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I get the feeling Verstappen and Hamilton will move on from this and it's Horner that will end up looking a bit of a small bird of the blue/great variety.

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Schumacher forever#1 wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 20, 2021 10:55 am
I would however be for it, if Alonso finds himself in a championship contending car next year...

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DOLOMITE wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 20, 2021 8:37 am
*inaudible* - forgot adding a poll option resets the votes... grrrrrrr

well I heard what I said just fine.....

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*inaudible* - forgot adding a poll option resets the votes... grrrrrrr

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First impressions then?

If you think it should stay but with some tweaks, what?

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[quote="pokerman You do realise Hamilton was lucky not to damage his car as well given the collision ripped off Max's rear wheel, I guess that's on Max if he's prepared to risk his car returning to the pits on the back of a wagon again. [/quote] It was: "We’d failed the rim where we had the contact ...

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They state that if the driver on the inside has "a significant overlap" then "the corner is yours provided you make the corner cleanly". https://i.postimg.cc/9fS1szSw/hamVer2.png Hamilton is 2m+ from the apex, he is either there because he chose to be or because he couldn't make the corner. Even if...

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interesting section from a BBC article: "What do the rules say? Mercedes boss Toto Wolff made reference after the race to the stewards' overtaking guidelines, which he said allowed Hamilton to make the move. These are not distributed publicly, but they have been seen by BBC Sport. They contain image...

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It's one where I like to use a phrase my bike instructor used a lot - neither of the drivers involved *caused* the incident, but one at least could have avoided it. I think the move was on (as we saw later), and it was really a case of that Senna/Prost thing of confirming that - so-you-know-for-next...

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W Series race wasn't great was it, not quite the showpiece they might have hoped for. Pulling did OK but overall the race felt a bit flat to me and left me with a bad feeling about W Series for this year. The old guard are still dominating and the new young talent are not yet shining - at least yet....

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Racing incident for me, just. Hamilton hadn't got ahead to claim the corner fully, but I felt the attempt was fair. Verstappen could have left more room but I don't think he was obliged to. Hamilton could have backed out, but he showed later it's a legit move. I do think there were some senna/prost ...

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would be particularly crummy if the WDC end up being decided on a Saturday... I understand this view if we have a showdown in the last race, but from 2017-2020 the championship has been decided with 2/3 races to go. Does it really matter whether it’s decided on a Saturday or Sunday in those instanc...

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on the F1 site regarding the wreaths

"F1 Sprint is a brand-new and exciting format, so we felt it was important to come up with a post-race moment that was equally special,”

It's too easily done eh Mr Alex Molina, Director of Event Spectacle at Formula 1....

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would be particularly crummy if the WDC end up being decided on a Saturday...

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also clarified that in the even of a WDC points tie - the points scored from sprint qualifying are of course included, but the results won't count as race wins for countback. Because it's not a race....

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interesting exercise, but do just have to point out Felipe Massa.... sorry

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And now its confirmed the er, "winner"? of the Saturday Sprint will get given a wreath in an award ceremony and the top 3 will do a victory lap. This in addition to the points they score of course. But to be clear the thing they just did where they did to get all that ...wasnt a race.

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One for the grammar enthusiasts... "Was Red Bull... " or "Were Red Bull..." ?

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I just wanted to say that I was pretty cynical about this, but having (skim) read the report I think it's impressive. It has substance and the point is made early on that it's focused on defined, achievable actions, not just discussion. Also just the fact that's it's actually been done, and at a dif...

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Here is the report published by the Hamilton Commission to improve representation in F1. Read the report here. My conclusion on the executive summary and recommendations are they are really good education based policy options that would work. The report itself is of high quality. However, I would a...

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So here's something I didn't know existed till recently - all female motorbike circuit racing series

Womens European Cup

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Exediron wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 12, 2021 7:15 pm
That really drives home how punishingly expensive even the lowest tiers of open-wheeled racing are. €9,500 isn't chicken feed; for an average family, an unexpected expense that high is way outside their ability to pay.

And that's just F4.

Great story though and well done that man whoever he is.

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Battle Far wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 11, 2021 2:24 pm
Vivien Keszthelyi (Motopark) crashed out of Euroformula's (F3) Hungaroring round race 3 after spinning behind the safety car!

Championship leader Cameron Das won on the very wet track.

Ouch , first home event in a single-seater...

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I have Max at 5/1 and Lewis at 13/5 for the WDC so barring a disaster should be quids in either way.

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Quick half-year report for the female drivers in the various F3/4/5 series Lets assume for argument sake that you could expect the top 20% of the drivers from each series to be looking to potentially moving up the ladder. So on a grid of 25 drivers, top 20% would mean you'd need to be top 5. 'I have...

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Well we don't know do we. It was a 3 year extension , so we cam assume that's in the region of 70 or so race. That's plenty of opportunity to provide a return on investment. His recent run isn't great and if contract negotiation time was now, I don't think they'd be waving a 3 year extension at him,...

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Ocon has his suspicians..

"“That difference is just too big. So there is definitely something that is not working properly. And we need to understand what that is"

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Pulling's promotion (for this race) confirms that the hints about how competitive she was in the pre-season test, in her own words W Series’ pre-season test at Anglesey couldn’t have gone much better for me and I’ll head to Silverstone feeling competitive. She appears to be replacing Gosia Rdest fo...

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Abbi Pulling to make her W Series debut at Silverstone. Really pleased for her and very interested to see how she stacks up against the established drivers.

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pokerman wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 06, 2021 4:37 pm

DOLOMITE wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 06, 2021 1:29 pm

Agree, but then the time point we pick becomes arbitrary - you say 5 years, someone else thinks 6...

Anyway I'll see if I can do a rolling 5 year period version easily.
Given the nature of F1 I think even 5 years might be too long, I would go for 3 years...

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noticeable hax Max's strike rate is improving his stats but with him it will be more about how long he carries on, could have a truly epic career given he had such a young start. How easy is it to tweak using their win rate from the last 25 / 50 races? Yeah unfortunately there is a certain lack of ...

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Tamara Molinaro joining Extreme E as a reserved river by the looks of ot

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noticeable hax Max's strike rate is improving his stats but with him it will be more about how long he carries on, could have a truly epic career given he had such a young start.

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Schermerhorn wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 05, 2021 12:33 pm
Verstappen on the other hand, strikes me as a prime Alonso or Schumacher type, utter self belief and nothing will knock him off his perch within the team.

Agreed, but in all honesty with a track record like his, how would you not have.

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Interesting question and very hard to answer. They are at very different stages, very different teammates, and racing with different expectations. Overall I'd actually give this to Norris, but that feels unfair to Verstappen who is driving faultlessly and I'm only picking because that's what the thr...

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Had Norris at 7/2 for a podium. Only had £4 down though so won't be paying the mortgage off just yet..

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OK, basing this now on Age 38 and 22 races/season... 1. Hamilton = 110 2. Schumacher = 91 3. Vettel = 71 4. Verstappen (M) = 52 5. Prost = 51 6. Senna = 41 7. Alonso = 32 8. Mansell = 31 9. Stewart = 27 10. Clark = 25 10. Lauda = 25 12. Fangio = 24 13. Raikkonen = 24 14. Piquet = 23 14. Rosberg (N) ...

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I missed Qualy but again an impressive result for Sidorkova given the relative age/experience of the drivers she's mixing it with. Also has a great helmet design! https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E4KpeW9WUAUsDKf.jpg Meanwhile "Spanish driver Garcia lines up 7th and alongside her it's....er Garcia from Sp...

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An explanatory note, apologies if I'm teaching you to suck eggs F3 Series Specs . Series Chassis Engine BHP Tyres FIA F3 Dallara Mecachrome 380 Pirelli US F3 Ligier Honda 300 Hankook FREC 2020 Tatuus Alfa Romeo 270 Pirelli FREC 2021 Tatuus Renault 250 Pirelli W Series Tatuus Alfa Romeo 270 Hankook ...

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Sidorkova running well, impressive She showed well in the race too.

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