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Maybe there's more behind the scenes that we don't see. We're also getting to the end of a long season in which most teams and drivers are probably disappointed with their performance and patience is running low.
Poll: Mexican Grand Prix 2022, Mexico City - Race 20
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Yes, he did seem to just be too quick in the end. Felt like Mercedes potentially made a bad decision with their tyre strategy but always easy to say in hindsight.
Ferrari continued with their consistent trait of being inconsistent and drivers making big errors every weekend in at least one session.
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Do you have any relevant qualifications in psychology / English language / sociology etc. to be able to understand the dynamics of the conversation that went on….if we all thought this way then no one would be able to comment on anything!There are better ways to word things after a race when drivers are emotionally charged etc, depending on the responses you want.
Well I suppose being obese shows a poor level of self-control, which would be confluence with Ted’s ability to control his mouth too. Although that’s tongue in cheek, clearly. I do actually genuinely find it amusing though when unfit pundits (and fans tbh) etc comment on elite sportsman’s, I always have. It just seems ironic. I don’t mind people doing it, everyone has a right to an opinion, it’s just always tickled me!
To be honest I really like Lando and would love to see him do well, apart from the fact that he has his tongue firmly up Max's behind. They're very matey, looks like some of Max's issues with Ted were just passed on to Lando probably in conversation. The question could have been worded better, but as said above it's a fair question to ask "what happened" to explain a drop of two places. E.g. did your start procedure not go well, were your tyres not warmed up. Ordinarily a driver knows exactly why they lost a couple of places at the start so it is a fair question.
As I said before about Horner not talking to Sky during the race, well boohoo! It made it much more watchable for me personally, I've never understood why they got so much airtime compared to other teams.
I'd imagine Max and Horner's arm will be twisted soon enough to talk to Sky. Sponsorship etc. speaks volumes. You can't remain in a grump forever and reduce your sponsors' airtime because someone said something you disagreed with. However having said that I'm surprised Ted has gotten away with what he's said, I wouldn't be surprised if Sky have to come out with some sort of clarifying remark which is probably what RB are aiming for with this not-talking-to-them thing.
Oh look everyone, RB are playing politics again
So hilarious seeing anyone from RB complain about what other nasty teams have said about their poor little selves, lol... They're so oblivious as to what everyone else thinks of them and have such a selective memory of the utter **** they talk about everyone else.EDIT: I'd love it if Sky came out and defended Ted - for the reason that it's essentially proven Lewis was robbed due to the investigation/proceedings afterwards and the fact Masi was fired for "human error" (FIA's words remember). Then RB can deal with that
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I half wonder if Ferrari have just stopped development on the car thinking they had P2 sewn up. They looked dire this weekend - it was almost like they were driving around in F2 cars they were so far off Red Bull and Merc
Soldato
I'm more thinking whether they want to drop to P3 in constructors. If they know what they need to fix then perhaps they want that extra development time to test a few things?
Soldato
It's ever since the flexi floor changes. Ferarri were untouchable while their cars were skidding along the ground, proposing like crazy and giving their drivers aneurisms.
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Ferrari's performance drop off has been pretty much vertical. Perhaps they're getting dangerously close to the cost cap and decided to stop development for this year's car.
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I've always found Ted to be a bit "I'm cleverer than you" when he interviews some drivers, watched one a while back and I think it was Lando he was talking to, basically putting Lando down for not knowing some language Ted had clearly just rehearsed something in. I enjoy the notebook and Ted is good as that part of it but honestly I dont think he is very good with the interview part of the job.
Watched the Notebook last night, I've never ever seen him mention how great Max is so many times in such a short space of time, fantastic season etc etc....someone worried about his job I think?
It's great to see the Mercs gaining, even if the track helped that it was still nice to see, I'd love for next season to have the 3 "big" teams fighting out out and all winning races, I hope McLaren can get in on it next season....we can all dream right?
Watched the Notebook last night, I've never ever seen him mention how great Max is so many times in such a short space of time, fantastic season etc etc....someone worried about his job I think?
It's great to see the Mercs gaining, even if the track helped that it was still nice to see, I'd love for next season to have the 3 "big" teams fighting out out and all winning races, I hope McLaren can get in on it next season....we can all dream right?
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Ted is really condescending to the younger drivers; that Lando interview after the race was awful. When he says "x is not optimal" is like saying "What you playing at son, I expected better from you". I'd be telling him where to shove it if it was me. What's wrong with just asking "That was a challenging start, what happened?", that's what we want to get out of the interview as Lando fans, not undertones of "you were rubbish".
It's a shame Sky have such a monopoly on the coverage, it doesn't help my waning love for the sport and they're clearing getting too big for their boots and complacent with their access.
It's a shame Sky have such a monopoly on the coverage, it doesn't help my waning love for the sport and they're clearing getting too big for their boots and complacent with their access.
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It's 15-5 in Lando's favour overall, but in races where they both finished it's 14-3. It's the first time DannyRic's beaten Lando on track since Canada.
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Ted was always great when he was beavering away in the pitlane, offering dumbed-down technical insight or time critical info that the commentary team didn't have. Once he broke out into his own format with the notebook it became a big cringey and with it came an inflated sense of entitlement.
I don't know why broadcasters insist on filling every conceivable aspect of the programming, instead of focusing on adding value where it matters. Ultimately the notebook is just a bloke wandering around the pitlane spouting guff for up to an hour but I'd rather they focused on giving us look at what goes on behind the scenes post grand prix.
I don't know why broadcasters insist on filling every conceivable aspect of the programming, instead of focusing on adding value where it matters. Ultimately the notebook is just a bloke wandering around the pitlane spouting guff for up to an hour but I'd rather they focused on giving us look at what goes on behind the scenes post grand prix.
Soldato
I think people are taking this all far too seriously. Ted's Notebook is basically him just waffling to the camera, milling about post grand prix. I don't think he meant any insult to Max or his achievements. The 'controversial' bit, I didn't take as a slight to last year - just more rambling about what a good story it would make for Brad/Lewis's forthcoming F1 movie.
I don't think Sky do particularly focus on Ted. F1 certainly don't - he's been kicked out of media pens live on TV at the last two races - and Sky themselves give the content away 'free' on YouTube.
I look forward to the Notebook each week because it is just that - seeing behind the scenes.
I don't think Sky do particularly focus on Ted. F1 certainly don't - he's been kicked out of media pens live on TV at the last two races - and Sky themselves give the content away 'free' on YouTube.
I look forward to the Notebook each week because it is just that - seeing behind the scenes.
To be honest I've not seen much of his notebook stuff. Does he ever have good chats with some of the team staff there? That would be good. Catch a random engineer or something rather than joe public. But I guess anyone in the team probably can't talk to the media, gotta let the PR machines do their work 
I do as well, it's just someone wandering around behind the scenes showing us stuff we'd not normally see.
Soldato
All depends on the circuit, but yes - you'll often get to see the engineers washing the wheels, packing up. Sometimes hell get a chat with someone from the teams. Depends who's about - some teams seem to have their staff on a very tight leash - others are a bit happier to talk.
Usually it's more like an 'alright lads' than an in depth analysis.
Usually it's more like an 'alright lads' than an in depth analysis.
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What does the notebook truly add? It's hardly a proper look behind the scenes... he spends most of his time walking up and down the pitlane telling you where drivers started and where they finished. I suppose I would prefer a proper production not a glorified filler show.
If he's lucky enough to spot something interesting it's because it's being wheeled past or within camera shot imo. The US Grand Prix he stood outside the golf driving range simulator / media pen talking to random F1 fans :/
If he's lucky enough to spot something interesting it's because it's being wheeled past or within camera shot imo. The US Grand Prix he stood outside the golf driving range simulator / media pen talking to random F1 fans :/
Soldato
What, like the official Post-Race Show? Or AGM?
If you don't like it, why are you even watching it?
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