Your pick for DotD?
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XYXPDQ <qwrtz123@gmail.com> writes:

Your pick for DotD?

I can't say VER because I can't be sure the pitstops wouldn't have
unwound in Ferrari's favour if they'd managed to not blow up, so
perhaps he chanced into the win. RUS gained 2 from the retirements
too, so perhaps could be considered lucky to get a podium. However,
he did do better than a 7-times world champion in the same car, so
at least a case could be made for his drive being worthy.

But I'll sit on the fence - even the raciest who did some impressive
overtakes also made some mistakes - noone was perfect.

Phil
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Agree. Most races someone stands out but no one catched my eye this time; odd considering the number of passes.
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Phil Carmody wrote:

XYXPDQ <qwrtz123@gmail.com> writes:

Your pick for DotD?

I can't say VER because I can't be sure the pitstops wouldn't have
unwound in Ferrari's favour if they'd managed to not blow up, so
perhaps he chanced into the win. RUS gained 2 from the retirements
too, so perhaps could be considered lucky to get a podium. However,
he did do better than a 7-times world champion in the same car, so
at least a case could be made for his drive being worthy.

But I'll sit on the fence - even the raciest who did some impressive overtakes also made some mistakes - noone was perfect.

Yup, even those who worked really hard for their result did not make a
great overall impression. For example Hamilton put in quite a decent performance but his pace was often well below that of GR.

VER as winner gets it by default and he did outperform his teammate by
quite a margin.

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On 6/13/2022 2:16 PM, Bigbird wrote:

Phil Carmody wrote:

XYXPDQ <qwrtz123@gmail.com> writes:

Your pick for DotD?

I can't say VER because I can't be sure the pitstops wouldn't have
unwound in Ferrari's favour if they'd managed to not blow up, so
perhaps he chanced into the win. RUS gained 2 from the retirements
too, so perhaps could be considered lucky to get a podium. However,
he did do better than a 7-times world champion in the same car, so
at least a case could be made for his drive being worthy.

But I'll sit on the fence - even the raciest who did some impressive
overtakes also made some mistakes - noone was perfect.

Yup, even those who worked really hard for their result did not make a
great overall impression. For example Hamilton put in quite a decent performance but his pace was often well below that of GR.

VER as winner gets it by default and he did outperform his teammate by
quite a margin.

Unless his penultimate pass was a 'gimme', he had excess performance in
hand.
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On 2022-06-13 11:16, Bigbird wrote:

Phil Carmody wrote:

XYXPDQ <qwrtz123@gmail.com> writes:

Your pick for DotD?

I can't say VER because I can't be sure the pitstops wouldn't have
unwound in Ferrari's favour if they'd managed to not blow up, so
perhaps he chanced into the win. RUS gained 2 from the retirements
too, so perhaps could be considered lucky to get a podium. However,
he did do better than a 7-times world champion in the same car, so
at least a case could be made for his drive being worthy.

But I'll sit on the fence - even the raciest who did some impressive
overtakes also made some mistakes - noone was perfect.

Yup, even those who worked really hard for their result did not make a
great overall impression. For example Hamilton put in quite a decent performance but his pace was often well below that of GR.

According to reports, Hamilton's Mercedes was running a very different
spec than Russell's, so it's probably not fair to compare their pace.

I read a report that Hamilton was lifting occasionally at the kinks in
the main straight because he was concerned that he might lose control at 180mph.

VER as winner gets it by default and he did outperform his teammate by
quite a margin.

Vettel's recovery to 6th was pretty impressive, but of course it is
offset by the fact that he only needed to recover because he made a
pretty big error.

Outside of the default...

...perhaps Ricciardo?
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On 2022-06-13 07:39, Phil Carmody wrote:

XYXPDQ <qwrtz123@gmail.com> writes:

Your pick for DotD?

I can't say VER because I can't be sure the pitstops wouldn't have
unwound in Ferrari's favour if they'd managed to not blow up, so
perhaps he chanced into the win. RUS gained 2 from the retirements
too, so perhaps could be considered lucky to get a podium. However,
he did do better than a 7-times world champion in the same car, so
at least a case could be made for his drive being worthy.

It seems that the two Mercedes were not the "same car" on this
particular weekend:

<https://www.racefans.net/2022/06/11/hamiltons-recent-deficit-to-russell-is-due-to-set-up-experiments-says-wolff/>

'Hamilton said yesterday rCLwe tried something experimental on my car and
it didnrCOt feel that great to be honest.rCY'

But I'll sit on the fence - even the raciest who did some impressive overtakes also made some mistakes - noone was perfect.

Phil

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On 14/06/2022 6:16 am, Bigbird wrote:

Phil Carmody wrote:

XYXPDQ <qwrtz123@gmail.com> writes:

Your pick for DotD?

I can't say VER because I can't be sure the pitstops wouldn't have
unwound in Ferrari's favour if they'd managed to not blow up, so
perhaps he chanced into the win. RUS gained 2 from the retirements
too, so perhaps could be considered lucky to get a podium. However,
he did do better than a 7-times world champion in the same car, so
at least a case could be made for his drive being worthy.

But I'll sit on the fence - even the raciest who did some impressive
overtakes also made some mistakes - noone was perfect.

Yup, even those who worked really hard for their result did not make a
great overall impression. For example Hamilton put in quite a decent performance but his pace was often well below that of GR.

VER as winner gets it by default and he did outperform his teammate by
quite a margin.

PER had to cede, equally could not challenge, and there was no point in stressing or breaking anything.

geoff
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geoff wrote:

On 14/06/2022 6:16 am, Bigbird wrote:

Phil Carmody wrote:

XYXPDQ <qwrtz123@gmail.com> writes:

Your pick for DotD?

I can't say VER because I can't be sure the pitstops wouldn't have unwound in Ferrari's favour if they'd managed to not blow up, so
perhaps he chanced into the win. RUS gained 2 from the retirements
too, so perhaps could be considered lucky to get a podium.
However, he did do better than a 7-times world champion in the
same car, so at least a case could be made for his drive being
worthy.

But I'll sit on the fence - even the raciest who did some
impressive overtakes also made some mistakes - noone was perfect.

Yup, even those who worked really hard for their result did not
make a great overall impression. For example Hamilton put in quite
a decent performance but his pace was often well below that of GR.

VER as winner gets it by default and he did outperform his teammate
by quite a margin.

PER had to cede, equally could not challenge, and there was no point
in stressing or breaking anything.

He had to cede because he did not have the pace.

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Alan Baker
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