I don't agree with that. We saw in Austria and Bahrain he had no trouble dispatching Max. Last week in France he couldn't get passed Leclerc with a similar paced car.
The fact he span out shows pretty clearly Leclerc was driving at 105% to keep Max behind, despite having the faster car.
The pressure mentality is what sets drivers apart though, so him being able to get over that is quite a big difference and will be what decides were he goes in all time lists. I'm not saying he won't sort it out and we'll see.
That's my point though, he's driving at that level because of his own pressure. He has accidents like this like in Monaco. He was already the pole sitter yet pushed it too hard again when he didn't need to.
Agreed, as I said he's got all the talent but needs to fix this. You can't make mistakes (especially with a failing ferrari) and win a title.
Its illegal. Has endplates on it. Not sure how they have gotten away with this. There must be a grey area somewhere.
BBC is saying Thunderstorms all day Saturday, could disrupt qualifying, also saying rain on Sunday at 4pm.
You should have seen him on old hard tyres on Silverstone against Hamilton then. Or overtaking Max three times in one race in Austria. That's just in two-three weeks period.
The Max overtakes were partly due to the new rules and the track format. Its also only a couple of small time situations, not enough to claim he is a great.
I have been reading a bit about it the impression I am getting is , it illegal !
I must have missed the periods where Max overtook him or anyone else three times this season due to new rules and track format.
It's legal, they got it approved by the FIA at every stage of it's development. It'll be interesting to see if any other teams look at similar designs.I have been reading a bit about it the impression I am getting is , it illegal !
The new Aston Martin rear wing that aims to break F1 2022's rule intentions (motorsport.com)
Interesting to see if it gives them an improvement in a race.
I'm guessing it doesn't produce more turbulent air the way they've done it then? If it does and they've just found a grey area in the rules I'm sure it'll be closed pretty quickly
If he was driving on the limit all the time his tire and fuel management would go to shit in every race. The drivers don't get to decide how hard they push during races, they have a plan in place at all times which very rarely calls for them to push as hard as they can and often target lap times on top of that. They can obviously paint outside the lines a bit when the situation calls for it but that wouldn't apply in a situation where your main rival is in an undercut position like we saw when he crashed last week. Maybe Leclerc was told to push in that situation because he was about to box within a lap or so, but he could just as well have been on a plan for a longer stint and simply fecked up anyway.
You missed the word partly out, which is key to the post you quoted.
From Brazil onwards the Merc was 0.8-1s per lap faster than the Red Bull in race trim. Much faster on high fuel and much kinder on the tyres, while Red Bull had no choice but to set the car up for qualy to try and get on pole and hope for the best. Max was fighting with both hands behind his back in those last 4 races. Fortunately a bit of karma came through at the end.
That’s a bold claim and by no means a formality. Lewis is the more talented driver.
wow what a delusional post. Its poster like these who warp their own reality.Why though, the conditions don't look too bad for the F3 race at the moment. Are the forecasts for further rain?
Very bold claim, but if he does it fair play to him.
Smiley, check. Can't handle a small dose of reality, check. Mentions putting someone on ignore but for some reason never actually does it or can't figure out how to, check.
#deluded
Note to self, add hobbers to ignore list.
To get to Lewis, he at the very minimum needs 5.8 race wins for the next 13 years, easy some say and yes given his current car.
