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OGmittee said:
Trying to get into F1 after watching that Netflix series

Is every race just Hamilton winning by a large margin and others fighting for 2nd?

What makes him so dominant? The car or how good a driver he is?
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Nico Rosberg burned out of F1 trying to stay ahead of a young Hamilton

Nico Rosberg praises Lewis Hamilton's 'natural talent' | PlanetF1

ā€œLewis has one of the greatest natural talents our sport has ever seen, so he makes the difference.
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F1 talent as defined here

What makes a great F1 driver? - Motorsport Technology


An F1 driver needs superior reflexes to respond to sudden changes. An average Formula 1 racer reacts in 100 milliseconds (ms) while the reaction rate of an ordinary person is 300 ms. Racers always train their reflexes, hand-eye coordination, and peripheral vision. These skills are developed using a special reaction board, where the goal is to hit as many randomly lit lights as possible when they are illuminated. If a F1 driver doesnā€™t train in these ways, they are likely to get Common Neck and Back injuries from Car Accidents.

Speed is an important parameter for a driver, but the notion of a quick F1 driver is complicated. Usually, F1 drivers can get the most out of their vehicles. So when cars with the same performance and the same configuration face the same weather conditions, drivers from each team will deliver lap results that are a tenth of a second apart. To win, F1 drivers need more than just speed and the ability to manage a carā€™s power ā€“ they need to be effective at getting points. Points come from knowledge and teamwork.

Knowledge ensures teams use the best handling techniques, balance the carā€™s weight, unload wheels and keep tires from wearing out too fast, save fuel, determine the right moment to change tires, assess the carā€™s behavior and send accurate information on its performance during a race.

The ability to interact with the team is highly important too. Racecars have hundreds of telemetry sensors that help to gather about 1 TB of information during each race weekend. Acronis provides the most reliable solutions to help teams send real-time data, but even these instruments and computers canā€™t measure the information that a driver can give. He gains this knowledge intuitively from his racing experience. Telemetry analysis gives details about a particular problemā€™s effects, while a driverā€™s engineering knowledge can help determine the cause of the problem. This combination doubles the impact of the teamā€™s response as the engineering team can react quickly, solving the problem to decrease failures in races, increase the reliability of all settings and improve the car. Without clear feedback from the driver, engineers would have to speculate on the solution by interpreting the data
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When Nico Rosberg (same man who was a 2nd driver with Michael fukking Schumachuer) says Lewis Hamilton is one of the GOAT talents.

Its an "end of discussion" sort of statement.

All these Eurocacs with hate in their heart
 
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merc 1 sec to the closest challenger. That car is in another formula.
 
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