My least favourite track.
Driver
Points
Lewis Hamilton 256 Sebastian Vettel 226 Kimi Raikkonen 164 Valtteri Bottas 159 Max Verstappen 130 Daniel Ricciardo 118 Nico Hulkenberg 52 Kevin Magnussen 49 Sergio Perez 46 Esteban Ocon 45 Fernando Alonso 44 Carlos Sainz 34 Pierre Gasly 28 Romain Grosjean 27 Charles Leclerc 13 Stoffel Vandoorne 8 Lance Stroll 6 Marcus Ericsson 6 Brendon Hartley 2 Sergey Sirotkin 1
Constructors
Points
Mercedes 415 Ferrari 390 RBR 248 Renault 86 Haas 76 Mclaren 52 Force India 32 Toro Rosso 30 Sauber 19 Williams 7
Please rain.
Should be an interesting race given all the action off the track lately.
Curious to see how Team Scuderia, Vettel, and Kimi are going to function now that they know their relationship is ending.. I imagine Kimi will still be a team player and accept a terrible strategy designed to allow Vettel the best chance at the win, and the Ferrari Strategy team will it all up in the end anyway.
Last edited by MauiM3Mania; 09-12-2018 at 03:22 AM. Reason: profanity
You make it sound like you think Kimi would be winning the lion’s share of the races, if not for Ferrari strategists goofing it up. Considering Kimi has had four seasons to best Seb’s record at Ferrari and has failed to do so, I have a tough time believing that. Kimi is a consistent podium finisher and no doubt a fast driver, but Seb is consistently faster and consistently scores more points.
I find it interesting that F1 fans clearly have zero issue with Bottas being Hamilton’s indispensable wingman, but call it a travesty when Ferrari attempts to do the same.
I don't care for it from any team. Merc seems to be less discrete about it than Ferrari, yet when they are questioned about it they deny the heck out of it. Not to mention all the times Lewis has cried over the radio asking the team to make Bottas slow down any time he is on the back foot.
Not a big fan of Singapore here either. Baku and Singapore are probably my least favorite "tracks".
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I don't think he'd win the lions share, but from my POV it seems pretty obvious that he's the clear #2 through strategy and being told subtly to move over or let Vettel through, or keeping him out longer on worn tires to slow the pace of whomever is catching up. I do think he'd have won at least a race in the past two years if they let all things shake out as they could. I like Vettel, I think he's a great driver, but he has some terrible days and makes mistakes that Hamilton doesn't seem to be making.
I have an issue with the Bottas Bouncer maneuvers, I think it's bad for the sport and I hate it from any team. I would much prefer F1 to be like MotoGP in that regard. Save the "helping" for the last two races if need be to help your teammate/team win.
That's certainly a possibility, with the smaller modes of transport and lack of pit stops we'll never know. But the whole Rossi/Marquez thing is probably a decent idea of what we'd be seeing more of, with a little less aggression...
I feel like MotoGP doesn't have the same "teammate" mentality that F1 does. MotoGP riders are expected to fight each other, and they do so with ferocity. If Sebastian/Kimi, Lewis/Valterri, etc fought like the MotoGP guys do we'd have some of the best racing in F1 history.
Well it more or less happened in 2015 at the last 2 races. Marquez was fast but was slowing down Rossi because his Spanish friend Jorge Lorenzo was close in the championship. In Malaysia Rossi was fast enough to fight Lorenzo and so was Marquez but he kept slowing Rossi down. Finally Rossi got fed up and pretty much punted Marquez off the track. Because of this Rossi got regulated to the back of the grid, finished 4th in the final race but lost by 5 points after Marquez and Pedrosa let Lorenzo win.
How that season ended never really sat right for me and along with not showing on TV anymore i pretty much stopped watch motogp expect for the highlights after the races.
Which record is that? I ask because, if you start counting how many WDC titles each driver has delivered to Maranello, I count one for Kimi and zero for Seb.
Bottas has no personality. Fans like Kimi because he gets drunk and falls off yachts; like the rest of us.I find it interesting that F1 fans clearly have zero issue with Bottas being Hamilton’s indispensable wingman, but call it a travesty when Ferrari attempts to do the same.
Is playing dumb your new gag? Points and wins would be a good start. You can throw in pole positions for good measure as well.
I like how you ignored the part where I said "has had four seasons" when it's clear that I am talking about their performance as teammates over the last four years.
Last edited by burninator; 09-13-2018 at 02:33 PM.
I bet it's not aerodynamically correct and the actual cars will look nothing like that.
'14 Evora S - Chrome Orange/Ebony
'02 M5 - Carbon Black/Silverstone
'15 M235i xDrive - Mineral Grey/Black
Didnt see that coming.
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Damn, what a lap from the Legend. Ferrari outlap to prepare tyres was crap. Guaranteed safety car tomorrow so anyone in top 6 can win
Shouldve been an exciting race. What a dud.
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Yes, was a boring race, only the start and pitstops were interesting when Max overtook the Thug. Lapped cars gave Max a chance at the lead. Dont know how Merc/Lewis were able to unleash the Kraken this weekend.
Aero and tires ruin another race
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If I think about it really hard, I can almost remember the last time you said something clever. I bet Kimi was still winning races back then.
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Yet another race where Ferrari decide to throw away valuable points because of laughably bad pit stop and tire strategy.
Another weekend where Vandoorne proved to the world that he sucks and that he is complete waste of a seat!
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