90s is just nice. You can see V8 vs V10 vs V12 and they sound awesome too

Bad call by Lando. Sigh, was hoping for another McLaren win

Hamilton managed things really well until wrong pit call again No wonder he's furious. If he stay on he'd end up 4th instead of 5th.

Talk is easy. If they changed his PU at Sochi, that would send LH back alongside MV. Chance of clashing again is very high. Also weather played into MV's hands and he managed to claw his way back to 2nd. Had there been no rain at the last few laps, LH would gain more on MV's penalty

Easy to say when you already seen the outcome now

Which is why FIA is always bashed for their inconsistency in giving out penalties

Actually I'm thinking if they let all lapped cars through, including those behind MV, wouldnt it make matters worse for LH? Their tyres are newer than LH

If I recall, both alpha tauri were on new tires

If they let all the lapped cars through including those behind max, I think probably lewis would lose even more position the moment max dived in

Yeah but a lot commented why they only let those between max and lewis unlap themself, and accuse they're trying to protect max from being attacked

But I think it actually helped lewis instead. If those with fresher tyres are right behind max, I think probably lewis would lose even more positions

I thought hamilton already said in 2020 that he will never drive for ferrari. He claims that merc is his family and his loyalty remains with them

If he does that next year, it will be a joke

Actually for the Ferrari resurgence, I guess they managed to get the best out of the E10 fuel used this year.

Seeing the engine freeze is until 2025, the likely answer is LH will continue to struggle. In fact, any merc powered cars will struggle too. But then they can spend tokens to change something in engine I guess?

If merc cant sort out the engine, I guess the answer would be yes for all 3 Q's

Not sure about the porpoising effect on merc's pace, but ferraris are porpoising like hell too yet they're still competitive.

Maybe the ferraris kill their tyres faster compared to rbr which porpoises less

Well, it's a british sport anyway. Of course they will make their own champion driver look great

This year is pretty even between the top teams' cars. There's no clear picture which car is the fastest as one car is faster in certain tracks while the other is faster in other tracks

Have to agree though, Alonso in his 40s is still giving the young guns a run for their money

Another masterclass from Ferrari. Rather than having a comfortable 5th, they took risk for the extra 1 point from fastest lap knowing alonso will be only 1 second behind in best case scenario after pitting

Totally agree with this. If mercs stay out with medium, they would both get passed by MV and CL who were on fresh softs. They would probably end up with 3rd and 4th instead of 2nd and 4th.

Both GR and LH knew its hard to get heat into the tyres of their mercs, at least GR reacted to it and insist on softs. Thats good call on his part.

Also it turns out LH has the wrong engine mode during the restart and made MV's job much easier. He only has himself to blame for that

Well he's 7x WDC. How can his less experienced team mate make the correct call by instinct knowing he would get raped by both RBR and SF on restart if he continue with mediums? You can blame the pitwall, but he should also take part of the blame

Anyway, dont bring up AD21. He lost last year because of similar stupid mistake by flicking the magic brakes on in Baku, easily losing him 25 free points. If he hadnt done that, MV wouldnt stand a chance for the WDC and he would be 8x WDC already


How long can he hold MV up with his mediums? If the RBR can sail pass LH, it can sail pass GR upon restart. Eventually LH will be passed by the next lap. Dont forget other than MV, there's also CL on softs.

If GR didnt go for soft, merc would end up 3rd and 4th, instead of 2nd and 4th. In terms of team points of course 2nd and 4th is better, but in terms of ego/face for a 7x WDC, of course he would prefer to finish infront of his team mate at the cost of WCC points

Now it's just a matter of when the merc garage will turn toxic like LH/NR days

Your thought is what I called wishful thinking. If GR has the chance to go side by side with LH, you think he wouldnt gun for the win? The guy is young and hungry for his first win. Merc already screwed him once when he sub for LH

Anyway, whats the benefit of driving side by side and risk getting entangled in the corners? Also in equal opportunity situations, I dont see why GR should be the gunner when he's holding more WDC points between the merc drivers

And also SP is unable to steal some wins from MV, like NR did with LH

Yeah I guess that naturally happens when 1 driver is gaining a big points gap to the other driver. Sometimes it feels like MV is always alone without a team mate to help out in strategy

Seriously a disappointing season. Was expecting a thriller of a season between CL and MV, then it went downhill into a ferrari disaster masterclass

Ironically the same group of "bored people" never complained of 7 years of dominance by merc If anything it's just british media playing stuff up when their champ doesnt get to win a race, yet.

Anyway, I dont think the RBR is as dominant as it's made out to be. Most of the points are given up by ferrari themselves anyway.

Certainly? You work for any f1 team?

Makes no financial sense to screw over your sister car, when the WCC is the one that actually brings in the money, while for WDC is for glory

Yeah I'm new to f1. Can show me how this saves money?

Save money by risking the prize pool. Just curious, how old are you?