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[nyknick]

Max won last year even when Mercedes had the best car (I understand it was a controversial finish, but Max was still competitive) it doesn’t seem far fetched to say that Hamilton is losing a step, as he gets older and this next generation is starting to heat up. Like every sport

Controversial finish


If 'controversial' is the way you describe what happened then there's really no point of even having a discussion with you in regards to drivers' abilities and car performance

 

[Legal]

He definitely getting older but with the right car, he can fight for that P1 spot. Right now it not even possible with a car that half of sec off the pace of Redbull and Ferrari.

Red bull is killing it right now after poaching some of Mercedes engineering over the last few years and nailing the reg for this year, will have them walking away with the title. Mercedes has a few more races to get the car right before they need to throw in the towel and focus on next season.

The engineering really seems to be the biggest thing. Even though I really don't like Verstappen, in my short time watching, it's seemed clear that the thing that was missing was just getting him a car that fit his skillset.

This just isn't Mercedes' year from an engineering standpoint. The fact that Hamilton only has one non points finish this far despite everyone involved being very upfront about how bad the car is is proof that he's not quite washed. If anything, he might not be all that invested, because neither he or Mercedes are actually competing for a championship. They're basically just trying to maintain positioning for money.

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

The engineering really seems to be the biggest thing. Even though I really don't like Verstappen, in my short time watching, it's seemed clear that the thing that was missing was just getting him a car that fit his skillset.

This just isn't Mercedes' year from an engineering standpoint. The fact that Hamilton only has one non points finish this far despite everyone involved being very upfront about how bad the car is is proof that he's not quite washed. If anything, he might not be all that invested, because neither he or Mercedes are actually competing for a championship. They're basically just trying to maintain positioning for money.

He's clearly invested because he's shouldering the development load. There's no incentive to try if you're disinterested - that's why I don't do shyt at work all day long

 

[Legal]

He's clearly invested because he's shouldering the development load. There's no incentive to try if you're disinterested - that's why I don't do shyt at work all day long

Maybe I phrased that wrong. It's not like he's not trying, but he doesn't have the incentive to put in the same type of effort he would've out in last year, because the list of things he and Mercedes would need to go right to even finish the season second in standings is pretty lengthy. But he's definitely not about to go out and lay down, or anything, as evidenced by him being willing to do whatever crazy shyt they come up with each weekend.

 

[MoneyTron]

let them reverse / change the rules and let them race again.

I honestly don’t understand what you’re trying to say.

 

[null]

I honestly don’t understand what you’re trying to say.

I am saying that the teams are restricted now. Merc is not allowed to spend time/resources/money to fix their problems and to correct their mistakes.

 

[phillycavsfan]

The engineering really seems to be the biggest thing. Even though I really don't like Verstappen, in my short time watching, it's seemed clear that the thing that was missing was just getting him a car that fit his skillset.

This just isn't Mercedes' year from an engineering standpoint. The fact that Hamilton only has one non points finish this far despite everyone involved being very upfront about how bad the car is is proof that he's not quite washed. If anything, he might not be all that invested, because neither he or Mercedes are actually competing for a championship. They're basically just trying to maintain positioning for money.

I think Hamilton is more fixated on getting the car back to championship level than actually beating Russell. That's why he's been taking the more experimental setups and his post-race comments have always focused on the car rather than his performance in the race.

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

I think this was posted before but

 

[Winston]

Red Bull Junior driver who is currently in Formula 2 caught saying the N-word while other RB drivers laugh about it. RB culture on full display

 

[BaggerofTea]

I think Hamilton is more fixated on getting the car back to championship level than actually beating Russell. That's why he's been taking the more experimental setups and his post-race comments have always focused on the car rather than his performance in the race.

Mercedes has been doing that. Setting Russell up for qualifying and altering Hams setups for testing.

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

Red Bull Junior driver who is currently in Formula 2 caught saying the N-word while other RB drivers laugh about it. RB culture on full display

 

[Legal]

Red Bull Junior driver who is currently in Formula 2 caught saying the N-word while other RB drivers laugh about it. RB culture on full display

Replies chock full of stans tryna say he should slide because he didn't even say it in a racist way.



White people, y'all.

 

[MoneyTron]

White people love blaming black people for making the word nikka so cool they have to say it.

 

[Reflected]

Damn, only just found out about it because this was uploaded:




But I'm not surprised, surely everyone saw the response to that Hamilton/Verstappen crash at Silverstone, that crash just brought to light what reasonable people already knew.

 

[Lord Beasley]

duke is right, that's why they chuckled about it. they probably all got the word in their pocket, even checo.