F1 2022 thread - see post 1 for rules

Hamilton beat Russell in fp1, fp2 and fp3. Toto said that it was a setup that didn't work for qualifying, and looks like they stuck with it on Sunday.

In Bahrain Hamilton was beaten in each practice session, but did better in qualifying and the race.

From our massive sample of 2 races, looks like they're relatively close together.

With a sample set of 2 races, you halve it to one race and say Russell is getting more out of the car? I think you can say Russell had one better weekend than Hamilton. But I don't think you can make a case that either is getting more out of the car when it's a draw in quali and race after only 2 races.

You could make the declaration that you have to say russell is getting more out of the car based on bias, just not on evidence. If you're going by evidence then you'd have to say there's little evidence and it's mixed.

It’s not possible to have any real insight only two races in as to who is doing better! Ham had a bad weekend, happens to everyone! And luck was against him with the pit stop too! Prob could have got P8 had he been able to pit when he wanted. I agree with the other poster that confirmation bias may be playing a role in that view! We’ll come back to it after 5 races and maybe you’ll be proven correct, who knows!!! But it’s way to early to tell now.

Leclerc is faster but more prone to silly mistakes so come the end of the season they could end up pretty close just like last season.

Here's the thing though, if the cars can follow as closely as we've seen, why do we need DRS? Surely then it's down to straight line speed, grip, when the move is made, and who brakes last.

DRS was a solution to a problem that doesn't seem to exist now.

I think Leclerc is a better driver than Sainz, Leclerc is probably the one ferrari would back. Sainz is more consistent, solid and just goes about his business scoring points but Leclerc is faster,will win races, more aggressive when it comes to battling other drivers but he's also prone to a stupid mistake maybe a bit too much. It's very early days but looking like it's going to be Sainz vs Checo for 3rd place might be where the constructors is won or lost

LeClerc has had 2 better weekends than sainz. Thats for sure. The narrative seems to be that leclerc is faster but more peaky and liable to make mistakes and sainz is more consistent. I probably agree. I also think leclerc is a bit more ruthless.

Sainz is no joke though. It'll be great to see them battle this season. Hopefully sainz can pull level with leclerc but I doubt it.

It could be reminiscent of Button and Barrichello as teammates at Honda then Brawn. Rubens beat Jenson comfortably in the very slow Honda in 2008, and even in the second half of 2009 he outperformed Button when the car was less on the pace. But when the Brawn was the fastest car in the first half of 2009 Button was just untouchable leading from the front and that's why he won the championship.

I feel we're seeing similar here - Sainz is better at getting a clean race in a crowded midfield and getting consistent results, but in clean air at the front with a well handling car, Leclerc just has the edge. This was the case all last year with Charles getting the headlines and big results in the races where the Ferrari was very competitive, while Carlos plugged away under the radar across the whole season to come out on top in the championship.

Yeah you win, everyone has to say russell is getting more out of the car than Hamilton. You win.

So DRS still has a role to play, according to Max. He said he wouldn't have got past without it.

Ant is right, he also mentioned on the coverage that they also can't replicate it in the sim or wind tunnel.

His diagnosis was sad, he went out on his own terms, hard to blame him considering the alternative.

Looks more legit than original

I see it's Lewis Hamiltons brothers Birthday or was on Monday. He is 30 now.