ahead of both before the apex Meanwhile, Hamilton & Ocon are d...

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Well this has got to be the most anticipated race in a very very long time. Anyone else quite nervous? Can't really see anything other than a Merc win in my view. The form book is strongly in their favour. Only thing Verstappen's got to hope for is if this turbo-charged engine is starting to die. An...

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The reason I'm worried that we'll see a plausibly defensible move by Max that nonetheless eliminates both him and Hamilton is that based on Saudi he's clearly willing to drive very aggressively, and there's pretty nothing meaningful that's likely to be done about it. None of the penalties on offer ...

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The Hamilton and Verstappen collision to me felt just right, look something that was awaiting to happen. The rules regarding 'let him pass or five seconds' may need some rethinking because this was bound to happen in a way. For me, it was the constant VSC's. I don't think any of the others were that...

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Was Hamilton not way too slow into T1 though? Playing some devil's advocat, but I don't think the move was not on. Max braked later than standard. Look at his line, he wasnt pushed wide he was never making the corner with the speed I don't know about that. Look at Ocon's pace in comparison to Hamil...

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Was Hamilton not way too slow into T1 though? Playing some devil's advocat, but I don't think the move was not on.

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mikeyg123 wrote: ↑
Sun Dec 05, 2021 6:26 pm
Hamilton, Bottas and Verstappen would all have a 5 second penalty if the stewards enforced the actual rules.

Agreed

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Wow Bottas would have taken Verstappen out again if Verstappen didn't attempt the overtake. Very weird move by him.

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Lets hope this starts the conversation to get rid of automatic tyre changes in red flags, and, especially VSCs!

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this is a coincidence, but if people don't understand the reason for red flag, then they don't take safety seriously enough. This is very unlikely, but if the same incident occured again, the barrier would not do the same job. Also take note that the same red flag happened when Leclerc crashed in p...

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Can Hamilton not blame the world's against him whenever luck doesn't go his way?

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Gasly got a warning for the impeding of Sainz incident if that’s what you mean by Sainz. Not sure what Bottas would be getting a penalty for. Maybe for this? 1467432306994470916 I'm not sure why this wasn't raised more, but it looked fairly clumsy by Bottas to me. As for Sainz, he got in the way ne...

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Seems all quiet on the stewards front. Any penalties heading Bottas' or Sainz' way?

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Can I just say, while I don't know how this track passed safety measures, it's the absolute perfect venue for a penultimate Grand Prix. What a mega day we have had today. Hopefully more of the same tomorrow.

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If say Max causes a crash and he is stripped of his points, that puts Red Bull 5th in the constructors title, which is good and bad. They lose money but gain wind tunnel hours Exclusion from the WDC would (I think) not implicate Red Bull are stripped from the points Max scored from them - nor that ...

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I don't think betting on f1 is really a good idea. Although I've never tried it seriously. Are there any experts in this matter here? There's a lot of good opportunities that open up, just scroll back in this thread even. I'd be tempted to bet, but just never really set up an account, and it's a lo...

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I think it should have been a penalty now that I've seen the footage properly, but this attempt by Mercedes to investigate it further is beyond laughable. While I don't agree with comments from Brundle etc that Max needs to have turned right to have warranted investigation (it's a left corner, any ...

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I think it should have been a penalty now that I've seen the footage properly, but this attempt by Mercedes to investigate it further is beyond laughable. While I don't agree with comments from Brundle etc that Max needs to have turned right to have warranted investigation (it's a left corner, any s...

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TheGiantHogweed wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 14, 2021 7:21 pm
horner believes he wouldn't be asking for a penalty had the drivers position been swapped, with the same thing happening

He didn't ask for one with Norris vs Perez and said it was fine racing

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Since the summer half, Red Bull have found one new home track in Zandvoort, and lost another in Brazil. They won in their top 2 track Mexico (other being Austria of course). Looks like Merc had to compromise something to combat the bumps in Austin which left them even-stevens. Other than that, it's ...

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They're going to be tied on points into Abu Dhabi aren't they

Sick race

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Damn, those damning the FIA today must have been going crazy when Hamilton moved his steering wheel to push Rosberg off on T1 in the US GP A penalty would have spoiled the battle today, thankfully we saw the on-track pass I hate the line of thinking that a penalty would have spoiled the battle, if ...

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Damn, those damning the FIA today must have been going crazy when Hamilton moved his steering wheel to push Rosberg off on T1 in the US GP

A penalty would have spoiled the battle today, thankfully we saw the on-track pass

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Asphalt_World wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 14, 2021 6:24 pm

Schumacher forever#1 wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 14, 2021 6:24 pm
Did verstappen really need to defend T1?
No and he did that prior to running Lewis of earlier.

Yeah I didn't understand that one either.

Though it was great from both drivers to predict the switch-back on the second fight

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Did verstappen really need to defend T1?

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Mercedes pace-testing Bottas I can only imagine

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I can't believe it

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Are they really going to stop again? This should be more than enough to the end I thought.

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It's one thing passing Perez, it's another passing Verstappen. Verstappen generally has a 5 tenth gap on Perez.

Hamilton can't undercut as well it looks here, cooked his tyres. Verstappen can now mirror Hamilton's strategy.

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Red Bull got Tsunoda'd

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Verstappen absolutely has to outscore Hamilton tomorrow, it simply is a must. Mercedes will be unbeatable around the desert races with this special device they have. Their top speed is ridiculous, especially considering the size of their rear wing. 25 points is the minimum cushion Verstappen needs ...

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Sainz is really showing Leclerc up lately isn't he?

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Mercs looking exceptionally strong

What's this talk about championship being over (again)?

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I was beginning to think they were going to wait until after the Sprint Race to DSQ him just to have Ham vs Ver for the mini race

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Idk it looks like Max applied more pressure to his own RB than the Mercedes. DSQ for interfering with his own car during parc ferme

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Surely Merc knows something about their engines, otherwise it makes no sense to take these penalties on tracks where they have an advantage. Maybe I'm missing something, but brazil would surely be a top 5 Red Bull track, if we take a look at past years? I thought this race would be a nailed on RB t...

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