Alright when was that again.....?
- Thread starter Bram Hengeveld
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my £1 bet is on someone other than LH to win DC this year. mercedes are not going to win.
imo -- 2020 was dull, and 2021 won't be any better to watch, with another team ruling.
hopefully it will be better in 2022
imo -- 2020 was dull, and 2021 won't be any better to watch, with another team ruling.
hopefully it will be better in 2022
It's a shame, but you're right. I think Lewis wins because he has the best team with the best car that he gets the most out of and almost never puts a foot wrong. It's also worth noting that he helped to make it the best team.I can't say who I think will win as most of the top teams now have some of the very best in the field and Q3 will show the true pace. However, I really hope the cars are indeed closer and Merc isn't sandbagging...then I hope that Lewis gives the best drives of his life and silence all the naysayers...but who am I kidding, it's always a lose-lose situation for him. In the eyes of many:
If he wins, it's Mercedes that fixed their issues, not that he drove the car to the limit all season.
If he loses, he's a talentless hack that doesn't deserve his previous titles.
I still get tired of hearing him complain that the tires are shot just before he sets a fastest lap, but that's a pretty small complaint in the overall picture.
James Burton
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Mercedes are sandbagging, Lewis will win.
I agree 2 rookie drivers in Mazapan and Mickey Schumacher. There is no experience to learn from.When I wrote "time to dream," I wasn't thinking of fevered dreams while dropping acid
I actually think that Haas will be dead last. I think that Williams will score a few points with their aggressive aero setup, but Haas will be shut out.
They are running a long wheelbase car. That means they lack agility in tight turns. This means most of the tracks on the calender they will under perform. Monza and Paul Richard have long straights so they will dominate there. Just package rear end power unit and other components like every other car. Next year we will have a new airo philosophy so they are probably more focused on that. The other teams are catching up.
Of course, marginalise everything I said by chalking it up to fanboyism...because nobody that thinks Hamilton is a great driver can have logical arguments, right?
Also, I never said he'd win in any car, that's foolish. What I did say is he has a lot of naysayers, for many reasons, but mostly because they chalk his success up to his Mercedes exclusively, like he didn't dominate karting and feeder series and achieved at least 1 pole position and race win in every season for all 14 seasons he's been in F1 (that includes the several years before Merc, when McLaren were definitely not the fastest car for a few seasons).
Yes Hamilton is one of my favourite drivers, but he’s also a slow starter with season openers so I actually voted for Riccardo as a long shot, another one of my favourites and also because McLaren has been my team and they're getting much stronger each year. Norris winning would also be cool, but I think realistically Verstappen will want to make a statement early this year.
When you realise he's had more than one title-deciding DNF in his career due to his tyres going (or his engine dying), you'd be paranoid too about what you're feeling with the car. Also, they all complain believe it or not, but he's been the reigning champion and F1's most-famous driver currently, so his messages are broadcast at a higher rate than others.
If i had it known before --- you can watch all Races and Qualifying on:
https://www.servustv.com/ LIVE via Internet without VPN.
Dady Cairo, what a great link. Many thanks. I just set my PureVPN browser extension to DE or AT and its off to the races. Much appreciated.
To me it looks like Redbull is basically the same car as last year with subtle changes and a new engine. The rest, however, looks to have gone backwards in terms of pace with some more than others which is why we're seeing a slight shuffle up in the order based on FP3.
You do know that 'party modes' no longer exist, don't you? For anybody?
Yessss
You do know that 'party modes' no longer exist, don't you? For anybody?
Kimi parties all the time.
What a gap between the two drivers of the same team during session Q1. Maybe because of yellow in S2?
