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Red Bull or bust for Albon according to Horner, so sounds like Tsunoda will be driving for Alpha Tauri. I wonder what Red Bull do in 2022 if Tsunoda is beaten by Gasly and Albon struggles again. I guess sticking the car on pole has definitely sealed it for Tsunoda, I see Gasly and Tsunoda being a A...

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Does anyone out there still doubt that Leclerc is a special talent after that lap? The Ferrari engine really isn't the one to have around here, but he's produced something rather special. His reward will likely be to watch other cars glide past him in the race though. Credit to George for achieving ...

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It looks like it's going to be a sad end to his Formula One career. It could have been a heck of a lot sadder though and thank goodness it wasn't.

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Mercedes apparently only changed three tyres at one of Bottas' stops. Curious.

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Daniel Ricciardo sounded very angry about the amount of replays shown of the crash.

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I hope Red Bull aren't going to use that fluke podium as an excuse to retain Albon. After the first stint, he was already too far behind (well over a pit stop) to influence Hamilton's strategy and assist Max's. Perez had an extremely strong weekend and was robbed by misfortune yet again.

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mikeyg123 wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 29, 2020 3:32 pm
How have they decided the order? Bottas was 6th after the middle of turn 1.

That's bizarre. The moment the accident happened Bottas was 6th and making a move for fifth. I can't see how they've arrived at a fourth place start for him.

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F1Tyrant wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 29, 2020 1:41 pm
Never thought I'd see a thread about Lewis Hamilton descend into Communism vs Capitalism but here we are...

Never underestimate Lewis Hamilton online discussion

Still, it could be worse. If this was youtube, Hitler would have been mentioned by now.

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What a relief he's ok. I can't see this race starting again.

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At the age of 25, Fernando Alonso was a double world champion and had just usurped Michael Schumacher in a one on one title fight. At the age of 39, he's about to return to the sport still a two time world champion. At the age of 26, Sebastian Vettel was a four time world champion. He's now 33, havi...

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Lance Stroll is now apparently third place in terms of 'laps led in 2020 after that 32 laps in first place'. That shows how strong the Mercedes have been.

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Max has two main weaknesses. A lack of patience and a tendency to wallow in negativity. The lack of patience was evident today, and holding onto negativity was evident after qualifying where he was inexplicably crestfallen about his P2 instead of sensing a great opportunity. Fortunately, those weakn...

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I went for the podium runners too. Leclerc an honourable mention for coming on strong when the drier line appeared. He's the kind of mirrored Lance Stroll: Mediocre in the wet, but immense in more drivable conditions. For Max this is like Mexico 2019. He's been immensely quick all weekend but poor d...

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Ferrari were the highest scoring constructor today. At a guess I would say for the first time since Singapore last year (?)

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A quite remarkable achievement and he has power to add l

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In hindsight, rather than pitting Stroll, RP would have been better served by swapping positions and having Stroll rear gun for Perez at that point. That said it would still have been very tough to hold off Hamilton. I don't understand nobody gambling on softs. Common sense tell you that if you are...

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His race engineer was audibly getting annoyed with him on the radio before the stop. The pitstop was definitely the wrong call.

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In hindsight, rather than pitting Stroll, RP would have been better served by swapping positions and having Stroll rear gun for Perez at that point. That said it would still have been very tough to hold off Hamilton. I don't understand nobody gambling on softs. Common sense tell you that if you are ...

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:frown: Well he had better hope that Albon doesn't get a Mercedes drive then! Its a comment from a jealous man and one that possibly ensures he doesn't get to drive for that team. For me its just another indication that the MV doesn't know when to keep quiet and keep his head down! Not a jealous ma...

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What a race that was. Verstappen will feel he threw that away and it's difficult to argue with that. The strategy was spot on for Hamilton and you have to say he delivered a great drive. Perez did what Perez does and I also have to say it's no coincidence that in a tricky race, Vettel was at the sha...

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Some of the best drivers on the planet are being made to look like rank amateurs. It's a bit farcical but very entertaining as a one off. That twitchy Red Bull has been setting Max and Alex up perfectly for these conditions.

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Option or Prime wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 06, 2020 3:46 pm

BMWSauber84 wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 06, 2020 2:40 pm
Oh and Fox News is reporting that Trump will concede today.
Mmmm, its actually the opposite! Trump has no plans to concede.

Yes, social media gave me a bum steer. I can't see Trump hanging on beyond January though. America has very strict laws on squatters.

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Oh and Fox News is reporting that Trump will concede today.

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That's all folks. There's a new President elect.

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I think it's now finally fair to say that Joe Biden is the President-elect. He's roughly as likely to lose the vote as Lewis Hamilton is to lose the 2020 Formula One world championship. Crucially for the Republicans though, they are going to hold the Senate.

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The US ballot system is too unfair to predict anything. Trump could lose the popular vote by a bigger margin than 4 years ago and still be elected... Biden chance is that lot of people who didn't care to decide between two opposite faces of the same establishment in 2016, had four years to realize ...

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There have to be some serious questions about safety car protocol after drivers were seemingly permitted to go and unlap themselves while marshalls were still on track.

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A seriously dangerous incident with Stroll unlapping himself under safety car conditions and not being far away from some marshalls. I don't blame him for this one, he should never have been given the green light to do that while people were still on track. https://mobile.twitter.com/F1Subreddit/sta...

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Mercedes have tweeted a picture of the debris feom under Bottas' car. Not surprised it was difficult to drive. I think he's a great number 2 driver, people just get annoyed because it leads to predictable results due to the Mercedes dominance Amazed Albon has lasted the season. His performances hav...

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Hamilton sounding not entirely sure that he'll be in formula one next year. Mischief making, contract negotiation tactics, or genuine possiblity?

https://www.racefans.net/2020/11/01/ham ... year-2021/

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Why Perez? He benfited from qualifying poorly to be on the right tyre. He gained places because the top 10 qualifiers got hold up behind Magnussen who ran out of order thanks to Vettel pushing him out in the first lap. Yes, the SC strategy call did not work in Perez favour. But: Kvyat was behind hi...

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I'll give Perez the nod. Ricciardo an OM and Hamilton did well to recover. Why Perez? He benfited from qualifying poorly to be on the right tyre. He gained places because the top 10 qualifiers got hold up behind Magnussen who ran out of order thanks to Vettel pushing him out in the first lap. Yes, ...

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Perez, Ricciardo, Raikkonen for my vote. I was tempted with Kvyat but I think that car had good pace here and Gasly may well have got another podium without his issue.

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If Perez is disappointed, I'm sure a phone call from Helmut Marko may cheer him up soon. So I thinkHamilton can wrap up the title in Turkey with a fastest lap and second place even if Bottas wins.

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Bottas was unlucky there, it would have been incredibly difficult for Hamilton to win if a "normal" race had played out without that damage. Verstappen having a very strong but largely luckless season and I'm afraid that was so poor from George. I was pleased for Kvyat who has had a couple of really...

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With Alfa Romeo confirming they will keep the same lineup, that almost certainly means Mick Schumacher at Haas along with another rookie. That along with the Williams news means unfortunately it makes it almost certain that at least one of Hulk and Perez will not get an F1 drive for 2021.

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The US ballot system is too unfair to predict anything. Trump could lose the popular vote by a bigger margin than 4 years ago and still be elected... Biden chance is that lot of people who didn't care to decide between two opposite faces of the same establishment in 2016, had four years to realize ...

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The softs lastest long enough in the opening stint when other teams were running with full fuel. Bottas was just answering to completely diffuse the situation like he always does Ultimately it would have been a bit unfair to put Bottas on softs. Hamilton's tyres still had plenty left when he boxed....

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Truly memorable lap from Kimi. That's one of his finest ever efforts. Hamilton and Verstappen sounded suitably impressed in the press conference by Kimi getting all the way up to sixth. He used those fresh softs to perfection and proved that when conditions are equalised, he's still a great racer w...

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Astonishingly really Charles Leclerc is just 5 points shy of that fourth position now. 4 Daniel Ricciardo 80 5 Charles Leclerc 75 6 Sergio Perez 74 7 Lando Norris 65 8 Alexander Albon 64 9 Pierre Gasly 63 10 Carlos Sainz. 59 11 Lance Stroll. 57 Those are the drivers I consider to still be in content...

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