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Who will finish first?

  • Charles Leclerc

    Votes: 3 30.0%

  • Carlos Sainz

    Votes: 3 30.0%

  • Max Verstappen

    Votes: 3 30.0%

  • Sergio Perez

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Lewis Hamilton

    Votes: 1 10.0%

  • George Russell

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Daniel Ricciardo

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Lando Norris

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Fernando Alonso

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Any Other

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    10
  • Poll closed .
ched999uk said:
Did you see the Ferrari, I think Sainz's, bouncing up and down in a big way but they can still get good lap times! So it suggests that the bouncing isn't too detrimental to good lap times.
I do wonder if Red Bull are just using skid plates to limit the minimum height?
I did initially think that Merc would be quick once they solve the bouncing, I'm not sure now!! That said, I would have thought that maybe their plan is going to take a while to produce the required parts - maybe new floor? Them saying they don't have a clue I don't believe. They know that if they get too low it stalls so they just have to stop it getting too low by either suspension, or under floor.
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The Ferrari is bouncing on the straights, but once it's in the corner it's totally settling and they're stable. The Merc is still bouncing through the turns. It looks like a real handful.
 
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SgtBhaji said:
Imagine if Hamilton and Russel had a car as balanced as the Ferrari and RBR. Boy.. what a season we would have on our hands.
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I have the feeling after today that the Merc PU is not uncompetitive. It seems only to be the chassis. If Merc get the car overall to be competitive by say, end of May, we could have a great season of competition with as many as 6 or 7 potential race winners in competitive cars. Why 7? (thinking Norris or Alonso even).
 
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moreinjuredthanowen said:
Didn't say that.

I said I want real racing not new v old as a thing. I've seen new v old stories for decades.

When it was Schumacher v alonso for example was it really old v new or did regs just make things a bit boring then

Good racing is too rare. I really don't care if someone is 40, 37 or 21. It's about balls to the wall 2 hour hard racing for me and a bit of drama as they pit wits to get by.

But it's also if I hear one whinge on a radio looming for stewards to fix the outcome its a red flag for me.
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Well, Verstappen is turning into a real whinger! Lewis moans about his tyres a lot but really we only get to hear some of what is said on the radio. Except for te ocassional broadcast I tend to not to read to much into the radio transmissions.
 
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Big Ern said:
Norris? He's beating Danny far more easily than Max ever did.
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Norris has really developed his confidence in the last couple of years. He is a young driver who is showing enormous promise. With the right car he is capable of winning a championship. Danny, does seem to have lost his way. He hasn't shown the adaptability but that may not be because he has lost it. He has had a difficult 3 years (2 different teams, 3 teams in 4 years). I think he needs stability. I believe if he stays with Mclaren he will settle into a rythm and start to perform.
 
Justjazz said:
I have the feeling after today that the Merc PU is not uncompetitive. It seems only to be the chassis. If Merc get the car overall to be competitive by say, end of May, we could have a great season of competition with as many as 6 or 7 potential race winners in competitive cars. Why 7? (thinking Norris or Alonso even).
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They have a second to find in there somewhere..The porpoising issues count for a chunk of that, but there seems to be issues all over the place. Braking, traction out of corners, overall balance... I'm not sure a good first sector or a good speed trap time gives them a lot to be hopeful about.
 
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Gutted for Carlos- the last thing he needed was a DNF with your team mate leading the championship- could find himself de facto second driver before too long and I think he knows that hence the pressure on himself.
 
Ferrari really messed that strategy up. Eaten alive.

Very disappointing race so far.

Farrinwin in a canter as predicted but the lack of racing as mclaren seem content to not even try pass and then merc left Russell behind Hamilton so it's a boring Drs train.

All the track changes seem to have failed to generate anything bar a drs pass by drs to turn 1 them really pass at turn 3 if you have a car to do so.

It's largely a procession so all we have is pit stop drama to come.
 
All reacting to verstsppen and perez.

Perez needed up behind Hamilton again

Perez blew by and now a safety car for vettel parking it.


Russell might be huge beneficiary here.
 
Red bull seem to be eating tyres so

Ferrari win.

Merc 2/3 as they pass red bull later on??

Alonso in 4th but trapped with no pit stop. Disaster for him
 
Poor restart but nobody can pass here.

Nobody seems to really be able to follow very closely either :emoticon-0107-sweat

Drs turns 1 and 3 are the only pass = fake racing.

Alonso on old tyres getting eaten alive. Disaster for him.
 
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