GrumpyGnome Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 All the best Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McG 6969 Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Charles Pic said: My working assumption is that Mercedes will have managed to understand and reverse the misstep they took with last year’s car and that if their redesign for this year corrects the characteristic which limited them so much in 2022, the potential of their “zero sidepod” concept might start to really be seen. It should, after all, be something of an advantage to not have big sidepods hanging off the car. Two alpha drivers can be an issue if the team has a dominant car, but I suppose even if they take a good step forward they might only be in contention for wins rather than out in front of the pack. I’m looking forward to seeing the Russell Hamilton fight again this year as it seemed the young gun had the measure of the champ at times last year, but Lewis is a wily fox at this stage of his career and surely knows that his teammate is there to learn from him, so in an uncompetitive car last year, what point was there to pull all the tricks out of Lewis’s deep magic hat? I’m betting that only if the Merc is competitive will we see Lewis at the top of his game, and when he digs deep I do certainly expect he can beat young George in the same car. Your argumentation seems very solid to me, Charles. Allow me to have a slightly different approach. Merc were still quite unconsistent at the end of the season and still had +/- 1 sec. deficit. Of course they will have improved for this new season, but so are RB and Ferrari. The same gap could still be very present. If Lewis still has his magic tricks at hand, young Georges seems to be learning very fast... I'm convinced that the pecking order of the championship will depend in majority on the speed of development by the teams during the season. As for Devries, giving him a few races, my best guess is that he will outperform Yuki while the GAS/OCO battle might develop in a epic way. This is just some kind of stomac feeling and as I wrote, I could be very wrong... Anyhow, thank you all for your best wishes, gents. Cheers Chris Edited February 18, 2023 by McG 6969 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Webb Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 (edited) Great to see you John P!! ....we were getting worried! I see from the league table we are all neck and neck at the moment with 0 points across the board...... ...it is anybody's season this one! Edited February 18, 2023 by Simon Webb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iqon Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 It will be a walk in the parl for red bull & verstappen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zflyer Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 Well I have re-joined, however the budget is limited and constrains one's choices, so I have trolley driven by Just Willaim from the Outlawa team. (And if none of you know who they are your literary range is woeful, just my opinion LOL) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McG 6969 Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 Welcome back, Zflyer. I think the Fantasy budget cap remains very coherent if you only pick last year's 'back of the grid' ! Regarding 'Just Willaim' and the 'Outlawa', I can guess it must be a typo... ??? ... Very probably Mr Crompton isn't very happy with it... Cheers Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 I have tea lady as 3rd driver and road sweeper as 3rd car. 🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iqon Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 I`m happy. 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 15 minutes ago, iqon said: I`m happy. 😁 How the other 6 lads doing ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iqon Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 4 minutes ago, john stones 1 - Moderator said: How the other 6 lads doing ? They are buzy practising pitstops 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 Chris- best of luck. Richmal Crompton was a lady so it's Miss Crompton to thank for all those great Just William books from our childhood! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 No idea who'll be top dog this year, I would expect Merc to have progressed on last years issues as for the Prancing Horse hopefully It'll have It's shoes on the correct feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McG 6969 Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 1 hour ago, kc said: Chris- best of luck. Richmal Crompton was a lady so it's Miss Crompton to thank for all those great Just William books from our childhood! ... oops... apologies to Miss Crompton then, of course. Obviously due to my Belgian roots, I'm more familiar with the authors of Gaston Lagaffe, Lucky Luke or Tintin... Thanks for your wishes, KC. Cheers Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iqon Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 5 hours ago, john stones 1 - Moderator said: How the other 6 lads doing ? Dopey is one of the drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Clark Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Chris, I hope that everything goes well and look forward to your swift recovery. With team selection I’ve had to make a few uncomfortable choices and no doubt the usual reshuffle will take place following completion of the first Saturday free practice. Looking forward to the start of the season! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 First days testing done, no real clue yet, RB looking good, Merc looks stable, no pit stops or safety cars, so hard to judge the prancing horse. 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iqon Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Safety car will win more than one race. Reverse grid on the cards this year....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Philbrick Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Hello everybody. Just rejoined and picked my team. The budget does not give us much room to pick a decent team, I guess many of us have one decent car followed by the back row runners. Never mind it gives a bit more interest to the racing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Privett Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Hi Glenn - welcome back. That's 12 of us now in the league, and all dead-level on zero points... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iqon Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 3 minutes ago, John Privett said: Hi Glenn - welcome back. That's 12 of us now in the league, and all dead-level on zero points... Yep, but I`m on top........... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 Testing done, did you learn owt ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iqon Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 1 hour ago, john stones 1 - Moderator said: Testing done, did you learn owt ? Yep - to lower your expectations. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 Only that my results are likely to be as random as last year..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iqon Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 O`k to confuse us even more there are changes to how points are calculated........ I didnt even give it a thought till today........ this makes selecting your team harder ? { it would only be harder with more millions and as we dont have it doesnt really make a difference. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 1 hour ago, iqon said: O`k to confuse us even more there are changes to how points are calculated........ I didnt even give it a thought till today........ this makes selecting your team harder ? { it would only be harder with more millions and as we dont have it doesnt really make a difference. ) Link ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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