Problemchild retweeted
And this is exactly the problem with Lewis fans. You genuinely believe you’re above everyone else because of your driver’s achievements, as if you personally won those seven championships. You constantly ride the coattails of his success while dismissing everyone else’s talent.
You claim teammate battles don’t matter, yet every time Lewis finishes behind his teammate, you lot have a complete meltdown. Suddenly there are a thousand excuses. And spare me the whole “he’s 41” narrative. That gimmick is for the birds. Modern F1 cars are still physically demanding, but they’re less punishing in certain respects than cars from previous generations. Funny how age only becomes an issue when Lewis gets beaten.
And your little eight-season comparison is hilarious. You’re deliberately excluding Hamilton’s championship-winning seasons while still cherry-picking the years that suit your argument, completely ignoring the machinery each driver had available. Leclerc hasn’t spent years driving a car capable of dominating the championship the way Lewis did at Mercedes. Comparing win totals without considering the competitiveness of their cars is intellectually dishonest.
Lewis has managed just three wins since the beginning of 2022. Does that suddenly mean he’s forgotten how to drive? Of course not. It means the car matters, something Lewis fans spent years refusing to acknowledge when he was winning everything.
Every driver needs a championship-caliber car to consistently fight for titles, including your precious Lewis Hamilton. Seven championships don’t magically make him immune to that reality.
And the funniest part is that you claim Leclerc has accomplished nothing and isn’t worth discussing, yet here you are inventing hypothetical career comparisons just to discredit him.
Nobody is denying Lewis’s legacy. You keep responding with achievements from years ago because you can’t separate the Lewis of today from the Lewis who dominated in a Mercedes.
You can keep living in 2014–2020. The rest of us are watching what’s happening on track today.
Problemchild retweeted
My two cents on the SF-26's overly stiff platform and poor ride over the last few races.
FTM.
I'll keep it shot and sweet. I think the FTM is the source of some of the bad ride we've seen from the SF-26 as of late.
The FTM uses the exhaust gases to generate upwash, which adds support to the central section of the diffuser and rear wing.
More upwash means you can crank the aero surfaces a bit harder, because the exhaust gases are acting as aerodynamic support.
And as they've pushed their floor, diffuser, and rear wing surfaces more and more as they develop the car, the aero map has become incredibly peaky.
How do you tame a peaky car? Add stiffness. It would seem reasonable to think this is one of the many reasons the car has become incredibly poor as of late in these low-grip, heavy-traction circuits that favour a softer-sprung car. Trying to take stiffness out would put the car in a tricky place balance-wise.
In addition to that, the less surprising one would be aggressive torque mappings to mask the power deficit.
The regression in ride, bump, and kerb compliance is very clear to see. It also gives reason to believe it's why it generally performs well at tracks that are these front-limited, high-speed circuits even with the power deficit. Neither the aggressive power delivery nor overly stiff platform are punished at those tracks.
