[SenorFunkyPants]

Originally Posted by MKSixer

You'd do better getting your information from used toilet paper. The Express?!?!! C'mon!!!!

Harsh but fair...at least better than his usual source, the garbage that is gpblog.com

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by HFW003

The only prediction I am comfortable making at this point of the season is Daniel will podium and win more races this year than he has over the last two years with the POS he was in.

BTW, don’t know if this is being mentioned where you guys are? There are rumblings around the local news that of our GP being at least postponed due to some recent Covid spikes.

That's a positive mate . I heard it already last week ...Damn virus !

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by MKSixer

You'd do better getting your information from used toilet paper. The Express?!?!! C'mon!!!!

Well my friend , I hear it pretty much everywhere ...
Fact is ....Why you think HAM said already in November : "I'm NOT sure I'll be there in '21 ?
By this he tried to put Daimler under pressure ...And that ? That was NOT with toilet paper !
Let's be honest .Actually It's really foolish from his side. He already swims in a sea of money .

Financial speculation in COVID times , won't work my friend ...

EDIT : Just saw that one of HAM's demands is : A AMG Project One car .
That's 2.72 million on top of the requested 50 million ...

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Well my friend , I hear it pretty much everywhere ...
Fact is ....Why you think HAM said already in November : "I'm NOT sure I'll be there in '21 ?
By this he tried to put Daimler under pressure ...And that ? That was NOT with toilet paper !
Let's be honest .Actually It's really foolish from his side. He already swims in a sea of money .

Financial speculation in COVID times , won't work my friend ...

EDIT : Just saw that one of HAM's demands is : A AMG Project One car .
That's 2.72 million on top of the requested 50 million ...

I didn't know that, a project car.. he really thinks he's riding the crest of a wave that will go on and on and thinking he's untouchable by putting the ball in D's court will cause a rift.

[MKSixer]

Originally Posted by yco

looks like it ll be postponed for a week only MK..
number 11 prediction.. check...

I see and stand in wonderment, Oh Mighty Swami!!

[yco]

Originally Posted by MKSixer

I see and stand in wonderment, Oh Mighty Swami!!

[M5Rick]

Norris has tested positive for covid.

[racerbruce]

Originally Posted by MKSixer

I see and stand in wonderment, Oh Mighty Swami!!

There are seven (7) again!

[MKSixer]

Originally Posted by racerbruce

There are seven (7) again!

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5theonlyone

Norris has tested positive for covid.

Damn COVID !

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5theonlyone

I didn't know that, a project car.. he really thinks he's riding the crest of a wave that will go on and on and thinking he's untouchable by putting the ball in D's court will cause a rift.

HAM's third demand ....

More controversially, though. HAM also wants a 10% share of Mercedes prize money should the side lift an eighth-straight title. Based on the 2020 pot, this would amount to a £13 million windfall for Hamilton.

Ohhhh....Well ! He's not cheap !

[MKSixer]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

HAM's third demand ....

More controversially, though. HAM also wants a 10% share of Mercedes prize money should the side lift an eighth-straight title. Based on the 2020 pot, this would amount to a £13 million windfall for Hamilton.

Ohhhh....Well ! He's not cheap !

Sir Lewis isn't even in the top 10 of athletes in earnings. Soccer, Basketball, Football, Tennis, etc ALL have higher paid athletes. His request for $50 million is a great big nothing burger.

Here is the bio from: https://worldnewsera...hletes-of-2020/

"Hamilton raised the bar yet again in 2020, winning his fourth consecutive Formula 1 title and seventh overall, tying the all-time record. He won 11 of 17 races during the shortened season, tying a personal best and earning $40 million from the final year of his contract with Mercedes-Benz. Hamilton is also the most marketable racer in the world, earning over $12 million via endorsements with Bose, Tommy Hilfiger, Puma, Sony, Monster Energy, and Vodafone, among others. Headed into 2021, he’ll be renewing his primary sponsorship with Mercedes-Benz."

I emboldened the statement. And for comparison, here is Roger Federer. Sir Lewis didn't even earn half of what Federer pocketed yet I don't hear any outcry about his earnings.

"Due to lack of opportunity, blended with a knee injury, 2020 marked only the second year that Federer failed to notch a win on the court. But it did not hinder him from becoming the first tennis player ever to finish as the highest-earning athlete in the world. The 39-year-old took home over $106 million in 2020, much of which came from his robust portfolio of endorsements. Federer earns between $3 and $30 million per corporate partnership, headlined by a 10-year, $300 million pact with apparel brand Uniqlo. He also counts Rolex, Barilla, and Mercedes-Benz among brands he backs."

[M5Rick]

^ The difference is that HAM can be easily replaced and it perhaps worked against him when he missed a race through sickness and an eager Russell was brought in demonstrating the advantage of the car.
Good night!

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Damn COVID !

1.1 mil people now covid affected in UK but in SE the pandemic is showing signs of easing.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by MKSixer

I see and stand in wonderment, Oh Mighty Swami!!

My friend . What is a Swami ?

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5theonlyone

1.1 mil people now covid affected in UK but in SE the pandemic is showing signs of easing.

Indeed my friend . I check my Corona Worldometer daily/twice => https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
The UK had "today" 60,916 new COVID cases ...

And I really hate the numbers in red !

The WHO said : Even with the vaccines , it will not disappear .
And as for the latest mutations , the vaccines won't work ...
It's a disaster ...It's terrible !

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5theonlyone

^ The difference is that HAM can be easily replaced and it perhaps worked against him when he missed a race through sickness and an eager Russell was brought in demonstrating the advantage of the car.
Good night!

My friend . It's not F1 . But here it is ....

[MKSixer]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

My friend . What is a Swami ?

A wise shaman or medicine man. A fortune teller.

[MKSixer]

Originally Posted by M5theonlyone

^ The difference is that HAM can be easily replaced and it perhaps worked against him when he missed a race through sickness and an eager Russell was brought in demonstrating the advantage of the car.
Good night!

Sure. Anomalistic track. Only 4 turns and 2 braking zones. And who's settings did he drive with? He tried with his own settings, unsuccessfully when the team asked him use Sir Lewis's settings.

We know what Mercedes is like without Sir Lewis. Ferrari have WDCs and WCCs in 2017 and 2018 with VET and RBR with Max having 2020.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by MKSixer

A wise shaman or medicine man. A fortune teller.

OK . Got it . Thank you !

[Bartledoo]

My only prediction is that whoever signs for that Merc seat will win the WDC

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Bartledoo

My only prediction is that whoever signs for that Merc seat will win the WDC

Mate . You nailed it !

Of course that depends from MAX ...and the new '21 HONDA PU