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There is actually an app that if you put photos of yourself in just shorts and put your height, it will predict your weight and body fat percentage extremely accurately. The power of AI. Prost was spoken about his weight numerous times in the past though. It’s hardly some big secret. We do not need ...

Johnson

Prost drove into senna in Suzuka, there was no escape for Senna. The only outcome was a collision. He got the crash he wanted and it won him the WDC. At Monza Vertsappen just had to cut the chicane like 99% of drivers do in this exact scenario. Including Vertsappen himself in a near identical situat...

Johnson

Any evidence that you can offer on Verstappen Monza 2021 or is that just your opinion you are passing off as fact? The same goes for Prost 1989 obviously, but I don't want to be the one further opening this particular can of worms. It is just that opinion-as-fact has been a recent topic of discussi...

Johnson

Do you remember who it was that Senna wanted to beat more than anything or anyone else? I do. I also clearly remember what Keke Rosberg said about Prost's speed. For what it's worth, I also clearly remember what Rosberg said about Prost at Suzuka 1989. You might find it instructive to look it up. I...

Johnson

I don't recall a single time other drivers in that period thought smaller, lighter drivers had an unfair advantage. It is fine to point that advantage out, but it has to be seen in the context of that time, and with due regard for a top driver's other qualities. No, Rosberg did not blame Prost for ...

Johnson

How about the height of basketball hoops or the size of a tennis court? But nobody has ever lobbied to play on smaller tennis courts or lower the hoop? It was that way from the start and nobody saw it an unfair. Why did F1 change the rules in 1995 and then again 2016 with regards to driver weights?...

Johnson

How about the height of basketball hoops or the size of a tennis court? But nobody has ever lobbied to play on smaller tennis courts or lower the hoop? It was that way from the start and nobody saw it an unfair. Why did F1 change the rules in 1995 and then again 2016 with regards to driver weights?...

Johnson

Lots of sports benefit people with certain physical advantages. I'm fine with the advantage being removed but I see no reason to factor it out whilst it existed. The advantage Prost had was created entirely by the rule markers arbitrary decision to just include car weight. They also continued to ke...

Johnson

I have no idea about Stewart. It’s not my era and it would be dishonest to speculate. I haven’t seen a single race of his, nor know the kind of gaps he was putting on team mates and the field. Prost I feel confident to speak about, I’ve watched all his races multiple times. Live and re-watched havin...

Johnson

So, can anyone provide a list of the weights of the F1 wdc's until the rule change, so that we can have a proper re-assessment? ;) Most drivers fall into the 65-75kg range. In fact the current grid 17/20 drivers fall within 66-73kg. That’s a 7kg range for 85% of the grid. That’s about 0.2 between t...

Johnson

My example was to present that physical size isn't the one and only rule, skill plays also into it. I never argued that Webb was the best ever, so asking me why he is not mentioned as the best ever is a bit of a strawman I think. Apologies if I got this wrong. Let's get back on track; you mentioned...

Johnson

My example with that race was in reply to your sentence "all things being equal". It was as equal as you could get, his weight advantage wasn't that critical in that race. And he was 15th as he was shunted by Senna and De Angelis, not because he was slow. Basketball example was clear, don't shift t...

Johnson

Lots of sports benefit people with certain physical advantages. I'm fine with the advantage being removed but I see no reason to factor it out whilst it existed. The advantage Prost had was created entirely by the rule markers arbitrary decision to just include car weight. They also continued to ke...

Johnson

I never really understanding detracting a drivers standing because of a weight advantage. We don't do that with any other physical advantage in any other sport. In which other sport would it be relevant? If it was not a advantage, why did they change the rules to include driver weight? Would you ha...

Johnson

I never really understanding detracting a drivers standing because of a weight advantage. We don't do that with any other physical advantage in any other sport. If it becomes a huge competitive advantage then sure we do; take boxing as an example. Most age-group based competitions also exist to neg...

Johnson

I never really understanding detracting a drivers standing because of a weight advantage. We don't do that with any other physical advantage in any other sport. In which other sport would it be relevant? If it was not a advantage, why did they change the rules to include driver weight? Would you ha...

Johnson

I never really understanding detracting a drivers standing because of a weight advantage. We don't do that with any other physical advantage in any other sport. If it becomes a huge competitive advantage then sure we do; take boxing as an example. Most age-group based competitions also exist to neg...

Johnson

I never really understanding detracting a drivers standing because of a weight advantage. We don't do that with any other physical advantage in any other sport. In which other sport would it be relevant? If it was not a advantage, why did they change the rules to include driver weight? Would you ha...

Johnson

In the eras I have watched. The true greats Senna / Schumacher / Hamilton / Verstappen / Alonso Almost greats or maybe greats Prost / Vettel / Mansell Below the greats Hakkinen / Raikkonen / Rosberg / Button Needed the car to win Hill / Villenueve The bottom tier and top tier I am sure of, the two ...

Johnson

I never really understanding detracting a drivers standing because of a weight advantage. We don't do that with any other physical advantage in any other sport. In which other sport would it be relevant? If it was not a advantage, why did they change the rules to include driver weight? Would you ha...

Johnson

In the eras I have watched. The true greats Senna / Schumacher / Hamilton / Verstappen / Alonso Almost greats or maybe greats Prost / Vettel / Mansell Below the greats Hakkinen / Raikkonen / Rosberg / Button Needed the car to win Hill / Villenueve The bottom tier and top tier I am sure of, the two ...

Johnson

In the eras I have watched. The true greats Senna / Schumacher / Hamilton / Verstappen / Alonso Almost greats or maybe greats Prost / Vettel / Mansell Below the greats Hakkinen / Raikkonen / Rosberg / Button Needed the car to win Hill / Villenueve The bottom tier and top tier I am sure of, the two ...

Johnson

It has to be JV IMO from the era I've been watching, although had I been watching for longer, I'm pretty sure Rosberg sr. and Mario would be up there, only winning because the drivers ahead of them suffered career ending crashes mid-season. JV basically got lucky in every race he won in 1997. One c...

Johnson

In the eras I have watched. The true greats Senna / Schumacher / Hamilton / Verstappen / Alonso Almost greats or maybe greats Prost / Vettel / Mansell Below the greats Hakkinen / Raikkonen / Rosberg / Button Needed the car to win Hill / Villenueve The bottom tier and top tier I am sure of, the two m...

Johnson

Has Hamilton truly got on top of Russel now? Some ahead when both finished statistics. 2022: first 8 races Hamilton 1 Russell 7 2022: last 14 races Hamilton 8 Russell 3 Overall Hamilton 9 Russell 10 2023 Hamilton 10 Russell 4 After Hamiltons disastrous start to 2022 in which he finished behind for 7...

Johnson

I only saw the race highlights, although I did see the sprint. Can someone explain to me why Hamilton started the actual race on softs given how awful they were in the sprint?

Johnson

An investigation would not disprove or prove of any of that. I think you are putting far too much weight into what an investigation can achieve when it’s in everybody interest to maintain the lie. We have already had an investigation and “confessions” and they directly contradict one another, becaus...

Johnson

Exactly, you have no way of knowing he would have too. But considering he did not confess and we all know there were big discussions about this in the paddock about it. Do you think people that cheat in a highly suspicious way, do not plan for the aftermath? This was all part of the plan. They knew ...

Johnson

Massa doesn't need to factor any of that into his case is that the FIA were told of what had happened in Brazil 08 and should have opened an investigation then. Had they done so the correct action in accordance to the rules would be to anul the race making Massa champion. I don't think that's corre...

Johnson

It won't be easy to win that one. First, he and his legal team must prove that the FIA knew and did not act according to their rules deliberately with the intent to harm Massa (the "conspiracy"). That will be difficult with two key witnesses dead and one (Ecclestone) apparently unwilling to help. E...

Johnson

It won't be easy to win that one. First, he and his legal team must prove that the FIA knew and did not act according to their rules deliberately with the intent to harm Massa (the "conspiracy"). That will be difficult with two key witnesses dead and one (Ecclestone) apparently unwilling to help. E...

Johnson

I don't know how much of a hit to the budget having to replace a wrecked chassis is, but Gary Anderson raised that point concerning Red Bull post-Silverstone. I suppose it knocked a fair few cucumber sandwiches off the catering trays... Also, why should a team be punished for coming up with the bes...

Johnson

Yes probably. However, I don't see liberty media and the stakeholders allowing the massive popularity they have created to be wiped out by the sport becoming extremely boring so they will tweak the rules to slow them down. It happened to Ferrari and it happened to Red Bull and Mercedes previously. ...

Johnson

Yes probably. However, I don't see liberty media and the stakeholders allowing the massive popularity they have created to be wiped out by the sport becoming extremely boring so they will tweak the rules to slow them down. It happened to Ferrari and it happened to Red Bull and Mercedes previously. M...

Johnson

I would advise anyone to look at the Piastri onboard replay of the start and then honestly say that Piastri could not back out of it. In my view he could have and therefore he should have. Jolyon Palmer even said so during the replay. What was Piastri gaining by continuing on his path? Absolutely n...

Johnson

Perez sweeping aggressively across the track in two directions set off a chain of events. It meant that he forced everybody (Sainz and Hamilton) to the outside. This put Sainz in a position that he had to lock up and turn right to avoid rear ending Hamilton. At the start of the braking zone, Piastri...

Johnson

Hamilton had floor damage from lap 4 onwards in Australia 2019. The exact point Bottas began to pull away. https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/lewis-hamilton-relieved-mercedes-found-australian-gp-floor-damage-5281023/5281023/ You will also notice Hamilton mention the 1.9 second delta needed to pass a...

Johnson

Looking forward to Fiki’s analysis of why that was a penalty for Hamilton haha

Johnson

Regardless of that, you are saying it took Hamilton 30 laps (of a 70 lap race) to come from 8 second behind to overtaking. Hamilton jumped to third place on lap 17 and jumped into second place on lap 45. It took him 28 laps of a 70 lap race (40% race distance) to catch Perez from 8 seconds back and...

Johnson

Hamilton had floor damage from lap 4 onwards in Australia 2019. The exact point Bottas began to pull away. https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/lewis-hamilton-relieved-mercedes-found-australian-gp-floor-damage-5281023/5281023/ You will also notice Hamilton mention the 1.9 second delta needed to pass at...

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