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Chester

What does this have to do with being spoilt? This is angry, not spoilt. Spoilt is about being able to get away with bad behaviour. In his case he doesn't face the consequences that most others do. Like a spolit brat. Anger is the emotion that gave rise to the actions. Most individuals have more sel...

Chester

But it was not remotely comparable. It's very comparable. He swerved into Webber to make him get out of the way, but Webber wasn't expecting it and didn't move. In that sense it was different. But it was just the same in the sense that Vettel thinks he can bully other drivers by banging into them a...

Chester

First hit Vettels fault, second hit deliberate by Vettel. He should have recieved a DSQ for the second hit, but it's Vettel and Ferrari so who is surprised... He is still a self-entitled brat isn't he. Something in F1 allows certain individuals to get away with this sort of behaviour. Totally disfu...

Chester

There's actually not much wrong with either of the drivers at Ferrari, they are a good pairing. I can't think of a current team that has better . Hamilton/Rosberg Ricciardo/Verstappen Alonso/Button 8) You think so do you. Hamilton & Rosberg are doing okay because they have a good car, but they don'...

Chester

53 Grand Prix wins and 3 world championships is an interesting interpretation of talent going to waste ;) 3 world championships in 99 starts sounds better though. Also achieved driving for a 'cottage industry' team as opposed to having a giant motor manufacturer behind you. Did he ever say the tale...

Chester

For some strange reason, Ferrari strange seems to focus on Vettel. I hate how Raikkonen doesn't speak up against it. Why should he. He gets on with the job and doesn't complain all the time. That commands a lot more respect than a driver who is whinging and bitching all the time even when they shou...

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I think they have a bit of a problem with that as, while I agree that Lewis comes across as a major prima donna and a management headache, if the cars are more equal next year I don't see Rosberg as someone who can fight off the opposition as effectively as Lewis can. These last three years Mercede...

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I am guessing the next stage of the plan was to back Vettel up and create Vettel vs Rosberg vs Verstappen overtaking spree behind him. I don't think there's any way Vettel was going to play ball and overtake Rosberg unless he could see a clear way of passing Hamilton as well, but Hamilton was cruis...

Chester

Congrats Lorenzo!!! I feel pity for the comments Rossi made after the race on MM :( that's being a sour loser. Not at all. Everything he said was correct. It is self evident that Marquez was helping Lorenzo just as Rossi described. I think Rossi went public when he realised that Marquez was going t...

Chester

Zoue wrote: But FI used Wehrlein, but no-one's calling that a gimmick. Test drivers need track time, too

20 years old. Arguably not yet reached his peak. Maybe has ten to fifteen years career ahead of him.

Sorry if I sound ageist now.

Chester

Asphalt_World wrote:
If you regard negative responses to your earlier post as 'high and mighty' then enjoy a short stay on the forum!!!!!

I've been on this forum more than 20 months already, thank you!

Chester

RaggedMan wrote: Would you have said the same if it were a male who was in the car today?

The nearest valid comparison I can think of is if it was Claire Williams' older brother testing. And yes I certainly would. So would lots of others.

Chester

the more young girls actually start racing, the higher is the chance of an actually highly talented woman ending up in F1... but without any women whatsoever running in such cars - be it only in testing or practice, not really much girls will say: "that's it, that's what i wanna do for a living!".....

Chester

I'll be honest Chester the line 'I don't know why they bother putting a female in these cars' was a very generalised statement and could be taken as rather sexist. You perhaps didn't mean it as such but it could have been worded better. After all there are some male drivers I wonder why ever got ne...

Chester

field looks pretty close ... all within a second except LH who hasn't been running for ages now and Susie, who looks to be on a milage-trip rather than searching for some good lap times... I wonder why they bother putting a female in these cars, it's never going to work. It's just a gimmick. Sure s...

Chester

field looks pretty close ... all within a second except LH who hasn't been running for ages now and Susie, who looks to be on a milage-trip rather than searching for some good lap times... I wonder why they bother putting a female in these cars, it's never going to work. It's just a gimmick. Sure s...

Chester

egnat69 wrote: field looks pretty close ... all within a second except LH who hasn't been running for ages now and Susie, who looks to be on a milage-trip rather than searching for some good lap times...

Sure she's a good driver, but not an F1 challenger and this is valuable restricted development time.

Chester

Jesus Christ this sport is absurd sometimes. Unnecessary regulation... Patronising nonsense... Reminding us they are there, even if they get nothing else right... Pathetic ... Lots of things you could say about this. Illustrates how out of touch they are with what they are supposed to be administra...

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I completely agree with the people saying the BBC should have brought in Lee Mckenzie instead of Suzi. Lee is way more natural on camera and has more chemistry with DC and EJ. I have to say, that was 'bitterly disappointing'! ;) ;) ;) ;) I still watch the BBC when they do live races because I can't...

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:thumbup: +1 on that. I miss Jo :) So do I. There are a few posters that have drifted off in the last year or so who were interesting, but somehow she was particularly memorable. Pitpass is getting worse. There's very little worth reading these days, they just copy stuff from elsewhere. Apart from ...

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Just came across this article: http://www.planetf1.com/news/3213/9221093/Bernie-Seriously-Considering-Retirement Bernie Ecclestone's days as F1 supremo could be nearing an end - but it is his age, not his legal trouble, that is responsible. It would make my day if he decides that for real. I don't ...

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If other teams are indeed buying hundreds of sensors, only to select a few each time, that does raise more doubts in my opinion about whether every team is running to the same limited fuel flow. There may be a good reason for why they are buying so many at once that has nothing to do with finding a...

Chester

Read whole what I quoted. FIA knew since Friday the first sensor was also unreliable according to Red Bull. I don't think it looks like Red Bull at any point was happy. I did read what you quoted, thanks. No matter how manner times you re-quote it it won't change what's there. You're clearly not re...

Chester

they cheated its really that simple . Proof rather than supposition on how they cheated is still absent from your posts after several posts of towing that line. Exactly. The trouble is that however much you try to explain, some people just don't get it. They have been disqualified for cheating that...

Chester

The only arrogance i see is from Red Bull, the only team on the grid not prepared to turn their engine down from which i believe they gained an advantage over all of the other teams. Believe me i'm not defending RB, i dont like them as a team. However, did they gain an advantage? By the FIA asking ...

Chester

I, like most have been gripped by the saga surrounding MH370 and i find it strange that they have formally announced that the plane "ended" in the ocean near Australia. However with all the Satelite Images, Planes and Ships searching the area they have not made a single confirmed discovery of wreck...

Chester

They have been disqualified for cheating that is not a debatable point that actually happened. That they were disqualified - yes. But not that they were actually cheating. That is not clear at all either way, and is the basis of the appeal. Now RB is going to try and prove that they didn't cheat bu...

Chester

hittheapex wrote:
AstoriaisBACK wrote:they cheated its really that simple.
Proof rather than supposition on how they cheated is still absent from your posts after several posts of towing that line.

Exactly.

The trouble is that however much you try to explain, some people just don't get it.

Chester

The more people uncover about this DSQ the more clear it is it was more than justified and the sheer arrogance from Red Bull afterwards is staggering. I see the opposite. The more than is uncovered the more it is apparent to me that something is wrong with the process. It may well be that RBR viola...

Chester

I can't understand why they didn't simply limit the revs and the turbo boost pressure as well as the total fuel available for the race. Would have been much simpler. Instead of which we now have a complicated technical argument which few people fully understand and one that RBR look likely to lose ...

Chester

that is a fact from the team that knows what these fuel flow sensors monitor, coupled with the many times RB had been told they are over the requirements. It's not a fact, it's what the debate is about. RBR seem to be saying that the readings from the sensor are incorrect. If that is the case then ...

Chester

THE KEY PART OF THE RESPONSE IS THIS LINE. "If Red Bull chose to ignore the guideline from the FIA then they will have only done that to make their car go quicker - there's no reason why they would have done anything other than that. The only reason to do what they did is to make the car go quicker...

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Like Merc last season (tyregate)? Sorry, I do have a bit of a bee in my bonnet about the way most posters were happy to dismiss all the other teams knowing that the testing was illegal, whilst this time part of the argument is that 'all the other teams knew' etc. etc.! Personally, I thought Merc de...

Chester

Bernie is the master of publicity I don't know about the master of publicity, but he is certainly the master of managing F1. There isn't really any heir apparent emerging yet. The trouble is that there is also the FIA involved, which he doesn't have much control over. Jean Todt seems to have his ow...

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Christian Horner seems to be expressing great confidence that the RBR appeal will be successful. However I think that depends on whether they violated the technical regulations or the FIA stipulation that the determining data is that which comes from the sensor in the fuel tank - regardless of accur...

Chester

The fuel flow rate is a ridiculous rule that needs to be scrapped asap. Allowing everyone to be able to use their performance whenever they want and save fuel whenever they choose does not create unfair competition. In fact it makes it more interesting and puts a greater emphasis on strategy. I don...

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I've been watching out for Jo_'s analysis on Pitpass on this. I would have expected something like the in-depth stuff that we had the tyres last year, and was looking forward to that. But No! Her columns have completely disappeared from the Pitpass site in the past few days, and she doesn't post on...

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Not sure that you can at the moment. From Pitpass: Full article http://www.pitpass.com/51044/F1-the-sport-that-keeps-on-taking Rather a Bernie critical article that. Unusual for Pitpass, they usually seem more inclined to brown nose. Or at least they do when they can be arsed to publish anything. D...

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jono794 wrote:
mmi16 wrote:V6's have never ever sounded 'good' - no matter how they are packaged or aspirated.
Says you!

And me. Straight six's would have been better.

Chester

I've been watching out for Jo_'s analysis on Pitpass on this. I would have expected something like the in-depth stuff that we had the tyres last year, and was looking forward to that. But No! Her columns have completely disappeared from the Pitpass site in the past few days, and she doesn't post on ...

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