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tbh now Perez needs to step aside, promote yuki from cashback, drop dannyric to become a commentator and introduce 2 new rookies to their "training sister team"
Poll: Official 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix Race Thread - Hungaroring, Budapest - Race 13/24
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Totally agree. I get frustrated to see such a poor driver in that car. Far too slow, and far too many mistakes.
McLaren, Ferrari and Mercedes all have really good driver pairings. Both drivers in all those teams are very good and can challenge one another.
Perez is ridiculously far off the level of the drivers in the other top teams.
One thing this session made me think about was Russell's ability in semi-wet conditions on dry tyres.
In Silverstone, as soon as it started raining, Hamilton caught and overtook Russell almost instantly.
The start of q1 was also damp/slightly wet conditions on soft tyres and he was very slow (compared to Lewis who was top of the timing sheet)
Probably need more data points, but it does make you think whether that's a big weakness for him.
In Silverstone, as soon as it started raining, Hamilton caught and overtook Russell almost instantly.
The start of q1 was also damp/slightly wet conditions on soft tyres and he was very slow (compared to Lewis who was top of the timing sheet)
Probably need more data points, but it does make you think whether that's a big weakness for him.
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Apparently Lawson has a bad test (wasn’t close to the benchmark), whereas RIC did, so I’d imagine they’d promote him first.
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Trouble is Max isn't winning anymore and he need a wingman to help with under and over cuts of to hold up others .
Think you will see some news come out over the summer break but not before .
Think you will see some news come out over the summer break but not before .
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Great to see McLaren at the front again, but they/Lando need to stop dropping points. It should be a lot closer than it is.
Weren’t they saying it’s rare for a pole quali here to convert to a win? Or hasn’t happened in X years. It’s a long run at the start anyway. Max is probably rubbing his hands with glee at a dive bomb special into turn one.
I liked this reaction from Piastri whilst queuing for the last quali lap
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/Mygk5KERVDUGMZgs/?mibextid=WC7FNe
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Weren’t they saying it’s rare for a pole quali here to convert to a win? Or hasn’t happened in X years. It’s a long run at the start anyway. Max is probably rubbing his hands with glee at a dive bomb special into turn one.
I liked this reaction from Piastri whilst queuing for the last quali lap
Only 4 polesitters have won in the last decade (All Hamilton!) - but yes I know what you mean, I half expect Max to be in the lead early.
Couldn't make it up.. Perez in the wall again!
Whenever you hear a car in the wall it's a 50/50 between perez and Sargent.
And like clock work.. Both were in the wall.
Surely.. Surely perez is gone?
Oh, and epic fail by alpine. Ridiculous. They were q2 at best.. So why did they stay in? Ridiculous
Whenever you hear a car in the wall it's a 50/50 between perez and Sargent.
And like clock work.. Both were in the wall.
Surely.. Surely perez is gone?
Oh, and epic fail by alpine. Ridiculous. They were q2 at best.. So why did they stay in? Ridiculous
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And if this McLaren performance continues, there is a reasonable chance they lose the constructors.
Hopefully it at least gets the drivers market whirring. I still think Sainz is holding out for the Red Bull seat or failing that the Merc seat. But Red Bull seemingly don't want to make any decisions and Toto seems to be waiting for Max to do something. Lol!
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So an upgrade
It’ll be a shame if Sainz doesn’t get a seat.
Sainz is only going to have himself to blame if he doesn't. Three teams definitely want him. Only way he doesn't get a seat is if he spends so long messing about that they all give up on him.
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Whilst its fair to say Hamilton is probably the better driver in the wet it should be pointed he was running a bit more downforce than Russell at Silverstone which would factor into the difference in pace between them in these conditions.
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I don't ever remember Russell impressing in the wet? I don't think Russell is much of a feel driver. His skill is delivering precision, particularly over a single lap. Changeable conditions don't let him tune in on that perfect lap.
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