It took literally everyone at RedBull, Gasly, Tsunoda, Alonso, the race director and the FIA to "beat" Lewis Hamilton. The man is built DIFFERENT.
#IStandWithLewisHamilton
I’m actually surprised I returned to watching this sport after that year. I’ve never seen corruption unfold in front of me in real-time like I did in Abu Dhabi 2021.
Most asked question on f1twt these days: How close is Ferrari to Mercedes?
Answer: They are as close as Merc want them to be.
Motorsport dot com calls out straight line speed and tyre deg as Ferrari's main weaknesses.
“And while it's early days, they calculate an average race-pace deficit of 0.61 seconds per lap and qualifying gap of 0.58 seconds:
In other words, Mercedes currently appears extremely dominant - to an extent not seen since the beginning of the hybrid era. The current advantage even exceeds McLaren's dominance in 2025 (0.31 seconds), as well as Red Bull's dominance in 2023 (0.57 seconds), when Max Verstappen won 19 of the 22 races.
Even in 2020, the year of the famous DAS system and 13 wins from 17 races, Mercedes was statistically less dominant. At that time the average advantage over Red Bull was 0.55 seconds. Comparable dominance was last seen between 2014 and 2016,
again by Mercedes.”
Article link in the comments.
🗣️ Andrew Benson: "It's going to make for a great highlights reel on Titok [...] But some corners that have defined greatness in Formula 1 drivers - the Esses in Suzuka, turns 9 and 10 in Melbourne, Pouhon in Spa - these have gone from corners that challenge a driver's ability and bravery levels to places where you recover energy. And that, on a fundamental philosophical level, is wrong." [Chequered Flag] #F1
🗣️ Andrew Benson: "It's going to make for a great highlights reel on Titok [...] But some corners that have defined greatness in Formula 1 drivers - the Esses in Suzuka, turns 9 and 10 in Melbourne, Pouhon in Spa - these have gone from corners that challenge a driver's ability and bravery levels to places where you recover energy. And that, on a fundamental philosophical level, is wrong." [Chequered Flag] #F1
DTS itself was terrible for the sport
Not because it brought new clueless fans in (we all were at some point), but because FOM switched from owning a sports franchise to owning an entertainment business
But you lot don't see that
@scuderiadreams Look kid, this has been happening in F1 since the 70s. Relax. That's not the problem with the regulations, the problem is the power units.