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[SB15]

A Verstappen Antonelli duo is absolutely not what the grid needs in the future. Everyone is cooked.

[DGP123]

Nothing story. Zak brown & Horner despise each other. This is just another poke from Brown to try and destabilise RB. Max to Merc ain’t happening. Only place Max goes is Aston Martin.

[Lasssept]

[Paa]

Nothing story. Zak brown & Horner despise each other. This is just another poke from Brown to try and destabilise RB. Max to Merc ain’t happening. Only place Max goes is Aston Martin.

Based on this, Max & Toto had a meeting in February.
https://www.instagram.com/formula.city/p/DG0lCfPovpZ/

Even if true, it is far from confirmation, but gives some context.

[ringo]

If Russel wins the wdc, redbull would happily swap drivers. Even a P3 in championship would be good enough results for Russel to be in demand.

[Matt2725]

Nothing story. Zak brown & Horner despise each other. This is just another poke from Brown to try and destabilise RB. Max to Merc ain’t happening. Only place Max goes is Aston Martin.

Based on this, Max & Toto had a meeting in February.
https://www.instagram.com/formula.city/p/DG0lCfPovpZ/

Even if true, it is far from confirmation, but gives some context.

Such a thing has not even been mentioned anywhere but this "Formula City". You can be sure it's very, very likely without substance.

[Paa]

Nothing story. Zak brown & Horner despise each other. This is just another poke from Brown to try and destabilise RB. Max to Merc ain’t happening. Only place Max goes is Aston Martin.

Based on this, Max & Toto had a meeting in February.
https://www.instagram.com/formula.city/p/DG0lCfPovpZ/

Even if true, it is far from confirmation, but gives some context.

Such a thing has not even been mentioned anywhere but this "Formula City". You can be sure it's very, very likely without substance.

Some people make a hobby of following the track of planes owned by celebrities so it is very easily trackable and can be confirmed.
But I agree, this was not widely reported or discussed. I only know about this from the Autosport forum, but they refer to Ziggo (Dutch TV). https://forums.autosport.com/topic/2275 ... ry10850663

[Tonino]

Based on this, Max & Toto had a meeting in February.
https://www.instagram.com/formula.city/p/DG0lCfPovpZ/

Even if true, it is far from confirmation, but gives some context.

Such a thing has not even been mentioned anywhere but this "Formula City". You can be sure it's very, very likely without substance.

Some people make a hobby of following the track of planes owned by celebrities so it is very easily trackable and can be confirmed.
But I agree, this was not widely reported or discussed. I only know about this from the Autosport forum, but they refer to Ziggo (Dutch TV). https://forums.autosport.com/topic/2275 ... ry10850663

The story is not true. While both planes were in Eindhoven on the same day, Toto was there to visit Signify's headquarters, one of Merc's sponsors, not to meet up with Max. In fact, Max wasn’t even on the plane. If they wanted to meet, they could have done so privately in Monaco, like they did last year, without anyone knowing, no need to fly to Eindhoven for that. Yet so many clueless people keep pushing nonsense.

[Lasssept]

[SB15]

It's okay, it happens. It's just a little Sprint Quali. Tomorrow is another day and where the points matter the most.

[Quantum]

It's okay, it happens. It's just a little Sprint Quali. Tomorrow is another day and where the points matter the most.

True, but I think Russell's radio msg saying they couldn't work front or rear axle's properly is a bit worrying.
He still put in a good time. Let's see how this translates in actual race pace.

[OverheatedTurbo]

Worried about the tyre deg. Even tho we’re running a hefty beam wing.

[Lasssept]

The Race

And Mercedes wasn't in the picture at all at the end of qualifying as, though the car seems more user-friendly, it's simply lacking a bit of pace on low fuel and soft tyres. Doing a preparation lap on the mediums seemed effective in SQ2 but that was sacrificed for the shorter SQ3 on softs, and Mercedes also regretted not running slightly later in the session as well.

..As for Mercedes, the car continues to look responsive and turns in well. The trouble is, it never really looked searingly fast.

https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/chin ... d-already/

[nitrotech]

Antonelli is so far out from George in qualifying. It has always been George's forte, but I wasn't expecting the gap to be that large, regardless of the tire warmups. Anyway, on the upside, he doesn't have anything to lose at this stage and should go aggressively at the start to gain some places and he would get another shot at qualifying tomorrow.

[SB15]

Worried about the tyre deg. Even tho we’re running a hefty beam wing.

Tyre deg looks to be better than FP1 since they were struggling to get the tyres up to temperature in Sprint Quali.