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j man

Truly the heir to Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna for all the wrong reasons... The collision was just disgraceful driving from Max. If you look at his onboard you can see he was dawdling in the middle of the track, weaving subtly left and right so it wasn't clear which side Hamilton was expecte...

j man

Why are Red Bull negotiating their starting position with the race director? Who is in charge here???

j man

Banana Man wrote: ↑
Sun Dec 05, 2021 6:22 pm
This circuit is a complete farce.

Both the F1 and the F2 races have been terribly disjointed. It needs a rethink.

j man

The reason given for the red flag is that the barrier repair is insufficient and they need to get a crane in there to do it properly. I can agree with that having seen the wonky state of the barrier at the point the red flag was shown. My problem with this though is that: 1) Why don't they position ...

j man

A think a key factor here is that Red Bull appear to operate as a one-car team in the way that Schumacher's Ferrari team and Alonso's Renault team did. They have an appointed lead driver who receives the bulk of the engineering focus, be it physical upgrades on the car, pitstop strategy, telemetry a...

j man

I can't see either driver crashing into the other deliberately for all the reasons mentioned. However I can definitely see both drivers taking a "get out of my way or we crash" attitude that results in a collision (again) when neither backs down. In fact I'd say it's highly likely that will happen i...

j man

@ChrisMedlandF1 We've not even had a provisional starting grid published yet, which by regulation should have been at least four hours before the start of the formation lap. The final grid is meant to be published one hour before the start of the formation lap (so by 16:00 local) #F1 #QatarGP What ...

j man

FIA is in a awful place at the moment. So fans recognise the issue of double yellows straight after quali while F1 prioritises dinner in a posh restaurant and will sort it out tomorrow. This could easily all be wrapped up after qualifying ffs. It's seriously poor. How are Red Bull and Verstappen su...

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In principle it sounds fun but engine usage could be problematic. I could see the top teams having no interest in it in terms of Engine usage. What would also happen with Parc Ferme? Maybe they could switch engines between Friday qualifying and the Sunday race. But that is a lot of work for mechani...

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As I said in the Silly Season thread I think this makes perfect sense for Alfa Romeo. Overall they'll stand a better chance of having a better season with the money that Zhou brings in, given that Bottas should do a good job in the other car and Zhou himself is not terrible. Of course we'd always li...

j man

What's the outcome of the incident review? It's 3 hours since the start of the hearing. They have taken a break and will resume the discussion at 5pm GMT. The fact that it's taking so long shows it's not a simple yes or no decision. Some journalist said on twitter that Max and Lewis spent an awful ...

j man

I was thinking about either team creating a one race special engine for Abu Dhabi. Lets say we get to Abu Dhabi in a scenario that whoever wins, wins the title. One driver is clearly dominant in qualifying and race pace in practise. Would it then be worth the other driver sticking in a one race spe...

j man

Bit harsh on Gio. Not that he set the world alight but I'm not convinced by his replacement (though I hope to be proven wrong). Giovinazzi definitely has some speed and has done a decent job in qualifying but always seems to go backwards in races, as evidenced by his solitary point this season. Ove...

j man

I keep watching the onboard footage and if he gets away with this, get ready for stock-car type racing in the future. The track limits now don't matter if you're defending. You can brake as late as you like, ignore the corner and go as wide as you like to keep another driver behind. It'll basically...

j man

100% yes. I don't like this now common practice of pushing other drivers off the track to cut off an overtake, but doing it and then not staying on the track yourself takes it to another level altogether. I don't see how Max's actions are in any way defendable for anyone who is interested in fair ra...

j man

Absolutely mega stuff from Hamilton today, one of the best wins of his career.

j man

Now, is it really that outrageous to assume that Verstappen, in the same car as Bottas, could put 0.250-0.300% over him in qualifying? I think it's a pretty big stretch especially since Verstappen hasn't driven a car with long wheelbase and far less responsive front end. Your mileage may vary. It's...

j man

Disappointed that I didn't post anything on this at the time. Though I'm sure if I did, I would have been singing Tsunoda's praises. What a disappointment he has been.

j man

Unfortunately it's becoming more the norm for pay drivers to find seats in a situation were so few seats are available in the first place, this is how I would class Zhou, Mazepin, Latifi and Stroll. He might be a pay driver, but I wouldn't put Zhou in that company. I would. Let's not forget that Ma...

j man

Great event this. It has the best fans of the year (as we're not going to Suzuka) and they deserve so much better than this terribly uninspiring track layout.

j man

Sprint "qualifying" was a rubbish idea that hasn't delivered. What I think might make this more interesting for next year is: - Keeping qualifying in its current format and making the sprint event an actual race with proper points handed out, as Brawn has alluded to. - The reg change for next year. ...

j man

Alonso always was a better driver than Hamilton. Perhaps not right now but he is in his 40s, had a break from the sport and seems more pre-occupied these days with highlighting the absurdity of some of the stewarding. Drivers' competitiveness fluctuates a lot as they drive different cars that suit t...

j man

Red Bull have already shown in Silverstone that they're quite prepared to lose constructors' points from Perez just to deprive Hamilton of a fastest lap point. I don't think there's any question of a doubt that they would do the same if this hypothesised situation arose.

j man

we've had too many races that have been decided by unavoidable accidents I'm surprised by this comment. Were there really that many unavoidable accidents, apart from the tyre failure on Verstappen's car in Baku? My memory being what it is, would you mind pointing out a few others? I wrote that with...

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It's been a bit of a strange championship this. It promised so much in Bahrain but I feel instead of a championship featuring a contest between the best two drivers we've had too many races that have been decided by unavoidable accidents, random failures, grid penalties, inclement weather and the pr...

j man

The results are out! https://f1-global-fan-survey.motorsport.com/ Interesting to see that Verstappen is now the most popular driver. Hamilton's winning streak is wearing thin it seems. Even more interesting is how Ferrari's support seems to have disintegrated. Perhaps we can finally dispel the notio...

j man

I normally avoid doing multiple votes, but I can't split Hamilton and Verstappen today. Both were on the top of their game and were the class of the field.

j man

If he's within 18 points of Hamilton, Verstappen's lack of caution and assumption that Hamilton had backed off at Copse will have cost him the title. This I agree with. Risk management is an important skill in putting together a title challenge and it's the only area where Verstappen is falling sho...

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I would speculate that they're using Bottas as a testing platform to try out different parts to try to get to the bottom of their engine gremlins. Not ideal in the midst of the closest inter-team championship battle in years. Surely both Mercedes & Red Bull will give priority to driver's world titl...

j man

I would speculate that they're using Bottas as a testing platform to try out different parts to try to get to the bottom of their engine gremlins. Not ideal in the midst of the closest inter-team championship battle in years.

j man

It's sad to see the place seems to be falling into disrepair, it's one of the best venues on the calendar. It deserves to be the home of the USGP, much more so than some soulless car park in Miami. COTA would deserve the USGP if they would properly reinvest in repairing and maintaining the drainage...

j man

If I'm not stating the obvious, you're not a Crofty fan... ;-) Not that many here are either... That would be an understatement. Crofty is such a consummate idiot that he significantly degrades my enjoyment of the Grand Prix simply by being part of the broadcast. The only positive of his commentary...

j man

It's sad to see the place seems to be falling into disrepair, it's one of the best venues on the calendar. It deserves to be the home of the USGP, much more so than some soulless car park in Miami.

j man

It looked pretty amateurish to me, probably borne out of the frustration of being punted to the back and possibly an underlying belief that the Haases are not a factor in the race and should jump out of the way. I thought the penalty was deserved. I thought Gasly's penalty was harsh though, I couldn...

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Perez for some superb wheel-to-wheel racing. Fighting Hamilton off earned him the 3rd place in the end I think.

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I think Mercedes made the right strategy call to pit Hamilton, and Hamilton probably cost himself at least one position by not pitting when the initial call was made. Ocon ran the whole race on the same set of tyres and they really fell off a cliff at the end, losing him several seconds per lap in t...

j man

More strategy variables is an interesting one, but generally the first thing that comes up is refueling. I didn't mind refueling in principle but do remember getting frustrated that it was too often an alternative to an on-track pass. No not considered re-fuelling at all but lets just entertain the...

j man

This is actually quite a hard decision, I don't think anyone had a fault-free race. Norris was brilliant for 50 laps but sadly it was his own decision that ultimately cost him. Hamilton lost too many positions at the start and put himself on the back foot. Sainz seemed to wear out his tyres quite e...

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I believe somebody said Verstappen had been lucky to go from P7 to P2 today. I had lost sight of him in the final part of the race, but he genuinely overtook 3 drivers, and 2 pitted. Any pitstop in the rain is what Niki Lauda used to call tyre poker, but Verstappen's P2 was entirely merited today. ...

j man

This is actually quite a hard decision, I don't think anyone had a fault-free race. Norris was brilliant for 50 laps but sadly it was his own decision that ultimately cost him. Hamilton lost too many positions at the start and put himself on the back foot. Sainz seemed to wear out his tyres quite ea...

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