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Way too much hype for unproven Leclerc, he was the best driver on the grid in the eyes of many vocal fans at the start of the reason, based on a single season in a Sauber against Ericsson, it doesn't add up. Obviously he's good and maybe a future world champ, but that isn't going to be easy while Ha...

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If we're admitting that drivers who begin their careers as pay drivers can become World Champions, why is there any stigma about beginning your career as a pay driver? I think the stigma comes when the pay driver has a less than exceptional junior career, but then again plenty of junior series cham...

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I think it could possibly be a good idea to allow talent an outlet to develop and from a marketing point of view to get more girls into motorracing, but I'm not sure the world in 2017 and beyond would let it happen without a big fuss over womens rights and not being considered equal to men.

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How could anything be more inspiring than Kubicas story if he makes a comeback?

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I think you have a different definition of tier 1 driver if a world champion who was able to demolish the entire field in an Arrows is not considered tier 1, aka Damon Hill. One does not have to have the track record of Schumacher or Senna to be considered top class.

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I definitely don't rate Sainz so highly as the hype train around here, and how can you when he's never been at the sharp end of the grid competing? He has outclassed a severely mentally defeated Kvyat. I think the top 5 are Hamilton, Vettel, Alonso, Ricciardo and Verstappen but they are all really s...

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Why would he be getting nervous? His team mate is one of the greatest F1 drivers in history, he's doing a lot better vs Hamilton than Raikkonen is doing against Vettel. All Mercedes need is a good number 2 driver to take home the constructors, and they have pretty much already sealed the deal on tha...

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I feel sorry for Palmer, he gets stick for being slow but Renault have basically delivered him a broken car for the whole season, Sainz will now be stuck with that if these rumours are true.

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It's hard to argue anything than this list right now. Hulk, Perez, Ocon, maybe Sainz are all really good but it would be a hard push to put them above any of those 5.

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In 2010 they were going flat out through there with the F-Duct engaged on the Mclaren, this is nothing new.

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First a racing incident, second Vettel deliberate. Vettel needs to learn to control his emotions.

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Well it's fairly clear what happened to anyone paying attention. Vettel accelerated out of the corner and got caught out because Hamilton maintained his very low speed. Vettel was basically caught sleeping in autopilot expecting Hamilton to accelerate and when that didn't happen it was too late and ...

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spiritone wrote:WORSE DRIVER IN F1 FINISHES THIRD. YEAH YEAH YEAH OH CANADA

Palmer is the worst driver in F1, so not really!

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One of the best races I ever saw, incredible.

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More teams who can actually afford to race is good for the sport, they don't stand a chance if they plan to do it from China though.

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Mansell is the obvious choice. No idea why people say Hulk, he got a pole position in his first season... I'm fairly sure he impressed initially despite losing his job for a year.

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Kvyat did really well, from the back of the grid firmly into the points. Perez and Hamilton amazing too. Awesome race.

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I'd love to be able to run a race as a ghost alongside real cars/drivers, it would require a lot of software development though. Codemasters have the current F1 licence, they don't use laser scanned circuits nor do they provide simulation level physics. It's very possible and would prove popular I t...

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It looks like it was designed by an artist and not an aerodynamicist/engineer. The cars look the way they do out of an evolution of practical solutions from engineers and aerodynamicists, which is why the cars will never look like the above, especially not as "10 years in the future" concepts always...

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I think the Halo only really helps in stopping runaway wheels, imagine a car nose came up over the top and jammed itself between the halo and the driver... At least this new screen will alter the course of a tyre in most cases without any of the risks of the halo. I think we should just leave the ca...

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He has plenty of experience fuel saving so I say top 5.

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Alonso said very clearly his goals are set on F1, he's only interested in the Indy 500 specifically and not Indycar as a series. The Indy 500 is like Le Mans, winning the race is a bigger deal than the championship, is more widely reported.. Hell you don't even hear who wins said championships if yo...

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This seems pretty crazy but I love it, definitely won't be missing this Indy 500. It's a good publicity stunt and a way to possibly divert good attention towards Honda/Mclaren, both Indy and F1 could benefit. That said, completely unexpected. What's the point of retaining Button if he isn't going to...

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Yes lets go back to 1960s era, no downforce with bias ply tyres and loud fuel guzzling engines.

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Beating the 2004 cars over one lap has been happening for years already, in 2011, 2012, absolutely in 2016. I know people have been listening to Alonso whining about the cars being slow but in qualifying pace they have already beaten 2004 qualifying times on many occasions. It's the race pace where ...

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They have been trying to restrict aero grip in some way almost every year since 2009 until 2017, short of them completely neutering the cars I'm not sure what you'd expect. It's meant to be the most extreme and fastest racing series, and it has already been approaching the point where other much muc...

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I liked Button and Webber, guess now it would be Ricciardo. To be honest though I kinda support all the drivers and feel good for them when they do well, I don't really have one driver that I want to win the championship or that I'm some big fan of, I'm a fan of F1 as a whole. When I was a kid I was...

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Di Resta is at least as good as a well past his prime Massa, probably better. But Di Resta isn't a good reference for the team as he hasn't been driving the car for the last few years as Massa has. I don't see why Massa would take the offer though, he's not winning any races with Williams and he was...

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I've had a few hours to let it sink in, I'm disappointed in him that he would just pack his bags once he got the prize. That said it does leave an extremely exciting and interesting prospect for that 2nd seat, I hope they don't make a boring choice. As for Rosberg he's still young, that fire is gonn...

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I don't think an unproven talent makes sense, I'd like to see Alonso in the seat but otherwise Bottas is a likely candidate given his connections to Toto. Outside chance of Jenson coming back but I don't think that is likely, he seems happily retired just as surely as Rosberg is. Alonso is the best ...

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Mercedes clearly have the best chassis, Monaco is one very specific circuit and Mercedes have been better by a large margin everywhere else, and that's not all engine. The Mercedes seems to be extremely aero efficient, and the car is extremely easy to drive.. it's simply a better car on most circuit...

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Imola is a fun track, with some super high speed sections and a long donkey straight, but I feel like Monza is a must have on the F1 calender just like Spa, Monaco or Silverstone. I'd be happy to see a GP at Imola again but not at the expense of Monza since Monza brings something unique, where as Im...

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Mansell Hill Raikkonen Button Andretti Alan Jones Keke Rosberg James Hunt Jacques Villeneuve It's hard for me to guage the rest, the old footage is really few and far between and I've only seen some of it in other languages where it's not possible for me to hear the commentary and insights, there is...

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These cheese tires came as a response to the eternal Bridgestones though, doing the whole Monaco GP on one set of tyres after pitting on the first lap.. It was a bit silly. The Pirelli tyres already last pretty well now and have a more progressive drop off than the earlier years so I thought it was ...

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It would be nice if F1 caught up with this century before it kills itself off from lack of exposure to the next generation. Kids these days live on their phones and on the internet, and F1 currently shuts itself away from promoting itself and putting itself infront of those audiences. Apple might ac...

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An old and burried thread but I think now is a very relevant time to give it a bump. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYyJhsBhgqA - Ferrari SF15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a3U21xJ0dY - Ferrari F138 Tomorrow they are adding in the new "Red Pack" DLC and a new physics + AI update pack, including ...

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Kimi appears to be much closer to Vettel this season, and using logic should have been the other way round because Kimi is getting older and older . I'm pretty sure they are aging at the same rate.... ;) Thank you for pointing that out, I thought Vettel had an ethernal youth potion. Kimi is 36 now,...

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I think 36 is not old enough to lose speed, most drivers who get older are losing motivation/focus rather than speed, they lose the burning passion for it, causing them to not fully commit mentally. Driving is not something that really requires you to be super young, in the 1990s it was common to se...

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This is the owner of the Newman/Haas CART team? I don't know anything about Indycar but these last weeks I've been watching the 1993 CART Indycar season (incredible by the way) and Mansell/Mario Andretti were driving for them.

RIP!

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I like Lauda, he keeps things interesting and tells it as it is. Definitely hope he sticks around.

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