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He sustained damage at the start, when he and Sainz made contact. He has finished in the top 6 in the last 7 races, his best result was 4th in Japan. Plus his drive yesterday, from being last after the incident with Sainz to finish 5th, I think shows he is good match for Max.
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However if something else was slightly wrong it could have effected the balance and provided understeer and caused loads that were unusually large on the right rear meaning that the catastrophic failure was more likely. |
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Indeed. Let's not forget that connecting those bits of carbon fibre are simple nuts and bolts and rose joints. They can sometimes become damaged or out of alignment and that would put unnecessary strain on those carbon fibre bits.
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Plus of course Albon spent more time in pitlane due to his 3 stop strategy, the first of which was more than just tyres. I also said very clearly I am not claiming Albon to be faster than Max, just that he is doing a great job for a rookie. Time will tell if he becomes as fast / faster than Max in the future. |
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If you look at the other 2 choices available to Red Bull, then I think they should give Albon the drive again next season. He has put himself in the mix during most races, has scored good points and seems to be fairly close to Verstappens pace in qualifying.
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Which is actually an impressive statistic for Albon, compared to his 'team leader'.....
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The problem with lap for lap analysis is if one driver is carrying first lap damage then the whole race is compromised, also if you have different strategies let's say three stop vs one stop, the three stop car will have faster lap times for the whole race, but may not end up in front.
The only real measure is qualifying, and then the cars can still be set up very differently, or carrying an issue. |
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It is still quite weird how people like Horner give Albon very little credit though, are they looking at Alonso, Danni Ricc or somebody else that they feel may better support Max if they are competitive enough to push for the championship?
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There is no way Alonso or Danni Ricc are going to play second fiddle to Verstappen. Alonso has an ego the size of the Iberian peninsula and Ricciardo left RBR precisely because he couldn't take the heat of Verstappen and his acolytes. Red Bull will need a solid Number 2 rather like the Bottas role at Mercedes. Unfortunately I can't see them taking such a democratic approach as Mercedes, but are likely to function with more like the Ferrari/Schumacher MO. That could suit Alex Albon for a year or two before he moves on to bigger and better things. |
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[Off Topic] I still contend that these cars are far too easy to drive, but I also accept that they are all the same so it really is just about who is best. This year we have some really good rookies in Albon, Norris and Russell. Albeit the the latter doesn't have a great car to play with. It bodes well for the future and what's more they all seem really grounded, nice guys.[/off topic]
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Its nice to have a batch of rookies who dont arrive with the "Im in F1, I know it all and my crap doesn't stink attitude. And they are all have great maturity, say all the right things yet are having fun in the PR and sideshow stuff. Plus they are all genuinely talented. |
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Yes, those rookies have seemed like a breath of fresh air. Hope they have a long and successful career in the sport
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I have just looked up some stats of Lewis Hamilton v's Michael Schumacher
Lewis is now just 8 wins behind Michael has more poles and front row starts than Schumacher. However Hamilton is way behind on fastest laps 77 : 46 and on laps led km led etc. The latter are probably down to less GP competed in for Hamilton. What are the odds of Hamilton overhauling Schumacher's 91 wins by the end of next year and equaling his 7 championships? |
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I would say. Lewis has however been beaten and out qualified by his team mates far more often than the likes of Senna and Schumacher. |
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Lewis has had 5 team mates most of whom were top line drivers 3 world champions and the all the others have won GP's while team mates (Kovalinen and Bottas). Schumacher only had one team mate who was a world champ and that was Rosberg. Senna had Damon Hill and Prost who was very competitive with Senna while they were team mates. Most of the time Senna and Schumacher had team mates who were not as fast as they were. |
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You are knowledgeable enough to realise you're not comparing like with like. If Mercedes had the same approach to drivers as Ferrari did during Schumacher's time (ie, an outright #1) then Hamilton would already be on 7 championships and would be past 100 wins because he would not have had to go toe-to-toe with Rosberg.
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And you are knowledgeable enough to realise that never in the history of the sport have we seen domination like that displayed by Mercedes. From 119 races in the last 5 seasons they have won 88 Grand Prix (74%)and Lewis has won 61(51%) and his team mates have won 17(14%). By any absolute measure Lewis has outperformed anyone over this period, however losing 4 wins to Bottas for instance this season is a troubling statistic when measuring GOAT (greatest of all time). Last edited by wnut; 9 Nov 2019 at 01:17. |
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Some more stats:
Hamilton 248 Starts First entry 2007 Australian Grand Prix First win 2007 Canadian Grand Prix Schumacher 306 starts First entry 1991 Belgian Grand Prix First win 1992 Belgian Grand Prix |
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There is a lot of knowledge around here. I’ve learnt that two things. Firstly Schumacher beat his team mate a lot, but never had a good one challenge him and secondly Hamilton’s team mates have been better and he occasionally loses to them.
The conclusion is pretty obvious. Oh and as well as that Jim Clark is better than both. |
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