2024 Australian GP: Post Race Analysis

I know one race doesn't make a career, but I agree Bearman has raised eyebrows. SF better not jettison that kid.

 

Perez' car was damaged:

https://www.planetf1.com/news/christian-horner-sergio-perez-australian-gp-damage

 

the truth about Lewee in terminal decline is visible to all: the planet suggesting he take a sabbatical

https://www.planetf1.com/features/australian-grand-prix-2024-conclusions

 

Lol !

So, you think Lewis should just miss one turn, go back to square one and collect $400 millions in the process ??

 

I assume Hamilton has all the money in the world...how much the Ferrari deal adds to it will probably not affect his personal life. But looking at his whole demeanor these past two years I see a growing frustration and selfdoubt. Will he still have his full confidence...and ability...when he first puts a Ferrari on track? Or will he fail to drive the car to its potential, and continue is downhill slide? As for Charles...he seems too willing to accept failure these days. He isn't showing himself to be a team builder in the Schumacher tradition. Nor does Hamilton. Ferrari may have made a very band and expensive decision. Maybe Ferrari should pay Carlos a fortune to drive the LeMans Ferrari and be able to bring him back to the F1 team on a moments notice.

 

Ferrari. The team to go to and finish Off your career.

 

NO Jump to 2:18

 

clearly they're worried for another defeat over the season by a driver he shouldn't be beaten by...

 

His driving is not--the amount of money he brings is.

 

I would have thought that, being under the Red Bull umbrella, VCARD wasn't a team needing pay drivers.
Can't see anything wrong with him, but he will never be a great driver, IMO.

 

Well said.

 

thats my point, even planet thinks he's lost it

 

Or an accident happens on the track and the driver just loses it i.e. Massa getting hit with that spring on his helmet. He never recovered his driving race-craft after that.

Mostly it's adaptability. Most cannot adapt to the new regulations.

 

Of course you do ! You age mentaly and the motivation slowly decline after many years.
It varies from one individual to the other, but the skill set change. Staying competitive becomes harder.
Older drivers rely on experience more to stay in the game against younger ones who are still fiery.

 

I've heard this before. Many say its unproven that drivers can adapt to different eras/regulations. Which is to say this current group, Max, Leclerc, Russell etc. may not have been successful in cars Alonso and Sir Lewis Hamilton started in. Meanwhile Sir Lewis Hamilton has shown to adapt winning in the hybrid and non hybrid era and strong in these new regulations beating every non RB driver last year.

 

Can we please give the Sir Lewis Hamilton BS a rest? The only place I see or hear of him addressed that way is in this forum--that includes SKY sports and every major F1 website.

 

Clap for Lewis

 

Can't lay anything on Hamilton as the car is clearly not in a good place. They had overheating issues in race 1 and in race 3 it obviously went kaboom. He was within a tenth of Russell in quali, which is closer than the Ferrari drivers were....That said, drivers aren't the issue at Ferrari and I don't think Hamilton moves the needle there on track.

3 races in we can say Ferrari have addressed the issues of last year. No more tire deg issues, no more strategy issues - they actually out maneuvered Mclaren to get Leclerc up to 2nd, which is something we haven't seen them do often. Usually they are the ones getting out maneuvered, but a good car all of a sudden makes bad strategies good and opens up options. Now they need to add some more pace to the car, and they did bring a rear wing update to Australia which seems to have worked. The only possible thing they could have done better there was to wait 1 more lap for Sainz to pit, but then he'd just have had around a 10 second larger lead and wasn't threatened anyway.

They're clear of everyone but Max at this point, but getting ahead of him will be no small feat...

 

Do you know how many times people asked for this?

 

I think people who ask for this have a point. Constantly refering to individuals by their title is over-egging the pudding and sounds pompous in modern times; some of the recipients themselves would tell you so.
I worked for a multinational company where most of the top management and the board members were titled.
Many would stop people addressing them "Sir -----", or "Lord So-and-So", and prefered to be called in everyday life by their surname as Mister ------; it makes for a better atmosphere.
That helps preventing a distance to build between people sharing the same space, or the same interest.
Many sportmen and women come from the aristocracy in Britain, but hide their origins for that reason.

 

I was referring to people talking about Sir Lewis Hamilton all together. Bringing him into every topic.

 

He has not had a front of the grid car for those same 2 years, after 7 years of glory.

If Ferrari puts a front of the grid car under him, he can show us our opinion is at best premature.

I think Sainz will find a good ride for '25.
The above suggestion is about as good as he can hope for.