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Prema and especially Bearman bounced back in a dramatic fashion, that kind of movement from one end of the field to the other (between consecutive race weekends) we don't see in F1.

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So Perez, Hamilton, Leclerc and Piastri each have 3 votes to their name, I wonder if they are the same three people voting and if they can share their reasoning? Not gonna happen I guess.

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How about an inversed DRS; instead of (or in addition to) opening the DRS flap when close enough on straights, have a mechanism for increasing wing angles when close enough on the twisty parts :D Reverting to 2009 in a way? I wonder whether that solution was ever properly evaluated. Although I stil...

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How about an inversed DRS; instead of (or in addition to) opening the DRS flap when close enough on straights, have a mechanism for increasing wing angles when close enough on the twisty parts

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Interesting data, thanks. Regarding Russell, I'm curious why the graph looks like George should be ahead, while your conclusion is that Lewis is (quite clearly) ahead? It's a running average so it shows that Russell had the upper hand early on but as his results have dropped off the lines cross and...

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this puts 2021 AD into a new perspective FIA president being investigated for interfering with race result https://www.planetf1.com/news/fia-president-mohammed-ben-sulayem-investgiated-race-result Well he did slam the 2008 Renault F1 car in the wall in the same manner that Piquet did. So it's obvio...

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Jezza13 wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:06 am

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JN23 wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 04, 2024 11:43 am

This might be our best chance of having an interesting title fight for a change. Assuming Mercedes doesn't develop the fastest car.
Is Max worth the Jos trouble though?

Yeah hopefully Jos realizes he's becoming baggage that harms his son's career.

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JN23 wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 04, 2024 11:43 am

This might be our best chance of having an interesting title fight for a change. Assuming Mercedes doesn't develop the fastest car.

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Interesting data, thanks. Regarding Russell, I'm curious why the graph looks like George should be ahead, while your conclusion is that Lewis is (quite clearly) ahead?

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I'm looking forward to the first race, indeed, but I think you probably should have written >15, not really looking forward to that to be honest. It is looking close for the race for P2 today, Perez's school report probably says "must try harder", if he drops too far back I can see him being replac...

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Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:31 am

UnlikeUday wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 28, 2024 2:41 am
Some interesting scenes from the paddock:

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Very interesting.

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Shame Perez has missed Q3 so many times, I'm guessing that Max will not have been pushing as hard in Q2 (why should he?) so the comparison to Perez may be skewed if/when not only counting the time Perez did make it to Q3. Of course I could be wrong, maybe someone can check if the difference between...

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The ones who were already convinced he was guilty (of... something?) will be so still, and accuse them of covering it up.

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Shame Perez has missed Q3 so many times, I'm guessing that Max will not have been pushing as hard in Q2 (why should he?) so the comparison to Perez may be skewed if/when not only counting the time Perez did make it to Q3. Of course I could be wrong, maybe someone can check if the difference between ...

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JN23 wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 22, 2024 5:04 pm

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Thu Feb 22, 2024 4:24 pm
My F1tv subscription price went up from €30 to €140.
Yikes! Is that like for like subscription and nothing different?

Should be like for like. 140 is still decent all things considered (and comparing to any alternatives I have) but the increase in percentage is quite dramatic nonetheless.

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My F1tv subscription price went up from €30 to €140.

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FormulaFun wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 21, 2024 12:18 pm
Those cooling pillars that run down the body of the Red Bull are HUGE

I'm struggling to not pronounce this like Trump would.

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Are you there Unlike?

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Yeah Taponen has been the best driver on show which was a surprise after how dominant Barnard was in the initial races. Don't know how much of that is down to the car though. Even then I thought he showed a pace advantage over Stenshorne for the time they were teammates Yes the difference between t...

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Yeah Taponen has been the best driver on show which was a surprise after how dominant Barnard was in the initial races. Don't know how much of that is down to the car though. Even then I thought he showed a pace advantage over Stenshorne for the time they were teammates Yes the difference between t...

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Yeah Taponen has been the best driver on show which was a surprise after how dominant Barnard was in the initial races. Don't know how much of that is down to the car though. Even then I thought he showed a pace advantage over Stenshorne for the time they were teammates Yes the difference between t...

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mikeyg123 wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 17, 2024 1:37 pm

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Sat Feb 17, 2024 1:16 pm
Taponen just won the FRMEC championship (rookie and proper) with two races to spare
It's about time we had the next Fin show himself.

Indeed.

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Taponen just won the FRMEC championship (rookie and proper) with two races to spare

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Not really important but that transcript that is referred to as ‘an interview in 2015’ isn’t actually an interview from 2015. Matt Bishop did an article recently in which he recounted a conversation he had with Lewis in 2015 (the conversation you can see in the tweet) which he had not previously sh...

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Strider wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 13, 2024 12:57 pm
See quite a few cars have been launched but we don't seem to have a thread for it yet - where is UnlikeUday with the pictures and the launch thread?

Similar to Perez it seems like UnlikeUday is underperforming

Sadly this is another example of the slow dying of discussion forums.

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Hamilton's move to Ferrari wasn't a sudden quick decision... 1756960262966358485 Well it's not like Fernando could have known that. https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/single-seaters/f1/a-great-way-to-end-my-f1-career-when-hamilton-revealed-his-ferrari-plan/ Matt Bishop: "Soon he and I foun...

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I don't buy the Verstappen's being the masterminds behind all this, why rock the boat that's doing all the winning? That said, it smells of something larger going on behind the curtains and not just some disgruntled employee. I agree with this sentiment. Even of Jos Verstappen held a grudge against...

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I don't buy the Verstappen's being the masterminds behind all this, why rock the boat that's doing all the winning? That said, it smells of something larger going on behind the curtains and not just some disgruntled employee.

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So here goes - Remember this is just a bit of fun. We can quibble with odd positions (I swap certain names around regularly) but I'll be interested to here if anyone thinks I've got anything way out and will use contributions to reassess my list. Here we go again... 1 - Michael Schumacher 3 - Juan ...

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Could Antonelli suffer Vandoorne's fate if he's fast tracked to F1? Has someone followed both of their junior careers and can comment how they compare? IIRC Vandoorne was not nearly as young as Antonelli would be next year.

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Couldn't they use the Q1 results as the starting order of the sprint? That way they could still have two practice sessions.

Friday: FP1, FP2
Saturday: Qualifying, sprint shootout
Sunday: GP

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As someone who's colorblind, I've struggled for years to follow who said what in nested quotes as I found it real difficult to differentiate between the shades of the quotes. This is a brilliant change. So easy to see now. Thanks heaps. Yes kudos from another colour blind person :thumbup: The only ...

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I have always felt Leclerc is a bit overrated and wouldn't count out Lewis on either Saturdays or Sundays, of course it's hard to estimate how long it will take for him to adapt to the new car.
Voted Equal on Sat and Sun but early in the season Leclerc should have the advantage.

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When Hamilton joined Mercedes in 2013 many thought it was a bad move. I wonder if Hamilton has seen something we haven't or he has the confidence to turn things around. He's even getting some folks from Mercedes to Ferrari to help Ferrari reach the summit. Newey to Ferrari, you heard it here first.

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mikeyg123 wrote: ↑
Fri Feb 02, 2024 5:10 pm
The money talk is pointless because we have know idea if Hamilton is being paid a billion dollars a year or if he's driving for a chocolate hob knob and a happy ending from Fred.

Anyone reporting anything on the subject is doing nothing but total guess work.

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Alonso gobbled up Massa and Räikkönen without any trouble and quite honestly Vettel was far from an improvement as his successor at Ferrari. Hamilton lost out to Button and 2022 was also not great, all champions have had a few seasons hardly worth remembering. Edit: grammar. Massa who got beat by B...

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Alonso to Mercedes
Sainz to Red Bull
Perez and Antonelli (on loan) to Aston Martin

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Edit: Moved to silly season thread

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Monaco. Yes for historical value. Azerbaijan. Yes. Its the 2nd one. Singapore. Yes. 1st night race. Everything else. NO. in a 25 race season. Street tracks will be 25% of the entire season. This is not what f1 is about and gors against the entire deal of the sport. We may as well just bring in 2 or...

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I'm going to go with Tuukka Taponen, the finnish Ferrari Academy driver. Currently he leading the Formula Regional Middle East championship as a rookie, and after two rounds (six races) he's started stronger than Antonelli last year. This weekend (round two) he absolutely destroyed everyone else, be...

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