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Hard to think of a driver who’s fallen off a cliff as much as him performance wise (Seb post-Hockenheim crash springs to mind but his prior highs were higher and lows afterwards not as low as Perez’s now). Went to Silverstone last year and on one of the screens between races they were showing Perez’s greatest hits as it were and it really hammered home what a phenomenal driver he was - I mean that 2020 race win is one of the great drives of the sport.
Psychological perhaps - frustration at not being able to keep up with Max taken its toll massively?
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We had 21 point-scorers in 2022.
We had 21 point-scorers in 2023.
We now have 21 point-scorers in 2024.
We haven't had more than 20 point-scorers in a season three years running since 1980-1982 (21/21/26).
We had 21 point-scorers in 2023.
We now have 21 point-scorers in 2024.
We haven't had more than 20 point-scorers in a season three years running since 1980-1982 (21/21/26).
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With all of them in the paddock whining about safety, they should applaud the penalty for ignoring the yellows. Now all we need is the stewards staying consistent after this weekend. But that's not going to happens as Russell's safety car infringement was only worth 5 seconds, changing nothing.
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If Bottas doesn't score in Abu Dhabi (unlikely that he will and that's an understatement), we will have had the same number of point-scorers in a single season three years in a row for the first time since 2009-11 (19/19/19).
Yes, I am into F1, but more into the History and Statistics aspects of the sport.
Yes, I am into F1, but more into the History and Statistics aspects of the sport.
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Flat-bottomed cars separated the top teams from the bottom ones that year, as more teams branched away from the once-ubiquitous DFV.
@Liquid we say "Money Gasket" in these parts.
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That 1980 to 1982 run I didn't know of, but it's really impressive if I'm thinking about it!
Points only down to 6th, raging unreliability and only around 16 races a season. That's only around 100 distinct points positions for a season. Compare that to 2024, with 24 races plus Sprints, that's 288 individual distinct points positions.
Will have to go on a proper deep dive into those seasons eventually
Points only down to 6th, raging unreliability and only around 16 races a season. That's only around 100 distinct points positions for a season. Compare that to 2024, with 24 races plus Sprints, that's 288 individual distinct points positions.
Will have to go on a proper deep dive into those seasons eventually
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Don't mean to potentially jinx Max, but if he wins in Abu Dhabi, he'll be the first driver to score a double-figured number of wins in a season four years in a row!
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I think you have to take it with a grain of salt, for two main reasons:
A) F1 is one of the few sports to feature microphones for the athletes/players. I'm sure if sports that don't have microphones would have a similar amount of tantrums.
B) Adrenaline can easily cause someone to say the wrong thing: they are under a lot of physical/mental stress while driving, after all. It's hard to put yourself in their position.
