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You mean string him along while Russell and the new car comes good?

the rumor is that not only lewis wanted to compete but he had things he wanted that Merc wasnt willing to make concessions on. and does it mean the red bull rumors were also true? :patrice:
Oh for sure there were so many others. Like the ambassadorship as well. Just seems like they dropped the ball all-around so badly.
 

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Hard decision to not keep your all-time great driver over someone who hasnā€™t even hit F2 or F3? Nah, they just thought they could string Lewis along with 1 year deals and got burnt like Alpine did with Alonso.
Hard decision on when to aim for the future. I'm not saying Toto made the right decision.

Like was said earlier, this isn't the first time a team has let an aging 7x champ go(ie pushed them to move elsewhere through non-commitment) while they were still capable of challenging for championships.
 
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Oh for sure there were so many others. Like the ambassadorship as well. Just seems like they dropped the ball all-around so badly.
Iā€™ve seen the ambassadorship thing thrown around but what does that entail and why wouldnā€™t Mercedes budge on that?
 

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Forget the aero...unless you got that VTEC no amg motor gonna compete with the red bull
 

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Horner cleared....ah well...
He's definitely getting fired/stepping down within the season. My guess is the story isn't over and the women will probably leak the text messages. The woman is probably a young professional that works in communication or marketing for red bull racing. She probably attends the races for work and met him through her role. She's definitely trying to get paid that's why we heard about a th first settlement.
 

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Just barely finished watching FP1. Car is much more drivable compared to last year. Still problems that need to be solved - understeer, late corner oversteer. But the car looks like it has good traction and stability. F1TV already fukking up and had George's radio on Lewis's onboard :unimpressed: . Hopefully FP2 is fixed and I can get more insight.

That first flying lap was good, virtually on rails.
 
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