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I would not bet on it but I suspect George might get pole position. He is known to be fast and I think he may be hiding some techniques other drivers overlook. I don't think Bottas has the extra something to stop him, despite his experience and familiarity in the car. Russell doesn't have much to lo...

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Romain Grosjean won his life thanks to his training and quick thinking. After a 56g shunt and passing through a safety barrier, he managed to escape a burning car filling his helmet with black smoke so he could not see. Not every driver would have found a way out of that smoking wreck. Winning the r...

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I doubt it. He is the only other WDC on the grid at the moment other than Lewis (and Alonso next year who was last champion almost 14 years ago). He will be valuable to any team until he chooses to retire.

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Let's make no mistake, Hamilton is better than Schumacher or Alonso ever was in absolutely every single area. Lewis is a clean racer, excellent risk manager and thinks outside the box. I doubt Fangio would get a race seat in F1 today given he wouldn't even fit in a modern F1 car. I cannot think of a...

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First off, it is tragic for F1 to lose one of only three engine manufacturers. However, Honda has once again come back to F1 with an awful engine, rose to mediocre, started to show real promise...then they quit. Again. It is sad to see an engine maker leave the sport, but to heck with Honda. Stay o...

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Maybe Party Mode can live on in Mercedes road cars? You change drive mode from Sport / Track / Race or whatever to Party Mode and disco lights come on and Pitbull starts playing on the audio system etc?

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I believe BMW were demanding a controlling stake. Even if not i'm not sure why you think they would have stayed involved after 2009 instead of pulling out. They weren't interested in staying with Sauber even as a junior partner or just as an engine suplier. Well things may have happened very differ...

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Williams went down the pan when they lost BMW engines. A sale to BMW then would have possibly kept them both in F1. F1 is all about business now and if you don't have the biggest partners you are going to lose. At least they have not simply folded but they need better engines, partnerships and spon...

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Williams went down the pan when they lost BMW engines. A sale to BMW then would have possibly kept them both in F1. F1 is all about business now and if you don't have the biggest partners you are going to lose. At least they have not simply folded but they need better engines, partnerships and spons...

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I thought this deserved a thread as well. Possibly the most iconic racing livery of all time, perfectly matched with the papaya orange of McLaren. I think we could see McLaren win again someday with the right engine. I do feel the need to find a unique engine partner though to win the championship.

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If Norris progresses and wins races or championships, this podium will have been the springboard. McLaren are in dire need of podiums to get back to the top. I hope this is the start of something great.

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I think Baku 2017 was the turning point. He threw away his composure. After that the pressure and mistakes cost them driver and team dearly. It's a shame Vettel could not pull one championship out of the bag at Ferrari just to cement his status as a top F1 driver and not just the beneficiary of a do...

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An exciting F1 format with a balanced and fair playing field ought to look more like this: 1. Qualifying 2. Forward Grid Race (from qualifying positions) last approx 1 hour 3. Reverse Grid Race (from qualifying positions) last approx 1 hour 4. Aggregate Times decide winning positions Fastest Qualify...

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One could say disqualification was a very 'Abt' punishment!!

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Yeah I think Vettel to McLaren makes sense with them having a German engine next year, and then Vettel has a route into Mercedes should Lewis leave (unlikely for a while). I could see Vettel and Norris getting on well (probably). I hoped Ricciardo would go to Ferrari but I think Sainz deserves a cra...

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It's a bit sad that he had the car to win the WDC in 2017 and 2018 but threw it away thanks to mistakes by both him and the team. He really should have accepted the pay cut unless he had an offer at Mercedes. He could win races at other teams but to win a championship again at a team other than the ...

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If Hamilton and Wolff went to Ferrari, the press would call it a Red Mercedes!

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If worse came to the worst, and F1 was cancelled for 2 seasons (this is a very real possibility) I am sure most or all the struggling teams would simply be bought out by somebody. The furloughed staff and organisation still has future value.

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It would be interesting if they ran circuits in opposite directions alternating each year but I think most drivers would find the change a bit nauseating as the circuits lose their flow and appeal somewhat. I think most modern circuits would be safe as the runoff areas are too generous anyway. Any d...

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This is a massive opportunity to make e-sports history and something worth watching!!! Put the driver's points towards the championship and omit the constructors. Surely this is better than no F1 at all?

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Helmet Marko has already stated there is no room at Red Bull for Ricciardo. His thoughts are that Renault would be taken over very quickly. Big question is who would be in a position to take over manufacture of the power units? Being as that's the money making division for Renault Sport, that would...

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LeClerc might look good now, but another 3-4 years without a Ferrari WDC and they will change drivers again. Verstappen has time but he may have to wait for a seat at Mercedes oor for Honda to make another big gain. 2021 won't be a a massive shake up from what I have seen, but ground effect ought to...

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Are we now stuck with just Ferrari, Mercedes, Renault and Honda? Is any other engine or car manufacturer brave enough and willing to put the resources together to beat the established psu makers? Will the 2021 rules actually make much difference to the race now the engines are more or less the decid...

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The trouble is if he was at Ferrari, then Verstappen, Vettel or Riccardo would be at Mercedes by now, or Rosberg racking up the World titles without him in the way, and we'll assume LeClerc is his team mate. But I certainly think he COULD win the title in a Ferrari, just as he has done in a McLaren ...

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McLaren should have held on to Honda longer. They are going to be changing engine supplier every 3 years in the hope it gets them back to the front, but the fact is that since they left Honda there is no other engine supplier that will give them the power to win a world title. They need a tie up wit...

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I doubt it. If Ferrari build a higher downforce car next year I can only see Vettel getting faster.

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If they didn't sack Kimi Raikonnen after performing so slowly against Alonso & Vettel, why are they going to sack Vettel after a 12 month period of mistakes? Even when Raikonnen left it was for Alfa Romeo. The fact is Ferrari know they have got an unstable car and lack of downforce and the drivers a...

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Surely with the modern electronics sending virtual safety car data to the driver, it also ought to be possible for race control to tell a stationary spun driver warnings to stay stationary until the track is clear to rejoin the circuit?

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I am betting Lewis will win tomorrow as the Ferraris are going to eat their tyres. Also LeClerc is going to have a difficult time getting to the first corner with both Mercedes behind him, it's going to be an exciting start to the race.

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How often do they occur? Can the sidepods and survival cell survive a T-bone crash at certain speeds? Are racing cars tested for T-bone collision? Any notable instances in historic races where the driver has survived?

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Spa has always been dangerous but I think we have to remember that if we want close racing, you are going to get t-bone situations and multiple car pile ups which the cars simply are not designed to handle. If a 200 mph car hits an unsighted static vehicle, there is not much science can do the save ...

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I think Stirling Moss was better than some F1 champions and against modern drivers, I'd place him above Alonso and Raikkonnen.

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I think he should get a 1 year extension if he secures 2nd or 1st in the championship otherwise another driver deserves to take his place. Simple as that.

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A good race for Williams at Hockenheim last weekend given the current state of the scoreboard. They are certain to be last in the standings but if the drivers can deliver some points on difficult races, they can hold their head up high and say they tried their best. They are lucky the Alfas were pen...

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I think McLaren will eventually build their own engines. Might be 10, 20 years but they will eventually want to be in total control of their design like Ferrari and Mercedes are.

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I really like the car. Looks beautiful. I think the weight of these electric cars will come down and the range will go up when they finish developing those solid state batteries and the technology just generally matures. 10 years ago I would have laughed if you told me that an electric car could ac...

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I really like the car. Looks beautiful. I think the weight of these electric cars will come down and the range will go up when they finish developing those solid state batteries and the technology just generally matures. 10 years ago I would have laughed if you told me that an electric car could ac...

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Doubtless many of you will now be familiar with the beautiful new Lotus Electric Hypercar with 1973bhp / 2000ps and approx 1700kg weight. This is more than twice the weight of a Formula E car. It is something like 1100bhp / metric ton without getting out a calculator. It is a limited run hypercar bu...

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I don't think Vettel is finished, I just think the Ferrari is not to his liking, which is understandable given he does well in high downforce cars like the Redbull. I think Ferrari will accept him having 1 off season, givne he completely out performed Raikkonnen and was given a maligned car this yea...

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I don't think Max would fair very well against Lewis at this point in time as team mates over the course of the year. Max is very good at fighting aggressively, overtaking winning races and wet weather driving however Lewis already does that and he gets pole positions, overtakes cleanly, few mistake...

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