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Is this just a really convoluted way of trying to say you think Lewis is the best driver in F1? Yeah. There is literally nothing in his lengthy write up backing this up. At best, he is 3rd/4th driver on the grid, seeing how he was matched by Button in 3 years stint. Pity we can't see Kimi or Button...

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He is doing the same thing now for Merc, and has even been involved in the design of team 'stuff'. Involved? :uhoh: If you mean the two gaudy caps that looked far worse than the one Nico was wearing, being made by amateur not a professional, it was just team indulging his whims. Though, I guess fan...

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Razoola wrote:I think the main line of enquiry first will be suicide.

Why suicide? Accidents can and will happen.

That said, it's sad, if not for the circumstances at the time he could have been possibly remembered as one of F1 greats today. I feel sorry for his family...

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Frozen this season, with the exception of safety, reliability and cost upgrades as mentioned above, but as someone else has stated (and I think I read in an article - sorry no source) only a small percentage of engine parts are frozen between 2014 and 2015, so you don’t need to panic so much about ...

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What the teams can't do, is to fundamentally redesign the engine. So Renault can't go and introduce a split turbo. At best they could maybe increase the gap between the turbine and compressor a little claiming the heat is somehow affecting reliability - but if they increased it too much then it wou...

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To believe that any team would forgo upgrades is foolish, you can toss away a potential championship year because of arrogance. Remember 2008 BMW? 2009 went down to the penultimate race. And the Brawn looked almost as dominant as the Merc does now after Button won 6 out of 7 races. Yeah, it's not l...

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In the first 4 races of 2010 Vettel was comfortably ahead of Webber but relinquished three wins to Button and Alonso. In the first 4 races of 2011 Vettel was comfortably ahead of Webber but relinquished one win to Hamilton. In the first 4 races of 2012 Vettel was barely ahead of Webber but relinqui...

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Its easier to absolve Vettel of any criticism if you place his underperformance down to 'chassis issues' and try and muddy the waters about actual results. You wouldn't hear anyone making excuses for Webber when he lost out to Vettel by 20 seconds, but if the situations are flipped it has to be a c...

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Formula One has always had backmarkers, some very embarrassing. But that is the nature of a healthy and competitive series, new teams coming in, and sadly some never going anywhere. Frank Williams bounced along the bottom for many years, and it took him a very long time to find success. But the doo...

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The general perception of Alonso's talent was formed prior to him having a dominant car. The general perception of Vettel's talent was formed whilst he had a dominant car. So I don't see how that can be. You mean, the same perception where people saw him very average after his return to Renault and...

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Although Toto Wolff says he is "for" a cost cap, the Mercedes chief concedes that some big teams just "could not" adhere to it. FIA President Jean Todt had planned to introduce a cost cap into Formula One, however, a few weeks ago announced it would not take place. The Frenchman blamed F1's Strateg...

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Guy who almost managed to lose WDC, twice, in a car that was as far ahead as Merc is today and who instantly disappeared once given average car vs someone who often pulls unbelievable results in subpar cars.

Tough choice

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mate its how this forum works, people here are too focused on their man drama to actually be consistent with their morals... Malaysia '13 Rosberg is told to hold station to Hamilton, everyone says Rosberg should have overtaken Malaysia '13 Vettel is told to hold station to Webber, everyone treats V...

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Is it possible CH, MH and the marketing boffins are all aware how RIC is putting their RedBull brand forward in a positive light and beginning to prefer him to do well because ultimately it would help their brand better than SV? Or maybe, just maybe, thanks to crap engine current RB feels like last...

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Alonso was blind if he couldn't (looking right, into corner) see the white nose of Williams right alongside his car. Moreover, he made the move that resulted into contact, Massa was going straight. Fully his fault. My, my, looking at this thread, I wonder what race Massa bashers saw. Hello, it's not...

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Also, up until this race, I had suspected that the Ferrari PU was the worst out of the three manufacturers, as we saw even the Toro Rossos outmuscle the Ferraris down the straights, etc. What? It's clearly Renault that is the worst, just look at pre-season drama (or how Vettel on fresh tires with D...

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linkinstreet wrote:it's normal as they can reuse the parts throughout the season

But these parts are still accumulating wear, while Mercs are on first or second allowed part. If this goes on like this, they will save one entirely fresh engine for last, double points race.

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2006. Good racing, Schumacher, what else you need? 2007 had cheated car, plus two people who come out as disgusting, petty men in their inner team conduct almost winning the WDC in car that should have been disqualified 4-5 races in (so that McLaren would have gotten a bit of time to redesign it and...

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Hi, what do you make of Lewis Hamilton using considerably less fuel during the race while running in front in Malaysia and China especially? Can anyone explain to me why this is? It is quite impressive. He was A) cruising lazily in clean air, when people behind him were fighting each other, burning...

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I recall in the buildup a lot people alluded to Lewis taking a hit this season because of his "less cerebral" and more "brute force" approach to F1. Gee, seeing asleep Max Chilton would have easily won yesterday's race, I'd like to see on what exactly you're basing this on. Yes, slowly coasting whe...

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Mercedes will be tuned down as well. People seem to be quoting this Merc engine as some bastion of everything when in reality their biggest strength with is was building an aero package around the fact its cooler and narrower. It won't. Look at today's race, LH was simply cruising in engine saving ...

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That would be a real paper champion. Would still be far more legit than someone being champion only thanks to Crashgate skewing result of good race robbing its leader of win. Or being "champion" in stolen, cheated car. Like that one 5 year old McLaren, thankfully unlike the above that didn't happen...

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It's a team sport. Mercedes did a much better than anybody else. They are reaping the rewards of that. If you want only individual performance to be the deciding factor F1 is not for you ;) I wonder if you'd say the same if 2011 aero was frozen instead of 2014 engines. LH fan? :uhoh: So far, any un...

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"Engines finally unfrozen, will Mercedes now replace wooden dummies that replaced their drivers in 2015 with humans to defend their 6x WCC?"

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Vettel didn't do as asked he questioned the team about their decision. He's an employee and shouldn't be making that question. Short memory, have we? :lol: He is the guy who earned them 4x WDC last years, if not for him, Webber would lose them all to Alonso. He's been given an order because he wasn...

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Vettel just can't win when it comes to team orders. He disobeyed them at Malaysia 2013 and was hated for it. He obeyed them at Bahrain 2014 and was being made fun of for letting him through even though he was only following team orders. I'm sure some people just hate Vettel because he's Vettel. Yea...

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Update after China , 4 races in: 2010 Red Bull: 73 [42%] 2011 Red Bull: 148 [86%] 2012 Red Bull: 101 [58%] 2013 Red Bull: 109 [63%] 2014 Mercedes: 154 [90%] If you don't count massive fluke win in 2011 fourth race, Red Bull was average 30-50% of points behind Mercedes in 2014, even considering only ...

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4 races into new season that would see engine blow outs, and we had... 2 retirements. Incredible how quickly modern F1 can "fix" things. The problem is, with the sole exception of Mercedes, all reliability seems to have come from reduced pace. That is not fixing things, that's giving up. Also, ther...

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Isn't it showing that Red Bull does not favour Vettel, but what is the best for their team? Yes it does, but don't require something as hard as simple logic from haters. I bet they will also use the fact Vettel saw no possible place gain and turned his engine down in the end to conserve it to "prov...

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I don't think so. I mean even if DR caught Alonso I really doubt he would have passed him. The Ferrari was quite a bit faster than Red Bull on the straights. Yeah. There is no way in this reality Alonso would have let Ric past, not with that crap engine under him. Gap was still over 3 seconds in th...

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So, yeah, this race shown what everyone awake pointed out last time - engines turned F1 into processional borefest. Safety Car just faked some excitement in. Hamilton can make mistakes every other lap and travel outside of track, still fastest. Rosber has half-functioning car, still overtakes everyo...

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So along comes the manufacturer of a component that is exposed to the fuel, and they have a problem with an O-ring. As we all know, this isn't the only issue with Gill fuel flow sensors. And to really make it crazy, Total, the fuel manufacturer spent a lot of time and money formulating a fuel that ...

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The difference is very minimal Not true. Difference was big enough for some teams to nearly freeze fuel for faster refuelling. Big enough fuel temperature is regulated today. anyways, the teams would all have the same ( or there or thereabouts) temperatures, therefore fuel would still be equal in e...

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These conditions are proving to me what i have been suspecting. RBR have the best chassis. Possibly. And you know it's parody of a sport when best drivers on track with best equipment have about 0% chance of winning thanks to monopolized, frozen part that will never be sold to anyone competitive. M...

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I think it is Hamilton's to lose but my concern is that due to problems yesterday all the setup changes he made to the car have not been tested in the dry. The race will be the first time. This car can be set up for full wet and still be fastest by second in dry. Seriously, they can just copy/paste...

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Quite right. They will adapt of course, but the time needed to fully adapt will differ from person to person. It's very easy to understand logically, if you've been well accustomed to something, it will take you a longer time to change than if you're not accustomed to it at all. Maybe worse aero in...

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The fuel is legal by the regulations. The sensor O-ring is not capable of dealing with this chemical composition. Get a new O-ring, that is the problem, not the fuel. Sensor is homologated. Sensor with different O-ring is not. Changing of fuel might be honestly faster option than repeating whole se...

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Quick, take your bets - 1/2, 1/2, or *gasp* 1/2 for Mercs?

Hopefully the 4 failed crash tests were indication Mercedes still has problems with front wings, mechanical failures are about the only thing that can stop next 1988.

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Penis nosed cars weren't in the spirit of the rule either. No one could nor should complain. What, physical tip of the nose is not in the spirit mandating cross section of physical tip ? x( Every time I read the forums it baffles me how strong doublethink can be. Merc openly flouts and breaks both ...

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There's no money in Windows software, and there hasn't been for a long time. They wont make an app for a dying OS/ecosystem. 8O Wow, this post is farther out there than Voyager probes. 95% market share is dying? In what alternate dimension? :lol: Let's have a laugh, what is not dying? Linux with it...

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