Burt Macklin

*Prays to God in Italian*

Hey, any time I can compare someone to Ian Boyd, I go for it because it might be the most insulting comparison known to man, besides Ketch’s physique, of course.

Because points don’t explain the whole story. There were also a bunch of times where Lewis had a significant pace advantage but only our scored George by 2 points because the Merc was the clear 3rd fastest car and there was no 4th team that was even close, so Lewis rinsing his teammate didn’t make a big point difference. Any points comparison of teammates who don’t have a car capable of winning races will be largely due to luck and circumstances outside of their control, because being better than your teammate gets you a 2 point advantage, while having bad luck can lead to a 12 point deficit in a single race. The same thing happened with Charles against Sainz in 2021. Leclerc was clearly much faster and the better driver, but Sainz scored more and a bunch of people tried to say he was better than Leclerc. Then Ferrari had a top 2 car in 2022, and Leclerc showed he was clearly better and our scored Sainz while having worse reliability and strategy than Sainz. I know you like to rely heavily on data, but you’re going full Ian Boyd in this thread by only focusing on the points and ignoring every other factor.

This is wrong in a bunch of ways, but the biggest thing you ignored was Lewis running a ton of experimental setups the first half of last year that had him way off the pace. Once he quit doing that, his pace was better than George last year, and that has continued into this year. Not to mention that George struggles with wheel to wheel racing and has shown a history of being quite clumsy in close quarters. Lewis is still a better driver than George, and it’s pretty obvious if you pay attention to more than just race finishes/points without any other context.

Sure thing, Mensa!

Or brakes.

Track limits isn’t automated. It’s literally people at the steward’s office watching camera angles to see if all four wheels were outside the white lines.

Leclerc had slightly better pace in every other stint so I think it’s more likely Leclerc was saving tires early while Sainz was pushing because he knew he had to pass his teammate to have a good race. Plus, Sainz violated track limits 5 times in his first 14 laps trying to push Leclerc, so his imaginary faster pace was completely unsustainable and led to him getting two penalties that dropped him down to 6th.

I’m much more on board with sprints now that we have separate qualifying and the sprint doesn’t affect starting position in the real race. I think last year’s format was a real issue. This is much better.

Same. He got a raw deal at RB. Williams is giving him the support he deserves and a car that can score points on tracks that suit it. I think Williams will also continue to improve, which will be great for Albon.

Williams. Albon’s doing a good job, but he’s also being flattered by being teamed with 2 of the slowest drivers on the grid in recent memory. If Albon scored a point at Monza last year people would’ve praised him, but De Vries getting all this credit for scoring points in a Williams and now showing he doesn’t deserve to be in F1 is a better reference point for the car than comparing Albon to his teammates. Plus the top 5 teams and McLaren don’t have any openings, so there’s really nowhere better for him to go. Williams is on an uptrend and being the #1 at Williams is his best spot right now.

Is Checo even going to make it through the season? 4 races straight he’s missed Q3 in the fastest car. He won 2 races early in the year and now he’s just nowhere.

20 posts later from the two of you on the exact same topic, and I can confidently say neither of you have any clue what agree to disagree means.

If that’s how you think he should go, then you should look up the Enumclaw horse case. EJ seems like a prime candidate for another occurrence.

If by conservative, you mean six months behind the curve, then I’d agree with that.

We really need daddy98 to weigh in on this one.

Sounds like Brian Kelly has unleashed the full magnitude of his personality and charisma on the 24 recruits.

I agree this team is similarly talented to last year’s with some different strengths and weaknesses and a lot will come down to team chemistry and ability of the coaching staff to develop as the year goes on. I do find the comparison’s to how far last year’s team made a little weird considering we lost in the EE largely because Disu was out and most of our guards were banged up. We easily could’ve been a final four team last year if we stay healthy. Either way the tournament is wholly unpredictable and comparing how far a similarly talented team last year made it doesn’t have a ton of connection to how far this team will go, good or bad.

FIFY

Hey Satya, go fuck yourself, bitch!

It reminds me of the ABC NFL draft coverage from a few years ago where they profiled a family member or close friend’s death for every single draft pick.

They’re the Oprah of the NBA. You get a second rounder! You get a second rounder!

I never said anything about Scoot being the #1 overall pick last year. I just said you comparing him to Ivey showed you had no clue what you were talking about, and you’ve continually proven me right with each successive post.

Damn. I wonder if Portland is aware they just took the 5th pick in the 2022 draft.

Merc has been sounding more and more confident about their correlation and development path since they made the big changes at Monaco. They’re also saying they have some aggressive upgrades coming before the break. It’ll be interesting to see how much Merc and AM can catch up to RB by the end of the season. Combine that with Checo’s struggles and it seems like someone will be able to steal at least one win from RB this year.