Last year, it was only Sebs weak mind that torpedoed the championship.
2019 Formula One Japanese Grand Prix
- Thread starter Paul Jeffrey
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Last year, it was only Sebs weak mind that torpedoed the championship.
I shudder to think whats gonna happen on Sunday now what ever happens with this Super Typhoon if its a direct hit on the circuit, all bets are off.....I just hope they can race, if they ever race in Typhoon weather again someone is gonna have to be fired, the last time this happened was 5 years ago and we lost Jules Bianchi 9 months later it was that bad....I never want to see a race like that again
The last time I can remember was 12 days ago in Russia.
That seems to be a tough argument to make considering Vettel finished 80+ points behind Hamilton, so it wasn't particularly close. And he still finished 70 points ahead of his teammate.
In addition, Hamilton won 11 poles to Vettel's 5. Hamilton won the championship because he was far faster, not because of anything to do with Seb's mind.
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That answer is great for those who say "it is all about car", I guess you are writing it only for them. Because if not, we have 20 drivers that are very close in skill. And between them on this level, car performance makes a difference, wanted we to admit or not. But of course it is not ALL of it, although it is very big part (in F1 today). IMO, if someone has clearly best car he is expected to win. If he doesn't win because of pure pace, and not because of SC/DNF/etc it is his failure. In this case, I expect it from Lewis, in Sochi I was expecting it from pole-man Vettel (yes 3rd start position is pole in Sochi), in Monza I was expecting it from Leclerc...
That is very strong word there if you are really following F1.
Forecast track is nowhere near Suzuka, so no worries. All the spaghetti models have similar tracks. Tokyo will get drenched, but even there, it will be a much degraded storm.
Race on!
Easy this time, dry HAM, rain MAX
Thats good for the Race but not so good for the Japan vs Scotland Rugby game that should go ahead because either way it will be a hollow victory for Japan and it would be the Rugby World Cup Board screwing Scotland over there!
Especially when you see that most of the latest rain-affected races were won by Lewis.Easy this time, dry HAM, rain MAX
Thanks. I'm not too fussed about it. Where it seems I'm going to be wrong, for now, is Suzuka pace, Mercedes seems really quick. Ferrari have almost 48 hours to analyse their setup and we have seen big turnarounds in pace from Friday to Saturday, eh.... Sunday morning... so we'll see.
Ferrari is clearly banking on a dry Sunday btw with those spoon rear wings, essentially a medium-high downforce one. Whereas Mercedes is just one element of a T-wing away from their maximum downforce configuration, so it's clear that both teams are trying to play onto their strengths - except Ferrari, running the same wing in Russia could make the high full throttle % count in their favour whereas here they seem to hurt themselves too much by the double whammy of an inherently lower downforce car plus only medium-high downforce wings in the high-speed corners. Mercedes is putting all their eggs on getting as fast as possible in those high-speed corners.
From mid season on, the Merced with Lewis driving(and often Botas too) was clearly faster than the SEB Ferrari. Many of the errors that came in the 2nd half of the season were due to Seb trying to overcome his lack of pace. (NOT ALL BUT MANY) For much of the last 4 years, both of the Mercs were faster than the Ferrari. Mercedes and Lewis earned all those championships. Seb just contributed to the size of the points gaps.
Mercedes or Lewis?
50 second pitstop
Not Bottas.
Get "Kayo". You can watch any sport including F1, anytime you like. Whatever hour suits you....
