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I think most people who praise Pérez are not aware of one thing: that the offensive tweet was written by a Mexican guy at the Mexican branch of Hawkers. It was a (failed) attempt to play the situation down through humour and by no means an abuse by an American fan of Mr. Trump. There was an immediat...

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I'm far to utilitarian for a watch. In my right pocket at all times I have a small device that can take photo and video at over 240fps, has far more processing power than certainly myself and probably 98% of others will ever need, is connected to the internet and the entirety of human knowledge acc...

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Joe has mentioned in his blogs previously that JA did not seem to fit in at Ferrari. Even to the extent that he tried to work from home as much as possible. Sounds like a personal conflict with the "serenity" quip. That would be strange because he worked at Ferrari before. Why would he fit then but...

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Covalent wrote:Lewis went to Charlie about Nico's pole lap
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.ph ... g-pole-lap

Great team player huh?

No, but do team players exist in F1?

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In rapidly evolving track conditions the reference is how fast you could go, not how fast you have gone, so whether a sector is purple, green, yellow or pink with whipped cream on top is irrelevant. Yes the track did evolve but there was a full dry line on the racing line. How much faster could the...

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Multi69 wrote:Both have no grip

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Who voted Jensen 😂 Jensen (from wikipedia) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Jensen_FF_mk_11_1969.jpg/380px-Jensen_FF_mk_11_1969.jpg Jenson (from wikipedia) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Jenson_Button_bahrain_2012.jpg/220px-Jenson_Button_bahrain_2...

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In fact, he started in 1973 (well, he also had one race in 1972) with McLaren, which meant that he had a competitive car, the awesome M23, from the start of his career. At the very beginning of his career, he was an ultra quick though accident prone young gun, earning a reputation of "dangerous driv...

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"Longbow Finance" doesn't scream "we're serious about racing" to me. But if it keeps the team afloat until a wealthy petrolhead comes along to buy it then great. The Sauber name has been on the grid a very long time, it would be a massive shame to ever see it go Massive shame? Talk about overstatem...

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Max is doubtless one of the star drivers of the years to come. However, I think it's too early to say he is going to be an all-time great.

IMO, he's been slightly overhyped by the fact he won his FIRST race with Red Bull.

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There is no disrespect to a driver in realizing another driver enjoys a wider skills set, and any team would be hard pressed to find a more rounded champion than Alonso. But what many of Räikkönen's detractors lose sight of is one important indicator offered by the Ferrari team; on three separate o...

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There is no disrespect to a driver in realizing another driver enjoys a wider skills set, and any team would be hard pressed to find a more rounded champion than Alonso. But what many of Räikkönen's detractors lose sight of is one important indicator offered by the Ferrari team; on three separate o...

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Once again function over form creates one ugly a$$ front end. If a car designed to challenge F1 cars on speed wasn't function over form, you'd have to seriously question its intent. I like that it's clearly been designed to be quick instead of just looking pretty. However, the Ferrari 250 GTO was a...

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I think one thing that swayed me to leave was the simple fact that I did not believe that the EU can be 'reformed from inside' as the remain camp kept telling us. The EU is power hungry, and money hungry too. I can't see that changing without other countries holding their own referendums and threat...

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If Scotland get their second referendum on independence (or declare themselves independent), I think they will have to apply for EU membership just like any other country. But I’m sure they would get it within a relative short period of time. I suppose, that is why Nicola Sturgeon is in Brussels no...

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Llotyhy wrote:There is only one answer in a thread like this: Ayrton Senna, 1993 Donington Park.

Monaco 1984 even better.

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Vettel was right this time, but they have far more information at the pit, including relative positions on track, performance of other drivers on the same tyre, expected strategies from rival teams and so on. At least 90% of the times, the strategists got it right and I think drivers should trust th...

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How would any team focus on the driver starting from the pitlane, when they have the other driver on pole, with a golden chance to get the team's first win in nearly two years ? And in Monaco of all places? You have missed Spain and all the fuss that was made about it? Really? :) Epic fail :blush: ...

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How would any team focus on the driver starting from the pitlane, when they have the other driver on pole, with a golden chance to get the team's first win in nearly two years? And in Monaco of all places?

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If I ran Mercedes I would not even think about resigning Rosberg. I would go right for Alonso, without delay! You have to look at cost vs gain if you're the boss. Rosberg may be a WDC by next year proving he can do the job Mercedes want him to. Is he as good as Hamilton? No. Does he need to be thou...

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Pietkok wrote:Why not a race later btw, so Max can get really comfortable during testing?

Next race is Spain and it's a circuit all drivers know very well, because of testing. The following race is Monaco and I don't think it's the most suitable circuit for getting to grips with the car.

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If I remember well, the last in-season team change of a driver was in 2009, Fisichella moved from Force India to Ferrari following Felipe Massa's accident and Luca Badoer's lack of performance, so at the time it was possible. But I don't think Daniil would be "demoted" to Toro Rosso, it wouldn't ma...

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If I remember well, the last in-season team change of a driver was in 2009, Fisichella moved from Force India to Ferrari following Felipe Massa's accident and Luca Badoer's lack of performance, so at the time it was possible. But I don't think Daniil would be "demoted" to Toro Rosso, it wouldn't mak...

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Bernie should sell the sport, the FIA should make the rules and the competitors should take part. The FIA shouldn't control the financial side as they need to be separate enough to make the rules regardless of the financial impact. In a multimillion euro/pound sport in which the rules have a direct...

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Bernie should sell the sport, the FIA should make the rules and the competitors should take part. The FIA shouldn't control the financial side as they need to be separate enough to make the rules regardless of the financial impact. In a multimillion euro/pound sport in which the rules have a direct...

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Personally I rank Moss, Peterson, Villenueve, Ruetemann, Brooks, Collins, Ricciardo and Barrichello all higher. Moss aside he has to be in the conversation with them though and I expect by Abu Dhabi he will be in a new conversation entirely. Out of the other names on the list, I rate Reutemann the ...

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I think if Alonso had moved to Williams instead of McLaren, with a substantial Santander backing, it would have been a good solution for both parties.

Edit: anyway, Williams was 2nd best in 2014, 3rd best in 2015and seems to be 4th in 2016... You see a pattern there... and not a good one.

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Difficult to say if the car is slow because of the engine or chassis. The McLarens were amongst the quickest at the speed traps and chewed their tyres at alarming rates, which could be a sign of good engine and poor chassis. However, it could also mean that the engine was poor and they were obliged ...

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Well it doesn't reflect too well on Jenson and Fernando if they aren't abe to score points soon while Stoffel could do so in his first attempt. Vandoorne scored in Bahrein just because two quicker cars (Vettel's Ferrari and Sainz's TR) did not finish the race and, in fact, Button was in front of hi...

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Yes I have and I since my mother tongues are Italian/French/Spanish I don't need any translation. Forghieri and Villeneuve have also said bad things about Alonso. But i guess Alonso picked the "weakest" of the lot to bully . To say to someone that he is worth nothing because he didn't win like you ...

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If he is a Hamilton fanboy then he is very good at trying to be fair. I have never had the impression any of those pundits were "real" Hamilton fanboys. Most criticised him when he left McLaren and not very long there was very long articles on his red carpet habits and how his head is somewhere els...

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Pullrod wrote:Have you ever watched F1 on Spanish TV?

Yes. And... ?

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Sorry but Alonso was a bully here.. The worst things have been said to Lewis when he abandoned McLaren for Mercedes but i don't remember him been this disrespectful to any of those folks. He is paid tens of millions also to accept criticisms and "haters", but it seems he sees himself as untouchable...

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flyboy10 wrote:Please! What's the correct pronunciation of "Esteban"? I speak some Spanish and I'm pretty sure it's not the way this commentator pronounces it.

www.PronounceNames.com

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I saw a thrilling Australian race last Sunday, though. That was created by the slow starting Mercedes cars and had nothing to do with the changed qualifying system. There has never been a time when every race was a thrill. In fact, most of the great races that remain in the memory of motor sport we...

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I think virtually everybody would agree that governments should help people in trouble...

However, things are less clear when things come to the down-to-earth problems and start discussing the budget allocations, who is going to pay for it, how much taxes everybody should pay and so on.

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I saw a thrilling Australian race last Sunday, though.

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Orange for the Netherlands, nah that's just a lucky guess :D You're right. http://www.carelgodindebeaufort.nl/images/19620805-718-dgp-002.jpg Image from http://www.carelgodindebeaufort.nl EDIT: and in much more recent times, we had the orange Spykers from the Netherlands (although the concept of "t...

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I don't see the point in resurrecting a historic racing name, be it Alfa Romeo, Aston Martin or Audi into Formula 1. At the end of the day, it's only a marketing operation: you take a Force India, you paint it in BRG, add just some James Bond-related stickers... et voilà, you have now a wonderful As...

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Very sympathetic team. And, by the late seventies and in the hands of Patrick Tambay, also reasonably quick for their budget.

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