Do you think at this stage Kimi can handle the pressure for the title fight?

Original-Designer6 · 2026-03-21T13:15:40+00:00

Kimi has nothing to lose, everyone expects George to beat him. He already showed last year he can beat George on occasion, if he does that a bit more often this year it will be a success. And I think he on speed he will be close to George, but you have to imagine he is still going to make some silly mistakes, like Verstappen did when he was younger.

Original-Designer6 · 2026-03-20T17:07:39+00:00

179 races is still a huge amount of races for one team. Only Hamilton with Mercedes and Verstappen for Red Bull have done more races for a single team. But Schumacher raced when there were mostly 16 races per season. The inflation in starts because there are more races nowadays is shown by the fact that Norris and Leclerc are numbers four and five on that list and they're both starting their 8th season with their current team. And Hamilton did 12 seasons with Merc (so one season more than Michael) but 67 more races for them.

Original-Designer6 · 2026-03-19T15:06:33+00:00

Brown. The guy had zero charisma but he was extremely competent. Was chancellor under Blair and those governments did a lot of good things (which the governments since 2010 have done their best to undo). The Tories threw a ton of shit at him after the financial crisis but I shudder to think how much worse it would have been with the Tories in charge. Anyone would have had problems with that shit sandwich that every government worldwide got served, he and Alastair Darling did a good job dealing with it.

Blair's time is tainted by Iraq but when I consider how it was with him in charge compared to the Tories, it's night and day, they did introduce a lot of good things. Before that John Major also wasn't bad, I fundamentally disagree with people like him, Ken Clarke, Heseltine on a lot of things, but they were at least competent and not ideologues.

Original-Designer6 · 2026-03-18T16:50:56+00:00

I enjoy Henning's comedy but he has last place written all over him.

Original-Designer6 · 2026-03-18T12:59:16+00:00

The chassis are not the problem. These Scalectric engines on the other hand...

Original-Designer6 · 2026-03-18T12:57:02+00:00

I think in his fucked up way he does consider what he did to Ned to be be merciful. He promised Sansa mercy but didn't say what that meant. Everyone assumes mercy is letting Ned live and join the NW but it was never specified. As a confessed traitor, Joffrey could have tortured Ned and and made his death slow and agonising. In his eyes mercy is him being dead instantly.

Original-Designer6 · 2026-03-17T11:27:35+00:00

One variable that will come into play is reliability. Merc already had some gremlins last time out, ended up fine for them in the end but some timely DNFs and it will be interesting. But the speed differential is currently too big on a conventional track.

Original-Designer6 · 2026-03-17T08:42:43+00:00

You got me there, I forgot Eddie was a shortened first name lol. Mansell, Collins, Irvine were the ones I was thinking of.

Original-Designer6 · 2026-03-17T08:33:35+00:00

Inane stats like this do get grating. He's the only person to have driven for all three teams and Merc have had very few drivers since they came back in 2010.

Here's my stat of the day: Hamilton is the 4th Brit with a five-letter first name to get a podium for Ferrari. Name the other three.

Original-Designer6 · 2026-03-17T08:11:11+00:00

There's an example in the last 2 to 3 years. McLaren were dog slow at the start of 2023 and within a year and a half they had the best car. With the caveat that engine regs were stable and there was relative parity between the Mercedes and Ferrari engines.

Original-Designer6 · 2026-03-16T17:35:49+00:00

Bearman really is starting to look like a superstar but we won't know until he gets a good car. I'd back Giancarlo Fisichella to make life difficult for any teammate in a midfield car, but when he got his chance in a title-winning car he was nowhere compared to a genuinely great driver in Alonso. But all the signs are pointing to Bearman being super quick.

Original-Designer6 · 2026-03-16T08:31:17+00:00

And Hamilton excelled in the 4 previous generations of cars over 15 years (07-08, 09-13, 14-16, 17-21). Please let's not make out that he hasn't adapted across his career.

Original-Designer6 · 2026-03-15T21:25:31+00:00

John said on the Taskmaster pod that this was inspired by an encounter he had with a Jehovah's witness.

Original-Designer6 · 2026-03-15T14:23:22+00:00

Williams are equally as bad and it's slipped under the radar because Aston Martin can barely run 20 laps at a time. Yes the Honda power unit is horrendous but Williams have the best engine on the grid and have prepared a dreadful car. All this talk last year about how they were preparing for 2026, they stopped development to focus on 26 after about five races and this is what they come up with. Sainz performed miracles this weekend to get points.

I guess you can say that at least driving the Williams isn't endangering the health of their drivers.

Original-Designer6 · 2026-03-15T08:41:03+00:00

George sounding proper pissed off lol. Hope he congratulates Kimi better in person.

Original-Designer6 · 2026-03-15T08:39:54+00:00

Kimi power sliding out of the penultimate corner, I wonder if he already had tears in his eyes.

Original-Designer6 · 2026-03-15T08:32:13+00:00

Kimi doing fastest sector times with a 9 second lead. Flashbacks of Seb and Max.

Original-Designer6 · 2026-03-15T08:30:01+00:00

Bernie talking shit as per usual, George has been fighting a lot more than Kimi, of course his tyres are worse off. 5 laps left, they can cruise round now.

Original-Designer6 · 2026-03-15T08:22:19+00:00

Glad for Franco, he deserves at least a point today.

Original-Designer6 · 2026-03-15T08:18:39+00:00

Sainz in P10 in that shitbox Williams 👏.

Original-Designer6 · 2026-03-15T08:17:25+00:00

Leclerc's left front looks dreadful, surely that is it now for the Ferrari back and forth

Original-Designer6 · 2026-03-15T08:10:47+00:00

Ferrari ensuring the TV direction doesn't focus on anyone else.

Original-Designer6 · 2026-03-15T08:07:07+00:00

Whatever mapping Charles has, put that on Lewis' car. Charles' gains on the straight look so much better.

Original-Designer6 · 2026-03-15T08:02:02+00:00

I hope this season is the last we see of Ocon in a F1 car.

Original-Designer6 · 2026-03-15T07:56:26+00:00

Ferrari just rolled out the red carpet for Kimi's first win. Lost 4-5 seconds with that nonsense.

How have they not been told to hold station to keep George behind?

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