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Strolls fine. There have been far worse pay drivers than him. That's all he is - a pay driver.
Also, I think F1 should never allow fans back in. It was nice to not have the TV director cutting to shots of the fans, or artificially adjusting the microphone volumes to put "ooooo" and cheering noises in. |
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Ha! That's an interesting take.
Imagine if the Dutch GP had gone ahead. We'd have never seen any of the actual race. Max in a corner, cut to fans, Max on a straight, cut to fans obscured by orange flare smoke, Max obscured by orange flare smoke, turn down volume of airhorns so director can concentrate on the next corner's fans. |
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Stroll has upped his game this year, certainly in comparison with Perez. However Hulkenberg is no yardstick really due to the weird circumstances.
Its strange that the TV did not show any of the Mercedes flyng laps. Yes, we know they were going to lock out the front row, but I would still prefer to see either of them over Strolls 2nd lap. |
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That's true, everyone is talking about there needing to be eight races on three continents, but will the winner be a true champion without the requisite Kayne West quota? I know that is why some don't rate Fangio so highly.
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He does.
Though I did think his move on Ric earlier this season was fairly clumsy. And to be honest i cant think of any other passes Stroll has made and the only reason i recall that one is because Norris picked both their pockets afterwards. Stroll is alright but imo lacks that thing (flair might be the thing?) that is immediately recognizable in drivers like Norris. |
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Also got kidnapped once. Just cringeing for the guy here.
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I still don't get how Leclerc has hustled the Ferrari up there all weekend. It just isn't right.
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It is impressive. had his lap disqualified, would he have been close otherwise?
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The Mercedes are freakishly good. They look so smooth and stable, so reliable, theres no way of quantifying this but it might be the best F1 car ever made. Looking ahead to the second race next weekend the weather is going to be really hot again. We have seen in the past the Mercedes struggle in hot weather (Friday too) so things might be closer next week.
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Russell gets five place penalty for getting on with it.
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/15...for-british-gp |
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That's pretty disappointing....
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Was just after midnight here in Oz - I was worried about getting a knock on the door and being accused of torturing someone's cat. Oh & the Q session was quite different - the "slippery" T3/T4 caught a few out & been a while since a Lewis spin. They mentioned gusty winds and at Silverstone that can really make a big difference - wonder if it was that or something more than that? Feels like the race could be fairly predictable at the front but man the midfield is nuts this year, really worth watching - oh and good again to see WGPE genuinely competitive in that midfield, rather than running as distant tail gunners. |
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No, I still hold some deluded hope that F1 can still be saved from the most boring period since Michael Schumacher. It just seems like F1 prefers to endure this long period of decline into obscurity, desperately pretending its still this exclusive top dog of motorsport. Realistically F1 should just die so something fun and technologically exciting can replace it, like a proper electric single seater championship. |
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Well would probably not go that far but it does look like we are going to have two races, lewis v bottas and then everyone else in their own race for third
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What about, having an interesting and also an uninteresting race topic?
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