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A 12 month old article that provides fascinating insight into the current Ferrari brake discussions

Look I'm not here to be a contrarian. But the way this sub has been treating these two drivers is genuinely baffling to me.

Russell is in the fastest car on the grid right now and Antonelli is using that to absolutely demolish the field. Same car. Same tyres.

And what's Russell doing?

Getting lapped in Monaco. Qualifying P6 while his 19-year-old teammate goes P1.

The man is third in the championship, behind a teenager who's in his second full F1 season. And what's the excuse every time?

Luck. Software issues. Bad strategy.

It's never him, is it? He literally said "I wish I could take some blame." Mate your rookie teammate in the SAME car just won his fifth consecutive race. At some point the mirror has to come out.

Now let's talk about Sainz.

Carlos is driving a car that is overweight, underperforming and nowhere near where they expected it to be under the new regs. He missed qualifying entirely in Australia due to a PU issue. He started P17 in China. And he's still scratching points. 9th in China, 9th in Miami, 9th in Canada. Fighting for every single one of them against cars that are much faster. Williams is admitting that the car underdelivered. Sainz himself admitted it tested his faith in the project.

And through all of that? No tantrums. No "I can't comprehend this." Just a "I need to be patient. I know we've hit a bump and my personal performance has been pretty good."

That IS good performance. That's what good racers do. They extract maximum result from a substandard package. We celebrated Alonso for this for years. We celebrated Sainz for this at Ferrari when the car was inconsistent and the politics were a mess.

Russell meanwhile has a car capable of winning every race and is getting lapped in Monaco. Funny enough, last year he was taking digs at the McLaren boys about how him and Max would have extracted better performance with their car that "should be winning every race".

I know the luck argument has some merit. Canada retirement was a genuine mechanical issue. Fine. But the qualifying pace gap to Antonelli, that's a pattern. Not a string of coincidences. And his response to all of it has been to sound increasingly like a driver who's lost the plot a bit mentally.

Sainz has far more points per car performance unit than "Future World Champion Mr Saturday" if we go about calculating it

Russell is not the man robbed by fate. He's being outclassed by his teammate and outgrittered by a guy in a backmarker.

And after all of this, it should be obvious that Sainz is a level above Russell. He's not a top 6 driver.

I’m a huge fan of both Formula 1 and football, but my budget is absolutely zero right now, so paying for premium streaming subscriptions or sports packages is completely out of the question.

I really want to catch the upcoming races and matches live. Are there any legit free platforms, official free trials, or free-to-air broadcast channels (even if they require a VPN to access legal streams from other countries) that you guys use?

Not looking for shady, sketchy sites full of malware—just looking for the best workaround options for someone trying to follow the sports on a budget. Appreciate any advice or tips you can share!

Everyone talks about:

• Verstappen 2023
• Hamilton 2020
• Vettel 2013

What’s a season that doesn’t get nearly enough recognition?

Personally I’d nominate Alonso 2012.

TL:DR.
Lewis is running CI brakes.
Charles is running the sponsors brakes, Brembo.

Hi All.

Just wondering why someone would be interested in watching Formula 1. It is clear that it is a millionaire club and unless you are quite a rare human being you cannot even dream about racing in one.

I know there are few examples from not so well off backgrounds but you have to admit it is a sport where you have to be rich from birth in order to be able compete.

I don’t get it when people get to the Grand Prix and wave the flag for an already millionaire and support them with their ticket for which they paid 3rd of their monthly income.

A comparison to other sports shouldn’t be made as with those you can always dream for your children to one day get to that point and become good but if you are from a middles class family or below you know there is no chance. I genuinely don’t get it. Please give me your thoughts.

Thanks

Hey all,

I’m a long‑time motorsport fan and built a small side project to make it easier to scan key updates across different series in one place. It currently covers F1 and MotoGP, but I’m keen to add more like NASCAR, IndyCar, WEC, etc. It pulls together things like the latest stories from multiple news outlets, social posts, standings, results, weather, and videos.

I’m trying to figure out whether this is actually useful for other fans, and what I should add or improve next.

If you’ve got 2–3 minutes to test it, I’d really appreciate blunt feedback on:

• Which part of the dashboard felt most useful right away
• What’s missing that would make this a daily or race‑weekend go‑to for you
• How often you think you’d use something like this, and what would influence that

Thanks to anyone who gives it a look, honest feedback helps a lot.