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[jj23]

I think Max or Lewis with a DNF next race. Either way I don't think it will be winner take all in Abu Dhabi. Whomever is in front will probably have the option of finishing 3rd or so.

Feels like that's where this is going. Anticlimax at the penultimate race witge either Max clinching or bunch of folks hoping for a Lewis DNF.

 

[null]

buttocks doing well again @karim

 

[B!tchuoffendingme]

That King Richard movie got me thinking how easy it would be to make a similar "against all odds" movie about Anthony Hamilton.

 

[B!tchuoffendingme]

Good race. Let's see what happens in Jeddah.

Looks like another Mercedes track but who knows, I drove it in two simulators and its wild as hell. High speed with Monaco/Baku walls. If anyone hits a wall they are taking out multiple cars.

Yeah overtaking Max on this track is asking for trouble. Need to get out front right away and not look back.

 

[B!tchuoffendingme]

Track isn't engine dependant. They had an advantage even with the old engine. Keep the other engine for the last two races.

Tbh. I wonder if Red Bull may not need to take another engine the way they are being pushed.....

That Jeddah track is Monza with concrete barriers. There will be some scary accidents there for sure.

 

[jj23]

I just looked at the changes they made to Yas Marina. Yeah....that looks to be a power dominant circuit as well. A bunch of the slow corners have been removed, lol.

Merc may yet pull this off with a little luck!

 

[Black Nate Grey]

Man this really isn't in Lewis' hands.

Max just needs one win and it's done.
Lewis must finish 1st in both races.

Max isn't DNF'ing, Lewis isn't either. Red Bull can call upon Alpha Tauri, Alonso is still salty at Hamilton. FIA is a mess. Everyone wants Max to win. All the cards are stacked against the GOAT.
Though Lewis and Mercedes seemed to have picked up the slack on this end of season run.

Nevertheless, Max has been amazing this year. I want Lewis to break the record, get his 8th.
After that, I'm cool seeing Max win his WDC.

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

Man this really isn't in Lewis' hands.

Never was. It was always Red Bull's to lose in the driver's championship. They started off with a dominant car, which has gradually lost that advantage throughout the year. As much as the narrative in previous years was that Lewis has no competition and Max was keeping him honest, it's the reverse this year. Max obviously wasn't going to be challenged by Checo, Bottas wasn't going to contend for WDC, so it was down to Lewis to keep things from being a walk over. I can concede it's been a drive worthy of a championship, but it's not been a champion's drive.

 

[jj23]

Never was. It was always Red Bull's to lose in the driver's championship. They started off with a dominant car, which has gradually lost that advantage throughout the year. As much as the narrative in previous years was that Lewis has no competition and Max was keeping him honest, it's the reverse this year. Max obviously wasn't going to be challenged by Checo, Bottas wasn't going to contend for WDC, so it was down to Lewis to keep things from being a walk over. I can concede it's been a drive worthy of a championship, but it's not been a champion's drive.

It's good we have made our peace with the fact that Lewis isn't favoured to win the title.

If he does though, it's Jordan game 6 vs the Jazz special.

 

[LiveFromLondon]

That King Richard movie got me thinking how easy it would be to make a similar "against all odds" movie about Anthony Hamilton.

I mean Lewis grew up middle class and had Maclaren fund him from 13, far more less odds against him than the Williams sisters.

 

[Lootha VanDraws]

It's good we have made our peace with the fact that Lewis isn't favoured to win the title.

If he does though, it's Jordan game 6 vs the Jazz special.

I want (and hope) Lewis will win, but he does still have his work cut out for him. No mistakes and needs these two wins.
One race at a time.

 

[karim]

buttocks doing well again @karim

Once again Mercedes strategy department fukked up by keeping him out too long, resulting in Bottas retiring with a puncture and being unable to take fastest lap from Verstappen

 

[karim]

I mean Lewis grew up middle class and had Maclaren fund him from 13, far more less odds against him than the Williams sisters.

his father had several Jobs to finance his racing

 

[Clapsteel O'Neal]

I mean Lewis grew up middle class and had Maclaren fund him from 13, far more less odds against him than the Williams sisters.

mate i'm not sure you understand what middle class is because lewis certainly didn't grow up in it. I think you meant working class.

 

[Clapsteel O'Neal]

And word @LiveFromLondon ...far less odds against him yeah? Riddle me this.

Tell me the list of Black/mixed with Black drivers there's been in F1? In the whole of its history...i'm curious about this answer

You might be able to guess where i'm going with this now