I fancy Russell to win Monaco at next GP. RB power advantage will be negated and Mercedes have a very good car in slow speed corners.Really want to see Russell with a car that can match the redbull. Was great watching him defend against Max. Hopefully his DRS can fail every week
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Can’t speak for anyone else but I genuinely thought it was Le Clerc (despite probably seeing it millions of times written downSaying Le Clerc instead of Leclerc is the new Athletico instead of Atletico. Vile
)I will get it right from now on!
They sneakily tried to do it without having to give the order, presumably for PR.
Horner might have watched a different race, telling Max he had to do it the hard way - his title rival retired and then his team mate was told to move out of the way.
It’s hard to separate Sainz shitness and Ferrari issues, but it really does seem the harshness of the Ferrari is significant and will be problematic if not addressed soon.
Not since this upgrade package. This weekend they were losing all their time in sector 3 which is the slow speed section.
Ferrari are normally ruthless when drivers dont perform. Question is who would you replace him with?!? Danny Ric? Cant get Lando from mclaren. Pierre Gasly? Or a driver from F2 ?
Based on the past 18months I expect Riccardo's stock is too low for Ferrari
i think like many other drivers he was broken by being second best. the mentality that you’re the best and the only thing stopping you winning is the overall package is shredded when you’re battered by your team mate week in week out. it’s hard to come back from that.
Unbelievably bad luck for Le Clerk ffs
Yaaasssss! Verstappennnnnnnn dominating the caf like a low budget sm movie! Whip these bitter old men!
Saying Le Clerc instead of Leclerc is the new Athletico instead of Atletico. Vile
Either is fine according to him and he has used both himself.
Well done Max!
Excellent stuff. IF Red Bull can sort some of their issues out he can get the title again here. Shit luck for Charles though. I wanted Max to win, but I like Charles as well. As for Sainz, not sure what the guy is doing. I know there was an issue on that part of the track, but he's not been great this season.
Excellent stuff. IF Red Bull can sort some of their issues out he can get the title again here. Shit luck for Charles though. I wanted Max to win, but I like Charles as well. As for Sainz, not sure what the guy is doing. I know there was an issue on that part of the track, but he's not been great this season.
Perez didn't need to move out of the way though. That's why the message from Red Bull was silly. Max would have cruised past him. He was flying. Perez wouldn't have had a choice about it. It would have been a simple overtake from Max.
Obviously Max had luck with Charles retiring, but he also had big issues himself with the DRS before all that.
He would have easily passed Perez but only with DRS on the straight.
If the DRS failed one or two laps in a row then that's a lot of unnecessary overheating and tyre deg from both of them for an inevitable overtake.
Really when Perez looks back he can only blame himself, he wasn't quick enough when he had new tyres in open air. No way should Max have been able to catch up so quickly after his last pit stop.
Aye and if Schumi had been in a UFO in first Max would have taken him easily too.
I disagree. He was SO much faster than him even without the DRS we would have overtaken him. There was no need from the message from Red Bull. The overtake would have happened anyway.
Merc genuinely look happy after that race, we cant really tell what’s going on in the background but it seems like they're heading in the right direction.
Well that was an eventful race from start to finish. Ferrari being Ferrari!
Considering Hamilton could barely get out of 12th a few races ago, they’ve definitely made progress.
Perez is probably most frustrated at not being allowed to overtake a Verstappen stuck behind Russell with no DRS.
He was on new tyres and quite correctly pointed out in the radio he would be ahead in no time so wouldn't even be holding Verstappen up.
He was on new tyres and quite correctly pointed out in the radio he would be ahead in no time so wouldn't even be holding Verstappen up.
They only left it a lap before pitting Verstappen though so it wasnt like he was held up for long.
Plenty of evidence of that from last season too.
Missed second half of the race, and looks like I missed some good things, shame.
Sainz finishing the race 9 seconds ahead of Hamilton who was last says a lot about him. Leclerc unlucky, but as I said, Red Bulls are actually better than Ferraris this year IMO, people are actually giving Ferrari too much praise.
I don't get people complaining about teams having nr.1 driver, it's always been the case, and considering there was no real battles so far, it's pretty much quite clear who is better in top3-4 teams based on this years' form.
Sainz finishing the race 9 seconds ahead of Hamilton who was last says a lot about him. Leclerc unlucky, but as I said, Red Bulls are actually better than Ferraris this year IMO, people are actually giving Ferrari too much praise.
I don't get people complaining about teams having nr.1 driver, it's always been the case, and considering there was no real battles so far, it's pretty much quite clear who is better in top3-4 teams based on this years' form.
Alpine showed some decent pace to get into the points. The midfield really need to get some of these upgrades working and bunch up to the front runners, they can just pit into free air at the moment.
It all fell into Red Bull’s hands, who would’ve expected them to be in the lead after their retirements. Ferrari had the better pace it seemed in the first stint and they are better over a single lap which may be important for Monaco so it’s all to play for in the championship still.
It all fell into Red Bull’s hands, who would’ve expected them to be in the lead after their retirements. Ferrari had the better pace it seemed in the first stint and they are better over a single lap which may be important for Monaco so it’s all to play for in the championship still.
Yes though merc put in some good times in the slow.corner sectors which could bode well for them at Monaco as well
Could be a very good race but as its Monaco I expect it won't be
Sainz was passed on track by Hamilton. And got shit Luck by having to back off due to engine overheating issues which allowed sainz to retake the position. Hamilton was having one of those races today. Was super fast
Ferrari are heavy heavy favourites for Monaco. Or at least Leclerc is. Sainz will probably crash.
Not the kinda poster you want to associate with...
Yeah, without the issue at the end, Hamilton finishes 5-10 seconds clear of Sainz. Absolute stinker of a drive in a Ferrari, considering the speed of that car.
You got that the wrong way, it's Leclerc who crashes in Monaco.
14 points in the predictor this week. Happy with that
I meant to type respectively, not respectfully. He has everything to prove. And you can't judge on just a few races of a new regulation season. He's not been better than Hamilton anyway, both have been ok in an ok car.
He's out scored him in 5 of the 6 rounds so far, bizzare hill to die on. Doesn't mean he will all season but certainly suggests he doesn't still have "everything to prove".
If you're talking about him being young and haven't gotten the chance to show how he'd perform in a championship winning car then sure, I think everyone would agree that he's still got a lot to prove, but that can't mean he's a so-so driver. I'm also not judging him based on this season alone, if you look at what he achieved in F2 where he beat a guy like Norris by almost 70 points (the same Norris that everyone seems to agree is a future WC if he gets the right car) and then his F1 career so far then I think he's done more than anyone could ever ask of him. Outdriving that Williams for years, immediately delivering and should've been top of the podium in Bahrain for Merc and then last years quali in Spa which was one of the most impressive feats I've ever seen in F1.
And imo at least if you finish ahead of your teammate in 5/6 races then you have done better than him.
Well to be fair, because what's the point otherwise, in Saudi George was lucky, and today Hamilton was unlucky (and much faster).
10.5 for me dropped a couple of places
The fact that he is even sticking close to Hamilton who is arguably the GOAT of F1 is a feat in itself.
I think he will run him closer than Bottas ever managed. Great defending today with the red bulls.
Lewis today though was back to 2021 form, that was a mesmeric drive. When he gets into this zone it's like he can make his tyres last all race but still have peak performance.
He just has a higher level than anybody on the grid when it all gels together. Such a shame he got that puncture as he would have rivalled for the win today.
Russell the only driver to score points at every race so far this season. Also finished in the top five in every race. I know Merc are having their troubles, but he's having a very good season all things considered. Hopefully it continues.