@legostarwars40@F1GuyDan Louis Chiron was born in the 1800s. There's a driver still alive today who competed at an F1 event alongside Chiron - a certain Bernie Ecclestone.
@DanBradyNyeri@autosport I'd rank Verstappen alongside Senna, Hamilton alongside Schumacher and Alonso is at least as good as Prost. Plus Schumacher's greatness wasn't necessarily evidenced at that point. Hamilton, Verstappen and Alonso were multiple WCs when stood on the podium. I think this is fair.
@emollick @chrism07204 If you're China, and everyone uses your free open weights model, destroying the western labs' business model in an embarrassing way, that's a lot of value.
@ryanpolland@theclassic24@autosport Yeah, but he had a fast car and would have had a tyre advantage - if he'd got overtaken he'd have a fair chance of getting the lead back.
@Dohboy24 @MattP1Tommy Yeah maybe (low risk, I'd say) but what did he have to lose? Even if he did have a bad stop he'd probably overtake again on fresh tyres.
@Dohboy24 @MattP1Tommy No he didn't, he could have come in for a free pit stop and backed up the pack, and waited to see what happens. Really cannot understand why he didn't.
@theclassic24@autosport Yeah I don't understand this, it makes no sense. Surely Verstappen pits and tries to back them up, just to try and cause some chaos. Maybe there's a crash behind, maybe a SC, maybe Norris makes mistake. I know he risks losing an easy win....but there's a championship on the line.
@kopdublin81@SkySportsF1@CroftyF1 If Verstappen or Piastri are in front, they can back Norris into the pack. Like Hamilton tried in 2016. That could get fun. I don't see Norris going gung ho on lap 1 to get the lead.