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Russell to Merc, confirmed.
Say what yall want, I'm happy for the kid. That's a dream come true.

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He's got 2 years of school left. Hamilton University starts now. :banderas:
 

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Do you brehs think VB will play his part to help bring home the two titles before leaving, or will he go rogue?

This might sounds nuts, but I think he's going to figure out a way to help Lewis win a championship yet still not help Merc win the constructors out of spite. He could 100% pull a stalling tactic during the race that helps Lewis, but sacrifices his points in the end. They purposely left him hanging for years and I think he made a point of leaving all Merc influence by choosing Alfa over Williams.
 

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He would be wise to memorize Hams telemetry data
I suspect there will be a lot of data sharing during testing. The 2022 cars are nothing like today's cars outside of the power units. All new chassis, suspension, aero, and the tires will be a good bit different as well. It's going to put all of the drivers and engineers to the test.

The only reasonable guess I have about next year is that Mercedes, Red Bull, and Ferrari should be best prepared to go for #1. Other than that...:yeshrug:
 

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I thought I read somewhere that nobody was buying tickets in Italy except Dutch fans but on F1 website they only have 3 day passes for sale and for 4k :picard:

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They might be sold out then if that's the case. I thought about treating myself to a Paddock Pass for Austin but decided I didn't like myself quite that much when I seen the price.
 
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Seems like a lot of people are hoping for a repeat of the Lewis - Fernando season, obviously with the roles reversed on Lewis. I just hope that the team has learned from that season, and establishes a clear hierarchy, and clearly has a master / apprentice relationship between the two drivers.

I really like Fernando, but that season was a fukking disaster, and doesn't reflect well on the team, nor probably him either.

Whilst I'm sure that everyone wants a strong No 2 alongside Lewis, and definitely would want competitive racing, Lewis is still the clear No 1 driver, and needs to be viewed as such.
 

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I suspect there will be a lot of data sharing during testing. The 2022 cars are nothing like today's cars outside of the power units. All new chassis, suspension, aero, and the tires will be a good bit different as well. It's going to put all of the drivers and engineers to the test.

The only reasonable guess I have about next year is that Mercedes, Red Bull, and Ferrari should be best prepared to go for #1. Other than that...:yeshrug:
I am actually tipping Ferrari to ace things next year, but if it's racing and the cars can follow, it's hard to look past Hamilton and Max.
 

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Seems like a lot of people are hoping for a repeat of the Lewis - Fernando season, obviously with the roles reversed on Lewis. I just hope that the team has learned from that season, and establishes a clear hierarchy, and clearly has a master / apprentice relationship between the two drivers.

I really like Fernando, but that season was a fukking disaster, and doesn't reflect well on the team, nor probably him either.

Whilst I'm sure that everyone wants a strong No 2 alongside Lewis, and definitely would want competitive racing, Lewis is still the clear No 1 driver, and needs to be viewed as such.
Unless you have a Leclerc - Vettel situation.

Lewis is evergreen, but the dropoff has to happen sooner or later.
 
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Unless you have a Leclerc - Vettel situation.

Lewis is evergreen, but the dropoff has to happen sooner or later.

Vettel's 2019 season is mad, upon reflection. Just an all-out shytshow. Seemed like everything that could go bad actually did go bad, and a lot of it down to him.
 
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