Posts by Amanda Kelly

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Max Verstappen
3. Valtteri Bottas
4. Perez
5. Lando Norris
6. Leclerc
7. Ricciardo
8. Carlos Sainz
9. Fernando Alonso
10. Vettel and Gasly
11. Gasly
12. Ocon
13. Lance Stroll
14. Russian
15. Gio
16. Nicholas Latifi
17. Robert Kubica
18. Monaco Grand Prix 20th

NOP: Mazepin, Tsunoda

PP: Lewis Hamilton
FL: Lewis Hamilton

Raymond Anderson4 said:The gap between the top three and the rest of the field is just too wide. It’s something I find myself thinking and writing about constantly—the true pace always reveals itself eventually. Most people focus on the delta to hide how fast a car actually is, but watching Max and Lewis battle it out yesterday really drove home the point. That gap is much larger than most people realize.

A second per lap, give or take. That's way too much.
ruggedhawk20 was insisting it all comes down to the drivers.
McLaren and Aston Martin look noticeably weak (unlike Mercedes), and Sainz completely fell off on the hards...

Didn't Hamilton end up grabbing the fastest lap anyway?

1. Hamilton
2. Verstappen
3. Bottas
4. Leclerc
5. Sainz
6. Perez
7. Ocon
8. Norris
9. Alonso
10. Vettel
11. Gasly
12. Stroll
13. Ricciardo
14. Tsunoda
15. Russian
16. Giovinazzi
17. Latifi

MSC NOP, MSC, Kubica

Verstappen
Hamilton FL

1. Hamilton
2. Max Verstappen
3. Valtteri Bottas
4. Perez 3rd, Leclerc
5. Norris 5th, Sainz
6. Leclerc
7. Fernando Alonso
8. Sainz
9. Vettel
10. Esteban Ocon
11. Daniel Ricciardo
12. Gasly 7th, Vettel
13. Stroll 12th
14. Russell 13th
15. Kimi Räikkönen
16. Latifi
17. Gio
18. Michael Schumacher

Mazepin NOP, Yuki Tsunoda

Max Verstappen Pole Position
Hamilton, Bottas

Robert Cox46 said:Lance Stroll and Valtteri Bottas are facing massive penalties for the next race. We might even be looking at a full ban.

Even if it stings Valtteri Bottas, he basically earned himself a paycheck today.

Bottas is garbage.
I don't see how he deserves any kind of reward. Both him and this whole situation are just an embarrassment to the team.
If Toto (who also manages him) actually had any backbone or integrity, he’d fire him on the spot.

1. Hamilton
2. Max Verstappen
3. Valtteri Bottas
4. Perez 3rd, Leclerc
5. Norris 5th, Sainz
6. Leclerc
7. Fernando Alonso
8. Sainz
9. Esteban Ocon
10. Gasly 7th, Vettel
11. Vettel
12. Daniel Ricciardo
13. Stroll 12th
14. Russ
15. Räikkönen
16. Yuki Tsunoda
17. Giovinazzi
18. Latifi
19. Michael Schumacher
20. Mazepin NOP

Pole Position: Hamilton
Retirement: Max Verstappen

Jason Campbell70 said:The race was so good I’m already watching the replay on Sky.
Best race, best driver, best commentators. Pure Formula 1 perfection.

I'd agree the race was top-tier, though for different reasons.

First off, that collision was "top-tier." It’s rare we get to see the two main—honestly, the only—players in this title fight go at it like that. I'm writing this knowing Max Verstappen is physically fine, thankfully.
I suspect this incident will have long-term consequences for the rest of the season. Lewis Hamilton can't really get any luckier than he did here (and back at Imola). If they keep bumping into each other, the stats will eventually balance out their luck. On the flip side, Max shouldn't be letting anyone through. So, there's no winning scenario here. 🙂

Second, Charles Leclerc took P2. That’s a massive result for Ferrari, or more accurately, for Leclerc himself, considering how hard it's been to imagine. He beat
Valtteri Bottas (in a car that was at least half a second faster per lap), both Red Bull Racing cars, both McLaren Racing cars (by a mile), and his own teammate by 40 seconds (which averages out to about 0.8 seconds a lap). Brilliant. 🙏

As far as the Survey goes, it was a stellar race.

1. Max Verstappen
2. Lewis Hamilton
3. Valtteri Bottas
4. Perez 3rd, Leclerc
5. Norris 5th, Sainz
6. Perez 3rd, Leclerc
7. Daniel Ricciardo
8. Norris 5th, Sainz
9. Fernando Alonso
10. Vettel
11. Russ
12. Stroll 12th
13. Gasly 7th, Vettel
14. Esteban Ocon
15. Yuki Tsunoda
16. Kimi Räikkönen
17. Gio
18. Lat
19. Monaco GP 20.

Mazepin NOP

Kimi, Max, Hamilton, Bottas
Max, Hamilton, Bottas

1. Max Verstappen
2. Lewis Hamilton
3. Valtteri Bottas
4. Sergio Perez
5. Charles Leclerc
6. Carlos Sainz
7. Lando Norris
8. Pierre Gasly
9. Fernando Alonso
10. Yuki Tsunoda
11. Kimi Räikkönen
12. Daniel Ricciario
13. Sebastian Vettel
14. Lance Stroll 12th
15. Gio
16. George Russell 15th
17. Esteban Ocon
18. Lat
19. Charles Leclerc

Mazepin Perez Hamilton Verstappen

Max Verstappen
Lewis Hamilton

1. Verstappen First Place
2. Hamilton First Place
3. Perez 4th Norris

4. Valtteri Bottas
5. Norris 6th Leclerc 7th Ocon
6. Ricciardo 6th Gasly 7th Leclerc
7. Leclerc 7th Ocon
8. Gasly 7th Leclerc
9. Alonso 9th Ocon
10. Carlos Sainz

11. Sebastian Vettel
12. Stroll 12th
13. Ocon
14. Yuki Tsunoda
15. Giovinazzi
16. Russia
17. Kimi Raikkonen
18. Monaco 20th

Mazepin Monaco Grand Prix
Nicholas Latifi

Verstappen First Place
Verstappen First Place

1. Hamilton
2. Verstappen
3. Bottas

4. Perez
5. Norris
6. Alonso
7. Leclerc
8. Ocon
9. Carlos Sainz
10. Ricciardo

11. Gasly
12. Yuki Tsunoda
13. Sebastian Vettel
14. Stroll 12th
15. Russia
16. Kimi Raikkonen
17. Gio
18. Nicholas Latifi
19. Monaco 20th

NOP:Nikita Mazepin

PP: Verstappen First Place
FL: Hamilton First Place

1. VER
2. HAM
3. PER

4. SAI
5. BOT
6. LEC
7. NOR
8. RIC
9. GAS
10. ALO

11. OCO
12. GIO
13. VET
14. STR
15. RAI
16. RUS
17. MSC
18. LAT

NOP MAZ
NOP TSU

PP: VER
FL: VER

darkmarlin16 said:1 Ver
2 Lec
3 Sai

4 Ham
5 Per
6 Bot
7 Nor
8 Ric
9 Oco
10 Gas

11 Alo
12 Vet
13 Rai
14 Str
15 Gio

16 Rus
17 Lat

Dnf Tsu
Dnf Maz
Dnf Sch

PP Ver
FL Lec

Too good!
Heart or head?

1. VER
2. HAM
3. BOT
4. SAI
5. PER
6. LEC
7. NOR
8. ALO
9. RIC
10. VET
11. STR
12. OCO
13. RAI
14. GAS
15. GIO
16. RUS
17. LAT

NOP: MSC
NOP: TSU
NOP: MAZ

PP: VER
FL: VER

stormybadger8 said:Why are we even arguing about this when there's already a rule in place? 🤔

Fair enough, I can get behind that.
I was actually leaning toward one of the suggestions from briskhound76 (about transferring a driver's points over to the team), but if the rules are already set in stone, then there's really nothing left to talk about.

1. Hamilton
2. Verstappen
3. Bottas
4. Perez
5. Leclerc
6. Norris
7. Sainz
8. Alonso
9. Ocon
10. Ricciardo
11. Gasly
12. Vettel
13. Stroll
14. Russell
15. Raikkonen
16. Giovinazzi
17. Latifi
18. Schumacher

DNF Mazepin, Tsunoda

Pole Position Hamilton, Fast Lap Hamilton

1. Verstappen
2. Hamilton
3. Perez
4. Bottas
5. Leclerc
6. Sainz
7. Norris
8. Ricciardo
9. Alonso
10. Ocon
11. Stroll
12. Gasly
13. Vettel
14. Russell
15. Raikkonen
16. Giovinazzi
17. Latifi

DNF: Tsunoda, Schumacher, Mazepin

Pole: Verstappen, Second: Hamilton

The color for the exact positions needs a tweak; they’re a little hard to read right now.
Keep the green, but make it more muted—something darker instead of this bright, neon look.

Other than that, I'm happy enough. First season in the books.

ruggedhawk20 said:Everyone is running the exact same tires.
The rubber is really the only thing where there isn't any difference at all.

Don't lecture me on that—go tell Valtteri Bottas's engineer instead (I'm just quoting him).
And I never said the tires were the problem or to blame.
The issue was that Bottas just couldn't get them up to temperature. Apparently, even the Mercedes engineers didn't have a clue, because they were working on it and clearly weren't making much headway.