• MMbhJkpW3a3i@lemmy.world
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    Yeah not like the team completely botched his race with a terrible strategy. He was 3 secs behind Tsunoda before the first round of pitstops started.

    E: and the reason he dropped back, we now know, was a brake duct failure.

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      He was 3 secs behind Tsunoda before the first round of pitstops started.

      With the exception of Qatar, rookie Lawson had always finished ahead of Tsunoda, though. I think expecting more from a multiple F1 race winner is not unfair.

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        Guy broke his hand and is just back in a car he hasn’t driven ever before, with one hour of practice, while Tsunoda has, what, 3 weekends’ worth of experience (talking about the updated AT)? He fucked up his qualy with track limits, no argument there, but that’s all he did wrong this weekend.

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          Guy broke his hand and is just back in a car he hasn’t driven ever before, with one hour of practice, while Tsunoda has, what, 3 weekends’ worth of experience (talking about the updated AT)?

          To spell it out more clearly: Lawson finished ahead of Tsunoda in Zandvoort as a complete rookie who never even raced in an F1 GP before. Then Laswon went ahead and finished ahead of Tsunoda every single time, except Qatar. Ricciardo should be better than a rookie who finished ahead of Tsunoda and not finish behind the team mate.

          Btw, Stroll also broke his hands and that was his best performance the entire season.

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            And there you go, early brake duct failure caused severe downforce loss and instability on Ricciardo’s car, said Tost.

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              That wasn’t communicated when I made the post and even if it were: this community is for dumb jokes anyway, not objective reporting.

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        What lap did he pick up someone else’s front wing and take the floor/body damage?

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          What lap did he pick up someone else’s front wing and take the floor/body damage?

          I don’t know. I’m not a race reporter. I’m just a creator of dumb jokes.