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Quote from: Koal-84 on January 02, 2022, 04:37:19 PM

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Increasing rumors from England this time about a possible retirement from Hamilton.

According to these rumors, Mercedes is doing a talk with Gasly in case Hamilton will retire or for 2023.

Source: https://www.formulapassion.it/motorsport/formula-1/f1-team/mercedes-occhi-su-gasly-per-il-dopo-hamilton-599459.html

What a surprise, why Gasly? I almost can't imagine it, Russell will have to prove himself next season whether he can deliver top performances in a top team all year round, but I wouldn't put it past him to stand up to the pressure, especially with Hamilton as a team mate 🤔.

First of all i don't really think that Hamilton will retire. He is not that old yet with 36 years for a race driver and i would say he could compete at the highest at least 4 or 5 more years, just look at Alonso and how well he did. In the end hamilton decides for himself if he wants to keep on racing or if he wants to quit. Rosberg quit immediately after he won the championship back in 2016 and maybe hamilton quits now after he lost that championship in such a dramatic way. Maybe he is also afraid that Mercedes won't be in such a strong position now with the new cars and he does not want to risk it to drive for the positions 8 to 12 or so.

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Increasing rumors from England this time about a possible retirement from Hamilton.

According to these rumors, Mercedes is doing a talk with Gasly in case Hamilton will retire or for 2023.

Source: https://www.formulapassion.it/motorsport/formula-1/f1-team/mercedes-occhi-su-gasly-per-il-dopo-hamilton-599459.html

What a surprise, why Gasly? I almost can't imagine it, Russell will have to prove himself next season whether he can deliver top performances in a top team all year round, but I wouldn't put it past him to stand up to the pressure, especially with Hamilton as a team mate 🤔.

Hamilton is one of the best drivers of all time in F1 and he has aged. But even though he has aged you know,, he is still one of the, if not the best driver right now.
There will be rumors about him retiring but I personally think that he still has 2 or 3 years left in him. But also, he would want to retire while he is at his best so I think the decision relies on what he thinks what's best.

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Quote from: Koal-84 on January 01, 2022, 05:35:06 PM

Honda didn't do themselves any favours by developing and only focusing on Marc Marquez, the bike is very difficult to ride and as vut as no rider other than Marquez gets to ride the Honda well, not even Marquez when he is not 100% fit.

That's true and that is an expression of fact that has been seen by HONDA in every MotoGP race that has taken place, so the disadvantage is that Honda considers Marquez too much to the exclusion of others.

Quote from: AakZaki on January 01, 2022, 08:29:03 PM

There were a lot of surprises in this two-year race. Competition in racing is not dominated by one or two riders only. There are a lot of surprises in every race and it's very exciting. It was very different during the marquez and valentino rossi era. Gamblers may have a little trouble guessing. But Yamaha dominance, Ducati is still the favorite bike champion even with different riders. Honda, suzuki and KTM in the next order they are not as good as Yamaha and Ducati. But with this year's performance, it's a warning to the championship team, Ducati, KTM, Honda, and Suzuki continue to grow they continue to improve the bike.

Yes, but don't be wrong in judging that Yamaha was able to win the world title through the Quartararo rider, while Ducati was able to win the best team champion and also the best constructors champion because they have many motorbikes on the track and also have more engine power than Yamaha, so for this year not only Ducati, KTM, Honda, and Suzuki to continue to develop, but Yamaha itself must also develop to increase engine power

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Quote from: coinlocket$ on January 02, 2022, 04:31:46 PM

Increasing rumors from England this time about a possible retirement from Hamilton.

According to these rumors, Mercedes is doing a talk with Gasly in case Hamilton will retire or for 2023.

Source: https://www.formulapassion.it/motorsport/formula-1/f1-team/mercedes-occhi-su-gasly-per-il-dopo-hamilton-599459.html

What a surprise, why Gasly? I almost can't imagine it, Russell will have to prove himself next season whether he can deliver top performances in a top team all year round, but I wouldn't put it past him to stand up to the pressure, especially with Hamilton as a team mate 🤔.

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Increasing rumors from England this time about a possible retirement from Hamilton.

According to these rumors, Mercedes is doing a talk with Gasly in case Hamilton will retire or for 2023.

Source: https://www.formulapassion.it/motorsport/formula-1/f1-team/mercedes-occhi-su-gasly-per-il-dopo-hamilton-599459.html

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I agree with you. I feel like Merc are still the powerhouse going into this year. But I am eager to see how much Ferrari can improve after their shakeup.

If we can have another major racing org alongside Merc and Red Bull, that would be fascinating. But this seems highly unlikely. Because even if Ferrari manages to get a good enough car, they lack a driver like Hamilton or Max.

But I would hope that Ferrari will bring better placements compared to last year.

Lerlerc is good enough to fight against those two, not because he is a superstar like Max or a GOAT level driver like Hamilton but because he has the courage to do so and he knows how things work, Lando is the same in that regard. There is this "driver gene" in some people and they know what they have to do and when they have to do it so sometimes we see these people come up and be awesome. Right now, with the "new" generation we have max, charles, lando, russell being easily the four horseman of the future and I feel like we are going to see them dominate the future for sure, even if not all of them wins a championship, they will always be "there".
I am fine with 2 vs 2 by the way, like mercedes vs red bull, and along that ferrari vs mclaren which makes it fun to watch those places as well. At least it is not "clear" who will be third team, it may change at any given race.

I agree with you. There is no denying that Leclerc is a very good and smart driver.
But I don't think he is up to the level of Hamilton or Max. But he is surely on the B-Tier drivers like Lando Norris or so.

But the future of F1 seems quite competitive. Hamilton will be nearing the end of his career and after that, maybe Max will take his spot and will be challenged by Lando, Russell, or someone else. Let's see how time rolls out and what the future of F1 holds for us viewers and fans.

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Quote from: AakZaki on January 01, 2022, 08:29:03 PM

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The 2021 season for MotoGP has indeed ended with a very diverse and varied collection of victories.
So next year, with the addition of five rookies for each independent team or satellite team, who has the chance to get the most wins in the 21 races that will be held by Dorna Huh

There were a lot of surprises in this two-year race. Competition in racing is not dominated by one or two riders only. There are a lot of surprises in every race and it's very exciting. It was very different during the marquez and valentino rossi era. Gamblers may have a little trouble guessing. But Yamaha dominance, Ducati is still the favorite bike champion even with different riders. Honda, suzuki and KTM in the next order they are not as good as Yamaha and Ducati. But with this year's performance, it's a warning to the championship team, Ducati, KTM, Honda, and Suzuki continue to grow they continue to improve the bike.

Yamaha has to improve especially the engine, if they don't have a stronger engine in the 2022 season I don't think they can compete for the world championship title. Fabio, like Marc, has always been able to hide the weaknesses of Yamaha and Honda.

My favourite for next season is definitely Bagnaia and Ducati, I'm looking forward to the first races to see which manufacturer has worked best over the winter.

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Quote from: bestcoins1 on December 29, 2021, 06:43:09 PM

~snip~

The 2021 season for MotoGP has indeed ended with a very diverse and varied collection of victories.
So next year, with the addition of five rookies for each independent team or satellite team, who has the chance to get the most wins in the 21 races that will be held by Dorna Huh

There were a lot of surprises in this two-year race. Competition in racing is not dominated by one or two riders only. There are a lot of surprises in every race and it's very exciting. It was very different during the marquez and valentino rossi era. Gamblers may have a little trouble guessing. But Yamaha dominance, Ducati is still the favorite bike champion even with different riders. Honda, suzuki and KTM in the next order they are not as good as Yamaha and Ducati. But with this year's performance, it's a warning to the championship team, Ducati, KTM, Honda, and Suzuki continue to grow they continue to improve the bike.

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Quote from: Luzin on December 29, 2021, 11:55:17 AM

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Marc Marquez will continue to undergo periodic reviews with Dr. Sánchez Dalmau during the coming weeks alongside the conservative treatment plan. The situation does not prevent the rider from Cervera from continuing his physical training plan to prepare himself physically for a new season.

Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/CXx8DbVptmh/

Hopefully his health progress will improve. There is a lot of news that he had to retire due to his injury. The 2022 season is still quite long of course Fans hope he can join the start of the race at the beginning of the season.
Of course until now I have not heard the news of Marquez's change so the conclusion is Honda is still waiting for Marquez to recover. Because Hoda knows Marquez still has the potential to win the world championship again.

Honda didn't do themselves any favours by developing and only focusing on Marc Marquez, the bike is very difficult to ride and as vut as no rider other than Marquez gets to ride the Honda well, not even Marquez when he is not 100% fit.

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Do you know why Leclerc wants to change the number? Did he have the number 7 in other racing series or is there no real reason why he wants to change the number?

It is his lucky number
He wanted the number 7 in F1 but was already taken from Kimi.
He wanted the number 10 too but was taken from Gasly.

Then he went to 16 because according to him 1+6=7 (his lucky number) and it's the date of his birthday.

Thanks for the explanation, I didn't know that, but now it is understandable.

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Quote from: Koal-84 on January 01, 2022, 03:24:09 PM

Do you know why Leclerc wants to change the number? Did he have the number 7 in other racing series or is there no real reason why he wants to change the number?

It is his lucky number
He wanted the number 7 in F1 but was already taken from Kimi.
He wanted the number 10 too but was taken from Gasly.

Then he went to 16 because according to him 1+6=7 (his lucky number) and it's the date of his birthday.

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Quote from: coinlocket$ on December 29, 2021, 04:09:32 PM

Small info.

Charles Leclerc will probably change the number of the car from 16 to 7.
Until last month the number 7 was taken for Raikkonen but now after his retirement is a free number again, and 7 is the wanted number from the driver.

Do you know why Leclerc wants to change the number? Did he have the number 7 in other racing series or is there no real reason why he wants to change the number?

Quote from: coinlocket$ on December 30, 2021, 03:44:02 PM

Rumor, Mercedes next year will be back in his color.

They will be the Silver Arrows again.

Source (in Italian) https://www.formulapassion.it/motorsport/formula-1/f1-team/mercedes-tornera-freccia-argento-nel-2022-599197.html

I think it's good that Mercedes has a silver car again next year, silver arrows have nostalgia, but could it really mean that Hamilton is retiring?

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Quote from: laurenB7742 on January 01, 2022, 11:08:57 AM

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Even though i think that we might see some surprises in the next season in terms of the ranking of the teams i still don't see that there will be such a major shake up. If i had to bet then i would still go for Mercedes as the strongest team for the next season. They just have the most resources, even though there is a cap on spending in theory. I think that almost every team already invested heavily into the next season in terms of money and also time since before the start of the last season and also while it was ongoing. So i don't really think that Ferrari has a big advantage here as basically every team did the same as them. Haas even used the exact same car as the year before because they solely focused on the 2022 season.

I agree with you. I feel like Merc are still the powerhouse going into this year. But I am eager to see how much Ferrari can improve after their shakeup.

If we can have another major racing org alongside Merc and Red Bull, that would be fascinating. But this seems highly unlikely. Because even if Ferrari manages to get a good enough car, they lack a driver like Hamilton or Max.

But I would hope that Ferrari will bring better placements compared to last year.

Lerlerc is good enough to fight against those two, not because he is a superstar like Max or a GOAT level driver like Hamilton but because he has the courage to do so and he knows how things work, Lando is the same in that regard. There is this "driver gene" in some people and they know what they have to do and when they have to do it so sometimes we see these people come up and be awesome. Right now, with the "new" generation we have max, charles, lando, russell being easily the four horseman of the future and I feel like we are going to see them dominate the future for sure, even if not all of them wins a championship, they will always be "there".

I am fine with 2 vs 2 by the way, like mercedes vs red bull, and along that ferrari vs mclaren which makes it fun to watch those places as well. At least it is not "clear" who will be third team, it may change at any given race.

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I believe with all the changes Ferrari keeps saying they’re making they’ll be one of the contenders to win the title next season, because they gave up on 2021 races to work on 2022 races.

I think they've all been doing this. I remember in 2020 Mercedes stopping development halfway through the season to work on the future car for what were then the new 2021 regulations, before it all got put back a year.
TBH I would be very surprised to see Ferrari leading the pack. Even if they somehow manage to build a car that's as good as a Merc or a Red Bull, Max and Lewis would still be someway down the road, as Ferrari don't have the drivers to challenge.

Even though i think that we might see some surprises in the next season in terms of the ranking of the teams i still don't see that there will be such a major shake up. If i had to bet then i would still go for Mercedes as the strongest team for the next season. They just have the most resources, even though there is a cap on spending in theory. I think that almost every team already invested heavily into the next season in terms of money and also time since before the start of the last season and also while it was ongoing. So i don't really think that Ferrari has a big advantage here as basically every team did the same as them. Haas even used the exact same car as the year before because they solely focused on the 2022 season.

I agree with you. I feel like Merc are still the powerhouse going into this year. But I am eager to see how much Ferrari can improve after their shakeup.

If we can have another major racing org alongside Merc and Red Bull, that would be fascinating. But this seems highly unlikely. Because even if Ferrari manages to get a good enough car, they lack a driver like Hamilton or Max.

But I would hope that Ferrari will bring better placements compared to last year.

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Quote from: coinlocket$ on December 30, 2021, 03:44:02 PM

Rumor, Mercedes next year will be back in his color.

They will be the Silver Arrows again.

Source (in Italian) https://www.formulapassion.it/motorsport/formula-1/f1-team/mercedes-tornera-freccia-argento-nel-2022-599197.html

Nice! Ah yes! The Silver Arrows, Hamilton and Russell. It’s going to be reminiscent of Hamilton and Rosberg. Wink

I’m starting to think Hamilton will never break Schumacher’s record. If the last season was tough for Hamilton, 2022 is going to be tougher. IMHO.

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Quote from: Juggy777 on December 30, 2021, 11:04:54 PM

I believe with all the changes Ferrari keeps saying they’re making they’ll be one of the contenders to win the title next season, because they gave up on 2021 races to work on 2022 races.

I think they've all been doing this. I remember in 2020 Mercedes stopping development halfway through the season to work on the future car for what were then the new 2021 regulations, before it all got put back a year.
TBH I would be very surprised to see Ferrari leading the pack. Even if they somehow manage to build a car that's as good as a Merc or a Red Bull, Max and Lewis would still be someway down the road, as Ferrari don't have the drivers to challenge.

Yup. Unless the engine change happens, it’s going to be Mercedes and Red Bull going at it. There could even be an argument made that Adrian Newey could surprise everybody with the simpler design of the 2022 cars. Value could be for Verstappen and Red Bull in the outright market.

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Quote from: blue Snow on December 30, 2021, 10:23:25 PM

On another side, Honda without Marquez can give the challenge new talent, as we know Honda is very focusing on what Marquez wants, which give the other honda race too difficult to follow the modification. But it's too much time if Marquez really retiring to another race development his self. For now, Honda still needs Marquez, but if possible they can recruit new racers like Quartararo or Joan mir.

Honda without Marquez seems to be very weak, everyone can see this last year (2021) where Honda only won 3 times through Marquez and even the other riders at Honda couldn't do much, so it's very natural for a team like Honda still wants a Marquez and also a tandem like Quartararo or Joan Mir.

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Quote from: Cnut237 on January 01, 2022, 06:43:18 AM

Quote from: Juggy777 on December 30, 2021, 11:04:54 PM

I believe with all the changes Ferrari keeps saying they’re making they’ll be one of the contenders to win the title next season, because they gave up on 2021 races to work on 2022 races.

I think they've all been doing this. I remember in 2020 Mercedes stopping development halfway through the season to work on the future car for what were then the new 2021 regulations, before it all got put back a year.
TBH I would be very surprised to see Ferrari leading the pack. Even if they somehow manage to build a car that's as good as a Merc or a Red Bull, Max and Lewis would still be someway down the road, as Ferrari don't have the drivers to challenge.

Even though i think that we might see some surprises in the next season in terms of the ranking of the teams i still don't see that there will be such a major shake up. If i had to bet then i would still go for Mercedes as the strongest team for the next season. They just have the most resources, even though there is a cap on spending in theory. I think that almost every team already invested heavily into the next season in terms of money and also time since before the start of the last season and also while it was ongoing. So i don't really think that Ferrari has a big advantage here as basically every team did the same as them. Haas even used the exact same car as the year before because they solely focused on the 2022 season.

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Quote from: Juggy777 on December 30, 2021, 11:04:54 PM

I believe with all the changes Ferrari keeps saying they’re making they’ll be one of the contenders to win the title next season, because they gave up on 2021 races to work on 2022 races.

I think they've all been doing this. I remember in 2020 Mercedes stopping development halfway through the season to work on the future car for what were then the new 2021 regulations, before it all got put back a year.
TBH I would be very surprised to see Ferrari leading the pack. Even if they somehow manage to build a car that's as good as a Merc or a Red Bull, Max and Lewis would still be someway down the road, as Ferrari don't have the drivers to challenge.

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Quote from: Juggy777 on December 30, 2021, 11:04:54 PM

I believe with all the changes Ferrari keeps saying they’re making they’ll be one of the contenders to win the title next season, because they gave up on 2021 races to work on 2022 races. Also I’m eagerly waiting for Max to take on Hamilton again, but this time he will find it even harder and that’ll make these races even more interesting to watch.

By the looks of what Binotto is saying, they may not be at the top like they imagined. This is going to be harder for teams at the mid table levels because it doesn't look like anyone would be close enough to Hamilton or Max to matter an overtaking or dirty air situation. Let's face it we have seen them beating people with 10+ seconds to closest and even as high as 40-50+ seconds easily to other teams.

So, overtaking becoming easier is not really that much of a problem for them. On the other hand since they are already faster, they could pit earlier, and overtake everyone quicker which would help them not be in traffic as well which is cool for Mercedes and red bull. This will only hurt Ferrari if you ask me, they were never good enough to catch the top two, but now they are going to have even a bigger tail and that may end up with bad results for them if they get overtaken easier.

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I’ve read some stuff saying that with the new specs the air behind the cars are ‘cleaner’ and thus making it easier for the cars behind to over take the cars at front. So we’ll see... Ferrari could make it at least close vs Red Bull. We have just three months to go! And less than that to see the new cars.

The plan I think is that the new cars generate a lot more downforce from ground-effect, through carefully shaped channels on the base. This means that when they get close behind another car, they still keep most of the downforce, whereas a current car relying on barge boards etc loses a lot when right behind another car.

So in theory, yes, cars should be able to follow more closely without losing downforce... which should lead to better, closer racing, and more overtaking.

But yes, you'd still expect to see Mercedes first, followed by Red Bull. I think a lot of the Mercedes problems this year were due to how the changes affected high-rake and low-rake cars differently, which caught them out... so 2021 gave other teams a chance. Next year they could well be ahead again.

I think because of the new simpler aerodynamics, the cars will be slower and thus the down force needed by the cars will be less which brings less dirty air at the back of the car. This will really make it easier for the drivers behind to over take.

But yeah... That’s the whole idea on paper but let’s see what happens during testing and what the data shows. I think there’s one guy who’ll be having more problems if it’s easier to over take... Hamilton. He now has two guys to worry about, Russell and Verstappen.

I believe with all the changes Ferrari keeps saying they’re making they’ll be one of the contenders to win the title next season, because they gave up on 2021 races to work on 2022 races. Also I’m eagerly waiting for Max to take on Hamilton again, but this time he will find it even harder and that’ll make these races even more interesting to watch.

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Quote from: Luzin on December 29, 2021, 11:55:17 AM

Hopefully his health progress will improve. There is a lot of news that he had to retire due to his injury. The 2022 season is still quite long of course Fans hope he can join the start of the race at the beginning of the season.
Of course until now I have not heard the news of Marquez's change so the conclusion is Honda is still waiting for Marquez to recover. Because Hoda knows Marquez still has the potential to win the world championship again.

For now, Honda doesn't want to let Marquez go and there are only rumors that Honda will release Pol Espargaro for the 2023 season by approaching three easy riders like Quartararo, Joan Mir and Jorge Martin to be paired with Marquez later, but that's just a rumor and still going on. not certain although there was a special meeting between Honda and Quartararo in Barcelona.

On another side, Honda without Marquez can give the challenge new talent, as we know Honda is very focusing on what Marquez wants, which give the other honda race too difficult to follow the modification. But it's too much time if Marquez really retiring to another race development his self. For now, Honda still needs Marquez, but if possible they can recruit new racers like Quartararo or Joan mir.

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