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An exceptional driver.
Poll: Styrian Grand Prix 2021, Spielberg - Race 8/23
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An exceptional driver.
Soldato
He’s matured, exceptional time will tell. He’s not been given the car until now for him to win a championship.
To be clear he’s clearly a good driver.
Didn't we already have this argument. Lol...
I might have got it wrong though, did he stop before the line or after? I thought it was before which was a bit like Usain Bolt celebrating his 100m win before the end. Difference being that was for Olympic gold, the culmination of 4 years training... not a single GP in one year
I'll admit that probably anything max does will annoy me anyway!
Soldato
Annoying people tend to do thatDidn't we already have this argument. Lol...
I might have got it wrong though, did he stop before the line or after? I thought it was before which was a bit like Usain Bolt celebrating his 100m win before the end. Difference being that was for Olympic gold, the culmination of 4 years training... not a single GP in one year
I'll admit that probably anything max does will annoy me anyway!
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yeah,... just wanted to annoy you a bit more
Annoying people tend to do that
I was agreeing with you
I see Lewis taking this one, the Merc looks better on longer runs and with the harder tyre. I don't see RB repeating their tactical masterclass of last race this time either, although they do have their 2v1 advantage again with RB happy to compromise Pérez's race and split their strategies for the best result for the team and Merc still playing things fair between Lewis and Bottas. Is a cheeky podium for Norris on the cards as well?
I'm hopeful for this one. George seems to be edging closer all the time, he's a bit of luck away I think.
He's been better lately, hasn't had a proper spin in the race since Imola but he also seems to be struggling here so maybe.
Disappointed on ALL THREE counts...
Poor George.. guy is just such an unlucky boy!
Yup, was a yawn fest... The most excitement in it was Lando driving around Perez at the start... That boy got balls
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Going to be a dull season if Mercedes have actually stopped development to focus on next year.
Merc were slower from the start, the advantage they had in some of the races before this was just tyre wear/life (e.g. Bahrain and Barcelona), and that tyre advantage didn't seem to happen in Austria hence the dull race.
If that's not just a 'one off' (well, next week is likely to be the same) and RB have actually improved that area then it's job done, congrats Max
Imagine if Hamilton had done any of that, he would have been crucified.
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Really hoping that Verstappen wins the championship this year.
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Theres always the risk that despite putting all effort into next year, one of the other team does significantly better and they lose both seasons.
Soldato
To be fair to Mercedes it might actually be too expensive for them to fix the shortfall in performance caused by the change in the rules (which I still feel they knew would hit low rake more) along with with the cap on costs and tokens.
If Red Bull win the season I'll personally feel it was a pretty shallow victory seeing as you could easily argue the reason they've won is as much due to the rules affecting Merc more (they've lost more relative to last season, same with aston martin) as much as their improvements... this is coming from someone who isn't a huge hamilton or merc fan. Not saying verstappen isn't a good driver but I just don't like him either.
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I'd love to see the merc projections of their performance delta due to the changes in regs. Without doubt, Redbull have made strides in performance but given how strong the merc chassis was last year across most of the races its clear that they've gone backwards effectively.
Loving Norris' attitude and performace. Shame for Russell but looking good for his future if he can drag that williams all the way up to 8th and challenging for 7th until the reliability issues struck.
Loving Norris' attitude and performace. Shame for Russell but looking good for his future if he can drag that williams all the way up to 8th and challenging for 7th until the reliability issues struck.
I still think he's a bit of a tit but there's no denying he's a really good driver. There's definitely a Max/Lewis difference that taps a percentage of performance onto their respective cars. I just find Red Bull so unlikeable... I'd probably like Max more if he was somewhere else.
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Much like Mercedes in and out steering wheel....
They seem to have suffered from the smaller floor/no ability to change engine modes/other changes for this year. It feels like their car has a specific window where its a beast but if it falls out of that window it suffers a big performance hit.
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The last I can recall (Baku) it was the Mercedes wings (both front and rear) which were flexing more than Red Bull's. The Red Bull's rear wing was barely moving at all and I've not heard anything about it since.
It seems Mercedes new grumble has been about Red Bull's pitstops instead, hence the upcoming change.
Mercedes have been going on about wanting a challenge for years and now someone has stepped up to give them one it's less about improving themselves and more about "what mud can we get to stick". They've turned into a difficult team to like this year. Except for their social media admin - they still seem quite fun.
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