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Hope they make the swap. Haas could use Checo and his sponsors.

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Today they building the transmission on a metal case that fits like a cartridge inside a carbon fiber shell that provides all the car specific hard points. The common transmission makes a lot of sense as it could still allow the teams to design around it as they desire.

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They wouldn't have to push hard to burn off the excess fuel. They would have a fuel wasting fuel strategy in the ECU. Anytime the driver is requesting less than full power the consumption is below the 110#/hr limit therefore there is an opportunity to waste fuel. They wold keep fueling the engine on...

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Wishing hope and strength for Marchionne and his family in what is a very difficult time. — I don’t understand the mindset of posters who feel the need to say things like “Don’t like the guy but I wish him well”. What bunch of sanctimonious faux sympathetic garbage. The family does not need your for...

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Changes are not all good or bad. Traditions are not all good or bad. The podium interviews have devolved into the same old speeches: "Before I answer that let me pause to tell the fans here in {insert Country/CityName} you are the best and I could not have done it without my {insert TeamName} crew."...

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Cameras serve a purpose in mixed class endurance racing where faster cars tend to surprise relatively slower cars. That is not what is happening in F1. Those video systems are also supplemental to the side mirrors, not replacing. A driver needs a side mirror near his line of sight as he looks toward...

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I believe if this had been an indecent between teams instead of teammates the stewards would have ruled VER at fault. Because it was Redbull against Redbull they took a pass with a neutral ruling and let the team deal with them. As far as the Redbull response, it seems to be clear VER has the contra...

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My point is - I don't get which part of Vettel's stint was the impressive bit, if he done the 39 laps and only had a 1 or 1.2 second lap drop off over that distance then I would say yes that is good driving and he has done well to maintain pace whilst increasing stint length but what he did was inc...

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Correlation does not imply causation. With a golf ball the air is moving fast. With a smooth ball air quickly detaches as it rounds the ball. Once detached there is negative pressure in the turbulent tail of air behind the ball. That negative pressure is pulling against the back of the ball, slowing...

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Kudos to Mothers Car Care Products for picking up the ball and sponsoring the entire race commercial free. Let’s encourage them to keep it up.

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Qualifying modes are part of racing and should stay but I would consider limiting the number of modes a car can have available during a race. Instead of dozens say they only had four modes to choose from, go-fast, regular-race and conserve-fuel, cool-hot-engine. Engineers would then have a little le...

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If Haas was to beat Ferrari the paddock would have a tizzy over the Ferrari looking too much like the Haas and conclude that Ferrari colluded to take Haas intellectual property. They would then try to ban Ferrari from poaching the Haas aerodynamicists and engineers.

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Everything is available on the WatchESPN app. Both live and in replay. It also supports casting to your TV. I got that app on the fire tv but it doesnt give me the replay option just live. It has replays of other sports but not f1 atm. In the iOS version under the Sport / Auto Racing category we ha...

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Everything is available on the WatchESPN app. Both live and in replay. It also supports casting to your TV.

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Everything is available on the WatchESPN app. Both live and in replay. It also supports casting to your TV.

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The heaviest driver in F1 is the Hulk, how much advantage did Perez have by being able to place 11Kg extra of ballast within the car, also next year with him being 8Kg heavier than Sainz will he be actually running heavier than Sainz? Specifics are not clear yet but I would suspect that the meaning...

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Yes the MP4/4 is simple, elegant and classic. But we have to accept that if we gave the 1988 rulebook to Adrian Newey and asked him today to design a car for that era the car would look very odd in comparison and it would destroy the MP4/4 on the racetrack. Technology moves on. Celebrate the past wi...

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Future? WTH.

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Question for those in the know, why do the drivers come almost to the middle of the track on the straights and then move back up to the wall for corner entry? If too close to the wall the car compresses the air between itself and the wall, creating drag. The entire straight is cambered to the insid...

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Couple of questions for anyone who knows..... Is the offical Indy stream regionally protected or can you watch anywhere in the world? And why do (mainly) America motoesports always use the average speed as a common stat? I've seen it in Indy, NASCAR and drag (possibly ALMS too, bit can't be sure). ...

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In China, on lap 39 (the point after both the Mercedes and Ferrari had pitted and were in 1st and 2nd place with no cars between them) the gap between the two cars was 9.573s. By lap 53, the last lap of the charge after which it can be seen the driver settles for 2nd and eases off two laps from the...

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... He's not upset they used team orders. He says is not nice to hear but that he understands it. Full quote: “Honestly as a racing driver it’s maybe the worst thing you want to hear,” said Bottas after the race. “That’s how it is.” “But for sure I did it because there was potential Lewis could cha...

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I`m pretty sure the "Hulkenberg set the fastest lap of the race" sticker came up on the screen, right at the same time/lap when Giovinazzi crashed... so while Hulk found it difficult to warm up his tires for a 1 lap (or 2 maybe?, didnt he pit 1 lap ealier than Vettel?), once he got some heat in the...

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The battle behind the Mercedes I felt was very good last year. But you are right, give it a race or two to see it settle but to be fair I had written it off before this race. Hamilton was 2.5 seconds quicker than Max and couldn't pass Fastest laps: Hamilton: 1:27.033 Verstappen: 1:26.964 The real d...

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Last years Mercedes engine qualifying mode was worth more time than the delta in Hamilton pole. If that gap holds true the Mercedes is going to have a real race on its hands.

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I actually would like to see someone overtaking Hamilton on merit, not at the start. Lets hope Bottas can do what Rosberg unable to do. The race starts when the lights go out. Drivers deserve credit when they get a better start than the competition and drivers who make mistakes create hurdles they ...

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So Mercedes is suspected of having an engine that burns up to 5 liters of oil during a race? Is this correct? If yes, their oil sump size should be significantly larger than other engines. Should be easy enough to check. Also, all the Mercedes customer engines should have this advantage too. The en...

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I'm hardly an expert, but doesn't "oil" in the combustion chamber of a gasoline engine have the effect of reducing the fuel's octane rating? I remember reading a paper about WWII Daimler Benz aero engines using an inverted "V" configuration. One bank of cylinders was intentionally set with a slight...

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The average age for marriage for the countries that these drivers come from is
probably 32-33. Considering the age of the divers the numbers seem about right.

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Persistent vertical display on the left side of the screen that shows all cars and their intervals at the same time. There is a lot more racing going on other than what is on screen and the viewer can't follow it. The scrolling garbage at the bottom isn't good enough and you can't use a live data ap...

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What you need to realise here that there was a double movement by Rosberg albeit in the same direction, the first movement was a slow drift to the right which was not going to block the inside but was to position Rosberg's car closer to the middle of the track, the second movement was a sudden shar...

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Rosberg didn't run Hamilton off the track. Watch his in car video (1:33-1:48). Watch his steering inputs, or lack of. He held the same arc around the corner until he arrived at his angle toward the right side of the track. Then he drives a straight line until he arrives at the edge of the track. Han...

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Considering that Redbull probably has the largest budget in F1, shouldn't the question read:

Outside Redbull, Mercedes and Ferrari who is the most desirable team for next year?

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Sometimes I shake my head. Formula One is supposed to be the peak of racing technology, but at times their attitude is stone age. In Indycar there was a minor controversy a few weeks back, the car that won left the pit lane in a questionable manner, some drivers claim he cut the exit line. So Indyc...

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So let's call it the proper turn 2 at the Russian GP. Drivers make the corner and start the long left hand turn 3...but they veer right to get the best entry...LEAVING the track (i.e. White lines)!! Sometimes even all 4 wheels leave it. I'm tired of these new tracks and even monza upgrades of run o...

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Silly move into Turn 1 yesterday but the second accident with Vettel was entirely out of his control. At that point on the track, at that stage in the race, no driver would be prepared for the person just metres ahead to slow suddenly. Not that I'm blaming Vettel for doing that (considering Perez -...

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I'm with Bentrovato - I think the rant was deliberate to try and avoid a penalty for crashing with KR - but I think KR should have been more careful coming back onto the track as well - and both the Ferrari should have been penalised. I didn't see DK in that incident doing anything wrong - it was u...

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Kvyat straightens the steering once he is past the Ferraris. If he had to, he had the front grip to hold a tighter line if he needs to. If he could have held the inside line he would have otherwise you are implying that he chose to slow down and lengthen the track needlessly. Kvyat accelerated hard...

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Kvyat straightens the steering once he is past the Ferraris. If he had to, he had the front grip to hold a tighter line if he needs to. If he could have held the inside line he would have otherwise you are implying that he chose to slow down and lengthen the track needlessly. Kvyat accelerated hard...

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I think that the writers are completely missing the point. The dinner is a show of solidarity in the wake of Bernie trying to trivialize them and their open letter. In light of Bernie's attempt to put the drivers down by claiming that they never pick up the dinner check none of them were willing to ...

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