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F1 Spanish Grand Prix - May 9, 2021
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Credit to Dan for managing to hold off Sainz. McLaren didn't have the pace but still managed to keep the Ferrari behind him.
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the pitting late for an extra point still isnt a good look.
dont think red bull are really as close consistently as people want them to be. other than the first stint hamilton was way faster.
dont think red bull are really as close consistently as people want them to be. other than the first stint hamilton was way faster.
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But yeah, overall ... massive yawnfest of a track
lapped up to 8th place
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The car is around 0.5 seconds a lap slower. Verstappen is just the best driver on the grid and that's the reason it's closer.
Max was making up a fair bit of time at the end.
Although on softs
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Hopefully the next GP is a bit more exciting
Oh wait.....
(Well qualifying should be fun)
I think it is time for Red Bull to fire Horner at the end of the season. New leadership blood is needed. Horner just has no answers for Toto's superior tactically nous.
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Perez is a great driver but he needed to be in the mix this race so that Hamilton couldn't do that strategy.
Mercedes is such a dominant team and not just because of their lead driver or car, time after time their strategy wins races. Never really threatened during the first stint, Max seemed to have it under control, but being able to pull gaps from the competition meant they could gamble with the second stop and not lose position, and the gamble paid off handsomely.
Maybe it is indeed Max driving the wheels off a difficult car. You're right in that later this year when reliability comes into play that things can shake up a bit. I'm a Hamilton fan but it gets boring when he streaks off into the distance from lap 1.
I think the Mercedes is just a touch better than the Red Bull car wise. Great strategy to call Lewis in for that second stop too, but I reckon in straight fight Lewis would have had him anyway.
Nice drive Dan Ric. Held off two faster cars for many laps, but helped by the track.
Rubbish track of course. The main straight is not long enough for the DRS to take full effect on evenly matched cars. That second DRS zone does nothing in F1 being even shorter. Looking at the track layout there is no way they can change the DRS zones, there is nowhere else to put one.
Nice drive Dan Ric. Held off two faster cars for many laps, but helped by the track.
Rubbish track of course. The main straight is not long enough for the DRS to take full effect on evenly matched cars. That second DRS zone does nothing in F1 being even shorter. Looking at the track layout there is no way they can change the DRS zones, there is nowhere else to put one.
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Big slight on Bottas. He's been way off it this season.
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The only way F1 could have been interesting this year is if Russell got the second seat at Mercedes.
But sadly politics means Russell is a back marker still.
How he doesn’t have a decent seat in 2021 is beyond me.
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It is a bit odd seeing fans and masks off - been a long year and a bit of COVID F1.
Surely it’s not them that make the call, wouldn’t they have a team of strategists for that?
Masks are back on.
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Yep, weird. Masks off for interviews then masks on the podium.
Anyway, certainly the most exciting Spanish GP since 2016. And another race proving this world championship will be Max vs Lewis, clear two best drivers at the moment, there is zero doubt about that. Monaco will hopefully be a classic, missed it last year.
The Red Bull is just not as fast as the Mercedes. Sacking their best people will make things worse. Red Bull and Max have good qualifying pace, but the Mercedes and Hamilton have better race pace over the longer distance.
I reckon Lewis would have had him either way today. He was just quicker, particularly when he switched off the softs onto the medium tyres.
You can't sack people for making the second best car on the grid, that's how you slide down the ladder to the middle of the pack. They can only hope to improve the car.
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yeah they should definitely sack horner for meeting expectations against the most dominant team in f1 history. that would be smart. what's flavio up to these days
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Commenting on Juve and F1 it appears.
If the relative competitiveness remained, RB should pay through the roof up get Bottas.
I’ll tell you what?
That 10mins earlier start time makes a huge difference the following morning.
That 10mins earlier start time makes a huge difference the following morning.
Interesting....so when Toto was complaining to Masi on the radio that they needed to give Mazepin blue flags as he was going to "make us lose the position"....
Looking at the onboard from HAM's car, he wasn't really within the 1.2seconds required for the Blue Flags that MERC was asking for, and when shown the Blue Flag Mazeepin moved over straight away....so Mazepin actually did nothing wrong in this instance
Looking at the onboard from HAM's car, he wasn't really within the 1.2seconds required for the Blue Flags that MERC was asking for, and when shown the Blue Flag Mazeepin moved over straight away....so Mazepin actually did nothing wrong in this instance
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I honestly don't know why they even broadcast Mercedes radio communications, time after time its either Hamilton crying about something that within 3 laps magically disappears and he drives away from the field, or its someone crying over spilt milk before the Carton was even opened like this one.
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Right!? You'd think he'd have 3 or 4 cliches he rotates through to keep it somewhat fresh. I dont expect something unique every time .. given he wins every week anyway.
But that same thing every damn race... ugh
