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Hadjar gets the Red Bull seat. Gasly Albon Perez Lawson Tsunoda Is he genuinely better than those? Soon find out. New regs demand different driving styles too which could flip things

Just an important one for next season- engine manufacturers with a 3% or higher performance deficiency will be able to develop the engine. I’ve no idea how it’s policed etc. On the face of it, it’s better than the horrific inequality of 2014-15, but also seems to me like there could be...

Yeah they have to from here. Change whatever you can, put a new engine in to maximise your power and hope for rain. They’ve got nothing to lose now so they have to.

My understanding is that the fuel was a differentiating factor in performance yes, but that in the early days of hybrid the manufacturer (Merc) were not obligated to share all software details (engine modes). So whilst hardware was the same, I don’t think everyone knew how to mine the...

Yeah Karuns a great guy and super knowledgable — but agree he could occasionally be more affirmative on the action. At least he commands the knowledge technically. We’re in a bit of a hole broadcast wise once MB hangs up the microphone.

Did anyone catch the moment where David Croft had to ask whether or not you get DRS when lapping another car? He’s only been commentating for 13 years :emoticon-0102-bigsm

Max I think will finish P2 given how Mercs are holding one another up and Bearman is ahead. Wonder if Piastri will go aggressive with Max?

LOL Verstappen “no further action” Clown show.

Max could finish P2 in this btw if everyone one stops- he will absolutely pissball it on softs with a lighter car.

We all know why T1 hasn’t been penalised- it doesn’t help the show if Max takes a penalty and leaves the Maccas to fight out the title. F1 is completely compromised. Farcical.

Yeah Tsunoda will get canned, however I think the best test the Red Bull group could do is sticking Max in the Racing Bull to see what the max potential of that car is, given that Tsunoda, Hadjar and even to some extent Lawson have all performed well in that car. Max is brilliant but hard to...

Low drag, low deg. Deg being so low at the circuit meant it neutralised their usual tyre wear and tyre performance advantage. Next place they’ll potentially struggle is Vegas in the super cold track temps - Macca being “kind” on tyres won’t work there- it rewards those who push more energy...

I’d love to say I enjoyed that but my word, what an utterly dull 75 minutes of racing that was.

Verstappen yet again showing his talent when the car performances converge. Be interesting to see if McLaren have the overall balance to win the race or not.

Straight fight til the finish now on fresh tyres for Macca - I wouldn’t be surprised to see them come together either, it’s very nip and tuck.