Illaveago
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You could look at it the other way and say . If we overspend this season and win the championship think of all the extra sponsorship we would get !
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You could look at it the other way and say . If we overspend this season and win the championship think of all the extra sponsorship we would get !
derrick
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They are so far in front it will make no difference,
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They were Mercedes have made a big step & I think only lost Mexico by making a wrong call on tyres, only issue is nobody but RB know how much MV had in reserve, did he flatter Mercedes by not really trying.
On a slightly different note where was Ricciardo's head yesterday, if he'd driven like that the whole season Zak would have been giving him a payrise not his P45, good to see he's not lost it, just doesn't seem to know where to find it.
I don't know if they did make the wrong call. The RB has been *much* better than other cars at making tyres last. The Merc has tended to eat rubber a lot more quickly. Even if Hamilton had followed the RB strategy on tyres he didn't have enough to get in front of Max and stay there.
On the plus side the wind tunnel penalty might well adversely affect RB for next year's car.
Even Toto made the point that if the penalty was just financial Merc would happily overspend next year. Merc and Red Bull can afford the fines.
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Mercedes went Medium, Hard, where RB went Soft, Medium, had Mercedes gone Medium, Soft I think they would have been a lot closer & possibly forced RB to blink & do a 2nd stop to go back to newer Soft. But they didn't & they lost, which may have been the outcome anyway, but they just seemed to lose the enthusiasm on the pit wall even though the drivers were fired up
figbat
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Yeah, but he (1) had very little to lose (2) was on fresh soft tyres and (3) punted Tsunoda off.
I enjoyed watching him making progress but it'd be better if he'd not done it at another driver's detriment. Yuki ought to have seen him but then Danny ought not to have stuck his nose into a closing gap. He took the penalty and gave us a show though.
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It was a bit too optimistic a move, but Tsunoda had made a few dubious late moved on at least 4 of the previous corners, so it was a robust attempt,
Mercedes best bet was soft at the start to try and jump Verstapen . Good bet would have been a split strategy with 1 car soft ,1 medium
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That was what I was thinking.
Illaveago
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I think as well as a reduction in wind tunnel time Red Bull should be made to carry a hundred weight of sand in their car as a penalty .
If you think about it the overspend has allowed them a clean sweep of the championship .
If you think about it the overspend has allowed them a clean sweep of the championship .
Jenkins
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No this isn't a computer generated clip or sped up footage, yes he did just floor it and aimed at the wall
View: https://twitter.com/NASCARonNBC/status/1586834658028703744?cxt=HHwWgMCi0dntyIUsAAAA
View: https://twitter.com/NASCARonNBC/status/1586834658028703744?cxt=HHwWgMCi0dntyIUsAAAA
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Reynard
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Jody
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A move straight out of the sim racing handbook.
Never thought I'd see someone do this in real life
Beebo
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I had my annual day out at Brands Hatch. Truck racing.
It poured down then the sun suddenly made an appearance.
Visibility must have been awful.
It poured down then the sun suddenly made an appearance.
Visibility must have been awful.
