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Harpo

Invade wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 10, 2020 5:52 pm
Vettel. He's still a fair bit better than Stroll and will be going forward.

PS, Would very much like to know who have picked Stroll though. Not impossible but quite bold.

I was going to tell you to look 2 posts above yours, when I noticed somebody added a vote to mine...

Harpo

pokerman wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 10, 2020 12:34 pm
If Stroll beats Vettel then something has gone wrong in the universe.

Something has gone wrong in the universe anyway... It would just be a confirmation.
I voted Stroll, just to balance the over optimists who think it will be a walk in the park for VetteL

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The inevitable question They end up close, maybe even Stroll wins out. What's the verdict then? Confirmation that Vettel was a one-hit-double-diffuser Wonder? Stroll is a LOT better than he's given credit for? Or Conspiracy at Team Nepotism? I wrote it elsewhere : If the team was still named Racing...

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Am I that old that the second thing I do when facing this sort of news is nit-picking (the first one being smiling perplexedly).
Am I the only one (once more...) to think that the withdrawal of complaints in the RP/Ferrari brawl, just days ago, has something to do with this ?

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Andretti is one of the hardest champions to rate because he rarely properly concentrated on F1. If he had I'm sure he'd be in the conversation of top 10 of all time. As it is I have him around 20th. Just because you elaborate your lists from datas. I, who elaborate my ever changing lists roughly fr...

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Let's address the elephant in the room: the reason why FIA and Liberty are pushing so hard for reverse grid races is because of Mercedes domination. True, but who is at fault for that? Ferrari for all their extra money could only ch... adapt their interpretation to get parity, Its only now after 5 ...

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F1 history : an increasingly fast drowning from cherished gourmet restaurant to world wide fast-food junk. It seems like the only thing they can think of is adding show business promotional gimmicks rather than a far less show-off of drastic shake-up of the technical regulations (starting with reduc...

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Covalent wrote: ↑
Mon Sep 07, 2020 10:24 am
Congratulations F1, first non-big-three win since 2013.

Not even one of them on the podium...

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Albon out, Gasly in. I jest! Gasly has made it clear he has "unfinished business" with Red Bull, so I wonder if he'll have a choice message for the RBR gang after this result. "I'm ready." ... said Gasly with deadpan certainty. He's been one of the better drivers this season. Not sure where I'd pla...

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Am I the only one who thinks it stinks to high heaven ? What stinks? Joe Saward is very cautious and doesn't draw any conclusion from his piece of writing... But. In our current world and time, I don't see any hedge fund based in a tax heaven pouring more money than needed in the bottomless hole th...

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Am I the only one who thinks it stinks to high heaven ?

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For now, they have no reason to change the name (though Dorilton Capital Racing would be a great name, and in accordance with the world of today), but I would be very surprised if it's still called Williams in a next future, whatever they say or sign right now. I think they will keep the name. Simp...

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Are they selling the rights to the Williams name as well? No name or chassis name changes apparently, now that the sale has gone through. https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/williams-teams-sold-dorilton-capital/4860536/ The announcement confirmed there are no plans to change the name of the team or ...

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Sometimes I'm not sure that what I like is the exact same thing that people around me like. Or at least that I like it the same way. Even attending a concert, I sometimes feel other people around me, not me of course, are there for wrong reasons. :smug: Motor racing is something that comes from my c...

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Fastest drivel of the past 40 years...

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I always thought it's very difficult to judge Vettel's stage ar RBR. All I can see since the beginning is that Red Bull is a one driver team entering 2 cars. Besides, Webber was better than what most people here seem to think (just like was Vergne). Had he been the "one driver" of the team in 2010, ...

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A more pleasant face, onctuous manners, and no thong, shouldn't deceive us : Toto Wolff is nothing more than an updated Flavio Briatore.

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A big name for Aston Martin publicity...
It doesn't even matter if Vettel ends getting spanked by Stroll Junior, I'm not sure motor racing is of any interest to people rich enough to buy James Bond's car (and drink only vintage Bollinger every now and then ?).

Harpo

At the end of last year, Vettel and Charles were quite closely matched. There was only 24 points between them but Vettel scored in less races. The qualifying wasn't a whitewash either. Obviously something has happened since then... For the first part of the season Vettel still enjoyed a N°1 status ...

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The only reason to hire Vettel is for publicity. We are Aston Martin and our leading driver is a 4 times WDC (note that if the team was still named Racing Point next years, the replacement of one driver by Vettel wouldn't even be considered). That could prove to be counterproductive, the 4 times WDC...

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UnlikeUday wrote:Hamilton will probably win. Excited to see what Racing Point can do.

For now they are doing today the times Mercedes was doing last year...

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My mistake... Stroll is not a top five driver, he's among the top three.

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I always thought Stroll was a top five driver... And he's only driving a 2019 Mercedes. At the wheel of a 2020 model he would be a top-of the top driver. To say nothing of Perez. If Vettel ever goes to Force Mercedes Point, whoever is the remaining driver of the current line-up, he'd better have a n...

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The point is that Perez is a lot stronger than daddy's little soldier. The second half of last season was a trouncing, I have no doubt that this season will also be. I see your using the tortoise and hare scenario, I'm not sure that works in F1? Stroll is certainly not exceptional, but far from bei...

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The point is that Perez is a lot stronger than daddy's little soldier. The second half of last season was a trouncing, I have no doubt that this season will also be. I see your using the tortoise and hare scenario, I'm not sure that works in F1? Stroll is certainly not exceptional, but far from bei...

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The point is that Perez is a lot stronger than daddy's little soldier. The second half of last season was a trouncing, I have no doubt that this season will also be. I see your using the tortoise and hare scenario, I'm not sure that works in F1? Stroll is certainly not exceptional, but far from bei...

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Vettel signing would be a huge statement of intent from Aston Martin. It would be very odd to do that and then have Lance Stroll in the other car, so they have to keep Perez IMO. The Stroll who qualified just behind Perez and finished right behind Perez ? He could be too tough for Vettel, except if...

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Vettel signing would be a huge statement of intent from Aston Martin. It would be very odd to do that and then have Lance Stroll in the other car, so they have to keep Perez IMO. The Stroll who qualified just behind Perez and finished right behind Perez ? He could be too tough for Vettel, except if...

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Though being seriously reshaped the 2020 F1 calendar won't be completed. Except for 12 more races at Spielberg : Austrian GP and Styrian GP being sure things, if you want a complete though reshaped season, get ready for Sissi & Rodolph GP, Sacher Torte GP, Mozart GP, Beethoven GP, Mozart Kugeln GP, ...

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Before we get on to what you are insinuating there, let's first clear up a few things in other posts that you've made. Specifically this throwing around of the word "Marxist" like a label to slap on everything with the intention of instantly discrediting it. To be honest, whenever someone does some...

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This is an interesting topic. Can I suggest OP adds a Poll? As a numbers person I'm particularly keen to see what metrics people might use to try and quantify this and back their opinion up. But even without that, if people feel it's weak/not weak - why? Presence of "proven" drivers seems to be big...

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The last sport car racing Ferrari, the 333 SP : a beauty, and a winning car. And it was already a Dallara/Ferrari cooperation (+ Michelotto + Southgate). http://www.mulsannescorner.com/Ferrari333SPDaytonaTest1997-MF1.jpg The Scandia 333SP, 2nd place, '97 D-24 car...a beauty? Baah. Rolex 24 at Dayto...

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I'd prefer and out and out attempt at the top level of Endurance racing. Agreed. 'Been nearly half a century. ('Don't believe either will happen tho') It was may be not "top level" endurance racing but it won the Sebring 12 hours, and a bunch of other endurance races mid '90s (and IMSA championship...

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Well forget that... https://the-race.com/formula-1/ferrari-never-offered-vettel-a-new-contract/ Vettel was never offered a contract and terms with Sainz were agreed well in advance, according to this article. Yeah I came here to post the same thing, it's looking like Vettel was sacked. 8O That bein...

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I still wouldn't rule out Vettel returning to Red Bull. If Albon fails to deliver, then Red Bull are facing the decision to replace him anyway, and if the only other options are to bring back Gasly or Kvyat, then surely they must at least consider Vettel? I would be very surprised if he goes back t...

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Just good business decision though isn't it, since when has morality ever been displayed by multi million corporations. If it were Facebook, Google etc would be paying far more appropriate tax levels. Not sure it's that good a business... Looking at the current state of F1, the current (and future)...

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It seems lot of people here mistake "driving for a midfield team" with "being a midfield driver". It's not the drivers fault if we get 16 midfield cars every year we get lucky not to get 18 of them... Do you really think Ricciardo would be considered as a top driver if he hadn't been driving for Red...

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Here's another option. Not sure it's more fictitious than the 2021 line-ups. After the third worldwide wave of coronavirus, the first 12 races of 2021 are first postponed, and then cancelled. All F1 drivers contracts are broken, and the bankrupted teams disbanded. In the meantime, the automobile ind...

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Before this "crisis" the only purpose of the whole thing was to find year after year a way to survive without changing the basis of the business, not being able nor willing to reform itself ; the "owners of the show" not willing to wean thelmselves off their outrageous money racket (on the contrary ...

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