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hamilton has a bit of an attitude problem at times. He looks like he's given up now and nearly 4 seconds behind gasly. Those saying bottas was lacking pace behind a faster red bull earlier on, hamilton isn't exactly looking any better.

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I don't think anybody should ever say again that Mercedes are a good pit crew compared to other teams. The amount of times they break under pressure, or have dodgy equipment is just silly. Bottas also had a really long stop in the first race. I think i remember coulthard saying "the wheels have com...

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I don't think anybody should ever say again that Mercedes are a good pit crew compared to other teams. The amount of times they break under pressure, or have dodgy equipment is just silly. Bottas also had a really long stop in the first race. I think i remember coulthard saying "the wheels have come...

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This luck is JUST REDICULOUS for bottas.....

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so then, maybe bottas was wearing his tyres too much by being quick earlier.

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Mazepin maybe needs a few more years to understand track limit warnings in the same way he did for blue flags!

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interesting, is verstappen looking after his tyres, or is bottas shredding them - or is bottas actually a little faster?

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i feel kimi and stroll have a strong chance of beating their team mates due to strategy and both having great starts.

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in terms of aggression, I think Bottas did everything he could have done at the start there.

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bottas will have to give it everything. He has nobody directly infront of him, the clean side of the grid and given he is starting in the 3rd grid slot, but only has 1 drier ahead, he in a sense has more of an opportunity to get by.

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Is Hamilton's race better served by a very aggressive undercut of Gasly and Norris or staying out in clear air and overcutting them? I think the former as I doubt Hamilton's race pace will be great given his terrible set up. As TGH, Leclerc and Verstappen have binned it here before and they’re both...

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Just to think I think a more realistic number of points hamilton will have got in Emilia Romagna had he not been very lucky will have been 2 - 6 rather than 18. So with this race ahead of us and Hamilton likely to finish some way behind Verstappen, I think we probably can say it is verstappen who's ...

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Anyone else get the feeling some of the top drivers might not actually finish? Track limits are quite strictly enforced here. Well, i mentioned in another thread that Verstappen and Leclerc have both crashed out here twice on race day. One not being Leclerc's fault tough. But in total, including pr...

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https://www.racefans.net/2021/05/22/hamilton-plans-tough-talk-with-mercedes-over-completely-wrong-set-up-changes/ Not sure if i can add this here. As it is known that Hamilton can find this track tricky. But his performance today wasn't a lot better than 2017 where his slow laps cost him a q3 appear...

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Bottas will have to hope that the drivers ahead of him repeat their history. Between them they have at least 7 collisions with the wall at this track. Leclerc wasn't at fault for his first when he had a break problem, but him and verstappen have certainly have made a great deal of mistakes here.

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Question on Ricciardo, who is clearly struggling and I’ll add the caveat now that it is early days in his time at McLaren. Are we seeing that Norris and Sainz were very underrated, that Norris has made a big step forward as someone is becoming more experienced and is at a level that is higher than ...

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Giovinazzi. Yea i think he is quietly proving to be a solid driver this year. While the car is better this year, there are plenty of drivers behind him that should have qualified ahead, but he did quite a bit better than we should expect from this team. Bottom of q3 is still very good. I think ther...

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Judging from the sort of laps Bottas and Verstappen put in, and the even faster laps they had to abort, Ferrari, Mercedes and RBR were very close. BOT and VER were on pace to be close to Leclerc's time and it would have been touch and go for pole. Is it never possible for bottas to do what many say...

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In qualifying this year overall, I don't think Red bull or Mercedes have had a clear advantage on the whole. But what I have to say doesn't look good is Perez in qualifying. As much as it was impressive for him to nearly get pole, I think verstappen's form since has shown that that was likely a rere...

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according to racefans.net, Schumacher has got pole in Q3 and did a lap time of 0'00.000. Incredible!

https://www.racefans.net/2021/05/22/lec ... nt-4628107

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To me, it looked like Leclerc turned in earlier than latifi did. And the fact he managed so many other flawless laps makes me question it. He then suddenly turned in much earlier than he needed to at a time he had fastest lap and knew others could improve. It also is entirely possible that he knew h...

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that replay of Leclerc looked odd. Don't think I've seen a driver make a mistake there that involved turning into the barrier that early. due to the timing of it, that honestly looked like it could well have been deliberate. I almost hope he got enough damage to have effectively given himself a pena...

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I think that pole will have gone to verstappen, but Bottas looked really close.

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I think it is now between the top 4 for pole, and it could be any of them

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the timing screens are timing the warm up laps......

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Kimi was closer to giovinazzi this time, but it has to be said that it is impressive that giovinazzi got through to Q3. A bit like stroll, to me he is starting to show he deserves to be in F1, even if it took some time to improve.

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hamilton behind bottas in p3, q1 and q2. So he will likely beat him in Q3. Hamilton usually does recover in the final qualifying session. Was is britain last year where hamilton went onto the grass and spun earlier in qualifying, then got pole?

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so hard to tell what the order of the cars is. I think ferrari could be the best, but verstappen makes the difference. Then I think Red bull is followed my Mclaren or Mercedes.

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ricciardo 6 tenths behind norris who had a scruffy lap.

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hamilton and bottas separated by 0.009.......

What is it with these two and rediculously close lap times?

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alonso half a second behind Ocon... Alonso seems to have reasonable race pace, but he really doesn't seem great in qualifying any more based on this year so far.

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Staggering how much more performance Norris has over Ricciardo here. And as I speak Bottas has just unleashed some of the true pace of the Merc, not to mention he's starting to monster his somewhat illustrious teammate! i have a feeling that hamilton will come out of nowhere and get pole in q3 now ...

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if that was hamilton that was fastest, i think sky would be shouting about it. mercedes has looked behind this weekend, so as it is bottas, it must be the car...

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this is the sort of track where i think it will be stupid if the teams all wait and go out at the same time. at least getting a time is important. surely they won't benefit from a tow here!

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I honestly think Mazepin has been decent this weekend. He's not just been ahead of his team mate, but some others too. Monaco is such a tricky race though, but I have a feeling he may be able to beat his team mate this time.

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Marko seems to be getting a little miffed with Tsunoda. Yesterday when Tsunoda lost a good amount of track time after hitting the barrier, this is what Marko said: "We told him a thousand times, it's all about one thing in Monaco: making metres, making metres, making metres, he should really learn ...

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I maybe shouldn't be saying this - but I don't think a Mercedes will be getting pole. Possibly not even the front row. If one does get pole, that will be impressive. But by then things will have changed my mind anyway! Since 2017, this track has either had other teams be better than mercedes or at l...

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I ranked them based on their sanity and willingness to be a wingman: Barrichello - He knew his position and never once questioned it Coulthard - He never had a run in with Hakkinen even though they were just about equals Webber - He never stood a chance against Vettel. He had a chatty mouth but at ...

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Mercedes need to be thinking about succession planning, Bottas - whilst a solid and on his day fast driver - is not a team leader, just not at that level. I really think they need to get George in now, along with Lewis, and think about the next 6 years or so. I think Mercedes would rather focus on ...

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On season form so far it's probably Mercedes or Ferrari. Leclerc has probably been very close to Verstappen and hamilton yes. Sainz looked solid in the first weekend but a bit underwhelming in the others. But you still could say his season has been better than Perez and maybe Bottas to. Ferrari pro...

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