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As a McLaren fan I'm annoyed the team put the drivers on hards, and we're scrapping for crumbs

Do you Ferrari guys cry yourselves to sleep every night?
 
It pains me to say but for once I agree with the dotd, Max drove brilliantly. Not sure I agree with Rus and Ham fighting it out, but Ham's car was on much faster tyres so probably understandable.
 
I said it months ago and will say it again. Sainz is a mediocre driver and as soon as Ferrari acknowledge it and tell Sainz that he is the second driver, then things will be better for the team.
If they let Leclerc through the first lap or two, he would have hunted Russel down and passed him within 10 laps. Then Merc would probably have been under pressure with what strategy to call and Leclerc would clear away at the front and had much wider option to control the race and chose best strategy.
But no again they leave him behind donkey Sainz, fall way behind Russel and pressure from behind, so they have to react to other teams pitting to regain track position.
 
Jean Claude Vaaldamme said:
I said it months ago and will say it again. Sainz is a mediocre driver and as soon as Ferrari acknowledge it and tell Sainz that he is the second driver, then things will be better for the team.
If they let Leclerc through the first lap or two, he would have hunted Russel down and passed him within 10 laps. Then Merc would probably have been under pressure with what strategy to call and Leclerc would clear away at the front and had much wider option to control the race and chose best strategy.
But no again they leave him behind donkey Sainz, fall way behind Russel and pressure from behind, so they have to react to other teams pitting to regain track position.
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Still doesn't excuse the tyre strategy... esp looking at how long Merc and RB worked the Mediums - 18 laps vs 32 laps. Thats where the race was lost for Ferrari
 
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Still doesn't excuse the tyre strategy... esp looking at how long Merc and RB worked the Mediums - 18 laps vs 32 laps. Thats where the race was lost for Ferrari
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Yes like I said he was under pressure from others doing stops because he was sitting behind a slow Sainz the first part of the race.
If they let him go and he passed Russel early, he would probably build a gap. His tyres would also be in much better shape from not sitting behind Sainz and he could go maybe 25 laps on first stint, then another 25+ stint on second mediums and then at the end a easy short run on softs.
But no, again he had to sit behind a slow Sainz with a team that have no balls to tell Sainz to move over.
If it was Redbull, Perez would be told to move over before the 1 lap ended.
 
Jean Claude Vaaldamme said:
Yes like I said he was under pressure from others doing stops because he was sitting behind a slow Sainz the first part of the race.
If they let him go and he passed Russel early, he would probably build a gap. His tyres would also be in much better shape from not sitting behind Sainz and he could go maybe 25 laps on first stint, then another 25+ stint on second mediums and then at the end a easy short run on softs.
But no, again he had to sit behind a slow Sainz with a team that have no balls to tell Sainz to move over.
If it was Redbull, Perez would be told to move over before the 1 lap ended.
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I agree with you that Ferrari haven't shown decisiveness about the championship - they have fumbled and its cost them. I dont think Sainz is a bad as you portray him to be though
 
Superb drive from Max with excellent strategy calls from RB and the minister of defence earned his keep by guarding Max after his 360 just enough for Max to escape from Russell. Stoked for Max and now with an 80 point lead, that's hectic to cover a future engine penalty or any further reliability niggles. I was really the moering last night after qualifying but RB redeemed themselves today - Hannah and her team are crazy good with their strategy.

Crofty had a shocker again. I don't know if he is getting old but he keeps calling cars wrong. He called Russell Hamilton all the way down the straight after the Max 360. Hamilton has so much yellow on the car/helmet, how????

Ferrari: what the actual F? They saw how rubbish the hards were yet they stuck with their pre race simulations which favoured the hards. You can't get better info than real time, real world!

And then Merc. Impressive that they're really near the front now. If Merc carry on, they really could secure 2nd in the championship and relegate Ferrari to 3rd - IMAGINE the poor Tifosi?!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1553792858842349568
 
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At the current trajectory Merc is taking second and Ferrari have only themselves to blame...
 
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