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The longer it drags on the more it appears obvious that there are some serious issues holding this up in the negotiations. Neither party would want to be without an agreement heading into February. I find it hard to believe Hamilton wouldn't at least commit himself to a 1 year deal though, even if M...

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Is it too early for a 2022 season thread? Report in an Italian newspaper that F1 is considering delaying the new regulations again to 2023, but a spokesperson for F1 has said this is not true. https://twitter.com/chrismedlandf1/status/1349294277864677376?s=21 Glad to hear F1 have denied it. Another...

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Um....yeah https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/76367/you-can-hardly-believe-it-rich-energy-returns-to-formula-1.html I'm not totally convinced tbh. In the video itself he never actually says that they will be, he says he is looking forward to it and thanking the fans that have been in contact wanting th...

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It's interesting, and encouraging IMO, to see high ranking Republican figures making some pretty damning statements against Trump in the wake of this. Even as much as congressmen calling for his cabinet to declare him unfit, invoke the 25th amendment, and remove him from office. I dont see that happ...

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I'm not usually a fan of the "where is all the tear gas?" line of argument when right wing protests appear to get an easier time of it than left wing from law enforcement. Mainly because protests are difficult to compare and without being there its difficult to say with certainty what caused things ...

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Signing this lad seems like a case of Haas really shooting themselves in the foot. They have signed Mick Schumacher, the son of a driver a lot of people consider to be the best ever, that's an absolute PR gift. After a miserable couple of seasons on and off track and the Rich Energy humiliation, it...

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Wed Dec 23, 2020 1:05 pm

Surprised, with the silence from Haas & various bio changes etc I expected a different announcement.

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Thanks for your service!

So do we get a Scooby-Doo style unmasking?

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Yeah just to clarify, though I'm not sure it should need clarification to be honest, sexual assault is a horrible thing and a very serious matter. That's not what's being debated here. I apologise for derailing this slightly by using the term cancel culture, it is a buzz term as people have rightly ...

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Seems to be gaining traction. I have mixed feelings, on the one hand I dont feel I've seen anything from him to say he is deserving of the seat over other drivers and he clearly has it because of money, which is an aspect of the sport I dont like. So looking at it from that perspective it wouldn't b...

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I think Max has more raw potential, but it will be interesting to see, and will obviously depend on a few things. How will Perez adapt to the Red Bull? Which we have seen from Gasly and Albon is a tricky car to handle, while Verstappen seems to thrive with it. I think could be particularly important...

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I don't know at what point it has to be announced but last weekend Craig from Sky had an interview with Toto and Toto said that he would need to test negative by Thursday if I remember rightly, so if that's true then we may get some news tomorrow.

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The blurred video properly stitches him up tbh. Does not give an accurate representation of what happened. I'm surprised at the puritanical response in some quarters to a bit of consensual horse play. Was it professional to publish it? Obviously not but some F1 figures almost tripping over themselv...

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Before logging on here I saw the outrage and the video, my initial thought was that it seemed like horseplay between friends with the way she reacted, showing her middle finger to the camera etc, and that people should be careful about trying to read too much into a 10 second video without knowing t...

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It wouldn’t completely offset, they would have to pay Bottas his 2021 wages (maybe more for break of contract) and then pay Williams to break George’s contract. Williams demanded $12 million to break Bottas’ contact back in 2017 and Mercedes paid it. I imagine George would be that amount or more. S...

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Russell deserves a Mercedes seat next year, and we deserve to see it. That was the plan but it got blocked by Claire Williams looking to maximise the sale of her team. I think Mercedes could make it happen if they really wanted to. Would it cost them? sure, but I'm willing to bet George would take ...

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I hope this race will show the powers that be that not every track needs a 90 second lap and 18+ corners. Sometimes simple works and a wide variety is a good thing to aim for. Yeah I'd take the outer layout again next year, nice to have some variety in the calendar like you say. The F2 here was inc...

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A great race in the end and a great performance from Russell, so impressive to step in and match Bottas. It has raised more questions than given answers, we really need round 2 of this match up in AD. Would Bottas have caught Russell? Who actually had the better race pace? It’s a shame we did not r...

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Sun Dec 06, 2020 6:48 pm
Why are the commentators not mentioning just how good this drive was? From last place to the win.

Yeah it's strange. I think he would have got more credit had he not inherited the win and finished P3 ironically.

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Russell deserves a Mercedes seat next year, and we deserve to see it.

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Is it too late for Aston Martin to keep Perez for next year?

Is it too late for Mercedes to call George Russell up for next year?

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This was the first time in a long time I can remember being excited for an F1 race.

The action was great. Disappointed but not surprised to see it end in a Mercedes win. Roll on 2022!

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Bit underwhelmed. I was hoping, but I guess not expecting, that this year might make the selection a little more varied next year. I'd like to see Portugal and Mugello stay. I'd love to see Imola again, I thought that was one of the best races this year. The track really gave a great sense of speed...

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I dont imagine it's the last time he will be asked, if he didnt feel he knew enough to comment then fair enough but I think it's fair to put the question to him and I think it would be a tremendous shame for him to miss this opportunity.

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Looks like Biden will win Pennsylvania too now, quite important in terms of making things easier going forward, always a chance of a recount in a close state going the other way, but very unlikely to happen in 3 or 4 states.

I imagine it will also mean that Trump will graciously accept defeat...

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Irrespective of who wins this is the worst case scenario in terms of how it could play out. A close result with Trump claiming victory prematurely. From what I've seen (and this may change on a state by state basis) it seems that in person votes are counted first and early/mail votes last, broadly s...

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The US ballot system is too unfair to predict anything. Trump could lose the popular vote by a bigger margin than 4 years ago and still be elected... Biden chance is that lot of people who didn't care to decide between two opposite faces of the same establishment in 2016, had four years to realize ...

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I'm unsure what to think to be honest. Polls suggest a Biden win, but they said a similar thing in 2016. Biden seems less disliked to me than Hillary was generally, and Trump's campaign last time was very much centred around the idea of voting for him to change things (MAGA), kind of hard to generat...

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Who do you think will win the upcoming US presidential election?

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So if I'm understanding that correctly Russell is potentially out of William's next year, with the new owners opting for a Perez and Mazepin lineup. So the likely resolution to this is him being promoted to Mercedes with Bottas being bought out and found a seat elsewhere, possibly Aston Martin. As b...

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I don't think its that unlikely to be honest. For starters lets just look at the numbers. Hamilton started at the age of 22, the minimum required age is now 18 so an exceptionally talented driver could have 4 years on Hamilton already, and that assumes the minimum age never drops, which is certainly...

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Yeah Horner's is spewing class A bullshite there and he knows it. Trouble is what else can he do. He criticises Albon and he is accused of not supporting his driver. The main issue I have with Albon is that he seems to be getting worse rather than better. When that happens I can't think of many ins...

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I reckon that Vettel must be giving the two fingers to Ferrari & just not even trying any more. He has finally realized that the Ferrari work ethic is a poisonous one (for him) & is just letting going out for a steady Sunday drive. However, he has to prove he can still race next season, if he doesn...

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I'm seeing rumours that Mick Schumacher will be announced as an Alfa Romeo driver for next season this weekend, prior to his FP1 debut, as well as a one year extension for Kimi.

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Apparently Mercedes tried to warn the FIA about the risks involved with the safety car lights going off so late, but they just shrugged it off and said it's better for the show this way. https://www.motorsport-total.com/formel-1/news/re-start-chaos-mercedes-war-das-problem-vor-dem-rennen-bewusst-20...

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Ofcom has rexieved 133 complaints about both skys and channel 4s coverage of the Tuscan grand prix.

I've never understood the mentality of people who take the time to go out of their way and complain about these sorts of things.

133 people need to get a grip IMO.

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We're seeing what we already knew, Vettel can't extract top level performance out of a car with rear instability, we saw the same thing last year between France and Singapore when Ferrari went that way with development. If the Racing Point has the same 'pointy' characteristics next year then he wil...

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While I believe that those cops that killed Breanna Taylor should go to jail, they did not commit murder. Murder by definition has to be a pre meditated killing. There is nothing to suggest that those cops wanted or planned to kill Breanna Taylor. They acted irresponsibly, just firing random shots ...

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https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/hamilton-breonna-taylor-shirt-fia-mugello/4875139/ The FIA is looking into whether or not Lewis Hamilton broke any rules by wearing a T-shirt at the Tuscan Grand Prix that highlighted police brutality. It will be interesting to see where this goes, I feel the FIA m...

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We're seeing what we already knew, Vettel can't extract top level performance out of a car with rear instability, we saw the same thing last year between France and Singapore when Ferrari went that way with development. If the Racing Point has the same 'pointy' characteristics next year then he will...

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