[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

We have 2 choices for the 2026 season :

My friend...

I won't back down.

[3798j]

Originally Posted by FrankMstein

Oh I remember it, and it being a different scenario totally. It wasn't a loop hole in the rules, it was a one off. Lets not call apple oranges just because you found one orange apple.

My reply was more tongue in cheek from me...historically there have been many cars that dominated the competition and were built within the rules.
Here's another "orange apple". So dominate, Bernie pulled it.

[HeelToeShift]

Originally Posted by AmuroRay

Ham has won a sprint and podiumed on another while his teamate crashed out. Max has the first/second fastest car on the grid and didn't even podium at all, despite starting first.

People in glass houses.

LOL but the sprint…grasping at straws. When has he finished ahead of Lec in a real race? I’ll wait but I know you won’t respond because it doesn’t fit your narrative. So you won’t answer that it’s 6-0 Lec to Sham on really races that count.

Max has the 4th fastest car but a front runner when driven by him (and maybe 6th fastest when drive by anyone else) which is down to his ability to drive it and be faster than the faster car but doesn’t change that it’s the 4th fastest overall. All that, yet he alone has more points than both Ferrari drivers combined. He has nowhere near the fastest car or second fastest car but you can try to convince yourself all you want. The data shows you are wrong just like all of your “predictions” turn out to be.
Again, sprints aren’t real races especially when he was cheating in one and the other was pure luck. Beyond that he is still getting slapped around like the lapdog he is in real races when it counts.

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by AmuroRay

It was inaccurate because it had nothing to do with what I said.
Can you please provide me with the information on how far off Hamilton was from Lec in Miami - the most recent race.

I didn't ask about points, WDC standings, I didn't ask about China, or Jeddah. I asked about HAM's pace vs LEC in Miami.

That's all.

All data in my post was 100% 2025 F1 Miami GP related. It features "Miami GP" twice as well as "Miami Grand Prix 2025".

Even the official race classification table of that race was included indicating track position, fastest lap and speed of all 20 drivers (including Leclerc and Hamilton). If you'd think that the featured table originates from some parallel universe, you can find it here: https://www.fia.com/system/files/dec...sification.pdf. WDC and WCC standings as a result of that race can be found here: https://www.fia.com/system/files/dec...hip_points.pdf.

Reposting it for your convenience:

Originally Posted by Artemis

A lap is the sum of its parts/sectors.

Fastest Lap results of the Miami GP:

1. NOR (race P2 - WDC P2)
2. PIA (race P1 - WDC P1)
3. RUS (race P3 - WDC P4)
4. LEC (race P7 - WDC P5)
5. VER (race P4 - WDC P3)
6. ALB (race P5 - WDC P8)
7. HAM (race P8 - WDC P7)
8. SAI (race P9 - WDC P13)
9. ANT (race P6 - WDC P6)
10. TSU (race P10 - WDC P11)
11. HAD (race P11 - WDC P16)
12. HUL (race P14 - WDC P14)
13. OCO (race P12 - WDC P9)
14. GAS (race P13 - WDC P12)
15. ALO (race P15 - WDC P17)
16. STR (race P16 - WDC P10)
17. LAW (race NC - WDC P18)
18. BOR (race NC - WDC P20)
19. BEA (race NC - WDC P15)
20. DOO (race NC - WDC P19)

Fastest cars based on Fastest Lap results of the Miami GP:

1. McLaren (WCC P1)
2. Mercedes (WCC P2)
3. Ferrari (WCC P4)
4. Red Bull Racing (WCC P3)
5. Williams (WCC P5)
6. Racing Bulls (WCC P8)
7. Sauber (WCC P10)
8. Haas (WCC P6)
9. Alpine (WCC P9)
10. Aston Martin (WCC P7)

[AmuroRay]

Originally Posted by M3WC

Ham pace is no where new Lec. It is 6-2 in favor of Lec in quali sessions including sprints.

Of those 6, Lewis was behind Lec by over .4 sec on average. Over 4 tenths is an eternity in F1.

Originally Posted by Artemis

All data in my post was 100% 2025 F1 Miami GP related. It features "Miami GP" twice as well as "Miami Grand Prix 2025".

Can you point me to where LEC was 2-4 tenths faster that Hamilton?




https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/a...7qu80FcK5CdPbJ

“Let’s focus on the positives,” Horner said afterwards. "We finished second, and we had the pace - which on Friday, it looked like McLaren had got 1.2s on the whole field.

“We’ll take encouragement from this race that on both the medium and hard tyres, I’m sure the analysis will show that we were quicker than them.”
Fastest car on the grid that day and Max couldn't get it done. He had a pole

Suddenly a car quicker than McLaren is the 4th fastest car behind Mercedes and Williams? LOL, ok. And If it is the 4th fastest, Max's showing is pathetic.

[Killed by Death]

[Killed by Death]

Miami Lego Race

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by AmuroRay

Can you point me to where LEC was 2-4 tenths faster that Hamilton?

At the chequered flag.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by GuidoK

RUS is a good driver. Maybe not always the fastest, but he has 'racecraft', and thinks out of the box during the race. Mainly strategically during the race (so when to pit, when not to pit what to communicate to his engineers, when to push and when not to etc) he's good (it's not directly his racecraft overtaking or blocking skills what I mean).

Too bad he's such a backstabber...

I don't know how Kimi will evolve. Now he's still too unexperienced and makes too much driving mistakes (locking up etc, and gets a bit nervous at the start etc), but speedwise he'll be faster than RUS in a few months/next year, I'm sure of that.
It'll be interesting to see how good he's gonna be strategically and if he can keep his head cool.
Definately the most interesting new driver on the grid. Maybe the most interesting driver next to Max and Oscar.

GuidoK

I think we're going to lose our hope (!) (The Dutch article) => https://www.f1maximaal.nl/opinie/sch...d-van-marshall

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Oh well roll on Imola and we'll see the big RBR upgrade make a difference hopefully on a wing and a prayer...no song from me today
and we can get more info about those tyre coolers too.

Too bad , our hope is actually ridiculous .Take a seat my friend ...

[///M Power-Belgium]

Exactly (!)

[Rono63]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Too bad , our hope is actually ridiculous .Take a seat my friend ...

Ironic it’s an Ex-Red Bull engineer that developed the system.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Rono63

Ironic it’s an Ex-Red Bull engineer that developed the system.

Yes I know , Rob Marshall has a genius brain and he is 100 times smarter than the French idiot Pierre Waché.

McLaren will destroy all the teams in 2026 (with ease)!

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by Artemis

The chap forgot that his mike was still broadcasting when he said "en Imola" ("in Imola") about Colapinto racing for Alpine. Gaffe:
https://youtube.com/shorts/H6c1YbUhB_g

1 free practice session seems unlikely because he already raced last year. Doohan risks to be "Lawson'd". Soon we'll know what Flavio Briatore has concocted.

"Sponsor says Colapinto to replace Doohan in Imola - Miami this weekend could be Jack Doohan's last race for now at the wheel of an Alpine.
https://www.grandprix.com/news/spons...-in-imola.html
Intense speculation about his future has been swirling all season so far, with team advisor Flavio Briatore's obvious favourite Franco Colapinto - on loan from Williams - poised to step into the cockpit.
The intensity of the rumours, however, has actually eased over the last few weeks. Team boss Oliver Oakes seemed keen to reduce the pressure on Doohan's shoulders, but there were also rumblings about Alpine wanting to squeeze more money out of Colapinto's sponsors.
The logos of Argentine e-commerce company Mercado Libre are already on the Alpine livery, but another major Colapinto backer - the Argentine oil giant YPF - is still missing.
Some think this is because of a clash with an existing - and new - Alpine sponsor ENI, an Italian oil company.
However, YPF president Horacio Marin gave an interview to Argentine broadcaster A24 this week and he was asked directly if Colapinto is going to race for Alpine in 2025.
I can't tell you that, Marin replied, laughing.
The interviewer then pressed harder, asking: When will he debut? In Miami?
Again, the YPF president laughed as he awkwardly explained that he couldn't say anything about it.
But as soon as the interview was over, and Marin believed his microphone was no longer broadcasting because music and an end-screen were on the monitor, he was heard to mutter to his interviewer: In Imola."

It's official: exit Doohan - enter Colapinto (at least for the next five races, starting at Imola).

[G30M]

Alpine "driver rotation"

https://speedcafe.com/f1-news-2025-d...omment-update/

“With the field being so closely matched this year, and with a competitive car, which the team has drastically improved in the past 12 months, we are in a position where we see the need to rotate our driver line-up.

“The next five races will give us an opportunity to try something different and after this time period we will assess our options.”

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by Artemis

It's official: exit Doohan - enter Colapinto (at least for the next five races, starting at Imola).

Swapping drivers like sherbert dips, Doohan was shafted in the pits.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by G30M

Alpine "driver rotation"

https://speedcafe.com/f1-news-2025-d...omment-update/

“With the field being so closely matched this year, and with a competitive car, which the team has drastically improved in the past 12 months, we are in a position where we see the need to rotate our driver line-up.

“The next five races will give us an opportunity to try something different and after this time period we will assess our options.”

Well well, 'crashgate' Flav is back as exec advisor in Alpine.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Yes I know , Rob Marshall has a genius brain and he is 100 times smarter than the French idiot Pierre Waché.

McLaren will not destroy all the teams in 2026.

FTFY

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

FTFY

Well ...Hopefully my friend .

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Well ...Hopefully my friend .

Horner is not going to stand by and let them get away with it, even his Spice wife will tell him too

[Killed by Death]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Swapping drivers like sherbert dips, Doohan was shafted in the pits.

I like C man but didn't think Doohan was doing bad too bad for a rookie

Seems a bit premature but the French can be that way anyhow

[Killed by Death]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Horner is not going to stand by and let them get away with it, even his Spice wife will tell him too

I like redheads but too hotheaded for KBD