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It is like putting your kid at the university with a 6 years headstart, but at least universities are more serious and none will admit you without credentials and prior achievements. Child prodigies exist in every facet of society, and Verstappen was a child prodigy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/...

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... The most plausible outcome is that Perez has underperformed relative to the last few years, the RB is a really tough car to drive and Verstappen has 1-2 tenths on Hamilton. While certainly not an expert here, I have seen lots of opinion that the RB car is a bear to drive (rather twitchy) and th...

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I've never understood the attraction of a reverse-grid approach (other than some artificial excitement). It seems drive the wrong behaviors.

Please help improve my understanding if I'm just "not seeing it".

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If Hamilton somehow managed to outbrake Verstappen into Copse with such a shallow line while simultaneously keeping his car on the road on exit, it would have been an amazing move, but it didn’t happen and hence doesn’t matter. Correct. Hamilton's pass just wasn't there , now was it? Going back 25 ...

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I'd just like to post this here to exonerate the British crown (sorry if it's been posted already). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GFkPVMmsu8&t=77s Far bigger cheers when he climbed out the car than when the crash occurred and an ovation that lasted a minute by the time the video stopped. Thanks ...

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Herb wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 19, 2021 8:27 pm
Where's the 'I was willing to give it a shot, now I think it should go in the bin' option

Likewise. I instead went with was what is the strong majority. No / no.

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Americans don't pay for Sky they pay for ESPN who decided to essentially buy Sky F1's broadcast because either their product was worse or it was simply not profitable to produce its own so goes back to the point of if you want a better service then put your hand in your pocket. Plus I don't know if...

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Aside from agreeing with Jezza, I've had numerous ideas how this could be adapted and made better. The best I can think of, if we must have a sprint and a GP, is a reverse grid. So Friday's qualifying session sees the grid set for both races. The sprint, however, reverses the entire field. Points a...

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tim3003's proposal sounds interesting, but vulnerable to a lot of gamesmanship (tricky). BlackMist's proposal really doesn't seem to add much to the format vs the current Sprint format. Nothing against their attempts, but I think that the Sprint is just a flawed concept; I'd say "Just 86 the sprint ...

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To me, if the turn was truly Hamilton's, why did he back off in the first place? Him backing off indicates to me that the pass just wasn't there, and once doing that, that further indicates (to me at least) that he now had the responsibility for not hitting Verstappen provided that he had his 2 mete...

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For all those trashing the attitude of the fans, there are spectator videos on YouTube from Copse corner of the incident that clearly show the fans didn't cheer Verstappen crashing into the barriers, and fans from the circuit reporting that the cheering that was shown on the TV feed was from the gr...

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Nice to see the British fans cheering while Max is in the barriers, possibly seriously hurt given the speed of the crash. Doesnt surprise me one bit though, I've been to two races and heard the cheering for Rosberg & Vettel's issues, shameful. Shameful when the British do it, but when it happens in...

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How can someone be so happy when the other guy is in hospital? Especially when he caused it… He didnt know. To be fair both ways, I remember hearing (on the radio) from Hamilton shortly after the incident, "Is Max OK?" and the response being ~~"He's walking away from it." - a rather guarded comment...

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I know this is nigh impossible here, but without team or driver names or situation involved - if you considered two cars (yellow and blue) and the same situation in that exact corner: with the yellow car (slightly ahead) defending the corner, and the yellow car having left a full (1.5 really) car's ...

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Leclerc is the easy choice today. Hamilton was superb from lap 2 onwards, but he can't get my vote for coming back from a self-imposed hardship. Agreed, he was "superb from lap 2 onwards", but "self-imposed hardship" was really a "self-imposed penalty " - I think you're being overly kind in this ca...

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So, can Red Bul appeal and if so, do you think they will? What are they appealing? Who said that they are appealing? Please read the post. The post said can Red Bull appeal. I asked what are they appealing? What exactly is your issue? Your post indicates that RB is in fact appealing - while the OP ...

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IDFD wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 18, 2021 4:15 pm

Asphalt_World wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 18, 2021 4:09 pm
So, can Red Bul appeal and if so, do you think they will?
What are they appealing?

Who said that they are appealing? Please read the post.

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Fiki wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 18, 2021 4:01 pm
Is it sour grapes to point out that a driver who caused an accident had to rely on a team order? Yes, it probably is.

No, not really. It really takes the shine off the win, doesn't it?

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You're comparing someone with a damaged car deliberately taking out his rival in the final race to someone taking a 50/50 40/60 in to the corner with numerous races to go. Perhaps my memory is failing me, but it seems to me like Hamilton's contacts are usually with him on the inside, with his front...

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Mort Canard wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 17, 2021 5:28 pm
Bonehead moves of the session go to Nikita and Checo.

Needs another thread???

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The silly computer game graphics were annoying too. Very child-like in appearance. I don't have that much of a problem with the graphics used to identify the car ahead for the casual viewer (if used judiciously). Otherwise, my eyes would be bouncing around the screen hoping to inform me of the situ...

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The evidently light traffic here indicates that either 1) almost no one is watching the sprint or 2) those watching it are captivated by it. Which is it?

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TheGiantHogweed wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 16, 2021 6:35 pm

Battle Far wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 16, 2021 6:26 pm
Come on Guys, it is pole position for the sprint race...

Very pleased to see Ricciardo right on Norris's pace, even if it took a mugging to get there

And 'Chapeau' to Russell
No it isn't - it's pole position for the sprint qualifying

Argggghhhhhh!

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"Seven tenths; where did that come from?"

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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E6VayGeXMAUvuLL.jpg I like it, even the Indy style front wing. The "skirts" on the side look like they may generate some serious downforce too. Overall 8/10 from me. Let's hope these things allow close F1 racing. I'm not particularly fond of the side intake shape. But ma...

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I'm guessing that DOLOMITE's comment meant ≅"by awarded Saturday points" (similar to pole position points). As such, a point for pole (or ≅"sprint qualification") seems more substantive than for the current point awarded for fastest lap of the actual race.

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Anyway, we are digressing massively now. On topic - first time Max has a car capable of challenging, and he's showing them how it's done. It's you that came up with this timeline for determining when we can consider who was the best driver, me personally I would look at a driver's complete career, ...

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In defense of the self-imposed limitations of this study (UK-focused, single race-focused, and perhaps factors), as they say "you can't boil the ocean". You need to focus on something that's actually targeted narrowly enough to have a real chance of making a real, measurable, durable change. Also, (...

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It's undeniable that there are other groups that are similarly underrepresented in society. But I don't think it's appropriate for someone not from one of those groups to attempt to speak on their behalf. Not as their representative/sponsor, but certainly in their support . There's plenty of discri...

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Bottas behaving or not doesn't really effect the constructors championship. Unless they are worried he would just give up. I'm not sure he would give up but in races were Hamilton might have a chance of winning he might choose not to help. While not likely, a crash between the two of them while com...

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I'd give it to Max. His long term improvement in skill (and particularly maturity) is clear, and his becoming the WDC at some time is a definite possibility if not a foregone conclusion. Still, Norris' rise in performance to his current level in a less capable ride is quite notable and to me it's mo...

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Completely agree that where possible rules should check the boxes bulleted by EPROM. But do wonder in this instance how possible that is and given the many variables in every incident - most notably the unique nature of the flow/corners of the track where the incident happens makes it hard....perha...

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There is a clip in the Palmer analysis a page back. Thanks! I had a look at it, and although I agree with nearly all of Jolyon's analysis, there is one point on which I believe he is somewhat mistaken. It is not the inconsistency as such that is the problem with steward verdicts, to my mind it is t...

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However, manoeuvres liable to hinder other drivers, such as deliberate crowding of a car beyond the edge of the track or any other abnormal change of direction , are strictly prohibited. Any driver who appears guilty of any of the above offences will be reported to the Stewards. By any rational rea...

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F1Oz wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 03, 2021 2:27 pm
lol - apparently Sh*t together gets translated as fairy cakes

I actually heard a high level executive say (about 5 years ago)... "We really need to congeal our feces." Yes, really!

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Norris does seem to be really putting it down recently. And while McLaren is not in a shambles at this point in time, it is just not in the Merc/RB class at the moment. Should be interesting!

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Russell to Mercedes in 2022 or I'll be absolutely gutted... It's the only logical thing to do, get your protege in to learn from one of the best so that he's ready to lead the team after Hamilton retires. They also have an underperforming Bottas making the decision even easier for them. To me, the ...

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You’d think that cheating would be a lot easier for Mercedes than Red Bull, because Mercedes is a much bigger company than Red Bull with significantly more political power in the sport. Anyway, Red Bull is likely focussing less on 2022 than other teams. Difference is that Mercedes want the F1 team ...

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So on the other foot... how is RB taking the engine over from Honda going to work out next year? Do they have (or cn build) the engineering staff (in that specialty - not aero) to make/improve on a world-class F1 engine and power train? Or is the engine really developed elsewhere and just badged by ...

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Even in the best of circumstances, neither Verstappen nor Hamilton can control the reliability of the car (or fudged strategies, bad pit stop etc.) enough to preclude potential victories by other drivers. Hamilton only needs two victories to get to 100. Seems quite likely this year IMO.

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