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Getting DOTD vote for a rubbish drive with an appalling strategy is the most Danny Ric send off ever.
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Yeah - I must admit to feeling emotional about the possible (probable?) end of Dani's F1 driving career - but then I'm Australian and he's meant a lot to us here for a few years now.
Anthony Davidson made a good point during one of the Sky paddock pundit sessions - said that Dan was incredibly precise in the way he drives and that the current cars don't reward that as much - need to be wrenched around more, and that makes a big difference. Given that he's only 35 now, there's a part of my that would love to see him still driving in 2026, in case the new cars reward precision again but I know that's probably unrealistic. |
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While RB placing the call to VCARB to have Daniel come back in for a second set of softs (poor guy made three pit stops and was already on softs when they pulled him back in at the end) to steal the fastest lap from Lando makes sense for RB, but what (if any) rules exist for collusion between teams to manipulate the results? We talk about it being a "team sport" and that asking drivers to swap places, or ruin their race to hold someone up to benefit the other driver, etc. are valid. But when multiple actively work together is that allowed?
Now, we all assume that RB placed the call to VCARB because there was zero reason for DR to make the attempt. You might say in hindsight it was some type of "going away present", but frankly it feels more like a slap to just use DR as a tool to benefit a driver in another team. If this is DR's last race, imagine the request... do this for us... ok, thank you, good bye! Richard |
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