Official 2023 Saudi Arabia Grand Prix Thread ***SPOILERS***
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Sandpit Steve said:
This is like the Schumacher dominance years, when millions of people tuned out. Liberty will quiclkly get the message.
Yes, the Schumacher years were pretty awful. 
It does amuse me how many people who say that Hamilton only won his 7 WDCs due to having the best car (and neglecting to acknowledge he's always had to fight a team mate) yet don't apply the same rules to Schumacher (whose team mate existed only to help him)
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Yes, the Schumacher years were pretty awful.
It does amuse me how many people who say that Hamilton only won his 7 WDCs due to having the best car (and neglecting to acknowledge he's always had to fight a team mate) yet don't apply the same rules to Schumacher (whose team mate existed only to help him)
He Nico only turned up for one season & Bottas was clearly a number 2.It does amuse me how many people who say that Hamilton only won his 7 WDCs due to having the best car (and neglecting to acknowledge he's always had to fight a team mate) yet don't apply the same rules to Schumacher (whose team mate existed only to help him)
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Sandpit Steve said:
This is like the Schumacher dominance years, when millions of people tuned out. Liberty will quiclkly get the message.
Yes, the Schumacher years were pretty awful. It does amuse me how many people who say that Hamilton only won his 7 WDCs due to having the best car (and neglecting to acknowledge he's always had to fight a team mate) yet don't apply the same rules to Schumacher (whose team mate existed only to help him)
They're is they chance RB will replace Perez next year for a worthy contender.
ZX10R NIN said:
He Nico only turned up for one season & Bottas was clearly a number 2.
They still didn't provide Hamilton with the support Schumacher enjoyed though. And even if they had, either both Hamilton and Schumacher are undeserving of their 7 WDCs, or both are deserving. That was my point.
(Also Hamilton isn't a cheat and also never tried to run another driver into a wall)
Sandpit Steve said:
The difference is the dominant team having two drivers that are allowed to fight. Lewis vs Nico was great to watch, as was Prost and Senna in 1998.
This is like the Schumacher dominance years, when millions of people tuned out. Liberty will quiclkly get the message.
That said, the last race was one of the closest races ever, across the whole field, that didn’t involve a safety car.
Bottas may have been allowed to race but he very rarely did (or was good enough to) I have to agree that the racing between the rest was great & I have to give the authorities credit in that the racing (albeit not at the front but that's nothing new) is closer overall.This is like the Schumacher dominance years, when millions of people tuned out. Liberty will quiclkly get the message.
That said, the last race was one of the closest races ever, across the whole field, that didn’t involve a safety car.
FourWheelDrift said:
Two options.
1) Reduce the minimum lap time limit so that no one is going slow.
2) Don't race on this fast blind cornered Micky Mouse circuit.
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve - before it became a back straight it had blind fast sweeping curves which the drivers wanted rid of post-Senna/94.1) Reduce the minimum lap time limit so that no one is going slow.
2) Don't race on this fast blind cornered Micky Mouse circuit.
Only in the Middle East...
It's close after MV.
The best of the rest battle might well be resolved by tyre wear, although much more likely to be the luck of the draw when the pace car is called out. Let's hope the PC doesn't decide the podium.
When I first read that Bernie was on the Sky team, I was shocked. But relief aside, she's great. Some excellent insight.
And no fashion show.
The best of the rest battle might well be resolved by tyre wear, although much more likely to be the luck of the draw when the pace car is called out. Let's hope the PC doesn't decide the podium.
When I first read that Bernie was on the Sky team, I was shocked. But relief aside, she's great. Some excellent insight.
And no fashion show.
ZX10R NIN said:
It's funny how fast people forget Mercedes had the same advantage as RB do now for 7 years.
I don't remember quite as much wailing as I see now.
I don't remember quite as much wailing as I see now.
As usual the LH fanclub on here is as objective as ever
Mercedes dominate the Championship, 'bloody well driven Lewis, he's a bally hero'
Red Bull dominate the Championship 'grr we was robbed, grr Horner, grrr Spice Girls.'
FourWheelDrift said:
Two options.
1) Reduce the minimum lap time limit so that no one is going slow.
2) Don't race on this fast blind cornered Micky Mouse circuit.
Totally agree, I said the same last year and don’t see the improvements making much difference at all it has the potential risk of a massive unavoidable crash just not up to F1 circuit standards for running a safe race weekend. 1) Reduce the minimum lap time limit so that no one is going slow.
2) Don't race on this fast blind cornered Micky Mouse circuit.
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