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I have not seen that anywhere and it wouldn't really make sense. Lewis seems to have finally found his stride in the Ferrari and is pretty much matching Charles.
RUS is perfect for Mercedes, there is no one else for now and nowhere to go for him.WardenOfTheNorth wrote: ↑05 Oct 2025, 16:56I have not seen that anywhere and it wouldn't really make sense. Lewis seems to have finally found his stride in the Ferrari and is pretty much matching Charles.
I also don't see George leaving Merc to move for Ferrari.
Everything points to George being "superclose" (to quote Toto) and I think it's just detail things like media days etc that they're still negotiating over.
He did put together a good weekend. Starting on the even number side of the grid was anyway a debacle - P4, P6, P8 starters all of them lost positions. VER in P2 didn't lose because he started on S. And as we saw yesterday, change in positions was possible only at the start, not in the race. I don't know whether overcut worked out for anyone, as the outlap on fresh hards was allowing everyone to hammer in a mega lap time compared to the laptimes they were doing on the mediums (or softs).HungarianRacer wrote: ↑05 Oct 2025, 23:09Such a shame that Kimi - once again - couldn't put together a proper weekend. When LEC made his pit stop, he was immediately faster than George (who was doing "his pace" by his own admission), then when the first (and only) round of pit stops were done and everyone was on new hards, he was fastest of anyone until he got stuck behind LEC again.
Even during the free practices and the first two parts of qualifying he was the one who was constantly litting up the screens with purple sectors (just struggled to string together 3 clean sectors on a single lap)...
That ballsy move on Leclerc is a bit of a consolation prize at least...
Whatever it is, the issue is George not signing because the contract is not good. There is no reason for Merc not to sign at least for next year.
Whatever it is, the issue is George not signing because the contract is not good. There is no reason for Merc not to sign at least for next year.
Along with McLaren being the only team this year to have 2 cars consistently close to each other in the top half of the grid. The variance in Red Bull, Merc and occasionally Ferrari cars intra-team performance has been eye opening at times.venkyhere wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025, 05:22
He did put together a good weekend. Starting on the even number side of the grid was anyway a debacle - P4, P6, P8 starters all of them lost positions. VER in P2 didn't lose because he started on S. And as we saw yesterday, change in positions was possible only at the start, not in the race. I don't know whether overcut worked out for anyone, as the outlap on fresh hards was allowing everyone to hammer in a mega lap time compared to the laptimes they were doing on the mediums (or softs).
Great Job George!! 
