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Gonna need a rule change to nerf the McLaren otherwise this is going to be like the Lewis Bottas years. That was such a boring race.
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Pretty much. I have an interest in the midfield so it is not quite as boring for me.
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Reports Lawson already out at RB and replaced with Tsunoda.
Interesting to see if Tsunoda can handle the car. Have my doubts.
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The big problem seems to be the tires are too good. I've seen various suggestions like making everyone use all three compounds or making the hard tires at least one step removed from other two so like c1, c2, c4. Something to make the hards much slower so you don't just have every race end up Med - Hard one stop. The indy car race came down to tire strat at the end and you rarely see that kind of swing in places towards the end of the race in F1. Usually the softs don't last more than a few laps.
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I'll take this over watching Max be 20 seconds down the track 1/3 through the race any day and glad to see McLaren do well although some of the races in the second half of the season last year were pretty good which was refreshing as we hadn't seen that in some time.
Funny to watch Red Bull implode because they decided to build a car for one driver and it's funny that they keep trying to deny it. Tsunoda going to struggle in that car too,. |
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It is going to be a McClraren winning the vast majority of races.
I still find qualifying fun to watch. The drama in F1 can't be beat. Still a lot going on in F1 besides winning the Grand Prix.
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Any team would be happy to have a world champion. The same could be said of Lewis, Vettel or Alonso in their prime. Agree to disagree but they 100% built that car for Max and it cost them the constructors last year and will continue to cost them. |
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Yeah, it's the best perspective tbh
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Max is amazing...Hope we get a great race tomorrow.
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In qualifying Lawson finishes ahead of Yuki in the Racing Bulls car with Yuki in the Red Bull.
Should be a fun watch. I think Norris can make up the difference. He said so confidently after qualifying. He never is confident.
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Max has a chance to win races if he takes pole. The clean air is an equalizer. Otherwise little to no chance of winning unless he somehow is able to take overtake to P1 at start.
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The track also helped as that was a boring race. They really need to do something to make it more interesting like requiring all 3 compounds each race.
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Adding an (2) mandatory pit stops would definitely make it more interesting. It would act like NASCAR with their 'stages'.
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It would likely result in everyone starting on softs for a couple laps then early pits then med then hards, but it at least adds more volatility to things. They could also do something like make the hard tire 2 away from the medium so c2, c3, c5 to increase the time differential.
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Piastri odds to win from pole at Bahrain : -300
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Max offered $100MM a year to join Aston Martin.
Max Verstappen reportedly offered €264 million by Aston Martin in Saudi deal
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Will be interesting to see how Piastri does from 2nd tomorrow, early test to see if he has it in him. Tomorrow should be some fun.
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Solid P3 from Leclerc. Glad to see him finally get on the podium this season.
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Looks like the WDC is going to come down to Piastri vs Norris.
Same odds at my sportsbook.
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I think Oscar has become quicker than last season. I gave wrong odds to win. Here they are . Probably more value on Lando. Part of me want to put money on both to guarantee a profit. No chance Max wins. Right? Futures - Drivers Championship (1) F1 Drivers Championship 2025 Outright Oscar Piastri-120 Lando Norris+175 Max Verstappen+500
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