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Bad timing pit stop for George.. 😔
 
Ferrari messing it up for Lewis again....like your drivers are on different plan why not have them drive accordingly... I can't help but feel like Charles somehow is getting all the special treatments from this team.

Edit: and there goes my point, why didn't they pit Lewis?? He was on much older tires?? What the 🤬 is up with this team?
 
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Uhh 22 laps on old softs...well they have been good so far in twrms of durability. I don't think Hamilton will make it easy for Leclerc to pass thats for sure.
 
Ferrari responds to Lewis's request 20 laps later. Would be interested to hear the radio behind what is actually going on.
 
AshenGraey
Ferrari messing it up for Lewis again....like your drivers are on different plan why not have them drive accordingly... I can't help but feel like Charles somehow is getting all the special treatments from this team.

Edit: and there goes my point, why didn't they pit Lewis?? He was on much older tires?? What the 🤬 is up with this team?
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I'm struggling to understand what they are playing at here too - I'm glad it's not just me.
 
I hope Hamilton makes it as hard as possible to pass, just to send a message.
 
The first race I've watched in quite some time and Scuderia Paggliacci is still a thing. Glorious.
 
Barring safety cars and accidents etc., if Ferrari had just let Hamilton pass Leclerc on Lap 26 (when Leclerc came out on M tyres), I reckon Lewis would be in P1 right now - and if not, he'd be challenging Verstappen for the race win.

Instead, Ferrari have done everything in their power to scupper him and favour his teammate.
 
It’s incredibly frustrating watching how Ferrari operate. Reckon Lewis will lose out on a podium here
 
Touring Mars
Barring safety cars and accidents etc., if Ferrari had just let Hamilton pass Leclerc on Lap 26 (when Leclerc came out on M tyres), I reckon Lewis would be in P1 right now - and if not, he'd be challenging Verstappen for the race win.

Instead, Ferrari have done everything in their power to scupper him and favour his teammate.
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Yeah I agree, I think really that Hamilton's pace would have forced an early stop for Verstappen to cover. Do Ferrari have some kind of 1998 Mclaren rule where whoever qualifys ahead will have best strategy/no overtaking?
 
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I rewound the tape to the VSC and the told HAM to go Mode SC and there was no discussion either way to box. LEC got a box box call and stopped.
 
Lewis has gone wide and loses 2 place in one turn! Thanks a lot Ferrari!
 
Somehow Ferrari have managed to put Lewis into a lose-lose situation.

Pitting for S on Lap 19/62 was never going to work as a one-stop strategy. So why did they leave him out?

By leaving him out, they guaranteed that Lewis would lose positions by pitting and that he'd lose positions by not pitting.

I mean, that is an absolute masterclass in abysmal race management - it's almost like they've never seen an F1 race before at times, it's staggering.
 
IforceV8
I rewound the tape to the VSC and the told HAM to go Mode SC and there was no discussion either way to box. LEC got a box box call and stopped.
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Me too, 0 conversation and lots of time before passing the pits to ask Lewis.
 
Calling Ferrari strategist clowns is an an insult to clowns.
 
Max Verstappen wins the Singapore Grand Prix!

Disaster for Ferrari for giving Lewis a questionable strategy and cost him a podium.

Well, it's all Lewis' fault for that bungle strategy.
 
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Touring Mars
Somehow Ferrari have managed to put Lewis into a lose-lose situation.

Pitting for S on Lap 19/62 was never going to work as a one-stop strategy. So why did they leave him out?

By leaving him out, they guaranteed that Lewis would lose positions by pitting and that he'd lose positions by not pitting.

I mean, that is an absolute masterclass in abysmal race management - it's almost like they've never seen an F1 race before at times, it's staggering.
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It's mind boggling. They pitted Leclerc who was on the fresher harder tire. Then 4 laps later they tell Lewis they are 6 laps short for plan C. I don't know how they thought this was going to work. There was no way this could've gone worse. If they pitted Lewis after the VSC ended, they probably would've been better off.

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Okay, there it is. It was Lewis's decision to stay out. Lewis takes the blame.
 
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That's not going to help the Singapore haze. :laughing:

It's been a while since we've seen such a Ferrari Disasterclass but it did seem like a 2 way-call rather than an executive decision from strategy...
 
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Me too, 0 conversation and lots of time before passing the pits to ask Lewis.
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Just listened to the cool down lap and is was nothing from HAM for 2/3 of the lap and then he said sorry for the bad strategy call guys, I cost us points.
 
That is one hell of an awful track
 
Great drive by Max and a well deserved win.

Lewis apparently taking the blame for not taking his 2nd stop - but serious questions remain; it was an absolute no-brainer for Ferrari to call Lewis in to pit under the VSC, so why didn't they? I'm struggling to understand why Lewis would choose not to take that opportunity - either way, between them they managed to make a horrible mess of the race.

Arguably Ferrari had already scuppered Lewis by not swapping their drivers around after Leclerc pitted - he had a shot at winning the race, but instead they completely blew it.
 
It all started from not letting Hamilton past in the first phase. Hamilton's decision was based on the position he was left in after silly Ferrari choice. Why bother starting on the medium if they were going to race as though they were on softs. Oh well nothing new with Ferrari.

Fantastic weekend for Verstappen he drove amazing and he will overtake both Ferrari's And probably Russell for 2nd now with that huge upgrade they had in Malaysia. Well deaerved for Red Bull who actually operate and actively help their lead driver.
 
Bosso
It all started from not letting Hamilton past in the first phase. Hamilton's decision was based on the position he was left in after silly Ferrari choice. Why bother starting on the medium if they were going to race as though they were on softs. Oh well nothing new with Ferrari.

Fantastic weekend for Verstappen he drove amazing and he will overtake both Ferrari's And probably Russell for 2nd now with that huge upgrade they had in Malaysia. Well deaerved for Red Bull who actually operate and actively help their lead driver.
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Yeh, our interpretation of Lewis's mea culpa is his decision not to come in after the VSC - by which point he was already in a no-win situation - thanks to Ferrari's incompetence. If that is the case, it's extremely generous/diplomatic of Lewis, but I am guessing that he will very likely not be quite as understanding when he watches the race back and realises the full extent of how badly the team have scuppered him today.
 
I know Ferrari has been a joke but this is by far the first time I've seen something from them that angers me so much. How do you screw your driver so much that not only do you lose a podium, he's finished outside of the top 5. Lewis said it was his call to stay out but they were never in sync to begin with. When he was faster, they had him parked behind Charles and then told him they are switching their strategy as to not ask Charles to let him pass. Somehow Charles ending up on the strategy Lewis was supposed to be on. I reckon he probably decided to stay out thinking he wouldn't have been able to pass Kimi and Norris after they pitted him based on what the team was telling him....either way, I was rooting for Ferrari at the start of this season but I'm officially done.

Kimi....congrats on the WDC!
Well done Max!! You now have my support til the end of the season. Let's see you catch and beat Ferrari in the championship and show them again how it's done!
 
Touring Mars
Yeh, our interpretation of Lewis's mea culpa is his decision not to come in after the VSC - by which point he was already in a no-win situation - thanks to Ferrari's incompetence. If that is the case, it's extremely generous/diplomatic of Lewis, but I am guessing that he will very likely not be quite as understanding when he watches the race back and realises the full extent of how badly the team have scuppered him today.
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Hmm I think he was just being diplomatic on the mic. Behind the scenes there will be some serious discussions going on.
 
AshenGraey
I know Ferrari has been a joke but this is by far the first time I've seen something from them that angers me so much. How do you screw your driver so much that not only do you lose a podium, he's finished outside of the top 5. Lewis said it was his call to stay out but they were never in sync to begin with. When he was faster, they had him parked behind Charles and then told him they are switching their strategy as to not ask Charles to let him pass. Somehow Charles ending up on the strategy Lewis was supposed to be on. I reckon he probably decided to stay out thinking he wouldn't have been able to pass Kimi and Norris after they pitted him based on what the team was telling him....either way, I was rooting for Ferrari at the start of this season but I'm officially done.

Kimi....congrats on the WDC!
Well done Max!! You now have my support til the end of the season. Let's see you catch and beat Ferrari in the championship and show them again how it's done!
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Almost clinched. He just needs Russell to finish lower than 8th or just finish ahead of Russell.
 
Blitz24
Almost clinched. He just needs Russell to finish lower than 8th or just finish ahead of Russell.
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Well, it's only a matter of time either way. He's done enough to where unless he's DNFing because of reliability issues, he is not losing this championship, especially considering how consistent he has been.
 
Pretty late for saying this, but I keep on forgetting to say that Audi’s one-off livery for the Singapore GP is an absolute stunner :drool: Really diggin’ that hint of china blue, the space mimicking local building interior’s tile patterns is a fitting and beautiful touch too. All things considered a simple but really sharp livery.
 
Oh Honda, Honda, Honda, **** Honda.

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Just get rid of the drivers and let the software do the racing. These regs are an absolute joke.
 
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