I really do think it has. Awoken the beast.
Max seems to be realising now this is all a distraction he doesn’t need, and lewis thrives on it. No surprise today lewis pulled out his A game.
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Max seems to be realising now this is all a distraction he doesn’t need, and lewis thrives on it. No surprise today lewis pulled out his A game.
I doubt it to be honest. Red Bull need some serious upgrades to match Mercedes and I just don't see that happening. Home race means feck all too. It's not like the car is suddenly faster because it's in Holland. We'll see what happens, but I see Lewis and Mercedes as the clear favourites for the title.
You do realise that the Mercs and RB will trade back and forth depending on the track and which team can get their tyres into the right operating window.
RB still have the better car at the moment, they can still run a skinner rear wing than Mercedes and be just as fast if not quicker in the corners. The honda has better and longer electric deployment than the Mercedes equivalent its just there aren't any straights long enough on this track to see the advantage.
If RB could have dialled in Maxs car properly and got rid of the understeer he could have been on pole. Thats how tight it is.
Based on 1 qualifying session? Based on 2 weeks ago RB had to advantage in quali and in this weeks practice it was pretty even. Merc better on softs and RB better on mediums. Lets see how the race pans out first. We’ve not actually seen them compete in front with the new upgrades yet. So pronouncing Mercs the now favourite isn’t wise.
I know your overreacting because you and many other Max/RB fans had a debate about who’s had the faster car so as soon as it looks like RB are behind you jump on it. If Merc dominate tomorrow maybe we can start talking about faster car but not now. RB are still favourites.
This was Merc’s first pole in 7 races and they’ve won 2 races since then, one of which, Max didn’t finish.How can you possibly conclude that Merc has the better car and that they’re now favourites?!
It's based on two quali sessions in a row where the Mercs were faster, which just so happened to coincide with their update. Coincidence? I think not.
My bad, it wasn’t written the best, honestly I’ve never been that keen on Hamilton and have liked max and his aggressiveness the last year or so, now it’s quite close and since the Horner stuff and max to a certain extent the last couple of weeks I can’t help but want Hamilton to beat them to the title, even though if you’d asked me at the start of the year I wouldn’t have wanted Hamilton getting an eighth. I’m just enjoying a close battle for once, it seems to have been a while since we’ve had something like this.
Surely race pace is the more important metric here. Calling for upgrades to improve qualifying performance on tracks which Mercedes have a good track record (high speed corner dominant) is a little naive.
Perhaps, it's hard to judge based on 1 race lap of course so we'll see how it goes tomorrow but the way I see it the Merc could well be faster.
It's actually nice to see debate finally. Been a few years!
I like how F1 has quite a bit of room for dick moves. Makes it more fun.
Unbelievable how punished VER has been for Hamiltons mistake:
- Instead of leading the championship by 40ish points, it's an 8 point lead.
- Roundabout 1.5 million $
- Bungling with an inferior PU next weekend, likely having a bearing on quali results
- Being forced to use a PU that's not calibrated in the next race
- A slam dunk engine penalty later on in the season, so Lewis will continue to reap benefits from his Silverstone error
A change of regulations are neeeded so that the guilty part in a collision does not gain lasting massive advantages even when deemed guilty by stewards.
The race is 2PM UK time, right?
I agree change is necessary.
I do think if you have a race ending incident that results in an ICE or gearbox to be unusable that is deemed not your fault 100% then you should get a penalty free engine back.
Incident wasn’t 100% to blame on anyone though.
Incident wasn’t 100% to blame on anyone though.
I see people are still triggered 2 weeks on.
If every car got extra money or extra development tokens after racing incidents then what’s then point in having rules. Every team will have a crash at some point even if it isn’t the teams own fault but they’ll still have to pay for it.
Yes.
Talk of rain 
Couldn't agree more
Plus they ran out of kleenex at Red Bull from all the crying. That's £2m worth of tissues.
This looks interesting today.
Some may say poetic justice after all Horners moaning that they now have to take a penalty with a cracked engine due to the crash at Silverstone.
With rain now forecast I just don't know what to expect at the beginning. Temperatures significantly lower too. If drivers not forced to go on wets ( pending conditions before the start ) I still think Max on the better tyre temporary.
One of the most exciting starts I can ever remember watching F1 racing.
#COMEONHAMMY
With rain now forecast I just don't know what to expect at the beginning. Temperatures significantly lower too. If drivers not forced to go on wets ( pending conditions before the start ) I still think Max on the better tyre temporary.
One of the most exciting starts I can ever remember watching F1 racing.
#COMEONHAMMY
It’s raining. It’s usually more entertaining if it does this during the race not before.
Oh it's raining.
Glad Rosberg is on commentary for Sky.
So start on inters?
Not been this nervous/excited before the start of a race for a long time.
I don't really care. It's just unfair. Can't see how anyone can disagree with that when you see it listed like that. But I'll just stop posting in this thread.
Your choice.
There has never been a call change the rules before, but because it Max there is now, give it a rest.
I do love me a rainy race
Turn1 could be mental .
Looks slippy.
Safety car after turn one....I'll put the kettle on.
Its going to be an unpredictable race but one think I can confidently predict is that Bottas will be absolutely useless at holding off the Red Bulls
25 mins of the level now, then heaver ,then dry.
Interesting race ahead.
Interesting race ahead.
Looks like full wets to me, cars sliding around.