F1 2022: Italian GP - Imola (Apr 24)

[M5Rick]

22 wins for Max and there's Miami in two weeks time..he won at the UG GP at Austin last year outfoxing HAM in tyre strat,just what he did at Abu dabi to seal the championship.

[M3WC]

Originally Posted by F87source

Man tough luck for sainz...


But holy crap we know the number 1 at Merc for this season is George, took that pile of crap to p4. I bet toto is glad he fired Bottas now.

Imola last year in similar conditions, people were giving Bottas crap for fighting down the order with a Williams. Fast forward a year, Lewis finishes 14th behind 12th place Albon in Williams.

Positions gained in race:
Russ - 7
Ham - 0

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

22 wins for Max and there's Miami in two weeks time..he won at the UG GP at Austin last year outfoxing HAM in tyre strat,just what he did at Abu dabi to seal the championship.

*****

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

*****

The squally conditions suited Max to a tee and that revised Newey forced air channeling through the inner body actually gives the 18 another turbo boost at speed when needed from behind!

[TheBingoBalls]

New regulations thus far has really made racing closer but seems like it will always be a two-team race for driver and constructors titles.

The rain definitely didn't help and having no DRS for a good chunk of the race didn't help matters either.

[PittsDriver]

Originally Posted by TheBingoBalls

New regulations thus far has really made racing closer but seems like it will always be a two-team race for driver and constructors titles.

The rain definitely didn't help and having no DRS for a good chunk of the race didn't help matters either.

With only one rather short DRS zone I'm not sure it made any difference in the outcome. Hamilton couldn't get by lap after lap but Max comes along and he blows through the trail of back markers like they were standing still. Hamilton is slow and the puzzle is, is it his car or him?

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by PittsDriver

With only one rather short DRS zone I'm not sure it made any difference in the outcome. Hamilton couldn't get by lap after lap but Max comes along and he blows through the trail of back markers like they were standing still. Hamilton is slow and the puzzle is, is it his car or him?

According to the Mercedes and HAM fans , it wasn't the car it was always the 'driver...

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Bloody F**king Hell...Ferrari is back to being Ferrari

Going to go ride my McLaren Livery bike and work off some frustration

[GuidoK]

Originally Posted by PittsDriver

With only one rather short DRS zone I'm not sure it made any difference in the outcome. Hamilton couldn't get by lap after lap but Max comes along and he blows through the trail of back markers like they were standing still. Hamilton is slow and the puzzle is, is it his car or him?

Max has blue flags so it's not comparable. But with the speed he approaced them and left them is of course without flags, and that was pretty serious too.
Max was about 2sec per lap faster, every lap of the race. That's insane. (and lapping them already in lap 41)

But HAM not being able to pass Stroll laps on end with DRS...that's pretty serious.
I mean Albon was setting the pace without DRS, so that's pretty slow to begin with.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

The squally conditions suited Max to a tee and that revised Newey forced air channeling through the inner body actually gives the 18 another turbo boost at speed when needed from behind!

I really wonder what MKsixer is thinking now ?

I mean... HAM was like a God for him.

Honestly .Hope he is fine .

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Doesn't matter now but that no DRS parade went on far too long. Mostly dry track and slick tires

That's B.S.

[GuidoK]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

I really wonder what MKsixer is thinking now ?

I mean... HAM was like a God for him.

Never worship a person who's mortality is easily proven....

He always took so much pride in how much longer he had been watching and following F1 than the rest of us (to me that just says he's old...) and how much races he attended and whatnot, so that he had to be right.....well, now he can talk to George Russel about that

Past performance is no guarantee of future returns...

[JustinHEMI]

Originally Posted by iamwingman

Russel is quickly making Lois his bitch.

As a Rus fan this makes me happy.

When Ham finally throws in the towel, I hope Lando gets his seat.

[GuidoK]

Originally Posted by JustinHEMI

I hope Lando gets his seat.

Presuming Lando even wants that, because now....I'm not so sure

I'd hope Nyck de Vries would get his seat.
He's been in the Mercedes eco-system for almost 3 years now and winning a lot (formula E), but the problem is, the Mercedes eco-system has only 2 F1 seats, so that is pretty much a dead end.
RB has alpha tauri at least as a sister team to introduce new talent.
(BTW Nyck de Vries came from the mcLaren young driver programme)

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by F87source

Man tough luck for sainz...


But holy crap we know the number 1 at Merc for this season is George, took that pile of crap to p4. I bet toto is glad he fired Bottas now.

•1 The Russell boy is used to drive in a crappy Williams junk car.

•2 HAM is afraid in that bouncing W13 Mercedes (today it was even worse)

IMHO. Currently it looks like HAM is 'done at Mercedes...
For a 7-time WDC , it must be terrible to going down like this !

[TheBingoBalls]

Originally Posted by PittsDriver

With only one rather short DRS zone I'm not sure it made any difference in the outcome. Hamilton couldn't get by lap after lap but Max comes along and he blows through the trail of back markers like they were standing still. Hamilton is slow and the puzzle is, is it his car or him?

Not saying it would help HAM, more in the general sense. The race was pretty much the Top 3 and everyone else - it was up to VER, PER, LEC not to make a mistake. P4 and lower was just a train behind the top 3.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

•1 The Russell boy is used to drive in a crappy Williams junk car.

•2 HAM is afraid in that bouncing W13 Mercedes (today it was even worse)

IMHO. Currently it looks like HAM is 'done at Mercedes...
For a 7-time WDC , it must be terrible to going down like this !

HAM will complain, say this and that but talk is cheap. He'll hang on until the end of the season and I'm not even sure a B car can be brought in by Merc because of the budget cap.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

I really wonder what MKsixer is thinking now ?

I mean... HAM was like a God for him.

Honestly .Hope he is fine .

I guess he just lost interest when HAM's 'happy time' came to an end.

[Autobacs]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Bottas may have been good in the Merc now, look how good he is in the Alfa now without the shackles of his last employer

True, but Russell is showing him how to beat Lewis who he could not.

[M5Rick]

News just in is that Max has got the Laureus award for Best Sportsman in the world beating other top people like tennis man Djokovic and footballer Lewandowski.

[Autobacs]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

I guess he just lost interest when HAM's 'happy time' came to an end.

Looking like that but too early to tell. He did try really hard to overtake Gasly for so many laps. BUT, if this is the case then everyone stand up and clap your hands for ALO who always fights like a lion no matter how crappy his car is.

George Russell, you are a future World Champion! - Fernando Alonso

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