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Thread should be renamed to Countdown to Bahrain as Australia is not the first race this season

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If we update the results, to give Max wins in the races where he had incidents (Imola, Turkey and Sakhir) then the WDC looks like this: Hamilton: 333 (-14) / 9 wins (-2) Verstappen: 281 (+67) / 5 wins (+3) Bottas: 218 (-5) / 2 wins (==) Russell: 1 (-1) / 0 wins(==) Hamilton would have been 88 point...

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If you look at Bottas latest statement on F1 it really seems like going up against Lewis for the last few years has completely destroyed him mentally. I'm not surprised by his poor performance this race, since the WDC went he just seems like there's no fight left in him at this stage. He needs a ful...

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Is it just me that kind of cant wait for the entertainment value of Mazepin in the big leagues. I expect a full on PR disaster at every event, poor performances, controversy after controversy. This might put a big black mark against a future pay drivers.

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For me 3 reasons, 1. Admitting the junior driver programmer has failed is a huge thing for them, but I do think doing this would free them up for options now and in the future. Especially if it comes to a close battle for the WCC where you need proven 1 and 2 drivers to be close. 2. Is the Thai inve...

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And its the last race of the year so you got to expect Lewis wants to race, get the fireworks at the end, do the spins, the last lot of interviews. It's like the curtain close for the season, every driver will want to be there.

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Hamilton, Leclerc and Sainz for me

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What makes Verstappen’s 2017 and 2018 special is not only that he was faster than Ricciardo, but the gap he had over Ricciardo. His average gap over Ricciardo was almost 2 tenths in clean qualifying sessions. That’s the same gap Hamilton has over Bottas, and double the gap Hamilton had over Rosberg...

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I've read through this thread and am honestly scratching my head about the data being used to come up with this imaginary 2 tenths and how the conclusions are being reached. It would probably be easier to look at the difference in the cars ability to do a lap and then attribute a time against that. ...

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Out of the current field i'd like to see Verstappen, Vettel, Leclerc and Riccardo. I voted for Verstappen as everyone says he's in the same league as Hamilton, that would be a powder keg waiting to go off.

I honestly feel though even Verstappen would come off second best.

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it would have been great if on the podium he had done the gladiator shout of " Are you not entertained?"

In regards to the thread his behaviour while a little childish was acceptable in my opinion as it shows he still has passion for what he is doing.

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i'm not sure Bottas is done yet, even with a poor showing in Canada he still seems to be on it.

If anything else the more pressure on him the more dangerous he will become to LH. He will start taking serious risks on track for overtakes etc.

It will be interesting to see.

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I dont think the tyres need changing, Marko said in his statement that merc essentially focused more on mechanical grip and more downforce while the rest went with less downforce and struggle with the tyres. They all had the same data and tests on the tyres yet chose their own approach which back fi...

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having the best engine isn't simply the most powerful engine, you got reliability to take into account, you also have to look at how the engine delivers its power. Any factory team could produce an engine that is more powerful than the merc engine but doesnt have the reliability or any of the other ...

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The previous conversation was based on the whole package and also pointed out that having a great engine helps when stuck in dirty air and aero becomes less effective.

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What I was originally trying to say is that their car design philosophy is for the car to be in clear air, obviously all cars are designed this way but some of the teams likely realize they will spend the majority of the races sat in dirty air so may change their design philosophy to allow for bett...

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What I was originally trying to say is that their car design philosophy is for the car to be in clear air, obviously all cars are designed this way but some of the teams likely realize they will spend the majority of the races sat in dirty air so may change their design philosophy to allow for bette...

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They have such a great engine and chassis combo but when not out in front and sat in dirty air where the aero is less functional they can still keep the pace and pressure the car infront.

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I think Mercs design philosophy is based on the car running at the front and when it doesn't the engine can compensate and drag them up. RBR used to be like that, the first 2 laps of any race they would pull so much time on the rest of the field and then the pace would even out without them turning ...

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One area I feel particularly strong about for Ferrari is their inability to act on instinct in a race and make fast calls that would potentially benefit the team. I feel like lots of people who have watched the sport for many years can make better strategic calls than the team with all the data. Las...

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Well done that team.

I do love when F1, not just ham and merc, gets involved in stuff like this around the world. Then you really get the feeling of it having a positive global influence.

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probably doesn't know who she is, merc is a big team and then immediately sees someone he does know and goes for them.

A little bit of an odd thread??

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Car Wheelbase [mm] Length[mm] Rake [°] Red Bull RB15 3619 5654 1.93 Haas VF-19 3621 5656 1.59 Williams FW42 3644 5679 1.68 McLaren MCL34 3648 5683 1.67 Ferrari SF90 3653 5688 1.64 Racing Point RP19 3664 5699 2.04 Renault R.S.19 3672 5707 2.15 Toro Rosso STR15 3693 5728 2.00 Alfa Romeo C38 3697 5732 ...

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Has Ferrari adopted the short wheel base and high rake similar to Red Bull? This could be one of the avenues that isn't working out for them. Mercs car has the lowest of all rake as well as the long wheel base and that is part of their design philosophy. I remember at the last test they tried a high...

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Whens the pit window here, would have been interesting if vettel had pitted for hard at lap2

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Vettel has a flat spot, needs to move over for leclerc

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I think its a lesson every driver learns at one point and thinks they've been cheated when its happened to them. Its happened to Hamilton and Vettel in the past, not to this degree, but they soon learnt their lesson. I just hope Max doesnt use the next race to simply target Vettel on his outlap and ...

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If RedBull dont deliver Max will leave of his own accord.

Another season and it looks like he wont have a chance at a WDC, how many more is he going to wait realistically?

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Absolutey shocked and gutted.

RIP to one of the many unsung heroes in F1. You will be missed.

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I'd much rather a points system for quali than for fastest lap.

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front wing/nose was on the list, not a replica of ferraris design but an suspected improvement to their own design as

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Merc bringing lots of upgrades, new sidepods, front wing, t bar. God knows what else - looks like the pressure is on. As a merc fan I have this feeling that they are massively sandbagging and come australia are going to smash it.

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What is Williams sources of income other than racing. McLaren and Williams both get legacy payments but the Mclaren tech centre/ cars have a steady income that leaves me to believe one day they may bounce back. The one problem being they got rid of Ron Dennis who was a huge driving force for their s...

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In my opinion he's good/great but he's not driving for championships, you can see in Lewis that he is driving with control because that what he needs to do to manage the car that eats tyres and save the engine. If he was in Max's boat not really driving for anything other than the odd race win then ...

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Toto is probably the only person in F1 I would not mess with.

I expect him to pick up Horner and plant him 3ft into the ground.

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Hamilton simply pulls out his 5 wdc trophies and uses them as weapons to kill the roster. Meanwhile Bottas who Hamilton spares betrays him with a 2nd place trophy from Russia to the head and stands supreme Bottas steps out of the ring only to realise that the last entrant hasn't entered yet and suff...

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Max caused that crash not Ocon.

The only reason there is an argument about it is because of the circumstance around their respective positions.

If it was an overtake for a real position gain the FIA would have punished Max for not leaving enough/any room.

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Hamilton, Raikonnen and Ricciardo for me. Verstappen lost it with poor descision making and it cost him big.

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Racing incident plain and simple, Highlights things to work on for both drivers, for Max he just needs to add the restraint to his driving that LH is showing today in order to get results looking at the bigger picture. For ocon he had to rely on Max to move out the way to get that overtake done and ...

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I think Vettel would have gone give his defeat to Ricciardo. I think seb has the beating of Rosberg over a season

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