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Has there been any other driver who won his first two races consecutively like Leclerc? Apart from Fangio, perhaps. Lewis somebody I think the commentator listed about 6 drivers but I can't remember them all. Possible Hill and Button but I could be wrong. Forgot that Hamilton won after Canada. Butt...

bassel7

Has there been any other driver who won his first two races consecutively like Leclerc? Apart from Fangio, perhaps.

bassel7

I keep reading about Merc... and Red Bull holding back/sandbagging. Are all of you sure that Ferrari has shown everything that they have? Or are we still basing our perceptions on the past 3 years? This. Watching Raikkonen's 1.18:6 lap in Barcelona, he missed two apexes either due to braking a bit ...

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Interesting discussion between Peter Windsor and Rob Wilson, who has been a long-term admirer of Kimi, about this season and Kimi's weaknesses with the current Pirelli tyres, namely the front ones.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVAT5fcWeSM

bassel7

When I first read the title of the thread, I thought the OP meant Gutierrez as the third protagonist. He has been making his mark with his blue flag obstructions ever since Hungary.

bassel7

Considering it's Sunday evening and with the forum and thread both asleep, let us discuss Kimi's second tenure at Ferrari. On this day in 2013, Ferrari announced Kimi for a second spell in their team starting with the 2014 season. Three years later, do you consider it as a good move or a bad one? Fo...

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Ratings given to Kimi for his Hungary GP: AMuS: 9 Autosport: 7 Sky Sports: 8 Gazzetta: 8.5 I think he was definitely quick, helped by the fact that he had an abundance of fresh SS tyres, but he did have a very good first stint that allowed for his race to be as good as it was. Overtaking Verstappen ...

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Also, whenever Vettel beats Kimi it´s because Kimi had a crap race and/or is a crap driver. And whenever Kimi beats Vettel it´s because Vettel had a crap race and/or is a crap driver. What a lovely time to support them both. I am not sure about that, Vettel is a top quality driver and by all accoun...

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Interesting stuff Kimi Raikkonen might have been retained for another year by Ferrari but that hasn’t stopped the Scuderia being subject to some very interesting gossip. According to The Times, Raikkonen was only retained after Vettel ‘vetoed’ the team’s attempt to sack The Finn. ‘Insiders say his ...

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@Zoue Difference is Lewis is never slow or if he is, you can bet something is not working on his car. You can go back to 2011 but even then he was faster than Button in both qualifyings and races. He may crash or fail to pass his rival, but slow he is not. China this year was not a good race from H...

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Kimi got the following ratings from the press: Gazzetta - 5 AMuS - 8 Autosport - 7 Sky Sports - 7.5 I think 7 is a fair enough rating considering he did up the pace at the end and cut off the 18s deficit to Perez, helped by 8s lost by Perez with his spin, and had a better weekend than Vettel overal...

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Kimi got the following ratings from the press: Gazzetta - 5 AMuS - 8 Autosport - 7 Sky Sports - 7.5 I think 7 is a fair enough rating considering he did up the pace at the end and cut off the 18s deficit to Perez, helped by 8s lost by Perez with his spin, and had a better weekend than Vettel overall...

bassel7

Raikkonen signed on for 2017! Mega news.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/125185

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Funnily enough, Mercedes issued a statement today to deny Lauda's words. So, according to them, Hamilton did not thrash his room and he is on good terms with Rosberg. Niki seems to me to be the more credible one here. https://twitter.com/SteveJones/status/750664750997045248 EDIT: at first, I did not...

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Yeah, as per above post, I do not think Ferrari had the speed to fight Mercedes for the win, but Kimi should not have came out behind the Red Bulls in the first place. They do not have the speed nor tyre differential to the RBs as Mercedes do in order for him to overtake them that easily. I find it...

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Yeah, as per above post, I do not think Ferrari had the speed to fight Mercedes for the win, but Kimi should not have came out behind the Red Bulls in the first place. They do not have the speed nor tyre differential to the RBs as Mercedes do in order for him to overtake them that easily. I find it...

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Yeah, as per above post, I do not think Ferrari had the speed to fight Mercedes for the win, but Kimi should not have came out behind the Red Bulls in the first place. They do not have the speed nor tyre differential to the RBs as Mercedes do in order for him to overtake them that easily. I find it ...

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Rosberg was punished for failing to leave "racing room". But, look at the picture, Lewis still has plenty of room, and steers into Rosberg. http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/live-experience/cps/480/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2016/7/3/tweet-749601578450059265-2.jpg Rosberg also received a reprimand for contin...

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So much drama and over-analyzing over a simple human way of thinking. Rosberg has been beaten wheel to wheel so many times by Hamilton that he must have a complex already. He is leading in WDC and sees how Hamilton will beat him on track again. What does Rosberg do - crash into Hamilton with the th...

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I have a strong suspicion two Ferrari drivers weren't driving the exact same car this weekend, and if true apparently its not something that was supposed to be known. I guess it is just the same old story with not keeping the tyres' temperature up to the needed standard. That is why he struggles in...

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But you factored in Kimis Rally years. Indeed. I forgot about them. So yeah either Kimi is on 7 or Schumi is on 8. Let's go with Schumacher at 8 I think it should Kimi with 7 ('08,09,12,13,14,15 + '16) and Schumi with 2 ('05,06) and 3 ('10,11,12) or a 5 ('05,06,10,11,12), but the count should defin...

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I missed the race today, and as I was afraid of due to his disastrous record there ever since he returned in 2012, he did not perform as well in Monaco as in the past 5 races. Arrivabene even went one step further saying that Kimi dislikes the track and would prefer not to race there. https://twitte...

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This thread never gets bumped during an actual racing weekend. I wonder why. :lol: He was the only driver today to just have a tame accident all by himself and go out. And then, as has become characteristic of him, no concern about what he does to other people, he trundles on the racing line with d...

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Bittersweet race. More bitter than sweet tbh. Kimi was close to that elusive win and it would have helped his chances alot for next year. In all cases, he did a better weekend than Vettel overall, which is pleasing to see, and while the win did not come, I do not think it was as easy as it seemed. R...

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I have just glanced at the others, I didn't notice this before... Bahrain 2015 > 2016 - pole 3.0 seconds quicker China 2015 > 2016 - pole just 0.4 quicker Australia 2015 > 2016 - pole 2.5 seconds quicker Why was China only 0.4 and looking at this I am thinking a lot of this time is in the tyre? Chi...

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Zoue wrote:Hmm. Kimi didn't improve at all from yesterday to today, but everyone else of the front runners did!

His second run on new softs was quick. Down 0.1s on Rosberg with the first two sectors, he caught up traffic and lost 0.9s in the last sector.

bassel7

This is actually inspired by Sky Sports's poll created yesterday, which had some unconvincing results (probably caused by all the excitement after the announcement). http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/10280242/vote-who-has-the-best-line-up So, I'd like to know this forum's more experienced opini...

bassel7

Ultimately, Kimi possibly got the best he could in this race in the end, since the Mercedes cars were very strong. And to be fair to him he made a great first start and was unlucky the SC came out, or he might have been a lot further up the road by the time Lewis reached him. But OTOH Kimi only fin...

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Oh, and on the podium interview Lewis also found it a bit odd that Kimi didn't defend! Kimi couldn't defend as he was out of shape coming out of turn 4. He was following Bottas from the straight line using DRS, tried to make a pass at turn 2, then followed him all throughout turn 3. He had underste...

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I had given out ratings for each driver in another thread and put on my top 10. here, I'll post the ratings and the whole rankings. So my ratings would be: Hamilton 9, Rosberg 7.5, Vettel 9.5, Kimi 6, Bottas 6.5, Massa 6, Ricciardo 7, Kvyat 7, Perez 7.5, Hulkenberg 6, Grosjean 6.5, Maldonado 5, Nasr...

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I was already thinking of basing my Top 10 by giving ratings before Sky used it as they averaged out the ratings given to each driver in every weekend to come out with the final ranking of the drivers: http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/10085774/f1-driver-ratings-2015-averages So my ratings woul...

bassel7

I am going to attend the Belgian GP after two weeks. Can someone tell me if it is somehow possible to get hold of drivers for an autograph or a pic other than Thursday's autograph session? I am not sure I will be able to make it on Thursday, and I have a 3 day pass. Is it possible to meet drivers o...

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I am going to attend the Belgian GP after two weeks. Can someone tell me if it is somehow possible to get hold of drivers for an autograph or a pic other than Thursday's autograph session? I am not sure I will be able to make it on Thursday, and I have a 3 day pass. Is it possible to meet drivers o...

bassel7

I am going to attend the Belgian GP after two weeks. Can someone tell me if it is somehow possible to get hold of drivers for an autograph or a pic other than Thursday's autograph session? I am not sure I will be able to make it on Thursday, and I have a 3 day pass. Is it possible to meet drivers on...

bassel7

What I really do not like about Rosberg, or any driver for that matter, is that he tries to play it safe. In Hungary '14, after Hamilton had trouble in quali, Rosberg said that he was going to play it safe in order to avoid mistakes and lose this opportunity of gaining points over Hamilton. Yet, th...

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What I really do not like about Rosberg, or any driver for that matter, is that he tries to play it safe. In Hungary '14, after Hamilton had trouble in quali, Rosberg said that he was going to play it safe in order to avoid mistakes and lose this opportunity of gaining points over Hamilton. Yet, thi...

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"I could have pushed a bit harder as there was more grip that I expected." sometimes I think he'd be better off just saying "I got the max I could." Every time seems to be an "if only" moment! :lol: Good qualifying overall I thought, for a change. Let's hope he can jump Nico at the start :twisted: ...

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"I could have pushed a bit harder as there was more grip that I expected." sometimes I think he'd be better off just saying "I got the max I could." Every time seems to be an "if only" moment! :lol: Good qualifying overall I thought, for a change. Let's hope he can jump Nico at the start :twisted: ...

bassel7

http://adamcooperf1.com/2015/04/12/sensitive-raikkonen-will-thrive-with-team-support-says-arrivabene/ New insight into Kimi's world. I am not sure Kimi would agree though; if asked about 2014, I think he would say that the car was the problem and not the influence Alonso (for example) had on the te...

bassel7

Hello, I am, hopefully, going to attend the Belgian GP this year. My first GP to watch live. Any tips or info would be very helpful! Also, do I need a special admission to enter the autograph session on Thursday? What are the chances of meeting the drivers on another day if I do not make it on Thurs...

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