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« Reply #180 on: May 09, 2021, 04:03:45 pm »
Quite the race. It must suck to be up against a Hamilton/Mercedes combo. They just keep finding ways to win regardless.
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« Reply #181 on: May 09, 2021, 04:10:45 pm »
Quite the race. It must suck to be up against a Hamilton/Mercedes combo. They just keep finding ways to win regardless.

Good race, particularly in the mid-field and for the win.

Not having their 2nd driver (Perez) in the mix up front is hurting them again this year.

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« Reply #182 on: May 10, 2021, 12:19:29 am »
Good race, particularly in the mid-field and for the win.

Not having their 2nd driver (Perez) in the mix up front is hurting them again this year.



Sounds like Perez was under the weather the last couple of days. They get a week off now.
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« Reply #183 on: May 10, 2021, 01:21:01 pm »



Sounds like Perez was under the weather the last couple of days. They get a week off now.

He was too slow in the previous races too. 

RBR really needs that 2nd car up there to get into the battle...  to at least hold up the Mercs occasionally.

I think both teams will need to relegate Bottas and Perez to ‘wingman’ status.  There are 2 clear number ones for those teams.

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« Reply #184 on: May 10, 2021, 01:44:03 pm »
He was too slow in the previous races too. 

RBR really needs that 2nd car up there to get into the battle...  to at least hold up the Mercs occasionally.

I think both teams will need to relegate Bottas and Perez to ‘wingman’ status.  There are 2 clear number ones for those teams.

He has done better than previous RB #2's and it has a reputation for not being the easiest car to drive. It can take time to adapt to a new car and Perez was with the same team for years before he came to RB. Button said drivers are different, some can adapt to a car very quickly but he wasn't one of them, he needed a car adapted for him.

Perez isn't Verstappen but I think he will get more out of the RB as the season goes on.
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« Reply #185 on: May 10, 2021, 05:56:45 pm »
He has done better than previous RB #2's and it has a reputation for not being the easiest car to drive. It can take time to adapt to a new car and Perez was with the same team for years before he came to RB. Button said drivers are different, some can adapt to a car very quickly but he wasn't one of them, he needed a car adapted for him.

Perez isn't Verstappen but I think he will get more out of the RB as the season goes on.

RBR team principle confirms what I’ve been saying...

https://www.planetf1.com/news/christian-horner-desperately-needs-sergio-perez/


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« Reply #186 on: May 10, 2021, 10:16:53 pm »
RBR team principle confirms what I’ve been saying...

https://www.planetf1.com/news/christian-horner-desperately-needs-sergio-perez/

Sure but Vettel and Alonso are taking time getting used to new cars and they are multiple champions. Ricciardo is still getting to grips with the McLaren and he is a multiple race winner.
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« Reply #187 on: May 26, 2021, 11:31:31 am »
Another Monaco GP come and gone with nary a pass made....   the spectacle and history are great.  The racing absolutely sucks.  That said, a lot of interesting things still happened on track!  What a strange event this is.

Great to see Max win though and Lewis down the order!  Bottas ....   WTF?  The guy is slow, but still can’t catch a break! 

What is going on with Daniel Ricciardo??   Severely outclassed by his younger teammate so far this year.  And talk of him needing to get away from the car a bit before the next race...  he’s not in a good head-space it seems.

Poor Leclerc....   gets pole position and crashes in qualifying so badly that he couldn’t start the race.  His own doing, but still...  a Ferrari up there near the top was going to be awesome.  I felt bad for the guy.

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« Reply #188 on: May 26, 2021, 12:15:01 pm »
The championship just got a lot more interesting. Well deserved win by Max.

Bottas seems snake bit. He was fast during qualifying but along with Max lost a real chance at pole when Leclerc crashed and then a frozen wheel nut on his pit stop. He wouldn't have won but certainly would have had a podium. Can't seem to catch a break.

Hamilton just had a crap weekend, couldn't get the car working for him and Merc messing up the strategy cost him two places. Being the longest car in the field the Merc isn't that well suited to Monaco but the big difference between Bottas and Hamilton was a surprise.

Ferrari really screwed up by not finding that broken driveshaft, they could have fixed the car and not taken a grid penalty.

Norris and Sainz continue to impress.  Sad to see Riciardo in such a funk, he is a much better driver than he is showing right now and at a track he had dominated the last two races.

Very happy to see Vettel finally having a good day in a mediocre car. Shades of the old Vettel from one of the most interesting people in F1.

It will be interesting to watch the limbo wing saga shake out. They definitely seem to break the rule even if they pass existing scrutineering. Will Mercedes and McLaren protest the Baku race if Red Bull wins? F1 politics.
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« Reply #189 on: May 26, 2021, 03:05:10 pm »
I loved the Gulf livery for McLaren in Monaco.  Just awesome.

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« Reply #190 on: May 28, 2021, 12:34:53 pm »
In his third Indy road course start after almost dying in a F1 crash, Grosjean is on the pole at the Indy Grand Prix. Can't keep a good man down.
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« Reply #191 on: May 28, 2021, 01:03:16 pm »
In his third Indy road course start after almost dying in a F1 crash, Grosjean is on the pole at the Indy Grand Prix. Can't keep a good man down.

That’s awesome!  Amazing actually.   Glad to see it. 

He was so prone to crashing into people earlier in his F1 career... 


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« Reply #192 on: May 28, 2021, 01:22:06 pm »
That’s awesome!  Amazing actually.   Glad to see it. 

He was so prone to crashing into people earlier in his F1 career...

So was Verstappen
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« Reply #193 on: May 28, 2021, 03:32:36 pm »
So was Verstappen

For different reasons...

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« Reply #194 on: June 05, 2021, 09:12:35 pm »
Great qualifying at Baku.  Ferrari on pole.  Wow.

I really like that street course!  Always entertaining!
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