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F1 2026


PTR said:
Ferrari's to lose this, isn't it?
They can play silly buggers with the pitstops.
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I agree, there’s a reason they haven’t went hell for leather like Kimi. But Ferraris strategy is normally poor so will see if they execute any chance correctly
 
Dexter said:
Doesn’t matter how many cars they have in the fight if they’re that much slower than Antonelli.
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Not really.
When Antonelli pits, Leclerc can just drop the pace by 3s per lap and create a full gap for Lewis to pit and come back out in the lead.

jarrowdiamond said:
Kimi is going to be 8/10 seconds ahead by the pitstops at this rate
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10s disappears in 3 laps if someone wants to back the pack up. You don't remember last season?
 
PTR said:
Not really.
When Antonelli pits, Leclerc can just drop the pace by 3s per lap and create a full gap for Lewis to pit and come back out in the lead.


10s disappears in 3 laps if someone wants to back the pack up. You don't remember last season?
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Yeah, he can do an Alonso special.
 
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PTR said:
Not really.
When Antonelli pits, Leclerc can just drop the pace by 3s per lap and create a full gap for Lewis to pit and come back out in the lead.
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And Hamilton can play this waiting game, as you would imagine his tyres will last a lot longer the way Kimi is going. I respect the way Kimi sends it every single race though, what a driver he already is, let alone the level he could be
 
Hilarious, I use Party Poker for my bets (as I've had money on there for absolutely years), I've never seen their live F1 betting with so few options. Literally no in-play betting on the winner !!

sunlandlad88 said:
If he does that, Antonelli will surely pit the following lap and stay out ahead. Ferrari hope is that Kimi pits first, as mentioned above, and Leclerc holds him up
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Fair point.

So that means Kimi pitting on the last lap then :lol:
 
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PTR said:
Not really.
When Antonelli pits, Leclerc can just drop the pace by 3s per lap and create a full gap for Lewis to pit and come back out in the lead.


10s disappears in 3 laps if someone wants to back the pack up. You don't remember last season?
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Nothing stopping Antonelli just going to the end pretty much and pitting with just a few laps to go.

He has this in the bag barring an unexpected disaster from somewhere.
 
PTR said:
Hilarious, I use Party Poker for my bets (as I've had money on there for absolutely years), I've never seen their live F1 betting with so few options. Literally no in-play betting on the winner !!


Fair point.

So that means Kimi pitting on the last lap then :lol:
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Imagine if he can drag the tyres through the full race man
 
sunlandlad88 said:
Imagine if he can drag the tyres through the full race man
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I really don't understand why they got rid of those "off the cliff" tyres - they were safe, but had a totally different compound underneath that was like 10s per lap slower.

Hadjar and in general, shouldn't be able to maintain a place when you go off the track. That's a lasting advantage.

I've never understood why you always have to give the place when you're forced off the track and overtake - but hardly ever when you keep your place by going off.

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Lewis pits, so Kimi pits now and will sit behind Charles for the whole race now?
 
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