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What’s clear is that Redbull is pulling away from Merc. It’s gonna be a long summer and I expect to see many front row lockouts after the summer break. Don’t understand why Merc has not upgraded their car all year but I’m sure they have their reasons. Who could have predicted this considering how d...

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Today’s race seemed like an open goal for one of the Red Bull boys to win the race especially since there were no safety cars. It’s becoming more and more clearer with each year that rolls by that Lewis in his prime years has been on another level compared to most of his peers. The question is with ...

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He is of course the best. If you win you are. But would he really think he is the best knowing other young guy's would challenge / beat him in different cars? If all the cars he drove were championship cars, it's hard to imagine he will not think he is the best even though the material was the best...

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Isn't Q3 so much more fun when they load the car with fuel and just drive on one set of tires!

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Why are they doing these interviews in front of what sounds like a Jet Engine?

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2 times around the A1-RedBull Ring and then straight to Hungary. Max has a great chance to be leading the championship after those three rounds.

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Gutted for Danny Ric not getting the Ferrari Seat - I think he would have been better off staying at Red Bull. Mclaren is a lateral move.

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This is a move I would expect from Bernie and Max - Thought Liberty would be better than this.

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What a disaster that could have been prevented by F1 chiefs. The season should have been postponed last week.

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The testing costs could be cut down if similar to Abu Dhabi in-season testing the extra testing days are just an additional day during the GP weekend - either a Thursday (before) or Monday (after) for example. I think the Thursday before would be interesting because the smaller teams would be much c...

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I always thought this would be a way to bring more convergence and the teams closer. It could be something as simple as top 3 constructors Merc/Red Bull/Ferrari are banned from in-season testing but the others can have a certain number of days a month. I was just reading Claire Williams's comments t...

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Great to see all the teams have a trouble free first day - hopefully that means there will be a lot more convergence this year and closer racing. Merc's upfront looks ominous tho - I think Max will mix it up - He has to - for the sake of entertainment!

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1. Driver of the decade: Lewis Hamilton. Honorable mention-Seb Vettel 2. Team of the decade: Merc, honorable mention : Red Bull 3. Race of the decade: Spain 2016. Max - first race for Red Bull first win. 4. Lap of the decade: Hamilton last lap Austria 2016 5. Season of the decade: 2016 and 2017. 201...

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From motorsport.com. The below passage by Hamilton really puts into context how hard drivers are working around the lap to get maximum efficiency out of their packages. ON COPING WITH CONSTANTLY CHANGING SETTINGS... "Yeah, that's probably the hardest thing. It is strange because I look at a lot of o...

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If not for Trulli-gate Melbourne 09' was a sublime drive too.

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Standout Drives: Melbourne 07' - Great way for Lewis to announce himself - turn 1 around the outside of Fernando and a well deserved podium in his first race. At the time I thought F1 would be boring with the retirement of Michael but Lewis re-energized my interest for F1 in one race. Silverstone 08...

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Fantastic season by LH! 6-time world champ! Really impressive this season. I could be wrong here but 11 years between the first championship and last is a new record?

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The battles he had with Nico for three seasons taught him a lot. The level of intensity in that rivalry with only two drivers with a realistic shot at the title. They both had similar level of experience and age. It was the ultimate test, and Lewis learned that consistency mixed with controlled aggr...

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6 titles in a row. What a feat from Mercedes!

Lewis played the team game today and didn’t make it hard for Valtteri. Fair play! Wondering if an undercut would have worked today. For some reason they don’t try the undercut with him.

Great defense from Seb at the end!

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https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/95E3/production/_109017383_sochi.png Wow... just wow. 3 corners before the pits wouldn't do too much damage especially if you drive at 60 mph. Team Red was quoted as saying that Vettel's car would not have made it around to the pits without signif...

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Maybe FIA needs to come out with stop zones around the track where if the car gets to that point, no VSC or safety car would be needed unless it's still deemed dangerous, for example, a fire, oil, debris etc... I still think ultimately what Seb did cost Leclerc the race. Maybe a SC would of come out...

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Wow... just wow. 3 corners before the pits wouldn't do too much damage especially if you drive at 60 mph.

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Vettel driver of the day for causing a VSC and screwing his teammate/team in the process. Great job Seb! Poor, really poor IMO. He did not cause his cars problem.... He got told to turn off and stop. The team looked to delibrately allow Leclerc to get the position that Vettel had earned from starti...

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Vettel driver of the day for causing a VSC and screwing his teammate/team in the process. Great job Seb!

Poor, really poor IMO.

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Haha - Merc has party mode - and Ferrari has Jet-Mode!

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It's a race that clearly divides opinion. I'm on the fence. The race is clearly a great test of mental fortitude for drivers, and they all say it's the most demanding race of the season. At the same time it can get processional, overtakes lead to bump-a-cars, guaranteed safety cars etc. I could do w...

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Solid race for Ferrari - questions about that Vettel undercut - but ultimately without it, I doubt they would have got a 1-2. Once Merc were in 3rd place effectively in the pitstop rotation they threw a hail mary by keeping Hamilton out longer. If they kept him out another 5 or 6 laps even though h...

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Solid race for Ferrari - questions about that Vettel undercut - but ultimately without it, I doubt they would have got a 1-2. Once Merc were in 3rd place effectively in the pitstop rotation they threw a hail mary by keeping Hamilton out longer. If they kept him out another 5 or 6 laps even though he...

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Seb will quietly settle into the rear-gunner Raikkonen role. He already has in the last two races and I expect it to continue into next season. He's still a greater threat to win races than Raikkonen ever was. The sooner he resigns himself to this role, the sooner his consistency will come back.

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Verstappen did the same thing in Singapore 2017 instead braking and slowing down he kept going.

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What was Max thinking trying to take Eau Rouge with a broken suspension? He almost caused a plane crash there with one of the Alfa's. That should be a reprimand.

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No - so many others who would do better - just no and noting that I do think Bottas should be on grid - just not at Mercedes Why have mediocre drivers to fill up the grid? F1 needs 20 Verstappen level drivers to push this sport forward. We don't need drivers collecting $200 everytime they pass Go j...

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I actually like that Red Bull don't mess around with it. This is Formula One - not a feeder series where drivers need to be coached to succeed - only the best drivers should be there. There's already a whole bunch of nepotism and a lack of meritocracy in F1 so I would like to see more of this with o...

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Some weekends it’s like Lewis and Max are driving completely different cars to their teammates. although given the circumstances, Bottas was far closer to Hamilton then Gasly was to Verstappen. Bottas fell right to the back, about 15 seconds behind last position. He made a mistake that will have dr...

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Some weekends it’s like Lewis and Max are driving completely different cars to their teammates.

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Max really in his stride now. The first half of the race Hamilton absolutely nailed it. Really entertaining race. Was puzzled why Hulkenbergs car took longer to retrieve that Charles Leclerc.

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Great drive from Verstappen! Lapped his teammate. Would be a shame if the win gets taken away after the fact - F1 getting like football with these dumb VAR decisions.

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Does anyone have video of a car going off at turn 3 and cutting across the grass at Montreal even if it's a practice session. It would be interesting to see what that looks like compared to Vettel.

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Hamilton would have passed outside track limits and then we would be having another discussion lol...

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Does anyone have video of other cars going off at turn 3 in Montreal from other years? It will be interesting to see what type of lines drivers take coming back onto the circuit.

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