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[The Red One]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

I think the constructors will be a pretty tight fight but I still anticipate Merc coming out on top. The Honda PU is still not nearly on the level of reliability that Merc is on. Perez had that issue at Bahrain with his car shutting off on the formation lap, I think Tsunoda had some parts changed as well at Bahrain during the practice sessions.

Yuki broke his Tranny in two thus failing qualifying, does that count as reliability? How did Honda not detect this weakness in testing?

What if Lando would have had the balls to pass Max at the restart?
What if George made his attempted Bottas pass stick?

Great season after 2 races. Much anticipation for more drama.

My local race is 99% sure to be cancelled officially, only our (Usually anti-car)Eco friendly mayor is still putting her hopes up… Still holding on to 2 non refunded tickets from 2020…

Next up Portugal,…


Im a Honda driver for the past 44 yrs.. Go Honda!

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by The Red One

Yuki broke his Tranny in two thus failing qualifying, does that count as reliability? How did Honda not detect this weakness in testing?

Wasn't counting that incident

I believe he had some stuff swapped in practice at Bahrain.

[strat61caster]

Originally Posted by spcmafia

The championship can go to anyone between Hamilton and Max. But I really believe the constructors will be for Red Bull. I have high hopes for this season judging by the first 2 races. Monaco will be quite the race.

I was pretty bullish on a RB WCC, but Perez needs to start getting on the podium for that to happen and they did have some reliability issues last year, that one might be pretty close.

My money is all in on Hamilton for an 8th, he's too damn consistently good at managing his race, and I do believe Merc are on the back foot this year, Red Bull expected a front row lockout last week but Max blew his quick lap and got beat by Hamilton and Lando, I expect a few more opportunities will slip through their fingers right into Hamiltons.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by strat61caster

I was pretty bullish on a RB WCC, but Perez needs to start getting on the podium for that to happen and they did have some reliability issues last year, that one might be pretty close.

My money is all in on Hamilton for an 8th, he's too damn consistently good at managing his race, and I do believe Merc are on the back foot this year, Red Bull expected a front row lockout last week but Max blew his quick lap and got beat by Hamilton and Lando, I expect a few more opportunities will slip through their fingers right into Hamiltons.

Hamilton is real good, don't get me wrong. But his super power is extreme good luck.

[reni]

Originally Posted by strat61caster

I was pretty bullish on a RB WCC, but Perez needs to start getting on the podium for that to happen and they did have some reliability issues last year, that one might be pretty close.

My money is all in on Hamilton for an 8th, he's too damn consistently good at managing his race, and I do believe Merc are on the back foot this year, Red Bull expected a front row lockout last week but Max blew his quick lap and got beat by Hamilton and Lando, I expect a few more opportunities will slip through their fingers right into Hamiltons.

Consistent? He made a silly mistake trying to pass on slicks on the wettest part of the track and slid onto the gravel, but miraculously didn't hit anything or get stuck. Then, he drove forward straight into the wall and smashed his front wing, after which he reversed onto the track but didn't get a penalty. But!.... immediately after that the race was red-flagged so he got an ENTIRE LAP back and car fixed for free.


The only consistent thing I see is the ridiculous good luck...

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by reni

Consistent? He made a silly mistake trying to pass on slicks on the wettest part of the track and slid onto the gravel, but miraculously didn't hit anything or get stuck. Then, he drove forward straight into the wall and smashed his front wing, after which he reversed onto the track but didn't get a penalty. But!.... immediately after that the race was red-flagged so he got an ENTIRE LAP back and car fixed for free.


The only consistent thing I see is the ridiculous good luck...

You aren't mentioning the part where the race was red flagged because the guy who could have replaced him if he didn't get his contract in order just touched the grass trying to pass his teammate resulting in a wild cross track spin, and both cars being knocked out.

[strat61caster]

lol the hate is real

Perez and Ricciardo got the same red flag benefit to go swing for a podium, they couldn't do it.

You want luck how about Lando being nice enough to not pass Max when he spun under yellow.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by strat61caster

lol the hate is real

Perez and Ricciardo got the same red flag benefit to go swing for a podium, they couldn't do it.

You want luck how about Lando being nice enough to not pass Max when he spun under yellow.

Yes, some other drivers get lucky occasionally. Hamilton has consistent good luck. For example... The one race last year Mercedes pit crew couldn't do anything right was the one that Hamilton didn't drive in.

[Stephen W.]

Originally Posted by Spuds

You aren't mentioning the part where the race was red flagged because the guy who could have replaced him if he didn't get his contract in order just touched the grass trying to pass his teammate resulting in a wild cross track spin, and both cars being knocked out.

If it wasn't for Bad Luck Valtri wouldn't have any Luck at all!

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Yes, some other drivers get lucky occasionally. Hamilton has consistent good luck. For example... The one race last year Mercedes pit crew couldn't do anything right was the one that Hamilton didn't drive in.

Pretty sure he would have rather had George’s race then miss one due to COVID.


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[Spuds]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

Pretty sure he would have rather had George’s race then miss one due to COVID.


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But he missed it after he already had the title in hand. If you are going to miss one, that was the race to miss.

[Azzudien]

I don't think Hamilton's performance has anything to do with luck. Yes he made a mistake trying to pass on the wet, but mistakes are extremely rare for him. He manages his races from the car unlike almost every other driver. He consistently questions team strategy based on what he is seeing in the car.
Everybody always wants to find kinks in #1, but frankly Max has the better car now, he needs to get consistent with managing the race if he wants to beat Hamilton.

[x808drifter]

He can have both can't he?

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by x808drifter

He can have both can't he?

This is basically my point. Hamilton is a great driver even among F1 drivers, you don't get to be top dog in F1 without that. But, what really sets him apart from the other extremely good drivers is his exceptional good luck.