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fantastic to see The Doctor back on the top step and in good form. It's funny, isn't it? Two years ago - "well, this is/was certainly his last chance at the title". Last year - "well, if he keeps it on track, he might win this title". And now this year, who can't see him contending for the title at...

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pokerman wrote:It seems like Vinales is prepared to be Rossi's lap dog already, he sacrificed pole position to tow Rossi around.

So this conspiracy theory = good, idea that Marquez helped Lorenzo = bad?

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Asphalt_World wrote:To be fair, losing a sponsor that can accurately record McLaren lap times is no bad thing at the moment!

We have a winner!

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Remember last year's Ferrari was in similar trouble. Even the Mercedes (Nico particulary) said that they would not be able to catch up. However the story is that they did. So I wouldn't be surprised if I see them regularly on podiums and grab the occasional win. I think Renault are in worse positio...

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It just seems to go from bad to worse for McLaren. http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/tag-heuer-to-leave-mclaren-for-red-bull/ Dismal news for McLaren, and all the fault of Honda. It is impossible to underestimate how miserable an engine the Honda V-6 is, nor the amount of damage they have done to M...

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http://www.elmundo.es/deportes/2015/11/08/563f598aca474136528b462f.html Lorenzo: "There are more people that help Rossi, who is Italian, than help the Spanish riders" "We are Spanish and this title had to stay in Spain" Oops. Wouldn't he be better off just denying everything? What a farce this is. H...

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Iannone doing his best to help Rossi because of the backlash he got in the Italian press for beating Rossi at Phillip Island. Nope. Rossi publically came to his defence. And Iannone had the same opinion as Rossi on what Marquez was doing at Philip Island. And unlike us armchair experts he was in th...

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Agreed, we should treat celebrities like the superior beings they are and never make fun of them in the way we do, say, politicians and religious figures. These people aren't journalists or reporters, they're from a satirical TV show. I think a self-important millionaire motorcycle rider - whoops, ...

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Alternative link, the original isn't working for me. http://www.foxsports.com/motor/story/marc-marquez-assaulted-italian-reporters-103115 In my experience proper journalists aren't dispatched to deliver awards called 'The Cup of S#!t' to international sportsmen. Agree 100%. How does anyone think th...

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I am using 'intefering' EXACTLY because there is a clear difference between 'interfering' and 'racing'. This is the quote from the stewards after the race: "Valentino was of the opinion that Marc was deliberately slowing the pace of the race down and doing so unfairly. We listened to both riders; o...

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I never said they should make cheap products. But in F1's case, it damages F1, because small customers teams can barely afford them. F1 engines should have a reasonable price for customers to be able to pay for them. Otherwise small teams are doomed. Afterall maybe F1 will really need a standard cu...

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Niki Lauda in 1976, far and away. The politics he had to deal with, nearly being killed in a crash, coming back with his face in bandages and withdrawing from the final race, nothing will ever compare to that.

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https://www.change.org/p/motogp-race-director-mike-webb-remove-the-penalty-from-valentino-rossi-and-bring-back-integrity-to-the-championship-2246013d-9c5a-44e9-b306-02c667fce09c Doesn't mention a "Spanish conspiracy," although don't let that stop you from feeling wronged. Such a warm, fuzzy, self-ri...

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I'd suggest that forcing a cap on the resale value would perhaps get the big boys to think twice before sinking billions into R+D.... the message being that you can spend what you like on your engines but you cant make the money back by bending the smaller teams over. I can see exactly why Ferrari ...

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Long before I had ever heard the name of Marquez, I was aware that Rossi's race manners were questioned by Biaggi, by Gibernau and by Stoner. I too remember Rossi playing with his opposition, making a 'show' for the fans, waiting until 2 laps from the end before sticking in laps 0.5s - 1.0s faster ...

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Rossi lost all respect I had for him, that was so childish, slowing down and positioning himself out of the race line just to kick Márquez off track... incredible, he should have DQ'd today and for the last GP of the season, imagine if I'm riding my bike on the motorway and I take out another bike ...

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This has happened far too many times, the Pirellis just explode x( . I think it is unacceptable that Pirelli cannot produce tires that will not explode randomly. I can understand the tires running out of rubber and losing grip after its life but exploding and endangering the drivers, marshalls and ...

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TBWG wrote:Just stumbled across this ~~~ must be circa 60's

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Ha, that's great! I also collect records, I highly doubt that LP got a Canadian release, though.

I still need to watch the film Grand Prix.

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On paper Austria wasn't a bad race - there was a change of lead at the start and a reasonable amount of racing in the pack. But none of it was interesting to watch. The cars just don't look fast anymore and there's a certain inevitability about everything. I watched Le Mans last week, and even thou...

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I miss an F1 that included Imola and the now-destroyed Hockenheimring. Generally, I miss tracks that actually had distinguishing features. I miss Minardi. I also miss one-lap qualifying, because Ferrari was very good at it. Of things that have existed in F1 in my lifetime that we don't have now, tha...

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https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://img.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/files/2015/05/qatar2.png&w=480 And climbing! Mmmm...I tend to be skeptical when the figures are so hugely different. Are we really comparing the same things? Yeah, you're right. The ones in Qatar proba...

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I have been a fan of F1 for many years I am afraid before many of my fellow forum mates were born. These last few years has really hit me that F1 is not the pinnacle of motor sport any longer. F1 is no fun its not even worth the time to watch any longer my reasons are as follows: 1. NO TESTING- I e...

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Revolting, and a nice example of what kind of conditions exist where workers have no protection. Note, though, that it says migrant worker deaths since 2010, it doesn't specify that they were working on projects related to the World Cup.

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However if you skip forward to the Formula 1 constructors championship that began in 1958, in its entire 57 year history only three times have car manufacturers won the crown - Mercedes in 2014 and Renault in 2005 and 2006. In reality the championship has been dominated by teams who were founded fo...

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the only relevance needed is that they would want to use F1 as a test bed. But from a public point of view, or its viability as a sport, it absolutely does not need to be road relevant in the way they are trying to portray. It just illustrates how the manufacturers have taken over the direction of ...

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Brundle also suggested that Perez went off on purpose to let Alonso through. He isn't exactly the most neutral observer.

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Man City remind me of Inter during the Moratti period, spending huge amounts of money on players who either aren't all they're cracked up to be, are past their prime or have yet to reach their prime and are sold before they do. Not to mention, as people have pointed out, firing coaches every year or...

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Personally, I'd laugh my socks off if the Ferrari turned out to be far superior to the Mclaren next season. Its unfair as I think Alonso is the best driver on the grid - but unfortunately he's easy to dislike. The other cars are unlikely to catch up with the Merc this season, but it would be nice i...

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But surely the cars are always significantly lighter at the end of a stint than they are at the beginning? yes, but now that's compensated for by the fresher tyres. In the past, the weight of the extra fuel at the beginning of each stint negated that Yup! This is also why we see shorter pit stops w...

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1. Blue shells. It's so boring seeing the same car leading the entire race. Easy and relatively cheap way to spice up the action and provide more overtaking opportunities. 2. Nitrous oxide tanks like in Fast and Furious. It wouldn't be "artificial, manufactured overtaking" like DRS and you'd get to ...

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I find it amusing how much ire Rosberg receives whenever he raises a concern, while every time Hamilton doesn't have it his way he blames everyone and everything and people brush it off. At just the last race in Malaysia he spent half the race having a go at his mechanics for no reason because he w...

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"Failing miserably" would imply he never had a shot at the title, which he did multiple times Only in 2010 and 2012. That's two years out of five. In 2012 he shouldn't have had a chance, but Vettel and Red Bull made multiple blunders/DNFs in the first half of the season, and Alonso himself got a ge...

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A question for the masses, I have an item of F1 memorabilia to sell, does anyone know of a website or similar that deals with this sort of thing? Ebay is my last resort but a google search hasn't brought anything useful. UK based would be preferable. Thanks, Grim In terms of having the most people ...

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Sorry to burst your bubble but I think this image is Photoshopped to have the two cars together. The sharpness around the right rear of the Ferrari is inconsistent with the rest of the image, particularly on the same focal plane with the Renault. But more so the road in front of the Ferrari's front...

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Asphalt_World wrote:What are you basing that good engine, bad aero comment from?

Obviously it's a generalization, but certain images tend to stick in one's mind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvv-EuuXaCQ

#FerrariTurbo

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There's rumours going on that Ferrari had a higher fuel flow than usual. True or not I also find strange how much they have improved, not compared to last year but compared to Australia aswell. Google informs me that the only source for this is a tweet from an F1 photographer named Darren Heath, si...

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Before World War II, although I can't recall any names offhand, there were many successful female racers. Talk about how women can't handle Formula 1 racing for physiological reasons, like the level of fitness and concentration required, strikes me as a lot of hot air. I think that in the nearish fu...

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I think it would have been a great idea, given the current woes of small teams. Unfortunately I agree that it would have been impossible to police, when dealing with Ferrari, McLaren, Mercedes, etc. I'm glad that F1 is once again at the cutting-edge of technology, with KERS and turbo engines, but ex...

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I'm actually a Hamilton fan so not complaining at all. I also hated it back in 2011-13 when tires determined the outcome of the races. Was just saying that today they could have run the quicker tire. Is that such a controversial statement? Obviously I exaggerated, my post wasn't meant as an attack ...

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People are so negative around here. "oh, I've bruised my leg, this leg is beyond repair, I must amputate." Yes there are areas of the show that need addressing (not the number of helmet changes though, c'mon FIA!) but to call the sport a joke is a bit much. The sport addresses its issues every coup...

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