That will surely come on his retirement from F1.
Poll: Mexican Grand Prix 2017, Mexico City - Race 18/20
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That will surely come on his retirement from F1.
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I feel a bit sad that Schuey didn’t stick around. He joined Merc 2 seasons too soon imo, and could easily have added a WDC to his immense 7.
Can’t see either Ham or Vettel getting 3 WDCs unless they’re still hanging around in 5-6 years.
Can’t see either Ham or Vettel getting 3 WDCs unless they’re still hanging around in 5-6 years.
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Happy for Lewis, was good to see Alonso having some fire in him during that battle. Lets hope the Renault engine will give him more pace next year, he's still got it in him.
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I honestly think Max is now the second best driver on the grid, he had a better start, better move into the corners, got ahead of Vettel and once again showed superior race pace.
His race pace compared to Ricciardo is a different class now, qualifying is close in actual time(except this weekend) but he's still consistently ahead of Ricciardo in qualifying, he's made better starts than him too, the move in Canada, today, many others where he's taken a couple of places to get into contention for a podium when the car wasn't able to qualify on the front two rows. Then his race pace, we're seeing frequent gaps of 15-25 seconds between Max and Ricciardo in the same car.
Max if he gets the right cars under him has every chance of being one of the greatest ever, ridiculous he's this good at 20.
His race pace compared to Ricciardo is a different class now, qualifying is close in actual time(except this weekend) but he's still consistently ahead of Ricciardo in qualifying, he's made better starts than him too, the move in Canada, today, many others where he's taken a couple of places to get into contention for a podium when the car wasn't able to qualify on the front two rows. Then his race pace, we're seeing frequent gaps of 15-25 seconds between Max and Ricciardo in the same car.
Max if he gets the right cars under him has every chance of being one of the greatest ever, ridiculous he's this good at 20.
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Agreed, I doubt either will match it. Hamilton has missed a few good chances, not all of his own doing of course. I also doubt merc will be out front next year. Red bull are gaining.
That was a nice little tussle as essentially the final fight of the championship.
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WTF???
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Nah, Rosberg would have beaten him. He wasn't the driver he was at his best.
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lol that mobile disco appeared from nowhere, nearly chucked the drivers off.
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Would be nice of him to payback Bottas for all the help hes had
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The regs aren't gonna change much between now and 2021 so Lewis has 3 more seasons to get to 7 before things might shake up a lot, not beyond the realms.
I do think Mercs overall advantage is slowly whittling away over the seasons though so it's gonna get tougher and tougher.
I do think Mercs overall advantage is slowly whittling away over the seasons though so it's gonna get tougher and tougher.
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I don’t doubt he’d have beaten him over 4 seasons, but I still think MSc would have stole one of those through reliability.
Let’s not forget he legit got pole at Monaco. You don’t do that if you’re passed it.
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Well done Lewis, consistent season, only a couple of blips, worked nicely to a victory.
I had expected bottas to be closer, rosberg was never this far behind in overall pace.
I suspect max is possibly the fastest but certainly doesn’t have the consistency.
Vettel is past his best, but might have a season left in him if his car has advantage.
I had expected bottas to be closer, rosberg was never this far behind in overall pace.
I suspect max is possibly the fastest but certainly doesn’t have the consistency.
Vettel is past his best, but might have a season left in him if his car has advantage.