The_one_and_only @ The_one_and_only @lemmy.ml

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If you are correcting figures one way, you have to correct them both ways. That is how financial auditors always work.

Mate, let it go. Ultimately is was 400k I believe?

The decreased wind tunnel-time and CFD-time do have an impact, so I can't imagine any advantage from that 400k to still be lasting.

I really don't think so. After Singapore and Japan, there are 6 more races to go (Qatar, Texas, Mexico, Brazil, Las Vegas and Abu Dhabi). That is 6*(25+1)=156 points.

There are also 3 sprintraces left, that is another 3*8=24 points, so that means that Max needs a gap of at least 180 points to pull that off.

A win gives 7 points advantage to second place, if he is unlucky 6 (Perez gets fastest lap). He is currently 145 points ahead. If he extends his lead with 2*7=14 points in those races, he has a lead of 159 points with 180 points still up for grabs, so not WDC just yet.

Not to sound too pessimistic, but that means he will have to extend his lead by 35 points (to get to 180). That means winning both races while Perez finishes 6th or lower. Perez isn't amazing but 2 races 6th or lower is also not realistic.

Also: 180 points is just the regular races and the fastest lap. There are also 3 sprintraces to go, that is another 24 points, so he would have to lead by 204 points after Japan.

Edit: you are correct on the 180 points. I added the sprint-races double somehow. The conclusion doesn't change though.

Mostly yes. At McLaren it was borderline winning, certainly not dominant though. And his first year at Merc (before the new regs came into force) was also not a winning car.

First Hamilton who is discrediting Max by saying he never had a decent teammate, and now this from Toto.

They aren't handling the losing-part of the sport very well over at Merc...

There will be seven races to go, including 3 sprintraces.

7 races including fastest lap is: 7 * (25 + 1) = 182 points

3 sprintraces is 3 * 8 = 24 points.

That means he would have to lead by 206 points. He is now 145 points ahead, so no, Singapore is mathematically not possible.

In 2002 Michael Schumacher won the WDC with 6 races remaining.

Mind you that there were were only 17 races in total that season, so he took it just before two thirds of the season was done.

This season will have 22 races (excluding the cancelled ones), and two thirds of that is 14.7 races. Since the next race will be number 15, he will not be able to break that in terms of relative progress in the season. He also cannot beat the 6 races, because to do it with 7 races left he would have to become WDC in Singapore, which is mathematically not possible. He can (theoretically) do it in Japan, so he can still equal that record, albeit with more races in a season...

D will not happen. Then he will demand an additional pitstop for softs and the fastest lap.

They already did that today with Leclerc, I believe in Q1. He did another lap and it worked out fine, but they were too late with telling him to drive into the pitlane.

After reading the FIA-document on this, I actually tend to agree to this decision ...

It's almost scary that I just typed this without trying to make a joke...