F1 2021 Season

I’m a pessimist at heart and Lewis coming back to win 4 races in a row to take the title is too good of a story and would make me too happy. Therefore I’m pretty sure Max has this in the bag. The main thing I have going for Lewis is whether the RB will look as good on a long run and with 100kg of fuel.
 
rpitroda said:
The trouble with these comparisons also is that cars are designed with the driver in mind. If you swap Max and Lewis, neither would replicate the performance of the other right now, they wouldn’t even be close.

It’s true though that a great driver will very very rarely if ever win without a great car. But a great car could carry a good driver to a win.
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I disagree. Russell jumped into Lewis' Merc last year and should have won the race. Their size difference is substantial too.

Cars are very different though I agree, that said, it's not unreasonable to suggest that is Max and Lewis swapped we would be in a similar position now.
 
rpitroda said:
The trouble with these comparisons also is that cars are designed with the driver in mind. If you swap Max and Lewis, neither would replicate the performance of the other right now, they wouldn’t even be close.

It’s true though that a great driver will very very rarely if ever win without a great car. But a great car could carry a good driver to a win.
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Mercedes designs the car to suit around Lewis's style, whereas Red Bull designs theirs to cater solely for Max. It's why Bottas can outperform Perez all season despite the Red Bull having the better car for the majority of the season.

Have them swap cars and Lewis would beat Max all day, everyday. He's never had a car solely designed around him before in his career unlike Max.
 
Eendracht maakt macht said:
The mediums from Verstappen are fine according to Van der Garde. Just said it on Dutch tv. Don’t know if it’s true just thought I’d share.
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He flat spotted the front left, if they are driveable then that give RB another option on the tyres otherwise hes looking at Soft, hard, soft or soft, soft, hard. I dont think he will be able to manage the softs and extend the stint with lewis pushing him on a set of mediums.
 
elmo said:
Mercedes designs the car to suit around Lewis's style, whereas Red Bull designs theirs to cater solely for Max. It's why Bottas can outperform Perez all season despite the Red Bull having the better car for the majority of the season.

Have them swap cars and Lewis would beat Max all day, everyday. He's never had a car solely designed around him before in his career unlike Max.
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Perez about 3/4 races ago went away from the verstappen setup to his own and his results improved. Max's driving style suits a car that will oversteer rather than understeer. The back end can snap but max can correct this mid corner this is where albion, gasly and perez struggled.

Mercedes would take input from both drivers but primarily ensure that the car suited lewis. Same as mclaren do with lando at the moment. Riccardo problems are in the braking zone with the mclaren, his style and Landos dont match. If you arent the no1 driver in the team you have to adapt.
 
After Max went full delusional scouser, I'm edging it with Hamilton.

But all in all I don't really care, I just want an entertaining race. Imagine how rough it'll be after all this build up to get another standard boring F1 procession race.
 
Planning to watch the full race today. It will be the first full race I will watch since the 2009 season, which put me off the sport despite being a huge fan growing up.
 
I have a feeling it’ll be an anti climax and max will dominate from the start
 
One Night Only said:
Do people enjoy brindles gridwalks? I always find them massively cringey :lol:
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I love them for that reason. Martins had a good bunch of celebrities today. I like it when he comes across the arseholes always makes me laugh!
 
My prediction is that Max will get away quick at the start with them soft tyres. The drama will come later in the race when strategy comes in to play.
 
This almost feels like the wait before a big United game. Would be fantastic if it goes down to the last corner

Loved the interview with Lando
 
JTW95 said:
My prediction is that Max will get away quick at the start with them soft tyres. The drama will come later in the race when strategy comes in to play.
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This season, when it came to strategy, Mercedes always came out second best to Red Bull
 
Both wiped out the the first corner followed by a dull race dominated by discussion over whether Max will be given a points ban.
 
Simbo said:
He's awesome, good mate of Max too right?
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I think he's best mates with Russell. (Think Lando or Russell said so themselves.) I think that golden generation of kids (incl Alex) growing up weren't that close to Max. When they were mucking around, Max was rarely part of that group.
 
United Hobbit said:
This almost feels like the wait before a big United game. Would be fantastic if it goes down to the last corner

Loved the interview with Lando
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I was just thinking that too. Then I tried to think of the last big United game I was this nervous for and depressed myself a bit.
 
I have no real stake in this really but I'm nervous as feck.
 
Wow just seen about Mazepin getting Covid, he was qualifying yesterday, so glad we haven't lost Lewis or Max to it as that would have completely popped any excitement and made the victory a little hollow
 
Will we know the viewership ratings after the match? I'm really curious what this race will do for F1 viewership worldwide.
 
Dan_F said:
I was just thinking that too. Then I tried to think of the last big United game I was this nervous for and depressed myself a bit.
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Yes, I think that's the trouble it's been so long since we've jad a big United game to get excited for. Urgh! Thank feck for F1!
 
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