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[FanEagle]

No matter how "better" Max looks, the gap is just way too big and Piastri will not suddenly start being 10th place. We have seen them fight for the top spot, so it's clear that even if Max somehow wins everything, Piastri will be right there to keep the gap close. There is something like 63 points or something in difference, that means even if Max wins 10 races, Piastri could finish second and be right there.

And we are talking about 10 races in a row first place for Max just to pass Piastri. That is not going to happen, no matter how great Max is. What is required is not only Max being great, but also Piastri being worse and Mclaren still has the best car, that is not going to happen. It just goes to show you how great Max is, being third place, with probably third or fourth best car on the grid.

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By the way Austin track is staying in Formula 1 calendar until 2034. It's good news from my aspect because I love this track. We can easily watch so many overtakes today also.


I expect a strong start by Verstappen to keep his lead at the first turn just as he did in the sprint. This time there won't be a Piastri starting right behind Norris so I guess they wouldn't crash that quick. 

I see a nice win for Verstappen here. Do you think Norris can hunt him down? As for Piastri I think the most he will do is to finish in 3rd place.

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Max once again won the race and carried Red Bull to a podium finish at the Austin GP. He maintained his pace from the start until the end of the race, and it seemed RBR had improved their car somewhat, after Yuki also scored points in this race. With this victory, Max extended his dominance and closed the gap with Piastri.

And unexpectedly, after a poor practice session, Ferrari finished the race on the podium. Charles finished P3 after a fantastic race with Norris. He truly demonstrated his skills as "Monaco's defense minister" and gave Norris a tough time. If given a car that was on par with Norris, perhaps Charles could have secured a podium in this race. Meanwhile, Hamilton recorded a strong result, finishing P4. He certainly improved his performance in this race.

Overall, the Austin GP was one of the most exciting races of the season. It was well worth watching.

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Toprak became the world's best for the third time and showed his professionalism by keeping his cool after the ugly move made against him. If it weren't for Bulega, I think he would have overtaken everyone and won, but he had to hold back a little. It's not easy. You're the leader, someone comes along, pushes you, knocks you down, and then wins as if nothing happened. It puts your championship at risk.

However, Toprak returned from there as a great driver. I'm proud of him. Moving to the GP is a huge test. Looking at the podium chances, it seems very unlikely. I hope the adaptation process goes well and brings a smile to our faces while watching the GP. Good luck, champion.

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Toprak became the world's best for the third time and showed his professionalism by keeping his cool after the ugly move made against him. If it weren't for Bulega, I think he would have overtaken everyone and won, but he had to hold back a little. It's not easy. You're the leader, someone comes along, pushes you, knocks you down, and then wins as if nothing happened. It puts your championship at risk.

However, Toprak returned from there as a great driver. I'm proud of him. Moving to the GP is a huge test. Looking at the podium chances, it seems very unlikely. I hope the adaptation process goes well and brings a smile to our faces while watching the GP. Good luck, champion.

Toprak's greatest luck was that the final race didn't have a very high point total. Otherwise, missing out on the championship due to such an accident would have been a truly tragic end to his season. He's been demonstrating for years that he's the best in the world in his class, but now he'll have a much more challenging and challenging season ahead of him.

He's well aware of how difficult it is to succeed; competing with the world's best isn't easy. He'll start to adjust after a few races. I hope we see him achieve success again in the new season, and we can be proud of him

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Toprak became the world's best for the third time and showed his professionalism by keeping his cool after the ugly move made against him. If it weren't for Bulega, I think he would have overtaken everyone and won, but he had to hold back a little. It's not easy. You're the leader, someone comes along, pushes you, knocks you down, and then wins as if nothing happened. It puts your championship at risk.

However, Toprak returned from there as a great driver. I'm proud of him. Moving to the GP is a huge test. Looking at the podium chances, it seems very unlikely. I hope the adaptation process goes well and brings a smile to our faces while watching the GP. Good luck, champion.

Nothing can stop Toprak from becoming the WSBK champion this season, and that was evident after the Jerez round, even though Toprak crashed in the Superpole Race and only finished third on the podium in Race 2. But that was enough for him to win the championship because he knew his points tally would be unbeatable unless he crashed again in Race 2. And yes I also have to congratulate him because I am also one of the people who have admired him for a long time in WSBK so when he was still at Yamaha, I always followed his news in WSBK.

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After the United States GP Leclerc has lost his mathematical chance for the title. 4 drivers still keep their chances! But let's be realistic. Russell is never winning it. 

But I believe the top 3 will maintain this title challenge till the end. Verstappen is definitely in this after dropping the point difference to 40 with Piastri.

5 races + 2 sprint to go... Are you team Max?

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After the United States GP Leclerc has lost his mathematical chance for the title. 4 drivers still keep their chances! But let's be realistic. Russell is never winning it.  

But I believe the top 3 will maintain this title challenge till the end. Verstappen is definitely in this after dropping the point difference to 40 with Piastri.

5 races + 2 sprint to go... Are you team Max?

Only three names make sense: Piastri, Norris, and Max; the rest are out of the question. Because there aren't many races left, and in terms of performance, only Max can actually confront McLaren - Russell still lacks the consistency needed to challenge at the top and can match Max's performance, who has more experience. So the remaining races will determine whether Max can achieve his fifth title, or McLaren sweeps the drivers' championship this season.

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Only three names make sense: Piastri, Norris, and Max; the rest are out of the question. Because there aren't many races left, and in terms of performance, only Max can actually confront McLaren - Russell still lacks the consistency needed to challenge at the top and can match Max's performance, who has more experience. So the remaining races will determine whether Max can achieve his fifth title, or McLaren sweeps the drivers' championship this season.

Source: https://www.oddschecker.com/motorsport/formula-1/drivers-championship/winner

These are the current odds for the champion.

Max is already favoured the highest in many betting places. There are many websites giving Piastri and Max the same chance for the title also.

Truthfully my favourite is Max for the title. I'd give Piastri the least chance for it.    Yeah despite his being in the lead. He is really terrible lately. Norris is also better than him now. I thought Piastri would focus up but still struggling...

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So what are the chances of Verstappen winning the driver's championship if he get to win this race..?  Mathematically of course. 

I'm feeling like Piastri could lose points from here on out and Norris and Verstappen are there to pick up those points.  Is there still a possibility that Verstappen steals the show or is there driver's championship already a lock for either McLaren drivers?

Max is likely to be a threat to Norris and Piastri. If he can consistently win races, it's very possible for him to win the drivers' championship - his points difference with Piastri is only 55 points at the moment, and mathematically that gap can be closed if Max keeps performing, and Norris and Piastri continue to make mistakes like they did in yesterday's sprint race when they lost points due to colliding with each other. For now, Max still has a chance to win the drivers' championship, although it's not very high but in every race he keeps surprising and putting pressure on McLaren, And this is what makes the drivers' championship battle more exciting for now.

Not sure what's going on but the bookies got Verstappen at 2.50, Piastri at 2.60 and Norris at 2.85...  I mean if this is right then it's prolly a safe bet to keep betting for Verstappen to get on the podium for all of the remaining races this season.    And it's prolly +EV to do so. 

I wonder what car upgrades did the guys at Red Bull did and where the McLarens are lagging.  They had the season in the bag til the mishaps started happening.

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So what are the chances of Verstappen winning the driver's championship if he get to win this race..?  Mathematically of course. 

I'm feeling like Piastri could lose points from here on out and Norris and Verstappen are there to pick up those points.  Is there still a possibility that Verstappen steals the show or is there driver's championship already a lock for either McLaren drivers?

Max is likely to be a threat to Norris and Piastri. If he can consistently win races, it's very possible for him to win the drivers' championship - his points difference with Piastri is only 55 points at the moment, and mathematically that gap can be closed if Max keeps performing, and Norris and Piastri continue to make mistakes like they did in yesterday's sprint race when they lost points due to colliding with each other. For now, Max still has a chance to win the drivers' championship, although it's not very high but in every race he keeps surprising and putting pressure on McLaren, And this is what makes the drivers' championship battle more exciting for now.

Not sure what's going on but the bookies got Verstappen at 2.50, Piastri at 2.60 and Norris at 2.85...  I mean if this is right then it's prolly a safe bet to keep betting for Verstappen to get on the podium for all of the remaining races this season.    And it's prolly +EV to do so. 

I wonder what car upgrades did the guys at Red Bull did and where the McLarens are lagging.  They had the season in the bag til the mishaps started happening.

For now, what we know is that Red Bull brought more upgrades compared to McLaren and their upgrades are also quite effective, because not only Max's performance, but Yuki also has an increase in performance in the last few races, meaning that the upgrades that Red Bull did are quite effective. And they said, they will bring significant upgrades to help Max increase his chances of winning the driver's championship, don't know whether it will be more effective or not, but if it works, we know that Max getting his fifth title is a very extraordinary thing.

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People already have different theories about the ways Max can win the title.



This is one of those. If Max wins all of his remaining races including sprints and shares points with Piastri he is still the champion.    This is technically not an easy scenario to happen of course.

Max might fail while everything is going great. Piastri might not even collect this many or Norris can surprise us with better results... But as for what I think, I'm on Max's side.

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People already have different theories about the ways Max can win the title.

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This is one of those. If Max wins all of his remaining races including sprints and shares points with Piastri he is still the champion.    This is technically not an easy scenario to happen of course.

Max might fail while everything is going great. Piastri might not even collect this many or Norris can surprise us with better results... But as for what I think, I'm on Max's side.

Hello everyone! First of all, I want to greet all you Formula 1 and motorsports fans in general.
I just love F1 topics and as I see here on the forum, there is no shortage of them.

Now, just to give my opinion on this scenario where Max could become WDC. Looking back at last season, where Lando had the chance to win the WDC, let's say a little glimpse of that. And as a big McLaren fan, I knew that wasn't going to happen. I mean, it's F1, everything can change in an instant, and when you have McLaren as the fastest car on the grid, I'm sure they'll win one or two Grand Prix titles ahead of Max. Just like Max needed it last year.

Still, I'm definitely on McLaren's side, and whoever wins the WDC, Lando or Oscar. But then again, here's my post to see if i'm gonna be right or wrong!

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This weekend the Sepang MotoGP returns and today the FP1 session will take place soon. But for some reason some local media are instead reporting on the Sepang Clash between Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez, even though that happened ten years ago and I don't think it should be remembered, although it shouldn't be forgotten either. I just hope the weather is good and there is no wind or heavy rain in Sepang this weekend because the racing there is always exciting and could be even more exciting than last week's race.

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People already have different theories about the ways Max can win the title.



This is one of those. If Max wins all of his remaining races including sprints and shares points with Piastri he is still the champion.    This is technically not an easy scenario to happen of course.

Max might fail while everything is going great. Piastri might not even collect this many or Norris can surprise us with better results... But as for what I think, I'm on Max's side.

I'm just waiting for McLaren to make a blunder, so the points are tied between Max and Piastri/Lando - because I'm waiting for the end of the season to  see another "Hamilton vs Max" moment in 2021 in Abu Dhabi, I think it will be a spectacular race, with Max looking to get his fifth title, and Piastri/Lando getting their first world drivers' championship title.

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People already have different theories about the ways Max can win the title.



This is one of those. If Max wins all of his remaining races including sprints and shares points with Piastri he is still the champion.    This is technically not an easy scenario to happen of course.

Max might fail while everything is going great. Piastri might not even collect this many or Norris can surprise us with better results... But as for what I think, I'm on Max's side.

I think it's time for McLaren to stop beating the bush around who their no. 1 driver is and support the stronger one and that's Piastri this season...  We all know McLaren's premier driver of choice is Norris.  That's their boy, also born in England. 

They should stop the shenanigans and give more support behind Piastri.  Team orders is a must at this point of the season and Norris as a teammate should give way.

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I'm just waiting for McLaren to make a blunder, so the points are tied between Max and Piastri/Lando - because I'm waiting for the end of the season to  see another "Hamilton vs Max" moment in 2021 in Abu Dhabi, I think it will be a spectacular race, with Max looking to get his fifth title, and Piastri/Lando getting their first world drivers' championship title.

That is a more likely possibility. Expecting Max to win every single race and sprint without ever being even a second place, is not going to be possible, that is asking way too much. Even on the year he dominated, he didn't win all races, almost all, but not all.

This year it is even harder, and imagine, just one car trouble and he is gone, zero points, and the title is gone. One crash, one bad tire change, and he is gone, it is just too much of a risk to expect him to win all races and sprints. However, we also need to remember, Piastri has to be second place in all of those too, which I do not think will happen , same goes for him, one crash, one mistake, one car trouble and he gets zero points and then Max could cover the difference like crazy.

[JariKriting]

People already have different theories about the ways Max can win the title.



This is one of those. If Max wins all of his remaining races including sprints and shares points with Piastri he is still the champion.    This is technically not an easy scenario to happen of course.

Max might fail while everything is going great. Piastri might not even collect this many or Norris can surprise us with better results... But as for what I think, I'm on Max's side.

I think it's time for McLaren to stop beating the bush around who their no. 1 driver is and support the stronger one and that's Piastri this season...  We all know McLaren's premier driver of choice is Norris.  That's their boy, also born in England. 

They should stop the shenanigans and give more support behind Piastri.  Team orders is a must at this point of the season and Norris as a teammate should give way.

I think the two McLaren drivers are still the strongest contenders for the championship. As long as what happened in the 2007 season doesn't repeat itself, when Hamilton and Alonso, who were teammates at McLaren, were leading the standings but crashed into each other on the track, ultimately leading to Kimi Raikkonen winning the world championship that season.

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I'm just waiting for McLaren to make a blunder, so the points are tied between Max and Piastri/Lando - because I'm waiting for the end of the season to  see another "Hamilton vs Max" moment in 2021 in Abu Dhabi, I think it will be a spectacular race, with Max looking to get his fifth title, and Piastri/Lando getting their first world drivers' championship title.

That is a more likely possibility. Expecting Max to win every single race and sprint without ever being even a second place, is not going to be possible, that is asking way too much. Even on the year he dominated, he didn't win all races, almost all, but not all.

This year it is even harder, and imagine, just one car trouble and he is gone, zero points, and the title is gone. One crash, one bad tire change, and he is gone, it is just too much of a risk to expect him to win all races and sprints. However, we also need to remember, Piastri has to be second place in all of those too, which I do not think will happen , same goes for him, one crash, one mistake, one car trouble and he gets zero points and then Max could cover the difference like crazy.

That's what we all want. At the beginning of the season when McLaren was so strong, many were skeptical that Max could catch up with Lando and Piastri, but now the points gap between them is only 40 points from Piastri - something that initially seemed unrealistic is gradually starting to look realistic. Especially if in the upcoming race, McLaren makes a mistake due to their own fault, Max could take advantage of that opportunity.

And it should also be remembered that Charles could play an important role in smoothing the way for Max to get P1. Remember at the Austin GP recently, that guy really frustrated Lando, only at the final laps did Lando finally manage to get P2. But, because of Charles, Lando lost a lot of time and couldn't get the chance to take P1.


Btw, this is the result of FP2 from the Mexico GP. Max and Charles appeared to be quite strong during the practice session.

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Pecco Bagnaia started to become an extraordinary rider again in all sessions today including the Sprint session because he started from Q1 and was able to break through to Q2 and get the pole with a time of 1:57.001 seconds. But unfortunately, the time record was not able to beat his own time record that he had set last year on the GP24 motorbike, meaning that last year's motorbike was still much better than this year's motorbike even though this year's GP25 has also brought someone to the world championship. In addition, Bagnaia was also untouchable in the Sprint race today because after the start he was able to immediately move forward without any obstacles. So the focus of the Ducati factory team which has been completely focused on him for the rest of this season is really not in vain.