Hamilton and Russell both 18/1
I reckon that's a good shout, could happen
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It will be really interesting to see who out of Russell and Hamilton win the first GP of this season for Mercedes, assuming of course the car is capable of winning.
He is also cursed this season, though.
All bad luck has to turn somewhere, but I agree he's more than likely going to get pole, lead the race for 90% then crash on the last few laps
Why is he entitled to be ahead of Russel? This dismisses the possibility that Russel is actually the better driver, and I don't see how it can be said with certainty that he is not - this is the only time that they both have the same car and so far it's pretty clear who is better.
Nothing is pretty clear at all. They've both been driving a pogo stick.
I never said he was entitled , just my own opinions and I have never dismissed the ability of any driver.
On any other track i would agree, but Monaco has never been a strong track for lewis. Three wins in his career. Where as he has 8 wins at Hungary, Silverstone. 7 at Canada etc.
Which only happened because George had to spend the entire race defending....
Yeah there is that and if Russell gets in front, he will be hard to pass, Monaco is a horrible place for Lewis.
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Hamilton had to fight his way through the pack, you can swing it both ways.
It doesn't swing both ways. Lewis wasn't losing time breezing past much slower cars in the middle of the race, none of whom defended vs him because they knew it was futile. But George will have easily lost 15-20 seconds or more on his optimal just from defending Max for all those laps.
Hamilton lost time stuck behind slower cars every lap, only able to overtake under DRS.
Of course you didn't say it, but the bellow for sure sounds like it is a no question who is the better driver, only a matter of Lewis being comfortable with the car.
Fair point, I do think Lewis is the better driver, in ability and experience.
Ouch that's bad.
As we saw in Spain their new floor has reversed the advantage they had in slow corners. And not fixed the bouncing.
Now that's not part of the plan.
One step forward and at least one back. So far, they are nowhere. Both Ferrari and Red Bull look much more nimble.
There would have been no fighting, his tyres would have been so much older Max would have passed him without an issue at all with or without DRS. It sounded like they gave him the fastest lap as an apology for making him look like a twat in front of everyone.
Which makes me wonder: do teams consider driving style when contracting drivers? Like in this case: McLaren would have known what their car was like, and probably could have known Ricciardo's driving style. Put those two together, and the issue is clear. Is that something they consider ("it'll be a slow start for him in the car, but we are confident that he'll manage to adapt"), or do they look higher level ("great talent, proven winner, very markettable, let's get him") ?
Its a very good question. My guess would be the latter.
It sounds a bit like it with the Ricciardo situation. I mean, even if you would expect him to adapt, you'd also have to accept the significant risk that, given how long he's been using his existing style, it will take a long time for his adaptation and might never work perfectly.
