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Kamui Kobayashi qualifying pace vs ALL teammates (outliers removed):. š¢ 2010: -0.147s vs de la Rosa.š¢ 2010: -0.339s vs Heidfeld.š¢ 2011: -0.107s vs PĆ©rez.š¢ 2012: -0.050s vs PĆ©rez.š¢ 2014: -0.797s vs Ericsson.š¢ 2014: -0.555s vs Stevens
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I feel like a lot of people donāt realise how unbelievably wealthy Ricciardo is. Renault alone paid him $55 million for 2019 and 2020.
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I am begging @SkySportsF1 to fire this embarrassment of a presenter already.
I just canāt take Zelenskyy seriously in that track suit. 174B later and still no suitā¦. or respect.
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New fans will NEVER know how crazy her impact on Lewis was bro, he was full on emo depressed when they broke up in 2011 only to get back together in 2012 and have the season of his life.
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Verstappen is actually the funniest driver of all time as long as heās terrorising drivers you donāt support.
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Am I the only one who thinks this is going to go disastrously wrong.
šØ | Liam Lawson is set to be announced as a Red Bull driver this week. Decision made, only confirmation left.
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Piastri and Leclerc battle wheel to wheel for 40 laps and donāt crash but leave it to Perez and Sainz to finish the job 200 metres down a straight.
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This race is proving that itās not Verstappen who makes the races boring, itās these fat cars and miserable regulations.
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2017 = āSainz is our futureā.2018 = Sainz leaves. 2018 = āNico is our futureā.2019 = Nico leaves. 2019 = āRicciardo is our futureā.2020 = Ricciardo leaves. 2021 = āAlonso is our futureā.2022 = Alonso leaves. 2022 = āOcon is our futureā.2024 = Ocon leaves. ā¦ā¦ā¦.
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Verstappen is so much fun to watch when heās not fighting a driver you support.
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Russell is unreal.Leclerc is unreal.Antonelli is unreal for an 18 year old in his 4th race.Gasly is unreal.Norris you are horrible.Hamilton you are a dinosaur.
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There are always lines that shouldnāt be crossed but if you are taking any content at face value by an account literally named FORMULA FAKERS then you have the brain of an amoeba.
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šÆšµ = Leclerc faster.š¶š¦ = Leclerc faster.šŗšø = Leclerc faster.š²š½ = Leclerc faster .š§š· = Leclerc faster.šŗšø = Leclerc faster.š¦šŖ = Leclerc faster.š§š = Leclerc faster.šøš¦ = Leclerc faster.š¦šŗ = Sainz faster. Twitter: āSainz is simply driving fasterā.
At this point Iām running out of excuses for Leclerc, Sainz is simply driving faster in races this year lol.
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Verstappenās car is falling apart.Russellās car is shutting down.Ferrariās car is slow.And Norris is somehow failing to take advantage of any of this.
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Ferrari are slower than McLaren .Ferrari are slower than Red Bull.Ferrari are slower than Mercedes.Ferrari are slower than Williams.Ferrari are slower than Alpine.Ferrari are slower than VCARB.Ferrari are slower than Aston Martin. Ferrari have built the 8th fastest car.
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You can only laugh at the irony of this when we are literally racing at a country this week which sends you to prison if you are a homosexual.
Formula 1 has announced the introduction of a formal Diversity and Inclusion charter, which has been agreed by all 10 teams, F1 and the FIA. The charter is designed to enable anyone to access, contribute to and enjoy global motorsport. #F1
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(((hint: itās because he doesnāt have to manage his tyres))).
Oscar Piastri whenever it's a sprint race for some reason????
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Leclercās father passed in June 2017. 48 hours later he was back in an F2 car, took pole, took fastest lap and won the feature race, and then came from 8th to 2nd (with FL again) in the sprint race. He scored 45/48 points in one weekend, a record that hasnāt been broken since.
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Nobody will remember the endless list of anonymous drivers who drove for shit teams, scored a couple points here and there and then left the sport. Everyone is going to remember a Le Mans winner, no less the man who brought Ferrari their first Le Mans victory in 50 years.
šļø| Antonio Giovinazzi: "Winning in Le Mans is bigger than driving in F1." [@EnduranceInfo1]. Do you agree?
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Max was born into a massive motorsport family, his dad had a 10 year career in F1 and his family personally knew Michael Schumacher. Lewisās family had no connection to motorsport and didnāt even touch a kart until he was 8. Thatās why the age difference is so big.
@sim3744 Max got in at 17 Lewis at 22 š¤·š».
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Hamilton im on my KNEES HERE BEGGING YOU to run a normal fucking setup and not some strange bizarre concoction you and Bono came up wtih at 3am last night.
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If you think this is impressive, just remember that he spent an ENTIRE WINTER doing this in 2018/19 to beat Hamilton, and actually came back as a fucking beast. Fitness is definitely one of the most underappreciated aspects of being a talented F1 driver imo.
Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas decided to do an Ironman (at home) during his off week. ā¢ 11 hours.ā¢ 7,000 calories burned. He did the swim portion in his pool and then used a peloton and indoor treadmill for the bike and run. What a madman.
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How funny it would be if after all these debates between Leclerc, Norris and Russell, Piastri ends up winning a championship first.
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New fans really think Vettel was always this hippie beekeeper who won four titles with the Power of Friendshipā¦.
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That was some shocking racecraft from both Verstappen and Norris btw . Norris was constantly making clumsy divebombs and violating track limits. Max moved under braking at every opportunity, which ended up taking both out of the race. Pretty terrible from both of them.
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I mean being honest with ourselves if you had the choice of driving a Ferrari or driving a McLaren youāre taking the Ferrari every day of the week.
why is lando mclaren norris driving a FERRARI car
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This is wild bro imagine Alonsoās face when he realises his biggest obstacle is a literal child who wasnāt even born when he won his first championship š.
ā ļø | As per @wearetherace, Kimi Antonelli is likely Mercedesā first choice to replace Lewis Hamilton in 2025. Fernando Alonso seems to be plan B. #F1
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Might be worth keeping in mind that Hamilton originally moved to Monaco because the British press obsessed over him, camped outside his house & stalked his parents and ex-girlfriend. When he left the UK to escape them, the British media turned on him & accused him of tax evasion.
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A 36 year old Nico Hulkenberg has just put the worst car on the grid into Q3 ahead of a Mercedes, a Red Bull and both Mclarens. Unbelivable talent, timeless.
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You cannot support Ferrari and McLaren. This is the oldest rivalry in F1. Itās like supporting Barcelona and Real Madrid. If you support both teams you deserve the hate iwl.
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Verstappen honestly schooled Norris for about 10 laps there, that was some incredible defensive driving.
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Verstappen could piledrive his car into an orphanage and his fans would still try find a way to absolve him of blame.
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Bono better be coming with us btw because there is NO WAY we are settling for some incompetent engineer spluttering out instructions in broken English.
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You guys genuinely have zero clue how the male body works.
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Verstappen at age 7 had five years of experience in karts. Hamilton at age 7 had never before stepped foot in any sort of kart in his life.
At 21 lewis was in feeder series, at 21 Verstappen was winning Formula 1 Races, theres levels to this.
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New fans will never know the real Daniel Ricciardo, never mind the fact that heās about 15 car lengths behind, who the FUCK goes for this move on lap FOUR??? . No driver had the dawg like Ricciardo did.
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Iāve said this before but Verstappen is basically the new Schumacher while Norris is the new Damon Hill. Explains why Hill likes him so much, he knows what itās like to have his cheeks clapped week in week out by the better driver.
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Why is Rosberg the only one who has the balls to criticise the FIAās thick decision making.
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Since Liberty arrived F1 has lost:.- Malaysian GP.- German GP.- French GP.- Spanish GP. the following contracts are set to expire:.- Suzuka (2024).- Silverstone (2024).- Belgium (2025).- Monza (2025). Give me ONE reason why these out of touch cunts deserve to run this sport.
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I still donāt know whatās crazier, the fact everyone just glossed over this blatant infringement like nothing happened or that Mercedes decided not to appeal the easiest slam dunk penalty of all time.
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āUnsportsmanlike behaviourā as he was robbed of his first podium in months after going through one of the most difficult periods of his career, get real.
it's really painful to share this but checo did, in fact, push carlos' head back after their collision
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Died 2014 Born 2024. Welcome back Ferrari F14-T.
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Raikkonen in his third season was smacking around Schumacher and Montoya. Vettel was a 4 time world champion in his 6th full season. It took 7 races for Hamilton to win twice, while it took Norris 119 attempts to achieve the same. This give him time gimmick is too old.
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So they choose to paint Max as the evil cyborg soul-crushing machine of terror while Norris gets infantilised as some harmless useless baby. š.
this part is so horribly bad itās hilarious ššš max the evil guy vs lando who likes pets ??? ššššš
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It is a CRIME that weāre getting this insane Hamilton vs Verstappen vs Leclerc battle and itās not even for the lead because McLaren have the Millennium Falcon at their disposal.
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The difference is that Colapinto in one afternoon scored four times the points Sargeant managed in 18 months.
breakout star but he crashed more in 9 races than the guy he replaced did in 15ā¦. and costed the team more in crash damagesā¦. he scored some points with a car that the guy he replaced never got to drive but yeah, breakout star.
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Who do we know here is a 22 year old single Leclerc fan with 4k followers.
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This is massively damaging to a driverās confidence and motivation. Thereās no need to do this, theyāre not in a title fight and neither driver has any points on the board. Logan is being punished for Alexās mistake. Why sign him on if you donāt trust him?.
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No memorable moments, no overtaking opportunities, no flow, no tyre degradation, no weather unpredictability, no grass. F1 really handed a 15-year extension to the WORST race on the calendar. Ticket sales start at $900 though!.
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Alpine is the worst run organisation I have ever seen in Formula 1.
Esteban Ocon to leave Alpine at the end of the year. The Frenchman and the team have together agreed to part ways at the conclusion of the 2024 season. #F1
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Let's make it clear to F1. Tracks we DO NOT care about:.- Miami.- Mexico.- Qatar.- Abu Dogshit. Tracks we WANT to see on the calendar:.- Silverstone.- Spa.- Interlagos.- Monza.- Sepang.- Hockenheim.- Kyalami. Rlly shouldn't be this hard to grasp Domenicali.
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Thread of Felipe Massa mistakes in 2008 but they get progressively more embarassing.
Felipe Massa on the 2008 World Championship title:. āI was robbed, for sure. It was a perfect Championship, which ended by one point at Interlagos. But then we saw that there was a manipulated race (Singapore), and the result should have been cancelled. "They (Formula 1 and the
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Grand Prix points in the last 4ļøā£ races:. Hamilton = 67.Piastri = 61.Verstappen = 55.Norris = 51.Russell = 42.Sainz = 42.Perez = 16.Leclerc = 10.Hulkenberg = 8
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Called him a fraud on live telly, they could never make me hate you.
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On this day 17 years ago, Lewis Hamilton put in the greatest rookie performance of all time:. - Pole.- Fastest Lap.- Victory. Total domination in some of the worst conditions the sport has ever seen, and under supreme pressure in the championship.
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The extent of Michael Schumacher's atrocious luck in 2012 - a thread
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The worst part of an early race is that youāre forced to spend the rest of your day sulking when your team/driver has a horrible performance š.
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I donāt think enough people realise the brilliance of Hamiltonās drive today. He had the 4th best car all weekend. He had perfect racecraft, and held up Max in the middle stint which gave him the ability to fight in the final part. Tyre management was perfect as well. Masterclass.
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Hamilton is quite simply the greatest racing driver of all time. To do THAT - outclass the field in an inferior car, in changeable conditions, at the age of THIRTY NINE YEARS - is beyond extraordinary. The greatest of all time and my trust and belief in him has never wavered.
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Sauber can't change tyres in less than 40 seconds and Williams don't even have the fucking money to build a spare chassis, but according to @fia Andretti building a whole ass factory outside Silverstone still isn't enough to 'bring value to the championship' š.
F1 seeking 10-team limit in new Concorde Agreement - report. Full story š #F1.
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If anything this is going to make the weekend better, there is literally zero possibility of a conventionally good race happening so we might as well say fuck it. I want to see 10 car pileups, a Ferrari 5-stopper, Norris run out of fuel on the last lap and a Lance Stroll win.
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Waking up at 4am for Melbourne is a beautiful tradition that should never ever be criticised.
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If you removed Sainzās points Williams would still be in 5th, but if you removed Albonās points they would be in LAST POSITION š.
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Points scored in the last 5ļøā£ races:. š Hamilton = 95. Piastri = 86.Verstappen = 83.Norris = 68.Sainz = 53.Russell = 47.Leclerc = 39. The most in-form driver in Formula 1 right now, all at the age of 39.
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This might just be the most ridiculous/embarrassing McLaren bottle job so far this season, unserious organisation š.
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Honestly itās pretty crazy how in the space of a few months Norris & McLaren have lost all of their PR.
Hearing the usual suspect is insufferable in the new grill the grid vid? Whatād he do.
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They fired Magnussen via email on his birthday, deliberately sabotaged Vandoorne by handing him shit parts, and misled Ricciardo into thinking he would be renewed. Donāt ever buy into the āPapaya Familyā bullshit.
It's honestly ironic how Zak brown acts morally superior in f1 yet in Indycar the amount of controversy McLaren has had with contracts for years is insane
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Just give the title to Leclerc at this point neither of these guys are remotely serious.
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He sensed the Cadillac contract in the air and turned into a demon.
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Ok so quick recap. Liberty has:. - Failed to add competition in F1 by refusing Andrettiās application. - Increased calendar size from 19 to 25 races, massively increasing workload on mechanics & engineers. - Added sprint races despite fan disapproval. Time to go Stefano š.
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The day on this app when Doohan gets dropped and fans start digging on Briatoreās history to see what they can find will be priceless.
šØ | Numerous reports suggest Jack Doohan only has a contract for 1/4 of the season (first 6 races). After that, Franco Colapinto becomes a viable alternative.
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Piastri has 4 more wins than Russell, 1 more than Norris and just 2 less than Leclerc. Disgraceful.
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We need to have a conversation about how the new McLaren encourages new fans to treat this sport like a reality TV show.
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Colapinto 0.007s slower than Albon without the new packageā¦ #uncomfortableconversations.
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I am LONGING for the day when this sport realises that not every race needs 2000 fucking overtakes to make it exciting. Singapore is not meant to produce overtakes, it's a test of endurance, set-up and strategy. Removing corners takes away from the circuit's character.
šØ Reminder that the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Singapore will have it's Sector 3 modified. T16-T19 will be replaced with one long straight. Simulations show lap times could be up to 10 seconds quicker than 2022! š. #F1 #SingaporeGP
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No Brazil season finale, supporting McLaren & Ferrari, carbon fibre liveries, Singapore track changes, 3 hour race limits, Pirelli, anything to do with the Yas Marina circuit, SPRINT RACES, āPapaya Familyā, āgive them timeā arguments for shit drivers, lack of engine failures.
What would you consider āUtter Woke Nonsenseā in F1?.
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Look how the car flies into every corner, the thing looks impossible to drive under braking. Every turn requires some sort of correction or counterbalance. This is how youāre meant to drive a Formula 1 car.
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When Verstappen went off track on lap 1 to overtake Norris, pushing both him and Lando off track, he got no penalty. When Verstappen pushed Norris off track on lap 52 to re-overtake Norris in the braking zone, again pushing both drivers off track, Norris got a penalty. How.
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The last time each race winning driver in F1 crashed out of a race due to driver error:
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āThis is getting akin to Bottas at Mercedesā
I don't know why this happens to Perez every year in the Red Bull. He was an incredible driver in the midfield, if he hadn't of gone to McLaren, I reckon he'd have got a shot in the Ferrari at some point. However I agree, this is getting akin to Bottas in Mercedes now. It's.
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Imagine if Hamilton refused the McLaren seat in 2007 because he didnāt believe driving against Alonso would be āthe best thing to doāā¦.
"If you want to go against the best driver in the world, it's not the best thing to do" ā. Lando Norris says it wouldn't have been a 'smart move' to join Max Verstappen at Red Bull ā¬
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How is it even possible that Pirelli build a tyre which canāt last one qualifying lap but at the same time can live for an entire race distance?.
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Monaco, the most driver-oriented track on the grid:. Leclerc 0.684s ahead of Sainz .Hamilton 0.794s ahead of Russell. Class of the field š¤·āāļø
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Tsunoda must have done something to monumentally piss off Red Bull management. Or they irrationally hate him for no reason. I do not understand why they donāt give him an opportunity.
Rumours emerging that Colapinto could join V Carb next year with Lawson in RB and Checo losing his seat.
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Max Verstappen was:. - Born into a massive racing family.- Never had money issues.- Had his first title handed to him on a plate.- Has an entire F1 team built around him. And he still somehow believes he is āoppressedā in the paddockā¦ wild.
isnāt it so crazy that a white european man can justify and defend someone using racial slurs towards one of his own coworkers but when heās rightfully punished for something else suddenly heās the oppressed one bc heās a white dutch man instead of a white british man.
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Sorry guys but I love the livery, itās beautiful.
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Me tomorrow when I realise that Mercedes have not, in fact, built a W11 regen
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I hope they know what they are doing because the car they have built ever since Singapore would have won the title if they ran it all season.
šØ| The 2025 Ferrari F1 car will be completely NEW. It will be "less than 1%" of the 2024 car confirms Fred Vasseur :. "We are in the fourth year of application of this regulation and we know our previous project very well. For this reason, the 2025 car will be completely new."
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Hamilton is beefing a RED BULL in a car that is FIFTH FASTEST, I donāt want anyone to EVER question the talent this man possesses.
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Consistency is so underrated by fans in this sport.
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Regardless of how average Sargeant is this is just an extremely unprofessional thing to say.
James Vowles inadvertently killing off Logan Sargeant to Sky. "Heās still one of the top 10ā¦top 20, apologies, drivers in the world".
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