The Pit Lane

Welcome to The Pit Lane. I'm Liam, and this is where we talk Formula 1 properly: the racing, the drama and the cars.

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Charles Leclerc is by far the most overrated driver in F1.

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These are the top 3’s in F1.

Overrated:
1 Charles Leclerc
2 Oliver Bearman
3 Kimi Antonelli

Underrated:
1 Liam Lawson
2 Isack Hadjar
3 Pierre Gasly

Never let you down, and no one talks about them:
1 Nico Hulkenberg
2 Carlos Sainz
3 Pierre Gasly

Best on the grid:
1 Max Verstappen
2 Lewis Hamilton
3 George Russell

Happy to argue all four.

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@doc_86 @cherry_aiff @Sheranyx Well said mate!! It’s mad!

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@autosport Lewis is on 261, Charles is on 249. If Ferrari already had a number one, they wouldn't still be arguing about it in November.

The pairing didn't cause that. The indecision did.

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@F1 @visacashapprb Lawson's on 89 points. Lindblad's on 38. One of those seats was a formality. The other still has a lot to prove.

Locked in is fine. Locked in as equals is a stretch.

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@MercedesAMGF1 George said nobody was hired or fired. The people stayed, the car came back, and now everyone's a world champion.

Loyalty looks easy once you've got the trophy in the photo.

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Newey says Aston remind him of his early Red Bull days. Owner changes, management changes, silos to break down.

Difference is Red Bull weren't waiting on the engine.

Aston and Honda both accept the power unit is the limit. Alonso's first Q3 of the year needed rain.

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Pirelli is reportedly changing its 2027 wet and intermediate tyres, with inter warm-up the priority after Brazil.

The 2026 tyres had to be built stiffer, with higher minimum pressures, to cope with active-aero loads. That's why they were so hard to switch on. Sainz said the inter lacked rear grip in mixed conditions, and Lawson said they lost temperature sitting on the grid.

An intermediate that only works once it's warm is a strange thing to bring to a wet race.

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Esperei o anuncio oficial para poder enfim falar isso:

A Red Bull FINALMENTE voltou a ter estabilidade nas duas equipes:
- Um Lindblad sempre fazendo uma graça aqui e ali
- Um segundo piloto que não causa problemas na equipe primária
- Um Lawson titular e até indo bem quando quebra uns galhos
- E nem preciso falar do outro, né?

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@F1 Jesus christ, Bearman would want to decide his future.

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Full video - https://t.co/mcvycacMYc

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Charles Leclerc is by far the most overrated driver in F1.

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@cherry_aiff @Sheranyx if my granny had balls, she'd be my grandad

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Liam Lawson and Avid Lindblad sign with racing bulls for 2027!

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Lawson keeps his Racing Bulls seat for 2027, and so does Lindblad.

Liam's ninth on 89 points, more than double his teammate's 38. That seat was earned, not handed over.

Arvid gets another year too. He'll need it.

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Big Fair Play to Liam Lawson!

This was deserved even before the Brazil performance!

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Lawblad are locked in for ‘27 🔒

Liam and Arvid will continue with the Team for the 2027 Season 🤙 

#F1 #VCARB

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@F1 Big up Lawson! This was well deserved.

Even before Brazil!

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You’re not using the logic, you’re just ignoring that Max is actually better than both of them. Experience gap only matters when the drivers are close. Max isn’t close.

And team principals ranking Norris top 5 from 2021-2023 doesn’t mean he wasn’t mid relative to the top guys. He was still getting rinsed by Verstappen and Hamilton in those years while the McLaren was nowhere.

Ranking high in a shitbox isn’t the same as looking like a title contender. You’re just grabbing whatever ranking fits the take and acting like that settles it.

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Max is also just better than both of them. Using that to pretend experience doesn’t matter for a 4th-year driver is still stupid.

Oscar “regressing” this year doesn’t prove his ceiling is lower than Lando’s either. Lando looked mid as hell in his early years too. You’re just looking at one season and deciding the younger guy has already peaked because it fits the take. That’s not analysis, that’s just you coping that people rate Oscar higher.

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Charles Leclerc is the most overrated driver on the grid.

Eight seasons at Ferrari, 27 poles, nine wins, zero titles.

Only five of those 27 poles turned into wins. He's only had one genuine title fight. That was 2022, when he finished 2nd on 308 points with three wins and nine poles. He hasn't been back there since.

2024 was his best points year, 356, and he still finished third. Yes, he beat Vettel, beat Sainz three years out of four and beat Lewis by 86 points last year. This year Lewis is ahead, 261 to 249, with a win each, and Brazil ended with five seconds for hitting Lawson, dropping him from seventh to eighth.

Twenty-seven poles and one real title fight. The Saturday laps are not the argument people think they are.