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Not seeing this much in the news, but the driver sits on a huge battery pack. Everyone is suggesting that it is the fuel that kept the inferno going, but what about that battery pack? Could it have added fuel to the fire? Or could it have ruptured and caused the start of a chemical fire (well petrol...

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It has become increasingly clear that Ferrari is incapable of putting together a winning car . Charles won 2 races last year and that is held up as the brilliant standard for Ferrari. I have no regrets about Seb leaving the Italian team behind. McLaren is due for a rise, I hope he pops over there i...

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Exediron wrote:
P-F1 Mod wrote:I doubt we'll see real front wings at launch, those are too valuable to show before testing.

Yeah, whatever you see on these cars probably isn't real. Certainly not for the 'Big Three'.

Spot on. My guess too.

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Good morning everyone; back from the end of last season in anticipation from what this thread will reveal as the days pass...

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Sadly I agree, ultimately I think peoples' individual self-interest always wins out and that is why so little has been achieved even though the consequences have been well known for decades. As an example of this, the BBC ran an eye-opening article a few weeks ago about the rising use of sulphur he...

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I’m not sure why we’re having an argument about 12V trailer cables, they aren’t in any way relevant to EV. EVs have all sort of insulation and safety devices to prevent the inhabitants from being electrocuted. Batteries aren’t perfect but they are developing rapidly and will eventually become the m...

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Battery technology is improving rapidly, I agree that batteries may well have a significant effect on the environment however, the biggest issue at the moment is greenhouse gases and global warming. Electric vehicles will help in this respect , as if to prove a point this weekend Grand Prix in Sing...

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Hamilton: "I forced him into error". What a joke. This is exactly what happened!!! I don't believe that at all. I think Vettel was just trying to go quickly anyway and the lapped drivers he was catching up with just resulted in an unexpected lack of downforce. I think he just got caught out by that...

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Clarky wrote:
Lt. Drebin wrote:Hamilton: "I forced him into error". What a joke.
This is exactly what happened!!!

Please..

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So HAmilton "forced" Seb to make a mistake.....how many times did Hamilton not lock-up in the hairpin? Are those not mistakes Hamilton made during the race?

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Yes Seb! You are are the WINNER!!

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Put them both in the same car this year. Who would come out on top? And by how much? Well, Bottas had much better machinery than Raikkonnen and Kimi ended ahead of Bottas in the Championship...so that answers this question....Having lost his main sponsor is sad and Merc have done nothing to stick b...

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This thread has lost its way. Kimi clearly was better than Bottas in 2018. Even the final points show that.

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Merc has truly destroyed Bottas having him move over for Hamilton every time. Now they plan to spit him out and do the same to Ocon?

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Well done Kimi...It was worth the wait!

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j man wrote:There have been plenty of complaints about the tyres, they are universally unpopular, certainly on this forum. However this is our 8th season with them, their shortcomings are old news and there is nothing new to discuss.

^^^^
THIS....

But the ATRs on my Amarok are brilliant...

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Well great that Kimi is still in F1 come 2019 and 2020....almost sold off my F1 tickets! I am writing under correction, but has Kimi not stated that he will want to take up a development role in F1 if he was to remain in F1. A role behind the scenes. I seem to have read it somewhere or it was mentio...

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Ok, so when will the official announcement come??? I thought it would be last weekend at Monza. Reports from a number of sources suggest that Kimi was told last weekend that he no longer had a ride for next year. Yeah, by the sounds of yesterday's reports on the interwebs, Maranello sat last night ...

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....I am heartbroken....

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why should he surrender P1? Mathematically Kimi is not out of the title race.

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Kimi win tomorrow would be pretty special. Will be interesting to see if Ferrari use team orders given they didn't give Vettel the tow today. I'm no fan of team orders, but with the drivers' championship situation as it is it would be very naive for either Ferrari or Mercedes not to be using them a...

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Johnson wrote:It’s nice to see but the only chance to win is if Hamilton jumps Vettel at the start

Yes, I also think it will be a race for P2 between Hamilton and Vettel. A nice P2 ding-dong battle between the two will certainly spice up the race...

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Invade wrote:Recent performances continue to convince me that these two drivers are very close indeed.

Well...recent performances indicate Kimi is clearly in another class...

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The ICEMAN!!!

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If & whenever Stroll goes to Force India, Williams could employ either Nikita Mazepin or Artem Markelov, both which have wealthy fathers & wouldn't mind investing in the team. So it leaves Kubica out in the cold as sponsorship is a bigger priority than experience at Williams. http://www.grandprix.c...

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I did not expect anything less than Ferrari wanting to keep Kimi's services for next season at the very least. Kimi and Vettel made that car quick this season. They have been struggling in the last few seasons, probably more because of the firepower in the back being less punchy than the Merc's powe...

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Kimi on his fifth straight podium....two stop strategy, slow first pit stop and still managed to overtake Bottas...
Bottas - from hero to zero in two laps...

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It was my first year at university and the first F1 race I watched was 1 May 1994, lying on the couch suffering an unimaginable hungover. I only got off the couch at around 7pm that day. Caught up by the events of that day, I loosely followed F1 missing many races but always picking up Schumacher wi...

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Where is he ranked then? Probably in the middle third 8-15 based on current ability. Hence him being average among his peers. I would rate him 8-14th, based on fairly broad groupings: Group 1 -- Definitely better than Kimi (as of 2018) : Hamilton, Alonso, Vettel, Verstappen, Ricciardo Group 2 -- Ve...

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Based on 2018 results? We know that the Merc is a faster car than the Ferrari this season; there is only one conclusion. Kimi for sure. Kimi has more points, more podiums, worst finishing position 6th for Kimi and 8th for Bottas and both with equal number of DNFs. Its clear Kimi is bring more points...

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I think a drive through would have been better. There is some thought that it may be called as a first lap incident, but as it wasn't mid pack I think a penalty was fair. There's no perfect scenario here, especially when the guy that caused the incident finishes in front of the guy he punted off . ...

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Awesome race today from the Iceman!

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What is their problem? They find very little merit in Kimi's performances.

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Why vote Vettel? hmm, maybe because despite not "having the pace " and despite Merc being faster..he won Oh he passed under the VSC, true but he stayed there, he drove smartly , I suppose people here when reading the tortoise and the hare thought the tortoise didn't deserve the victory because he w...

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Yes....I am pretty much die hard Kimi fan, but after yesterday's race, I was left disappointed and faced with the truth that the old Kimi is no more....but I will still hope for one more win....I still hope. To fight for the championship against Seb he can't be 4/10ths off the pace in qualy nor in t...

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Much slower petrol anyday. Electric cars are much boring to watch, to drive, and to hear, no matter the speed If Formula E has to be the future of racing, then we have a depressing future How is a car powered by an electric motor more boring to watch than a petrol one? Why does that make for a depr...

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In answer to the question, whatever is fastest, so electric in this hypothetical situation. However, electric is decades away from being anywhere near F1 performance levels. The fundamental problem of storage has existed for a very long time and many different industries have been researching batte...

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I think this thread derailed...

Was Mercedes not going to announce the driver by January 3, 2017?

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Alos, I think the FIA must have made at least three readings per car...i.e. taken to the pressue reading of the each merc three times, each ferrarri three times....so...twelve readings. It's hard to imagine that an FIA official will not make a correct reading... wow, so is that that a potential for...

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