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This story keeps getting better. Or worse, depending on your point of view. Thing is, this actually surprises me quite a bit. I saw some sort of short documentary on him some years ago in which he seemed like a rather timid, honest and humble kind of guy. How that has changed... Not to cast doubt o...

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Ferrari have a much improved engine but still not fastest car for this weekend? I don't see the bit where Hughes says Ferrari was the fasrter car? Maybe I missed it. It had a quicker car, with more power and a very effective aero upgrade That can only mean he has it down to Hamilton then yeah, but ...

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I think the Mercedes was the car to have (on appearance) but it might be driver or more specifically track related. - Probably Vettels weakest track - One of Hamiltons strongest tracks, including Hamilton being further from Bottas in qualifying and race pace than any other race this year. - Kimi wa...

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This story keeps getting better. Or worse, depending on your point of view.

Thing is, this actually surprises me quite a bit. I saw some sort of short documentary on him some years ago in which he seemed like a rather timid, honest and humble kind of guy. How that has changed...

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I think what the controversy does though is red flag Ferrari's hitting Mercedes cars, do the Ferrari drivers then think twice about being overly aggressive because I would be guessing the FIA might start getting concerned if it happened again? The contact wasn't deliberate but the aggressive drivin...

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Between Max claiming they are short 70-80HP on Mercedes and Ferrari on one hand, and Gasly saying how much time they lose on the straights on the other hand, I'm not exactly feeling confident for RBR for next year. I am predicting that RBR will mix in the middle field, and that's not even bold pred...

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Between Max claiming they are short 70-80HP on Mercedes and Ferrari on one hand, and Gasly saying how much time they lose on the straights on the other hand, I'm not exactly feeling confident for RBR for next year. I think it's worse than that. After the manufacturers backflipped it now looks like ...

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Also the table never lies - and Ferrari have now outscored Mercedes at the last 3 grand prix. Of course the table lies if that's the conclusion you draw from it - in France Merc won, in Austria they probably should have won if not for strategy/SC, and yesterday they very well could have won if not ...

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What did he say? Just frustrated they suddenly switched strategy and split strategies with Max just as he got in DRS range of Max. Clearly just Red Bull getting rid of him Webber style rather than risk another Baku. Very weak of Red Bull imo and he's rightly frustrated. I missed that, but yeah, som...

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I would actually bring back 9-6-4-3-2-1. End of story. You want points? Shed some serious sweat. While I prefer 10-6-4 for valueing a win higher, I don't really think this is a good idea. Attributing points to the 6 highest finishers came from a period when reliability was not as ultra high as it i...

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Depends on who stays in the same car. If Bottas, then Kimi comes out on top with Bottas' ridiculous luck :) But I know you question is performance-related. I think Bottas has been doing very well since Australia, getting closer to Hamilton than Kimi to Vettel - and I think Hamilton and Vettel haven'...

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Between Max claiming they are short 70-80HP on Mercedes and Ferrari on one hand, and Gasly saying how much time they lose on the straights on the other hand, I'm not exactly feeling confident for RBR for next year. I think it's worse than that. After the manufacturers backflipped it now looks like ...

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Bottas managed his tyres well and better than Vettel in the first stint I don't necessarily agree. It's a question of when do you take what out of the tyres. Vettel did more early in the stint, probably to be safe for the undercut. Bottas could take out a bit more later on. Ultimately Vettel had 4....

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No but before the SC, he made up a lot of places in a very short time. Even surprising me. Course the SC helped but then again you could say being wracked to last place was something out of his power - he had very little hope of finishing 2nd even with SC help . For damage limitation (like Vettel d...

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Bottas did everything right. Maybe he didn't have the outright pace Hamilton seemed to have, but all in all he drove solidly, defended well against a much faster Vettel and it was Mercedes' mistake for not pitting Bottas on the first safety car. I felt it was a no-brainer to come into the pit given ...

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Frenk Biber wrote:Somebody will die.

That's unusually dark for this place

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You completely ignore the fact that Ferrari has now taken out a Merc two races in a row. Like Toto said, "either they are incompetent or it was deliberate", either way not acceptable. Lewis had the pace and made up lost time, finishing only a few seconds behind Seb Vettel in the end. So, if he didn...

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You completely ignore the fact that Ferrari has now taken out a Merc two races in a row. Except that's not a fact. In Austria no Ferrari took out a Mercedes. On top of that, what happened in France did not benefit Vettel so I don't even see why it is counted by those that are claiming it to be on p...

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I'm going with Vettel, Hamilton and Alonso today. Vettel had a great start, overtook Hamilton, then later on overtook Bottas with a great move. Had great pace, didn't let Bottas get a look in or threaten the undercut. Hamilton botched his start, was aided by the safety car, but nonetheless had a gre...

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not sure what is going on with ricciardo and red bull after watching his post race interview. i would guess now he will go to renault if they offer something. What did he say? Just frustrated they suddenly switched strategy and split strategies with Max just as he got in DRS range of Max. Clearly j...

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Between Max claiming they are short 70-80HP on Mercedes and Ferrari on one hand, and Gasly saying how much time they lose on the straights on the other hand, I'm not exactly feeling confident for RBR for next year.

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Vettel was ahead going into the braking zone. He was not. See below, and know that even this moment is too late because they're already braking at that point (except no earlier good video available, he would be further behind thant his when they actually start braking). https://i.imgur.com/L8cDKQN....

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Was going to link to some tweet that this idiot Ferrucci retweeted as if his behaviour was showing of an "American spirit, being outspoken" but apparently he has deleted it along with that reply to SkySports. The only thing I'm wondering at this point is why Haas haven't yet responded with immediate...

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pokerman wrote:Verstappen was not sponsored so why has he to sign a contract with no get out clauses?

Because it was the only committment he had to give to get a certain F1 seat? Seems evident to be honest.

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- Hamilton's retirement meant he didn't break Heidfelds record for finishing in consecutive races, both are tied at 33 Brundle said on commentary that if Hamilton had completed one more lap he would have been qualified as a finisher and would have beaten the record. Not sure how that works exactly ...

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The article mentions Alonso's 100% record of out qualifying Vandoorne so far this season. Does anyone know if a driver has such a record across a full season? Yes, Fangio against his teammates in 1956 is one example. Jim Clark in 1963. Probably quite some more to be found although the more races pe...

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ALESI wrote:There must be some unique stats for Brawn, not least 100% record in the WCC and WDC.

Highest winning % of any constructor as they won 47.1% races they started is one they also hold

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Would like to kick this thread back up as I am a bit of a statistics nut and I love the racefans stats & facts articles, and from time to time you read some good ones there. https://www.racefans.net/2018/07/03/2018-austrian-grand-prix-stats-and-facts/ Some interesting ones from this weekend: - Verst...

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As a Lewis fan.. I can't say who is better. Not till they are team mates. I'm an Alonso fan too and he's usually the clear winner on team mate wars (l ast time he lost out was to Lewis by a point I believe but was only a single season but Lewis was a rookie ). Last time he lost out was in 2015 agai...

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They won't have to match Max' salary, why would they? Depends. If they want to build out a longer term relationship with him then they can't squeeze him out like a lemon now, because that will leave a bad aftertaste for Dan, affecting his loyalty, and then he might jump ship as soon as he gets a ch...

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Verstappen is the main man for Red Bull. He's getting paid more than Ricciardo as Red Bull value him higher. One thing about this: I'm pretty sure that up until now, including this season, he's being paid less than Ricciardo and now only in his new contract for next year has been able to raise his ...

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The first part of being a successful racing driver is keeping the car on the track being able to make passes and take wins. Max failed to do so. He does not have the same overtaking ability as Daniel or the level of race-craft and I'm not sure he ever will. Max has actually done a serious number of...

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Verstappen is the main man for Red Bull. He's getting paid more than Ricciardo as Red Bull value him higher. One thing about this: I'm pretty sure that up until now, including this season, he's being paid less than Ricciardo and now only in his new contract for next year has been able to raise his ...

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1. Magnussen was ahead and on the inside while entering the braking zone. 1. You're wrong https://image.ibb.co/kQDGPy/Screen_Shot_2018_07_03_at_23_21_24.jpg Well if you're going to prove I'm wrong I expect to see a still of the drivers entering the braking zone instead of midway in the braking zone...

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If the Honda was still in the Mclaren you will be arguing with it being down on power. That's not necessarily true. This is another year and with the Honda they would have probably been further back, and they would probably have showed worse results than 2017. I mean, you give 2014 as an example an...

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Huh? Was '12 not the year of the Renault alternator failing? That does not disprove my point. My point was not that Hamilton was the only one to endure bad luck. My point is the extent to which they had bad luck. If you claim anything other than that Hamilton had to endure bad luck far beyond what ...

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Hamilton could have sneaked the title if not for 2 risky passes in 2010 in the run in. Admittedly he had the third best car by that point and needed to take risks but he still had 2 collisions and DNFs in the title run in. He also went off the road in Korea, from the lead. He had a good year, but t...

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If the Honda was still in the Mclaren you will be arguing with it being down on power. That's not necessarily true. This is another year and with the Honda they would have probably been further back, and they would probably have showed worse results than 2017. I mean, you give 2014 as an example an...

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Hamilton could have sneaked the title if not for 2 risky passes in 2010 in the run in. Admittedly he had the third best car by that point and needed to take risks but he still had 2 collisions and DNFs in the title run in. He also went off the road in Korea, from the lead. He had a good year, but t...

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Hamilton could have sneaked the title if not for 2 risky passes in 2010 in the run in. Admittedly he had the third best car by that point and needed to take risks but he still had 2 collisions and DNFs in the title run in. He also went off the road in Korea, from the lead. He had a good year, but t...

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