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Cool down room, George and Kimi complaining to Lewis about their Hard tyre warm up and Lewis giggles in his reply ..
"look where you guys finished, that's how quick you are"
His laugh kills me 😂
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Why on earth is the FIA president talking to Max Verstappen right in the middle of qualifying?
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Despite their fallouts and crashes over the years, the fact Nico still spoke the truth when it really mattered to Lewis..when everyone else was keeping quiet is why I'll have that level of respect for him now.
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So just to get this straight?
Next time Max is on a fast lap for pole, George or Lewis can block him, blame it on poor communication..
And get away with it?
Sounds like qualifying strategies just changed to me.
#singaporeGP
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Soo you're telling me the result CAN change after the race Crofty?
#AbuDhabiScandal
Stewards decision - stand by folks, the race results could be about to change. According to the @FIA over 1200 instances where a car may have exceeded track limits were reported during the race
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The fastest ever lap around Monaco is probably one of the most underrated Pole laps in F1.
1.2 seconds (!) faster than this season's pole lap too.
King of the streets.
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Hey @CroftyF1
Which one of these looks "strange"
🤔
Martin Brundle saying “there’s been some odd choices for DOTD lately” right after Lewis Hamilton wins it.
The constant backhanded comments Lewis gets are definitely driven by one particular factor, but some people aren’t ready to face that truth.
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Ranking Alonso higher than Lewis, in a season Lewis won 2 races is absurd.
Ridiculous even.
F1 2024 drivers ranked 🧵
No7 – Fernando Alonso: "In an Aston Martin which hasn’t lived up to 2023’s regular podium finisher, the Spaniard still went on a run of six point-scoring finishes to start the season off, even managing to drag the car to fifth in Saudi."
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This moment will be forever engraved into my mind.
I was on a mental high for the whole weekend, despite the race too.
The only Mercedes Pole of the season. "HAMILTON IS BACK"
Azeem
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Deflated.
Lewis mate, love ya, but you can't beat a system that's rigged against you.
TV coverage that has no interest in covering penalties for other drivers and a governing body that's penalizing you before incidents that happened before.
I think I'm done with F1.
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They ain't disqualifying a driver they rigged a whole championship for, come on.
Forget the onboard footage too, I'm still waiting for the Brazil 2021 onboard lol
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Using the old points system converted..
Piastri has 26 points so far.
Lewis 109 points for 2007.
No points for sprints or fastest laps, because they weren't available to Lewis in 2007.
Like for like, Oscar can reach 76 points if he wins all 5 remaining races.
Still 33 short..
Oscar Piastri's double podium appearance in Qatar has moved him ever closer to Lewis Hamilton's all-time rookie record. Should his form continue, could the Aussie could go down as the best rookie in F1 history? 🤔
bit.ly/3tCxMmh
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If ever Formula 1 asked me to re-design the intro..
@LewisHamilton
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It's actually crazy how these 2 separate moments, is all that prevented Lewis Hamilton from winning 8 championships..in a row.
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"Why couldn't have Max bailed out and thought this is a big risk maybe I should pull out?..One guy has been avoiding incidents, and that's Lewis Hamilton."
- Johnny Herbert Monza 21 in response to Massa & Di Resta.
His honest opinion will be missed. @SkySportsF1
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Now imagine Piastri got Lewis on that last lap?
Absolute Mercedes strategy disaster class.
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I'm not sure George truly understands or is weary of the artillery Lewis has, in a mental warfare inter-team battle.
The guy is the goat for a reason, people forget that too easily I feel.
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The best win of them all, maybe of all time.
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Just "Mr Useless" setting a 1:13.447 for Pole, the fastest ever lap around the Hungaroring.
Good morning ☕
#NukeSenegal
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Yeah I've been following Lewis his whole career, this isn't him admitting he's slow and past it..
You get what I'm saying? Lol
#QatarGP 🇶🇦 | Lewis Hamilton post Sprint Quali says “I’m definitely not fast anymore.”
“[This was] Same as every other qualifying; not that great.”
“I’m just slow. Same every weekend. The car felt relatively decent, no issues, not really much more to say…”
“The long run didn’t feel too bad but when you’re always back where I am it makes it almost impossible to be competing for wins.”
“The positive is that the car is fast, George should be able to shoot for pole tomorrow.”
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What I don't understand is why some of the Sky team and F1 journalists seem to be fighting against the fans..while the fans are fighting for the sport?
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Can you honestly call this a mistake though?
The car letting go mid corner?
Wtf.
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Monza.
2 Champions.
Fighting for the win.
No cars landing on anyone's head..
Mercedes-AMG | F1 News 🏁
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You don't play mind games with Hamilton.
It was at this point, Verstappen lost any such mind game.
🚨 | Max Verstappen says he played mind games with Hamilton in 2021 - but doesn't need to with Piastri and Norris.
His logic is simple:
lastwordonsports.com/motorsp…
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Just come out the turkish kebab shop, guy at the counter mentions my Mercedes jacket and says -
"Ah F1, you like Mercedes?"
I reply "nah need to upgrade to a Ferrari one, Lewis fan"
Guy at the counter "AH THEY ROBBED LEWIS THAT YEAR! THAT WASN'T RIGHT MAN!"..
Every one knows
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Crofty said during coms that the Ferrari CEO is here this weekend?
Lewis has been sending a message loud and clear and purposefully today.
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Forgive me for thinking..
All this tinkering with Lewis' car and poor qualifying, is an internal attempt to make it look like Lewis is losing his "cognitive abilities"..
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A reminder that the FIA gave Lewis a 25 second penalty, hours after the race for this, at the chicane.
Making sure Massa won the race and cut the championship lead to Lewis, to only 2 points..
Massa wasn't even in this battle for this race win.
InFormulArg
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For me, Lewis and maybe his whole fan base, this is part of a healing process since 2021.
We've all been hurting, the injustice with a bad turn of fate regarding the poor Mercedes performance that just hasn't seemed fair.
We've all kept going, today is the rewards for that.
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Toto saying "he was the quicker guy (Lewis) with that kind of setup that we chose on the car experimenting for next year"
Is this the setup you've been denying him of all season and giving to George?
Hmm, i smell something
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Spa 2024 eventually convinced me it was the right decision to move.
A race win Mercedes tried to rob him of, unashamedly in front of our eyes.
That's not how you treat your greatest ever driver.
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Lewis takes the responsibility because he wants to.
He's the team leader, been there and done it.
It also protects George and Mercedes at the same time.
The guy is levels above any other driver on the grid, past or present.
My driver.
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Bahrain 2021 is one of Lewis' underrated wins in my opinion.
Max was on pole with Lewis in the slower car but Lewis pulled off a masterclass win.
Only just..
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Norris & Piastri reminded me of Hungary 2014..
"I'm not slowing down for Nico, if he can get close, then overtake!"
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"Cult LH" is ironically a creation by his rivals fans, due to the constant attempts to dismantle Lewis Hamiltons achievements, without intelligent basis.
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Lewis has the 2nd fastest lap of the whole weekend FFS.
Operational incompetence @ScuderiaFerrari
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One man's Pole lap has 3 times the engagement than a record breaking 10 race win streak.
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Hamilton's final overtake for Mercedes was #ETHICALWHEEL .. You say?
OvertakeCentral
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Lewis Hamilton with 14/16 points in F1 Sprint races for Ferrari this season..
So far
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Talk less to the press and produce a car worthy of winning a Formula 1 championship.
Hypocrisy at it's finest.
🚨| JUST IN: Executive Chairman John Elkann weighs in on Ferrari’s current predicament:
"Brazil was a big disappointment. If we look at our engineers they have improved the car, but the rest is not up to standard."
"We have drivers who must focus on driving and talk less."
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Crofty going on how Max is the only driver with a time below 1:40... then right at the finish line Lewis blasts in a 1:39.988..
Perfect timing Lewis! Ha.
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I'm confused as to how Lewis being robbed in Abu Dhabi could even be categorised as an "opinion".
Sometimes I just think to myself "How the hell did F1 allow that to stand"?
For the avoidance of doubt my friend and colleague for the past 26 years @tedkravitz has my full support. Face to face dialogue is the only way to sort out issues and disputes in the relentless crucible of the F1 paddock. We all have opinions and different jobs to do, that’s life
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Max fans still doing alternative pit stop scenario gymnastics for Mercedes at the Abu Dhabi 2021 race..
..to justify the safety car rules being broken..
Tells me all I need to know lol.
#AbuDhabiScandal
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I'm lost for words at these decisions.
@CroftyF1 and @karunchandhok have been totally out of order too, literally begging for a Lewis penalty while Verstappen gets nothing.
Fuck your coverage.
Turning off.
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Have people within F1 become so blinded by politics, bias and their own interests that they've simply lost sight of one of the most important morals a person can hold?..The ability to see what is right over wrong.
#AbuDhabiGP #IStandWithLewisHamilton
#VoidLap58
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A good 4th place, but it feels like something more is happening with Lewis and Ferrari after today.
The dialogue, race pace and instinctive overtakes were back too. He sounds motivated, confident and loved by the team.
Only need more from the car now.
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Newey has been Red Bull through and through.
But, I would have thought the great car designer would come with a higher intellect and recognition of sporting fairness in regards to Abu Dhabi 21.
Seems here, I was wrong.
Is Adrian Newey seriously surprised that being cheated out of a world championship affects you psychologically?
What an ignorant and pathetic statement.
I am glad Lewis doesn’t have to work with someone who thinks that they should just „let it go“.
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How can people actually slander the championship years 2014 onwards?. Week in week out we had a battle for the race win, championships that went down to the wire and a rivalry that ran deep.. Everything F1 SHOULD be about!
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The problem is, the Zandvoort penalty for Lewis proves it's not about safety, because if it was, Yuki would have been penalised too.
It's the historic discrimination toward one driver, Lewis Hamilton, that worries me.
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When I think of THAT Saudi Race, it still ties my stomach in knots
It was a race of Lewis against the whole F1 organisation and he still came through it.
One of the most accomplished drives in the sports history.
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It's been a real eye opener with Ferrari this season.
Asking for positions to be swapped back when you finish as far back as P8 P9 encapsulates everything that's been wrong.
I'm not sure Lewis or anyone can turn this team's mentality around.
The questions run deeper
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Imagine watching another team, using your own engines heading towards back to back constructors championships.
While you've completely failed in these regulations, lost your star driver to Ferrari while publicly undermining the drivers you currently have.
I don't miss this guy.
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Lewis qualified better in Spa, lead the race throughout and yet still, Mercedes ran a strategy with the other car to take it away.
That team ain't the good team some think (hope) it is.
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Give me one good reason why the Massa 2008 case has more of a chance at being overturned than Abu Dhabi 2021..
With the FIA even admitting in writing that the rules were not followed in 2021..
Esto es muy sencillo señores.
Si nos quitan Singapur 2008 y le dan al título al mermao de Massa la hoja de ruta será la siguiente:
- Reclamar Hungría 2007 y ganar el 3er título mundial
- Reclamar Valencia y Silverstone 2010 y ganar el 4º título mundial
- Reclamar Brasil 2012 y ganar el 5º título mundial
- Reclamar el sospechoso cambio de los Pirelli a partir de Silverstone 2013 y ganar el 6º título mundial
- Y si cuela reclamo 2023 que nos Chaparon un alerón de forma muy sospechosa.
7 TÍTULOS MUNDIALES DE F1.
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Honestly, when Lewis is done with the sport, I don't know if I'll have the hunger or desire to watch F1 anymore. As long as that Abu Dhabi result stands, my resentment for the FIA and the sport will never dissolve.
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For Newey, what's the attraction of Aston Martin that he hasn't already achieved with Red Bull?
The fairytale climax of his and Lewis' career, to help the famous Ferrari back to the top in Formula 1?
There's nothing more lucrative
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I always noticed how Lewis praised whoever beat him to Pole, citing how they put in a "great lap" and congratulations to whoever.
On Saturday absolutely nothing from Max and Lando when Danica interviewed them..
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Ain't nobody gonna tell me this ain't rigged against one driver.
At every slight opportunity they're on Lewis.
Absolutely sick of it.
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Whether Toto notices or not but it's the Mercedes brand that's being damaged.
Poor race cars, poor decisions and a lack of leadership in Lewis' final season, breeding resentment towards the team.
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What is it that the world of F1 doesn't understand?
This isn't about Max or anything personal towards him, its once again, about applying the right punishment to act as a deterrent and to remove what was achieved outside of the rules.
#F1nancialDoping
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You know what fuck that.
Yes the car is on Pole but, whoever is responsible for setting this car up for Lewis and making sure it's drivable for HIM is also failing him.
It's never just the driver OR the team, they WIN AND LOSE TOGETHER remember!
That onboard looks awful!! 👊
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Toto Wollf back in 2015 in not letting Lewis do what George did in Spa..
Please explain @MercedesAMGF1
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Everytime I look back at this..the worse it sounds.
It needs reading out to the pundits and "experts" in the sport that defended Masi and his actions.
You should all be ashamed of yourselves.
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And Nico is more than qualified to know too.
He got the penalty for this incident.
Rarely agree with Rosberg, but this was bang on. Except of course for the penalty. Stewards looked hard to find something and pin it on Lewis, but as always when it’s a Verstappen kamikaze spree they were lenient.
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Am I being too serious in thinking this is scandalous?
The biggest robbery in the sports history, played out live and they're literally trying to make money from it??
Why not sell some with Wheatley and the Red Bull team radio while they're at it!..
The fact this is in the gift shop here at the F1 Exhibition 😂
ALT A mug showing the “no Michael no” radio transcript.
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You can hear in Teds voice, the restraint in saying what he really thinks of Masi being in the paddock.
It's fair to say, he speaks for all fair thinking Formula 1 fans.
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It will go down as one of the greatest Silverstone moments, if not the greatest.
Definitely one of Hamilton's greatest ever victories.
Also a shout out to the Silverstone crowd applauding the fact that Max was climbing out the wreckage all ok as well.
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To quote you after Abu Dhabi.."tin hat time" "we move on".. Where was this "disgrace" after Abu Dhabi I ask?
We move on..right?
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I will never get over how Lewis actually finished one of the greatest qualifying laps we've ever seen.
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For those who've forgotten and for new fans calling the sport boring...
THIS 👇Is what a race long strategic battle for the race win looks like.
Mercedes masterstroke too, you all can keep your "closer grid".. This is F1 and what I want to see!
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If Lando needs team orders every race to win the championship..
Does he even deserve to win it?
Genuine question
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I still can't get over how brilliant Lewis' helmet is.
It's literally the perfect shade of yellow.
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Abu Dhabi 2021 will burn this sport down to the ground until rectified.
Millions witnessed it and were affected by it, you cant just erase something like that as if it never happened.
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Explains the Max interview the other day too when he basically says "doesn't matter what they find, they can't do anything".. Max knows. FIA need to make a stand and revoke the title.
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First time seeing this angle, not a penalty...unfortunately.
No TV coverage of it either though, which would have been handy! 🙄
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Come Sunday, Mercedes will still be the 3rd best team and close to 2nd. Probably on the podium too with Lewis praising the team for their hard work in turning the car around.
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Toto still doesn't recognize that his leadership failed to retain the sports most valuable asset.
That's where it went wrong.
Listening to over 30 mins of audio... one notable thing Toto repeated quite a bit was that had Lewis given them or made an earlier announcement then they could have secured approached the earlier signings [Leclerc or Norris].
Full transcription of the media session soon
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Everytime I hear Horner speak he's undermining Lewis's achievements in the sport, the guy has zero class and I'd expect better from a team principal to be honest.
Horner was one of the main reasons last season became so toxic!
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Perez penalty but reading the FIA article, Red Bull representatives argued him going off track didn't result in an advantage and brought data to back that up.
They've absolutely no shame lol
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Man that won this race just 12 months ago, and various times with different teams, hasn't just suddenly forgotten how to downshift and brake..
Fred.
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