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Post by sjg on Dec 7, 2020 19:07:21 GMT
I don’t think Russel is in Hamilton’s league. It wasn’t like he was destroying Bottas like Hamilton does. Bottas was managing the gap and was gaining on him before the safety car pit stop fiasco. I think this weekend exposed Bottas s mental weakness. Let’s just say, Hamilton is an excellent driver, Russel is a great driver and Bottas is a good driver.. I do think about 50% of the field can win a race in a Mercedes, especially if Hamilton is the one that is replaced. It's hard to gauge because George had such a short amount of time to get his head around the car which he didn't fit in properly and still seemed to have the better of Bottas. So with more time and a better more comfortable fit he may have been closer to Hamilton's league. Having said that, i don't exactly disagree with any of your statements.
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Dec 7, 2020 20:18:05 GMT
I don’t think Russel is in Hamilton’s league. It wasn’t like he was destroying Bottas like Hamilton does. Bottas was managing the gap and was gaining on him before the safety car pit stop fiasco. I think this weekend exposed Bottas s mental weakness. Let’s just say, Hamilton is an excellent driver, Russel is a great driver and Bottas is a good driver.. I do think about 50% of the field can win a race in a Mercedes, especially if Hamilton is the one that is replaced. It's hard to gauge because George had such a short amount of time to get his head around the car which he didn't fit in properly and still seemed to have the better of Bottas. So with more time and a better more comfortable fit he may have been closer to Hamilton's league. Having said that, i don't exactly disagree with any of your statements. Oh yeah, I think Russell did really good. But I see a lot of over-hyping him and downplaying Hamilton going on on Reddit and also among F1 journalist. Its funny that the British press practically ignored Russell when he was in F2, it was all about Norris, even though Russell was the better driver that year. Also, I hope Mercedes learns something from this and really start to care about their junior drivers. If it wasn't for Russell's own efforts, he would probably be in DTM or FE.
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Dec 13, 2020 15:05:26 GMT
Boring race. Great win for Max. Albon drove a good race for once.
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Dec 13, 2020 22:51:42 GMT
They should withdraw Sakhir from the roster, one of the worst most boring tracks I have ever seen.
Well done Max, but really the result of grid top 3 to finale was never in doubt.
Bad for F1 this one.
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Post by sjg on Dec 14, 2020 8:29:41 GMT
Yep, not a lot i can add to that. It's a shame such a good season ends in such a boring way.
I think i have enjoyed F1 the most this year of all the series i watch which hasn't happened before. Normally MotoGP is my top series but this year it felt a bit empty without Marc so it's second to F1 with Indy Car a close third. Then World Superbikes and finally British Superbikes.
The best part of this weeks F1 coverage was the program after called The Switch where Valentino Rossi and Lewis Hamilton switched race vehicles at Valencia. That was a great watch.
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Dec 14, 2020 13:13:20 GMT
That black livery on the Mercedes cars looked so damn fine. Also a few stats. 17 races in 23 weeks 13 different podium finishers 7 teams with a podium 6 teams with both drivers on the podium 5 different race winners 4 race winning teams 3 drivers with covid
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Dec 18, 2020 15:52:08 GMT
Its official, Perez will drive alongside Verstappen next season at RBR. Albon will take the role of reserve driver.
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Post by sjg on Dec 18, 2020 17:58:58 GMT
Its official, Perez will drive alongside Verstappen next season at RBR. Albon will take the role of reserve driver. Well that's going to make next year very interesting.
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Post by Aj_June on Mar 19, 2021 15:40:39 GMT
Any expectations with the season guys? I assume it is beginning on 28th March as mentioned on the ESPN site? TheSowIsMinesjgcypher
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Post by sjg on Mar 19, 2021 17:47:38 GMT
Any expectations with the season guys? I assume it is beginning on 28th March as mentioned on the ESPN site? TheSowIsMine sjg cypher No expectations at the moment. I haven't really followed what's been happening in the off season in F1 and to be honest the new season has crept up on me. I'm pleasantly surprised its just over a week to go until lights out and away we go time I'm more interested in MotoGP this year I think. I suppose the biggest question will be will Sergio give Max a hard time. How about you AJ?
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Mar 20, 2021 9:20:12 GMT
It’s difficult to make a prognosis after 3 testing days. Mercedes has put them-self’s in the underdog role, but they always do. The Red Bull does seem more stable.
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Post by cypher on Mar 20, 2021 13:15:56 GMT
The usual pre-season sandbagging has begun, but what is unusual this time, is that pre-season was in Bahrain not Barcelona. The problem with this is that the teams were thrown for a loop. Bahrain has very different conditions to Barcelona in terms of temperature, sand, what time of day they test and also a lack of testing data to compare to. They also had tailwinds that basically rendered the aerodynamics as useless.
So, being able to sift through the usual pre-season sandbagging bullshit has been made even more difficult this year. Having said that, I do hope Red Bull has got the full package to give it to Mercedes, and who knows about Ferrari.
Anyway, looking forward to the start of the season.
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Post by Aj_June on Mar 28, 2021 9:18:45 GMT
Guys, is the season we were waiting for?
Seems like Mercedes is not going to have the outright best car this year.
Let's see how it goes tonight. Hoping for my fav team McLaren to do well.
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Mar 28, 2021 9:38:07 GMT
I’m excited and nervous.
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Post by Aj_June on Mar 28, 2021 16:57:48 GMT
wow...what an amazing race to start the season. I thought Lewis victory was very unlikely after 43 laps or so.
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Mar 28, 2021 18:40:43 GMT
Well fuck. It was very exciting though, it’s been a while since we saw a battle like this. Yuki starting out good. Mazepin did not disappoint.
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Post by cypher on Mar 28, 2021 19:55:52 GMT
A good opener, but not indicative.
Bahrain is an extraordinary track, that they've tested at and then raced at, and whose going to adapt more quickly, probably going to be the current world champs.
And so it proved. Next race is at Imola. This is where we'll see true colors.
Back to a favorite topic, Vettel. Looks like he's shot. Maybe, he'll prove me wrong, but judging from his conduct this weekend, it's proof he belongs in the technically gifted driver category, rather than natural racer category.
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Post by Aj_June on Mar 28, 2021 23:29:16 GMT
A good opener, but not indicative. Bahrain is an extraordinary track, that they've tested at and then raced at, and whose going to adapt more quickly, probably going to be the current world champs. And so it proved. Next race is at Imola. This is where we'll see true colors. Back to a favorite topic, Vettel. Looks like he's shot. Maybe, he'll prove me wrong, but judging from his conduct this weekend, it's proof he belongs in the technically gifted driver category, rather than natural racer category. Bookies have Hamilton as a slight favourite for the season but I think Max might just clinch the championship somehow. True, we have not seen enough to know Redbull is definitely the superior car. Need to see more tracks for that. I think Hamilton will keep it close all the way to the end but Max is too good of a driver.
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Post by sjg on Mar 29, 2021 18:00:20 GMT
Well that was a good race. Great drive from Lewis. Hopefully the rest of the year will be as good. Perez did well. It's looking like he'll get the hang of the Red Bull at some point this year. Vettel didn't have a great debut in the Aston and Otmar seems pretty bitter about the rule changes to the floor aimed at slowing the Mercedes. So it turns out they copied the wrong car in the long run Merc seem confident they can get the performance loss back elsewhere on the car so that leaves Aston in the shit it seems Whats the deal with Marzipan spinalot? I haven't read anything about him in the off season and know nothing of his earlier career but he seems like he's WAY out of his depth. I've only seen qualifying and the race (no testing or practice sessions) and he's spun every time i saw him on track! Alsono looking pretty good out there until he wasn't careful unwrapping his sandwiches.
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Post by Aj_June on Apr 9, 2021 21:58:16 GMT
Well that was a good race. Great drive from Lewis. Hopefully the rest of the year will be as good. Perez did well. It's looking like he'll get the hang of the Red Bull at some point this year. Vettel didn't have a great debut in the Aston and Otmar seems pretty bitter about the rule changes to the floor aimed at slowing the Mercedes. So it turns out they copied the wrong car in the long run Merc seem confident they can get the performance loss back elsewhere on the car so that leaves Aston in the shit it seems Whats the deal with Marzipan spinalot? I haven't read anything about him in the off season and know nothing of his earlier career but he seems like he's WAY out of his depth. I've only seen qualifying and the race (no testing or practice sessions) and he's spun every time i saw him on track! Alsono looking pretty good out there until he wasn't careful unwrapping his sandwiches. It's quite annoying that we have to wait so long for the 2nd race of the season. Possibly this is going to be the best season of 10 years or more. Can't wait for the next race.
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