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Don't forget, gear ratios are set for multiple races. This can have a big effect on driveability in slippery conditions.

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A lot of this problem is about the way we view the sport. We want it to be an individual competition despite the fact that motor racing in general,and formula one in particular, are team sports. It may be the epitome of a team sport. Run one car teams, get rid of the drivers championship, view it di...

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Despite being on different strategies it seems that he had at least the same pace as Vettel(considering also the tyre differences) and also in qualifying ...i really hate Alonso, my least favorite driver, but this is showing again how good he is compared with Raikkonen/Vettel/Massa. Even the small ...

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flyboy10 wrote:Slightly more worrying are some of the comments on YouTube.

True for every single youtube video... of anything.. on any topic.

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To be fair, it was more about the performance benefits Red Bull boasted the drink provided, the thing about it not literally giving you wings is newspaper sensationalism. Even so, the fact that there are some morons out there who take an advertising slogan as gospel is almost as depressing as the f...

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Very odd driver movements. You have two top drivers who are admittedly in underperforming teams, leaving to go to teams who are underperforming even more. One can perhaps understand Alonso's move, in that Ferrari are doing their best to return to the shambles they were pre Todt/Schumacher/Brawn. Th...

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When Ayrton Senna joined Prost at Mclaren in 1988, Prost was by then a 2 time world champion. When it became apparent that Senna could compete with prost the conclusion was (correctly) that Senna was great. And now that driver pairing is considered one of the greatest of all time. When Hamilton join...

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Two or three years ago (I cannot remember how long now) there was a scene at the end of the Italian Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel had just won, nando was on the podium with him. They were smiling and talking back and forth. Seb said something to Nando, Nando lifted his arm and gestured to the sea of...

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Let's be honest. Riccardo just kicked Vettel out of team. There is no way Vettel would like to go if those 2 wins were his, also generaly if he was the dominating figure in the team in my opinion he would stay. He is moving to save some credit about his 4 titles, cus it faded a lot in 2014. Exactly...

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Let's be honest. Riccardo just kicked Vettel out of team. There is no way Vettel would like to go if those 2 wins were his, also generaly if he was the dominating figure in the team in my opinion he would stay. He is moving to save some credit about his 4 titles, cus it faded a lot in 2014. So how ...

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Let's be honest. Riccardo just kicked Vettel out of team. There is no way Vettel would like to go if those 2 wins were his, also generaly if he was the dominating figure in the team in my opinion he would stay. He is moving to save some credit about his 4 titles, cus it faded a lot in 2014. So how ...

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Let's be honest. Riccardo just kicked Vettel out of team. There is no way Vettel would like to go if those 2 wins were his, also generaly if he was the dominating figure in the team in my opinion he would stay. He is moving to save some credit about his 4 titles, cus it faded a lot in 2014. So how ...

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Some absolute nonsense in this thread. I'm sure drivers have an influence on the car, particularly in terms of setup. But aero is the big key in car development and no F1 driver, as far as I'm aware, is an aerodynamicist. So their influence on development is strongly limited. For those saying the d...

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It's an interesting question. Alonso has been consistently better than his team mates (world champions or not) for quite a while now. His car has also had the same consistent faults for quite a while. Now it could be that he is just that much better than everyone else in a team that can't produce a ...

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There may be some problems with the journalism. This, definately, wasn't the issue to pick on. Hamilton was outstanding, Rosberg is beginning to look like another Vettel - comfortable out front in a dominant car but falling short on race craft and lacking fire in his belly when things are more chal...

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Some great skill was required to save that spin from being worse, yes sure, But even greater skill was required to not get into a spin in the first place, And even greater skill to win the race after overtaking 2 world champions at a track which is extremely difficult to pass on. Not really, hittin...

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Wasn't this predicted last year when they got rid of Brawn? Yes they would have obeyed Ross; but more importantly there would have been no way Ross would have put the lead driver on track in a position of accepting the less optimum strategy to begin with. Wasn't Rosberg's the optimum strategy, disr...

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Well some of us have stated for years that , it was the car much more than the driver and this year we get the proof , not that we needed any , but now nobody can argue the point :) Watch me 1. There are some people who though that vettel would eventually be a world champion from the moment he went...

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Why didnt Vetel push hard and overtake a few cars and say finish 5th? Where was he all race? It seems a passenger. He came out on fresh new tyres after his last stop right behind raikonen who had a few laps on his tyres already. But instead of slowly overtaking raikonen or being on his tail in the ...

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Wow, some people definitely have an agenda. Fact: at Hungary Vettel was quicker than Ricciardo in 1st practice. Fact: at Hungary Vettel was quicker than Ricciardo in 2nd practice. Fact: at Hungary Vettel was quicker than Ricciardo in 3rd practice. Fact: at Hungary Vettel was quicker than Ricciardo ...

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Some great skill was required to save that spin from being worse, yes sure, But even greater skill was required to not get into a spin in the first place, And even greater skill to win the race after overtaking 2 world champions at a track which is extremely difficult to pass on. Not really, hittin...

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Ricciardo drove a great race, deserved win, but had that first safety car come out 10-20 seconds earlier Vettel would have finished ahead today. *Vettel MAY have finished ahead, lets not forget he also had a spin. Just my opinion. Like last week Ricciardo was the better RBI driver, this week Vettel...

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davidheath461 wrote:
Migen wrote:
infi24r wrote:
Vettel was 7th after the first safety car. Alonso was 8th.

Alonso managed to finish 2nd despite driving a worse car. Vettel finished 7th. Ask yourself why.
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Probably because they put Vettel on the prime tire thinking others (like Alonso) would pit again. They didn't.

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It's an interesting topic, one which is predictably ruined by the usual nonsense. We, as fans, want to be able to say "this driver is better than that driver". It is not that simple. It has never been that simple. We take it as common sense that you cannot compare drivers across eras. It's ludicrou...

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It's an interesting topic, one which is predictably ruined by the usual nonsense. We, as fans, want to be able to say "this driver is better than that driver". It is not that simple. It has never been that simple. We take it as common sense that you cannot compare drivers across eras. It's ludicrou...

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Ok, three types of people. The people who never thought seb had a reputation will say it's done for good. The people who love him will never see his reputation diminish in their minds, and the third type, the type who allow him to build and/or lose a reputation, will allow for just that; the buildin...

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It's an interesting topic, one which is predictably ruined by the usual nonsense. We, as fans, want to be able to say "this driver is better than that driver". It is not that simple. It has never been that simple. We take it as common sense that you cannot compare drivers across eras. It's ludicrou...

iknownothing

It's an interesting topic, one which is predictably ruined by the usual nonsense. We, as fans, want to be able to say "this driver is better than that driver". It is not that simple. It has never been that simple. We take it as common sense that you cannot compare drivers across eras. It's ludicrou...

iknownothing

It's an interesting topic, one which is predictably ruined by the usual nonsense. We, as fans, want to be able to say "this driver is better than that driver". It is not that simple. It has never been that simple. We take it as common sense that you cannot compare drivers across eras. It's ludicrou...

iknownothing

It's an interesting topic, one which is predictably ruined by the usual nonsense. We, as fans, want to be able to say "this driver is better than that driver". It is not that simple. It has never been that simple. We take it as common sense that you cannot compare drivers across eras. It's ludicrous...

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Vettel, like Raikonnen, drives with his right foot. He gets on the brakes early and on the gas even earlier. In the past the cars had more rear downforce and less torque. Now the formula has changed and everything is backwards. It's gone back to favoring late brakers and gentle throttle guys. Not on...

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Depends on the car.

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I just want to clarify a few things. This has nothing to due with average fuel consumption. It's how much gas a car uses at full throttle. The FIA is saying that Dan's using too much gas when he steps on it, Red Bull is saying that he isn't. But more to the point this is what seems to be going on in...

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ETM3, You make some very interesting points. Whether the FIA regulation is good or not, the fact seems to be that Red Bull has deliberately broken the regulation. I don't for a moment believe that "Maybe RBR did this so they can ensure the sensor issue is brought into the limelight and addressed, i...

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There are 2 fundamental questions to answer. Should one always comply with a regulatory body? And if not is this one of those times when one should not comply? If all the teams are unhappy then maybe red Bull is just taking taking one for the team.

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A lot of support coming in from famous people on twitter from the likes of DC all the way to Piers Morgan! Some people not liking Clarksons tweet but I think he is actually saying you can recover from critical situations! What's the tweet and were can I read it? Jeremy Clarkson ‏@JeremyClarkson 3h ...

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If only Ross Brawn could whisper into his ear "ok Michael, we need you to reduce swelling by 20% in six hours" and Michael could say "ok" and we'd all know exactly what was about to happen. My best tribute is that part of me finds this scenario totally plausible. You are the greatest of all time, Mi...

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The more formula one becomes about racing against yourself and your own machinery the less drivers opinions of each other will mean. In fact, there is little I take less seriously than drivers opinions of each other. In fact, absolutely nothing could be less objective. On a similar note I'm not sure...

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No, the absurdity is trying to discredit anyone driver's achievements because of their engineer. Behind every great driver in history there is a Colin Chapman, or a John Barnard, or a Rory Byrne, or an Adrian Newey. The only thing that is unique to Vettel is that, for the first time in the history ...

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So to sum up the last three pages... He was joined by his team mate, no other drivers complained, no actual rules were actually broken, no actual punishment was given, and yet somehow there are people on this forum who have found a way to be bothered by this.

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