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Ferrari had this in the bag until they tried to get way too cute with their "strategy". Just awful strategy on every single level. First, not covering Bottas' undercut attempt with Vettel. Then ruining Kimi's race by leaving him out for a disreputable reason which didn't even work and then not pitt...

iceman_fan90

Ferrari had this in the bag until they tried to get way too cute with their "strategy". Just awful strategy on every single level. First, not covering Bottas' undercut attempt with Vettel. Then ruining Kimi's race by leaving him out for a disreputable reason which didn't even work and then not pitti...

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This feels like such karmic justice. Ferrari deserved that after what they did to Kimi.

iceman_fan90

If I was Kimi I'd park my car on the side, tell Ferrari to "chocolate fudge cake off" and walk away. Surely he has made enough money over his career that he doesn't have to take all this disrespect from Ferrari

iceman_fan90

Ferrari is absolutely pathetic and a disgrace to this sport.

I am now actively rooting against this trash team. They should be absolutely ashamed of themselves.

iceman_fan90

As a long term fan who stopped watching the races when F1 became "Formula Mercedes" a few years ago and am only returning to the sport this year, I for one am glad with what Liberty Media is doing with F1. Finally someone is actually treating F1 like a sustainable business and an entertainment produ...

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If Kimi had just matched his previous best S3 time he would have had pole by 0.044s. He lost quite a bit in his final run, given that he was ahead of Vettel before that last sector Lost or gave away? I'm still not convinced Ferrari are allowing a straight competition either in qualy or race, althou...

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This thread will document all instances of Kimi's "bad luck" this season. Whether one believes this is actually "bad luck" or a conspiracy is upto them. This post will be updated after every race weekend. Australia: * After being faster than Vettel all weekend including in the opening stint of the r...

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People sit there and use any excuse why F1 has lost a large portion of it's audience but don't actually look at the basics. A good example is not everyone has Sky/Virgin Media which pretty much cuts down UK viewers. How many people simple turned over the BBC to see F1 just because nothing else was ...

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First off I'll start by saying I stopped watching races regularly earlier in the season. Waking up at 5 am just to watch a race whose winner ( and top 2) is a foregone conclusion, with little overtaking or action just didn't make much sense in my cost-benefit analysis. Other than the North American ...

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Another day another mysterious issue and shady behaviour from the team. Updated the OP to reflect the events of this quali. Webber is sitting at home and laughing, probably telling Kimi I told you so

iceman_fan90

Honestly, Bernie's "sprinklers" idea isn't sounding half bad just about now

iceman_fan90

I find the practice of Pirelli deciding which compound to chose for a race pretty idiotic and targetted towards taking any excitement out of the race. Compounds for the race should be chosen randomly, if teams need to do 4 stops to complete a race then so be it

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The commercial wing of Mercedes would absolutely love it if the FIA tried to ban some key aspect of their engine. Imagine the marketing oppertunities... "An engine so fast that it was banned from Formula 1" Any regulation change is probably too late, I think the best way to make 2016 (and perhaps ev...

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While I agree that we need changes to the current formula, Marko looks like a petulant child threatning to take his ball and go home after the kids at the playground did not do what he wanted

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I think the only hope for some excitement this season is Alonso is coming back, sitting in that McLaren and realizing how bad it is. He will explode and there will a lot of drama

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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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The product that F1 is putting on is absolute crap. Do you follow any other sports? If so how would you compare the product put on by the other sports you follow compared to F1? I follow Ice Hockey and I can say for sure it's not even close, even a boring hocking game blows races from this recent er...

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1. Gets hit by the teammate in lap 1 causing him to lose places and suffer front wing damage ] Oh at least get your facts straight. He didn't get hit by Vettel, he got hit by Sainz. And it was Sainz who lost some of his front wing. He got nicked by Vettel as well... he lost part of his wing as ment...

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During Webber's last season we had a similar thread here tracking all of the misfortunes that mysteriously seem to affect only Webber. It seems that a similar thread is needed for Kimi. This thread will track all the misfortune that befalls Kimi this season Aus GP: 1. Gets hit by the teammate in lap...

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Don't watch it if you only want overtaking. I've thoroughly enjoyed this race. Sure there are many other reasons to watch F1. But would you not agree that overtaking is one of the most entertaining part of F1, that people largely tune in for? Is it too much to expect even a few overtakings after th...

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well, there was a 4-way fight at first for 5,6,7,8 When/where was the overtaking after the 2nd lap? vettel was chasing massa Where was the overtaking? button did put up a fight with peres, despite the difference in pace I'll give you that one verstappen was fun to keep an eye on Where was the overt...

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I find it interesting that 3 incidents happened involving Ferrari cars and Kimi was at the receiving end of all 3, Vettel having a smooth drive with no issues. If I was Kimi I'd watch my back, I don't think Ferrari has his best interests at heart. Even Ted Kravitz is questioning why Vettel's rear le...

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Ferrari is absolutely garbage. The same story as previous years, a leopard never changes its stripes

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Vettel and Ferrari sabotaged Kimi's race. What a disgrace

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I blame Vettel for this entire drama. He's pretty much already ruined Kimi's race. What garbage. I hope Vettel's car suffered some damage. What idiotic driving during the first grand prix of the season

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There used to be thread like this for Webber, so I figured there should be one for Dan as the pattern appears to continue. This thread will document all the "bad luck" or shady situations that Ricciardo and his car are inevitably gonna be put through over the course of the season: 1. Australia: Driv...

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justmoi wrote:
EyeZ wrote:Did they "manipulate" , so to say, Vettels car to, or just "tested the water" with Dani's one?
Well that is another contentious issue but let's just say Seb never went over the fuel flow limit as set by the FIA in any session.

Makes me think there might have been foul play at work against Dan

iceman_fan90

This is kind of out there but what if RedBull deliberately caused the issue with Ricciardo's car to make sure his podium and good race would be invalidated and he would not eclipse Vettel in points? This is smelling awfully similar to Webber incredibly "poor luck" in that car

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I'm a McLaren fan. I wouldn't like it. It would be tolerable if there were a team that could consistantly compete with McLaren over decades. It would be no fun if we won everything all the time without good competition. Now obviously since 2005-ish there have been teams that have competed well with...

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He should not get any points. FIA simply cannot allow RedBull to get away with this, this early in the season. FIA needs to make an example out of RedBull early and often

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Another year another terrible car. Ferrari and the Ferrari management should be ashamed of themselves. They have pretty much become the new Williams team. F1 acts as if somehow Ferrari is irreplacable and it would damage the sport if they left but this just proves that Ferrari are starting to become...

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wait... minardi... wasn't that the guy that discovered a TC-system that a bunch of FIA engineers couldn't find, simply by watching the car from the grandstands?! Minardi ran an F1 team for a long period of time with a limited budget. His little finger knows more about F1 than most people here will ...

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Lorenzo De Luca ‏@LorenzoDL83 6h #F1 #Kimi had scheduled a series of meetings with the engineers, both to prepare the next test in Bahrain ... continue Lorenzo De Luca ‏@LorenzoDL83 6h #F1 #Kimi ... and to refine the driving position in the cockpit, while today will spend the day in the simulator H...

iceman_fan90

I don't like this language coming out of Ferrari at all, sounds very suspicious to me

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Kimi "excited" to work with his new engineer http://www.planetf1.com/driver/18227/91 ... -challenge

Sounds like a quote from someone in Ferrari which they attributed to Kimi. I doubt Kimi was "excited" the day he lost his virginity, let alone to meet his new engineer.

iceman_fan90

Maldonado and Alan Permaine on the same team? Lotus are really trying hard to become the most villanous team on the grid

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So doing a little post-mortem on the season... do people agree that the switch to the more conservative Pirelli tires ended up being the death nail to this season? Vettel might still have won but it probably would not have been so one-sided had Pirelli stuck with the tires that were decided last yea...

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This pretty much underscores everything that is wrong with F1. Money is killing the sport.

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