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Ferrari are going to run Mercedes close in the first race...very close.

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mcdo wrote:Colin Kolles taking over from Adrian Campos at HRT?

Colles actually got the job before the start of the season.

ReservoirDog wrote:I can't seem to recall. Was Briatore fired during Crashgate investigation?

Yes he was and Bob bell took over as team principal.

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I mentioned this in another thread but Ferrari's two massive problems are: Engine power. Down force. How SD was responsible for these issues is beyond me and from a brief look at Marco Mattiacci's CV I cannot fathom how he will improve these issues either. from every other aspect I cannot fault SD....

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FragNasty wrote:Domenicali's problem is likely that he values reliability more than speed, from what I've seen of the conservative view he took with the car. His strategy is probably more suited for Lemans than F1.

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Me thinks he is heading to maranello to re- unite with Allison.

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He joins Whitmarsh then. F1 is turning very flowery :) It's running a risk of turning in to Football, where managers get sacked just like that. Most of the time though replacing the manager makes no difference in the teams performance/results. To be fair, in football a top team that doesn't get goo...

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He joins Whitmarsh then. F1 is turning very flowery :) It's running a risk of turning in to Football, where managers get sacked just like that. Most of the time though replacing the manager makes no difference in the teams performance/results. To be fair, in football a top team that doesn't get goo...

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Wasn't there a similar thread about Force India & Mclaren last year? I wonder how that ended..

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Yes, the Ferrari engine is a bit crap. But look on the bright side. If they had produced a dominant engine like merc and merc produced a dud, then they would have probably quit f1 by the end of the year.

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RedBull: Vettel
Mercedes: Rosberg
Ferrari: Raikkonen
Lotus: Grosjean
McLaren: Magnussen
Force India: Hulkenberg
Sauber: Sutil
Toro Rosso: Vergne
Williams: Bottas
Marussia: Bianchi
Caterham: Kobayashi

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I dont see the confusion in this. Rosberg would take the chequered flag but the winner by +20 laps would be hamilton.

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Everyone who has left lotus to wherever they have gone.

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In pre season testings, only one car per team is allowed and the teammates take turn in testing that one and same car. The setup work as per individual preferences are done later on when the drivers get their respective cars, and particularly so during the free practice time before the races. :lol:...

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Schumacher was brilliant through the variante alta chicane in Imola. Always felt he carried about 10km/hr more than any other driver. Pity it is no longer part of the calendar.

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In pre season testings, only one car per team is allowed and the teammates take turn in testing that one and same car. The setup work as per individual preferences are done later on when the drivers get their respective cars, and particularly so during the free practice time before the races. :lol:...

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Now that pre-season testing is over what is everyone's thoughts of possible pecking order come melbourne. I will take a controversial stab at it first.
1. Ferrari
2. Mercedes
3. Williams
4. Force India
5. Mclaren
6. Toro Rosso
7. Red Bull
8. Sauber
9. Marussia
10. Caterham
11. Lotus

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Will be keeping a close eye on the race simulations. Last year,Lotus and Ferrari showed strong race pace in the final test and that is exactly how it panned out at the start of the season.

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Yeah, Ferrari is going to fire Alonso and hire Räikkönen, the driver who also called their own team stupid for a wrong tyre call just four races ago.:uhoh: Some people have short memories... You would do well to learn the difference between calling someone stupid and calling a decision stupid. That...

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7658733.stm "Massa won two races in 2006, in both of which the great German was still running at the finish. However, it is not true to say - as some do - that Massa was ever quicker than Schumacher - or even anywhere near him. In Turkey, Massa...

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pokerman wrote:
sandyf1 wrote:
pokerman wrote: And how do you know that he el?
Maybe because i watched the race and heard all the relevant data?

Me too. I never heard that particular bit though. Who said it?

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Oh dear, this old chestnut again. How many times? He didn't fare that badly against Michael overall. Over the entire year he was on average 0.375s slower than Michael, but it was very much a year of two halves. In the second half of the year, the difference to Michael in qualifying was as follows: ...

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Oh dear, this old chestnut again. How many times? He didn't fare that badly against Michael overall. Over the entire year he was on average 0.375s slower than Michael, but it was very much a year of two halves. In the second half of the year, the difference to Michael in qualifying was as follows: ...

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Oh dear, this old chestnut again. How many times? He didn't fare that badly against Michael overall. Over the entire year he was on average 0.375s slower than Michael, but it was very much a year of two halves. In the second half of the year, the difference to Michael in qualifying was as follows: ...

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Formula1Fan. wrote:Iirc Bild were right about Webber signing for Porsche.

Yup. And also about Lowe leaving Macca for Merc. They also broke the Hamilton to Merc news but EJ took credit for that. They have been pretty reliable of late.

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Those infernal captcha's have finally stopped.

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RaisinChips wrote:
sandyf1 wrote:1)Barrichello getting mugged by MS at Monaco 2005.
Was the Schumi overtake on Barrichello on the last lap, because I honestly don't remember anymore after so many years?

Yes, at Rascasse.

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Is the catchpa a permanent addition?

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1)Barrichello getting mugged by MS at Monaco 2005.
2)Hamilton's last lap Monza crash in 2009.

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The clause in Raikkonen's contract was that if Raikkonen found an opening outside of F1 , then Ferrari would pay the difference of his severance pay, which was 19 mil€. He had a contract of 10mil€ with Red Bull. Ferrari paid 9 mil€. He wasn't entitled to any money if he moved to another F1 team thou...

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If Ricciardo was to come in and beat Vettel it would devalue his achievements and also devalue those of his competition over the last few years. Not really, it just means there is someone better who has come along. Thats kind of the point.... At the moment we don't think there is anyone better than...

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pokerman wrote:
sandyf1 wrote: I thought he lost points because he beached it in the gravel during the race in nurburgring. And how many more points would he have got in Brazil? About 3.
The tyre failure was in Turkey

I forgot about that one. That cost him 2 points. Still not as affected as Raikkonen was.

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Ferrari were overall faster than Mclaren in 2007 but they had 3 mechanical failures to Mclaren's 0. The 2 mclaren retirement's were down to driver error. Raikkonen would have had about a 15 point gap to the chasing pack if his car was reliable. I guess that depends on how you view a tyre failure an...

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Ferrari were overall faster than Mclaren in 2007 but they had 3 mechanical failures to Mclaren's 0. The 2 mclaren retirement's were down to driver error. Raikkonen would have had about a 15 point gap to the chasing pack if his car was reliable. I guess that depends on how you view a tyre failure an...

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If Alonso is that much better than Massa and Massa has remained the same driver how do you explain that Massa has beaten Alonso in 2008? They were not teammates but Macca and Ferrari were pretty equal that season. Has Alonso suddenly become that much better when he left Macca or when he joined Ferr...

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Well why would the FIA place such restrictions if they felt that Mercedes had broke such restrictions? The FIA were not equalising the Barcelona test with the YDT. They were reacting to what happened in Silverstone. And they decided to enforce these parameters so that this was primarly a tyre test ...

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Firstly, 100bhp more is a bit over the top. Mark Gallagher, ex- Cosworth chief said that Mercedes were producing 750 bhp with their V8. Renault was the lowest with 725bhp. Surprisingly he told that Cosworth with 740bhp were more powerful than Ferrari(735bhp). So the engines were quite equal taking ...

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Firstly, 100bhp more is a bit over the top. Mark Gallagher, ex- Cosworth chief said that Mercedes were producing 750 bhp with their V8. Renault was the lowest with 725bhp. Surprisingly he told that Cosworth with 740bhp were more powerful than Ferrari(735bhp). So the engines were quite equal taking i...

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Its funny how the teams have seemingly not benefited from the YDT ;) The race drivers were restricted in what they were allowed to test though. What happened to every test is beneficial, this what was said at the Mercedes test even though Mercedes did a restricted test as well Well, that's what Mer...

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Covalent wrote: OTOH, Barrichello->Massa->Maldonado... there's a pattern there.

So, Ferrari will be having 2 pay drivers next year.

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Kimi far from brings chaos to anything, he's just a straight talker . He doesn't do it to gherkin people off, or irritate the interviewers he just says what he thinks . Normally, people need few shots of vodka to achieve that stage. But Kimi... he's just born that way. A straight talker is any day ...

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