| Anyone watching the f1. 15:33 - Mar 26 with 7391 views | chrismakin |
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| Anyone watching the f1. on 18:10 - Mar 27 with 3431 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
| Anyone watching the f1. on 15:51 - Mar 26 by C_HealyIsAPleasure |
Have a feeling that Red Bull are holding something in reserve and Max will take pole by half a second. Nothing to base that on really other than a hunch, but thought I’d post it so I can either look really clever or silly tomorrow
Disappointed but unsurprised to see Alpine so far off the pace too, Alonso’s return looking likely to be a very damp squib sadly |
One tenth out 😎 |  |
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| Anyone watching the f1. on 18:15 - Mar 27 with 3425 views | Trequartista |
| Anyone watching the f1. on 09:34 - Mar 27 by MB26 |
We are 100% Williams. Successful in the 80s and 90s, still at the front end of the grid in the early 2000s but a steady decline since then. A slight chance of revival in 2014/15 which faded away and now they have just been purchased by an American consortium with the Williams name no longer being in the paddock for the first time since the 70s.
Pinning their hopes on a young driver who is always destined for bigger and better things. |
Williams are still in the top league. We're Walter Wolf. |  |
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| Anyone watching the f1. on 19:21 - Mar 27 with 3403 views | chrismakin |
| Anyone watching the f1. on 17:27 - Mar 27 by TractorFrog |
At least there was some positives from today. What a cracking qualifying session! |
That was awesome wasnt it.
Let's hope the race follows suit.
It's all good Redbull having the matching pace finally but... max needs to mature as a driver very quickly to beat lewis. It's not just about being fast. Hes got to manage the tyres. Manage and dictate pitstops and not afraid to say no to the pit crew. And most importantly handle pressure.
Quite often Max spins out similar to Vettel when under pressure this is where lewis shines.
And then we have 3rd place... we could have a real battle between constructors. | |
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| Anyone watching the f1. on 17:57 - Mar 28 with 3345 views | chrismakin |
And that's why lewis is without a doubt the fantastic driver people claim hes not.
What a drive. | |
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| Anyone watching the f1. on 18:51 - Mar 28 with 3302 views | TractorFrog |
| Anyone watching the f1. on 17:57 - Mar 28 by chrismakin |
And that's why lewis is without a doubt the fantastic driver people claim hes not.
What a drive. |
We are in for a fantastic season. Hopefully the teams will stay this closely matched all season, and we can have Hamilton vs Verstappen for the title. I still think Bottas can get in that battle as well. |  |
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| Anyone watching the f1. on 18:53 - Mar 28 with 3300 views | Ace_High1 |
| Anyone watching the f1. on 18:51 - Mar 28 by TractorFrog |
We are in for a fantastic season. Hopefully the teams will stay this closely matched all season, and we can have Hamilton vs Verstappen for the title. I still think Bottas can get in that battle as well. |
Bottas is awful, stealing a living. Should have been replaced this year by Russell. Such a shame to see him at the back in the rubbish Williams.
If Merc had a decent driver in the 2nd seat it would make things more interesting, but since Rosberg they just want a number 2, safe pair of hands yes man.
See Barricelo with Shumacher. |  | | |
| Anyone watching the f1. on 19:15 - Mar 28 with 3284 views | chrismakin |
| Anyone watching the f1. on 18:53 - Mar 28 by Ace_High1 |
Bottas is awful, stealing a living. Should have been replaced this year by Russell. Such a shame to see him at the back in the rubbish Williams.
If Merc had a decent driver in the 2nd seat it would make things more interesting, but since Rosberg they just want a number 2, safe pair of hands yes man.
See Barricelo with Shumacher. |
You always need a 1 and 2 driver. Not two no.1 drivers.
When having two no.1 drivers it almost always causes issues during the races. Look at Rosberg and hamilton last lap crashes etc its not worth it when constructors points are worth Millions. | |
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| Anyone watching the f1. on 19:17 - Mar 28 with 3281 views | Ace_High1 |
| Anyone watching the f1. on 19:15 - Mar 28 by chrismakin |
You always need a 1 and 2 driver. Not two no.1 drivers.
When having two no.1 drivers it almost always causes issues during the races. Look at Rosberg and hamilton last lap crashes etc its not worth it when constructors points are worth Millions. |
and yet they still won the constructors?
You need competition, Alonso in that car would be epic. Hamilton has it easy, great driver but since Nico no completion in a car that is head and shoulders above the others. | | | |
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| Anyone watching the f1. on 19:39 - Mar 28 with 3270 views | StokieBlue |
| Anyone watching the f1. on 19:17 - Mar 28 by Ace_High1 |
and yet they still won the constructors?
You need competition, Alonso in that car would be epic. Hamilton has it easy, great driver but since Nico no completion in a car that is head and shoulders above the others. |
All valid points for previous seasons but the Red Bull is clearly the faster car this season at the moment and yet Hamilton still managed to hold off Max to take the win. It was an immense drive and as it stands Max is going to offer huge competition given the Red Bull's advantage.
Perhaps Merc will overturn that advantage but the new rules are not ideal for their low rake design vs Red Bull's high rake design.
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| Anyone watching the f1. on 19:41 - Mar 28 with 3266 views | StokieBlue |
| Anyone watching the f1. on 18:51 - Mar 28 by TractorFrog |
We are in for a fantastic season. Hopefully the teams will stay this closely matched all season, and we can have Hamilton vs Verstappen for the title. I still think Bottas can get in that battle as well. |
As I said before, Bottas is a very average driver and will be found out this season unless Mercedes make a decent jump in performance.
He has no chance of being in a battle with Lewis and Max.
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| Anyone watching the f1. on 20:17 - Mar 28 with 3239 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
| Anyone watching the f1. on 19:41 - Mar 28 by StokieBlue |
As I said before, Bottas is a very average driver and will be found out this season unless Mercedes make a decent jump in performance.
He has no chance of being in a battle with Lewis and Max.
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Rather enjoying your irrational hatred of Bottas 🙂
Completely agree with your last sentence mind | |
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| Anyone watching the f1. on 20:34 - Mar 28 with 3225 views | StokieBlue |
| Anyone watching the f1. on 20:17 - Mar 28 by C_HealyIsAPleasure |
Rather enjoying your irrational hatred of Bottas 🙂
Completely agree with your last sentence mind |
It's not hatred and I don't think it's irrational. I don't hate him in any way.
He's consistently failed to challenge and was struggling versus Russell last year. I just don't think he's very good past good obvious single lap qualifying pace. He makes a lot of mistakes on track. I think a lot of drivers could have done better over the last few years.
He's invariably tens of seconds back from Hamilton in most races.
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| Anyone watching the f1. on 20:40 - Mar 28 with 3218 views | MB26 |
Terrific race, looks like we've got a real title fight on. It's a shame that Red Bull had issues with Perez in qualifying and on the formation lap as I think it would have been a 4 way dog fight at the front.
The battle behind looks well and truly on too. McLaren vs. Ferrari will be a tasty battle for 3rd in the constructors but if Aston Martin, Alpha Tauri and Alpine can develop their car they'll be right in that fight too. I think you could even chuck Alfa Romeo in the mix early doors. |  | | |
| Anyone watching the f1. on 21:39 - Mar 28 with 3186 views | stonojnr |
is this like an Ipswich thing, we get so starved of action and entertainment at football & in F1 for so many years that when a car almost overtook another car near the end of the race it becomes "THE GREATEST EVER F1 RACE!!!!"
wasnt overly impressed if you cant tell :) sure it was an interesting tactical race, but I picked Hamilton to win from the start, nothing that happened in the race changed that decision for me, assuming the pitstops werent messed up,to overtake in F1 you need more than 1 second alap advantage & Verstappen didnt have that all race, and wasnt going to get past.
what people dont get is that Hamilton was not racing flat out at the full potential of the car, he was following a lap time pace designed specifically to ensure he'd finish ahead of Red Bull,with the minimum cost to the cars performance, because Mercs strategists had it totally covered on the tyre wear and pace Hamilton should have, which is how they called the lap Verstappen would catch him, 10laps before it happened. Hamiltons undoubted ability, which is probably where Bottas loses out, is they can chuck him a lap time pace, and he hits it lap after lap.
but there you go I switched over to MotoGP and positions in the race actually changed on track multiple times, and the result wasnt certain till the actual finish line, literally if the line had been 25 metres sooner completely different top 3, now thats exciting motor racing. |  | | |
| Anyone watching the f1. on 21:53 - Mar 28 with 3173 views | J2BLUE |
Not an F1 person really but watched today and enjoyed it. I wouldn't watch when it clashes with proper domestic football but could see myself getting into it on a casual basis.
Bottas taking the fastest lap in the last lap cost me! I was on Verstappen. |  |
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| Anyone watching the f1. on 23:31 - Mar 28 with 3141 views | chrismakin |
| Anyone watching the f1. on 21:39 - Mar 28 by stonojnr |
is this like an Ipswich thing, we get so starved of action and entertainment at football & in F1 for so many years that when a car almost overtook another car near the end of the race it becomes "THE GREATEST EVER F1 RACE!!!!"
wasnt overly impressed if you cant tell :) sure it was an interesting tactical race, but I picked Hamilton to win from the start, nothing that happened in the race changed that decision for me, assuming the pitstops werent messed up,to overtake in F1 you need more than 1 second alap advantage & Verstappen didnt have that all race, and wasnt going to get past.
what people dont get is that Hamilton was not racing flat out at the full potential of the car, he was following a lap time pace designed specifically to ensure he'd finish ahead of Red Bull,with the minimum cost to the cars performance, because Mercs strategists had it totally covered on the tyre wear and pace Hamilton should have, which is how they called the lap Verstappen would catch him, 10laps before it happened. Hamiltons undoubted ability, which is probably where Bottas loses out, is they can chuck him a lap time pace, and he hits it lap after lap.
but there you go I switched over to MotoGP and positions in the race actually changed on track multiple times, and the result wasnt certain till the actual finish line, literally if the line had been 25 metres sooner completely different top 3, now thats exciting motor racing. |
I had this same conversation with my boy, take DRS away and you have 0 overtakes, but with DRS you just have a car given 30 MPH extra to go past with no effort.
I did find the battle with Max and Lewis exciting, but 5 laps out of 56 isn't great viewing.
I do still find it interesting watching Lewis over the others, his maturity and knowledge gained over the years is different class to the other drivers, those final laps and his positioning of the Merc to cause Max slip steam damage was superb, and apart from 1 small lockup he defended superbly with older tyres.
Redbull and Max himself showed their lack of 'leading' ability with their dreadful pit decision, this is where Max needs to up his game and demand to be boxed, that's what Lewis has learnt over the years.
Next year will definitely be interesting however, Caps on spending, potential Sprint racing on Saturdays to determine grid place on the sunday etc | |
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| Anyone watching the f1. on 23:33 - Mar 28 with 3137 views | chrismakin |
| Anyone watching the f1. on 21:53 - Mar 28 by J2BLUE |
Not an F1 person really but watched today and enjoyed it. I wouldn't watch when it clashes with proper domestic football but could see myself getting into it on a casual basis.
Bottas taking the fastest lap in the last lap cost me! I was on Verstappen. |
Word of advice, Don't bother with the Monaco race, it's still a great place, but it's the most boring race of the calender since the cars got bigger.
Also take advantage of the Sky Red button when watching, adds so much more when watching split screen with cockpit views. | |
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| Anyone watching the f1. on 23:51 - Mar 28 with 3125 views | StokieBlue |
| Anyone watching the f1. on 21:53 - Mar 28 by J2BLUE |
Not an F1 person really but watched today and enjoyed it. I wouldn't watch when it clashes with proper domestic football but could see myself getting into it on a casual basis.
Bottas taking the fastest lap in the last lap cost me! I was on Verstappen. |
Fastest lap is just a random bet nowadays since they added 1 point for it if you finish in the top 10.
Whoever cannot lose any places as they have a gap just pits for brand new soft tyres and zooms around for 1 lap getting the fastest lap. It could be virtually anyone from the top 10.
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| Anyone watching the f1. on 23:56 - Mar 28 with 3115 views | chrismakin |
| Anyone watching the f1. on 23:51 - Mar 28 by StokieBlue |
Fastest lap is just a random bet nowadays since they added 1 point for it if you finish in the top 10.
Whoever cannot lose any places as they have a gap just pits for brand new soft tyres and zooms around for 1 lap getting the fastest lap. It could be virtually anyone from the top 10.
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Normally it's Norris doing the honours | |
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| Anyone watching the f1. on 08:54 - Mar 29 with 3064 views | TractorFrog |
| Anyone watching the f1. on 21:39 - Mar 28 by stonojnr |
is this like an Ipswich thing, we get so starved of action and entertainment at football & in F1 for so many years that when a car almost overtook another car near the end of the race it becomes "THE GREATEST EVER F1 RACE!!!!"
wasnt overly impressed if you cant tell :) sure it was an interesting tactical race, but I picked Hamilton to win from the start, nothing that happened in the race changed that decision for me, assuming the pitstops werent messed up,to overtake in F1 you need more than 1 second alap advantage & Verstappen didnt have that all race, and wasnt going to get past.
what people dont get is that Hamilton was not racing flat out at the full potential of the car, he was following a lap time pace designed specifically to ensure he'd finish ahead of Red Bull,with the minimum cost to the cars performance, because Mercs strategists had it totally covered on the tyre wear and pace Hamilton should have, which is how they called the lap Verstappen would catch him, 10laps before it happened. Hamiltons undoubted ability, which is probably where Bottas loses out, is they can chuck him a lap time pace, and he hits it lap after lap.
but there you go I switched over to MotoGP and positions in the race actually changed on track multiple times, and the result wasnt certain till the actual finish line, literally if the line had been 25 metres sooner completely different top 3, now thats exciting motor racing. |
I totally disagree. It wasn't 'a car almost overtook another car,' it was exciting throughout, with the expected winner changing multiple times. And we haven't been starved of action for many years. Think how many brilliant races we had last year: Austria, Britain, Monza, Portimao, Turkey and Sakhir were all absolute classics. | |
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| Anyone watching the f1. on 10:13 - Mar 29 with 3020 views | J4ck22 |
I thought the race yesterday was really good, plenty of excitement and overtakes with a very close battle for the win, mind you I'm still gutted that Hamilton ended up winning again.
If this race is a sign of things to come for the rest of the season then we'll have a great one ahead of us and should be far more competitive than the last couple of years. I just hope to see my boy Russell get Bottas' seat by the end of the year. | | | |
| Anyone watching the f1. on 10:21 - Mar 29 with 3009 views | Radlett_blue |
| Anyone watching the f1. on 19:39 - Mar 28 by StokieBlue |
All valid points for previous seasons but the Red Bull is clearly the faster car this season at the moment and yet Hamilton still managed to hold off Max to take the win. It was an immense drive and as it stands Max is going to offer huge competition given the Red Bull's advantage.
Perhaps Merc will overturn that advantage but the new rules are not ideal for their low rake design vs Red Bull's high rake design.
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It's one race & different circuits & different temperatures suit some cars better than others. Too early to be handing out prizes, but a promising start - if Hamilton & Verstappen are going to be closely matched, it should be a great season. I thought Verstappen was nailed on to win, but Hamilton seemed to drive better under pressure during the last few laps, while Max got a little ragged. I hope they're going to remain strict on exceeding track limits because the huge, driveable run-off areas make this easy to do. |  |
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| Anyone watching the f1. on 11:35 - Mar 29 with 2966 views | BiGDonnie |
Enjoyed the race yesterday. The top 10 drivers are all quality so it should be a brilliant year. Lewis will win the championship again IMO after a tough battle with Verstappen. |  |
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| Anyone watching the f1. on 11:40 - Mar 29 with 2959 views | StokieBlue |
| Anyone watching the f1. on 10:21 - Mar 29 by Radlett_blue |
It's one race & different circuits & different temperatures suit some cars better than others. Too early to be handing out prizes, but a promising start - if Hamilton & Verstappen are going to be closely matched, it should be a great season. I thought Verstappen was nailed on to win, but Hamilton seemed to drive better under pressure during the last few laps, while Max got a little ragged. I hope they're going to remain strict on exceeding track limits because the huge, driveable run-off areas make this easy to do. |
Both Merc and Aston have said that the new regulations have impacted the low rake cars far more (that's only Merc and Aston that have that aero design) so from that I don't take it to be track specific.
You are of course right that different cars perform differently on different tracks but they can see from the wind tunnel whether the new regulations have impacted high or low rake cars more.
We will have to see over the next few races, it's perfectly possible that even if the low rake is effected more that Merc will figure it all out and blast away again.
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| Anyone watching the f1. on 20:28 - Apr 17 with 2819 views | StokieBlue |
| Anyone watching the f1. on 20:17 - Mar 28 by C_HealyIsAPleasure |
Rather enjoying your irrational hatred of Bottas 🙂
Completely agree with your last sentence mind |
Sticking with the irrational hatred?
The Merc is not amazing this year or on this circuit yet Hamilton is on pole and Bottas way down in 8th.
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