I find most elite sportsman in any sport have their moments where they're dislikeable. It comes with the territory to a certain degree. They dehumanise themselves somewhat in the pursuit for excellence, what sets them apart from many other people. Obviously F1 is slightly different in that you sometimes get pay drivers too but mostly still relative.
Poll: Official 2023 British Grand Prix Thread - Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone - Round 11
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I find most elite sportsman in any sport have their moments where they're dislikeable. It comes with the territory to a certain degree. They dehumanise themselves somewhat in the pursuit for excellence, what sets them apart from many other people. Obviously F1 is slightly different in that you sometimes get pay drivers too but mostly still relative.
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Even the highlights are dull and for some reason they’ve made them longer, despite little happening.
Between Rosberg, Vettel and Max, 2nd place was much busier. The Merc was still leagues ahead of the other teams in overall pace.
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I want some of the what the 7/10’ers are smoking.
He seems to be massively competitive with Lewis. I sort of understand, but at the same time I think he needs to reign it in a bit as he's coming across badly.
I don't think there is much love lost between them to be honest.
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Is there ever between teammates?
They're your number one rival, and the person you need to beat above all.
Maybe the delay in Lewis’s talks were so he could see how well their upgrades worked? Doesn’t seem that far fetched. I can’t see McLaren getting rid of either driver though. But perhaps Norris would jump at the chance to replace Perez, which opens the seat for Lewis. Would be crazy if so.
Two British drivers fighting for P2 at Silverstone with 10 laps remaining — which in the context of this season might as well be called P1. What’s not to like? It’s probably the best we’ll get all season.
To be honest he was a massive suck-up to Lewis when he first joined. Maybe someone has had a word now that Lewis is doing better than him, and reminded him that he needs to prove himself a bit and stop looking so pleased to be there. Because at the moment he’s a number two driver in a midfield team. He’s also probably mighty pee’d off at getting the dream contract with Mercedes only for them to drop right out of contention for the championship. It’s probably a drivers worst nightmare. I don’t mind him though, but he is a typical posh boy through and through
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I was wavering on a 6 and thought, nah, two Brits on the podium plus Max only lead for 99% of the race.... result!
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And yet, you manage to come here and waste your precious time letting us know about it every time.
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Good for Max. Great to see him scooping up the wins. Awesome for Lando too!
Pretty much now.
Perez can win every race and sprint race and get the fastest lap point for every remaining race, With Verstappen in P2, and he'll still win by 7 points.
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Stroll got a 5 second penalty for punting Ocon off.
Can't see Zak wanting to replace either of his driver's with Hamilton. Fought and paid hard for Piastri and Lando is arguably the most in demand driver on the grid currently.
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Better than voting 2/10 just because Lewis didn't win, like some.
There was plenty of fierce battles, an underperforming team taking 2nd and 4th, the fun of a safety car juggling the order. It was one of the better races this season.
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Just watching the Mansell Red 5 documentary. In one season, with 3 races to go, Mansell, Piquet, Senna and Prost were all still in the running to win the championship. These days we get excited if there are a few overtakes!
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There were dominant cars in that era too. Mansell himself drove one.
Agreed. I also think Merc should remember Lewis was only up there because of the SC. Without it, where would he have been 5/6th at best?Their car couldn’t even get past the McLaren on soft tyres and with DRS. That’s shockingly bad.
Couldn't believe mclaren held off Hamilton.. On hard tyres, was sure mclaren had blown it.
I'm actually not that it a norris fan. He's a great driver. But I'm not so keen on him. Not sure why.
But I think mclaren have the best line up.
Piastri is a rookie and is doing well. So much better than the rest. And a lot better than many non rookies.
Norris is great too. Zak seems lovely.
Wait a minute.. Why do I support alpine? They have none of this!
Hope mclaren do well.
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So what you're saying is a car on hard tyres is able to hold off a car on softs? Interesting..
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