Spanish Grand Prix

zorro_mfc said:
I want to to see a race not a procession
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I really don't know what you expect to see in F1? I've watched F1 since the early 70s when driver fatality and serious injury was a regular occurrence and very rarely has there been more than two teams competing for the wins. There was an element of fragility in the older machinery that would throw up random wins but generally the other teams were playing catch up with one or two top teams. This year we have Red Bull and Mercedes with pretty similar performance. In both cases we see star drivers in Lewis and Max leaving their team mates in their wake. At the moment you can excuse Perez' performance by his lack of familiarity with the team and the car. (Though one should perhaps note that Ricciardo seems to have got the McLaren hooked up this weekend).

I find myself warming to Max more this year as he has displayed considerable maturity in his media interviews than previously was the case.

I didn't intend to watch today's race but found it captivating as the strategies unwound. Proper racing and the result in doubt until Hamilton overtook Verstappen with six laps to go and perhaps Red Bull could have won if they had pitted Max as soon as Lewis had gone for his second stop?

Try Touring Cars or Formula E?
 
Muttley said:
I really don't know what you expect to see in F1? I've watched F1 since the early 70s when driver fatality and serious injury was a regular occurrence and very rarely has there been more than two teams competing for the wins. There was an element of fragility in the older machinery that would throw up random wins but generally the other teams were playing catch up with one or two top teams. This year we have Red Bull and Mercedes with pretty similar performance. In both cases we see star drivers in Lewis and Max leaving their team mates in their wake. At the moment you can excuse Perez' performance by his lack of familiarity with the team and the car. (Though one should perhaps note that Ricciardo seems to have got the McLaren hooked up this weekend).

I find myself warming to Max more this year as he has displayed considerable maturity in his media interviews than previously was the case.

I didn't intend to watch today's race but found it captivating as the strategies unwound. Proper racing and the result in doubt until Hamilton overtook Verstappen with six laps to go and perhaps Red Bull could have won if they had pitted Max as soon as Lewis had gone for his second stop?

Try Touring Cars or Formula E?
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He just wants his beloved Max to win and not Lewis.

He understands the sport enough to know it's been the least engaging motor sport with regards to wheel to wheel racing for some time.
 
Unbelievable by Lewis yet again yesterday. Gamble of pitting when he did was great.

Lewis once again showing why he'll go down as the GOAT when he retires.

No question.

Those who don't rate Lewis as one of the best (if not the best) ever, either don't know anything about F1 or they're blinded by hate.
 
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No question Lewis is the GOAT. He deserves the plaudits he gets. He and his support team have conjured up results from losing positions, superb driving ability and tactical awareness. Max is a great driver and has the years ahead of him to do well. Lewis’s achievements and those of Mercedes though are sublime.

Max will be World champion in time, he maybe the man that even replaces Lewis one day at Mercedes. The season is in its infancy and it looks like being a real battle to the finish and will be superb viewing as Red Bull and Mercedes along with their top class lead drivers enthral us at every turn. Bring it on.
 
The good thing about yesterday is that Mercedes needed all their tactical knowledge and Lewis all his skill to execute that and get the win. The usual brigade will look at the result and say "he has the fastest car" ad nauseum. Shaping up to be a great battler between red bull and Mercedes. If Perez gets up to speed Max has a wing man too
 
The constructors title could ultimately be decided by to the results of Bottas and Perez with their supporting points to Lewis and Max. Mercedes may be forced into action of Perez gets to grips with his car and starts to deliver more points than Bottas.
 
It was a good race considering the awful track. The Mercedes Strategy team deserve credit for that - from the outside it looked like they had thrown it away by not immediately stopping when Verstappen had that slightly slow pitstop. But track position is not everything after all.

Verstappen and Hamilton again beat their team mates convincingly. I am not sure what Bottas thought he was going to achieve by holding up Hamilton in the circumstances - Bottas own race winning aspirations were scuppered by his own poor start. I like Perez and I think that he will have better days.

LeClerc and Ricciardo performed really well.
 
Steer said:
It was a good race considering the awful track. The Mercedes Strategy team deserve credit for that - from the outside it looked like they had thrown it away by not immediately stopping when Verstappen had that slightly slow pitstop. But track position is not everything after all.

Verstappen and Hamilton again beat their team mates convincingly. I am not sure what Bottas thought he was going to achieve by holding up Hamilton in the circumstances - Bottas own race winning aspirations were scuppered by his own poor start. I like Perez and I think that he will have better days.

LeClerc and Ricciardo performed really well.
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Someone who knows the sport a bit better but I belive there is a reason Max team mates all struggle? I don't know the ins and outs but I understand he sets the car up different to most. As he's the principle driver he gets the says and his team mate struggle to get to grips. That being said Perez is a lot more experience than Gasly and Albon so hopefully he can overcome this
 
SmallTown said:
Someone who knows the sport a bit better but I belive there is a reason Max team mates all struggle? I don't know the ins and outs but I understand he sets the car up different to most. As he's the principle driver he gets the says and his team mate struggle to get to grips. That being said Perez is a lot more experience than Gasly and Albon so hopefully he can overcome this
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Max Verstappen is a fantastically quick driver, and probably will be World Champion - maybe multple times. RBR has recognised this, and it stands to reason that they will try to give him a car that he likes and suits him. He is a better driver than most.

Perez is a good driver. If you look at this qualifying performances, he was never totally dominant over his past team mates. On many occasions he has delivered race results that seem to be better than the car should be able to deliver. I dont think that anyone would expect him to beat Verstappen over the course of a season, but he has already done what Albon could not do, and has beaten Verstappen in qualy. I think if Perez qualifies on the front 2 rows, that RBR will use his ability to make long run strategies work, to try and mix things up with Mercedes. I expect Perez to win at some point this season.
 
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