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Lt. Drebin wrote:I have nothing to add, your detailed view is accurate and undeniable.

But, your time has not passed because you are not alone.

You can add my name to the list of those who agree with the OP and you.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV4LYuGbl6I Take a good look. When sizing up the video I think it really looks like Alonso hits Raikkonen BEFORE he looses it. You can tell absolutely nothing from that video - it's too pixelated to see what's going on. If everyone around the teams say there was no c...

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I'm surprised that there isn't a lot of discussion on why he lost the car. He should have been in 4th or 5th gear, pointing straight. Maldonado had something similar but he was violently turning not pointing straight. I really wonder how he lost the car. It's a very odd crash indeed. He'd already c...

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As a die-hard Kimi fan, I've spent too much time anguishing over the half-chances and the what-ifs but, all-in-all, even we as fans have moved on and we cherish Kimi's racing achievements. I'm sure Kimi is also thinking the same thing. :) Every serious F1 fan I know (including a guy who used to wor...

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[quote="appletree" Its not far away we see him on dads knee in the cockpit

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If that hasn't already happened, I think Kimi will make sure that the media aren't around when it does.

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http://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/12722691/kimi-back-maurizio-arrivabene "'I'm happy for Kimi because now I can say officially that - not that I've signed a contract - Kimi is back and we have two strong drivers," Arrivabene said. I'm starting to seriously dislike this guy. If my manager kept tel...

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This might stir the pot. Ted Kravitz thinks they left Kimi out too long because they weren't really thinking of him and focusing on Seb instead... I fail to accept this yet. Kimi compromised himself by failing to hold off Rosberg after overtaking him at the start. James Allison told the BBC that th...

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Great run by the Kimster. For the second race in a row, he had better race pace than Seb. He needs to get ahead of Seb at the start of races, though, so that he can benefit from having pit stop priority.

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Seb was half a second up by the end of S2 and one huge mistake lost him quite a lot of time. Was that not in comparison to Kimi's first run (the 1:35.5 lap)? Kimi was running a handful of seconds ahead of Vettel on the road and was completing his second timed lap when Seb was coming out of the last...

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Seb was half a second up by the end of S2 and one huge mistake lost him quite a lot of time. Was that not in comparison to Kimi's first run (the 1:35.5 lap)? Kimi was running a handful of seconds ahead of Vettel on the road and was completing his second timed lap when Seb was coming out of the last...

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I don't think Kimi is one of the best overtakers on the grid. I would have to say he's behind Ham Alo Ric But atleast. which means he wouldn't be in the top 20% imo. This would be the Kimi who routinely made the best non-DRS passes in 2012 and 2013, would it? Here's a couple of examples. Go back an...

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For as strained as the Ferrari / Alonso / Mattiaci relationship had appeared to become, they stayed very classy IMO and managed to keep almost everything behind closed doors. The official announcements from both sides were pretty mild and considered, as well, given how tough the situation must have...

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Kimi Raikkonen says Ferrari can win this year’s world title, declaring that they will start to “regularly beat” Mercedes. http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/9803679/kimi-raikkonen-says-ferrari-can-win-this-year8217s-world-title The optimism seems to be not missing. He has reason to be optimist...

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well, according to this lap breakdown Kimi was faster for much of the race, aside from the first stint where Seb had a small advantage. But what strikes me is that Kimi lost out massively in the first round of pit stops. He lost four seconds to Seb in that alone, which could have made the differenc...

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Kimi drove well today. He matched an on-form Vettel for race pace, and it's possible that he could have challenged for third but for the Safety Car. He still needs to qualify better and get ahead of his team-mate at the start of the race, though.

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Verstappen is starting to look like a pretty special talent. I'm pretty confused that Kimi has more votes than the team-mate who beat him though, even though he drove very well. Sebastian was the better driver in every phase of qualifying and the race before that final stint, where Kimi had much be...

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I think she deserves it. She is one of the few women drivers who got there under her own steam... Really? Let's look at her record: Championship wins: 0 Race wins: 0 Career podiums: 4 (British F3, 2003-2004) Best race result in the last decade: 7th (x2) in DTM (drove in 72 races) Rich, influential ...

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Bad bad race for Kimi. Luckily, no penalty for Malaysia. It was a bad start and he was unlucky with his pit stops. But there are positives to take from the race, too. He looked fast and comfortable in the car, better than pretty much any race last year, and it was difficult to separate the team mat...

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My understanding is that VDG's entitlement to drive for Sauber in 2015 was determined by a Swiss court. However, a judgement of the courts of one country is not usually automatically enforceable in another country. Accordingly, VDG brought legal proceedings in Australia in order to obtain the autho...

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My understanding is that VDG's entitlement to drive for Sauber in 2015 was determined by a Swiss court. However, a judgement of the courts of one country is not usually automatically enforceable in another country. Accordingly, VDG brought legal proceedings in Australia in order to obtain the author...

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Jean Alesi got the chance to drive for a top team after only 1 and a half season. However the top team (Ferrari) didn't produce a top car for him, result only 1 win in 4 seasons and that being a lucky one too. He was also the man of the wrong career choices and made too many mistakes to be a real t...

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Jean Alesi got the chance to drive for a top team after only 1 and a half season. However the top team (Ferrari) didn't produce a top car for him, result only 1 win in 4 seasons and that being a lucky one too. He was also the man of the wrong career choices and made too many mistakes to be a real t...

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That rendering reminds me a bit of the Matra P29 prototype from about 1986:

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Coulthard in the 2003 McLaren was pretty awful after the first three races. Aside from a couple of errors in the one-shot qualifying system of the day, Raikkonen absolutely thrashed him. Ah, those were the days..................

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I'm tickled that people reckon F1 was becoming more physical at the time and he was past it. In his day there was no power steering, but skirts and huge downforce, resulting in massive G loadings that would make today's kids' eyes bleed. Mansell wasn't the only top driver of his day to collapse aft...

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Power with a lot of noise is like a school bully or a dictator. Quiet power is much more impressive. [edit. Oh, and the Matra V12 of the 1981 Ligier] The Matra V12 was anything but quiet. Even in the days when it - a mere three litres - was up against the 5 litre monsters from Porsche and Ferrari a...

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There's a nice article about Andrea De Cesaris here: http://archive.motorsportmagazine.com/a ... er-picture

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Sad news. I always liked him as a driver.

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L'equipe saying surgery is over and he is breathing without assistance. http://www.lequipe.fr/info-continue/bianchi/97363 That's good news. L'Equipe is a very reputable publication and I really don't think they'd have posted that unless they were certain of its accuracy. Jules is young, fit and wil...

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Laura23 wrote: Journalists report facts, bloggers report opinions.

Really? I've encountered quite a few journalists who wouldn't be able to identify a fact if it bit them on the pickle. Likewise I know a few bloggers who shy clear of posting anything they can't substantiate.

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No problem with it. Its only a question of two things: 1) Tradition (F1 has always been about 2 car teams) No, it hasn't. Two cars per team may have been the norm in recent times, but it hadn't always been so. In the 1950s teams often ran three or more cars. It was less common for this to happen in...

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I'm not from Ukraine and the Ukraine-Russiia conflict is far away from me and I dont know about it in-depth, therefore I dont care and I will watch the race. What a lovely attitude. It doesn't affect me right now, so to heck with it.............................. Have you ever heard of Martin Niemol...

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Actually, on doing a lap by lap analysis Kimi's pace wasn't as good as I originally thought: http://macofan.com/en/index.php?page=chart&gp=927&graf=3&dr1=Kimi%20R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen&dr2=Fernando%20Alonso Apart from the half dozen or so laps either side of his first change, and the last 7 laps (when ...

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Clarky wrote:
‏@JennieGow 50s
Just spoken to Merc and they confirm the quotes from Lewis on what Nico said are correct - should be interesting going forward #f1
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Anyone else think that Rosberg may have shot himself in the foot today, at least in so far as his relationship with the team is concerned?

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[quote="VDV23" Nothing to discuss. Nico obviously didn't say that he hit him on purpose. Just that he didn't back off to prove that he won't steer the other way the moment Lewis shows him a wheel. [/quote] Rubbish. There's plenty to discuss. Rosberg created the potential for conflict by positioning ...

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I would say racing incident. Both were equally to blame. Senna went for a closing gap, Prost left the door open and then suddenly closed it. It simply can't have been a racing incident, because Senna admitted a year later that he had done it on purpose. Yup. Senna deliberately took Prost out, and g...

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Ennis wrote:Did he just pay his way out of a bribery trial?

You've got to admire that.

No, you don't.

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Is this the twilight zone? I have scrolled through the thread and .... not one NOT ONE mention of Gille Villeneuve!!! What the HECK!?!?! I mean there is a reason why GV is a contender for best ever, and it's not because he had the best car(s). Very very disappointed with fellow F-1 addicts :lol: :l...

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Aw man. Jim Garner was, to use contemporary parlance, the real deal. And not just as an actor - his ability at the wheel of a racing car and guts (driving round the old, deadly Spa at up to 140mph in bucketing rain) won him the respect (which was not easily given) of the F1 drivers who participated ...

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