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2020 Formula 1 Season Thread

Max Verstappen is an incredible talent. A once-in-a-decade driver who has risen very quickly to the top of the grid. And he has matured a lot in the past two years.

That said, Lewis Hamilton would not have collided with Lance Stroll in an identical situation. And I think most of us know that, and the reason(s) why.
 
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“Max unapologetic” is unfortunately less surprising news than “Pope is Catholic”. He is a talented driver but appears to somewhat lack insight into social issues and, er, manners.
 
Strange qualifying. Mediums rather than softs? Not the standard.
But the order of Lewis, Bottas and Max is very familiar.

In other news looks like Williams might sign Perez. Makes sense as he is a good driver and brings sponsors.
However why would they drop Russell over Latife? He’s in Q2 where his team mate is stone cold last. I just do t get the thinking.
Anyway I hope Russell stays in the seat.
Hass have decided to sack their pair. I’m really not surprised. I don’t rate Grojan or Magnesun. Neither have made an impression on the sport accept a shed load of broken wings!
 
Apple fanboy said:
In other news looks like Williams might sign Perez. Makes sense as he is a good driver and brings sponsors. However why would they drop Russell over Latife? He’s in Q2 where his team mate is stone cold last. I just do t get the thinking.
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Does Latife bring in more money than Russell? Williams is still dead-last in the WCC with no points so if Perez can bring in more money (and talent) to score WCC points to move them higher up in the standings, that arguably makes him more valuable than Russell.
 
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Does Latife bring in more money than Russell? Williams is still dead-last in the WCC with no points so if Perez can bring in more money (and talent) to score WCC points to move them higher up in the standings, that arguably makes him more valuable than Russell.
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Latife must bring in cash. Because despite the car being rubbish I don’t think he has ever out qualified his team mate.
 
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Perez deserves a much better seat than Williams. It's almost criminal that Vettel is getting his seat after the dreadful season he's had.
 
michael9891 said:
Perez deserves a much better seat than Williams. It's almost criminal that Vettel is getting his seat after the dreadful season he's had.
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Perez should still bring pretty good commercial sponsorship money to a team, but I guess it doesn't buy the seat in 2020 it did in 2014 when he joined Force India.

As for Vettel, hopefully getting out of a dreadful car with a dreadful team will mean a 2021 season that is not so dreadful.
 
144Lewis HamiltonMERCEDES1:16.8281:16.8241:16.65221
277Valtteri BottasMERCEDES1:16.9451:16.4661:16.75417
333Max VerstappenRED BULL RACING HONDA1:16.8791:17.0381:16.90423
416Charles LeclercFERRARI1:17.4211:17.3671:17.09023
511Sergio PerezRACING POINT BWT MERCEDES1:17.3701:17.1291:17.22321
623Alexander AlbonRED BULL RACING HONDA1:17.4351:17.4111:17.43729
755Carlos SainzMCLAREN RENAULT1:17.6271:17.1831:17.52024
84Lando NorrisMCLAREN RENAULT1:17.5471:17.3211:17.52524
910Pierre GaslyALPHATAURI HONDA1:17.2091:17.3671:17.80326
103Daniel RicciardoRENAULT1:17.6211:17.48117
1131Esteban OconRENAULT1:17.7751:17.61418
1218Lance StrollRACING POINT BWT MERCEDES1:17.6671:17.62622
1326Daniil KvyatALPHATAURI HONDA1:17.8411:17.72822
1463George RussellWILLIAMS MERCEDES1:17.9311:17.78817
155Sebastian VettelFERRARI1:17.4461:17.91920
167Kimi RäikkönenALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI1:18.20112
1799Antonio GiovinazziALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI1:18.32312
188Romain GrosjeanHAAS FERRARI1:18.36412
1920Kevin MagnussenHAAS FERRARI1:18.50810
206Nicholas LatifiWILLIAMS MERCEDES1:18.77711
 
Apple fanboy said:
Maybe Hass might take a look at him?
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One never knows, however from what I read it would seem they to want to go with 2 winning drivers from F2. IMO we will see Mick Schumacher and Russian Nikita Mazepin. Both have big sponsorship money with them. Especially Mazepin, and both are Ferrari Driver Academy. I'd say it's likely Ferrari will have allot of influence.

But it's all speculation on my part. I also think we will then see Mick in a Ferrari after Carlos, or if Leclerc ends up at Mercedes after his contract.

So many unknowns about 2022.
 
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144Lewis HamiltonMERCEDES661:29:56.82826
277Valtteri BottasMERCEDES66+25.592s18
333Max VerstappenRED BULL RACING HONDA66+34.508s15
416Charles LeclercFERRARI66+65.312s12
510Pierre GaslyALPHATAURI HONDA65+1 lap10
655Carlos SainzMCLAREN RENAULT65+1 lap8
711Sergio PerezRACING POINT BWT MERCEDES65+1 lap6
831Esteban OconRENAULT65+1 lap4
93Daniel RicciardoRENAULT65+1 lap2
105Sebastian VettelFERRARI65+1 lap1
117Kimi RäikkönenALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI65+1 lap0
1223Alexander AlbonRED BULL RACING HONDA65+1 lap0
134Lando NorrisMCLAREN RENAULT65+1 lap0
1463George RussellWILLIAMS MERCEDES65+1 lap0
1599Antonio GiovinazziALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI65+1 lap0
1620Kevin MagnussenHAAS FERRARI65+1 lap0
178Romain GrosjeanHAAS FERRARI65+1 lap0
186Nicholas LatifiWILLIAMS MERCEDES64+2 laps0
1926Daniil KvyatALPHATAURI HONDA64+2 laps0
NC18Lance StrollRACING POINT BWT MERCEDES51DNF0
 
Exciting start, with the rain playing havoc with the Medium tire runners, but once the track dried, normal service was restored and it was the usual Lewis | Bottas | Verstappen show. LeClerc acquitted himself well to finish fourth and even Vettel could be bothered to score some points.
 
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michael9891 said:
It was simply a case of the mediums struggling to get up to temperature, rain had nothing to do with it.
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The rain was what stopped the mediums up to temperature in my opinion.
Anyway it was nice to see the McLaren’s up there for a while. Even if it didn’t last.
Yes the podium looked very familiar. But Lewis deserved his victory. Bottas made him work for it early on. But he reeled him in, overtook and then made his tyres last.

I remember Schumacher getting to 91 and thinking we would never get there again.
Very impressive. Yes his car is good. But he makes the best of it week in week out.
 
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No one can question that Lewis is the most successful driver. The greatest? Different question: I would say he is as part of being great is managing your career and relationships. Max will never get into a Mercedes because of this (partly).

Lewis also not just in the best car. He caught, overtook and then put 25s on his team mate yesterday. So he is at the very least the better driver in the best car
 
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robbieduncan said:
No one can question that Lewis is the most successful driver. The greatest? Different question: I would say he is as part of being great is managing your career and relationships. Max will never get into a Mercedes because of this (partly).

Lewis also not just in the best car. He caught, overtook and then put 25s on his team mate yesterday. So he is at the very least the better driver in the best car
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I don’t think there is a single greatest driver in history and I don’t take anybody seriously who suggests there is. There are far too many greats that have made history in the sport and it would be unfair to pick one. Stats don’t signify anyone in particular in my opinion. Lewis is a great and earned his title to be talked about in the same breath as the other greats but that’s it. If I ask my father who the greatest is he always talk about drivers from his childhood like Fangio, Moss, Hill, Clarke, Rindt etc. My era in my childhood was the Senna, Prost, Piquet and Mansell period. Kids these days will relate more heavily towards the Vettels and Hamilton’s.

To put it simply, ‘Lewis is one of the greatest F1 drivers in the sports history’.. I don’t think anybody could credibly deny that.
 
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