Sounds like luckutter BS, he drove a decent race, did nothing wrong and took advantage of the DNF in front of him, so pretty much what any F1 driver would do.
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still 38 points behind. We really need a Max DNF to keep it closer.
We need 10 Max DNFs to counter all the likely Ferrari ones.
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I don't forsee Charles getting a clean run towards the end.38 points between them, even with Max having a DNF I don’t think Charles can catch him in a Ferrari, they nailed it today with him but they will feck up again at some point.
Ferrari would be great if they were allowed to use new engines every race.
Would probably still DNF half the time
Best moment of the race for me was Alonso finger wagging Tsunoda I believe it was? Hilarious to see.
It all balances out in the end, would have cruised to a win in Silverstone, here gets a spot back from Sainz
Seems like he did, since he kept his spot. Magnussen was less than 5 seconds behind.
Pretty cool trophy tbf.
Sainz was behind Max for starters. Guy is a proven bottler and would've finished behind anyway.
Loved that.
Horner making his usual winge about Russell and Perez. Such a miserable git.
Yeah this was pretty funny!
Like he bottled the first overtake? Grow up. Your comments are on a similar level as to Hobbers whenever he mentions Hamilton
Sainz had so much laps to overtake Max. Calm down with your RB bias.
They really need to tell sainz he is a no2 this season and focus their strategy onnl maximising leclrecs points. Sacrifice sainz if you have to, screw up his race but get leclerc the points he needs. Also yeh the reliability would help, at the moment Ferrari f1 car is about as reliable as their road cars.
Just add people like that to your ignore list. This thread is a much better read when you ignore the children.
Sigh. Ferrari. Being a united and Ferrari fan hasn’t been great for a long time. This year I felt would be our best chance due to Merc shitting the bed and it looks like every race is going to feel nervy even when we have the pace.
At least they got the strategy right this time. Seems like they set up more for the race than qualifying which is why Le Clerc was so confident yesterday.
Good drive by Charles. His first overtake on Max was a great move. The rest were cakewalks.
Good drive by Mick as well, I hope he has a decent career in F1. But I don’t think he will come close to a WDC in his career.
At least they got the strategy right this time. Seems like they set up more for the race than qualifying which is why Le Clerc was so confident yesterday.
Good drive by Charles. His first overtake on Max was a great move. The rest were cakewalks.
Good drive by Mick as well, I hope he has a decent career in F1. But I don’t think he will come close to a WDC in his career.
Ah yes. Same Sainz who on fresher tires and with DRS was clueless against Max after a safety car in Canada recently.
Max is the best driver at the moment. The only bias here is from those refusing to acknowledge that and instead resort to calling him lucky.
Dipped in at times last season (probably watched 10 races in the last decade beforehand) but the Abu Dhabi race has really reignited my interest in F1.
I used to love watching Schumacher dominate in the Ferrari back in the day. Looking forward to every race at the moment.
I used to love watching Schumacher dominate in the Ferrari back in the day. Looking forward to every race at the moment.
I'm a Max fan and I can tell you that you are acting delusional here. Sainz was literally about to breeze by Max on the very straight where his engine blew. If it wasn't that lap, it would have been the next. Ferrari were flat out quicker today regardless of driver talent. Whatever happened in Canada is irrelevant to the facts of today's race.
He may be the best driver but not the best car today. After the 1st pit stop round, didn't Sainz overtake Max easily? Why use Canada as a argument when it is a totally different track. So Max is lucky for today, listen to his interview and you know you are wrong.
Iam not a Max fan, but I have posted on few occasions that Max is maybe the best driver this year, he gets normally that little bit extra out of his car.
Not today Leclerc had him beat hand down and yes Max was lucky today just than has Lewis was with Sainz DNF
Getting lucky from a DNF, don't all driver get that ? Max got it today, was he not lucky also or does it not work like that ?
Gasly ruined his day as well. Think we need bigger penalties for ruining races like that.
Shame for Seb, I cant see him sticking around.
AM learning the hard way that copying the RB sidepods is pointless without copying their floor. Laurence Stroll needs to tap up adrian newey. Come to AM, design the f1 car and all of the road AM's as well. Your interested in Racing Yacht you say adrian? Yep i will buy a company and you can design racing yachts as well.
Basically bribe him like crazy.
Alonso is my driver of the season so far. If it wasnt for alpine incompetence and lack of reliability he would be a few points behind lewis in the drivers standings in 7th. Must have lost 60-70 points.
Its really confusing that yesterday max shot off in the distance and the ferraris after they stopped squabbling, couldnt get close. Cars are in parc fermme after the sprint so you cant really make many changes to them. We get a lower temperature today and the ferraris breeze by. Ok there was a 13 lap offset on tyres, but still. Its bizarre.
If ferrari were sandbagging during the sprint, you'd have to wonder why. Apparently leclrec was very confident he would win today in his post sprint interviews yesterday. Just strange.
I said after the sprint Max would walk this race and still thought that after a couple of laps.
Then it went down hill, no idea why his hards only lasted 13 laps or so , pitting Max that early was maybe what lost RB the race. Maybe a faulty set of hards ?? A bit of a wild one but you never know.
Ferrari sandbagging in the sprint, I would struggle to believe that, but agreed you have to wonder why they were so much faster today.
I did think track temp, but there was not a hug difference, between Sat and Sunday, mind you it was pretty overcast.
I think it’s not quite correct to say Max breezed off. Leclerc had that gap down quite significantly by the end.
Also, it seems the Ferrari was just faster around here then RB with a heavier car, a factor not as significant in the sprint race scenario.
Top 3 summoned to stewards!
Thought that was a very good race. Tactics played big part, and Ferrari guessed the tactics for once.
I feel really sorry for Sainz, Ferrari just can't get 1-2 this season.
I feel really sorry for Sainz, Ferrari just can't get 1-2 this season.
Stop the pigeon!
Btw Leclerc overtakes this season have been magnificent. Last race with Hamilton, this race with Verstappen; he literally tricked Verstappen twice and he couldn't do anything about it, I was surprised how easy he made it look.