Cedric Lee

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sure, hamilton and alonso were battling each other in 2007 but it didnt cost them the title. poor decision making from the team cost them that. hamilton had a 17 point lead with 20 points remaining. they kept him out in china until his tyres disintegrated because they were trying to win instead of playing it safe. then in brazil, after hamilton made a mistake and lost a bunch of time at the start, they decided to put him on a 3 stop strategy which forced him to have to make up even more time. he got lapped instead. their poor decision making is costing them a lot this season however i dont think letting those 2 race cost them the win in this race. their race strategists are garbage and have been making terrible calls all season. it was clear that leclerc wasn't going to pit after hamilton made his second stop. by staying out, they are going to be ahead of norris and will inherit the lead if piastri pits. if piastri and norris pass him then he ends up 3rd which is what would have happened if he had pitted. if his tires really fall off then he can pit and come out ahead of hamilton then chase down sainz. or stay out and leave it up to hamilton to close a 35 second gap in 10 laps. in all scenarios, the worst ferrari result would be 3rd/4th. so he had absolutely no reason to pit and it was a free roll to stay out and try to maintain the lead ahead of norris and then piastri with zero negative consequences. mclaren were stupid and didnt see this, by the time they realized it, they didnt give piastri enough laps to close the gap down. they should have pitted piastri earlier. if piastri was going to win then you'd have to let it stand. but in this case, the team should have told piastri to concede 2nd place in the last sector of the last lap since he wasnt going to win. i'm a mclaren fan and have always been indifferent to ferrari but i hope ferrari wins the constructors. mclaren have been operating like trash (on the track) this season. they have the fastest car but consistently lose to slower ones.

04-09-2024 22:43

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lando is too far back to catch max if max is scoring 2nd place finishes every race but it looks like that might not be the case going forward. just hungary and monza alone would have reduced the gap by a further 9 points if mclaren prioritizes lando. now, in hungary it'd be tough to ask oscar to conceded the win but in monza there was no reason not to do it when it was clear he wasn't going to catch leclerc when he entered the last sector 2.5 seconds behind him. the team is not wrong to assume lando is quicker, they're fairly even over 1 lap in qualifying but he is clearly a lot quicker than piastri in a race. lando has been battling at the front against max since miami, piastri has not done any of that. he had a good race in hungary but that was about it. even when max and lando took each other out, piastri still couldnt win the race. for lando, it's only when he's stuck behind piastri at the beginning of a race that it causes problems otherwise he just drives away and finishes way ahead of him. they're fairly even for the first half of stints but lando is usually much faster as the tires wear down since piastri's tire management still needs a lot of work. piastri will get better as lando had similar issues in his first 2 seasons where he was always slower than carlos in the race but as of right now, lando is definitely the faster driver. lando's main issue is that he is much weaker at race starts which is costing him a few wins already. no doubt, lando would have at least 2-3 more wins right now if he just stopped losing places at the start. unfortunately for him, that continues to be a problem and will probably cost him his championship.

04-09-2024 22:54

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massa has no leg to stand on here. renault cheated, they should be omitted from the race results via disqualification, it doesnt just void the whole race. in this case, hamilton would just end up with even more points. if this race cost massa and ferrari the title, then it's because of their own actions, not renault. all the fia have to do if it goes to court is show them the footage of massa coming into the pits from p1, well ahead of hamilton and leaving the pits in dead last because they performed the worst pit stop of all time. even if bernie did cover it up, all that means is that he let renault keep their win instead of disqualifying them (which is what you do when a team cheats). so at most you can fine bernie for his actions and then disqualify alonso's results from the race, you cant just erase all of the results.

14-11-2023 20:28

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