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sandman1347

F1 indeed is a fickle sport, all you need to do is go back to the end of '12 and '13 and read what this same people said about Vettel also fast forward 5 years and maybe then Max is a 3x champ and watch the he is better than Senna accolades roll out! Also congrats to Hamilton on his achievements. I...

sandman1347

F1 indeed is a fickle sport, all you need to do is go back to the end of '12 and '13 and read what this same people said about Vettel also fast forward 5 years and maybe then Max is a 3x champ and watch the he is better than Senna accolades roll out! Also congrats to Hamilton on his achievements. I...

sandman1347

Nah, Hamilton is still blindingly fast over a single lap as well as complete race distances. Hasn't lost a step. the Mercedes this year seems to be difficult to set up just how he prefers on most weekends and he's still managed to snatch pole from the clutches of the Ferraris as well as race wins. ...

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^^Invade^^ Some very high praise there indeed. I have to agree with you overall that it is much easier to put someone's career in proper perspective after it is over. With that said, the most universally reasonable comment in your post comes (surprisingly) from Martin Brundle, when he says that "the...

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They may be busy and there's nout wrong with that. I just remember race weekends, especially ones where the title could be won, being frantically busy on here. It was merely an observation. Forums everywhere are well past their peak. This is the only forum I was using a decade ago that is still ali...

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pokerman wrote:
Invade wrote:https://streamable.com/7jviz

What is Toto trying to tell us about 2020?
It sounds like they made a very early start to the 2020 season at the expense of the second half of the 2019 season.

That's Mercedes for you. The dream team.

sandman1347

Honestly I'd like to see both Crofty and Brundle replaced for different reasons. Croft for his incompetence and lack of focus and Brundle for the fact that his views fail to evolve with current events. The broadcast is in need of fresh blood.

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So, if I have read this correctly, we have two pages of discussion as to whether Paul di Resta heaped enough praise on Lewis? Even though it has been accepted that diResta was quite decent in his praise of Lewis after the clinching, we are to ignore that and go back further where, perhaps, he wasn'...

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Nah, Hamilton is still blindingly fast over a single lap as well as complete race distances. Hasn't lost a step. the Mercedes this year seems to be difficult to set up just how he prefers on most weekends and he's still managed to snatch pole from the clutches of the Ferraris as well as race wins. ...

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How close would you say Ericsson was to Verstappen ? I think it would be much easier to look good against one than the other. He killed Ericsson, in some races he was way ahead of him. I wouldn't say so. For the main part Ericsson matched him in the first part of the season and then Leclerc pulled ...

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Yes Congrats are in order. Another outstanding season in a legendary career. It's also amazing to consider that, in the last 20 F1 seasons, either Hamilton, Vettel or Schumacher have been WDC 15 times! That's 75% of the titles going to 3 guys over a 2 decade time period! Not sure you'll ever see tha...

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And yet race threads get locked within a week or so :lol: So whats that go to do with this thread? Not a lot. I just find it odd that threads about the races, the entire reason everyone watches F1, get locked within a week, whereas a thread discussing the various bias of people nobody knows, but in...

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If you pay attention and have some capacity to read between the lines, there are several people around F1 who do not like Hamilton and basically try to take subversive shots at him when they get the chance. Di Resta, Button, Brundle, Stewart, Irvine, the list goes on and on. He also has his support...

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It was interesting you used Leclerc too, the same Leclerc who was 5-1 down in qualifying against Vettel and generally well beaten - bahrain aside - in there first 7-8 races of the season by Vettel. After being 5-1 down, he then went what was it? 9 straight wins against him in qualifying... Leclerc ...

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I think Lewis has been worse in qualifying but better in the races in 2019. Overall I don't think he's been worse than in 2018 - about equal. Seems that Lewis agrees... 6VIk1rCygQI I disagree. Don't get me wrong, he has been great in the races in 2019 but has he had performances to match Italy 2018...

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Charles will win this battle as he is 19pts ahead with 2 races to go. But honestly Vettel has had some horrible races like crashing into Max in Silverstone, spin in Monza was embarrassing as well. He has had more DNF as well. I also think Vettel and Hamilton who are usually one of the best in quali...

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If you pay attention and have some capacity to read between the lines, there are several people around F1 who do not like Hamilton and basically try to take subversive shots at him when they get the chance. Di Resta, Button, Brundle, Stewart, Irvine, the list goes on and on. He also has his supporte...

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I think this makes back to back seasons where, as soon as the FIA took steps to "clarify" their approach, they lost performance noticeably. If you recall, the same thing happened when the FIA temporarily installed a second sensor to monitor their battery output last year. So at the very least, it se...

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Ferrari is belly aching that since they have been leading a number of races early, Mercedes has the advantage of being able to pic alternate strategies to the lead cars that give the Mercs the benefit. What happened all those years that Merc regularly locked out the front row and led pretty much th...

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So, in other words, you are arguing with me despite the fact that you actually don't disagree with what I said (which included that Mercedes produce a better race pace)? Is that about right? No it's not. Forget it, this just isn't worth my time. Not worth your time? How do you think I feel? Maybe y...

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"Deliberately obtuse"? Interesting. Why don't you read my post and then tell me what part of it you disagree with. I've been asking people to do that but it seems they can't. I get the feeling people just argue reflexively over certain topics. I'm disagreeing with you saying that Ferrari have the b...

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Turn one, at the top of the hill. We have general admission so it looks like there will be a few options. I think there's GA up there. It's a pretty good place to see not only the race start, but also bits of all the rest of the track. I've also heard that the turn 15/16 area is good, but I've neve...

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Yes they would set the fastest lap on fresh tires during the race too. There is nothing magical about Sunday that makes their car slower than it is on Saturday. They simply lose out relative to Mercedes over the duration of a long stint because they lose tire life faster than Mercedes. Think you're...

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Sigh, what? What are you even talking about? Ferrari are faster on the straights both in qualifying and in the race. That isn't baseless. It's empirical. We don't have to guess how fast they are on the straights. That is all captured. What part my post do you disagree with? It's funny how all of F1...

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It seems that you didn't comprehend what I wrote (or perhaps stopped reading after the first sentence). If there was a safety car late in a race and all of the front-runners pitted for tires to go for the fastest lap; the Ferrari would be most likely to get it. You pulled that out of where? And eve...

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For those who seemingly didn't get the emoticon at the end, it wasn't a serious comment re: LEC/BOT The Merc is faster in race trim , and kinder on its tyres - while the Ferrari is still a one-trick pony. Their only chance of winning is to lock out the front row, and in the race use the 2nd driver ...

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For those who seemingly didn't get the emoticon at the end, it wasn't a serious comment re: LEC/BOT The Merc is faster in race trim , and kinder on its tyres - while the Ferrari is still a one-trick pony. Their only chance of winning is to lock out the front row, and in the race use the 2nd driver ...

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I'm going to the next race so will probably see him take the title. Looking forward to it. Which grandstand, out of curiosity? I'll be there as well. Oh yeah? I'll have to check. I'm meeting up with my brother in Austin and he's the one who picked up the tickets. I'll find out though and get back t...

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Which is of course a weakness, to learn in a press conference World Champions leave him extra space because of his driving style is a sad comment. He loses his cool, I'm not at all sure that is the temperament of a future World Champion. To be a maverick is cool for only so long, if his style start...

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For those who seemingly didn't get the emoticon at the end, it wasn't a serious comment re: LEC/BOT The Merc is faster in race trim , and kinder on its tyres - while the Ferrari is still a one-trick pony. Their only chance of winning is to lock out the front row, and in the race use the 2nd driver ...

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Again though in this case I think the contact was a bit unfortunate and not intentional, but then again Verstappen booting it a bit too hard to try and stay in front of Hamilton has an element of over aggression I suppose? For me, it's really not about the first corner incident. It's more about the...

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After Mexico 2019 Lewis has 83 victories. Needs 8 more to tie and 9 to break Schumacher's record of 91. Lewis also has WDC #6 all but sewn up. At this point it's hard to bet against Lewis for WDC number seven at the end of 2020. After the regulations changes of 2021 number eight seems much less cer...

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Again though in this case I think the contact was a bit unfortunate and not intentional, but then again Verstappen booting it a bit too hard to try and stay in front of Hamilton has an element of over aggression I suppose? For me, it's really not about the first corner incident. It's more about the...

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For those who seemingly didn't get the emoticon at the end, it wasn't a serious comment re: LEC/BOT The Merc is faster in race trim , and kinder on its tyres - while the Ferrari is still a one-trick pony. Their only chance of winning is to lock out the front row, and in the race use the 2nd driver ...

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Or perhaps because of their superior driver!? MADNESS So Hamilton's a bad qualifier, but super quick in the races? A bad qualifier who has out-qualified every single teammate he's had including multiple world champions? A bad qualifier who has 20 more pole positions than anyone else in history? I t...

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Hamilton, Perez, Ricciardo for me.

I find it scary that Verstappen won the fan vote after the race. I think this coming era in F1 might get very annoying with this influx of new fans who seem to lack any understanding of racing.

sandman1347

If the chunk of floor brings 0.3 seconds of performance, but the weight of it adds 0.2 seconds, then losing that part of the floor will only cost 0.1 seconds per lap and not 0.3 seconds. It seems pretty simple to me. It's like when LH lost his wing mirror in Japan, this helped improve his cars perf...

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I'm going to the next race so will probably see him take the title. Looking forward to it. Which grandstand, out of curiosity? I'll be there as well. Oh yeah? I'll have to check. I'm meeting up with my brother in Austin and he's the one who picked up the tickets. I'll find out though and get back t...

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If the chunk of floor brings 0.3 seconds of performance, but the weight of it adds 0.2 seconds, then losing that part of the floor will only cost 0.1 seconds per lap and not 0.3 seconds. It seems pretty simple to me. It's like when LH lost his wing mirror in Japan, this helped improve his cars perf...

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I find it amazing how vociferously F1 Racer is pushing this "Albon's not good enough" narrative when Alex has performed better than Max since joining the team. Alex has more headroom for improvement than Max (this being his rookie year) and he has managed to do a better job these last few races of b...

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