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On July 10 2023 00:42 Vinekh wrote: McLarern best of the rest now ? They smoked the Mercedes with 2 tiers harder compound tires. Looks like it, yeah
E: Can be a bit track dependent ofc, but the upgrade worked well at Austria as well. We've had quite a few different best of the rest teams this season so far. Hoping now Aston Martin can improve because they seem to fall behind a bit.
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Nick out, Riccy in (at least for one race, likely the rest of the season). I guess Horner's teasing at the interview wasn't just all air after all
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He was told to show improvement in 4 races of which he only got to do 2 if I'm not mistaken. Oof.
Well, let's see how Ricciardo does vs Yuki.
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Helmut Marko is not to be trifled with. He puts you on notice, you either deliver immediately, or he acts with ruthless efficiency.
I also wouldn't be surprised if Perez gets demoted or kicked out by the end of the season the way he's performing.
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On July 12 2023 00:52 Penev wrote: He was told to show improvement in 4 races of which he only got to do 2 if I'm not mistaken. Oof.
Well, let's see how Ricciardo does vs Yuki.
I fully expect Yuki to beat him comfortably. It's my opinion that AT is the worst car on the grid and Yuki is having an amazing season. Nyck, while probably not deserving an F1 seat, is being Vandoorned quite hard (struggling in a shit car while your amazing team mate makes it look decent). Let's see if my theory holds next week.
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if AT needs to be driven as a RedBull and not some ex-Renault crap ... i don't know. i don't consider Yuki an actual driver yet, so he's gonna get smoked!.
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itll be very interesting to see if Yuki has actually improved or if Danny Ricc is gonna tear him a new one. As far as I see it, 2 drivers are seriously pressured right now: Yuki, and Checo. If Danny is still a solid driver, he might end up crushing Yuki and take Checo's seat next year, and both drivers would be out of a job. Yuki might end up getting replaced by someone else from the RB pipeline.
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On July 13 2023 18:19 Laurens wrote:Show nested quote +On July 12 2023 00:52 Penev wrote: He was told to show improvement in 4 races of which he only got to do 2 if I'm not mistaken. Oof.
Well, let's see how Ricciardo does vs Yuki.
I fully expect Yuki to beat him comfortably. It's my opinion that AT is the worst car on the grid and Yuki is having an amazing season. Nyck, while probably not deserving an F1 seat, is being Vandoorned quite hard (struggling in a shit car while your amazing team mate makes it look decent). Let's see if my theory holds next week.
Agreed here. I think there's a lot of Danny Ric copium going around - dude was terrible in his last weird to drive car, and is now going into a mess of a drive after being off track for months. Meanwhile Yuki has been actually racing with the thing.
Will take a good few weekends before we really know though.
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On July 15 2023 00:27 Ciaus_Dronu wrote:Show nested quote +On July 13 2023 18:19 Laurens wrote:On July 12 2023 00:52 Penev wrote: He was told to show improvement in 4 races of which he only got to do 2 if I'm not mistaken. Oof.
Well, let's see how Ricciardo does vs Yuki.
I fully expect Yuki to beat him comfortably. It's my opinion that AT is the worst car on the grid and Yuki is having an amazing season. Nyck, while probably not deserving an F1 seat, is being Vandoorned quite hard (struggling in a shit car while your amazing team mate makes it look decent). Let's see if my theory holds next week. Agreed here. I think there's a lot of Danny Ric copium going around - dude was terrible in his last weird to drive car, and is now going into a mess of a drive after being off track for months. Meanwhile Yuki has been actually racing with the thing. Will take a good few weekends before we really know though. quoting this for posterity, for when the copium turns into the podium; a ha ha ha ha ...
Yuki is just a Stroll wannabe.
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Lmao Perez.
Crashes before minute 4 of FP1
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Ric is about 0.2sec/lap slower than Tsu, but it's fiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnneeeeeee ... we believe
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ZHOU P1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For Q1 
Ric outqualifies tsunoda too
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that was lucky thou'; mercs handed him the 15th place.
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Hammertime is back by 0.003!!!
The Alfas performing extremely well too
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ok, OK!, HOT TAKE - Redbull gave Ric half a year of racing(to not totally rust) so that next year he could replace Perez.
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Really enjoying this new McLaren!
Good to see Lewis back on pole too
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On July 23 2023 00:07 xM(Z wrote: ok, OK!, HOT TAKE - Redbull gave Ric half a year of racing(to not totally rust) so that next year he could replace Perez.
Half a season? Maybe 10 races in and he gets a RBR drive before end of season for an even hotter take
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On July 22 2023 23:24 xM(Z wrote: that was lucky thou'; mercs handed him the 15th place.
He still outqualified him, even if getting into Q2 was luck.
I'm surprised how quickly he got up to the car. But tomorrow will be the real test I guess. Don't let me down, Riccy! This could be the comeback of the ages
What a qualifier tho. Holy crap. 3 different teams in top 3? Max not on top? This is ridiculously exciting!
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well, since we're all on that copium train ... lemme tell you a lil' secret: i want Ric driving for RBR so he'd crash into Ver and take him out of a race.
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