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Congrats to Lewis, who extends his points total to 7.
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Strong season start from Verstappen.
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[QUOTE=ApexTurtle;3903215]Maybe I should say better. Not crashing in qualifying does help
Vettel has done more than his fair share of crashing of late – and he doesn't have an excuse. Leclerc still has a lot to learn, but by season's end he'll be blowing Seb out of the park.... |
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12 May 2019, 17:34 (Ref:3903345) | #54 | ||
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Ferrari in a quandary.. Agreed Leclerc will show Vettel the door by next year Sparkione..Why put Leclerc on Hard tyres then stop him again? To get Vettel back in front of him ..Vettel must have a clause in his contract...
Ferrari need some hard leadership on the pit wall, and as for their strategic team...crap. |
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Please can we see some real racing, allowing people to pass seems to annoy everyone so why do Ferrari do it
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Hoping Verstappen can mix it in Monaco because it does not look as though Ferrari will.
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12 May 2019, 21:03 (Ref:3903384) | #59 | |
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Mercedes seems to simply have a policy that whoever gets out of the first corners in first place gets the win.
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Don't agree. Toto let's them race, unlike Ferrari who impose team orders with promiscuous abandon. It's management, rather than drivers', skills which set the two teams apart. Maranello's 'musical chairs' policy here has not served them well – nor will it until they find their own 'Toto'!
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Ferrari seems desperate because they are. The gap to Mercedes is huge and it has been since the end of summer last year. They cannot win on pace, they have to try other things. The reason Red Bull seems to be doing so well is just because they do their thing and pick up 4th places and the odd podium when they can. They're not in the championship fight and they know it. But Ferrari feels they should be in the fight and if you can't win on pace you are simply forced to try something else. But I fear at this point even that won't help anymore, both championships have been decided already. Sorry for the long ramble but I felt this deserved a proper reply |
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I don't think so. They are free to race. It just happens that with the same car, the same strategy and two decent drivers, it just amounts to the same thing.
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Resignation? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq8vX72SSzA
Almost 100 points back in the CC and the laptime gap gets bigger each weekend. The season is over, by all means. Time for everyone else to use the races for developing the 2020 car. Unlike 2009 there is no gadget development like the blow diffuser that could really change the balance. |
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Within F1, it soon becomes apparent whether teams are working on in-season or future developments. If Mercedes have a performance advantage, and all of their rivals slow development, then Mercedes can follow suit and also slow their development down and put more resources into their 2020 car.
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Probably. It reminds me of 1950-53, 55, 60-61, 63, 65-69, 71, 73, 75, 78, 84-85, 87-89, 92-93, 95-96, 98, 2000-02, 2004-05, 09, 11, 13, 14-18.
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The more Ferrari focuses on strategizing to catch Mercedes, Verstappen and Red bull keep plugging ahead of them.
Does Ferrari even realize Verstappen is ahead of them in the standings?? Sent from my SM-G955W using Tapatalk |
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Good post F1Pete.. No.. They have no time to realise that! I think they are trying to calm Seb down all the time as he has a young whippersnapper that keeps nipping his arse!
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lol, I don't think it's Sebs fault Ferrari are making an arse of this. They've been making an arse of it since the Schumacher team left. You can't really pin lack fo speed or poor tactical decisions on "calming seb down".
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