If you are watching Monaco for overtaking you’re wasting your time
Indeed. Race decided on a pit stop. Like the world championship last season then ;-). And yes I’d love Checo to challenge max, but that didn’t work out so well last week.
Wow, Marcus Ericsson Indy 500 chap, quite dramatic.
Ferrari have protested the RBS leaving the pit lane incorrectly, hope the result stands. Well for Perez anyway
Already been dismissed
Ah, good.
Reasonably entertaining for a change that one. Dunno if Alonso was trolling Hamilton or what as he charged off and set a fastest lap after being a rolling roadblock for a while. Chuffed for Perez
I'd love it if Checo overtakes Verstappen in the championship
Top fact: if they hadn't forced Checo to give 1st place to Verstappen in Spain, he'd be ahead of Leclerc and on equal points with Verstappen. Game on!!!
Wow, Marcus Ericsson Indy 500 chap, quite dramatic.
Whuuut, crazy stuff. Great to see him find some success outside of F1
Crumbs, after all these years Ferrari still know how to make a total dog’s breakfast of strategy.
"Top fact: if they hadn’t forced Checo to give 1st place to Verstappen in Spain, he’d be ahead of Leclerc and on equal points with Verstappen."
Verstappen knows this and it was reflected in his general mojo this weekend. Could be the battle to watch this season and it will be interesting to see how RB handle the situation because I don't see Checo backing down next time.
"Let them race", as they say......
I mean… if it gets to the point where Red Bull have to put their weight behind Perez, that would be glorious to watch. It’d be like seeing Ferrari having to back Eddie Irvine over Schumacher without a broken leg, but with the added bonus of watching the expression on Jos’s face just before his head explodes.
if it gets to the point where Red Bull have to put their weight behind Perez, that would be glorious to watch. It’d be like seeing Ferrari having to back Eddie Irvine over Schumacher without a broken leg, but with the added bonus of watching the expression on Jos’s face just before his head explodes.
I couldn't put it better myself!!
Ah, the hatred for verstappen is still in full effect 😂
He’s the number 1, red bull are focused on driver and constructor championships, so doing as expected, team orders isn’t a new thing, especially in this day and age where cars aren’t suddenly regenerated every race.
RB will just add a second to Perez's pitstop or find another way to slow the number2 driver. The swap order earlier in the season highlighted.that they have a number 1 and 2 driver and that's how they'll finish.as long as they are both in it at the end of the race.
Perez will throw a wobbler if he's near contention late season and verstappen will just demand the place/win.
The would be a delicious irony in Checo winning a world championship entirely on merit.
Given their respective positions in the WDC, I assume that Hamilton is the No 2 driver for Mercedes now? I'm sure he'll be only too happy to help Russell in his quest and there will be no toy/pram incidents between now and Abu Dhabi in November.
Hamilton to chuck it at the end of the year. Checo activates a clause in his (ink still wet) new contract to jump to Mercedes just as they have the car sorted and smash them all.
You read it here first.
Edit: passes Max several times, gives him the finger each time. Gives Horner the finger from the podium on several occasions. Also fingers ginger spice repeatedly
It’d be like seeing Ferrari having to back Eddie Irvine over Schumacher without a broken leg
I'm still old enough to remember a botched Ferrari pitstop that threw away Irvine's chances of a WDC in 1999- 48 seconds to find a tyre that had been "misplaced". Way to go Maranello.
Right now I feel quite sorry for Leclerc, he cannot catch a break at his home GP.
RB will just add a second to Perez’s pitstop or find another way to slow the number2 driver. The swap order earlier in the season highlighted that they have a number 1 and 2 driver and that’s how they’ll finish.
Very true.
It always makes me wonder what they told the number 2 driver when they signed him up- were they honest and upfront, or shady deceptive? Judging by the look on Perez's face in Spain I'm gonna say the latter
Red Bull have a history of not being able to deal with 2 equal driver's, remember the Vettel/Webber or Verstappen/Riccardo partnerships, I won't be surprised to see the same again.
Would love to see Perez win thee WDC if only to give the rest of the team a coronary.
They're not really equal drivers though, and there's a long way to go in this season with Ferrari breathing down their neck, if Verstappen hadn't had two DNF's he'd be further ahead, Red Bull are trying to get as much of a buffer just now where they have the slight edge, and favouring the better driver where they can, i don't think there's a team out there that wouldn't be doing that as we're not even a third of the way through the season.
Hamilton and Russell are completely different, Mercedes are scrambling to work out what to do, and look like they're doing separate things on each driver/car at times, which again seems logical, the fact that Hamilton is such a championship focused driver probably doesn't help him, he's not really built for scrapping for points all year round, the guy probably entered this season thinking more of the same, and then sees RB pulling away, and also Ferrari passing them, can't be easy.
2 Year deal - nice one Checo! Red Bull showing commitment for a change...
https://the-race.com/formula-1/perez-gets-new-red-bull-f1-deal-until-end-of-2024/
...now what for Gasly though!? 😬
Also from The Race - Jos complaining that RedBull didn't manage to give Max the 10 points he couldn't get for himself.
https://the-race.com/formula-1/sour-grapes-or-valid-criticism-jos-verstappens-red-bull-dig/
Aw Daddy it’s not fair…..
Also from The Race – Jos complaining that RedBull didn’t manage to give Max the 10 points he couldn’t get for himself.
Gary Anderson nails it^^
To be fair to Red Bull, they've always favoured drivers who they can see are the faster of the two. In this case, Perez outqualified Max and was the only Red Bull driver who was going to win that race. The only option they had to increase Max's points was to let Sainz win and hand second place to Max. No team would do that this early in a season. All that Max has to do to retain favoured status is outqualify Perez.
Gasly's most logical choice for a drive would be McLaren, surely.
Gasly’s most logical choice for a drive would be McLaren, surely.
My thoughts exactly.
Gasly and Herta at Andretti Racing?
Seemingly an ideal pair, experienced young charger and an American rookie for the sponsors. I know there's a few things need to happen first...
God damn, bouncing all over the place again. So bored of hearing about it now.
Perez on form again though - Jos won't be happy.
I wonder if the porpoising is being used a a ploy now to get the FIA to allow active suspension again.
I’d be for it - these new cars look rubbish bobbing down a straight.
And if they allow active suspension they'll have to increase the cost cap, giving the (big budget) teams a chance to look for more than they need.
The lack of posts in this thread compared to previous years makes me think we’re not overly impressed with the new cars.
They just look a bit meh on track, and lack the snappiness of previous years cars.
Didn’t think I’d miss the arse-in-the-air cars but I kind of do! 😀
If F1 is the pinnacle if motorsport tech why didn't they remember porpoising from the last period of ground effect in F1?
If F1 is the pinnacle if motorsport tech why didn’t they remember porpoising from the last period of ground effect in F1?
I think the suggestion above has it. Merc are looking for FIA to allow active airflow, so they're doing it on porpoise.
Because this is the re-renaissance period of civilisation. 😉
They just look a bit meh on track, and lack the snappiness of previous years cars.
That’s the weight issues rather than the aero changes (that have definitely improved racing). F1 could really do with a diet but it’s a bloody hard task, especially where any safety device/structure is involved
The lack of posts in this thread compared to previous years makes me think we’re not overly impressed with the new cars.
Or maybe it because Hamilton isn't doing very well
Had some right lemons of tracks so far that don't encourage many overtakes. The excitement has come from moments of bad judgements and Latifi binning it and putting the safety car out to shake up the positioning and give us another start.
I haven't paid to watch F1 since last season due to the piss poor decisions.
I watch the C4 coverage if it's not too late, been some good races, nice to see Max has seemingly calmed down a bit.
Stroll Snr got to think about binning Jnr before they have to go to red bull for spare parts
Stroll Snr got to think about binning Jnr before they have to go to red bull for spare parts
Vettel just crashed too.
probably not as expensive as Strolls crash. Good pace for Vettel and Perez today. Mighty lap from Leclerc.