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Alex53

Anyone who has followed racing for even a short while could see these aero regulations would make close racing harder, not easier. If they truly want to reduce costs, enhance the racing and keep manufacturers happy by focusing on developing in road relevant areas, it's simple, tiny, simplified wings...

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A Honda engine fastest in the speed trap, Red Bulls 1st and 3rd in an engine heavy circuit...FP1 has me puzzled

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The main issue is with the cars. They make a lot of races boring, not just Monaco. When they fix the cars, then they can start looking at what circuits are better or worse.

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Both Montmeló and Jerez are good layouts. The problem is more in Formula 1 cars than in the circuits.

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davidheath461 wrote:Most other weather forecasts are saying it will be dry and sunny.

GP3 Race wet, F2 race on a wet track, safe to say its not dry and sunny today.

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Spanish weather agency says 70% chance of rain and thunder between noon and 6pm today in Montmeló.

http://www.aemet.es/es/eltiempo/predicc ... #detallada

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Wet GP3 race. Hoping for at least a wet track at the start of F1.

Alex53

The thing I've noticed is the level of times rain has been predicted, it has hardly ever been predicted at the right time. Nor has it often been close to being as extreme as they were predicting. So I somehow think that at least one of the sessions that they are saying it is very likely to rain wil...

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Weather forecast update (from Spanish National Weather Agency, aemet.es)

Friday 00–12h: 30% chance of rain
Friday 12-24h: 0% chance of rain

Saturday 00–12h: 55% chance of rain
Saturday 12-24h: 95% chance of rain (+ thunderstorm)

Sunday: 90% chance of rain

Alex53

The podium interviews have mostly been quite cringe-worthy. I only remember enjoying the one Sir Patrick Stewart did, but that guy has so much charisma he can make most things work. The grid walk has also long become stale and samey. It was interesting at one point but nowadays I'd much rather just ...

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Typical. McLaren bring a shed load of harder tyres to test the upgrades and we're going to get rain,lol. Well they should know. Even now there's a severe weather warning for rain and thunderstorms in Montmeló today and tomorrow. (And I'm going by the Spanish national weather agency not by some phon...

Alex53

Typical. McLaren bring a shed load of harder tyres to test the upgrades and we're going to get rain,lol. Well they should know. Even now there's a severe weather warning for rain and thunderstorms in Montmeló today and tomorrow. (And I'm going by the Spanish national weather agency not by some phon...

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It's usually one of the least exciting races, but on the plus side it is a good indicator of where teams are going to be relative to each other in the season ahead, so that aspect has my interest. Also, the current weather forecast for Montmelo is 90% chance of rain on Saturday and Sunday. (Source -...

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Where do they show F2 races? I think one of the biggest problems with feeder series is they are always shown on some obscure medium in just a few countries. When Sky came up with Sky F1 I thought, great, now they have a whole channel where they can show the support races on F1 weekends, and maybe ot...

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As a long term fan who stopped watching the races when F1 became "Formula Mercedes" a few years ago and am only returning to the sport this year, I for one am glad with what Liberty Media is doing with F1. Finally someone is actually treating F1 like a sustainable business and an entertainment prod...

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https://gfycat.com/gifs/detail/remorsef ... ncattledog

This is some serious overtaking!

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You clould clearly see how Kimi slowed and looked towards the scene of the accident with concern as he walked towards the garage. In my view people have seen too many movies with unlikely heroes rushing in to help. Benefit of the doubt? No need to even doubt, the man did the right thing.

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I'm not going to say some of those are contradictory, but they might get in the way of each other as objectives.

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Punishing excellence is never a good idea. Coming from Horner, it’s even worse. I do look forward to new engine regulations, but this is ridiculous. I’d much rather be elements that allow development instead of an engine freeze for teams at the back, similar to what MotoGP does. Look how thriving a...

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Punishing excellence is never a good idea. Coming from Horner, it’s even worse. I do look forward to new engine regulations, but this is ridiculous. I’d much rather be elements that allow development instead of an engine freeze for teams at the back, similar to what MotoGP does. Look how thriving a...

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Horner is doing and saying what he feels gives his team the best winning chance. In F1 that includes all this pseudo-political game to shift the rules of the sport in whatever direction you think suits you best. The problem is that years of this kind of thinking from most teams has led to a sport th...

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The Chain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9h34xYsRrI Nothing has improved on this, ever. That is pure nostalgia talking. There is nothing that objectively makes that good F1 music, and not having been exposed to it my whole life I don't think it is. Objectively? It's music. It is always going to ...

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The Chain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9h34xYsRrI

Nothing has improved on this, ever.

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It's not a proper F1 Season until Ferrari threaten to leave

Next is the Red Bull threat.

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If Gary Anderson is already saying "...McLaren has done a first-class job. There are lots of bits in all the right places, but only the team knows if it has got the best from them or if more development is required. I think with the Renault power unit package, McLaren is back on the right path...", ...

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Courtesy of the wind...

Not that we can see much from this distance other than the car is orange with some black.

Sidepods look really tight, cutting far under the air intakes.

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After taking one look at the cars launched so far and obviously not knowing enough, I predict that the Ferrari will be the class of the field this year and Vettel will win the title.

(I am available to eat my words after working hours).

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The most unique design so far

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It seems that every recent year their livery is decided by a split committee which determines which parts should be yellow and which parts should be black. This year the black team has gained ground on the sides, but lost the battle on the nose.

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Love the livery. Looks classy.

The actual car, meh, like all cars so far.

The best news for Sauber is that they will be running a current Ferrari engine and not a 1-year old spec.

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Every reveal so far has been quite underwhelming. Nothing exciting. I think we're onto another boring 'transition year' where halfway through the season we will be talking about future engine specs again.

Alex53

It's a beauty and it is much faster. However, I wish FE wasn't so much of a spec series and more open. Electric cars need to be developed and open competition would be more likely to bring innovation. I like that the irrelevant bits like aero are all spec. Means the budget is focussed on developing...

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It's a beauty and it is much faster.

However, I wish FE wasn't so much of a spec series and more open. Electric cars need to be developed and open competition would be more likely to bring innovation.

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McLaren will be launching the MCL33 on the 23rd Feb.

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I hope Alfa Romeo doesn't become synonimous with "Last Year's Ferrari"

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Is it Alfa Romeo in anything other than name? It's a Ferrari engine, with an Alfa logo on it.

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http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-41886607

Isn't he rich enough?

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Kyvat is their booty call. They will fit him in between other choices they prefer to stick with.

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Rosberg. Then Hill and Button.

If we consider Hamilton tier 1, we have to value what Rosberg achieved as his team mate.

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mcdo wrote: I could have sworn Suriname was its own country

And I think you are right. Well spotted

Edit: I think they might have been put in that list because they joined as a federation of a non-independent state, decades before they became independent from the Netherlands.

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