There is doubt though. Even if he was fast (he’s not, KMag is faster, and he got dropped from F1), he’s crashy. And not Verstappen crashy, where he’s going to get you amazing results far beyond the machine capabilities sometimes, which mitigated the cost crashy. Expensive crashy. For a poor team.
Didnt Magnussen get taken out by Ricciardo?
Yep
Because K-Mag was taken out, in a crash that was 100% Ricciardo's fault. And Mick didn't even finish in the points. You're trying to make it out like Mick had a better weekend, even though his teammate got a sensational pole and scored a point in the sprint. Your bias is showing.
So basically he’s talking shit about nothing.
Helmut Marko said this. That confirms it right?
BBC F1 quoted Marko, but damon hill has said it as well. Hill also thinks that perez will get dropped to reserve driver and danny ric will take his seat. I dont believe that just yet. If riccardo is quicker than perez in winter testing, then who knows.
Mick was easily on points with Vettel etc, just Haas messed up not pitting him under SC.
I have to agree with you here, I like Ricciardo, but his season has been dreadful for him.
| Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1) Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:26.633 |
| 2) George Russell | Mercedes | +0.220 |
| 3) Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | +0.255 |
| 4) Sergio Perez | Red Bull | +0.334 |
| 5) Liam Lawson | Red Bull | +0.568 |
| 6) Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | +0.635 |
| 7) Robert Shwartzman | Ferrari | +0.796 |
| 8) Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | +0.986 |
| 9) Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | +1.022 |
| 10) Alexander Albon | Williams | +1.207 |
| 11) Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | +1.212 |
| 12) Estaban Ocon | Alpine | +1.258 |
| 13) Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | +1.358 |
| 14) Robert Kubica | Alfa Romeo | +1.431 |
| 15) Logan Sargeant | Williams | +1.465 |
| 16) Kevin Magnussen | Haas | +1.509 |
| 17) Pietro Fittipaldi | Haas | +1.571 |
| 18) Patricio O'Ward | McLaren | +1.717 |
| 19) Jaack Doohan | Alpine | +1.851 |
| 20) Felipe Drugovich | Aston Martin | +2.039 |
| Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1) Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:25.146 |
| 2) George Russell | Mercedes | +0.341 |
| 3) Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | +0.453 |
| 4) Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | +0.615 |
| 5) Sergio Perez | Red Bull | +0.706 |
| 6) Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | +0.786 |
| 7) Estaban Ocon | Alpine | +0.892 |
| 8) Fernando Alonso | Alpine | +0.897 |
| 9) Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | +0.978 |
| 10) Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | +1.154 |
| 11) Lando Norris | McLaren | +1.231 |
| 12) Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | +1.249 |
| 13) Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo | +1.333 |
| 14) Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | +1.401 |
| 15) Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | +1.534 |
| 16) Alexander Albon | Williams | +1.604 |
| 17) Mick Schumacher | Haas | +1.693 |
| 18) Kevin Magnussen | Haas | +1.769 |
| 19) Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | +1.890 |
| 20) Nicolas Latifi | Williams | +2.116 |
Perez I think is better than Ricciardo as of now
Still, Perez has been there or thereabouts in most races, fighting for podiums and picking up a few wins. Far off Verstappen, of course, but he is also a phenomenal driver. Ricciardo has been nowhere, while Norris has consistently scored points for McLaren.
There was lots of clean drama in the first half of the season, just it means nothing now because the title was decided so early.
That's the trouble it just gets forgotten when the title is a foregone conclusion. I know the last race was so controversial last season but after such a fantastic battle between the 2 all season to have them going into the last race level on points was so good from a fan's perspective
anything that makes racing in the rain safer, can only be good for the sport.
Larger tyres, more surface area, more grooved extreme wets and much more water displacement off the tyres. I think its an idea worth trying.
If teams can replace front wings in 10 seconds I’m sure they could be designed to be easily attachable / detachable?
I mean who could have foreseen that letting the cars suck themselves to the ground could also lead to water being sucked from said ground
Apparently they don't want to use this because Red Bull doesn't want to cover his sponsors on the car. Another Red Bull cover up.they should just have a big umbrella over each car and problem solved. the technology exists, the fia just don’t want to fix the problem.
Watching these two fight it out was probably the last time I enjoyed an F1 rivalry. They were both competitive and determined to win, rather than just being a cnut like the friendless blobfish and his equally shithead dad.if someone told me 10 years ago that these two would be up there with my favourite drivers I would have laughed in their face. I guess opinions change
Possibly the worst F1 rivalry ever. One was competitive and determined to win, the other had an illegal engine for a bit and choked both seasons by the midway point.
This was my thoughts also.
