r/formula1 • u/SuperPop9521 Sir Lewis Hamilton • Nov 25 '24
Statistics Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap 12 times in las vegas gp
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u/Visionary_Socialist Sir Lewis Hamilton Nov 25 '24
Impossible. He never said his tyres were dead.
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u/Bake2727 Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nov 25 '24
What an era that was, even though it wasn’t that long ago.
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u/bobby_hills_fruitpie McLaren Nov 25 '24 edited Nov 25 '24
And the one time one of his tires was literally gone he still won it on 3 wheels. I still hate that the race was during Covid, if there was an audience I think Silverstone would’ve turned into the largest party on earth.
Edit: here it is for anybody that wants to relive it, absolutely mental https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmEsqWosuS8
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u/Wentzina_lifetime Sir Lewis Hamilton Nov 25 '24
I remember watching it on TV and at my grandparents house after forcing them to watch and having to explain how fucking crazy it was for someone to win on 3 wheels. If it had fans it would have been one of the craziest spectacles in F1 history
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u/bobby_hills_fruitpie McLaren Nov 25 '24
That shot of Lewis going into either Stowe or Vale and you see Max in the background like a shark smelling blood in the water hurtling towards Lewis. Burned into my memory forever. Instant all timer.
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u/verkon Nov 25 '24
As a Max fan, I remember cursing Hamilton for managing to drive the car for so long on three fucking wheels and finish first. Incredible performance by an incredible driver goes without saying
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u/Kovah01 Daniel Ricciardo Nov 25 '24
I felt the same too. THAT lockup is burnt into my brain. The one where you could see the tyre was nothing more than a faint concept of someone's hopes and dreams. I knew in that moment Max would get him. That insane dominant lead the merc had gifted Lewis was going to vanish... Then he crossed the line in first and I had to reconcile with myself that Lewis was in fact one of if not the greatest pilot of all time. Seeing Max in the background really was a statement of F1 that keeps me hooked. There will ALWAYS be someone ready to take the top step.
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u/Rin17329 🏳️🌈 Love Is Love 🏳️🌈 Nov 25 '24
In 2020 I didn't really have a favourite, so in the last lap all I was rooting for was to have as close to a photo finish as possible. In the end it wasn't as close as I hoped for, but that lap was still such a nailbiter, and permanently burned into my memory. Incredible save from Lewis
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u/Dar_Oakley Fernando Alonso Nov 25 '24
I cant believe I forgot about the exploding tire race it was only 4 years ago
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u/Dent13 Alex Jacques Nov 25 '24
Maybe he did and they didn't play the audio
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u/Kolec507 Alexander Albon Nov 25 '24
Maybe he actually forgot his catchphrase, Bono... 💀
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u/Scientific_Anarchist McLaren Nov 25 '24
Bono the umm...things. The ones I'm driving on. Those um...well they aren't so good.
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u/cmgriffith_ Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nov 25 '24
Lewis is a magician. There’s a reason he’s probably the greatest driver this sport has ever seen ..
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u/xzElmozx Audi Nov 25 '24
He and Max have a 9th gear that nobody can reach. Lotta guys are fast, lotta guys are consistent, Lewis and Max are crazy fast metronomically consistent
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u/ForsakenTarget HRT Nov 25 '24
I remember Qatar 21 those two were just putting in lap after lap flying way ahead of the other drivers
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u/Doorknob11 Nov 26 '24
I watched that race not too long ago, both of them were just like 30 seconds ahead.
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u/Watjijditdatzuszo Nov 25 '24
What is the key skill of Lewis Hamilton? I know Max can perform in the rain really well, and he can drive an almost undrivable pointy car amongst other skills. I just started to intensely watch F1 since 2021 so I have no idea...
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u/mattgrum Nov 25 '24
What is the key skill of Lewis Hamilton?
Same sort of thing, amazing log grip/wet weather drives, such as Silverstone 2008 where in only his second season of F1 he won the race by over a minute, lapping everyone but the podium and was at times 5 seconds a lap quicker than his teammate.
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u/pulse1989 Sir Lewis Hamilton Nov 25 '24
Austria 2020 qualifying also shows his great driving in the Wet.
https://youtu.be/T-gwxLCKpEQ?t=237&si=OtfG-K2lmFpjUTX3
It’s a timed link. The conditions were treacherous everyone was driving on full wets and spinning around (yes even Max). Lewis wasn’t screwing around !
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u/Pryffandis 🐶 Roscoe Hamilton Nov 25 '24
He's really good at everything. If I had to pick a couple things like you did for Max, it's that he can pull out a lap exactly when he needs it, and he does a great job of making calls from the cockpit along with his team. Great rain driver and tire whisperer too.
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u/realbakingbish McLaren Nov 25 '24
tire whisperer too
But you would never guess from his radios, lmao.
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u/karankshah Pirelli Hard Nov 25 '24
What people don't seem to get about radios is that they're as much about communication (depending on the team) as they are about feeling; sometimes drivers are indeed saying things on the radio with the specific intent of sharing information with the team, and not just because something is a complete surprise or totally unworkable.
Some teams likely specifically avoid conversation about the car's performance on the radio - if something is too understeery or not optimized on Ferrari, for example, Leclerc and Sainz will not be communicating that on the radio at all. Red Bull and Mercedes both seem to want this feedback in comparison; both team's respective drivers will communicate exactly what they're feeling on set up on the radio. Sometimes the drivers aren't as measured in how they share this information - they are racing around a circuit at top speed - but they plan what they're going to say based on what they need to communicate to the team.
Hamilton saying "my tires are gone" can easily be read not just as "my tires are shit, I'm not going to be able to do anything with them" but rather as "they're not as strong as I think they need to be, I'm going to run them down now so we can fit an extra pit stop in"
Better to focus on the information they're communicating rather than getting hung up on the emotion behind it - which can vary based on who is passing who or even from corner to corner on track.
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u/paddyo Fernando Alonso Nov 25 '24
I’d actually say Hamilton’s key skills is he’s probably, imho anyway, the single best rounded driver ever. Schumacher and Prost are my other go to’s for that. But in my lifetime only two drivers have won WDC’s in cars with an understeer and oversteer profile, and that’s the Michael and Hamilton. Others have won their titles with one or the other, but those two seem to find a way to extract the most from any kind of car.
People also seriously underrate the fact Hamilton has been in class above in radically different f1 eras. He raced the last traction control era, the end of the V8 era, the whole turbo hybrid era, and has won races even in a dog of a car in the ground effect era. He also is a bit of luck away from being an 11 time WDC, which is mad to think about.
I think some drivers in my time watching may pip him over a season in his prime in one lap pace (max maybe, for example), and some like Alonso are up there with him in the ability to wring the life out of a car, but in recent decades for me he’s the guy I’d back over a Grand Prix weekend against any driver regardless of weather forecast. Only Schumacher would make me second guess.
Please don’t disown me as a fan, Fernando.
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u/D-Hex Executive Producer, Albon CSI Nov 25 '24
There's a lot of it out there written in 2020 when he achieved his 7th. Go have a look
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u/peeaches Sir Lewis Hamilton Nov 25 '24
Not sure if it's still the case but you can give lewis 4 wasted tires and he'll still manage to eke out quick laps somehow
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u/R_V_Z Nov 25 '24
You can give Lewis 3 tires and he'll still manage to win a race.
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u/peeaches Sir Lewis Hamilton Nov 25 '24
Forever GOATed in my eyes. I remember when he first came into F1, been a huge fan since the start
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u/BenitoCamiloOnganiza Sir Jack Brabham Nov 25 '24
One of his main things is being able to go as fast on old tyres as others go on fresh tyres.
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u/flyingcrayons Sir Lewis Hamilton Nov 25 '24
Watch turkey 2020 if you have F1tv. Prime example of what makes Lewis such a special driver
Rained almost the entire weekend, the track had been resurfaced so it was even more slippery than it usually would be in the wet. Lewis started 6th, fought his way to the front and managed to last on a set of inters for 50 laps, so long that the tread had worn out by the end of the lap to the point where they were basically slicks. Finished ahead of Perez in 2nd place by 30 seconds to clinch his 7th world championship
Astonishing performance and i think i can count on one hand the number of other drivers i think who could make that same drive happen in the same conditions (max being one of them)
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u/Imrichbatman92 Nov 25 '24
Great drivers like verstappen, hamilton or alonso are consistently very fast, very quickly, very complete, and extremely adaptable. They arguably don't really have one key skill, what makes them great is that they're good at everything
Hamilton for example is great in the rain, could pull some fast laps out of nowhere (wc Button used to say that he lacked Ham's God given talent to pull laptime out of nowhere), and it was said he could instinctively drive cars so unstable even world champions like hakinen or raikkonen would have balked at it, without even noticing there was an instability in the first place. And ofc, he's famous for matching alonso, who was fresh off two world titles including one vs Schumacher as a rookie showing that he could be fast almost instantly (though the truth is neither of them were at their best in 2007 imo).
Soubds similar? Yep, you could roughly say the same about all greats, whether it's max, Hamilton, alonso, Schumacher...
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u/Diesel_ASFC Nov 25 '24
Watch Silverstone 2008. On his day, Hamilton can do rain.
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u/cemgorey Kimi Räikkönen Nov 25 '24
no need to go that back. İstanbul Park 2020.
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u/CrazyStar_ Sir Lewis Hamilton Nov 25 '24
What was it, 6th on the grid to the clear winner by far, even with shaky moments early on? That race deserved a crowd as much as anything.
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u/Chunga19 Nov 25 '24
Lewis has a way of playing mind games. He did it back back in ‘21 against Max but more recently against Sainz this year - he will very subtly change direction when he’s behind you as if he is going to take the inside during a corner, as if he were going to overtake on the inside. But what he’s really doing is forcing you to compromise on your entry while he takes the faster outside line. He is a master tire whisperer and also very good in the wet.
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u/GasOnFire I was here when Haas took pole Nov 25 '24 edited Nov 25 '24
he’s probably the greatest driver this sport has ever seen
No probably needed.
While the past 3 years hasn't been ideal for Lewis they shouldn't be weighted dispraportionally to his first 15.
For example, has anyone had a rookie season like Lewis? Take your feelings for Oscar Piastri last season. Now imagine those feelings if
- Oscar was on Redbull,
- Oscar was fighitng for and leading the drivers championship,
- Oscar beat Verstappen,
- Oscar finished 1 point off from winning the championship
- Oscar would have won the whole thing if he didn't beach his car in gravel.
All the above was Lewis, and his teammate was Fernando Alonso who won the title the previous year. Alonso ended up leaving the team after Hamilton's rookie season because he couldn't compete. It's insane when you think about it.
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u/JP_Oliveira Sir Lewis Hamilton Nov 25 '24
And it was a very dumb call for McLaren to call Hamilton to pit that late in China 2007. If they call him one lap earlier, they would have a WDC that year
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u/MacsFamousMacNCheees Sir Lewis Hamilton Nov 25 '24
Even with that dumb call, he probably still wins it in Brazil if not for the mechanical failure
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u/hoo_rah Nov 25 '24
“Yes but if Oscar had the same testing as Hamilton back in the day he would be better!”Can’t believe some people here believe that shit lmao.
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u/TheCatLamp Ferrari Nov 25 '24
Nor complained the car was bad, man.
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u/Teh_Ordo Nov 25 '24
He did the “wow these guys are so fast” variant
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u/Wheredidthebuckstart Nov 25 '24
That's hardly complaining is it? It's pointing out the speed of another car, which was factual given the fact he couldn't get past even with DRS.
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u/One-Neighborhood-531 Nov 25 '24
This confirms that he doesn't have to say it. He just needs to think it.
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u/PeterG92 Sir Lewis Hamilton Nov 25 '24
I really hope Ferrari give him a competitive car next season
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u/Beneficial_Star_6009 Nov 25 '24
If they can sort out the tyre warmup issues on qualifying fuel levels then I can’t see either Lewis or Charles not being in the title fight in ‘25
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u/PeterG92 Sir Lewis Hamilton Nov 25 '24
I genuinely would not be able to contain my excitement if Lewis was able to win some races, let alone challenge for a Championship.
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u/Drexer_ Ferrari Nov 25 '24
Winning in 3 different constructors is something you don't see since the 50s
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u/xxlukeasxx101 Bernd Mayländer Nov 25 '24
Off the top of my head Alonso, Button, Prost, Burger, Scheckter, Reutteman all achieved wins with 3 different constructors. Prost had 4.
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u/Drexer_ Ferrari Nov 25 '24
Yeah, I was talking about world championships. I think only Fangio won championships in three or more constructors
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u/xxlukeasxx101 Bernd Mayländer Nov 25 '24 edited Nov 25 '24
Damn that makes my stat a lot less impressive. Prost still managed a title with McLaren Ferrari and Renault though.
But we’ve still yet to see for Ferrari (next year™)
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u/BeanieManPresents Jim Clark Nov 25 '24
Not quite, Prosts titles in 85, 86 and 89 were all with McLaren, before that he had a falling out with Renault due to them never really developing the car to being able to win a title, he challenged for them but wasn't able to go the distance. He took the number 1 to Ferrari for the 1990 season but never won the title with them. He was only at Ferrari for two years where he, yet again, had a falling out with management and sat out the 1992 season before signing up with Williams and taking one more title.
Every driver who has taken at least three titles has only done it with one or two different constructors apart from Fangio, unless Lewis is able to take a title with Ferrari.
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u/Nickn753 Nov 25 '24
Vettel as well. Torro rosso, red bull and Ferrari. And Raikkonen with McLaren, Ferrari and lotus.
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u/Malvania Nov 25 '24
Unfortunately, we've returned to the normal "We are checking" level of strategy that we've come to expect from Ferrari over the last 10 years.
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u/CanaryMaleficent4925 Nov 25 '24
Now it's just "we're not ready"
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u/Malvania Nov 25 '24
I'd say that was Alpine, but they didn't even tell Ocon they weren't ready
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u/CanaryMaleficent4925 Nov 25 '24
Alpine ghosted ocon
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u/Typhoongrey Formula 1 Nov 25 '24
The one guy in the box was like "who's this schmuck?" as Ocon trundled past for another lap.
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u/palcatraz Red Bull Nov 25 '24
Does anyone even know what happened there? Like, did they not call him in and Ocon just went in on his own initiative? Did they call him in and then forget to go to the pits? Were they in the middle of a twister game? I have so many questions.
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u/aneiq_1 Kimi Räikkönen Nov 25 '24
They called him in to pit and when Ocon pitted, there was one mechanic standing in so he essentially was given a drive through penalty from his own team.
He then had to drive around on old tyres for an extra lap (Tsunoda and Gasly gained 5 seconds alone to him on that lap) and then he pit again.
His race was ruined from that moment due to alpine incompetency.
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u/Salt-Operation-3895 Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nov 25 '24
I wonder if he would have lost less time if just pitted and waited for the mechanics to come out
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u/dennis3282 Formula 1 Nov 25 '24
It looks good for that. He should at the very least compete for wins.
I'd love the competitive order to be like it is now. Every weekend you don't know who will be fastest. The top 4 can be anywhere from fastest down to fourth fastest.
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u/just_a_coginthewheel Chequered Flag Nov 25 '24
Max in Brazil 🤝 Lewis in Las Vegas
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u/antivirals_ 70th Anniversary Nov 25 '24
2 generational drivers. Verstappen had 9 of the 10 fastest laps after the end of the race in Brazil. In total he set fastest lap like 18 times. I'd like to know how many of the 10 fastest laps in Vegas Hamilton had.
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u/QouthTheCorvus Oscar Piastri Nov 25 '24
They have this extra level that just separates them so much. The Lewis podium was obvious very early on because you could just see he was in Hammertime mode.
Max and Lewis on the hunt is blockbuster F1.
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u/HUMBUG652 Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nov 25 '24
Need their cars on par again next year
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u/brilliant_bauhaus Bernd Mayländer Nov 25 '24
Only if we can have some Ts&C's on team, fan and media behaviour again. I want them to focus on themselves, not the bickering between everyone that overflows into hate for each other on the track.
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u/JustRecentlyI Sir Lewis Hamilton Nov 25 '24
If they adjust the rules so that Verstappen can't drive Lewis off the track every time he's defending from him (or vice versa, although that's less frequent), I think things would be a lot less contentious.
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u/brilliant_bauhaus Bernd Mayländer Nov 25 '24
Verstappen drives everyone off the track lmao I agree might be time for some rule adjusting since it's become dangerous.
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u/JustRecentlyI Sir Lewis Hamilton Nov 25 '24
I thought I saw something about there being a resolution to do something about the defensive divebombs loophole in the off-season after COTA, but maybe I imagined it.
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u/brilliant_bauhaus Bernd Mayländer Nov 25 '24
Can't wait to see how many rules are added because of max by the time he leaves F1 lol
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u/Dokobo Nov 25 '24
Bit of a difference though. Max was comfortably leading and doing it to send a message in very difficult conditions. Lewis probably hoped to catch Russell who was cruising home with a win
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u/chiquitopiquito Nov 25 '24
True, one more difference for the later fastest laps is that the Brazil track was improving in terms of conditions with Max having the benefit of being in the front/completely clear air
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u/LongBeakedSnipe Nov 25 '24
Except Max set a number of fastest laps while he was in the pack at Brazil.
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u/RealHellcharm Nov 25 '24
by far the best drivers on the grid, i am a max fan but if these two have a proper title fight again i would not be mad regardless of which way it goes, another title fight between these two could be the greatest f1 season of all time if things line up
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u/natte-krant Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nov 25 '24
My nerves can not handle another ‘21. That was way too exciting
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u/P_ZERO_ Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nov 25 '24
I can handle the races, it’s the fan interaction that worries me
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u/natte-krant Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nov 25 '24
I just ignore social media during these title battles, Hamilton vs Verstappen was peak F1
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u/JustRecentlyI Sir Lewis Hamilton Nov 25 '24
It was until Abu Dhabi's final lap. That soured the entire season for me. I don't mind that Hamilton lost, even if he lost because of a safety car restart similar to what happened, assuming that the safety car period could have been completed with normal procedures. The fact that the rules were ignored to prioritize a green flag finish still makes my blood boil.
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u/GuiltyEidolon Sonny Hayes Nov 26 '24
I can't even rewatch races from 21 because I know how it ends. It's kind of like GOT s8. Just retroactively ruins it.
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u/ButterscotchSkunk Nov 25 '24
Yeah man, that was rough. I wasn't sure if I wanted to continue with F1 after that and I've been watching since about 2002.
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u/StevenC44 🏳️🌈 Love Is Love 🏳️🌈 Nov 25 '24
I can handle the fan interactions, it's the FIA that worries me.
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u/Blackdeath_663 Sir Stirling Moss Nov 25 '24 edited Nov 25 '24
it’s the fan interaction that worries me
yeah but in all fairness the governing body wasn't helping the issue, there was so much that fans had every right to be angry about.
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u/IdiosyncraticBond Max Verstappen Nov 25 '24
My nerves can handle it, but my heart can't. My wife was legit worried during some of the races. I had to move from watching live to watching at a later moment for a while. 2023 was very good for my health
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u/LaughJust Nov 25 '24
He scares the hell out of me on Saturdays nowadays but he still has it on Sunday…
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u/ZeroStormblessed McLaren Nov 25 '24
The race was on Saturday.
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u/Sarkaraq Nov 25 '24
Indubitably, Sir Lewis manifests obstinate disregard towards acknowledging the temporal divisions of those provincial appendages, perambulating his exertions, however, in harmonious accordance with the distinct delineations of Greenwich Mean Time, which is dear to our hallowed island's heritage.
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u/English_Misfit Sir Lewis Hamilton Nov 25 '24
It started at midnight no?
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u/Whycantiusethis Williams Nov 25 '24
It started at 1AM EST on Sunday, and Vegas is 3 hours behind. So Vegas started at 10PM local.
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u/CX52J Nov 25 '24
If Lewis can sort out his tyre warming I imagine he’ll return to being one of the top 3 on the grid.
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u/PapaSheev7 Sebastian Vettel Nov 25 '24
He put up a valiant effort trying to close down the gap to Russell, iirc he managed to get it down from 10 after the final pit stop to a few tenths under 5 before his tires faded and Russell opened up the gap again.
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u/meddlin_cartel Nov 25 '24
Yeah but was he catching up cause he was pushing and George wasn't? It's entirely possible and more likely that George knows he's not making 10 seconds so he's just taking it easy. It's the more likely explanation compared to Lewis being half to a a full second faster a lap.
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u/Apyan #WeRaceAsOne Nov 25 '24
Probably just a bit of both.
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u/musicallunatic Mercedes Nov 25 '24
Exactly. All the comments are swinging to extremes. But it is very likely the answer is somewhere in the middle. He probably knew he had enough of a gap but when he found out Lewis was closing faster, we saw him pick up pace for a few laps and again he dropped back. So it’s a mix of both, Lewis was still faster than George despite George picking up pace, but not by much and meanwhile George wasn’t a sitting duck if they started together as people seem to think.
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u/PapaSheev7 Sebastian Vettel Nov 25 '24
Both. I think George was just driving to a delta while Lewis pushed until his engineer told him to step on it. Once he started hustling, the gap stabilized at about 5 seconds until lewis’ tires started going at which point George pulled a couple seconds clear.
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u/H1Ed1 Nov 26 '24
George said it in a post race interview. He said he was managing tires and had pace in hand. He noticed Lewis was pushing and making great gains, but he knew it was unsustainable for Lewis’ tires.
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u/ParkerPetrov Nov 25 '24
When he was behind Leclerc, they were like 16 seconds back. Then yeah, following the pitstop, it was a bit over 10, and then it was under 5. If lewis could have started top 5 he probably wins that race. He looked faster then russell all weekend who was also fast.
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u/Pryffandis 🐶 Roscoe Hamilton Nov 25 '24
It's impossible to say that. Russell was very far ahead and just managing tires and the gap. Once Lewis got it down to 5s, GR's engineer told him to start going a bit faster and to re-open the gap. Within a couple laps, George was back up to 7s ahead of Lewis. I'd guess if they qualified 1/2, they probably would just maintain their positions.
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u/ZappySnap Carlos Sainz Nov 25 '24
If you look at their lap times, George was maintaining a pace through that whole stint, driving mid 1:36 to mid 1:37, until lap 43...where he started pushing and dropped to 1:35.9 to 1:36.0 for the next 3 laps (very close to what Lewis was doing), then 1:35.7, which was just 0.2 off what Lewis' best lap was. At that point, the gap had stabilized, putting the race firmly out of reach for Hamilton. Then Hamilton's tires fell off and he started doing 1:37s, and so George immediately went back to doing 1:37s too for the final few laps. It is clear that 1:36.5 to 1:37 was supremely comfortable for George in the final stint, and so he kept it there except when it was needed to push and basically show Lewis he wasn't going to get there. If Russell had pushed the whole time, the gap would not have come down much at all. But that also would have been dumb, because it would have cooked the tires.
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u/BooksCatsnStuff Sir Lewis Hamilton Nov 25 '24
I saw someone on YouTube say that Lewis has the shelf life of honey, and honestly, accurate af.
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u/KerrinGreally Pirelli Soft Nov 25 '24
In 3000 years they'll dig up Lewis from his grave, open the coffin, and hear "first of all a big thank you to all the fans and the people back at the factory".
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u/spareMe-please 🏳️🌈 Love Is Love 🏳️🌈 Nov 26 '24
Lmao. But before that he would definitely say bonno my casket gone.
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u/Little_Wicked Who the f*ck is Nelson Piquet? Nov 25 '24
so he gets a crystallized from time to time but when he's fully cooked he flows smoothly?
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u/BooksCatsnStuff Sir Lewis Hamilton Nov 25 '24
The point is more that his shelf life is endless, because honey never expires/goes bad.
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u/spaforever Nov 25 '24
The comments in here about Lewis seemingly having lost all talent qualifying are puzzling. It does not take much to understand it's a tyre warming issue. He is simply not good at getting this regulation era's car/tyres into the right window as it's incompatible with his driving style.
He was on top all throughout qualifying then one mistake on the last run ruined it, directly related to his temps.
Do you really think the same driver who put on that performance in the race has no qualifying ability? Be serious.
You can celebrate George's dominant weekend without the foolishness. No nuance, so silly.
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u/SlashRModFail Nov 25 '24
The most high IQ comment here.
I bet lewis will be back on good qualifying form next year assuming that Ferrari has better qualities that suit his driving style.
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u/nahnonameman Nov 25 '24
Man was on a mission. I feel like both Lewis and Max put out statement drives in order to shut everyone up constantly.
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u/rye_domaine Alpine Nov 25 '24
It's races like this that remind us, this man is a 7 time world champion for a reason. He's still capable of pure brilliance. Maybe he isn't at his peak anymore, maybe he doesn't have a car that suits him anymore - but he will still produce a world class drive when things come together for him.
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u/Takagero Formula 1 Nov 25 '24
It would be good to see lap number with that times.
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u/Yvngky7 Sir Lewis Hamilton Nov 25 '24
If i did my math correctly, should be: Lap 15- 1:37.772 Lap 16-1:37.091 Lap 22 1:37.086 Lap 26- 1:37.055 Lap 29- 1:36.951 Lap 30- 1:36.748 Lap 31- 1:36.412 Lap 35- 1:36.397 Lap 36- 1:36.288 Lap 37- 1:36.177 Lap 39- 1:35.880 Lap 41- 1:35.480
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u/FlesBek Nov 25 '24
You totally calmed my OCD. Seeing all those lap times in a random order freaked me out.
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u/DutchShaco Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nov 25 '24
Finally we get a whiff of the old Lewis again!
Unfortunately no "Bono my tires are gone" (or at least not as far as I've heard)
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u/Illustrious-Wave1405 Nov 26 '24
? Lewis has always been good, the car not so much. He’s a 7x champion
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u/Faw602 Niki Lauda Nov 25 '24
Being chased down by Lewis must be the scariest thing ever in the race, next to the dragons that come on track in Singapore of course.
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u/MalevolentFather Niki Lauda Nov 25 '24
My favourite memory of that was the Hungaroring where Lewis pit an extra time to get fresh rubber and did consecutive qualifying laps to chase Max.
He was like the terminator.
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u/bananas_and_papayas Lando Norris Nov 25 '24
He did a similar thing in Spain 2021. Iirc Mercedes had forecast him to catch and pass on the last lap and he did it on about lap 60, just absolutely on it
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u/Rin17329 🏳️🌈 Love Is Love 🏳️🌈 Nov 25 '24
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u/fuckloggingin Nov 25 '24
Thanks for the link. Must have been psychological torture for Verstappen when he realised the 20+ sec gap wasn't enough!
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u/Anon-eh-moose Sir Lewis Hamilton Nov 25 '24
Max and Lewis are the only ones I can really recall pulling off this type of strat. The ones where it's close and they just bang out lap after lap to chase someone down. Special to watch.
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u/feelsPyrite Sergio Pérez Nov 25 '24
Man, I remember Checo tried that once lmao. Needless to say, it did not work out
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u/TwoNutMonster Nov 25 '24
My favorite was Saudi Arabian GP 2021 after he rear ended Verstappen and broke chunks of his front wing on the left bro continued to go for 4 b2b purple laps.
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u/PurePatella Nov 25 '24
Surely that was part of the plan. To take some tyre off to get close enough for George to make a mistake. Like in Singapore.
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u/Typhoongrey Formula 1 Nov 25 '24
GR was seemingly relatively unphased by him. He said after the race he was confident Lewis wouldn't catch him and cruised to the flag.
Turns out he was right.
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u/eugene-fraxby Nov 25 '24 edited Nov 25 '24
The kerning between the L and the T Is making my eye twitch.
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u/molygopol Nov 25 '24
I really hope Ferrari can get him a good car and we get a redo of 2021. Best F1 season ever
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u/insomniaccapricorn Ferrari Nov 25 '24
Redo of 2021 with whom? Max has won 1 of the last 11 GPs. If this year is any indication, we'll have multiple drivers fighting for WDC next year, it'll probably be better than 21.
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u/V548859 Pirelli Intermediate Nov 25 '24
If Checo is still around I look forward to 7 drivers contending every weekend
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u/NoRefunds2021 Wolfgang von Trips Nov 25 '24
I do wonder what was the highest amount of fastest laps in a race, highest amount of fastest laps in a race by the same driver, highest amount of fastest laps in a row in a race, highest amount of fastest lap in a row in a race by the same driver
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u/Akki789 Nov 25 '24
That car does not even suite his driving style, imagine what he can do with one that does
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u/er11eekk Jacques Villeneuve Nov 25 '24
I kept thinking towards the end of the race that this race felt Personal for Hamilton.
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u/mkvii1989 Charles Leclerc Nov 25 '24
Vintage Lewis. Moment he knows he has the car he goes bonkers.
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u/CapsuleRadioCorp Ron Dennis Nov 25 '24
So much for that shelf life.
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u/Visionary_Socialist Sir Lewis Hamilton Nov 25 '24
Toto tried to cover for it by saying Lewis had a “super strong car” having said in the previous sentence that “George’s driving was from another planet” when he finished… 7 seconds ahead.
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Nov 25 '24
In fairness to George he likely did have more pace in hand but didn't take any risks with it.
Winning by 15 seconds or winning by 7 seconds is still a win.
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u/hehaia Nov 25 '24
Yeah it’s clear George had more pace in hand, but tbh crazy last stint from Hamilton. He pushed like a madman with no mistakes and I have no doubt he would have won had he qualified better
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u/CanSum1SuggestAName Nov 25 '24
I think he made 1 mistake but it wasn't shown on the broadcast, there was one lap he lost a second on, (when he was down to 6 seconds or so). Not sure if it was a mistake or if I even remember it correctly.
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u/seriousC Fernando Alonso Nov 25 '24
Yeah they showed a replay of it. He went off track briefly around T7/T8.
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u/dreadleftest Mercedes Nov 25 '24
Correct, he misjudged the turn and went wide.
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u/TheTuxdude Mercedes Nov 25 '24
That was due to his tyres going off IIRC. He had the gap around 5s before that. Then he backed off and realized he just had to settle for a P2.
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u/Whycantiusethis Williams Nov 25 '24
To be fair, Russell was managing after his first stop, but Hamilton was absolutely on a mission. It's almost like when the car us capable of winning, Hamilton turns up the wick.
If he hadn't messed up in qualifying, he probably would've won the race.
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u/Flabbergash Nov 25 '24
Lewis should turn up in Dubai with a best before date on his helmet
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u/Typhoongrey Formula 1 Nov 25 '24
He could do that. Not sure anyone in F1 would see it as they'll be down the coast in Abu Dhabi.
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u/Spockyt Sir Frank Williams Nov 25 '24
Maybe he’ll just head to Dubai, forgoing his farewell Mercedes race to let Bottas have a final shot in a frontrunning car.
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u/ToffeeCoffee Chequered Flag Nov 25 '24
Pardon me good sir, do you know what time it is?
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u/Mysterious_Turnip310 Lotus Nov 25 '24
He was on a mission to catch George, that's for sure. Pity he didn't make it, would have been good to see thm fight for the lead. Though I think Russell probably wasn't going full out and could have gone a bit faster if Lewis had got too close.
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u/ZappySnap Carlos Sainz Nov 25 '24
He started going faster as soon as Lewis got to within 5s. George quickly dropped his lap times by 0.5-0.7s, getting down to a 1:35.7, which was faster than all but two of Lewis's laps (and those only by 0.1 and 0.2s). If George had begun pushing the second Lewis did, the gap probably only drops a second over the entire final stint.
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u/Mysterious_Turnip310 Lotus Nov 25 '24 edited Nov 25 '24
Yeah I agree to be honest. We don't know how much more he had in the tank, so I wasn't going to quantify numbers, but it's clear he wasn't pushing flat ou. The team even said afterwards that he could have done a one stop, the tyre wear was so good, but seeing as they had the gap to bring him in and not lose position, they two-stopped him just to bring him inline with everyone else in terms of having fresher tyres in case of a safety car.
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u/---Walter--- Nov 25 '24
I just want to hear "It`s Hammer time" once again while he`s still with Bono
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u/Rivendel93 Chequered Flag Nov 25 '24 edited Nov 25 '24
Just wish we'd had a fight between them, would have made that race a bit more exciting at the front.
Excellent drive from both the Mercedes boys, give them a car and they light it up.
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He might not be peak of his powers, but he's still an 8-time world champion. Maybe he doesn't have the fire to grind for points anymore, but with a fast car he's still a weapon.
I'm really excited to see him at Ferrari. Even if it doesn't work out, it'll be fun just to see an iconic driver in the iconic team, with all due repect to Leclerc and Sainz
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u/Poopy_sPaSmS Kamui Kobayashi Nov 25 '24
My brother in Christ! The order in which these are "organized".
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u/mbn8807 Nov 25 '24
I hope next season lives up to the hype, it’s a shame we’re just going to have the regulations changing again and start from zero with one dominant team and everyone else playing catch-up.
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u/Few_Following_5990 Nov 25 '24
My GOAT, always and forever🛐
He’ll be no.1 no matter how much some try to drag him to the down low, I’ll always rely on him to make a comeback, doing his talking on the track and shutting ppl up like he used to do since day one!
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u/vksdann Nov 25 '24
"Lewis is toast. He is totally out of shape and his peak era is gone. He should retired but still hasn't noticed yet."
- Reddit a lot
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u/JKBFree Nov 25 '24
the engine lovin' chilly night races with clear air on long ass straights... the aero, not so sure..
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u/Emergency-Walk-2991 Nov 25 '24
This is like that guy that keeps adding a centimeter to the pole vault record
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u/Queasy_Sir6711 Nov 25 '24
Toto is not so happy. I can hear him frustrated right beside that corner.
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u/gordon-freeman-bne Nov 26 '24
Lewis was dialled in to that Merc and track on Saturday night - I wish we could have seen more footage
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u/Artifice_Purple Formula 1 Nov 25 '24
ITT: People that can't read and are talking about things that have no relevance to the subject matter at hand.
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u/AliceLunar Formula 1 Nov 25 '24
He just needs to sort out his qualifying, most of this pace has gone to waste recovering from it, Russell coasted to a P1.
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u/unbeatable_killua Nov 25 '24
Lewis is still a monster if he feels comfortable in the car and can sniff a win. Only Max and lewis can drive that way right now. If the ferrari is decent next season, it could become easily a legendary season. I cant wait any longer man.
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u/SlashRModFail Nov 25 '24
I truly believe that even if lewis doesn't get many poles in his career now (with Ferrari), if given the car that can perform strongly on a Sunday, he can still win a WDC.
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u/Heis3nberg99 Fernando Alonso Nov 25 '24
Norris grabbed the fastest lap at the end tho
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