Ted's Notebook did mention it ... will edit this post if got time later.

Perez himself even was surprised.

Let's say Max DNF few more times, and Sergio missed out on WDC by just one point ... Red Bull will surely regret their decision last week.
(not to say Perez surely might won Barcelona, but the what ifs ... )

https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/formula1/inaki-rueda

Let's see how long he's still head.

Fated/Destiny eh?

https://www.reddit.com/r/formuladank/commen...erstappen_will/

I would've like to see this as well, since already took the risk trying to get the win by staying out, why alang-alang didn't risk all the way? dun care lah about P2 or P3, dun care if Ferrari on softs will overtake both LH & GR.

SkySport did manage to interview Toto almost right after the podiums; Toto did admit they took the risk of keeping track position, but when asked why didn't keep GR out also as rear gunner for LH, he only vaguely answered, he defended their call instead by saying ""First of all, Lewis is ahead. So, we're always having a problem with the call," Wolff told Sky Sports when asked about the decision." ; imho, GR persistently asked to pit for softs (from his interview after the race); dunno why Merc pitwall succumbed instead of trying out teamwork defending.

The attempt might be futile, as many have said RB is too fast even without DRS, and Mercs took too long to warm up their tyres; but they could say they've tried but failed spectacularly.

This post has been edited by r2t2: Sep 8 2022, 07:33 PM

Is there a saying that goes, Hard Work breeds Luck?

I'm still a Ferrari fan since 1999, harder to do so nowadays ... after watching Mercedes YouTube series back in 2017/18(?) where they showed their team daily workings in home factory; the thing that strikes me most is that they got day & night shifts ... so, can say 24hrs round the clock working. Does Ferrari factory in Moderna do that, at least in recent years? Or the other teams based in UK?

I guess what I'm trying to say is, although I'm not a fan of LH (nothing against him either), I do admit LH & Merc deserved all their WDCs and WCCs, and understood how they are able to catch up last season and looks like this season as well.

That said, I prefer MV to win last season ... I could use the reason being MV deserved it more if not due to his DNFs or the shunt caused by VB; but my main reason is ... I don't want to see LH overtook Schumi with 8th WDC ... both at 7 WDCs is fine by me.

Both MS & LH are GoATs (of their era) ... sadly Ayrton Senna could've won more WDCs, and he is one of the GoATs ... and several others also (never-ending debate )