What I meant was the Ferrari cars are definitely quick and it goes back to the smaller turbo, the same that helps them off the start. Many times Leclerc was able to get past Russell and pull away quite a bit and I presumed it was turbo-related there as well. I was just wondering/speculating that if Ferrari had pitted during the 2nd (??) safety car for new tires, those tires would still be substantially newer than the Mercedes' tires and could have helped.
Russell makes it interesting (spoiler alert)
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I was thinking either team could have been 1-3 the other 2-4 or possibly 1-4 and 2-3 along those lines had Ferrari not gambled on (more) yellows. Seemed essentially what Ferrari was banking on. And not completely crazy first race with new cars I suppose
Patman
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One thing for certain is that Ferrari needs someone else calling the strategy. They’ve been botching that for a few seasons now! Heck, just let Lewis help them out, he suggested during the race that at least one of the cars should have come in to pit during one of the VSCs. He wasn’t wrong! It might not have gotten them a win but they should have at least tried.
Patman
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But then when another VSC happened they still did nothing
Pit access was blockedBut then when another VSC happened they still did nothing
Patman
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I thought it opened up briefly after that
LEC didn't think they could have beaten MER w/o any VSCs.
Mario Kart was a great quote from post-race.
Mario Kart was a great quote from post-race.
Bring back the Schumacher era.Mr Saturday! I hope he converts it into a win tomorrow!I get cranky when Max wins
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Why? So we can watch him cheat some more? Take wins from Barichello? Pay off officials? Have special tires no one else can run? He had talent, yeah for sure, but who wants the same guy to win all the time? If it's v10s ya want ok, but not the other.
That's what I was getting at the 3.5 L V10's. Those to me were the pinnacle of engineering.
McLaren are the cheaters. They suck so bad, the should have been banned for life. Suck suck suck.
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The battle between the Scuderia duo was excellent. Glad for Antonelli as well. Russell did come charging back but the distance was too great.
Patman
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When Kimi started crying in the post race interview I had tears flowing too!
Max should have signed with Mercedes. Bet he regrets not doing so.
Patman
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I’m sure that Lewis also regrets moving to Ferrari
At least they are competitive. The other teams...not so much. Do you think RedBull will come back? Not looking good for them. They have a young woman as chief engineer. I question the "young" part as in what experience does she have in automotive racing. She may have a fancy degree but what experience?
Patman
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I personally don’t think Red Bull will be competitive any time soon. After losing Adrian Newey that was a huge loss for them (although he’s not exactly helping Aston Martin at the moment either)
Max gonna whine more and change the rulez!!!
Patman
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I personally think Max will leave F1 in the next year or two and focus on other forms of racing. He’s talked about that a lot and he’s being very vocal right now about not enjoying the new F1 cars
