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Post by Solid-SCB- on Dec 10, 2021 14:33:55 GMT
To be fair Mercedes have been known for saying similar stuff even when they've had a much more dominant car throughout the hybrid era. As a fan it just sounds like disingenuous bollocks but I guess it keeps the factory and team on their game and not resting on their laurels for too long.
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Post by Red_Bool on Dec 10, 2021 15:15:44 GMT
To be fair, if you look what Max can get out of that car compared to Checo then you could say that Christian has a point. At least Lewis and Valtteri are (consistently) much closer.
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Post by muddyfunster on Dec 10, 2021 15:50:07 GMT
Going on their whole careers it's pretty clear that Bottas is by far the better qualifier but Perez has the much better racecraft. It renders any attempt to make judgements based on teammates fairly moot. Neither of them are getting anything like the same performance out of the cars as their more illustrious teammates, but are underperforming in different ways. It was pretty telling that Lando was P3 for half the season.
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Post by Solid-SCB- on Dec 10, 2021 15:53:43 GMT
He does blow him out of the water on race pace though. Bottas has always struck me as a Trulli-type driver; great qualifier but pretty oridinary on most Sundays of the year. That's where Lewis really shines so it's a total mismatch.
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Post by Solid-SCB- on Dec 10, 2021 15:55:46 GMT
I also think this season is probably quite unrepresentative as it's very clearly been Max vs Lewis from minute 1 of the season. All resources have had to be thrown behind their respective title efforts so the second drivers have just had to eat shit a lot of the time really, what with a budget cap and new rules coming in to play next year.
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Post by muddyfunster on Dec 11, 2021 8:47:16 GMT
Just in case anyone needs a further reminder as to why the threat of a points penalty is needed at Championship deciders: youtu.be/1N0kwwst7BMThe telemetry showed that Di Grassi braked later on lap 1 with cold tyres than he did on his qualifying lap. Of course he claimed it was an 'innocent' mistake. We've also had the DTM incident recently. It's not actually as rare as rare as people would like to believe. Drivers get tempted.
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Post by muddyfunster on Dec 11, 2021 10:50:03 GMT
Hamilton just blocked Mazepin again. Literally just as he left the pits so again he wouldn't have been able to see him coming. Still ridiculous from Mercedes not to be hot on informing their drivers after last week and a grid penalty would be harsh but understandable for a repeat offence.
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Post by Solid-SCB- on Dec 11, 2021 11:10:56 GMT
He's one reprimand away from a 10 place grid penalty, I believe. Haven't seen the incident but that's what he got for blocking him last week.
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Post by sport✅ on Dec 11, 2021 12:05:19 GMT
Does anyone know what product Nico uses in his hair?
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Post by brokenkey on Dec 11, 2021 12:05:44 GMT
Fucking Mazepin.
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Post by kal on Dec 11, 2021 12:38:23 GMT
Adama is the most overhyped player I’ve seen in a long time. The way commentators spunk their pants over him doing absolutely fuck all is quite the thing.
Lump on for him to score now.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2021 12:39:06 GMT
He's fast but not that fast.
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Post by Dougs on Dec 11, 2021 12:40:56 GMT
New Tony Daley innit.
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Post by jono62 on Dec 11, 2021 13:02:52 GMT
Adama is fast, but I don't think he can outrun a F1 car.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2021 13:05:03 GMT
Not fast enough, Jono.
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Post by kal on Dec 11, 2021 13:11:26 GMT
OMG the way he was fouled there. Better than Messi.
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Post by kal on Dec 11, 2021 13:20:22 GMT
I always thought if the ref doesn’t mark out ten yards then the opposing players can challenge the free kick from closer.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2021 13:21:22 GMT
What's happening
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Post by brokenkey on Dec 11, 2021 13:22:16 GMT
Kal's trying to ruin the thread
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Post by Zomoniac on Dec 11, 2021 13:22:48 GMT
Jimenez and Verstappen are battling it out to see who wins bellend of the weekend.
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Post by azurelas on Dec 11, 2021 13:28:18 GMT
Anyone watching the F1 qualifying? The Merc in Hamilton's hands looks stupid quick
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Post by sport✅ on Dec 11, 2021 13:41:00 GMT
Anyone watching the F1 qualifying? The Merc in Hamilton's hands looks stupid quick Not as quick as Adama.
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Post by monkman5000 on Dec 11, 2021 13:58:32 GMT
Great tactics by RB. Not sure Hamilton can find over half a second.
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Post by nazo on Dec 11, 2021 14:03:27 GMT
Surprised they didn’t try similar tactics
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Post by azurelas on Dec 11, 2021 14:05:41 GMT
Max on pole but the Merc is fundamentally faster though. My money's still on Lewis to get the eighth title tomorrow.
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Post by Psychotext on Dec 11, 2021 14:18:57 GMT
Oh man, that lockup could potentially cost Max the title. He needs Hamilton to get swamped off the line.
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Post by Solid-SCB- on Dec 11, 2021 14:25:18 GMT
Some lap from Max, even without a tow.
Makes it interesting at least but they are definitely on the back foot tomorrow. They need to hope those soft runners put it in the mixer at the start so he can build a bit of a gap, the likes of Lando have usually been incredibly tame against the faster runners this season though.
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Post by sport✅ on Dec 11, 2021 14:29:06 GMT
"Lando man, such a good driver"
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Post by Gruf on Dec 11, 2021 14:38:57 GMT
That was fun, huh? Set up nicely, lots of scenarios can play out. Sorry for those that wanted a dull race.
Decent run to the first corner. My money is on Perez getting his elbows out forcefully if he is anywhere near Hamilton. But then again, he is a bit underwhelming. Verstappen's good Sim buddy just behind adds spice.
Cannot wait
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Post by Phattso on Dec 11, 2021 14:51:01 GMT
The good thing about Verstappen being on pole, and having soft boots on, means at least there's very little chance of him pulling any fuckery on the first corner. He'll be miles down the road, I imagine. Championship settled by strategy and execution, it looks like. Feels to me like Max has the momentum - so it all comes down to how long those softs last, and if any of the back markers cause red flags by planting it in the wall randomly.
Sadly I won't get to watch the race, so I'll just have to use my imagination.
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