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Well in two weeks I will know whether it's worth continuing to watch F1 this season.

Those upgrades better GET Merc in front of Ferrari at least.
 

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I think what annoys me about Christian Horner the most right now is the absurd level of cap this man spits in these pit wall check ins.

This man said they were really concerned about putting Checo on hards to start, because they didn't want to give up position at the start. By the end of every race this season, they've been up on the next closest car by almost a full sector. It honestly wouldn't have mattered. The only real benefit they got from this was making sure they kept a 1-2 finish without having to stack pit stops, or use explicit team orders for who pits when.
 
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Well in two weeks I will know whether it's worth continuing to watch F1 this season.

Those upgrades better GET Merc in front of Ferrari at least.
Man, try watching cricket or rugby, because there is no way in hell those upgrades are going to move the needle.
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Mercedes still talking about understanding the car :unimpressed:

If this upgrade is a 'reset' to establish a baseline, best to lower your expectations.
 

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Mercedes still talking about understanding the car :unimpressed:

If this upgrade is a 'reset' to establish a baseline, best to lower your expectations.

Yeah, not expecting much out of the upgrades at all. Most exciting thing Mercedes might do as a manufacturer this year is figuring out how to strap an IMAX camera on a car for Brad Pitt. :snoop:
 

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Mercedes still talking about understanding the car :unimpressed:

If this upgrade is a 'reset' to establish a baseline, best to lower your expectations.
They always had understanding the car issues, just that their car was fast enough to mask the mistakes. I would be happy with a car that's fast enough to mask the mistakes.
 

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My boys been struggling all year. :to:

Shouldn't have fired Binotto but I'm gonna chill.
Rarely is scapegoating the person at the top the answer. This time instead of the strategy department dropping the ball, it's the engineering departments.
 

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Rarely is scapegoating the person at the top the answer. This time instead of the strategy department dropping the ball, it's the engineering departments.
Of course. Its Ferrari though. Thatā€™s how they've always been.

Leclerc and Sainz were being nice yesterday calling the car tricky. That car looks to be just as crazy to handle as the 2020 SF1000.
 

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Of course. Its Ferrari though. Thatā€™s how they've always been.

Leclerc and Sainz were being nice yesterday calling the car tricky. That car looks to be just as crazy to handle as the 2020 SF1000.
It's also hard for Leclerc and Sainz to not be nice since they keep fukking up themselves :manny:
 

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I think what annoys me about Christian Horner the most right now is the absurd level of cap this man spits in these pit wall check ins.

This man said they were really concerned about putting Checo on hards to start, because they didn't want to give up position at the start. By the end of every race this season, they've been up on the next closest car by almost a full sector. It honestly wouldn't have mattered. The only real benefit they got from this was making sure they kept a 1-2 finish without having to stack pit stops, or use explicit team orders for who pits when.
It starts to become obvious who the preferred driver is when you pay attention to their strategies when Checo gets close. They knew the hard was the preferred tire. That's why they put Max on them.

If you talk about that fact on other boards they start going into how much better of a driver Max is etc etc, but if that's the case why do RB start getting weird when Checo gets close to him? If it's not the strategy this time then next time it'd be a slow pit stop.

We need a mix up of drivers over the course of the next season or two. Charles needs to go to Merc. Lewis to Ferrari. Checo to Ferrari. RBR can go back to having an unreliable #2 in Carlos. This is almost a repeat of what happened with Seb's early years except they're nerfing Checo because they'll know he'll mostly be a pro about it. I don't think it's a coincidence they're dropping contract hints about Checo and pretending like Danny Ric is a threat to replace him.
 

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i really wanted a race this weekend
iā€™m fiendin brehs :mjcry:
i guess iā€™ll watch the senna documentary
 
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