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GR1 manifesting

[kiki @kiiluren]

calm when situation doesn’t work out? underdog? an absolute fucking joke you are Torger.

[dylan @formulalt63]

@silverstrack Commentators are just straight propaganda bro

[kay 🔮 @spicyrig63]

@lucaviola03 I’d been wondering where Bradley Lord’s been this weekend… must be busy whatsapp-ing all the journos to not make the straight line speed a main talking point 🤫

[ItsaboutGR1 @ItsaboutGR1]

We don’t mention the word straights — we refer to T14 and the run to T18.
Has "straights" become some kind of forbidden word? Say it once and Toto loses a year of his life.

[ItsaboutGR1 @ItsaboutGR1]

McLaren spotted the PU deployment fault instantly, yet Mercedes denied this obvious straight-line flaw for two races. They finally admit the issue but claim no root cause. How incompetent can they be? It’s clear they never prioritized fixing Russell’s car.

[kiki @kiiluren]

Trying? Doesn’t look like it at all. It’s been weeks with the same issues ffs and NOW you address it? oh karma is coming for you Torger. It’s been long overdue 🙂

[vivi 🥥💌 @sixty_threeee]

and dont let his starting position distract you from how fucked up and unhelpful this team has been for months now. yes it’s a great PERSONAL effort from G and i’m so proud of him but i am tired of damage limitation results that make them swipe the actual issues under the rug

[maki ☆ @viperussellz]

"smarter about where you deploy the energy" why are they acting like the drivers control the deployment and not software?

[izzy ⁶³ @iztaex]

@sebcedess sky sports uk. all day saying its his driving style. now he said its not that theyre fumbling and are like uhhh well.. sounds like he lacks confidence. and they say theres british bias? worse thing is george loves to do sky pad and media with them while they treat him like this.

[셀버트 @uruptosmth]

@formularacers_ so, so many blind idiots in the comments & all they're capable of is blindly hate.

the Straight Line speed issues were there since Austria. Became obvious at Silverstone, but ppl conveniently dismissed those, and now we're at Spa.
https://t.co/QdUCZKc8KU

[indra⛈️⁶³ #gr1nd @arecucie]

Is this not insane to y'all??? One side has "a little package that helped us a little bit, even more on the straights" and the other side is still trying to "understand the issue" @MercedesAMGF1 have little shame man

[kiki @kiiluren]

Incompetence this incompetence that. They just don’t care man. So many weeks with the same issue, so many qualified people in his team and garage and you tell me they still can’t figure this shit out? If this was on AK’s side, they would have moved mountains to fix this overnight

[Holy_Moly @Holy_Molygr1]

【How Toto and @MercedesAMGF1 Keep Making Everyone Blame GR’s Driving Instead of the Car 】

Ever since GR received new PU components in Austria, his car has suffered from a loss of straight-line speed. Silverstone’s long straights exposed the issue even more clearly.

Instead of acknowledging the problem immediately, Mercedes first suggested that the deficit might be related to GR’s driving style. At the same time, that same narrative was amplified across multiple media outlets, with commentators and articles repeatedly claiming that GR was losing performance simply because of the way he was driving.

To rule that out, GR spent three consecutive practice sessions deliberately changing and testing his driving approach in an effort to eliminate driving style as the cause. He had to gather the evidence himself before Mercedes finally admitted that his driving style was not the problem and acknowledged that the car was suffering from an abnormal straight-line speed deficit. Even then, they continued to insist that it was not the PU, instead describing it only as some kind of unspecified mechanical issue.

After the British Grand Prix, Toto even told GR over the team radio to stop questioning the lack of straight-line speed. By contrast, McLaren has already acknowledged that Oscar’s similar issue was related to the PU. Mercedes, however, continues to describe GR’s situation in vague terms, leaving Toto to become increasingly evasive whenever questions about the PU are raised.

The obvious question is whether they are deliberately avoiding a PU change at Spa, one of the easiest circuits to overtake on. McLaren with Lando and Racing Bulls with Hadjar both chose to take new components there to minimise the damage, especially with the next two circuits being much harder to overtake at.

If Mercedes suddenly “discovers” a PU problem at one of those races and changes it there instead, it would be difficult not to see the timing as yet another carefully chosen way to make GR pay the maximum possible sporting price.

And that brings me to another question for @karunchandhok.

If Mercedes themselves eventually ruled out GR’s driving style only after three practice sessions of testing, on what basis did you confidently tell a live audience that his driving style was the problem when you hadn’t even looked at the telemetry?

What actual evidence were you relying on?

Was it based on your own technical analysis, or were you simply repeating the same media narrative that had already been pushed so aggressively? Do you really judge a driver’s ability based on reports written to serve someone else’s interests?

[셀버트 @uruptosmth]

this is what we call a competent, sensible Team Principal. McLaren have figured it out after ONE session.

on the other hand, Mercedes took 4 ENTIRE WEEKS to finally acknowledge the issue that has been plaguing the whole month. And Toto Wolff is still not taking accountability.

[kiki @kiiluren]

f1 “journalist” btw

[셀버트 @uruptosmth]

@sbsubing1 @russellius Yes, I do think software is also still an issue,
esp. given the deployment mapping issue that made George crash at Silverstone quali

Not quite sure hardware could be ruled out, but you're right in that all non-penalty options must be explored before taking the penalty

[Sergio 🇫🇷 @Seergiot3ck]

🚨 En 2012, la FIFA SUSPENDIÓ POR DOS PARTIDOS al jugador surcoreano Park Jong-woo por mostrar un cartel que decía “Dokdo es nuestro territorio” tras ganarle a Japón.

Usando el mismo criterio, la FIFA debe SANCIONAR a los jugadores argentinos.

[Midnight_Snack @opened0512]

Are they gaslighting him wtf is this😭 this team is a joke, he can't be 1.2s slower than his teammate or slower than an alpine wtf is this situation

[셀버트 @uruptosmth]

FP1 & FP2 comparison -
interestingly, both drivers had several shifts in their speed graphs (circled in yellow).

Only place where they shift OPPOSITELY is end of lap:
ANT: 36.0kph faster than FP1
RUS: 28.2kph slower than FP1

Russell loses ~0.37s in those 100 meters.

[baz ✮ marcus dudley pr manager @starsy_cedes]

If we gave George a gun he would give us a safety lecture. anyways who is hiring a hitman