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I think it's pretty clear that Hamilton is the #1 driver at Mercedes. Not undeserved because he's obviously better than Bottas, but he is the #1 driver. :thumbup: Hamilton is obviously the #1 driver. However, a sizable portion of his fan base have spent more than a decade decrying other drivers who...

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Can you guys shed any light on why there is such a lack of moderation on the main PF1 site? There are certain posters on there whose sole intention is to inflame & continually bash certain drivers. The level of trolling on the site is quite alarming.

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Strategic errors cost Hamilton wins in Australia and Austria (though Austria is uncertain due to the mechanical failure) and possibly China as well (should have stopped when Dan and Max stopped). There were also a few smaller strategic errors that were less costly that year. The better question wou...

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In the 2018 Season The eccentric and chaotic management style of the red team in recent years is not something I see bringing out the best in Lewis - where as somebody with Alonso's temperment may just manage to be at his best.. ? Maybe i'm looking at things too simplistically, but things were pret...

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I think that the combination of Lewis Hamilton and his strategist James Vowles could have made the Ferrari a WDC championship car at least once in the last few years. The combination of Lewis Hamilton and the ham-fisted crowd of misfits from Maranello.... well, not so much. You say that but Mercede...

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But not the previous 2 years so that differs from Vettel. Vettel had that in 2012. The Red Bull was no more the clear best car that year than the Mercedes was in 2017. I'd say that's fair but I'd say that, for Hamilton, you also have to include 2008. 2008 is something Vettel hasn't done, true -- wi...

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KingVoid wrote:Hamilton has made two serious mistakes this year. Austria and Germany. Verstappen has only made one.

I'd certainly categorize his mistake in Monaco as serious (picking up a penalty for his pitlane wheel-banging with Bottas.) It cost him a podium.

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Hamilton’s 2 terrible races was a response regarding this season’s performance. Anyway, let’s just compare 2017 and 2018. - Hamilton was clearly slower than Bottas at Russia 2017, Monaco 2017, China 2018, and Canada 2018. - Verstappen was slower than Ricciardo at Abu Dhabi 2017. I can’t think of an...

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Reading comprehension is clearly not your forte - please go to the link and take some lessons. Might help. You're making up the argument on someone else's behalf to suit the narrative (and the response) in your head. Try to respond to what people have actually said/typed, not what you wish to think...

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Except that the Autosport Awards have given the Mercedes F1 car as car of the year for the last 5 years. Hamilton driver of the year too. It's an impossible judgement to make but I think we all know that something like tyres not being quite up to temp can ruin a race from start to finish. The car i...

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I think it's important to note that nearly all of Hamilton's WDC's have come in the turbo-hybrid era. In this era all you really have to do to win the WDC is beat the guy in the other Merc. How many of the current grid would beat Bottas in the same car? 40-70% of them? Are they All-Time Greats as w...

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The fact that the guy comfortably in 3rd is getting matched by an often out qualified by a teenage rookie really shows the low quality of driving performances this season. If Sainz was driving a Racing Point and getting matched by Norris he'd be getting panned. :thumbup: Except of the top 2, virtua...

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I think it's important to note that nearly all of Hamilton's WDC's have come in the turbo-hybrid era. In this era all you really have to do to win the WDC is beat the guy in the other Merc. How many of the current grid would beat Bottas in the same car? 40-70% of them? Are they All-Time Greats as w...

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Hamilton’s failure to overtake Verstappen in Suzuka was a much bigger moment in 2016 than most people appreciate. If he made that move stick, Rosberg would’ve been under far more pressure in the final four races of the season, as there would be no margin for error. I don't see how it makes much dif...

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I'm starting to dislike Verstappen. Starting to dislike how quickly people are fawning & falling over themselves to proclaim him the greatest thing since sliced bread. Yes, he's having a good season, but it should take more than a few good races, to be ranked alongside the likes of Alonso, Hamilton...

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Jamie Chadwick secures inaugural W Series title. Not her best race, but she did what she needed to do, to seal the deal. Congratulations to her.

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I'm starting to dislike Verstappen. Starting to dislike how quickly people are fawning & falling over themselves to proclaim him the greatest thing since sliced bread. Yes, he's having a good season, but it should take more than a few good races, to be ranked alongside the likes of Alonso, Hamilton ...

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When he becomes the most successful he'll have to be in the conversation for greatest. In terms of whether he is or not... I kind of feel that ship has sailed. He spent too much of his career not at the level of the likes of Schumacher, Prost, Senna etc and another portion in a car so dominant it's...

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Max Verstappen - Faultless so far, reminds me of Alonso in 2012. Lewis Hamilton - Having a superb season, but messy races in Austria and Germany have taken the shine off it slightly. Daniel Ricciardo - Is smashing Hulkenberg, contrary to my expectations. Carlos Sainz - Clear best of the rest in the...

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How can he ever be the greatest of all time when he isn't even the greatest active driver? Most of the paddock considers that accolade to belong to Max Verstappen . Like who? I've heard Rosberg state he considers Verstappen the current fastest, but to be quite frank, Rosberg's opinion shifts as qui...

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Max Verstappen - Faultless so far, reminds me of Alonso in 2012. Lewis Hamilton - Having a superb season, but messy races in Austria and Germany have taken the shine off it slightly. Daniel Ricciardo - Is smashing Hulkenberg, contrary to my expectations. Carlos Sainz - Clear best of the rest in the...

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Ric to Renault?

https://www.racefans.net/2018/08/03/dan ... 19-season/

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You do understand that three articles using the exact same quote from a driver don’t make that point any more real than a single one, don’t you? Are you suggesting the quote from Raikkonen is false, or incorrect? Quoting it 3 times certainly doesn't make the point stronger, but it's like you are di...

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Hulk, Hamilton, Vettel.

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Invade wrote:https://streamable.com/hg6gd

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Nico Rosberg decisively states that Ferrari are leading in power now.

Horner, once again, stating likewise:

https://www.planetf1.com/news/horner-fe ... benchmark/

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This was in the BBC site, for what it's worth: "Was it a bird? Question for the BBC Radio 5 live commentators from Alice Maud on Twitter: "Can you guys clarify the story of the 'bird remains' in the brake duct in Q3 for Hamilton? Did it affect his qualifying?" Andrew Benson, our chief F1 writer, ch...

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Let’s be honest here, if races like Bahrain or China 2018 had happened in 2017 but the situations were reversed (Mercedes as Ferrari and Ferrari as Mercedes), there is no doubt that the usual suspects would argue the cars were equal, if not Ferrari supremacy. There were people arguing that Ferrari ...

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Vettel & Leclerc

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The engine issue was resolved in the pit stops . They gave him more cooling and afterwards confirmed that they had fixed the issue. Hamilton says: "Straight from the start, we got out of Turn 2, the power started dropping out," "There were lots of hesitations, engine dropping in power, so I thought...

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Not harsh at all performance wise the only way Vettel was winning was for Ferrari to be perfect and that is not possible. Against Hamilton yes . A weaker driver in the Mercedes obviously would've been easier to beat. See Bottas.[/quote] Not sure i agree. Vettel had already put in some "less than pe...

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or Schumacher in 2012. 2016 is significant because the Mercedes cars were so much better than everybody else that they were virtually guaranteed a 1-2 finish, so any problems basically handed the win to your rival (assuming they too didn't have problems). There was little chance of another car nipp...

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Now, questions about the legality of Ferrari's DRS

https://www.f1today.net/en/news/f1/2388 ... rs-illegal

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Ric

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This is why I really, really want Ricciardo to join Ferrari in 2019. I want to see another matchup between him and Vettel. IMO the best drivers this season have been: 1. Alonso 2. Ricciardo 3. Hamilton 4. Hulkenberg 5. Vettel What has Alonso done exactly? Beating drivers like Ocon and co? ofcourse ...

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Leclerc & Hamilton

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According to Marc Priestly, former Mclaren f1 mechanic, this whole tyre conspiracy is much a do about nothing. And Ferrari was one of the teams that complained about the blistering, and therefore were also responsible for the change. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=931&v=G8W_vizIGf4 Ski...

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If Bottas was slower during the first portion of the race, that may well have been down to seeking to make the SS tyres last for a late switch and / or hope to take advantage of a safety car. If so, that's strategy. That's the view that I'm prepared to take and so will go with Bottas. I would have ...

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I am bored of this forum, time to call time over on it. The ship began sinking many years ago and most of the best contributors are long gone. Time to join them. Thank you for the 17+ years. It was fun. Please can a mod delete/suspend my account. Your posts are relatively balanced. Your contributio...

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Just a slight titbit, Hamilton didn't need Rosberg's car to breakdown to win the title in Abu Dhabi but Rosberg needed Hamilton's car to breakdown for him to win the title. Only assuming that Rosberg would still have lost all the races after Malaysia like he actually did. If he had needed to win an...

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As in good fashion, at season's end the team bosses cast their votes on the best drivers of the year. Unsurprisingly, Hamilton has taken the #1 spot. Without further ado, here is the top 10 (last column = spots gained/lost: 1 Lewis Hamilton 233 - 2 Max Verstappen 143 - 3 Sebastian Vettel 141 +2 4 D...

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