Sainz to get his first win. He's class around Monaco and this Ferrari seems excellent with lots of downforce on.
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I reckon that's a good shout, could happen
It will be really interesting to see who out of Russell and Hamilton win the first GP of this season for Mercedes, assuming of course the car is capable of winning.
My guess is Russell.
Andrew Shovlin said in an interview with Sky that before Spain they were in the dark, but with the upgrade at Spain it was like "the light had been switched on" and that development paths had now been opened up. This sounds very promising for them, I reckon by Silverstone we'll see them up near the front.
Monaco is not a good hunting ground for Mercedes but I really think Mercedes could have a chance this weekend.
Once Lewis has a car he is happy with and trusts, his times and he will be will improve and he will be ahead of Russell.
Once Lewis has a car he is happy with and trusts, his times and he will be will improve and he will be ahead of Russell.
He is also cursed this season, though.
It would make for a great Drive to Survive episode given his start to the season.
All bad luck has to turn somewhere, but I agree he's more than likely going to get pole, lead the race for 90% then crash on the last few laps
Why is he entitled to be ahead of Russel? This dismisses the possibility that Russel is actually the better driver, and I don't see how it can be said with certainty that he is not - this is the only time that they both have the same car and so far it's pretty clear who is better.
Nothing is pretty clear at all. They've both been driving a pogo stick.
The first race it actually worked properly and Hamilton caught him rapidly, and nearly ended up overtaking him from 30 seconds behind.
Now the car is sorted we will see. I'm a big fan of Russell and think he's a future champion, but it's definitely not early enough to say he's out performing Hamilton yet.
I never said he was entitled , just my own opinions and I have never dismissed the ability of any driver.
I just don't get where you got dismissed and entitled from ?
Anything interesting happening so far today?
On any other track i would agree, but Monaco has never been a strong track for lewis. Three wins in his career. Where as he has 8 wins at Hungary, Silverstone. 7 at Canada etc.
So out of the Mercedes pair i fancy russell this weekend.
Which only happened because George had to spend the entire race defending....
Yeah there is that and if Russell gets in front, he will be hard to pass, Monaco is a horrible place for Lewis.
Russell could very well get his first race win this weekend, Red Bull and Ferrari have had reliability problems in the last few race, all it would take is more this weekend.
Monaco team upgrades.
Pretty much every team making changes to front cooling (not mclaren or ferrari). Also some teams changing the suspension for Monaco specifically.
Interesting that ferrari made zero changes to the car. Which makes me wonder, is it really THAT good that unlike RB and Mercedes they dont have to change anything?
Pretty much every team making changes to front cooling (not mclaren or ferrari). Also some teams changing the suspension for Monaco specifically.
Interesting that ferrari made zero changes to the car. Which makes me wonder, is it really THAT good that unlike RB and Mercedes they dont have to change anything?
Hamilton had to fight his way through the pack, you can swing it both ways.
He was clearly the faster in Barcelona. As I said, far too early to call it definitive.
Both Lewis and Russell dont like the bouncing of the car, I hope they have not gone backwards from Barcelona.
It doesn't swing both ways. Lewis wasn't losing time breezing past much slower cars in the middle of the race, none of whom defended vs him because they knew it was futile. But George will have easily lost 15-20 seconds or more on his optimal just from defending Max for all those laps.
Hamilton lost time stuck behind slower cars every lap, only able to overtake under DRS.
How many laps was Russell defending for? 10-15 at most. He was in clear air for ages once Vestappen pitted and Perez got passed him.
McLaren look pretty competitive here.
Of course you didn't say it, but the bellow for sure sounds like it is a no question who is the better driver, only a matter of Lewis being comfortable with the car.
Fair point, I do think Lewis is the better driver, in ability and experience.
Russell is a future WC , in ability Russell is there Lewis has the experience that just gives him the edge, but I can't take anything away from Russel, do far this season he is better.
Lobato on the Alpine-Alonso relationship in the SoyMotor direct:
"The feeling that I have gotten from these days in Barcelona that the Alpine-Fernando relationship has cooled down and if you listen to the demonstrations of one and the other you realize that the end is near"
"The feeling that I have gotten from these days in Barcelona that the Alpine-Fernando relationship has cooled down and if you listen to the demonstrations of one and the other you realize that the end is near"
Oh dear danny ric. He needs a strong weekend and not get beaten by an under the weather again lando norris.
Hamilton slower on the softs than Leclerc on the hards.
Ouch that's bad.
As we saw in Spain their new floor has reversed the advantage they had in slow corners. And not fixed the bouncing.
Interesting they think Leclerc has gone back to his first engine rather than a new one. Predictable I guess.
Now that's not part of the plan.
WTF have they done to the car.
One step forward and at least one back. So far, they are nowhere. Both Ferrari and Red Bull look much more nimble.
The Mercedes looks like a Slug On Heat.
This looks like a Ferrari 1-2, if they dont crash. Unless it rains.
There would have been no fighting, his tyres would have been so much older Max would have passed him without an issue at all with or without DRS. It sounded like they gave him the fastest lap as an apology for making him look like a twat in front of everyone.
But we'll see what happens at Monaco. Undoubtably they'll ask him to do it again at a track that's almost impossible to pass organically.
Feel bad for Danny Ric. Hope he can turn it around for qualifying and the GP.
Which makes me wonder: do teams consider driving style when contracting drivers? Like in this case: McLaren would have known what their car was like, and probably could have known Ricciardo's driving style. Put those two together, and the issue is clear. Is that something they consider ("it'll be a slow start for him in the car, but we are confident that he'll manage to adapt"), or do they look higher level ("great talent, proven winner, very markettable, let's get him") ?
The latter would be a bit like a team getting Ronaldo because, you know, "fecking hell, Ronaldo!" - even if he's not a fit for the team's playstyle at all.
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Its a very good question. My guess would be the latter.
Apparently the porposing Mercedes are experiencing is different to the porposing they have experienced this season. The stiffness of the car (which fixed the porposing in spain) has created a new issue at Monaco's poor surface.
Its worse on low fuel runs and they are struggling to come up with a fix.
Its worse on low fuel runs and they are struggling to come up with a fix.
It sounds a bit like it with the Ricciardo situation. I mean, even if you would expect him to adapt, you'd also have to accept the significant risk that, given how long he's been using his existing style, it will take a long time for his adaptation and might never work perfectly.
But then F1 is the ultimate data sport, and it's hard to believe that they wouldn't crunch the heck out of driver vs car potential.
How can caftards not like this beautiful bastard?!
