Not entirely sure, but looks like Red Bull is looking like the fastest car all over again. Not because Red Bull is getting so much better maybe but more like McLaren is losing their best place. Not only McLaren is getting past by Max, but we have seen even Ferrari end up getting past McLaren as well which shows that it is not just about other cars getting faster, but it's about McLaren is getting worse.

We have seen everyone bring in great upgrades to this new track, at Spa most of them had upgrades but that should have been just an important situation for the future. The reality is simple, McLaren needs to do something about this quickly, or they are going to have a ton of problems with the future of the league for them and the win.

Depends, money is the important figure here. If he wants more money, he is in position to ask for the biggest amount ever for a player, 200 million a year is the highest right now and that is for Ronaldo at 40 years old. But if you think about it, Vini is great NOW, not just a name and when you think of it that way, you will realize that he can charge more than 200 million.

So the question is "does Vini want more money?" if the answer is yes, then he can definitely go to Saudi league and make like 300+ million a year and that would not be bad at all. But, if it is not money he is after, then he is better staying at Real Madrid, because no other European team he goes to would be any different in logic, it would be basically the same thing.

Morata already has a deal in place with Como, but Galatasaray declined the deal because they have to let the player go first, and without Osimhen deal, they didn't had a backup striker, so they waited. Now that Osimhen is coming, I am sure they are going to let Morata go to Como without a trouble, it was shared online everywhere.

Osimhen and Icardi are great duo, but I bet that we are going to see plenty of games where one of them will miss, could be resting, could be injuries, could be anything really. So they are not going to play with two strikers in every game, and Icardi doesn't need to be always ahead, we have seen him plenty of times to fall back on midfield to distract the defense and pass the ball and playmake too, so I am guessing he is going to be more of a shadow striker, and let Osimhen be forward.

Memes aside, Hamilton didn't go to Ferrari because he believes he will win. He saw what Mercedes was doing and he realized that he can't get a win there, no titles, so he might as well go race for a few years as the most known brand all around, Ferrari is THE racing team, in all over the world at all kinds of races.

And now, he is just having fun, doesn't even care that much, care enough that he wants to give his all, but he is not expecting a title. He knows his title times are gone, so he just focuses on being happier and just be a Ferrari guy. So there is no way he would go back to Mercedes, there isn't anything that makes sense for him to go there. With that being the case, I am sure that we are going to see him stay there, and Max will be at Mercedes instead.

Probably even more important than the rain, I am super excited and happy that they did not ended up putting a hold on the race because of the rain. We have seen FIA end up cancelling races, or basically just make them run with SC and all that, we all remember times when they just blocked a proper racing.

Thankfully, they went back to good old days and let the people race, and nothing major happened thankfully. I missed these rainy races, we haven't had one in a long time, and thanks to that, we had some unexpected results. Hulkenberg on podium for the first time would have never happened if it wasn't for the rain. And strategies change the result so much, like when to put on slicks was a big question, Russel had to thumble down so much because of it. Everything becomes so great with unexpected results.

Working on this years car makes no sense after Mclaren got this much ahead, teams know that the yare not going to do well, and there is really no reason neither because even sponsors and fans know that they should not expect much from this years car, so no team is excited aside from maybe Mclaren fans.

The real battle for me will be next year, because we are talking about shuffling the whole system and build a whole new car. I am not expecting Haas to be the best for example, that requires money, and resources, which Haas do not have. But I do expect the top teams, Mclaren, Ferrari, Red Bull and Mercedes, all have a chance to be best car next season, and that alone is fun enough, because we have no clue which one will be the best.

Piastri is driving on a whole another level. I am a big fan of Lando Norris but he is not showing any signs of trying to do better, like on that first turn, when he realized Max wouldn't give up the position, if Norris only had kept his second place, that's it, nothing more, then he would have won this race, because he would be right there.

Instead, Norris once again made a mistake, and that caused him to drop to sixth place, took so long to pass everyone, and then took at least that much to pass Max, which meant Piastri was already way ahead at that point. I hoped that Norris would win the title this season, but looking at how the season is going, Norris may lose, Piastri may be the winner at the end of the season if he keeps racing this good.

That is for the championship, not the race. And the fact that Piastri seen as the potential champion, instead of Norris, is horrible for Norris. Piastri is new compared to Norris, Norris has been with Mclaren for MANY years andf he has been waiting for a season where Mclaren is good, and now that they are finally good, he is losing to his teammate and that is not a good feeling.

It would be better if he got a teammate that was great, like if Hamilton moved to Mclaren for example instead of Ferrari, he could explain that at least. But no, he is losing to Piastri, who is having his like third season or something right? Norris has to win, if any Mclarens going to be champions this season, it has to be Norris, if he fails to win, then he is going to look like a loser.

In the last 10 years or so, Mourinho hasn't been that great, last "achievement" we can say was Roma getting conference league, but looking at their opponents, %90+ of them were worse than Roma, the only team they beat was at the final game.

So the reality is that, Mourinho has bene on a decline for a while, from his peak at Real Madrid, to be a manager at Turkish league is proof that he is getting worse. If he was that great, he would have been managing a better team, why would he be here. He would be managing Manchester United for example, they needed a manager, if they believed Mourinho was good, they would have gotten him. Obvious that he is going to go to Saudi league after this, he is just chasing that famous 10+ million worth sacking money.

While it is true that not allowing rookies to have over a thousand laps just to make sure they know what they are doing could result with them having bad results like Lawson. There needs to be a line drawn somewhere, if the cap is not respected, any team that could pay for plenty of testing could just get the title.

We already have bunch of teams that forces the limits of the financial cap every single year, versus bunch of teams that already has less than the cap. You think Red Bull and Williams spend the same amount every year? Or Ferrari versus Haas? So in the end, these attempts are a way to make sure FIA and F1 could level the playing field just a bit, the gap between teams is already huge, but these type of rules at least makes it a small bit closer.

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To be fair, when one of your drivers ends up being first, and the other ends up being 8th, you kinda know that you have to fire him.

Perez was a great helper for a few seasons there, but the one before last season he started to be bad, not at the start but by the end he was terrible and when we look at last season he was more than terrible so we need to realize that Perez was done with the F1 world and he wouldn't even find himself a place.

That's usually what second driver means, you are as good as how much you help your teammate, and when you don't anymore, you are just out of f1 completely.

Lawsom may or may not be better, but that's not the point, even if he sucks, that doesn't make Perez sacking any less true decision.

Jesus Christ, how can they put Red Bull in 7th place, and then put Max at second place, with just 0.20 gap with first place, lol. I mean I get it, of course Max could win with not the best car, we could see him have the second, third, or even maybe fourth best car and still do fine, but let's not act as if 7th place car would be okay.

Lawsom isn't that terrible neither, Liam will try to do his best and while he will be a rookie, I am pretty sure that we could end up with some good results one way or another. In the end, if we can try to do this, then we need to be careful about what we can do on the long run with Red Bull and betting on them. I believe we will see them be in top three this season, they are not that terrible.

Hamilton will definitely need to work harder than before. Because while Mercedes had different cars each year, and it took time to adjust to them all the time, Ferrari is a whole another team together. Obviously Hamilton isn't new to change, just a few years ago, Mercedes had a car that literally jumped up and down all the time, ruining the back of the drivers, I am sure that was even worse than driving Ferrari for the first time.

But the problem is that it's a brand new team, so he will get to drive a lot more to get used to it first. Plus, it is not just the car, the team staff is different too, no more Bono, no more Toto, there is nothing going same for him, he will need to get used to every staff member there instead.

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Well, races and qualifying are different results. Maybe Charles could qualify better in most of the races, however racing itself is a totally different beast. Why? Well in racing you have overtaking, courage, race pace, strategy, all mattering into your last lap result, whereas at QF you just end up with whatever fastest you can do.

Hamilton may end up with more points at the end of the season, even on his first ever season, dude is 7 times world champion for a reason, and obviously he is going to be a lot more careful. Not because Charles is slower or worse, it is because Charles doesn't know what it takes to win, and ends up risking way too much and DNF in many races, and makes bad decisions in tons of others.

Well, races and qualifying are different results. Maybe Charles could qualify better in most of the races, however racing itself is a totally different beast. Why? Well in racing you have overtaking, courage, race pace, strategy, all mattering into your last lap result, whereas at QF you just end up with whatever fastest you can do.

Hamilton may end up with more points at the end of the season, even on his first ever season, dude is 7 times world champion for a reason, and obviously he is going to be a lot more careful. Not because Charles is slower or worse, it is because Charles doesn't know what it takes to win, and ends up risking way too much and DNF in many races, and makes bad decisions in tons of others.

I would guess Aston Martin could probably do very little sand bagging, I am guessing that they will want to show the world that they are getting much better.

I mean sand bagging is when you do not want your opponents to know how good you could be, and that is why Aston Martin doesn't need that, they are not a good team at all, and if they show off, and look better, there is nothing that other teams can do after this point anyways, and if they do suck, then it is not going to matter since they are already bad. Aside from that, everyone will just be a bit slower than their usual tests, that's it, they will just be a few seconds off, and that is all for everyone, not just one team, so nobody will show their 100% real time, not a single team.