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Looks like we may have to reset the countdown!

https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433 ... -postponed

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As a long term Hamilton fan, I find myself in the odd situation of wishing he wouldn't be racing.

What could have been a spectacular end to the season is now likely to be a predictable 1-2-3. Hopefully I'll be proved wrong!

I bet it will hurt the viewer figures too.

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Was he taken out though? As in crashed into? I thought he drove wide to avoid the crash and drove himself to the wall. It looked to me like he thought there was run off not gravel there. Ah, could be, yeah Looking from above, the many of the run off areas seem to be beige in colour. At that corner ...

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I felt sorry for Vertsappen. Probably for the first time of his life he was really cautious and backed out of the three wide situation. Then got taken out. Was he taken out though? As in crashed into? I thought he drove wide to avoid the crash and drove himself to the wall. It looked to me like he ...

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In a situation like this, does he get Lewis' car, or do they have a few spares lying around?

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I should imagine Lewis is hoping he won't beat Valtteri by much!

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It is absolutely true that you are far more likely to be killed by Police in the US if you are black as opposed to white. However the statistic that is very rarely quoted alongside that is that in any given interaction with the Police, you are twice a likely to be killed if you are white as opposed...

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To answer that question, first I'd need to be shown evidence of the existence of a patriarchal society. And as for men and women being equal in every sense, only a fool would suggest that. What society needs to accept is that there are differences between men and women and that's fine! There are pos...

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To have 'not being white' as a requirement for filling a position is manifestly racist. And I say that as a 'person of colour'. I 100% support eliminating all race/gender/age/disability etc barriers to anyone who wants to enter and progress through the sport, however beyond that things should be lef...

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I find it so sad that the people on this forum think they are "helping" by suggesting how Lewis should deal with this issue, because clearly it's not at all ironic that a load of white people are telling him how to accept something that they have absolutely no clue about, and from the comments, hav...

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I find it so sad that the people on this forum think they are "helping" by suggesting how Lewis should deal with this issue, because clearly it's not at all ironic that a load of white people are telling him how to accept something that they have absolutely no clue about, and from the comments, hav...

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I really can't see any of these gestures by sportsmen and other celebrities achieving anything, for the fundamental reason that I don't think awareness is the issue. Whilst America clearly has racial issues, I cannot agree with the idea that they exist because people are either unaware of them, or ...

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LOL Good luck with that. The WORLD STAGE today is such that Sports ARE VEHICLES FOR MAKING POLITICAL STATEMENTS and sorry to burst your bubble, but there is no way ANYONE has the testicular fortitude to tell a Black man in Lewis Hamilton to not voice his opinion on political issues, especially ones...

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Thought this deserved a separate thread. Not sure I understand this. Perez has been solid for years, and is to be replaced by Vettel who really hasn't shone for a while now. An expensive choice which I can't really see the benefit in. Maybe I'll be proved wrong, but always interesting nonetheless to...

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Maybe rather artificial but the sport does have to retain/attract casual fans. Lewis cruising to a managed win each week can't be good for business long term.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/54063417

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I don't have a great deal to add to this as most angles have been covered, but from my personal perspective as a 'person of colour'*, I believe the way it has been handled has created more racists and racism on both sides of the argument. The media has happily stoked the divisions too with their rep...

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Turns out the Bubba Wallace Noose had been in the garage since 2019 and completely unrelated to the driver and racism :lol: I think the world is going mad. I think if you look at the photo of the rope, you can see how it looks more like a noose than a pull cord. I'm glad the authorities took this a...

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Turns out the Bubba Wallace Noose had been in the garage since 2019 and completely unrelated to the driver and racism :lol: With every day that passes I am increasingly reminded of the Monty Python 'witch burning' scene. The problem is that was meant as a parody of mob rule but seems to be increasi...

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Vettel supposedly turned down a McLaren offer. It's Mercedes or retirement for him allegedly. Mercedes were never going to take him, even if Hamilton had for some reason left they'd have chosen someone else - someone younger and cheaper. And let's be honest everyone would have wanted the seat. For ...

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What about Bottas to Ferrari? A proven track record of being a solid number 2 and might actually be better than Sainz if that’s the route they want to go down. Well it's a weird season anyway - how about Bottas and Vettel swap places right now and we get the showdown we've wanted for however many r...

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Breaking news, but is it really that surprising?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/52612216

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South Korea tested everyone regardless of whether they had symptoms. Italy only tested people who had symptoms Where did you get this information because I call BS. There are laboratory tests that can identify the virus that causes COVID-19 in respiratory specimens. State and local public health de...

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Don't know if this has been picked up on elsewhere but major annoucement seems to be 2021 changes delayed by a year so next year's season to be run under current regs. Lewis will be happy, everyone else less so!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/51964882

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So what's the longest gap between F1 races in the modern era? Think that record may be broken in the next few weeks/months.

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FIA website overloaded.

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Is fia.com down right now?
It's not just you! fia.com is down.

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It's probably an England - Scotland thing. Many Scots will pick anyone over an English person in sport.

'Anyone but England' frequently heard once Scotland get knocked out of any football competitions. Which is usually fairly early on

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Virtually no suspension travel and 200mph speeds is not just a challenge, it's potentially spinal injury. Would be interesting to see the vertical G loads drivers encounter compared to the lateral G loads that would require medical attention.

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OOF! Hamilton and Vettel with a pretty scathing and somewhat explicit take on Max Verstappen and his racing style in the presser. Hamilton said more or less that some drivers are smart with their aggression and others are silly, and that he leaves Max extra space. Vettel was asked the same about tr...

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Rockie wrote:
TedStriker wrote:A masterclass in tyre management
How?

Ricciardo did 50 laps

Verstappen almost 60 laps

The hard tyre had no real degradation.

It's easy to do 60 laps on a tyre. Not easy to do it and win the race.

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A masterclass in tyre management

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F1_Ernie wrote:Vettel hasn't made any impression on Hamilton yet, you would at least think he would get in the DRS zone earlier. These tyres are so wierd here.

Remember Max has done quite a few more laps than Lewis on the hards and is still going

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Will be a bit of an anti-climax if they just come home in this order!

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Rockie wrote:Even with back markers Lewis is not pulling away!

Lewis had to go through them too - gap the same before and after

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Bottas could win this for Lewis - You get the feeling that if it weren't for defending against Bottas, Seb would be right up on Lewis and cruising past with DRS

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Bottas and 2 Ferraris fighting it out soon for 2nd?

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Invade wrote:Vettel seems to have hit a wall at just over 2 seconds behind Hamilton for the moment.

Never mind it's suddenly +1.3 seconds.

Vettel fighting Bottas could hand this to Lewis

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mikeyg123 wrote:I don't think Lewis is dead yet. Vettel isn't rocketing up behind him.

20 laps left - does he have a fresh set of softs to put on?

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Lewis been telling porkies about the state of his tyres? Wouldn't be the first time.

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Invade wrote:OOF - Charles has a 6.2 second pitstop.

1.9 for Albon!

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Lewis to pit again as soon as Vettel passes him? Can't imagine Lewis will make it too easy for Seb to pass after the first lap fun!

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