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pokerman

That's an easy enough question to answer; because this was (and still is) the FIA (or FISA if you wish)... (I think that Balestre should receive credit for his efforts to go against the idea that it is fine to threaten a competitor with an accident if he doesn't want to yield at the first sight of ...

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....or they have some very loyal supporters? ...or that people can look at circumstance and context and not just take their view from the points table? Oh i agree the points don't always tell the story but are you suggesting that Vettel and Kimi did not get beat fair and square? It seems perhaps bo...

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In comparison to Kimi; once Massa closed the 2009 season, Kimi began to finish nearly every race on the podium with an undeveloped car. Surprising? Factually incorrect. Massa's last race in 2009 was Germany. There were 8 races after that. Kimi scored podiums in the first four races, and none for th...

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It's amazing that it seems the two drivers you follow had poor 2014's both for motivational reasons yet that isn't considered an excuse by you. Do you think Alonso liked driving last years Ferrari? I suppose you directed this question to me. I want to say a few things about it: Every driving style ...

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Option or Prime wrote:Does anyone think that Alonso will be affected by the "testgate" incident, in a sport where mental strength is all important I wonder a bit about this!

Is he the same driver as he was, Massa to a long while to get back to speed, if he ever did.

I'll go on record as saying no, same as Massa

pokerman

20% think Ferrari have the best driver lineup? really? Vettel and Kimi are the 2 drivers who took the heaviest beatings by their respective teammates in 2014. This only proves that they have achieved so many unreachable, unthinkable and unprecedented achievements that even the heaviest beatings can...

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20% think Ferrari have the best driver lineup? really? Vettel and Kimi are the 2 drivers who took the heaviest beatings by their respective teammates in 2014. This only proves that they have achieved so many unreachable, unthinkable and unprecedented achievements that even the heaviest beatings can...

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Because they were having to pay for the Mercedes whilst the Honda is a "works" deal. Very few teams have had success in recent years by just being customers. It is always better to work directly with an engine partner. So why were BrawnGP and McLaren of 2010-2012 were better than the works team? I ...

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Senna was Honda's favourite and he wasn't leaving for Ferrari. It was the Japanese GP and qualifying engines were allowed. On the other hand , Prost was Balestre's favourite. While Honda's qualifying engines gave Senna Saturday bragging rights Baluster disqualified him on Sunday, giving Prost the c...

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I voted Alonso - I think he has the biggest banana skin situation. If Button outscores him, and most on this forum for some reason don't rate Button that highly, then Alonso's reputation as the best of a generation is going to take a serious knock! Personally I have always thought Button to be unde...

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Yes, you are right. Maybe they reached better times within a safe drivable setup from the get go. They no longer have to try silly innovations to reduce the hefty gap to both Williams and MercedesGP. If the car is doing much better laptimes from default, why risk it with an unsafe chain of setup ri...

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20% think Ferrari have the best driver lineup? really? Vettel and Kimi are the 2 drivers who took the heaviest beatings by their respective teammates in 2014. This only proves that they have achieved so many unreachable, unthinkable and unprecedented achievements that even the heaviest beatings can...

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I voted Alonso - I think he has the biggest banana skin situation. If Button outscores him, and most on this forum for some reason don't rate Button that highly, then Alonso's reputation as the best of a generation is going to take a serious knock! Personally I have always thought Button to be unde...

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Rosberg needs to harden himself to outside forces and be more confident. For example, he laid down the gauntlet last season, daring Hamilton in a pass or crash scenario and held his own when Hamilton took the dare - then promptly caved in to fan and team scorn. Nico has to be immune to scorn and le...

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Senna was Honda's favourite and he wasn't leaving for Ferrari. It was the Japanese GP and qualifying engines were allowed. On the other hand , Prost was Balestre's favourite. While Honda's qualifying engines gave Senna Saturday bragging rights Baluster disqualified him on Sunday, giving Prost the c...

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:thumbup: I agree the situation still doesn't mean much about the gap. Prost wasn't a driver who tended to go all out in Qualifying. He was a far more calculating driving who knew the real work would happen on race day and the points don't get given out on Saturdays. That, and he may have already k...

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SehnKhan wrote:First really became aware of Ricciardo around 2009 during British F3 and started actively watching his career from this point.

Yes that's when i first became aware of him it was said at the time that he had brilliant racecraft although we didn't really get to see that in F1 until last year

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I'll start off with my own; I became a fan of Ricciardo in 2014, because of his incredible car control, clever racecraft and genuinely decent-seeming personality, but before that I admit I thought he was nothing more than a special qualifier. When RBR announced their pick to replace Webber in 2013,...

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mas wrote:Yes, very first impressions are that Raikonnen has got the car he wants but I would not rule out Vettel's intelligence and work-rate getting him there either eventually. Vettel is Ferrari's designated future apparently but he will have to prove it.

I think there is no doubting Vettel's work ethic

pokerman

Did you not read KMag's comments after testing how the new Mclaren was much better to drive than the 2014 car, the problem was the chassis Yes, you are right. Maybe they reached better times within a safe drivable setup from the get go. They no longer have to try silly innovations to reduce the hef...

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Considering Jenson's unique position about engine switching from Mercedes; Maybe this can explain why Mclaren team couldn't even compete with Williams despite having "same" engine name. McLaren just didn't forget how to make title challenging chassis all of a sudden after announcing partnership wit...

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Considering Jenson's unique position about engine switching from Mercedes; Maybe this can explain why Mclaren team couldn't even compete with Williams despite having "same" engine name. McLaren just didn't forget how to make title challenging chassis all of a sudden after announcing partnership wit...

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It is the moment of truth for Mr Vettel. Raikonnen is a known quantity and they have already built the 2015 car around him so how well Vettel does against him will benchmark him as a WDC. Even if he comes in consistently second to start with all would not be completely lost for his reputation if he...

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Not at all. Having the best package doesnt make you worthy of winning. Ferrari had the best overall package (car and driver together.) Redbull had the best car at that time. Thats why i say that ferrari had the best overall at that time. This is a driver related thread and i can't see how Alonso ha...

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Completely agree, i think we should have been able to pick 3 drivers but non the less. I would also add Alonso has to prove it was ferrari holding him back from reaching his ultimate goal & button has to prove he is still has what it takes. Multiple drivers need to prove something. I would have tho...

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Considering Jenson's unique position about engine switching from Mercedes; Maybe this can explain why Mclaren team couldn't even compete with Williams despite having "same" engine name. McLaren just didn't forget how to make title challenging chassis all of a sudden after announcing partnership wit...

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Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull do change 1 driver while Sauber, Toro Rosso and Manor go for a full new line-up. But Mercedes, Williams, Force India and Lotus all stick with a totally unchanged line-up. The 4 teams that are Mercedes powered, wonder if that is a coincidence or not? I think it would be...

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This one is hard, essentially almost every driver has something to prove. Riccardo has to prove that 2014 was no fluke. Vettel has to prove that it wasn't the RB cars that gave him four championships. Rosberg has to prove he can take the fight to Hamilton and Kimi has to prove he can still race for...

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I will be back this season, hopefully not chocking at the end of season like last year (cost myself a top 10 finish). I Will place my predictions when I have time to think. All the best everyone and thanks pokerman for setting up the 2015 competition. Cheers, i guess most of the old gang will be su...

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I dont say that Prost was faster than Senna, but, in this particular video looked like Prost was driving very calm and wasnt even trying, he maybe thought he would not beat him so maybe the best is to secure 2nd place and not risk much. All he needed from the final two races were two second places....

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Need4Naiim wrote:That quiz gave me Lewis.

See you really do like him after all

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UnlikeUday wrote:All questions were answered with typical answers & for some strange reason, I got:-

Narain Karthikeyan!

No wonder because the first question's answer I selected 'Personality'!

By coincidence he is also Indian same as you

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But none of them deserves to replace Nico since it is Nico that Mercedes contracted as their driver. His employees did already determine that he proved himself when they renewed his contract for '15 and beyond. Nico has nothing to prove (to us?) but give his best effort. Pretty sure that he wants t...

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Sorry for the extra work but I'm going to make changes to the following. Thanks. Australia 1 Hamilton 2 Rosberg 3 Vettel 4 Bottas 5 Ricciardo 6 Raikkonen 7 Massa 8 Kvyat 9 Button 10 Magnussen Its ok I'm waiting for all the entries to come in first so I can arrange them in alphabetical order, that m...

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It's good to see there are 6 new entries already

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The highest ever score was by UnlikeUday who scored 225pts at India in 2012, he won the competition the following year

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will Magnussen (as Alonso's replacement) get a special engine in Melbourne? or will it be from Alonso's engines allocation? how's the regulation for this? Engines are allocated to drivers so it will not be one of Alonso's engines Wrong. It's allocated to the car. Whatever Magnussen goes through in ...

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This one is hard, essentially almost every driver has something to prove. Riccardo has to prove that 2014 was no fluke. Vettel has to prove that it wasn't the RB cars that gave him four championships. Rosberg has to prove he can take the fight to Hamilton and Kimi has to prove he can still race for...

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Alonso for me, i actually did support Alonso before Hamilton came onto the scene, and i consider him to be the best driver so i guess it is quite accurate

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I see Prost qualified second, not too dissimilar to last season then

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