2020 Motorsports thread.

ralphc1 said:
Hamilton with another great performance with close to a half a second faster than his teammate Bottas. Verstappen managed to edge Ricciardo for third on his final lap.
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Say what you want about Hamilton, dude puts in the lap times. The definition of a professional. Those laps were unreal. And he did it out front. No tow.
 
rearnakedchoke said:
Say what you want about Hamilton, dude puts in the lap times. The definition of a professional. Those laps were unreal. And he did it out front. No tow.
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Dude looks so in control and in tune with what he is doing, truly one with the car. His first Q3 lap looked so good, I didn't think there was much time left on the table and then 2nd lap was perfection. Obviously he has a great car but just watching him compared to Bottas and others he just seems on another level with that car.
 
I'm almost thinking F1 should let Ferrari cheat again lol. Like wtf happened to them. Struggling to make it out of Q1 and getting smoked in Q2. I'm not a big Ferrari or Vettel fan but damn.
 
RerouteToRemain said:
I'm almost thinking F1 should let Ferrari cheat again lol. Like wtf happened to them. Struggling to make it out of Q1 and getting smoked in Q2. I'm not a big Ferrari or Vettel fan but damn.
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It is hard to watch. Carlos probably wondering how he can stay away. But some guys would rather be last in a ferrari just to be part of the team. I think it was Pedro de la Rosa who gave up a driver gig to be a test driver for Ferrari if I am remembering correctly.
 
RerouteToRemain said:
Dude looks so in control and in tune with what he is doing, truly one with the car. His first Q3 lap looked so good, I didn't think there was much time left on the table and then 2nd lap was perfection. Obviously he has a great car but just watching him compared to Bottas and others he just seems on another level with that car.
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Very in control. I remember a few years back Toto said he was going to have a talk with Lewis about his life outside racing. He was leaving after the race to do other things and coming back on Thursday to the paddock. Toto said that Lewis’s driving never suffered, so he had no reason to make any demands.
You are right, he does have a good car, but he has always shown he can drive since before he was a rookie, and learned from his mistakes.
 
rearnakedchoke said:
Very in control. I remember a few years back Toto said he was going to have a talk with Lewis about his life outside racing. He was leaving after the race to do other things and coming back on Thursday to the paddock. Toto said that Lewis’s driving never suffered, so he had no reason to make any demands.
You are right, he does have a good car, but he has always shown he can drive since before he was a rookie, and learned from his mistakes.
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Lewis was always incredible to me, even when he had a car that couldn't compete for the championship. I think his life outside of racing got blown out of proportion a bit, but he's definitely matured as well in the past few years. I will never get over the blemish of losing to Rosturd thanks to his own team, though. Say what you will, but the reaction of Toto and others after Rosberg retired showed me all I needed to know, would love to hear some stories coming out about that season in a few years.
 
Deffid said:
Lewis was always incredible to me, even when he had a car that couldn't compete for the championship. I think his life outside of racing got blown out of proportion a bit, but he's definitely matured as well in the past few years. I will never get over the blemish of losing to Rosturd thanks to his own team, though. Say what you will, but the reaction of Toto and others after Rosberg retired showed me all I needed to know, would love to hear some stories coming out about that season in a few years.
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I'm certain Mercedes "gifted" Rosberg with a championship to keep him happy to stay with the team. I'm sure Rosberg saw through that too and could see that Hamilton is the better driver and it was his only chance to go out on top.
 
ralphc1 said:
I'm certain Mercedes "gifted" Rosberg with a championship to keep him happy to stay with the team. I'm sure Rosberg saw through that too and could see that Hamilton is the better driver and it was his only chance to go out on top.
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That Malaysian dnf did him in. He knew when he got out the car that his season was done.
 
Ferrari had the choice to start their cars on any of the three tire compounds. They started Leclerc on the soft tires. He passed several cars on the start but soon started dropping like a stone. Verstappen is already complaining about his tires on lap 10. Two car crash on lap 10 brings out a safety car and everybody changes tires except Gasly and Perez.
 
The announcers cheering on Leclerc for passing Magnussen to move into 15th place. Bottas and Verstappen dropping back to manage tires.
 
Sexy said:
Lol Vettel and Ferrari
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As lol'worthy as it is for Vettel, this is a Ferrari problem right now. The car is just bad and he's putting it firmly where it should be. Yes, he's a former world champion and you expect world champions to out drive the cars but this car is terrible.....

Begs the question... how much were they cheating last year????
 
Foppa21 said:
As lol'worthy as it is for Vettel, this is a Ferrari problem right now. The car is just bad and he's putting it firmly where it should be. Yes, he's a former world champion and you expect world champions to out drive the cars but this car is terrible.....

Begs the question... how much were they cheating last year????
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Apparently they were cheating a lot to make that much difference.
 
ralphc1 said:
Apparently they were cheating a lot to make that much difference.
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I saw a graphic somewhere after FPs I think for the weekend. This year compared to last year's times compared to last year's FP times. Ferrari was the only car slower. And they were slower over just over 2s which is huge. They've lost a minimum of 3s on the field. Binotto HAS to go
 
Good race from Hamilton. Gotta make a good start here. Bottas seems just to tentative. The renaults looked good. That crash was scary. Definitely after what happened at gp2 last year on the same track.
 
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