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Q: You don't have the performance. How important is it to bring the upgrades right away? If I had to follow your words

LH: Yea, I mean this is the... you've seen other people bring upgrades...

Q: Is this something you're asking the team?

LH: Of course, I'm asking to the team. You've seen other people bring upgrades, I don't know why we haven't been able to bring upgrades. I think we have one, hopefully coming soon, you know. The mindset for me, I'm like, there's a lot of changes that need to be made in the system. I wish I could tell you what's happening. There's a lot going on in the background. Yea, I can't say too much about it. There's just so many things I wish I could tell you to explain the things that have happened this year, the problems that we've had, and what's going on within the organization.

But, my goal is to try and positively influence that to get changed so we can have long term success. There are a lot of changes to be made. We need to start foundation building. We're not fighting for the championship, it's clear that we're out of the championship. Just make sure we're working hard for next year, so let's not waste too much time worrying about or focusing on developing this one. I want to make sure that next year's car is bang on from race one.

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"...it's when they're talking and they don't move. one time I got carlos, so I got it like on his lip and he didn't say anything." 😭

he's talking about the netflix microphones 😂

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Lewis and George

Williams and Aston

George and Verstappen. Because yes, fuck you AND your blood pressure

What would be everyone's dream title fight btw?

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Because it would be "F1 76"

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Can anyone find the clip of Hamilton and Alonso where one of them breaks to deny slipstream or smth like that?

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Not letting that stay in the tags

what were they cooking?

quotes from f1 fans on 2007-2008 lewis hamilton — from the forum tentenths. rookie lew really changed everyone’s lives

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KYLE'S 4K CELEBRATION: mutual graphic for @lewishamil10n

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Do you think Max is the best driver on the grid right now? Also (which won't happen), if Max wanted to go to Ferrari and for some reason they didn't have a second seat, do you think they would get rid of Charles to get Max?

I was thinking about how Max is coveted by everyone (team-wise) - some more openly than others - and thought that he's probably the best from a team perspective - he's a very good driver, and clearly still has years ahead of him in F1 (unlike older drivers who might retire sooner).

1.

I think it's a faulty way to ask the question. What metrics are we using? Drivers can't really be judged independently from their cars. In equal machinery, would he be the best? At what? Racecraft, quali laps? Who knows. Even then how long do they have to get used to said machinery? He is really good, and young, and he's been dominant these past few years, and he's also not had much competition to pit him against since 2021. That also plays in our perception of it.

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I don't know.

Also contracts aren't just about the driver's performance, they're also a lot about money, and so clauses, negotiation, brand image, marketing, sponsors, ... The context is very important to these things.

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ok i HAVE to speak on some takes i've been seeing that i take serious issue with.

if you think the sport is boring without max crashing into people, watch nascar. if you think the sport is best when it's messy, it can be messy in ways that dont deliberately endanger others, like in indycar. if those are still boring to you, maybe racing isn't for you. interesting racing is when drivers make passes with inches of room, when teams make strategy gambles that pay off. it's not interesting to watch max lead races or divebomb others. open wheel racing is incredibly dangerous. dilano van 't hoff died in 2023. anthoine hubert died in 2018. jules bianchi and justin wilson died less than 10 years ago. dan wheldon 4 years before that. max's driving style directly led to his wheel being over lewis' head in the 2021 italian gp, and the halo is probably the only reason he's still here today. max isn't "haha funny cunty driving cancelled wife" its genuinely dangerous.

the thing that makes max different from other drivers like him before -like vettel, schumacher, and senna- is that he hasn't been penalized nearly as harshly as they were. he hasn't been disqualified, he didnt even get a drive-through for deliberately crashing into george, just a 10 second penalty. i don't hate max, and i don't think he's the villain some people make him out to be, but i also think he needs to grow up and regulate his emotions better on track. frankly, he doesnt make racing more interesting, he makes it more boring because everyone is hesitant to make a move against him knowing he could crash them out of the race just because they did better than him.

tldr: if you think max is what makes f1 interesting with his mess and his crashing, maybe f1 isnt for you. f1 drivers are not gladiators, they're athletes. they're real people who put their lives on the line all the time, and that needs to be understood and respected. no driver deserves to be further endangered on track by their colleagues, and no driver deserves the vitriol of fans thrown at them. learn your racing history and respect the drivers who have lost their career or died to get us the safety regulations we have now. they aren't for shits and giggles. they were written in the blood of drivers.

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Driver of the day should be scrapped.

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Max I'm gonna hold your hand when I tell you this........

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There’s no way you can try and justify that, that was shocking

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Brave of F1 to give driver of the day to someone who intentionally drove into a competitor.

That’s really the type of behaviour to award, I thought drivers have to be role models to younger kids and show what sportsmanship is

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Put him under pressure and he proves who he is