New regulations new season....
Can redbull keep up the pace
Alonso Will probably leave Lance in his wake , but the point remains . Stroll will still get points over the season which is what puts head of Yuki , Mick Latifi for a seat . Hell he has even out performed Daniel Ric this season .
Stroll has a huge weakness and it's not the not looking in his mirrors . It's he is way to f*in Reactionary at times. Which is why he has penalty points , they were just stupid an unnecessary from him and as painful as it is typing it he has some strong points . Very good on Tire management and Strategy the team give him . And for some stupid reason he is one of the best starters on the grid . No Idea what he is doing differently but is always +2 places even more at the end of the first lap.It is some of those traits that keep him there picking up points over the season. At least he is challenging for them more often than not.
Mick was just not able to achieve that.
I suspect the AM isn't as bad as peoppe make out. Its still a poor man's mercedes which should mean it's a decebt midfield car. I think they have two poor drivers and the car is good at some tracks, bad at some tracks and in between at most tracks.
I expect Alonso to get way more from it than either of the current drivers are managing and I expect him to leave Stroll in the ha'penny place.
That’s even more petty. Christ.
Mick's Problem is he just didn't get enough out of the car .
If you look at the bottom of table an just ignore the points , just even look at the time in the top 10. Lance Stroll whether you like him or not or hate his Daddy's money he kinda secures his place on the grid . 7 points finishes in that tractor is an extremely good performance over the year.
Mick has had been too far away from the points all the time .
Zhou as rookie gets a by because its his first season but he looks really good and competent as a driver ( Actually the best rookie in the last few years in my opinion) .He has had 3 points finishes had has been around P11 and P12 close to points far more times than Mick .
Alex Albon in a crap car worse than the Aston has had 3 top 10s and a good few at least challenging for the points .
I think Haas believe that with Hulk they can grab a few more match Kevin at least with maybe 5 points finishes they would be extracting loads from the car. Mick just seemed to get stuck at a level . whether it is the car or not you would have liked to see him at least challenge more often.
It is Rough at the top of any sport .
So Max had to cover up for Perez cheating on his wife at Monaco. It all makes sense now.
(see Max mother deleted post)
On the one hand, I'm sad to see him go as I think he's done enough (just about) to deserve a third season. He was miles quicker than his team mate last year. Unfortunately nobody rates Mazepin so it doesn't count for much. He had a bad first half of this season, consistently being beaten by Magnusson who had just come off the bench, but he's improved a fair bit to the point where he's roughly at the same level as Magnusson now.
On the other hand though, I think it's fairly clear at this point that he's not destined to follow in his father's footsteps. A decent midfield driver is probably the maximum of his potential.
and Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg
Sad to see Mick go I think there is potential there maybe with a more experience and a different team he would do better. He isn't the worst driver on the grid at least and has some merit to be there unlike the 2 Canadians who just don't deserve the seats imo.
So many rumors about the max checo thing I think I was just Max's ego more than anything. Not Monaco or mexico or Max's ma 🤣
There's a certain skill to it obviously, you'd have to time it perfect, pick the right corner and keep your gearbox out of the wall.
It's a tried and proven way to get a result - whether by accident or design.
You run the risk of requiring a gearbox change though, which would **** you over completely.
That's the grid for 2023 then, assuming Sargeant gets his points.
I think it's a good tactic for Monaco, go out early, set a fastest lap, then bin it into a wall and block the track and red flag the session.
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And Hulk confirmed by Haas:
Seems a sensible decision...
Mick confirms he's leaving Haas.
Wasn't Silverstone after max sat his car on top of Hamilton?
But why is it a 60:40 when Max’s move caused both cars to go off the track?
He wasn’t ahead going into the corner, and the only reason why he was so far alongside is because Max is carrying way too much speed going into the corner. It was the ultimate ‘move or we crash’ scenario and it’s genuinely very annoying that Max makes these moves that he has no chance of making stick unless the other driver gets out of his way. We saw it in Saudi, Brazil and Monza last year. Every time he dive bombs into the corner when he’s not on the racing line nor is he ahead.
Sorry but to say that’s a 60:40 is completely stupid. His move caused both cars to end up off the track because he took at the corner at a higher speed and a much narrower angle. It was never going to work. That has to count for a lot more than 60:40. That’s not someone who was making a clean overtake and just had the door shut on him.
EDIT: Max is well able to race clean, but it’s clear Hamilton is still inside his head and we know now just how petty Max is. He races Hamilton completely differently to he races anyone else and I would bet it’s down to Silverstone last year.
Looking at it from a racing pure racing point of view, Max dove into the corner knowing he could use Lewis as a brake of sorts. Lewis closed the door a bit too much on Max, but I think Max knew that.
If it was a walled corner, Max wouldn't have tried diving into the corner. I'd say it was a 60:40 fault with Max:Lewis, but I do feel that a 5 second penalty was a bit much.
I'd much prefer if they brought in scales. An issue like that, is 1 - 2 penalty points and no 5 second penalty. The more severe you do, the bigger the penalty.
Would just mean that drivers would pick up far more penalty points throughout the season. But equally, I'd like to see "gung ho" racing.
That last one is exactly what happened here, and Max took too much speed and both cars ended up off the track again.
both at fault, imo.
Hamilton could have give more room, but Max was doing his usual torpedo the corner and hope the other guy bails out - Hamilton just didn't.
Remember Brazil last year where Max decided he was either going to smash into hamilton or force him off the track?
Really. I think it was Hamiltons fault. He closes in on Max and does not give Max enough room at the corner and that's why Max hits the side of Hamilton. Max done nothing wrong.
Reads to me like he knew it would hurt Lewis more than him so just left his car in there. Don't think he crashed into him on purpose, more that he didn't avoid a collision when he could have.
Wouldn't have really argued with that outcome either during the race. It appears the stewards were at least consistent this time round though and previous comments seem to justify their decision.
So he's saying he crashed into Hamilton on purpose? Because that's how it reads to me. He knew Hamilton was going to make the corner ahead of him and just decided to crash into him.
Either way, between that and the Checo stuff, not a good weekend PR wise for Max. I doubt he cares, he's still an incredible racing driver and a worthy champion but some of his quotes are just outright baffling.
Exactly what bugs me too. I don't know how you can penalise based on something that would likely have happened, if this other thing had not happened. The fact is, that reality never played out.
Either way, doesn't matter now.
Think Brundle called it perfectly. IMO it's racing incident.
Think the stewards got it just about right at the time. He knew the door was being closed but decided to leave the right foot down anyway. He had a previous incident with Ocon at this exact corner and Ocon got a penalty as well.
Jesus looking at some of the replies on twitter to that video, really shows the denigration that's come into the sport
Hmmm not sure about that, something looked unlikely to be successful therefor it was clear it wouldnt have been successful?
Unless he actually understeers through space left by hamilton I don't think stewards can confidently apply a penalty. Bit of an exaggerated example but similar to when someone locks up trying to go down the inside and instead goes straight on and into the car on the outside.
The onboard footage looked like Max was really unlikely to be able to maintain that line through the corner. I thought it was clear he was going to understeer into the road and I thought that's part of the reason he got the penalty
