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Yeah ... a bit of a pity as well. I was hoping that he will already throw in the towel by the end of this season and we dont have to see him on the grid anymore next year, but looks like we have to endure one more season of hearing his whining and complaining .... and very likely bring up his sob story of his 'underprevilliaged childhood' or BLM in at least one interview..09:06
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Too high expectations? .... No, I had already predicted this even before the season began, and said that Charles will definietly beat him. At that stage, I had thought that Charles was actually a quicker driver than George, and if Russell was able to beat Hamilton while they were team mates then the gap to Charles will be even greater. Looks like I am spot on correct... but looking at driver's performances this year, I believe George is the second best in the field, next to Max.09:02
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Only one change and we loss Yuki. Based on actual performance vs his team mates in the RcB, he is actually quicker than both Hadjar and Lawson. Pity his 'performance' was judged against Max and he obviously looked bad .... just like Checo was and he also lost his seat at RB. There is a lot of hype about hadjar at present, but I fear he will fall into the same spiral and his 'stock value' in F1 will also follow the likes of all other Max' ex-team mates. Albon has proven to be a pretty handy driver at Williams. Checo is deemed good enough by Cadillac to hire him to their new team. They were both discarded by RB because of their 'terrible results' vs Max. Hope Yuki finds back a seat in another team in F1 eventually .... perhaps AM if Honda can pull some strings. He is definitely better than Stroll and Alonso will eventually have to retire ....08:56
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That is normally a good way to jinks the results, so Lando will likely not be the champion now .....08:48
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Wins his F2 and F3 as a rookie means he is one driver to watch. He should be pretty good when he gets to F102-12-2025 08:39
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Kimi was trying very hard to chase Carlos to be on the podium and made an mistake and ran wide, causing him a position and also a 5 second penalty as that was the 4th time he exceeded track limits. Anyone still thinks that it was a deliberate action by Kimi? He was on super old tyres as he came in to change them on lap 32, so were at the end of their useful life by then.02-12-2025 07:52
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There are 10 teams in the F1 field this season. There are normally 2-3 teams which are at the sharp end of the field and their drivers normally share the majority of the podium for the year. Then, there are always one of 2 teams which are clearly at the bottom end of the field and their drivers will be hard pressed to even get into the points for the year. You then get about half the field which are fighting for P4 to P8 in the constructors title. These are the 'mid field' teams. This is the normal binomial distribution curve for most events. Ferrari is currently the best of the mid-field teams. Why is everyone bashing themselves for not doing better, as not everyone can be at the top.02-12-2025 06:04
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Not sure if Yuki will be that much of a help but probably the Mercedes drivers or George and Kimi could play a part in the outcome of the drivers championship this year. Kimi has already got so much hate for his error and allowing Norris to gain 2 additional points at Qatar. What if he now helps Max instead, by prevent Lando from getting more points? Will he then hate mail from Lando's fans then?02-12-2025 01:25
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Isnt the golden rule in F1 racing is you always want to pit during a safety car, as you will lose a lot less time then coming into the pits when the race is on full pace? The reason for not coming in must be for some other "internal reasons" and not because of getting stuck in traffic, as everyone else did!01-12-2025 04:53
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Remember, its Papaya Rules. They cant give an advantage to one of their drivers over the other, so both has to be the same strategy. Logically, the likely better solution is to pit during the SC period, and the driver who is ahead of his team mate will naturally get to do so. However, that will give Oscar an advantage which McL doesnt really want and pitting Lando instread of Oscar will be too glaring to everyone of unfair favouritism for Lando. So, the only logical answer is to put both of them in equal disadvantage.01-12-2025 04:43