I think this will be Oscar last win this season.... Mclaren probably wanna give him his first to avoid the pain Lando went through when he has to hold position behind DR in Monza few years back.

Max should have known... Hannah is the strategist...

I think Lando is doing the right thing. He could be rewarded by the end of the season, who knows...

Sky F1 non stop jabs at MV33... saying he should have rested instead of sim racing till 2am. Hahaha... DTS director really enjoying this season.

Will CH survive 2024? LoL...

This post has been edited by andrekua2: Jul 21 2024, 11:04 PM

Well, the weather played a huge part to be honest. If it's bone dry through qualy/race, I doubt it will be the same.

RB simulation is too strong with lovely Hannah. However she cant control the weather.

I'm beginning to wonder about Newey RB20 weakness claims... probably becoming more like Mercedes. Small operating windows for the tyres to work.

FA14 very moody again... seeing "GP2" car and LH44 winning races this season riled him up I guessed.

This post has been edited by andrekua2: Jul 21 2024, 11:10 PM

Lando always mess up first part of the race... I think he would need Oscar help for 2nd half of the season. I think McLaren will put the ultimatum after the summer break which is why he needed to get over this one. I think he has a high chance to become WDC this year if they kept finishing 1-2 and Mercedes spoilt RB party.

Rip off every upgrade and suddenly Mercedes is flying...

LoL

I wonder..

More like LH44 took it conservatively... if it was another car, then you would took more risk.

It will be an interesting 2nd half of the season... Lando definitely need to work on his start and Oscar nailed it so many times.

Mercedes also need to find a good replacement for Lewis soon. GR63 might have gotten the win but he's so far off now.

This post has been edited by andrekua2: Jul 28 2024, 10:45 PM

That's Charles curse...

Guys, GR63 has been disqualified for being below weight limit.

I wonder how... did Mercedes really did something with GR63 car to give him an advantage over LH44?

And then they tried to cheat by not removing all the fuel from GR63 car. Holy ass... I know LH44 is going to Ferrari but this is too much.



This post has been edited by andrekua2: Jul 29 2024, 01:28 AM

The audacity to not fully drain the fuel and being spot on 798kg... it cant be that coincidence...

It was a gamble and it is what it is. It turned out brilliant because people are only looking at the result, not his pace. Lewis was controlling the race and didnt pushed the limit. If he knew GR63 was going to the end, he would have pushed harder much earlier to close him down.

It was the perfect drama that I was expecting since there wasnt much on the table other than everyone criticising SP11 and maybe some favouritism claim going on at Mercedes. DTS would be epic.

Mercedes probably knew the risk IMO because they did asked over the radio... ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO 1 STOP... to which GR63 answered YES. What confirmed my suspicion is that they even left the fuel inside to make it weight 798KG.

This post has been edited by andrekua2: Jul 29 2024, 12:30 PM

I dont think Bono is responsible for the strategy. The guy who went onto the podium did that.

This post has been edited by andrekua2: Jul 29 2024, 01:43 PM

This is where it gets blown out of proportion. Lewis claimed he suggested 1 stop in pre race meeting but team turned him down saying its not possible. Also at no point in the race, Lewis was told GR is one stopping and he is racing him as well.

Many reasons for it but one thing for sure, F1 teams always push for the limit. Every advantages adds up. Unless you have Lewis car weight, I think hard to know exactly why. One thing for sure is Mercedes knew about it and still go for it.

What people should ask is why do you leave those fuel in? It's very obvious what and why they are doing it. I think Lewis is very unhappy about it for a valid reason.

The top10 will be scrutinize because they are the one eligible for points scoring thus needed to pass the legality. Fuel sample, car weight, drivers weight, plank thickness just to name a few.

LN look unstoppable... LH recovered to 8th behind CS.

Just now 5 cars is running on the straight... what a view

RB dumps Newey design and adopted W14 design, now they are losing a race by 20+ seconds to the RB19 copycat

Im surprised both Merc went with soft in the final stint. Yes, LH managed to nurse those soft during the first stint but they should have known the pace different which ultimately is what preserved those tyres enough to 23 laps. When he starts to pushed them into 1:13:xx, they are not performing as they had initially expected. I think they would have fare better with the medium.

Did KMag purposely run wide on the parabolica to stop everyone behind him from improving? Man need to stop playing dirty... He's in my hate list now