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Ah - get you! No - don't want to see silly, or staged, races. If I put my cynical hat on I'd say that we observe more than enough of that with some questionable uses of the Safety Car.

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Covalent wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 20, 2020 9:29 am
How was that a novelty race?

If you're referring to Turkey, I'd reply by saying that the circumstances across the weekend (new surface plus wet weather) were unusual - or, in other words, novel.

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Honestly, most of the races this season have been a complete blur in my mind. 70th anniversary , Monza and Turkey are the only races which left any kind of impression on me. As for the rest, I have entirely forgotten about them. What happened in Belgium? What happened in Styria? Nurburgring? Russia...

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Honestly, most of the races this season have been a complete blur in my mind. 70th anniversary , Monza and Turkey are the only races which left any kind of impression on me. As for the rest, I have entirely forgotten about them. What happened in Belgium? What happened in Styria? Nurburgring? Russia...

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Mansell, Australia 1986. My brother and I were just kids and we got up early to watch the race, pretty sure that 'Our Nige' would become WDC. Had to wait another six years... Another end-of-season race for Mansell, Portugal 1984. He retired from second place with brake failure, handong Niki Lauda t...

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Honestly, most of the races this season have been a complete blur in my mind. 70th anniversary , Monza and Turkey are the only races which left any kind of impression on me. As for the rest, I have entirely forgotten about them. What happened in Belgium? What happened in Styria? Nurburgring? Russia...

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Mansell, Australia 1986. My brother and I were just kids and we got up early to watch the race, pretty sure that 'Our Nige' would become WDC. Had to wait another six years... Another end-of-season race for Mansell, Portugal 1984. He retired from second place with brake failure, handong Niki Lauda t...

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I presume that was the year he crashed in a rather undignified way at one of the Lesmos! I think 2011 was the year he decided to dial down the inner Senna and dial up the inner Prost. That was 2 years prior, and more forgiveable because he was giving it everything to snatch a 2nd place to keep up t...

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There are a number of candidates who I'd have no argument against. I'm going to give the nod to Hamilton. That car has been far from its best all weekend and, whist I suspect that they managed to find a better setup (relative to Friday / Saturday!), there was still an awful lot of skill, patience an...

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. For the posted video PART of the tyre can be seen over the line. The regs (See two of my posts above for EXACT wording) state "any part of the car" - NOT what the stewards re-wrote of "any part of the car COMPLETELY over". All you have to do is read the actual regulation, not the stewards re-writ...

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Mansell, Australia 1986. My brother and I were just kids and we got up early to watch the race, pretty sure that 'Our Nige' would become WDC. Had to wait another six years... Random and useless bit of trivia: it also makes the 1980s the only decade, since F1 became a world championship, that there ...

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Disappointing? Bert Mylander. "Giovinazzi's car is n a dangerous position. Safety Car please." "No." "No?" "Have you tried driving on that? I'm not going out. Call a virtual..." They really called the SC , me thinking it was good to see the VSC, did we really need the SC, I would say no. Also regro...

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When? I've already questioned which of his it exits were under investigation. Plus, for the one where footage has been shared (where he joined behind Perez), I did not see any part of the car completely across the line.
I'm not going to say that my observation is infallible - it's just how I saw it.

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Disappointing? Bert Mylander. "Giovinazzi's car is n a dangerous position. Safety Car please." "No." "No?" "Have you tried driving on that? I'm not going out. Call a virtual..." They really called the SC , me thinking it was good to see the VSC, did we really need the SC, I would say no. Also regro...

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Can we clear something up? The incident review states a time of 13:34. with the race having started at 12:10, surely that wasn't the exit where he tucked in between Perez and Vettel, his car getting a little laryas he rejoined? If it is, that replay does not convince me that any part of his car comp...

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Paolo_Lasardi wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 15, 2020 3:11 pm
What more does RBR need to see?

Another victory lost due to the lack of a competent No. 2.

Did I miss something? How did Albon cost Verstappen the win today?

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Clarky wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 15, 2020 3:18 pm
Vestappen Pit Lane exit (37:05) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr36Hzc ... l=FORMULA1

I was under the impression that the investigation was for his exit after a subsequent stop. I was waiting for a replay after it was called but didn't get one.

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Disappointing? Bert Mylander.
"Giovinazzi's car is n a dangerous position. Safety Car please."
"No."
"No?"
"Have you tried driving on that? I'm not going out. Call a virtual..."

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Doesn't look likely that Stroll will keep pole here... https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/stroll-summoned-over-yellow-flag-infringement/4909793/ 'Stroll was informed of the yellow flags on team radio, but later told "that was a single yellow so keep pushing" before improving his time to secure pole...

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Schermerhorn wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 13, 2020 8:57 pm
Crazy to think that out of the current F1 drivers only Perez, Hamilton and Vettel have raced an F1 car at Istanbul before.

...plus Kimi?

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Niki Lauda, Fuji 1976. Considering what he had put himself through just to stay in contention for the title, that must have been a pretty brave decision to decide, 'No, it's just not worth it.'

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Mansell, Australia 1986. My brother and I were just kids and we got up early to watch the race, pretty sure that 'Our Nige' would become WDC. Had to wait another six years...

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Seems he's upset a few Hamilton fans with his comments.(here) but I think they're fair enough. The comments are pretty much copy/paste from his book. Ultimately it's a compliment - Hamilton was always fast, but had a few areas where could improve. At that point in their careers, Button had the expe...

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Norris didn't leave room on the approach to the corner. As far as I know, there is no requirement to leave room after the apex; this would explain why the FIA believes it is fine for the one ahead to run the other off the track. In this case, that would be Stroll running Norris off the track. Corre...

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Whilst the debris may have been removed from Battas' car the floor will have still be compromised, so his car would still be slightly unstable. Personally, I think that Hamilton's race was a demonstration of patience - holding back in the first stint to preserve the tyres in order to build what woul...

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Back to seatbelts - I'm surprised that the FIA isn't making more noise about this. It's been pushing the safety issue for some time and isn't the wearing of seatbelts a fundamental safety aspect?

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The only prediction I had is that, with the result likely to be close (despite those exit polls) and both parties suggesting legal action should they lose in a close contest, this would be an unholy mess.
In that respect only, I'm not disappointed so far...

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Poor Russell. That radio after his crash: 'I don't know what to say.' If he had just said 'I think Ericsson hit me' I'd have given him DoD there and then.

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Invade wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 01, 2020 9:42 pm
Literally voted Grosjean because he didn't retire because of a headache.

Hard-as-nails RoGro, who'll race on with a bruised finger.
Unless Ericsson hits him.

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Why Perez? He benefited from qualifying poorly to be on the right tyre. He gained places because the top 10 qualifiers got hold up behind Magnussen who ran out of order thanks to Vettel pushing him out in the first lap. Yes, the SC strategy call did not work in Perez favour. But: Kvyat was behind h...

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Invade wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 01, 2020 3:16 pm
OK guys I realise I'm subtle.

I'm talking about Vettel's wing endplate.

Penny finally dropped! Very nice.

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What is it with the luck for Hamilton and the opposite for Bottas... Problem for Bottas and VSC for Hamilton to pit at the exact right part of the track. Hamilton had already earned the overcut but it was going to be tight at that point but he was going to extend it further if not for the VSC. This...

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I'll hold my hand up and state that such a phrase as 'outperforming the car' does make my poo itch a bit, even though I know it's simply a phrase. I have the same reaction when I hear footballers (or soccer players, depending on where you are from!) talk about 'giving it 110%.' Outperforming the ca...

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Latifi should improve in his second season. If Haas does not improve its car, along with hiring a pair of rookies, I may be bold enough to state that Williams may finish ahead of Haas in 2021.

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I'll hold my hand up and state that such a phrase as 'outperforming the car' does make my poo itch a bit, even though I know it's simply a phrase. I have the same reaction when I hear footballers (or soccer players, depending on where you are from!) talk about 'giving it 110%.'

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Yup - (Germany 2018) it could have been Hamilton's greatest drive. Some may argue that it is his greatest. Some argue otherwise. That's the point - it's subjective. Reasons stated as an argument against it being his greatest do not suddenly make it ordinary and any element of luck is there to be tak...

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I totally failed to mention Gasly; he did a really impressive job. I'm still inclined to favour Perez, almost solely based on his recovery. His first lap incident was, in my view, not of his making and I'm inclined to give him a little leeway in his 'robust' defence against Gasly towards the end. I'...

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The softs lasted long enough in the opening stint when other teams were running with full fuel. Bottas was just answering to completely diffuse the situation like he always does Based on what I saw Bottas would not have kept the life in those softs to the end pf the race, let alone challenge Hamilt...

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Just a throwaway comment... Driver(s) of the First Lap: a certain 41-year-old. Talk about a smash¹-and-grab.
Edit: ¹ metaphorical, obviously...

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I reckon that Vettel must be giving the two fingers to Ferrari & just not even trying any more. He has finally realized that the Ferrari work ethic is a poisonous one (for him) & is just letting going out for a steady Sunday drive. However, he has to prove he can still race next season, if he doesn...

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