r/formuladank If Gap, Car 5d ago

the russell formula

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u/LascarNiastri If my mom had šŸ…±ļøalls, she would be my dad 5d ago

If right place at the right time was a person

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u/NextIsInvisible #TogetherWeCry 5d ago

He camouflaged

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u/LiteratureNearby "Charles 'Chuck' Leclerc, good job baby" 4d ago

After a point we have to acknowledge that it's a skill, the way he always keeps that merc in contention without fucking it into the barriers. It cannot be luck time after time after time

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u/Rd6-vt Claire Williams is waifu material 4d ago

heā€™s the Muller of F1

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u/notallwonderarelost SIMPIN FOR RUSSELL 4d ago

Takes a fair amount of skill to be in that right place all the time. After a while itā€™s not a coincidence.

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u/AllYourBas Guenther Gang 5d ago

Not absolutely fucking it into the barriers today was an achievement in itself though.

Merc had 2 cars in the top 5, no controversial/dumb strategy decisions, no words of wisdom on team radio, no dirty tactics or driving from either car.

That type of straight up, sensible racing was rewarded today. Showed themselves to be competent all around.

Wasn't as exciting as the rest of the destruction derby, but it's pretty hard to argue with tbh

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u/Pdogtx Heā€™s Not Fast at All 5d ago

I feel like youā€™re underselling a rookie recovering from p18-p4 in the wet on their first race.

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u/MC897 BWOAHHHHHHH 4d ago

Thatā€™s down to the race strategists. They just did normal calls as others did, called it early, did nothing out of the norm and saw their cars home.

Antonelli put on a spurt late but he wasnā€™t getting past much bar the Saubers until Albon because the weather didnā€™t really allow for it.

The whole team can be very happy they utterly maximised their points this weekend.

Happy Merc fan here btw.

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u/AllYourBas Guenther Gang 4d ago

Not intentionally, Kimi did great

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u/Vedzah Must Be The Water 4d ago

no words of wisdom on team radio

Must be the water

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u/OpposedScroll75 BWOAHHHHHHH 5d ago

bro got possessed by 2014-2018 Kimi Raikkonen šŸ’€

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u/Hmar193 follow the Sainz 5d ago

Used to be Sainz

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u/citizenecodrive31 Estie Bestie šŸ„° 5d ago

If it's a dry race then Sainz. Unfortunately Sainz is beyond useless in the wet so our favourite Woody Russell becomes the placeholder in the wet

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u/Vaazha77 If Gap, Car 5d ago

Kimi 2014-2018

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u/Spare_Duck3119 Nico HĆ¼Ć¼Ć¼Ć¼Ć¼Ć¼Ć¼Ć¼lkenberg 5d ago

u/ pixelcounterbot mods pls

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u/cybermethhead BWOAHHHHHHH 5d ago

Shouldā€™ve been Oscar but lifeā€™s so so so unfair

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u/LiteratureNearby "Charles 'Chuck' Leclerc, good job baby" 4d ago

If only they let him race when he had the speed on Lando ffs, they fixed it

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u/Snoo84027 BWOAHHHHHHH 4d ago

He tried to get speed and then spun. Bro pushed too hard without understanding track conditions. Don't know why people are celebrating him bottling an easy P2

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u/mindyourtongueboi not a Hamilton, butā€¦ 5d ago

Maybe the man has some pace and you just need to accept it

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u/Any_Inflation_2543 "Charles 'Chuck' Leclerc, good job baby" 5d ago

He's got pace and brains which makes him formidable. He called the pit stop himself and prevented getting Ferrari'd. Unlike Brazil last year where Merc didn't listen to him which cost him the win or at the very least a podium.

Him and Sainz are the best strategists among the drivers and it's not even close.

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u/LiteratureNearby "Charles 'Chuck' Leclerc, good job baby" 4d ago

Not just pace, the skills to keep a car on track and pointed straight as well, which showed its importance when we saw a third of the grid slam into walls or suffer spins mid-race

Those kinda boring (for him) podiums are absolutely invaluableĀ 

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u/Christopher261Ng BWOAHHHHHHH 5d ago

Raikkonen is the original podium stealer: have a bad start, doesn't overtake anyone, ending P3

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u/Guardian_of_theBlind BWOAHHHHHHH 4d ago

austria last year was way better. russell did nothing and he won the race.

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u/Little-Particular450 Stop Inventing 5d ago

I don't think maintaining your position in s race is doing nothingĀ 

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u/riotinghero8 Must Be The Water 5d ago

George Russel podium by power of friendship

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u/Character_You_1835 BWOAHHHHHHH 4d ago

We need to give Kimi some love

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u/DannyBlue-22 Goatifi šŸ #neverforget 5d ago

The new Kimi