F1 2022 thread - see post 1 for rules

Glad you said it because I was starting to think I had imagined that team radio! Russell is happy to bide his time and play the team game when it suits.

Would love to know what his race pace is like versus Verstappen on a level playing field. When Hamilton was really on form mid-season, he tended to beat Russell which makes me think there’s a way to go yet. Could see him matching LeClerc.

That's a difficult argument to make. He came out on slicks 14 seconds behind Magnussen. After 6 laps he was 54 seconds behind Magnussen. They could have pitted him when they saw he was nearly 10 seconds a lap slower than the car in 17th place. But instead, they left him out on the wrong tyre purely to see when was the right time to pit their primary driver. Can you honestly say they would have done the same id the roles were reversed? Honestly?

Anyone know what time the FIA are making the cost cap announcement at?

Twitter is already unbearable

Russell wasn’t made stay out on the dry tyres for the team. Using Singapore to prove your point is a reach given the circumstances. Would need more closer racing between the two to try to prove it either way or even make the point of #1 & #2 relevant.

So Japan up next. Early morning races here. So who is going to watch it live at 5 or 6am?

I for one am not. I will be more than happy to watch the highlights of it on C4 around midday.

I might watch the US race live do and maybe the Brazillian one and Mexico too.

Don't really care if I see Abu Dhabi live or not its never a great race anyway.

From what I've observed over the whole season so far, Mercedes-Benz's strategy preference goes to.... Mercedes-Benz. Leaving everything Toto says down those ugly red and blue microphones aside, I don't see any consistent repeated evidence of Merc throwing one driver under the bus to the direct benefit of the other. While 3rd isn't what we're used to seeing from them the fact that they are comfortably ahead of McLaren and Alpine through consistency in their strategy means they avoided having a much worse season. Same thing with Ferrari last season, look at the second half of the 2021 season the two Ferraris were consistent in following each other, bringing home double points and managed to finish 3rd ahead of both McLaren and Alpine despite not having won a race while those 2 had one win each.

Mercedes-Benz got their heads down and made the most out of what was a poor car by their standards. Without having to elevate one car over the other.

My small fella usually wakes between 5 and 6am, so will likely get to watch it live. Although knowing my luck it'll be the one morning he decides to sleep-in.

What time are the Channel 4 highlights on at if I miss race live?

10:50am on Saturday for the Qualifying and 12:30pm on Sunday for the race.

@dulpit I think this was meant to be a reply to you.

Russell asked to stay out on the slicks for the gamble. They didn’t leave him out, he stayed out.

Hamilton could well have refused to do what Russell did, drivers can make said call as well. He has gone against the team before, and they have also gone against his requests as well in the past.

You think he was toddling around nearly 10 seconds a lap off the pace, and everyone just thought it was fine strategy. He thought it was fine anf the team thought it was fine.

What do you think was the strategy? I've said what I think it was (seeing when was the right time for Hamilton switch to slicks). What do you think the strategy was?

Delayed till monday.

You got to wonder what sort if sad idiot spends their time making fake fia documents like that.... weird world.

The thought process has already been covered. Reality often isn’t half as exciting as a good conspiracy.

Are RB or Alpha Tauri doing a special livery for the Japan GP ?

So thy watched him lose 8 seconds a lap to magnussen and said "hard to know how this gamble is going, but if we stick with it long enough, he might start making some of the time back".

I think you know too much about F1 to think that's credible.