Formula 1 Discussion - And favourite driver?

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The best parts were definitely the beginning and end of the race, a frankly great first couple of laps between the frontrunners with a good old fashioned tussle between McLaren and Ferrari to add to the excitement, and the nail biting finale. Just a bit disappointed that Lando lost the fourth position in the current standings.

As for RB changing tires so soon, Max sounded very sure when he said the mediums were overheating and he wanted the hards. Must've felt something not right with that setup and temperature, and considering Hamilton had beat him at the start taking the iniciative instead of reacting was his best chance.
 
Quiritium said:
As for RB changing tires so soon, Max sounded very sure when he said the mediums were overheating and he wanted the hards. Must've felt something not right with that setup and temperature, and considering Hamilton had beat him at the start taking the iniciative instead of reacting was his best chance.
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When Max pitted in lap 29, Merc told Hamilton "target plus 6 or more" and he pitted in lap 36/37 iirc.

If I am not mistaken, that target usually is a fixed lap that the driver needs to reach with his tyres, and I assume Mercs then decided to stay out longer than Max to have the better tyre by the end of the race instead of doing an undercut themselves. if that is the case, Max could not have waited much longer for his own pitstop, if Mercs were planning to pit in lap 30 or 31.
 
DRS soyboys be like "what a boring race, lewis couldn't pass max at the end, f1 racing is only exciting when the two leading drivers are side by side for the entire race without crashing into each other because I'm a smoothbrain who has no concept of battles that don't involve constant passing" Retards don't understand why a race like the 1982 indy 500 (to pull a random classic race that i watched on youtube out of my ass) would be considered exciting.
 
RomanesEuntDomus said:
When Max pitted in lap 29, Merc told Hamilton "target plus 6 or more" and he pitted in lap 36/37 iirc.

If I am not mistaken, that target usually is a fixed lap that the driver needs to reach with his tyres, and I assume Mercs then decided to stay out longer than Max to have the better tyre by the end of the race instead of doing an undercut themselves. if that is the case, Max could not have waited much longer for his own pitstop, if Mercs were planning to pit in lap 30 or 31.
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That indeed is correct. Target is the pre-planned pitstop and plus/minus indicates alterations to the plan. If anything, the main thing that helped out Max was the force-in-being threat of Perez who did rear-gunner duty for him very well in spite of his drink connection issues.
 
Full Race Replay said:
DRS soyboys be like "what a boring race, lewis couldn't pass max at the end, f1 racing is only exciting when the two leading drivers are side by side for the entire race without crashing into each other because I'm a smoothbrain who has no concept of battles that don't involve constant passing" Retards don't understand why a race like the 1982 indy 500 (to pull a random classic race that i watched on youtube out of my ass) would be considered exciting.
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Yeah.
I mean, undoubtedly, F1 is at its best when two pilots are in a prolonged knife-fight over a position, but that is usually also just something at the start of the race or the culmination of a long game of catchup and once it happens, it's over quickly.

As this race showed us, a strategic battle keeps you guessing a lot longer, but is just as amazing when it's well executed. By lap 50 it could have really gone either way and by lap 55 it was a total nailbiter.

The Grognard said:
That indeed is correct. Target is the pre-planned pitstop and plus/minus indicates alterations to the plan. If anything, the main thing that helped out Max was the force-in-being threat of Perez who did rear-gunner duty for him very well in spite of his drink connection issues.
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Merc can be happy Perez didn't catch up with Hamilton in the middle of the race. If Hamilton had had to deal with Perez snapping at his tailpipe, he would have chewed through his tyres in record time without even getting closer to Verstappen. Still Perez managed to put at least some pressure on Merc strategists I guess.

Did Perez pit before Hamilton? In that case, I wonder if his sortie on mediums forced Mercs to pit a bit more early, eating away at their intended tyre advantage by the end of the race even more.
 
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Danica Patrick was on the broadcast because Sky and NBC share broadcast feeds - Sky get NBC's IndyCar, NBC get Sky's F1 - so NBC persuaded Sky to get Danica in to put an American face on the broadcast which unlike other races would carry more of the pre-show because of it being the race in country and therefore more commercially viable, more familiar and therefore approachable to the American audience, which is a further commercial benefit. Same reason for the Indy 500 they like to get Dale Jr on to try and get NASCAR viewers interested in IndyCar.
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The biggest shame is we never a got a chance to have Dale Earnhardt Sr. interview Danny Riccardio
 
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So all that's left is Mexico, Interlagos and the OPEC Triple Crown of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi. Do these final five favor the Bulls or the Mercs and will Leclerc pull another street circuit pole position out of his ass at Saudi Arabia?
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Mexico has been one of those rare tracks merc haven't been as dominant at

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The high altitude seems to take away a lot of the Mercedes engine advantage and the RedBull is better suited to having a high aero package (generally they go for slower straight line speed but better cornering) which in the lower air pressure environment is essential.

This is also seen at the Interlargos circuit

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Abu Dhabi has absolutely been a Mercedes stroming ground though

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The other two obviously have no historical data but I'm expecting a strong Merc showing.

I'm really looking forwards to watching Lewlew dodging the questions regarding his virtue signalling nonsense when in Saudi Arabia though, that should be fun.
 

Andretti takeover of Alfa Romeo’s F1 team will not go ahead​

Posted on 27th October 2021, 15:41 | Written by Dieter Rencken and Keith Collantine

Michael Andretti’s hopes of acquiring a Formula 1 team have been frustrated, for the time being at least.

The CART Indycar champion turned motorsport team principal has been unsuccessful in his attempt to acquire Sauber, which operates the Alfa Romeo-branded F1 team, RaceFans understands from sources.

Andretti had been linked to a purchase of the team, which was acquired by Longbow Finance in 2016. It has run under the Alfa Romeo name in a branding deal since 2019.

The parties are believed to have failed to agree terms for a sale. Andretti’s potential takeover did not involve the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) which he announced in March.

“We have no comment to make about these rumours,” an Alfa Romeo spokesperson told RaceFans. “Any discussion, past, present or future in relation to the ownership of the team is the responsibility of the shareholders and not something about which the team will offer any statement.”

Andretti’s interest in the team prompted speculation Colton Herta – his IndyCar driver who won the last two races of the season this year – could join F1, despite being ineligible for a superlicence in 2022.

Guanyu Zhou is still considered favourite for the second drive at the team alongside Valtteri Bottas. Alfa Romeo team principal Frederic Vasseur previously said he wanted to gauge the performance of drivers in Formula 2 before making his decision. Sauber-backed driver Theo Pourchaire is also thought to be under consideration, but Vasseur has indicated Zhou’s fellow Alpine junior driver Oscar Piastri, who is currently leading the F2 points standings, is not.
 
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Looks like the fair-weather-fans are moving on. I genuinely wonder who would look at Hamilton and think that arrogant hypocrite is actually likeable.
he can be very likeable, but most of his interviews are him just going "I am amazing, I won this race" or "The team made a mistake and we lost the race." (the latter happens, for instance, when the team calls him in for a pitstop and he refuses for almost ten laps, to then anounce that they should have called him in earlier).
 
Hamilton's not liked anywhere outside the anglosphere, except by the sort of persons who have pronouns on their twitter profile and a deep desire to bring whatever anglo culture war nonsense into their own countries because they're so completely americanized. Max is a calm, calculated man who can take on the most successful driver with utter confidence and doesn't do stupid celebrity shit, he's just a man who wants to drive a car really fast. Lando in turn is the twitch streamer turbo zoomer of the bunch and everyone who is under the age of 25 likes him. Nobody's gonna have a bad word to say about him. It shouldn't be a surprise why these two are beating him on the polls.
 
The results are even more surprising given the Dutchman has yet to win an F1 championship, while the McLaren driver still hasn’t won a race.

An insider said: “It is quite surprising given Lewis’s seven titles and the fact Verstappen has never won a title and Norris has not even won a race.”
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Redundant word count increasing is redundant.

Remind me why popularity is equated to sucess here? Was this same newspaper really stoked about Schumacher in the early 2000s? (No, they hated a German winning).

On social media however, Hamilton is by far and away the most popular driver, with 24.4 million Instagram followers, along with 6.6 million followers on Twitter.
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Warning boomer take. Social media popularity means he has a load of bots, dead accounts and climbers following him. There are drivers with zero social media presence who just want to drive fast and have a private family life, those are more likable than some arrogant tosser who wants to preach. Also why Instagram and Twitter? What about Twitch, how does Hambone stack up against Lando there?

The Brit is not only the most successful F1 driver on the circuit by some distance, but also the most successful driver of all time.

Hamilton has a record-equalling seven world championships and is aiming for number eight this season.
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Ah right, it's another "must suck Hamilton dick" article

In other news Toto is already lining Hambone up for that "get ahead on points then take Max out" strategy.

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Not a good sign when your boss thinks you would stoop so low but then he's seen the data from Silverstone.
 
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Coccxys said:
Redundant word count increasing is redundant.

Remind me why popularity is equated to sucess here? Was this same newspaper really stoked about Schumacher in the early 2000s? (No, they hated a German winning).



Warning boomer take. Social media popularity means he has a load of bots, dead accounts and climbers following him. There are drivers with zero social media presence who just want to drive fast and have a private family life, those are more likable than some arrogant tosser who wants to preach. Also why Instagram and Twitter? What about Twitch, how does Hambone stack up against Lando there?



Ah right, it's another "must suck Hamilton dick" article

In other news Toto is already lining Hambone up for that "get ahead on points then take Max out" strategy.

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Not a good sign when your boss thinks you would stoop so low but then he's seen the data from Silverstone.
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Toto is preparing the ground for Mercedes to appeal if Lewis loses the championship due to an on-track collision with Max, regardless of who is actually at fault for the collision.

You have to start putting in the minds of the public, the stewards, the teams and Max himself that any contact with Lewis whatsoever will be greeted with shrieking accusations of "he ran him off the track, he cheated" to put even a faint sliver of doubt in Max's mind when he goes to shut the door on Lewis in a corner.

I don't think it will work - I think Max will complete the manoeuvre and be damned, as indeed he should - but it's interesting that Toto is already getting Lewis' excuses in early. I can't really think of a time he's done that before.
 
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