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All these threads about "does driver X really deserve championship Y" all really irritate me. The world champion is the guy who collects the most points in a year. Not the guy who has driven the socks off his car and come second to a quicker car, get over it, thats life. The guy who wins the world c...

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So Schumi has gone for good this time, and its left me wondering what he has achieved in these three years. So pick an answer, and say why you chose it folks. For me its option 2. People have said that F1 is no longer Schumacher's playground. I would argue differently. How many other 43 year olds ca...

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I think it is important to remember that STR is not just driver training, it is engineer training as well. STR can take young engineers, train them and the cream of the crop can go to RBR. This is why RBR can dominate, like they did in 2011, Adrain Newey may be good, but he needs an awesome team aro...

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spiritone wrote:Mclaren has no plan B. That should tell you all you need to know about whitmarsh the witless.

Don't be naive. McLaren will have a plan B. It is not in their interest to say what it is or even that there is one, as it will just drive Hamilton away.

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If we assume Hamilton will go to Mercedes, I think he will replace Rosberg rather then Schumi. It makes more sense. Rosberg is a better driver than Schumacher, but his marketing power is tiny in comparison. And since Hamilton is far better than Rosberg, why not drop your 'top driver' for a better on...

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Lewis Hamilton would be a fool to leave McLaren. That said, he does do a pretty good impression of a fool at times. I AM A LEWIS FAN, but I do believe the incomparably more mature Button would make a better team leader that Hamilton at this moment in history, even though Jenson perhaps lacks the ult...

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This weekend may change our beloved sport forever, should the worst happen. I want to see it from start to finish, I want to know exactly what happens this weekend that could DESTROY F1 forever. I would rather go down on my sinking ship than see it burn from the shore.

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Shall we hope it's not Bahrain 2012...

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Chunky wrote: I like someone who has an opinion to voice.

Of course, after all it is an informed opinion that we all read these blogs for. However I am saying that Saward goes beyond opinion and some of his stories are libellous.

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I am posting this in the light of recent comments made about Joe Saward by Group Lotus in their latest press release. "Speaking of F1: It seems that one special so called 'independent' source is at the root of the lion's share of damaging rumours and misleading stories. The delightful Joe Saward whi...

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Group Lotus, the car company, has changed hands with proton (parent company) , and it is rumoured that the new investors aren't interested in the Lotus car firm. I suspect this is a move by Lopez to make it easier for him to buy out the Lotus car firm and unite it fully with the F1 team.

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stratos wrote:
Frances69 wrote:A great car makes you happy when you drive it.
A great car should make you happy, but a supercar should make you miserable and everyone else envious.

Seriously WTF Stratos.

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I have driven a 911 turbo, Caterham Superlight R500, Aston V8 Vantage, Lotus Exige, Jag XKR to name but a few, but there is one car that stands head and shoulders above these cars, the AC Cobra. A great car makes you happy when you drive it. The AC Cobra makes me happy just remembering driving it. ...

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I Have driven the current XKR, and a number of its competitors, my advice is: It is a fabulous car. However, it is a GT car more than an out and out performance car. It is a wonderful engine, has comfortable and composed ride for a sports car. Having driven the V8 Vantage too, it is every bit as go...

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I Have driven the current XKR, and a number of its competitors, my advice is: It is a fabulous car. However, it is a GT car more than an out and out performance car. It is a wonderful engine, has comfortable and composed ride for a sports car. Having driven the V8 Vantage too, it is every bit as go...

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NO

As far as I'm concerned, that cheat can go and jump up his own...

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I have driven a 911 turbo, Caterham Superlight R500, Aston V8 Vantage, Lotus Exige, Jag XKR to name but a few, but there is one car that stands head and shoulders above these cars, the AC Cobra. A great car makes you happy when you drive it. The AC Cobra makes me happy just remembering driving it. I...

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYwXANmvjD8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-wXZ5-Yxuc&feature=related "Deconstructing Sgt Pepper", NO THANKS. Analysing music is like dissecting a frog, nobody really cares that much and the frog dies. Sit back, relax, and enjoy some of the greatest music ever writte...

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never liked the beatles at all. Same as the rolling stones. I just don't get it. Of course, I would recognise and be able to sing along to quite a few of their songs, but I can't say I actually like them that much. Paul McCartney as a solo artist was dull as dishwater in my personal opinion, but th...

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never liked the beatles at all. Same as the rolling stones. I just don't get it. Of course, I would recognise and be able to sing along to quite a few of their songs, but I can't say I actually like them that much. Paul McCartney as a solo artist was dull as dishwater in my personal opinion, but th...

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He claims it's not because of Abbey Road, the Beatles album, but he is a Beatles fan, so I wonder if this was where the seed of thought was planted...

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Hamilton Vs. Button: Who will get the early upper hand?
Red Bull: Just how fast are these guys...
Ferrari: Just how slow are these guys...

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Vettel: Layla - Derek and the Dominos - Both awesome and sublime in one song. Webber: Hells Bells - AC/DC - Well Miss Minogue is the only other musical Aussie... Button: Porcelain - Moby - Calm, Controlled, Exquisite. Hamilton: Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen - Title says it all. Alonso: Street Figh...

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Everything is so easy for Loeb now. Ogier could match him but no, he's running S2000 this year. Latvala has dominated in speed this year but he will never win the championship because of the mistakes. Hirvonen is slow but never ever makes mistakes , a perfect 2nd driver for Citroen. Loeb is good bu...

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I'm gonna put my neck on the line here and say Ogier is as good as or better than Loeb. He was running third or fourth in a fwd s2000 car at the monte this year before crashing out. He just got 8th at Mexico. That was above ken block (who isn't a proper WRC driver, true) in a full fat WRC car. That'...

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1. What will be the best surprise? Schumi winning. 2. What will be the worst surprise? Massa will be slow. 3. How many different teams will win races? Red Bull, McLaren, Ferrari, Mercedes. 4. Who will be the first driver to fail to qualify for a race? Karthikeyan 5. How many races will Fernando Alon...

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I would like to see a season that differs each year so I think this would be the ideal calendar: Australian GP (Melbourne / Mount Panorama (Bathhurst)) China / Korea Malaysia / Singapore Turkish GP French GP (Le Mans) Monaco Spanish GP (Catalunya) USA GP (Laguna Sega) Canada GP Icelandic GP (I can b...

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WRC 2012? Let me spoil the ending for you. Loeb wins. He wins every year. Don't you realize that by now? Hey, whats with the hate for the WRC? The skill of the drivers is equal to that of F1 (even though it is a very different skill set). The WRC is sometimes more exciting to watch IMO, (when the T...

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I had an idea this morning that might make for an interesting GP. If a track was to be build at such a high altitude that the air was considerably thinner. The obvious effect this would have is that the engines would be far lazier and have to work harder to get enough air . Another effect this coul...

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I hate to be that guy but... Speaking mathematically, with enough data available, you can find any sort of relationship between various statistics. For example, if you look where WH Smith stores are located, you can see that by drawing points from certain stores a pentagram can be clearly seen acro...

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I had an idea this morning that might make for an interesting GP. If a track was to be build at such a high altitude that the air was considerably thinner. The obvious effect this would have is that the engines would be far lazier and have to work harder to get enough air. Another effect this could ...

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I hate to be that guy but... Speaking mathematically, with enough data available, you can find any sort of relationship between various statistics. For example, if you look where WH Smith stores are located, you can see that by drawing points from certain stores a pentagram can be clearly seen acros...

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I think this would be the Ideal calendar: Australian GP (Melbourne / Bathhurst) China / Korea Malaysia / Singapore Turkish GP French GP (Le Mans) Monaco USA GP (Laguna Sega) Spanish GP (Catalunya / Valencia) Canada GP Silverstone German GP (Full Nordshleife or alternating as it is at the moment) Hun...

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Fine :) But at this rate are be going to have two different seasons!!! with all these tracks wanting to alternate to cut costs! Great! I would love to see the calendar be different each year! It would be so much better than the regular calendar we can guess before each season. Ideally I would like ...

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Also I'd like to see reduced aero grip and more mechanical grip (bigger tyres), this will make the cars more relevant to road cars, as the teams will have to start finding speed using components we might find on our drive, rather than on an aircraft. Remove the time cap on how much Kers can be used...

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I'm trying to figure out how these rotary valves work. To me it looks like it's essentially a valve acting as a cam as well, no separate camshaft needed. They appear great btw ! They chomp up more fuel but releases a butt load of power behind it Actually, rotary valves can be set up so that the MPG...

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[quote="WTkFox" ]I'd like to see a ceiling in Power to Weight ratio... maybe 565hp/tonne So... an extremely highly car with modest amount of hp and minimal fuel, go up against a fairly built one with a one pit-stop car. Would love to see all the crazy ideas Caterham would do with that! Bring tractio...

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Also I'd like to see reduced aero grip and more mechanical grip (bigger tyres), this will make the cars more relevant to road cars, as the teams will have to start finding speed using components we might find on our drive, rather than on an aircraft.

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the point of these regs is to keep costs from getting ludicris. Im all for bunching up the feild and making it competitive, but restricting innovations seems to be oxymoronic to the entire ideal of f1. Id say keep the engines limited, along with the gear boxes, but loosen the aero formula, say for ...

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Different engine would be a very interesting concept, you could run f1 like tarmac rallies, cars with more power have a higher minimum weight. all engines could be tested by the FIA and given minimum car weights.

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