Nothing has changed in F1
03-19-2019, 12:50 PM
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But we don't how much the damage impact the car's handling and pace, and the damaged Merc was probably still faster than the Red Bull. I'd love to see an F1 where all of the cars are identical and the only variable is the driver. As it stands now, F1 seems to be more of an engineering competition than a driver competition. Put Lewis in any of the slower cars and he'll never set foot on a podium during the entire season. Or put Alonso in the Merc for the past few years and he would have taken away a decent chunk of Lewis' WDCs.
03-19-2019, 12:53 PM
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03-19-2019, 12:53 PM
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But we don't how much the damage impact the car's handling and pace, and the damaged Merc was probably still faster than the Red Bull. I'd love to see an F1 where all of the cars are identical and the only variable is the driver. As it stands now, F1 seems to be more of an engineering competition than a driver competition. Put Lewis in any of the slower cars and he'll never set foot on a podium during the entire season. Or put Alonso in the Merc for the past few years and he would have taken away a decent chunk of Lewis' WDCs.
give Lewis his due but it says more about how dominant the Mercedes is compared to every other car on grid when a wounded Merc can pull away from the Ferrari’s and hold off a charging Max on fresh tires and the potential to use DRS if he could get close enough. Lewis, Senna, Schumacher, Alonso Jim Clark, Fangio Prost don’t beat that Mercedes with any other car on grid
03-19-2019, 04:54 PM
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The damage details further point to Hamilton's brilliance as an F1 driver! Even with a damaged unbalanced car, hindering his ability to push (apparently since lap 4 of a 58 lap GP) Hamilton not only managed to finish P2 but held of Verstappen who was on fresher tires and had passed Vettel with ease! Onto Bahrain!!
03-19-2019, 05:39 PM
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It's now basically a spec series with a single chassis manufacturer (though there are two engine choices).As stated, F1 has always been the pinnacle of automotive racing technology, which is part of its appeal....and believe me, it's not lost on anybody when somebody like Alonso takes a dog of a car and wrings its neck like he did.....it enhances his reputation as an all-time great even further.
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03-19-2019, 06:56 PM
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03-19-2019, 09:31 PM
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But he did have a hell of a career in sports cars, driving what? Among others, the legendary M-B 300SLR and Maserati 250F!
Win some, lose some......
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03-20-2019, 11:25 AM
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I think you appreciate a driver MORE when he's in a car that isn't the fastest and you seen him drag it up the field. In watching Alonso drive an Indy car for the first time and what he's done lately in sports cars, he seems to be a throwback to an era of drivers when they would drive anything and succeed.
I think Max is probably in this same category of making a car look faster than it really is.
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I think the more recent exception was Alonso. I know the Ferrari wasn't as fast as it was 2 of the years he had it in his hands and yet, he almost took 2 WDC from Vettel.
I think you appreciate a driver MORE when he's in a car that isn't the fastest and you seen him drag it up the field. In watching Alonso drive an Indy car for the first time and what he's done lately in sports cars, he seems to be a throwback to an era of drivers when they would drive anything and succeed.
I think Max is probably in this same category of making a car look faster than it really is.
I think you appreciate a driver MORE when he's in a car that isn't the fastest and you seen him drag it up the field. In watching Alonso drive an Indy car for the first time and what he's done lately in sports cars, he seems to be a throwback to an era of drivers when they would drive anything and succeed.
I think Max is probably in this same category of making a car look faster than it really is.
03-20-2019, 12:59 PM
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I think the more recent exception was Alonso. I know the Ferrari wasn't as fast as it was 2 of the years he had it in his hands and yet, he almost took 2 WDC from Vettel.
I think you appreciate a driver MORE when he's in a car that isn't the fastest and you seen him drag it up the field. In watching Alonso drive an Indy car for the first time and what he's done lately in sports cars, he seems to be a throwback to an era of drivers when they would drive anything and succeed.
I think Max is probably in this same category of making a car look faster than it really is.
I think you appreciate a driver MORE when he's in a car that isn't the fastest and you seen him drag it up the field. In watching Alonso drive an Indy car for the first time and what he's done lately in sports cars, he seems to be a throwback to an era of drivers when they would drive anything and succeed.
I think Max is probably in this same category of making a car look faster than it really is.
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