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I just realized Alpine is French for Haas.
If Yuki swapped when told, Ricciardo could have beaten the Haas & maybe the Sauber. Instead he did so right as Verstappen was lapping them costing them both time & Ricciardo his tires. Then he acted like a petulant child & locking his tired right in front of Ricciardo & almost hitting him post race. Real lack of maturity all the way around from him for a non-points position.Just fast forwarded through my recording of the race, my take aways were....
First race and all but....
Max and that car are fucking unfair, he had a 1 second lead after 1 lap and in his last few laps he passed Yuki, Danny Ric, Magnusson and Zhou to ensure that he lapped HALF THE FIELD....
Credit to Sainz for taking the imitative to pass LeClerc
Logan Sargent really is that bad.
Alpine's cars are fucking pigs, they managed to beat Sargent who went off the track and Bottas who had a 52 second pit stop and they finished behind Hulkenberg who had front wing damage on the first lap. Shockingly bad.....Otmar must be fucking howling in laughter.
The Aston Martins did not seem to make much of a jump from the mid point of last season until now.
Looks like the McClarens and Mercs may be clumped together this season, wonder who can change their car fast enough to jump up the ranks.
Really odd choice by the RB team to call for Yuki to swap spots with Danny Ric with like 5 laps to go, only for Danny Ric to not catch Mags.
It's not RB - It's Max Verstappen. He is 22 seconds ahead of his team-mate without breaking sweat. His fasted lap is 1.45 seconds faster than the next fastest (Leclerc). The gap between Perez and Sainz however is only 3 secs.Acknowledging its just the first race - but more discouraging than the RB dominance is that the top teams seem pretty set in order too - so very little consequential racing even below the RBs.
Ferrari - clear 2nd best car.
Mercedes/McLaren - maybe the only battle
Aston Martin
The rest of the dreck.
Its both.It's not RB - It's Max Verstappen. He is 22 seconds ahead of his team-mate without breaking sweat. His fasted lap is 1.45 seconds faster than the next fastest (Leclerc). The gap between Perez and Sainz however is only 3 secs.
The conclusion is inescapable - Verstappen is just next level compared to the other 19 drivers in the field.
You could look forward to the race next week....Was looking forward to the race tomorrow and it turns out Max has already won it
Winner, funny and true all at the same time.You could look forward to the race next week....
But Max has already won that one too....
Prior to RB I don't think Perez was anything more than a solid middle of the pack driver, he's never been anything special unlike Verstappen who looked like he was destined for the top in his debut season. What would be good for the sport would be if we could get a Rosberg/Hamilton type lineup at RB. There are much better drivers out there than Perez who would get more out of that car imo.It's not RB - It's Max Verstappen. He is 22 seconds ahead of his team-mate without breaking sweat. His fasted lap is 1.45 seconds faster than the next fastest (Leclerc). The gap between Perez and Sainz however is only 3 secs.
The conclusion is inescapable - Verstappen is just next level compared to the other 19 drivers in the field.
i wasnt going to watch it anyway, as dont have the channel, but is this going to be a normal thing of the GP being on a Sat and not Sun, or is it a one off?You could look forward to the race next week....
But Max has already won that one too....
Its a Ramadan thing.i wasnt going to watch it anyway, as dont have the channel, but is this going to be a normal thing of the GP being on a Sat and not Sun, or is it a one off?