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Absolutely horrific day for Ferrari, they've got to get those engine problems sorted out or that championship is gone. Zhou had a great day ruined by that engine too.

I think Danny is just kinda checked out at this point. You could hear it with both McLaren teammates being passive-aggressive with each other at different times in the race. Sad to say it but I think he is probably gone after this season.

Also lol @ Hambone getting on the radio to whine about his back. You know if it was bad for him, George's lanky frame was getting absolutely destroyed in there and he wasn't complaining on the radio.

Otherwise, pretty boring race.
 
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A.P. Hill said:
I think Danny is just kinda checked out at this point. You could hear it with both McLaren teammates being passive-aggressive with each other at different times in the race. Sad to say it but I think he is probably gone after this season.
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I think Danny is headed for Indycar. I don't see another team in F1 taking him on. He likes America, he likes Ovals, Mclaren has an Indycar team they could quietly shuffle him to. JPM infrwquently drives their third car so they already have a seat for him.
 
If hambone is getting injured that's a Mercedes problem not a rules problem. Tell Mercedes to sort it or risk a ban rather than coming up with some rule for all because most have sorted it.
 
A.P. Hill said:
Absolutely horrific day for Ferrari, they've got to get those engine problems sorted out or that championship is gone. Zhou had a great day ruined by that engine too.

I think Danny is just kinda checked out at this point. You could hear it with both McLaren teammates being passive-aggressive with each other at different times in the race. Sad to say it but I think he is probably gone after this season.

Also lol @ Hambone getting on the radio to whine about his back. You know if it was bad for him, George's lanky frame was getting absolutely destroyed in there and he wasn't complaining on the radio.
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Imho the championship is gone. Leclerc will collect more and more penalties. He already is down to his lat engine after this disaster. This is exactly like 2005 when Kimi was often faster but had to take on the entire field due to technical issues on Saturday. Ferrari may have an issue with very hot temperatures as it was the hottest race today (plus the altitude of Azerbaijan adds more woes) Perhaps it is simply an issue of "not enough cooling" or "falsly claculated cooling". If so then this can be easily fixed. Maybe Ferrari will make a request to overhaul their engines in the name of reliability as this is possible until September this year.

for the race itself. this year was a very boring Baku Grand Prix. no safety car no red flag. Let's see next weekend when they drive in Canada. I expect more complains about bouncing
 
Balr0g said:
(plus the altitude of Azerbaijan adds more woes)
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Azerbaijan is actually really good for altitude it being the lowest GP at 28 meters  below sea level. It's the likes of Mexico and Brazil that are going to fuck them really hard for altitude.

For fuck sake, Crofty starts talking about Max's record while they do the trophies and PDR instantly switches to talking about Hambone's record when he isn't on the podium.
 
Coccxys said:
For fuck sake, Crofty starts talking about Max's record while they do the trophies and PDR instantly switches to talking about Hambone's record when he isn't on the podium.
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TBH I'm surprised it wasn't the other way round. Crofty's usually at the head of the queue where fellating Hambone is concerned.

Meanwhile Checo getting booted from RP/AM in 2020 was the best thing that ever happened to him. Stoked to see him getting yet another podium, though I'd be even happier if he won.
 
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I messed up and though the race would start at 3pm local time, instead it started 1pm, I realized this around 2pm, so I missed everything prior to lap 36 (:_(

Turns out Ferrari is as capable as ever to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. I wonder if these issues are due to the engine being badly designed or if this originates from porpoising. I would not be surprised if that bouncing shook stuff loose over time.

Either way, at least it's 6th place for Vettel, Russel once more outperformed Lewlew, even though Merc once more undeservedly got a podium due to their competition screwing up big time.

Coccxys said:
I enjoy Crofty and PDR going "oh he needs to find reverse, is the engine still running", like that was an obvious driver retiring the car move dipshits.
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As I said, their input when commenting on an incident oftentimes is so blatantly and obviously wrong that even I as a mere TV audience member know better.

Coccxys said:
Well FIAT own ferrari and that stands for fix it again tomorrow.
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In Germany, we say FIAT stands for "Fehler in allen Teilen" -> Flaws in every part. Also "Für Italien ausreichende Technik" -> Technology adequate for Italy.

Coccxys said:
Max discussing how the speed with will cool the tyres too much vs preserving them.

Hamilton constantly asking his engineer what the rules of the sport even are.
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Remember when a year or so ago in Monaco, an engineer told Hamilton to watch out for something in the Nouvelle Chicane, and he snapped back that he didn't know where that is and that the engineer should tell him the number of the corner instead?

Romanesridge Farms remembers.

Coccxys said:
If hambone is getting injured that's a Mercedes problem not a rules problem. Tell Mercedes to sort it or risk a ban rather than coming up with some rule for all because most have sorted it.
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I missed that, was he whining about back pain due to the bouncing? If so, he should just tape a couple of cushions on his back.
 
hope Ferrari never wins another race again. Enzo must be rolling on his grave
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Last time around, Lec called Monaco a "freaking disaster." He ain't see nothing yet.
RomanesEuntDomus said:
I would not be surprised if that bouncing shook stuff loose over time.
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I heard somewhere that while both the Merc and the Ferrari are rough riders, they do so differently. Ferrari bounces higher but less frequently while the Merc bounces lower but more frequently.
 
RomanesEuntDomus said:
I missed that, was he whining about back pain due to the bouncing? If so, he should just tape a couple of cushions on his back.
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Yes, he said it over the radio.

The problem is because of the merc and others bouncing and drivers complaining the FIA is looking at a rules change to prevent it. Floated ideas inclue a minimum ride hight which will harm the constructors that got it right or going to linked suspension again which is what gave merc such a ridiculous advantage in 2014-2021. I wouldn't be surprised if the "fix" to the issues makes the mercs a lot more competitive all of a sudden.
 
Coccxys said:
Yes, he said it over the radio.

The problem is because of the merc and others bouncing and drivers complaining the FIA is looking at a rules change to prevent it. Floated ideas inclue a minimum ride hight which will harm the constructors that got it right or going to linked suspension again which is what gave merc such a ridiculous advantage in 2014-2021. I wouldn't be surprised if the "fix" to the issues makes the mercs a lot more competitive all of a sudden.
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The FIA should grow some balls and say "We're putting some G senors on your car, we deem XGs of vertical force during porpoising safe. Any more and you get black flagged. k thnx bye."

Of course most teams will throw their toys out the pram cause it means their rivals who have a better designed car might gain an advantage. Which also means it's a great decision.
 
Coccxys said:
Yes, he said it over the radio.

The problem is because of the merc and others bouncing and drivers complaining the FIA is looking at a rules change to prevent it. Floated ideas inclue a minimum ride hight which will harm the constructors that got it right or going to linked suspension again which is what gave merc such a ridiculous advantage in 2014-2021. I wouldn't be surprised if the "fix" to the issues makes the mercs a lot more competitive all of a sudden.
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If FIA adapts the rules and Merc becomes top-team again, I'll give up on the sport until every motherfucker in FIA has died of exploding testicle cancer.

What's the point when the governing body of the sport creates rules tailor made to suit one team, even if said team has had a decade of dominance. If Mercedes isn't reeled in soon, the sport is pretty much dead anyway. Who wants to watch a race series where the same team wins for such a long time.
 
That Hamilton cope though

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No he's not sacrificing himself for the engineers, he's not getting bad strategy calls, he's not being unlucky. He's just slower than Russell and doesn't know how to set up his car or help to develop it. He's not winning DOTD because of his amazing skills, he's winning it because of the reddit DTS braindeads that would vote him DOTD even if he retired on the warmup lap.
 
It's interesting how consistent George Russell has been compared to Hamilton. I honestly expected Russell to struggle with the expectations of being on a bigger team. Like on Williams, he could do no wrong because he was driving a sled.

It's fucking hilarious to see the excuses for Hamilton. There are people out there that think Mercedes is sabotaging him. Frankly, I am surprised they didn't give team orders to George to just give up the podium to Hamilton to keep the diva happy.
 
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