Just_a_fan wrote: ↑25 Oct 2021, 18:20
Ryar wrote: ↑25 Oct 2021, 17:54
Manoah2u wrote: ↑25 Oct 2021, 07:33
stop attacking another poster for your own inability to read correctly. he doesn't want a DNF for max, he's only saying how max has a comfortable lead for the championship
i mean for real, really uncalled for behaviour.
Ringo has said it multiple times on race threads and in Mercedes threads. Not sure what you are defending. The right thing to ask for, is for both Lewis and Mercedes to stop making silly mistakes, not wishing bad luck to Max and RB.
Ringo is saying that in order for Hamilton/Mercedes to have a chance, Max has to suffer a DNF. He's not saying he wants a DNF. He might want one, but that's not what he's saying in his posts.
Exactly!! They are trying to create an argument when there is none. Even Toto and Horner are saying it. Reliability is a part of F-1. It is a team sport. It's not only about the drivers. And I for one do not mind if other factors outside of the drivers add depth to the sport. If a car is faster than another and both cars are driven at their expected speeds it's very obvious that the faster will win all the time.
If Honda are pushing their engine, and Newey is pushing the chassis side, which can indirectly stress the engine and suspension, and this gives them a pace advantage then it's only natural if the car breaks that it is part of the sport and part of the competition. I think some people are missing the essence of what F-1 is all about.
If Max drives like he drove in Austin, even in the first stint, where he was so relaxed as to be within DRS of Hamilton and took his sweet time to talk on the radio that he has much more pace and he is only waiting...
Then clear this guy does not have to push hard and will simply make no errors and just waltz to victory..
Therefore it's perfectly logical to think if Lewis is to win in a car that has less downforce, is harder to setup, and is overall not the best car on average it would take some kind of deficiency on the other aspects of the sport which are the engine, the ERS, the pitstops, the strategy, the tyres, the weather ect. It's all part of the game.
I am not calling down bad luck on Max, I am just saying that he will only not become champion if there is some kind of failure. At this stage he will not make errors or crash into anyone. I think he knows he has a very good machine under him that he is fully in tune with.