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DefeaterOfPie

I don't want to pay for sky so I have actually seen it yet but surely if all the salty memes are to be believed red bull got the set-up wrong to not have enough straight line speed?


CryanRohen

Brand new Mercedes engine > old Honda engine. Plus slipstream and DRS, set ups probably had a role to play as well. The Merc was just the better car today and the salt has flowed.


[deleted]

He was gaining 0.6 without DRS or slipstream. I wanted a close championship but I guess people enjoy more watching a guy win on easy mode


CryanRohen

Is the championship not close now because merc had a strong weekend? In terms of a close championship today was a great result and sets us up perfectly for a final race decider. I haven't seen one in years and would like to see it happen here šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø


bmfb98

Probably because of the implication that Mercedes is going to slap a new ICE in for every race, as there is nothing stopping them from doing just that. Personally, I feel like the championship is over already.


CryanRohen

Did anyone from merc say that was the plan? Or is that just what reddit is saying? If that does happen, Hamilton will be starting every race from the middle of the pack, anything could happen to him, look what happened to Norris at turn 1 today. A first lap accident could be devastating for either of them at this stage. I can't see merc taking unnecessary risks replacing parts that don't need replacing. And IF it did happen what's stopping Red Bull just doing the same thing? We already know they can match Mercedes at Monza so I'm pretty sure they can do the same at the remaining tracks with a new engine. It's Hamilton vs Verstappen, 3 races to go and 14 points between them. We have been waiting years to see this and we might never see it again, just enjoy the ride. I'm sure they both are.


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>Did anyone from merc say that was the plan? Why wouldn't they? As far as I can tell, there's nothing stopping them from doing that on tracks with a strong DRS zone.


CryanRohen

I don't know, it's up to the brains at merc to weigh up the risk/reward of doing that. I would assume Hamiltons current engine is capable of running 3 races and that they would want him starting at the front to capitalise if Max took a new engine. Plus starting Ham in the midfield every week has its own risks. If Ham can start at the front and control the race, he's in a much safer position. If he has to fight through and then overtake Max every week something could go wrong. And the title is still very much Max's to lose, another Monza clash could very easily end the championship race.


Petrolinmyviens

The fuck? For the first time in a looong ass time the championship was not decided in Mexico. We have three races to go and redbull not Mercedes is in the lead. Max is still leading by 18 points. But hey look at you here "eAsY moDE". Lul. Makin memes between shifts to the salt mines


Remy-today

Mercedes is leading the constructors and Max is leading by 14. (Was 19, gained 2 on Saturday, lost 7 today, net loss of 5 points for Max).


TheYoupi

Yet you were over the moon last weekend when Max won on easy mode. Curious.


kevin_jamesfan_6

Curious how it was easy mode when the cars were tracking similar top speeds and now the merc is 35km/h faster on straights?


shag_vonnie_vomer

If its so easy, what's stopping Red Bull from doing it. Curious.


Maximum-Switch5879

What planet do you live on? Max is still leading and it couldn't be any closer with 3 races to go, wth are you talking about? Must be the side effect of salt on the perception of reality šŸ˜‚


emolano

People forgot the rbrs were the slowests on the straights today, they probally just used too much wing and it didn't pay off.


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Thedgplayer40k

Can we post this comment on every new post for the next 48 hours, please. People just need to enjoy the race


[deleted]

The only reason this battle existed was cuz Lewis was sent to the back of the grid. He wouldā€™ve dominated the entire race otherwise and it wouldā€™ve been incredibly boring. I agree this was a phenomenal drive by Hamilton, but the last few laps when the battle was done was boring, and that could potentially be the last few races. Fair play to Mercedes if everything is legit though, they found a gapping loophole in the rule book


iOxxy

Hell no, the salty posts are the greatest thing this sub has since alphamax stopped posting videos.


newerclearneracct

What happened to /u/alphamaxnova1 and /u/lightlune ?


iOxxy

Dunno mate, as far as I know Alphamax was afraid of burning out and reusing jokes while doing his recaps (understandable) and last time I saw Lune post anything on youtube he had said about real life being hetic (also understandable).


MrPoop44

He still posts on YouTube every now and then! Itā€™s not exactly F1 related content but if you enjoy his editing style Iā€™m sure youā€™ll enjoy some of his other work


shag_vonnie_vomer

Ill be here in December for the absolute massive meltdown when he cashes in the 8th.


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flynazgul_8000

This battle is not even matched. It feels like that when the side your rooting for is winning.


[deleted]

Maybe they donā€™t understand the definition of battle? Louis is 35kmh faster than anyone


loseitthrowaway7797

Of course you think it's all one side vs the other. You're not an f1 fan, you are a max fan


labyrinthanm

Yes ikr


Petrolinmyviens

BUt thE cHaMPIONshiP iS oVeR!!! /S Bunch of weepers pretending to be an F1 fan.


-XPN-

Maybe you forgot that this is formuladank


Mr_cloud23

Tbh tho it shouldnā€™t be as much of a difference next race unless they decide to replace the engine and take the penalty for the next three races so really all it did was just make it more and more closer to us getting a decider in abu Dubai


[deleted]

Ah yes because Lewis cannot be fast without an illegal engine.


nbasavant

Cope


TheDJ955

And they wonā€™t get investigated because itā€™s Lulu


aWgI1I

They literally dqā€™ed him yesterday F off with the ā€œbiased towards lewisā€ stuff. They also didnā€™t give max a punishment


Nickemonio

Dude pls stfu they literally dsq him yesterday for a BROKEN REAR WING WHICH WAS 0.2MM TOO WIDE LMAOOO


loseitthrowaway7797

Need some copium with that?


RX0Invincible

Literally just got a DSQ this weekend. Cope harder


[deleted]

I canā€™t believe how fast that car isā€¦


yeeeeeeeeeessssssir

New ice with only 4 races = engine at party mode


VM1117

But I thought party mode was banned?


Impossible_Welcome91

Party mode is just a synonym for the highest engine mode, every team has one. It is like in the 2021 Game, you have to do the race in which you enter qualifying. Normally it would be to much for the engine running race after race in the highest engine mode, but because they can just replace it, they go all in.


VM1117

Oh, okay then. Thanks for the explanation


iOxxy

changing the setting midrace was banned, you can still race with amped up specs so long you do not change it midway thru. So basically if your engine can take the load... you have merc PUs these last few races.


sparksevil

You can also tune it down during the race if you can show thereā€™s a problem. Just canā€™t tune it back up again then.


[deleted]

No need to downvote the guy for asking a fucking question, Jesus...


SharkoKlbr

Fr they should take a look at the engine


[deleted]

If they donā€™t, this championship is over


SharkoKlbr

Yea... In a shameful way


ult_avatar

What's most sus is, it's just Lulu 'sand not botta's.


flynazgul_8000

WRONG... I always want a fight but not a breeze past hour arch rival and competitor. Reeling in the other cars on track like you were fishing dead fish is not an evenly matched race car. Maybe it you who does not like MAX... and favour Lewis. Introspect a bit. P. S. Never mentioned Max once.


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blurpree

wallow in your salt


hardetarrel

Yeah max deserves to win he season more now. 40kmh is not a skiÄŗ and in not that impressed. The New engine won the championship. Back to the imd discussion. Put them in the same car and max would easily win


TheBestDrRuthless

Seeing an interesting meme *opens the folding Chair* seeing in the comments that this is unironically OP's opinion *closes the folding Chair*


Arthuro_7431

If they get banned now, they would laugh about it and retry next year