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Post by muddyfunster on Apr 23, 2022 15:14:20 GMT
Cracking little race, that. Great overtake for the lead and Perez was absolutely caning it towards the end there. Yeah Sainz and Perez were absolutely on the same pace as their team mates when in clear air. Potential for a four car battle tomorrow if the team principles permit it.
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Post by Solid-SCB- on Apr 23, 2022 15:19:27 GMT
Andrew Benson is without doubt the absolute worst journalist I've ever seen that has such a big platform in any medium. Before Hamilton came along he rode Alonso's dick as well and he's as disingenuous as they come about the drivers that managed to beat them. I think there's a bit of a lack of integrity across F1 on a whole and the nations forme cliques and back their guys, but that guy is in a league of his own.
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Post by Solid-SCB- on Apr 23, 2022 15:35:33 GMT
Lewis looks checked out. Kind of reminds me of McLaren in 2006. Everyone kept expecting them to turn up one weekend and blitz the field until it became apparent 7 or 8 races in that they had simply built a mediocre car with a duff engine.
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Post by Dougs on Apr 23, 2022 15:58:30 GMT
Clear they ain't going to be able to resolve their problems this year I don't think. Must be hard not to check out in that scenario
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Post by Solid-SCB- on Apr 23, 2022 16:04:30 GMT
Can't be easy accepting what's increasingly looking like a significant rebuild job at 37.
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Post by damagedinc on Apr 23, 2022 18:25:20 GMT
Haha or not to Benson!
I don't think merc are that far off. Just 3rd behind red bull and ferrari. I do think they will turn it around but it will be too late.
Bit odd they were so confident pre season and kept banging on about red bull not focusing on 22 during 21. Maybe just arrogance.
I feel there is one twist in the Lewis story yet. Or maybe he will just call it a day after this season.
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Post by muddyfunster on Apr 24, 2022 8:50:24 GMT
Hauger has to be the unluckiest guy in F2. Another race destroyed through no fault of his own.
I don't think Doohan was intentionally being aggressive, but it's a classic case of 'if everyone does that, there'd be no racing'. Could easily have been a very dangerous 10 car pileup. Brainless driving.
Not the first time Doohan has done something that invites contact then blamed everyone else. Someone needs to have a word as he's obviously quick but he's his own worst enemy.
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Post by Solid-SCB- on Apr 24, 2022 13:04:37 GMT
Sainz is having an absolute shocker of a season.
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Post by Whizzo on Apr 24, 2022 13:08:23 GMT
Not the start the home fans would have wanted that's for sure.
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Post by Solid-SCB- on Apr 24, 2022 13:25:02 GMT
Fucking hell George. I'm scared to make moves there on the computer game in the dry.
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Post by muddyfunster on Apr 24, 2022 13:32:50 GMT
That one wasn't Sainz's fault, Ricciardo's just lost control after taking too much curb. Pretty gutted for Sainz.
Lando doing well in the rain again. Don't think Charles is totally out of this yet either. Bound to be an SC at some point.
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Post by Solid-SCB- on Apr 24, 2022 13:38:22 GMT
Racing incident but his awful start put him in the mixer there.
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Post by muddyfunster on Apr 24, 2022 13:46:39 GMT
Think Hamilton's paying for going with the higher downforce rear wing. Just doesn't have enough straight-line speed to overtake. Even with a tow he falls away at the end of the straight. That slow pit stop and then Ocon's unsafe release has pretty much knackered any chance of him getting clear air in this race.
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Post by Whizzo on Apr 24, 2022 13:52:46 GMT
This race needs either DRS or some rain, it's fucking tedious.
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Post by muddyfunster on Apr 24, 2022 13:52:56 GMT
Mclaren have just done what Mercedes needed to do. Merc just aren't good at making the right calls when they aren't at the sharp end.
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Post by Solid-SCB- on Apr 24, 2022 13:54:52 GMT
DRS is a bit of a marginal call with the track as it is, don't blame them for holding off a bit here. Could be fucking chaos with that queue of cars going out onto the damp line.
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Post by Whizzo on Apr 24, 2022 13:56:35 GMT
DRS at last!
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Post by muddyfunster on Apr 24, 2022 13:58:03 GMT
I'm fairly anti-DRS anyway. DRS passes are always a bit unsatisfying.
A DRS train is not better than a slip stream train.
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Post by Solid-SCB- on Apr 24, 2022 13:59:22 GMT
Been some really decent racing without it today. A lot of what we're seeing at this point of the race is because the sprint sorted a lot of the unusual grid slots out already yesterday.
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Post by muddyfunster on Apr 24, 2022 14:01:28 GMT
Merc just have to target being first onto fresh mediums for Hamilton. He can probably go 1s a lap faster without a tyre offset nevermind with one, plus get to the front of the queue in case there is an SC.
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Post by Dougs on Apr 24, 2022 14:05:51 GMT
Sounds like Merc and Lewis made a terrible call.
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Post by Solid-SCB- on Apr 24, 2022 14:05:54 GMT
Max lapping Lewis, on pace. What a mad visual. I'm sure Merc will have the last laugh when the Red Bull's liquorice fuel pump dies in 15 laps though.
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Post by muddyfunster on Apr 24, 2022 14:07:01 GMT
You know it's a dull race when the director has been following the battle for 13th for about 20mins.
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Post by starchildhypocrethes on Apr 24, 2022 14:07:12 GMT
Merc getting lapped by straight up race pace is a bit of a shocker. Oof.
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Post by Dougs on Apr 24, 2022 14:08:24 GMT
That's gotta hurt.
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Post by muddyfunster on Apr 24, 2022 14:09:35 GMT
Norris doing a great job though. 0.6s a lap fast than his teammate on new Hards. I guess that may prove that Hards aren't the way today.
Another Latifi SC induced coming up.
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Post by muddyfunster on Apr 24, 2022 14:13:02 GMT
Very surprised the race director is fine with having a piece of metal on the track. Couldn't it be flicked up into the face of a following driver similar to what happened to Massa?
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Post by Solid-SCB- on Apr 24, 2022 14:13:45 GMT
Gasly defending 13th here like Alonso did 1st 15 years ago.
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Post by muddyfunster on Apr 24, 2022 14:16:39 GMT
Something's happening!
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Post by Solid-SCB- on Apr 24, 2022 14:18:30 GMT
Not sure Red Bull should have reacted to that one.
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