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Craig_ said:
No one is on the level of RB, so everyone should just roll over for them? Anyway, doesn't help debating this. It just looks to me as if Oscar usually puts up a bit more of a fight.
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Unfortunately that is the best option when you’re racing someone else. Always has been. It’s different if you can lose time. Defending your position always results in lap time lost. You can hang your balls out all you like, they’re not going to give you an extra 10-40kmph
 
Craig_ said:
No one is on the level of RB, so everyone should just roll over for them? Anyway, doesn't help debating this. It just looks to me as if Oscar usually puts up a bit more of a fight.
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You can fight a better team, but it'll cost you. Wasting lap time and tyre life defending the inevitable just compromises your race against realistic competitors
 
lkpat said:
Unfortunately that is the best option when you’re racing someone else. Always has been. It’s different if you can lose time. Defending your position always results in lap time lost. You can hang your balls out all you like, they’re not going to give you an extra 10-40kmph
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Speedster said:
You can fight a better team, but it'll cost you. Wasting lap time and tyre life defending the inevitable just compromises your race against realistic competitors
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This leaves us with a situation where Russell is the only one even remotely defending against the Red bulls. That's not good racing at all. :(
 
lkpat said:
Would love to know which one thought LeClerc was racing for 2nd place. He must have been the only one watching who thought that.
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It was probably Joylen and if I remember correctly the moment Perez made his move he said something along the lines of "whelp, ignore what I just said".

What a weird thing to get fixated on. If you enjoy Crofty and Kravitz more and think they are better commentators then.... cool?
 

Alonso joked about F1 ban over Piastri DRS defence tactics​

Fernando Alonso joked that he could not rule out getting disqualified for the rest of the Formula 1 season after unleashing some impressive defensive tricks in the Japanese Grand Prix.
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A fortnight on from receiving a penalty for potentially dangerous driving against George Russell during a last-lap battle in Australia, Alonso found himself needing to hold his rivals back once again at Suzuka.

In the closing stages of the race, Alonso was at the head of an intense fight for sixth place, as George Russell back in eighth unleashed a late fightback on fresh tyres and started closing in on seventh-placed Oscar Piastri.

Well aware that fresher tyres would give Russell a huge advantage if they had to fight wheel-to-wheel, Alonso knew that his best hope of disturbing his Mercedes rival’s advances was to give Piastri behind him the benefit of DRS.

By keeping the McLaren within one second of him, Piastri having the straightline speed boost made it much harder for Russell to be able to find a way past.

This was exactly the same tactic that Carlos Sainz had used to great effect in Singapore last year when he ensured that the pursuing Lando Norris was kept within DRS range as that would help hold back a similar fightback from Russell who has been making progress in third.

Alonso’s tactics paid off brilliantly in slowing Russell’s advance and, when the Mercedes driver clashed with Piastri at the chicane late on to delay the pair briefly, the Aston Martin driver made a break for it over the final laps to secure his position.


Speaking to Spanish television channel DAZN after the race about his defensive games, Alonso said it was just normal racing, but cheekily suggested that after his penalty in Australia nothing could be taken for granted now.

"I don't know what to say anymore after Australia, let's see if I get disqualified for the rest of the championship,” he smiled.
“It's clear that having Piastri behind, it was a way to defend myself from Russell, so I was probably taking a bit of battery off on the last straight to get Piastri within a second.

“Carlos did it like that in Singapore last year too, and it's a normal racing thing.”

Piastri said it had been pretty obvious to him what game Alonso was up to, as he eventually lost seventh place to Russell on the final lap after making a mistake at the chicane and losing momentum.

“I could tell that Fernando was trying to keep me there by the way he was using his energy,” Piastri explained when asked by Motorsport.com for his view on events.
“With how difficult it is to follow in these cars, it's quite a good strategy to stop a quicker car coming through.

“There were a few tough moments with George but, in the end, I made a mistake and he got past.

“So, disappointing to let that one slip right at the end but I just struggled a bit in general today.”
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This was the drive of the day IMO. Watching Alonso control the race two cars back. His timing was incredible.
 
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Hamster said:
It was probably Joylen and if I remember correctly the moment Perez made his move he said something along the lines of "whelp, ignore what I just said".

What a weird thing to get fixated on. If you enjoy Crofty and Kravitz more and think they are better commentators then.... cool?
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What a weird thing to get fixated on. My point was the app is buggy?
 
UrBaN963 said:
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Old slummie boy. His brother Ian was very handy on the local circuit. Apart from his WC, he got two thirds and a second in F1 as well.
Have to love Ben trying to make a story where there wasn't one haha. Jody is so down to earth.
 
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Speedster said:
Why would anyone want to listen to the international stream though? Those old fogies are so crazy one eyed
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LMAO. The other stream aren’t even paying attention. At least you’re getting input from people who know racing and engineering.
 
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dotdan said:
Better for the environment apparently. Don't think we will ever have those glorious screaming V10's ever again.
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I guess the trick they're trying to juggle is getting the same speed while lowering fuel burn? I mean if you think about it, having an ICE power a battery to give you a boost... how much are you really saving?
 
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