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ynot22 wrote:Strange days indeed when a McLaren/Honda driven by Fernando Alonso is no match for a Force India

That Force India is mighty in a straight line. The Merc power is better than Honda

Randine

Man they've absolutely screwed Dan's strategy ?? Ricciardo has made up a position because of strategy. Flat spot or not, the lap before he pitted he set the fastest lap of the race. He had the compound that should have lasted another 8 laps at least. Had he stayed out he might of jumped Rosberg and...

Randine

So anyone know why Ric pitted and Max ran another 12 laps? I can only think it was RB bringing their favoured boy back into contention. I should revive my Ric the new Web thread. This would be a completely different race if they kept him out. Ok he is now pitting And he is now behind Max. What a jo...

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ynot22 wrote:Ricciardo needs to push Kimi because he won't try anything on Nico

Are they mates?

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F1_Ernie wrote:RB should of kept Ricciardo out in clean air and had Verstappen hold up Rosberg, could of worked out well.

Yeah seems strange. Max had to go wheel to wheel to go through the field.
And he still is on the tyres.
Ricciardo could have gone a few more laps for sure.

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neek wrote:Kimi isn't fast enough to attack Rosberg, but Ric might be

Not sure why Ric didn't stay out a few more laps.
He was fastest on track. He would have skipped Kimi at least...

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F1_Ernie wrote:Rosberg will be leading now I guess

Wow, not so fast!

Max can interfere here.

Randine

I want to see the video of Toto and Lauda when Max spun at the start.

Edit probably something like this:

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Blackhander wrote:Oh good... Australia has lost the signal

Yep me too. I'm in Melbourne.
Back up after a little bit, but mid lap 1.

Want to see how Max spun.

Edit: contact with Hulk

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SDLRob wrote:Got a horrible gut feeling that this will be over at the first corner...

I feel sick!
Imagine how the drivers feel.

Let's go!!!!

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Is that all Nico has to do? I doubt he will just lunge and why would he risk it? He could end his own race and Hamilton comes off ok. Both Mercs will simply drive of into the distance. Hamilton's best chance is to hold up Rosberg early in the race when the pack is close and no DRS. If Hamilton is b...

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I am wondering whether Hamilton is going to try to keep the pace as slow as possible in order to back Rosberg into the Red Bulls and Ferraris. It's a bit of an underhanded move, but it's the only way he can directly influence the outcome. If Lewis is too slow, Nico would overtake him, either in pit...

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http://www.planetf1.com/news/brown-difficult-environment-for-title-sponsors/ what an absolute useless individual... I do hope the Bahraini Royal family realise quickly just how stupid this whole thing was . Performance is not done in a corporate environment. BMW tried it and it didn't work. There w...

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Where it comes to age Verstappen is an interesting case. While I believe in specificity, you don't train the same way for a 5k as you do a marathon, judging based solely on how many years they've been in F1 misses the difference in overall racing experience. It's a little unfair to compare him to o...

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I had a look at Dans 2014, I knew he had Seb beaten well and truly. But I forgot how big it was. When both finished Dan beat him 11-3. Vettels three aheads were. 1) Germany, Dan out qualified Vettel by 0.3 but got caught up in a first corner incident and dropped to P14. He climbed back up to 6th bu...

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Yes.
They shipped them all over the world to every race and hardly ever needed them.
They decided to scrap the 'monsoon' as they were only needed once in a blue moon.

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Refuelling = less strategies Everybody would go for similar amounts of fuel to get optimum car weight. It seems some people have limited memory... refuelling era was a borefest even in terms of strategy. Only some rare occasion we saw some surprise like MS 4 stops at Magny Cours... but that was VER...

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Wow, that video above is crazy. I was watching that and found a crash compilation. Check out the balls of steel on the guy at 6:25! Someone flys over the top of him and he just casually adjusts his mirror and drives on like nothing happened... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j60bEKMQmUY The Kimi Oco...

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The lighter the car the more on edge the driver is. The cars in 2017 will be 722kg including driver. Plus another 105kg of Fuel. The cars are way too heavy. Add to that the pirelli cheese and you have drivers running around 10 seconds behind pole position at the start of the race. If a driver can la...

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Where does Allison's reputation come from? I'd like to know myself, he is responsible for this years Ferrari, even at the start of the year the car wasn't a world beater! Yeah I feel the same. He would be good for Force India/Renault/Williams etc, but I am not sure he has what it takes to keep Merc...

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Has to be Dan for sure. 3rd in the drivers championship. (equalling Webber's best in the 2nd best car when he was in the best car) The Red Bull at the start of the year was not the 2nd best car. At many tracks they were outclassed by Ferrari. I think he has had to change his driving style to match M...

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and to think people wanted Lewis' head for Monaco this year - look at Alonso back in 2005 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnND_P0-hAk In neither of those moves does either driver make the corner or stay within track limits. Alonso quite rightly retains his place in the first one and Webber should...

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Like others, I found Kimi and Seb to be the closest call. But, whereas Kimi would take the prize for biggest improvement, Seb probably still shades it overall for best performance. Kimi has definitely closed the gap but still has too many off days. If I had to bet which one would finish ahead in a ...

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Funny how half the world thinks that Max should have moved over for Vettel in the closing stages of Mexico but a whole forum can't even remember any examples of lead drivers getting penalised for retaining a position after going off track. Why should have Max had to move over then? In line with you...

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Thanks Mikey. Didn't think it was the Hulk! Funny how half the world thinks that Max should have moved over for Vettel in the closing stages of Mexico but a whole forum can't even remember any examples of lead drivers getting penalised for retaining a position after going off track. Why should have ...

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A few points no one has mentioned yet. Max and Dan pitted under safety car. Dan lap 52, Max 54 safety car in on 55. Maybe Max getting his tyres later meant they were hotter from being in the tyre warmers as he only drove behind the safety car for 1 lap vs 3 laps for Dan. So this might have meant wh...

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A few points no one has mentioned yet. Max and Dan pitted under safety car. Dan lap 52, Max 54 safety car in on 55. Maybe Max getting his tyres later meant they were hotter from being in the tyre warmers as he only drove behind the safety car for 1 lap vs 3 laps for Dan. So this might have meant whe...

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It was a great drive, all this talk of Dan possibly being driver of the season. He has now been out qualified by Max in 4 of the last 5 races. Max has finished ahead on the road in 3 of the last 4 (although behind in Mexico due to penalty). Completely out classed Dan today. Dan is now only 10-6 up ...

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However outside of a DNF due to engine or some silly move that take him out this title is Rosberg's he's not going to be 5th in the next race outside of something crazy 4th with Lewis winning loses Nico the title. He must finish 3rd to guarantee the title I think this track strongly favours the Mer...

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Max for sure today. It is a pity his strategy cost him so much. I wonder had he opted for full wets when he went for inters where he might have ended up. 2nd at least! He made Ricciardo look almost amateur by comparison. Just looked at a quote by Dan that goes someway to explain why he didn't have t...

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With all the recent discussion around Hamilton not getting a penalty and Vestappen not moving over for Vettel in Mexico. Then Ferrari appealing Vettel's penalty beacause: 'That the race director had the power to instruct Verstappen to give back the position to Vettel but had not.' Personally I can't...

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I'm really hoping it will all work well :) Well, since it's an entirely new engine, a degree of unreliability can be expected. But it will probably be a proper basis to build upon now, which they couldn't do with the token system. I think importantly, should there be major issues with the engine du...

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Ferrari are asking the FIA to review the penalty handed to Vettel at Mexico. (Source: BBC) [Ferrari] want the decision to be "reconsidered" to determine what is classed as dangerous driving and "to provide clarity" over the rules. For those who hadn't yet twigged on to this; Ferrari read this forum...

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Inters isn't a dry track though (that was my point) it can still be very wet and ready for inters. The inter has a wide operating window. Although I too think they got it wrong at Silverstone. The problem with that race was half the track wet and half wasn't. Also, I believe that is what we will be...

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Pleased for Palmer, I think he deserves another shot in what will hopefully be an improved car. It would be a shame if his F1 career was judge solely on a bunch of spare Lotus parts welded together in a couple of months. He is basically on Mag's pace at the moment, who I rate to be a solid if unspe...

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Even if the race director says Verstappen needs to give position he doesn't have to. He can refuse and send the case to the stewards. There was nothing the race director or the stewards could do to make Verstappen get out of the way. The race director because he doesn't have the authority on that i...

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re Nico rain driving this year. It appears he has been very tentative. Driving like he is protecting a lead, not driving to win as such. That confidence or caution shows in the wet. You lose brake temperature, the tyre temp goes down, the pressure goes down and then you are chasing your tail trying ...

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So with Ocon to FI. Who is taking that Renault seat? Wehrlein? I doubt Wehrlein will go to Renault. Ericsson or Palmer perhaps? Ericsson's sponsors were the ones behind the Sauber buy out a few months ago. I don't think he has an option to go anywhere else unless it is purely on talent. I would exp...

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If that's not crowding another driver in the braking then I don't know what is, Ricciardo locked up because he was trying his best not to hit Vettel even then there was still contact. No wonder it's so difficult for the stewards to make decisions if they have the same conflicting views as forumers....

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I guess u missed the FIA transcripts and that's not a hypothetical. ;) Fiki, It seems people resort to calling/labeling people who propose intelligent arguments as fanboys of certain drivers due to them being haters. Why do we bother to have intelligent conversations with some folks? Those who cont...

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