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1. Norris will beat Sainz 2. One of the Alpha Tauri will not last the season and both will be replaced for 2021 3. Kimi and Giovinazzi will both leave Alfa Romeo 4. Ferrari will not finish in the top 3 in the WCC this year or next 5. Perez will score more than 1 podium in 2020 6. I will moan consta...

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Today's race was the most boring of the entire season. If it's true that Mercedes "turned-down" the performance of their cars due to MGU fatigue, then they surrendered the race to Red Bull for no reason. So what if one (or both) Mercedes break down. It's not like Merc couldn't afford to lose the po...

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Today's race was the most boring of the entire season. If it's true that Mercedes "turned-down" the performance of their cars due to MGU fatigue, then they surrendered the race to Red Bull for no reason. So what if one (or both) Mercedes break down. It's not like Merc couldn't afford to lose the po...

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Is showing their personality through their driving not enough? There aren't many sports where the competitors keep changing their kits throughout the season.

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Abu Dhabi: A reliable anticlimax to the season. - Bottas would have still been 2nd with a 3rd place finish, so I don't understand why they were so conservative in the strategy Maybe they just wanted it all over too. I think they probably thought the only way they could lose 2nd in the WDC was a fail...

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I have to wonder about the fire marshal hosing down the pavement before turning the hose on Grosjean's car. It occurs to me that Romain was on the same side of the barrier that the fire marshal was on. He may not have wanted to turn the force of the hose on Romain as he was getting out of the cockp...

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The question of Armco is interesting one. Without the Halo he's dead irrespective, and the fire/destruction was heightened by it. Armco is terrible from that point of view. However ultimately the devastation and penetration caused to the barrier my also have been what ultimately saved him from being...

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Without high downforce and grip F1 isn't really F1. It should be fairly close to the optimum engineering solution for going fast around a circuit as it is meant to be the fastest racing formula. If you want low grip and slower cars there are plenty of other series to go for. Changes to keep things i...

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2006 wrote: Calling it now: Schumacher's records will never be broken

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/formula1/50296806/page/8 I've heard a reason for why Albon is struggling - and this has come from a very good source. It's to do with car behaviour and what the two drivers want. Verstappen likes a pointy car, in the same ay Michael Schumacher used to like a pointy ...

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It occurs to me that George Russell could actually be a really good fit.
He's been very fast and consistent (especially in qualifying making Q2 not a shock any more) in a Williams that while much improved has often been the slowest car on the grid.

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For those that haven't caught it yet, Kimi's opening lap:

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If Gasly was having a season like this without his Red Bull baggage teams would be all over him as the next big thing in F1. He's been immense.

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4 or 5 years of complete Renault dominance and Alonso could be back in the game

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I'd give Gasly another chance.

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Banana Man wrote: ↑
Sun Sep 27, 2020 8:21 am
Absolute monster that, such a relief to see them both climb out.

Wow

That Tecpro really is awesome stuff.

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Sainz moaning about turn two.... well clearly you're not supposed to drive through the bollards at full speed are you? The whole point of the chicane is to slow you down, but no it has to be changed because you're an idiot! I agree about not moaning, but it did seem mad to me that Verstappen especi...

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I thought that not having Hamilton at the front would spice up the race. Turns out it's just as boring as before. I actually turned off my TV with 15 laps to spare and took a nap. Formula 1 is fundamentally broken. The resources and performance difference between the cars is too great. Formula 1 is...

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My overall driver of the day didn't make the top 3 on the coverage. Perez's pace and longevity on that first soft stint was huge.

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Tricky one. More than 3 good drives that stand out.

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Strong race from Raikkonen. Supposedly there was damage after the (first

) first lap incident. His pace for the final stint in order to only lose one place from the 5 second penalty was really good.

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Amazing eventful race, but make the most of it because I doubt we'll be back here in a hurry. I'm not convinced the track is really suited to modern F1.

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(I posted this in the race thread, but it's probably more relevant here) In principle violations that compromise fair racing, gaining from cutting a chicane or jumping the start for instance, can be proportionate to the racing advantage gained. On the other hand the penalties for violations that com...

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What rankles me the most about these stop and go penalties is that before the race, the commentators mentioned several records on offer to Hamilton had he finished on the podium. Can't recall all of the possibilities, but one of them was most consecuitive podium finishes. Again, there were several ...

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Gasly, Sainz, Raikkonen.

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Amazing how fine the margins are: Bottas 0.069 off pole and Pérez 0.025 off lap of the day/3rd. And of course totally knocking Hamilton/Sainz from the headlines.

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He may not have the car under him, and he might well retire at the end of the season, but video evidence suggests Kimi has still got it especially around Spa:

Round the outside through Pouhon

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To be fair Bottas did improve, just by not quite enough. It's fairly frequently the case that he is equal or faster than Hamilton in the first two sectors and then loses out in the last, and that's not just here.

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Ever since the early days of Mercedes' return to F1 when they have had issues it's often been overheating the rear tyres. I feel like it's never really gone away. Obviously they're largely overcome it with setup and whatever the design concept that provokes it it's totally worth it by virtue of thei...

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Gasly's been quietly excellent all season.

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Water is wet, Popes defecate in woods, Alonsos return to Renault

Happy to see him back. I still think he's one of the best and I like to see the best driving an F1 car.

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Once you start watching it as a race in it's own right, rather than a game or an alternative to real life, the full time sim'ers put on a really good show. Some spectacular (yet largely clean) racing here:

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https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/marko-red-bull-coronavirus-camp/4774807/ I find this utterly contemptible. It suggests he is both ignorant and completely lacking perspective. I'd be happy to see him gone from the paddock before racing restarts as he clearly lacks care for drivers beyond what they...

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We have only had 2 cancelled so far, Australia and Monaco. All the others are currently 'postponed'. Obviously, some of the postponed ones will be cancelled by the end of the season. Fair point. :thumbup: ... which leads to the slightly bleak 'guess how many races will take place in 2020' thread id...

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Right so I'm seeing a lot of talk about how this is genius, and seems to be legal. My question is, if it's legal for the driver to change the toe from the cockpit, why not just have a button that does the same job? And if a simple switch on the wheel wouldn't be allowed then why would this be legal...

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Asphalt_World wrote:
mikeyg123 wrote:I think after day 1 it's safe to say the 2020 season will be a hard thought battle between Mercedes and Racing Point.
I think after day 2 it's safe to say the 2020 season will be dominated by Alfa Romeo.

Kimi's 13 years between 1st and 2nd WDCs will comfortably be a new record.

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I think I you were actually in charge at Ferrari and the opportunity was there to sign Hamilton it would be very risky and difficult to justify turning it down.

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It's amazing how many ideas to improve F1 are things that have been the case at some point in the past but were changed in the name of improving F1... Anyway, It feels like unless it's going to the wire Abu Dhabi has a certain anticlimactic end of term feel to it, especially after Brazil. Maybe that...

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I think Hamilton made a mistake not to go for slipstream. He should have tucked behind behind going to final corner. But Gasly did well not to make mistake even though he went for the outside line in the final corner and had slightly few more meter to travel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsbjI6H...

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Liket wrote:Sainz has done it, apparently?

12 people got it right.

Well, apparently I said "Before the end of the season". It didn't say which season though...

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