Still, Perez has been there or thereabouts in most races, fighting for podiums and picking up a few wins. Far off Verstappen, of course, but he is also a phenomenal driver. Ricciardo has been nowhere, while Norris has consistently scored points for McLaren.
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Still, Perez has been there or thereabouts in most races, fighting for podiums and picking up a few wins. Far off Verstappen, of course, but he is also a phenomenal driver. Ricciardo has been nowhere, while Norris has consistently scored points for McLaren.
Just watching a you tube compilation of the 10 most dramatic moments from last season, it was so exciting we need at least two teams being competitive for the whole season I can't really recall any dramatic moments this season
There was lots of clean drama in the first half of the season, just it means nothing now because the title was decided so early.
That's the trouble it just gets forgotten when the title is a foregone conclusion. I know the last race was so controversial last season but after such a fantastic battle between the 2 all season to have them going into the last race level on points was so good from a fan's perspective
We might be getting wheel arches for extreme wet races to control tyre spray. F1 evaluating..
https://the-race.com/formula-1/f1-evaluating-wheel-arches-as-option-for-wet-races/
https://the-race.com/formula-1/f1-evaluating-wheel-arches-as-option-for-wet-races/
anything that makes racing in the rain safer, can only be good for the sport.
I dont remember races being disrupted, so much before. This season seems like the worst its been for a long time.
Larger tyres, more surface area, more grooved extreme wets and much more water displacement off the tyres. I think its an idea worth trying.
If teams can replace front wings in 10 seconds I’m sure they could be designed to be easily attachable / detachable?
To improve wet racing, the first thing they can do is improve on the full wet tyres. In Japan, no one used them when it was wet because it's such a poor compound, and risked it on inters. Open up some testing for Pirelli on those wet tyres to improve the compound and then look towards gimmicks like wheel arches if it actually adds benefit.
they should just have a big umbrella over each car and problem solved. the technology exists, the fia just don’t want to fix the problem.
I mean who could have foreseen that letting the cars suck themselves to the ground could also lead to water being sucked from said ground
I'm in favor of anything that leads to more racing in the wet. The great drivers shine the brightest in difficult conditions.
they should just have a big umbrella over each car and problem solved. the technology exists, the fia just don’t want to fix the problem.
Apparently they don't want to use this because Red Bull doesn't want to cover his sponsors on the car. Another Red Bull cover up.
Naughty boy Hamilton overtaking 2 cars (potentially) under red flag. Under investigation.
Looked like a yellow flag it he will get a grid penalty for that as well.
Verstappen being careful not to be faster than Perez here
Hamilton won’t get a penalty, he lifted as soon as he saw the red flag which was approaching T4, he was on a push lap and couldn’t have braked in time to not overtake the last car.
Non-issue, onboard is clear.
Non-issue, onboard is clear.
if someone told me 10 years ago that these two would be up there with my favourite drivers I would have laughed in their face. I guess opinions change
Watching these two fight it out was probably the last time I enjoyed an F1 rivalry. They were both competitive and determined to win, rather than just being a cnut like the friendless blobfish and his equally shithead dad.
Possibly the worst F1 rivalry ever. One was competitive and determined to win, the other had an illegal engine for a bit and choked both seasons by the midway point.
Massive crash in F2 ,nobody hurt.
This was my thoughts also.
Would add to a wet/dry race, who ever pitted first to remove the wet running stuff, would gain an advantage.
F2 sprint delayed by over an hour, could affect Q1 start time.
I just want them to be able to race in the rain, they used to and it brings such exciting unpredictable races, now it feels like if it's more than drizzle they don't go out
The days of Senna, Prost,even before that, wet races were always the best.
Senna at Donnington in 93 was epic, one of the best laps ever seen.
Not seen much F2, Lawson looks good, very good overtake to take the lead.
Looking at the Lewis incident, it was yellow when he went past.
No penalty for Lewis.
The stewards say that Hamilton "took every reasonable action to comply with the regulations in that he immediately reduced speed in a safe manner at the earliest opportunity upon the first indication of the red light."
The stewards say that Hamilton "took every reasonable action to comply with the regulations in that he immediately reduced speed in a safe manner at the earliest opportunity upon the first indication of the red light."
He's great, was good in DTM too. Will be reserve driver for RB next year.
Lawson may well be Yuki's replacement in a year or two.
Classic Hamilton.
Q3 for Vettel!
He is right though, something needs to be done about this crowd situations. You cannot just wander around the track however you want.
He is right though, something needs to be done about this crowd situations. You cannot just wander around the track however you want.
RRB drivers have caught napping a coupe of times today, it's down to the team as well to make sure they are aware that there's someone on a hot lap behind them.
Four wheels past that white line though, he's clearly off track limits.
max, half hearted tow for perezYep, they need to fix the rules so for every circuit if half your car is over the white line, your lap gets deleted.
Watching Q1 I thought everyone was out in that corner, so was actually surprised they just mentioned Max, but they didn't cancel his time anyway in the end.
Decent qualification, Mercedes were slow even though Hamilton made that mistake tbf.
Decent qualification, Mercedes were slow even though Hamilton made that mistake tbf.
RedBull just too quick in the 2nd sector.
Doesn't really matter as he went quciker on final run but's he's off limits and it's something the stewards need to pick up on, it's a bit hit and miss at times really.
So Kevin Magnussen in Hass had more pole position than Lewis Hamilton in 2022. And also Russell, second tier driver who came from the worst team on the grid, in his first season at Merc will beat him in the championship.
It's incredible to see such fall from the grace in the span of 1 year.
It's incredible to see such fall from the grace in the span of 1 year.
I'm no Hamilton fan but that seems harsh
. He's not had the car and generally outperformed Russell since the summer break, bar the win last week.