I'm calm, it's just a stupid statement to make. There seems to be a running theme in his posts though so i'm not surprised.
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He made a critical error, he wasn’t born a Schumacher.
Slipstream + DRS.
Max was better in sector 1 + Hairpin which kept him safe in the end.
If the roles where reversed and Max was behind he likely would have got Sainz for those reasons.
Ricardo has a win for McLaren… something Lando doesn’t have…This is one of the worst takes I've seen on here and that takes some beating
Bratty how exactly? becuase he's annoyed at the team being completely amateur and leaving him sat in the pitlane without any tyres? or because the car is dog slow?
No points on the board? he's in 7th place with literally TRIPLE the points of Ricciardo. Perhaps if Ricciardo stopped bumbling around in 10th-15th place all year and actually drove like a lead driver, he wouldn't be in this position. The guy is washed.
my own personal take is that i’d fecking hate to be spoken to like lando and max speak to their pit crews when things are going bad or a decision hasn’t been optimal. all of the drivers are whiny when things aren’t going their way but those two come across as teenagers moaning at their parents for everything wrong in their lives. the majority of the other drivers tend to moan more like disappointed dads at their kids.
Because the team told them to hold stations and not let Lando attack?
Anyway, even Maldonado and Ocon have wins in f1. Doesn't mean they're better.
Yeah I understand that, but I guess it's part and parcel of being their engineer. You have to take it on the chin and remain cool.
I like Verstappens engineer, he seems to have found the right balance of listening but keeping him in his place also. I thought his clap back of 'we didnt have the pace' when Max asked why he got brought out behind the Mercedes was pretty funny.
Verstappen is not worse than Schumacher or Hamilton tbh. Maybe all winners are the same
Thought that was a great race, enjoyed it. That battle between Sainz and Max was a good one. Was hoping Sainz was going to nick it. Happy for Hamilton and Mercedes. Still think if Perez and Leclerc had been 'normal' then it would of ended up without a Mercedes in the 3-4.
yeah, thought that was great and what’s been missing for a while with max, i think he’d have benefitted from being put back in his box a little more often when he’s ranting and raving.
winners don’t like losing and hamilton of yesteryear was as bad, i thought ron dennis did a good job of sorting him out though. he still moans now but it’s done with a far more level head and it’s not a ranting and raving scream about how his engineer has ruined his life/race. it’s a “guys, why did we make that call, i said we should have stayed out.” he’s clearly pissed off but it’s done in a way where i’d respond to it better if i was in his team. half of max’s are silent because the expletives have been cut by the race director and it’s hard to pick up the other part as it’s just a scream.
I'm 34 and I still lose my shit at people if they misplace an easy pass to me during our casual five a side game of astro. If anything it impresses me that the worst young professional f1 drivers do is curse at their team. I'd probably have gone full on Mr. Mercedes if I was Lando yesterday.
I agree that Lando is becoming less likeable every race
Lando has always been entitled and a but nobbish. It's a shame he's half decent and so will be sticking around.
At least he's not a robot like Russell, though.
Pretends to be shocked that the son of a multi millionaire can come across as entitled and arrogant.
Russell also caused a high-speed crash and slapped the guy he drove off track. Complete and utter cnut.
They made a good call when to bring Leclerc in but they screwed it all up by having a 5.8sec pitstop or something along those lines.
I'd give anything to have 2-3 races in a row where drivers and crew all performed, the team made good strategy calls and the cars stayed in one piece, but since this is Ferrari we're talking about I'd probably be better off asking for a unicorn.
Yeah, this! Russell bothers me way more due to his lack of emotions. And his PR like response everytime. Same with Rosberg. Seems so fake.
Anyway, I wouldn't take anything that's said on radio too seriously. These guys are driving insane speeds, and competing with each other. It's not like they have a lot of time to logically think things through before speaking. If anything, just fecking remove publicising it so that fans can moan less.
Sounds like ferrari may veto the technical directive from the FIA.
https://the-race.com/formula-1/ferrari-challenges-validity-of-fias-action-on-f1-bouncing/
https://the-race.com/formula-1/ferrari-challenges-validity-of-fias-action-on-f1-bouncing/
Agreed, not sure it really adds anything unless it's a tactical radio call.
Imagine if footballers were mic'd up
I think he lost lot of time behind Ocon(?) and couple of other drivers when he was already on old tires and it was time to pit. And again lost lot of time after pitting because he was again stuck in the crowd, but I think those 10-15 laps before first pit stop was when he lost at least 10-15 seconds for nothing.
Bit surprised that young George Russell seems to be getting so much stick here.
To me, he comes across as highly professional. Both as a driver, as well as the way he handles himself.
It he lacks emotion, that is just how he is.
I just think that he is being a bit guarded in his first full year as a Mercedes driver. He was markedly less so with Williams.
Anyway, I prefer to judge him on his driving performance. And that has been exceptional this year. Especially with such a difficult car.
Give the guy some credit.
He's an awful boring cnut, though.
Blimey! That's some erratic posting manner.
And you’re a massive spanner!
Crikey!
Yikes!
Only thing to consider is that Mercedes haven't been pushing as they are in their own race most of the time so less stress on the engine unlike Ferrari and Red Bull who are pushing each other along to the end most of the time.
Also Hamilton still lost approx. half a second per lap after the safety car and was on newer tyres than Max.
Silverstone will tell us a lot about their pace and ability to fight.
It's not really. He's not a monster or a Max level of dickishness but he's definitely had a change in attitude recently from the friendly fun kid to one that has more of an attitude, is a bit of a dick to his crew on his radio and can be very surly at times.
Unfortunately, I think this is now the one season too many for Hamilton. The script was obvious (Hamilton wins the final race, wins the record-breaking 8th title, retires, gets his knighthood, and can focus on his charities and social justice actions) before that fecking idiot Michael Masi flipped it on the very end of the final race last season.
Last chance for Max to become a Honda champion. First since Senna. Beating 7x world champ Sir Lewis Hamilton, like Alsono did against Schumacher. The stars were aligned for an epic season. The end was controversial, but considering Silverstone and a couple other dodgy decisions throughout the year, it was a deserved win. Not saying Lewis wouldn't have deserved it, but let's move on from Masi please.
Tend to agree that we are where we are regarding the utter fiasco of the last race of last season.
Nothing lasts forever and it is clear that mercedes have produced a terrible car.
Lewis Hamilton has told us that he will not have his racing career defined by last year.
And I don't go along with the narrative that he is suddenly now too old.
Or that he is no longer hungry for more success.
Circumstances have conspired against him recently. But give him a sniff of a chance and he will win again.
I have a feeling that mercedes will start to come good during the middle of the season.
Wouldn't surprise me now if Merc finishes above Ferrari this season. They are making progress whilst Ferrari seems to be regressing now
Bizarre take, what makes you think Ferrari are regressing? In fact they matched RB's straight line speed.
Consistency for me; making mistakes, car reliability etc.
The same Ferrari that everyone said at the start would dominate this season, yet is 30 points ahead of Mercedes
See my response to Firestarter; car reliability is one factor I see being a thorn in Ferrari's side. 5 retirements in 9 races should be quite a concern, considering (from what I recall) they were all engine related and not crashes?
As I said in my first post, "It wouldn't surprise me" doesn't mean I think it's nailed on. We shall see after the summer break how Mercedes do with their car developments
I'm not sure it was that simple, Hamilton was only 2.1 seconds behind after 6 laps and then heavily dropped off. I suspect they turned down the engine as it was pointless fighting at that stage. If Sainz hadn't had DRS to stay with Verstappen it's difficult to know whether Hamilton would have kept behind or not. Leclerc also coudn't really massively gain on Russell who was slower than Hamilton for the last 14 laps, but he could have been slowed by Russell's car and also could have just accepted his position.
The more likely scenario is Ferrari finishes the season ahead. But if Mercedes somehow did then it would be a miraculous recovery after a torrid start
Factually speaking Red Bull have worse relaibility than Ferrari.
Red Bull have built a very healthy gap recently but could for sure flip again all things considered.
Quali pace might become a problem for them now that Ferrari are catching up in race pace.
Be interesting to see how it all unfolds.