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That's correct but this is also racing, for podium or points you also must finish the race. Mir and Suzuki have a good pace this year and already good enough for podium. Look at Austria GP also Suzuki is driving to podium but than also the Suzuki driver crash that's racing on a high level.


Boring start to finish victory from Mercedes, look at the past years.

My prediction is right for Johan Mir, he will enter the top ten and can finish second. Mir performed well besides that he also benefited from the racer who fell in front of him, Rossi and Binder then Miller entered the pits and did not continue the race on lap eight, Lap twenty Bagnaia who led fell. Lap twenty five, Joan Mir advanced to second place to finish.

What do we expect from the next F1 race in Russia? Just another HAM and BOT on the podium again with maybe VER? Just hope RBR fixed the problems with the engine otherwise it will be easy for Mercedes again.

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also Mir the fight from a bad starting place on the podium, well done.

The next weeks amazing 10 weeks and 8 races, for the spectators good but very hard for the driver. The championship is also very open, all from the first 10 can win the championship.

I haven't heard about that (Mercedes doing the same), do you have a link ? I like teams doing "borderline" stuff even if it gets banned after some races, without sanction, otherwise they wouldn't do it. I don't understand why the Ferrari thing is kept secret, though.

The fact is Ferrari have no chance in 2020, with a shortened season and from a position so far behind Mercedes - where they are actually getting lapped in a race! Equally they have little chance in 2021 with the restrictions that have been put in place for that season due to the Covid19 pandemic. Perhaps with enough little changes they could be competitive in 2021, but it's a lot of effort for a single season before everything has to start again. I think the focus on 2022 makes absolute sense.

"This year we are not competitive because of car design errors," Elkann said.
"We have had a series of structural weaknesses that have existed for some time in the aerodynamics and dynamics of the vehicle. We have also lost in engine power.
"The reality is that our car is not competitive. You saw it on the track and you will see it again."
Elkann said that Ferrari supported the decision taken at the height of the coronavirus pandemic to delay new rules aimed at closing up the field until 2022.
But he admitted that this decision, and the fact that teams have to use the same cars again in 2021 as this year, would penalise Ferrari "greatly, given that we start off poorly - and we must be realistic and aware of the structural weaknesses of the machine, with which we have been living for a decade".
He also addressed the team's decision not to renew Vettel's contract and replace him for 2021 with Spaniard Carlos Sainz.
"In the past 10 years we have had champions such as (Fernando) Alonso and Vettel, who have been world champions," Elkann said. "But it is undoubtedly more difficult to rebuild a cycle and ask patience to those who have already won compared to those who have the future ahead of them.
"We are laying the foundations for building something important and lasting, and the contract we signed with Charles proves it: five years, never so long in Ferrari's history.
"Leclerc and Sainz will make Maranello their home, will be close to our engineers. The new machine will be born with them."