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I always think of Bottas as just there to pull blocks for Lewis, he doesn't need to be a fast driver just good enough to gently caress up anyone trying to pressure his teammate and he's mediocre at that even when he's able to stay out of the pits for more than 3 laps at a time
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Tsaedje posted:In what conceivable way is he past his prime? If anything he was more dominant this last season than ever. Contracts are about future performance, not what happened in the past. He's 36 years old and no team wants to be locked into a high dollar 4 year contract with someone that old.
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That's an awfully big assumption that Mercedes are the ones dragging their feet and not Lewis. He will still be better than 90% of the field in 4 years time if he still wants to race. Mercedes would be foolish not to sign him up. They're all but guaranteed next season's championship with him and nobody would lead them better into the first year of the new regs in 2022.
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daslog posted:Contracts are about future performance, not what happened in the past. He's 36 years old and no team wants to be locked into a high dollar 4 year contract with someone that old. Somehow Kimi is still going.
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net work error posted:Somehow Kimi is still going. If Hamiliton agreed to a deal like Kimi's Mercedes would be thrilled and this wouldn't be a topic.
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daslog posted:Contracts are about future performance, not what happened in the past. He's 36 years old and no team wants to be locked into a high dollar 4 year contract with someone that old. yeah nobody would want to re-hire a multi wdc driver that old
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track day bro! posted:yeah nobody would want to re-hire a multi wdc driver that old They settle on a 2 year deal and Lewis will whine.
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if poois shamilton wants to prove hes not a fraud he should come to ferrari and drive for a non fraudulent team
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track day bro! posted:if poois shamilton wants to prove hes not a fraud he should come to ferrari and drive for a non fraudulent team i agree, i'd love to see lew at Aston Martin Racing
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any team based on the cursed british isles is fraudulent
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i look forward to the British Teams Owning f1 2021 in spite of brexit destroying eveyrthing.
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Sir Lewis needs to go to against Max at Red Bull. Checo knows the drill.
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track day bro! posted:if poois shamilton wants to prove hes not a fraud he should come to ferrari and drive for a non fraudulent team You want him to prove he can make Q2 in a poo poo car? He already did that when he drove for McLaren
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Schumaker was 42 when he won his seventh Championship. I think Hamilton still has some life left in him.
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Cessna posted:Schumaker was 42 when he won his seventh Championship. I think Hamilton still has some life left in him. Haha no he wasn’t wtf
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I don't remember either Lewis or Toto ever mentioning contracts unless responding to some idiot journo, and then it's been some form of joke or telling them to relax. It's almost like it's not a big deal for them. But daslog will insist Lewis is super mad and whiny about it whatever happens.
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Take the plunge! Okay! posted:Haha no he wasn’t wtf Yeah he was 35 lol he did not in fact win the championship the year he retired
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With major reg changes coming up you absolutely want Hamilton to be there to help with car development. You can say that the car is the best on the grid (it obviously is) but the input he will have given will have done a lot to make that happen - Russel is clearly waiting in the wings, but he doesn't have the experience to provide reliable feedback (although he is clearly a thinking driver, when he talks through a lap it is clear he switched on about everything). Bottas isn't as poo poo as he could be, but you can't build the team around his feedback. A 2 year deal gives them both a lot - Lewis gets 2 cracks at the all time and it brings Merc continuity through the regs change.
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Mansell is still the oldest modern WDC right? He was 39 when he won his IIRC.
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Having finished the 1997 Monaco GP I have concluded that the late-90s F1 field was probably pretty bad. Hell, the only post golden era drivers that are any good are like, Panis and Rubens (who maybe doesn't count because he started in 1993).
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Take the plunge! Okay! posted:Haha no he wasn’t wtf FAUXTON posted:Yeah he was 35 lol Eh, crap, so much for my memory, you're right. Retired at 42.
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Carrier posted:kimi is going to win it next year Kimi is going to have a poo poo LOL!!!!!!!
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Tsaedje posted:I don't remember either Lewis or Toto ever mentioning contracts unless responding to some idiot journo, and then it's been some form of joke or telling them to relax. It's almost like it's not a big deal for them. Well he's always whiny, but Super mad? I don't see that.
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Frond posted:Mansell is still the oldest modern WDC right? He was 39 when he won his IIRC.
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I know that you specified modern, but the only reason to do that is to exclude the likes of 46 year old Fangio winning a championship in an era without sports science to keep him extremely fit. The likes of Lewis and Fernando could easily race into their late 40s if they chose to.
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Y’all remember how the IT goblins in this thread would pontificate that all Apple users are dumb babies who can’t do anything for themselves?
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Just sold this Tuesday  And just got this text 
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All users are loving idiots, completely irrespective of the platform they choose.
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was the buyer's name "Mac"
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POCKET CHOMP posted:was the buyer's name "Mac" lmao
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POCKET CHOMP posted:was the buyer's name "Mac" The only good post I have ever seen in 14 years on this website
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Mansell throws Piquet under the bus every opportunity he gets in 87, holy hell.
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"our panel" is just a bunch of that guy's mates sat on a sofa going "Italian spirit" "Gilles Villeneuve lives" "Red car go fast" before drowning in Michael Schumacher signed merchandise.
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Azza Bamboo posted:"our panel" is just a bunch of that guy's mates sat on a sofa going "Italian spirit" "Gilles Villeneuve lives" "Red car go fast" before drowning in Michael Schumacher signed merchandise. sounds pretty good to me op
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Azza Bamboo posted:"our panel" is just a bunch of that guy's mates sat on a sofa going "Italian spirit" "Gilles Villeneuve lives" "Red car go fast" before drowning in Michael Schumacher signed merchandise. I'm okay with this, even if I did get his age wrong.
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Lance going for a rugged and handsome look this year https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug4muGKyWMo
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net work error posted:Lance going for a rugged and handsome look this year i'd like to see the lap times of the stunt driver versus stroll
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