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So it's clear that things have changed at this point. Ferrari seem to have fully unlocked their package and a few things are now apparent. One is that their electrical energy deployment is just on a completely different level to everyone else. Their acceleration out of corners is totally in a class ...

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I think Lewis rates both Max and Charles and he has had almost exclusively positive comments for both of them. With good reason too. I think F1 finds itself in a very lucky position to have 2 drivers; both just 21 years of age and already so clearly outstanding in their performance level. Both Max a...

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Bottas himself only lost WDC points once, Russia 2018. No, Singapore 2019, Germany 2018, probably many more. It counts as Bottas losing WDC points if he is prevented from gaining them from Hamilton. Ditto has Hamilton lost WDC points to Bottas? I don't think so, maybe once late in the season one ti...

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This track should suit Mercedes without a shadow of a doubt. Some statistics: 1. Mercedes are the only team to have won in Russia since the first race in Sochi in 2014. 2. Hamilton won in 2014, 2015 and 2018, Nico Rosberg in 2016 and Bottas in 2017. 3. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, in 2017, is the on...

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Potentially, next year could be the year where the Leclerc+Ferrari combination turns into a formidable force. And yes, I know that I sound like a typical optimistic Ferrari fan. I'm not a Ferrari fan, and I also have that feeling. This really looks like the beginning of something special. It's a st...

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On a side note; Charles should be absolutely livid. Why is it that Ferrari consistently give Vettel the undercut? It's got to be infuriating at this point as Charles has clearly been performing better.

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It's always rough watching a race where you really know that overtaking is just not possible among the top cars. This was a strategy race and Sebastian is the only guy who got the best strategy (the undercut). Max benefited as well but what a poor showing by the Mercedes pit-wall. I really thought H...

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Do you have proof of the boost and that it's been there all season? You've not heard of it? https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/opinion/f1/mph-ridiculous-ferrari-power-advantage-baffles-rivals Hadn't seen it in article form, thanks for posting. If it is such a recognised phenomenon then why does eve...

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Seb's lap was very good but Leclerc still put a couple of tenths on him. Judging from Leclerc's self appraisal his lap was on the ragged edge, as was Hamilton's, with him claiming he might have hit the wall. Ferrari needed the mega lap to stop Hamilton and they got it from Leclerc. No Ferrari were ...

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Seb's lap was very good but Leclerc still put a couple of tenths on him. Judging from Leclerc's self appraisal his lap was on the ragged edge, as was Hamilton's, with him claiming he might have hit the wall. Ferrari needed the mega lap to stop Hamilton and they got it from Leclerc. No Ferrari were ...

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Alienturnedhuman wrote:Mercedes need to stop printing their new contracts on 50kg weights.

Savage comment

. Let the man at least qualify before you lay into him like that.

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That's uninspiring. Hulk is now well and truly in the s***. I'm kind of hearing that he's put himself in this situation, with rumours of him wanting too much money at Haas and turning down a 1 year contract at Renault because he wanted a longer contract. Has the Hulk basically priced himself out of...

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2008 is something Vettel hasn't done, true -- winning in a car that was clearly second best. However, I think you have to balance that with the fact that Hamilton was competing against a second tier driver. Vettel may have had a car advantage, but he won all of his titles with the top drivers of hi...

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I don’t think that’s accurate. If anything they are pretty equal but Leclerc it seems will learn more quickly to think better of situations rather than act out of arrogance and an idgaf attitude. He’s shown he’s more mature in his entire approach to everything. That will allow him to win more consi...

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I go with the one with the biggest talent and that's Max Verstappen , he will first give Red Bull and Honda fair chance to provide him with a WDC capable car, this is basically only the alliance's first year. If they fall short again next year, and quite badly at that, then as far as I'm aware he w...

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Exediron wrote:
pokerman wrote: But not the previous 2 years so that differs from Vettel.
Vettel had that in 2012. The Red Bull was no more the clear best car that year than the Mercedes was in 2017.

I'd say that's fair but I'd say that, for Hamilton, you also have to include 2008.

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I go with the one with the biggest talent and that's Max Verstappen , he will first give Red Bull and Honda fair chance to provide him with a WDC capable car, this is basically only the alliance's first year. If they fall short again next year, and quite badly at that, then as far as I'm aware he w...

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He will win again

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This, for me, is the most baffling thing about F1. There are issues/weaknesses within F1. The lack of competitive balance, the difficulty in following closely behind another car, the out of control budgets, etc. F1 seems to have very little problem identifying it's areas where improvement is needed....

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Some of us will be dead before this one is decided lol. I'd have to bet on Max all things considered, although Charles might take an early lead in the next couple of years.

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I think Red Bull, see who got it right and then try to arrange a move there accordingly. When does his current contract expire? He could do with it being the end of 2021 ideally. This is probably the safest and most likely scenario. Jumping ship going into 2021 would always open up the possibility ...

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I think Red Bull, see who got it right and then try to arrange a move there accordingly. When does his current contract expire? He could do with it being the end of 2021 ideally. This is probably the safest and most likely scenario. Jumping ship going into 2021 would always open up the possibility ...

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They also have far more mechanical grip with the wider tires. Careful with that one the grip comes from the compound not the width, its just a wider tyre means you can run a softer compound and it doesn't wear out so fast. Not at all sure how you compare tyre compounds. The larger contact patch mea...

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He's still better than anyone except for Hamilton, Verstappen, Ricciardo and Leclerc. Is he? Speed-wise, sure probably but overall? Overall I would say so. When your Vettel or Hamilton every mistake is under a microscope. Drivers outside of the top cars get a lot more leeway. I would back Vettel to...

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In my understanding, Vettel likes cars with more downforce . All of his mishaps are a copycat of each other. He looses the end of the car. I'm baffled to why Ferrari did not take this in consideration, building the car with more downforce. His domination ended in 2014 when blown difuser, which adde...

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He's still better than anyone except for Hamilton, Verstappen, Ricciardo and Leclerc. Is he? Speed-wise, sure probably but overall? Overall I would say so. When your Vettel or Hamilton every mistake is under a microscope. Drivers outside of the top cars get a lot more leeway. I would back Vettel to...

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One has to ask. Is Vettel Raikkonen 2.0? The latter half of their careers really told a different story making you re-assess their earlier career. Is Vettel just an average driver? In 2014 he lost to Ricciardo. Then for 4 years he was many times much closer to Raikkonen than he should have been. Al...

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color=#000057] Well they didn't give Vettel the black and white flag, so it shows there is some limit...[/color] The limit, in this case, was based around the circumstance of the offender more so than the seriousness of the offense. Had Charles been out of the points and back in the field and done ...

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Good article by Jolyon Palmer https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/formula1/49629863 I don't get it. Palmer said Max's case in Austria was 'easier to defend', which means he was less wrong than Leclerc. Max wasn't even given any warning in Austria. I think it's black white flag is a good thing, allows m...

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I'm with the "all depends on who the replacement might be" brigade. The way I'd see it is that you have the ultimate base line in Hamilton. If you're KO assuming that he can get the best out of the car every race, the most you can hope for your other driver is 1) they follow him home and don't let ...

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Slip-steaming is important in so much motorsport so I doubt it will go away very much with new regs. The new regs are not really designed to stop slip-streaming but to aid following in corners. I'm sure slip-streaming will still be fairly important as it was in the pre-wing 60's. I agree. My unders...

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Apparently Bottas said he's completely free in 2021. Wonder if Mercedes have told him he'll be replaced in 2021 by Ocon or Russell? Neither. I think Mercedes will want Verstappen in the car and, unless Red Bull can provide a championship capable car by 2020, I think Max might just take them up on t...

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Apparently Bottas said he's completely free in 2021. Wonder if Mercedes have told him he'll be replaced in 2021 by Ocon or Russell? By that time Ferrari will be looking for a new #2 driver to support Leclerc I can very much see Ferrari choosing Bottas over, say, Ricciardo. Daniel never really fit t...

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-K- wrote:I’m going for a narrow win by Leclerc. I can see more mistakes creeping in for Seb as Charles starts to close the points gap.

Pretty much summed up this last race

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The underlying problem is that the officiating is heavily influenced by fan and media reaction, which in turn is heavily influenced by WHO is getting the penalty and not WHY they are getting it. I think this is true. The stewards have a well known (and a times documented, see Spa 2012) tendency tow...

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Blake wrote:As YOU see it, sandman... Not fact, merely your opinion. And that is all.

A Blake comment!? Must have said something that doesn't paint Ferrari in a glowing light...

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I actually think the stewarding was very poor this weekend, and this is coming from someone who really wanted Leclerc to win. * Vettel's time should have been deleted * Bottas's time should have been deleted * Hulk should have had a penalty for intentionally cutting the chicane and holding everyone...

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Stroll should have got same penalty as Vettel, when he disruoted the following Toro Rosso. Leclerc should have got at least one penatlty.. It is strange how Vettel got a harsher penalty. The stewards said that it was because Vettel hit another car. Surely it was simply down to luck that Stroll didn...

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Sainz entered Lesmo 1 ahead of Albon and on the inside line. He was already by him. He could have been polite and left that car's width and I personally think he should have. That said, there is precedent for letting that slide. ALbon was behind there. Why didn't Sainz stay in his lane? I mean it w...

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Albon should have beat the Renault's . Those 5secs penalty did not help. Max was only 15secs behind him but still I think he is doing much better job than Gasly so far Based on what? For me, Renault had the better horse for the course. Let's see how Alex does at Singapore. That is a circuit where R...

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