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Well overall good race, the Mclarens are definitely not affected by any wing regulations so that can be put to bed. They have the best car and my money is on Oscar to take it this year. He is doing everything right atm.
Max drove the socks of that RB and making a 3 stop work to get to P3 only to get shafted by a late SC. The incident with Russel is the pot boiling over. He just drove like a beast to get within reach of the Mclarens, having to do this in a car the team just cannot sort out, undoing all the work he just did and then having Russel force him off, team fcking up with the wrong call to give the place back.. Ja he just had enough, and it being Russel, I think was the final straw.
Do I agree with it? No, But I understand it.
I think Max's championship hopes are done and he has said so himself. This was supposed to be the race that would have put RB back in the hunt.
I personally think Max should take a year off. Clearly the media, the team, the last 10 years worth of hard racing.. it is getting to him. Take a year, see what teams are where and come back refreshed. Scary thing is he will only be 29 and can still easily make a run for those 7 titles, both Schumi and Lewis all did their best in their 30's.
Max drove the socks of that RB and making a 3 stop work to get to P3 only to get shafted by a late SC. The incident with Russel is the pot boiling over. He just drove like a beast to get within reach of the Mclarens, having to do this in a car the team just cannot sort out, undoing all the work he just did and then having Russel force him off, team fcking up with the wrong call to give the place back.. Ja he just had enough, and it being Russel, I think was the final straw.
Do I agree with it? No, But I understand it.
I think Max's championship hopes are done and he has said so himself. This was supposed to be the race that would have put RB back in the hunt.
I personally think Max should take a year off. Clearly the media, the team, the last 10 years worth of hard racing.. it is getting to him. Take a year, see what teams are where and come back refreshed. Scary thing is he will only be 29 and can still easily make a run for those 7 titles, both Schumi and Lewis all did their best in their 30's.
NarrowBandFtw
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yip, it'll take some divine intervention to prevent that like silly team orders or even a multi race ban if something illegal is finally found on the car
just Norris' bad luck to have a team mate of Oscar's caliber who just gets on with it, is fast and does not get flustered
by comparison Lando gets flustered quite easily, even so he would be champion this year if not for his teammate
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what kind of idiotic comment is this, are you 9 years old or what?
I think Max's championship bid is over after that race. No impact to the McLaren's performance and highly unlikely that any team is going to spend any significant effort to improve the current cars to the end of the season as they're all will switch focus to next seasons new car. It's between Oscar and Lando now.
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If Max win races it does not mean he has the fastest car. It means that he is the greatest driver. Look where his teammates are.
I know you are used to you hero having the fastest car. And Your heroes' teammates always comes second or third in the championship.
Max's teammates are nowhere, except 2023.
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Well the Mclarens did not run away in the distance and that huge advantage with tyre degradation also seemed to have faded away.
quovadis
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I think Mclaren have a pairing that could potentially become the most successful pairing of all time. It does seem, at least to date, that it's Oscar's championship to lose this year. I think Lando could still be a WC if he sorts out how he deals with pressure and his composure in general - the question is whether he sticks with Mclaren or not to do so.
Mike Hoxbig
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If he can't win it in the fastest car, he's not going to win it at another team. Has only himself to blame if he doesn't win it this year...
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Why would I want to discuss conspiracy theories from woke F1 fans? The history show Max won. Same as the Massa story.
We have done all this before, Abu Dhabi first lap Hamilton should have gotten a penalty and the last lap would never have happened. Silverstone 2021 Hamilton should have gotten a race ban and Abu Dhabi would never have happened.
You should rather focus on why Hamilton is so shyte when he does not have the fastest car. I mean if it was not for a safety car he would have ended 20s behind his teammate who started behind him. LOL and a Stake passed him.
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Yeah, sadly the Lando era never started. Probably also never will.
Yup, he will get victories here and there but I think overall Oscar is by far more consistent and level headed and might actually run away with the championship by the time we hit the America leg.
quovadis
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Never say never. I never rated Button and no-one expected what happened with Brawn. He'd be leading the championship if it weren't for Oscar. My point though had more to do with him addressing his shortcomings at Mclaren or moving to another team that produces a rocket that negates his shortcomings.
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under the rules, that corner was 100% George's and Max should have conceded.
His team made the correct call to ask him to give the place back. A penalty was basically guarenteed and with 5 laps to go he would've lost more places than just the 1 he had to give.
No, the stewards admitted that they would have not done anything after that incident. Max could have kept that place. Bad call from the team to tell him to give place back.
quovadis
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Bud, end of the day there's a reason why yesterday race control made all and not "any" of the lapped cars to unlap themselves. There's a reason why they waited an additional lap before bringing the safety car in to allow for the lapped cars to reach the back of the pack. And there's a reason why the safety car signals its return to the pit with a lap to go. All rules that were ignored and led to the human error and Masi's firing.
There's nothing that makes any of the above part of a conspiracy theory.
I might also point out you're the only one bringing up Hamilton whenever anyone criticizes Max.
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