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Genuine question: how does one design a car only 1 driver seems to be able to handle? Do you guys think it’s possible to design a car only xxxxx (name any driver on the grid) can drive? If so, how and why? I’m not (fully) agreeing with Collins’ statement, but if you look at the situation from the perspective I just gave you, it’s hard to imagine this current RB scenario happening (to this extend) in another team. Checo, Gasly, Albon and Law were/are part of a very exclusive group of drivers who will all be very fast in anything on 4 wheels. Every F1 fan at one point wonders what would happen if all drivers would compete in the same car, but the problem is: what would the characteristics of that car be and who would those characteristics benefit most… Yet, Alo, Ham, Lec, Ver, Rus, Nor and Pia would all probably do better than the rest in any type of car. So yes, I agree the RB was designed with Ver’s driving style as a starting point, but that doesn’t explain the enormous gap between him and Law, Per, Gas and Alb. Is it really possible, within such an exclusive group of world class drivers that (so far) only one of them has such a hugely different style compared to the others, that such a deficit between the first and second driver can be possible? Could the same thing have happened had RB designed their car specifically for any of the other drivers I mentioned and if yes, again, who, how and why? If no, why not? I’m trying to wrap my head around this RB mystery. Law was clearly better than Ric and on par with Tsu (who most likely won’t do much better than Law & Per), so clearly he’s a good driver.. I can only come up with 2 conclusions: either Ver is only fast in a very specific car (but has proven the contrary in many completely different, non F1 cars), or, he really is that much faster than at least his past and current teammates. Another question comes to mind: if the only way for RB to be able to compete is designing a car that is so different compared to the other cars, in combination with the driving style of 1 specific driver, are they really a top team, or just incredibly lucky with this seemingly perfect car/driver combination? Or, if this is not the case: why would they design such a car in the first place if they al ready know it will be hard to drive for many other drivers? Yes, a pointy car is quick, but if Ver is really that fast, he’d be able to adapt to a car that would be able to win races when driven by any of his current and previous teammates.. (Checo won races in 2022, so they CAN design a non-specific characteristics fast car) The answer probably lies somewhere in the middle. They are not a top 3 team, unless they design a car with extreme characteristics only very few drivers can adapt to..

27-03-2025 01:24

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Time will tell. Crashes or not, If he’s faster when he doesn’t crash, George will not be amused. George may have been more consistent than Lewis, but if Lewis was fast, he was always way faster than George, especially on Sundays. Despite the problems, the W13, 14 and 15 were still upgrades for George, compared to the Williams. Lewis on the other hand, downgraded from a top contender car to an absolute traktor. Mentally these are very different situations to deal with: optimism and hope, vs pessimism and despair. And added to Lewis’s mental pressure was a hungry young teammate with a positive mindset. Give Lewis a well balanced, predictable car and he’ll destroy George over a season. Imo, upgrading is mentally way easier than downgrading, especially in the case of a driver who’s had a very good car throughout his career.

15-12-2024 17:05

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Don’t try to be the amateur psychologist, you’re not good at it. 1. “Aimed”: dodged that one bc of a technicality. Your claim is still ridiculous. 2. Never said Max was being the good guy. Learn how to read. I clearly said he read the situation and simply played along. It was his only option in that situation, otherwise he would have taken the bait (like George did) and the prank would’ve worked on Max too. 3. Ha, so now you claim George would’ve just sat down next to Max, had Max ignored the situation ?. You don’t understand pranks, Max does. 4. I never said Max is always the good guy. All drivers complain on the radio. Yeah, Max is sarcastic, he’s allowed to, that doesn’t make him “the bad guy” though. I don’t always agree with the sarcasm, but I’m also not driving around in an F1 car. I admire “accountability” as a trait. Many drivers blame others while they are at fault themselves. Piastri said Max apologized to him, so I don’t care what he said on the radio during a race in the heat of the moment. 5. You hate so much on this guy, all I’m doing is countering your biased nonsense. You’re obsessed, do yourself a favor and talk to someone. 6. The closer to the edge you get, the more likely you are to go over it. Multiple F1 WDC’s have ALL gone over the edge many times. The drivers that keep a safe margin, will never win a WDC, unless their car is way faster than the rest of the grid. Max wants to win WDC’s and does exactly that by doing what he needs to do. 7. Max does not care what others think about him, despite your poor attempt to play the psychologist. He’s not there to make friends, he’s there to win. Would you care what a bunch of guys think about you when you go karting against them? I know I wouldn’t. You have no idea about Dutch culture. They are rude, impolite, use swearwords all the time, but they are also very direct, honest and don’t take bs. Max is a very average, typical Dutch guy. So you complaining about those typical traits, is quite annoying frankly. That fake politeness George has been displaying, is like a red flag to a bull to many Dutch people, including Max. We like guys like Kimi and Fernando hence the love between Fernando and Max. Oh, and don’t tell me what I would find funny or not. I know you absolutely love analyzing Max and making baseless assumptions about him, but trying that on me is pretty ridiculous. A well executed prank is funny. I don’t care who’s on the receiving end. I heard Lando was behind it, well done to him. Having a sense of humor is a very likable trait, George doesn’t have it and neither do you.

09-12-2024 04:07

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? shares proof of having a sense of humor, incl its 64gb size ? ? doesn’t like to be personally attacked bc of sharing “opinions”, while in reality attacks one specific person’s personality constantly ? ? mocks me for sharing minor personal stuff, then continues by sharing personal stuff himself ? ? writes essay long replies, while claiming the words he’s replying to have zero impact ? ? claims he’s not sitting on a throne while stating his intellectual superiority ? ? claims to share facts while presenting nothing but personal opinions ? ? still lives in 2021 ? ? talks zero about actual F1 racing and skills on an F1 blog, instead talks about drivers as if he knows them ? ? warns counter trol he’ll unleash keyboard superpowers and thinks he’s making an impression ? ? being a cultural anthropologist he thinks he knows more about Dutch people than a Dutchman ?

09-12-2024 23:42

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Sports and rules F1, like football, has a rulebook, referees and “players” who have to oblige by those rules. In football free kicks, penalty kicks, yellow and red cards are used when players brake the rules. F1 has a similar way of dealing with drivers who break rules. Now, like the rules, the penalties also play a huge role in strategic decisions while playing a game or participating in a sport. Some “players” are very clever and particularly pay attention to where the gray areas are and how they can use penalties (read: breaking the rules) to their advantage. This is just as much part of the game as the rules itself. Let’s use football as an example here, as it’s the biggest sport in the world. It’s extra time, the 95th minute. Your team is leading 1-0 and it’s the WC final. You’re a defender and an opponent’s player is rushing towards your goal(keeper) with only you in his path. You can’t legally stop him, which leaves you with 1 opportunity: an illegal sliding from behind, possibly risking injuring your opponent. What do you do? The penalty will be a red card and a free kick (if you’re quick enough to tackle him before he reaches the penalty area). ANY football player in that situation will happily take that red card and everyone watching that game under a neutral flag, will understand why that player did what he did (had to do). F1 is no different. If you’re not in the fastest car and playing 100% by the rules, this means you will lose. It’s as simple as that. Of the current F1 grid probably 8-10 drivers would’ve won the 2023 WDC in that Red Bull. Not in 2021 & 2024 though. Only the ones who know how to use gray areas and penalties to their advantage, who also have almost flawless driving skills, would’ve taken those titles. That leaves us with 2, maybe 3 drivers on the grid, capable of those calculated, high level performances during every single race weekend. Some haters keep saying “Max is a bully, he breaks the rules, etc” but what they are forgetting is that like Max, every single driver has a car and a rulebook they can use however they want. They can break rules too, they can become a “bully”, they can race hard and aggressive or soft and clean, it’s all up to them. But complaining about another player’s tactics which you can use yourself to fight him, is like crying about that red card in the final minute of the WC final. It’s useless, it’s the rules. If Max is eventually suspended for 1 race than that’s the consequence of his actions. But that will only happen if Max thinks it will help him win, which is the ONLY reason all those drivers are there: they want to win the WDC. Crying about Max’s style is basically saying out loud what their own flaws and shortcomings are. Max has rarely taken a penalty that has not in one way or another worked out is his favor or at least hasn’t cost him points. Everything he does is part of the game in the same sense a yellow and red card are part of the Football game. A yellow card means: you’re not allowed to do that; but it’s acceptable, you’re allowed to continue. 5/10s penalties are the same. He’s never been black flagged and he’s never been suspended for a race: HE’S NEVER EVEN TAKEN A RED CARD! Football players take deliberate tactical yellow and even red cards, ALL THE TIME! If the FIA believes their rules are fine the way they are then Max will continue to race the way he does and rightfully so, if the FIA changes its rules, Max will change his tactics too. It’s as simple as that. So, rival drivers will have to come up with a plan “how to deal with Max on track”. If that means they will for instance stop giving him space, or treating him differently than other drivers and they both crash, then Max will have to change his tactics if that means his current ones no longer work for him. This is exactly where many of the other drivers fail while playing the F1 game. You can’t blame Max for racing the way he does. If it works in his advantage, it’s because the rules allow this. So, blame the rules, blame the FIA, blame yourself, but don’t blame the driver who is governed and playing by the same rules as you. Bye now ?

10-12-2024 16:05

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