• Vos@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Generally not a fan of the sprint weekend format, but this one was pretty enjoyable (probably mainly due to the weather)

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    Great mini race mainly because of the weather. Nice call by Russell there, baking fearless to gamble. Also, Max is on a completely different league atm.

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      The undercut for the slicks was really well timed, good call from Mercedes to trust George’s feel out on track.

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      The undercut for the slicks was really well timed, good call from Mercedes to trust George’s feel out on track.

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    1 year ago

    21 second lead in a 24 lap race. Another masterclass from Max.

    Glad to see a better performance from Checo as well, minus the drama between the two Red Bull cars on that first lap.

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      Honestly Max feels like he’s on another level even compared to other “on another level” years from other drivers. Like, the consistency from Quali to race, event after event, is insane. A season to remember.

      And I hate it like cmon max can you chill with the throttle I wanna see some racing at the front why you driving away bb?

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          Exactly, I was talking to a buddy today and they were asking “why is Checo so slow in the Red Bull?” Bruh he ain’t slow (he’s had his rough moments but he ain’t slow), Max is just out of his mind on speed

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        Yea Max is basically the result of an experiment to see what happens if you literally breed racing into a kid and train them from birth. He’s a machine, and not just the pace itself but the damn consistency.

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      Yeah first lap was some bullshit from Checo, really dodgy forcing max onto the grass there.

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    If you told me a race with max winning by 20 seconds was action pacted I would have insulted your pet, gestured at your mother and called you a liar.

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        Max pulled a massive lead in Suzuka last year as well - he’s generally excellent in wet conditions. It’s the attribute that had RB fighting over his signature at 16 y/o.

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    1 year ago

    I’m with Red Bull through and through, but MV finishing 20s+ seconds ahead of the 2nd is not what I want to tune in every Sunday for. Let’s hope Aston Martin can make a title contending car soon!

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    Amazing performance from Hulk and for once, good strategy from haas. One more lap and he might have overtaken Stroll and Alonso aswell.

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      Hulk has been really impressing me with his qualy performance this season. Kind of a shame he’s being wasted in a hass.

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        But he could profit from the other guys also switching. I wonder if everyone else stayed on inters if he would finish in the points.

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      For people out of the points the gamble might have helped. Definitely worked for George.

      For Hulk, I think he put too much into his tires at the start, he probably would have finished out of the 8 if he stayed on the inters.

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    This sprint was fun because of the weather, I think.

    The first lap incident made Max push the car 🤣 🤣 🤣