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I see the repeat offender voting for Hamilton has struck again... There were much better drives out there today. Some even managed to go more than 5 minutes without destroying their tyres. Ericsson was a highlight for me. Verstappen drove very well to manage his tyres and win in a Red Bull at their ...

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I find the Red Bull qualifying strategy a little strange, some tracks would yield a much bigger difference from the tow than others. Austria, being a track with very few corners, would surely provide a bigger difference from the tow. Red Bull struggle at Austria. It’s no wonder Ricciardo was concern...

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There does seem to be a difference between drivers who excel in junior series and those who excel in F1. It's constantly said that in F1, the driver is doing so much more than turning the wheels, changing gears, accelerating and braking. There's constant management of the tyres (on another level to ...

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TheGiantHogweed wrote:I assume Hamilton has been medicore in your view then?

Until the French GP? Yes, 100%.

I'd love to see anyone explain otherwise.

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I'm not sure why we're doing this now again as if this is new. Max's bad luck came at far more inconvenient times. Dan didn't win the team battle because he drove better. *Facepalm* The reason it's being done again is because there's a select couple of people who seem to be unable to admit Ricciard...

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what chance does he have against Verstappen who is already faster than him and with more experience might have cut out most of the errors in his approach to racing? I think a very good one. Ricciardo has never been far behind Verstappen when the tables turn that way, but he has consistently outscor...

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I'm surprised this thread has gone so quiet lately, especially since right now is probably when all the meetings and conversations are taking place to determine which seat Ricciardo lands in next year. To summarise the reports & rumours recently: McLaren has had conversations with Ricciardo and repo...

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I didn't rate Palmer as a driver and I felt his attitude was quite lacking during his stint in F1. I disagree that there's any insight in his column. There is nothing new that hasn't already been covered by every motorsport news site and many members of this forum. As a former driver, I don't think ...

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Does this create a bit of a conflict between Aston Martin and Honda? Is there any precedent of an F1 team having signage from two car companies which have no association to each other? This is unlike the past couple of years where Red Bull have had Aston Martin logos, because no Renault logos appear...

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There's likeness, but not enough to think it's creepy.

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I don’t know why people are even entertaining the thought that Ricciardo would go to Renault. He’s made it very clear he wants to be in a car that can win the title in 2019. That’s not going to be Renault, regardless of Red Bull’s Honda move. If he can’t find a seat at Merc or Ferrari, he’ll stay at...

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How sad to see McLaren having no answers for their lack of pace. Once such a strong team. The fact neither Alonso nor Vandoorne seem to have any idea why the car is slow suggests it's not a balance issue, but just an all round lack of grip. The chassis is bad. The Renault is clearly capable of more,...

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Vettel and Gasly.

Will be interesting to see how Gasly goes once he properly has the Honda upgrade on board, it did seem to be a decent step.

2 votes so far for Hamilton?

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Qualifying mainly. They seem to have great race pace, but quite often aren't on the front row and sometimes at the back of the top 6. The Renault seems improved, but still can't quite match that special pace Ferrari and Mercedes seem to bring to Q2 and Q3. If the Bulls were on the front row each rac...

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Toby. wrote:Pretty big performance differences between all team-mates in Monaco according to the votes.

Yep, and given Monaco is regarded as a driver's track, it might be even more telling.

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Well the OP definitely opened a can of worms... On one hand, the top drivers get paid what the market (teams) are willing to pay for them. Their pays are high on the scale of sportspeople, but they also have a much riskier job than most. Their actual professional career is also relatively short, fro...

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I do not think Hamilton has been in any serious discussions with Ferrari. The banter with Hamilton saying "He has a veto so that wouldn't happen" was genuine, not some bizarre role-playing. A move takes a lot of negotiation and that has not been happening. It's possible he has and it's possible the...

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Well you didn't specify Formula 1 poles so I'd put in a vote for this: https://youtu.be/1jHUjT02OhY Epic pole lap! But if it has to be F1, then the best I can remember recently was Ricciardo at Monaco 2016: https://youtu.be/vj8c0HCceWY How he didn't knock a corner off I'll never know. Less grip avai...

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Is this a thread about Ricciardo being a dark horse for the 2018 title, or another swimming pool contest about which RB driver is faster? Personally, I don’t see Ricciardo as having a chance fit the title, as nice as that would be. As a driver he is more than good enough, but I don’t think the Renau...

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I don't really think it's acceptable. These are two teams commercially unrelated - they don't have the same parent company or any such structure. The only relationship is FI being a Mercedes customer. But this happens throughout the grid with various components. Mercedes should not be dictating FI m...

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I think the 2018 Monaco race was far from the most boring in the last few years. Even if I pretended it was a boring race, why the knee-jerk reaction asking for wild changes to the format and layout? Monaco has a long history and it's well known it's difficult to pass. This doesn't need to change - ...

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Guessing all the bored people are Hamilton fans who can’t bear to see someone else out front. My heart was racing as I wondered if Ricciardo’s problem was going to end his race, whether the top 3 needed to pit again or if Vettel was going to find a way to the lead. There was also plenty of passing a...

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I think both Haas drivers are among the weakest on the grid. Magnussen is outperforming Grosjean, but that doesn't make him fast. The Haas is a strong car but both drivers have inconsistent performances and poor attitudes. Maybe only the Williams drivers rank behind these two. Haas could be a conten...

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Hartley has hardly set the world on fire, but Wehrlein?

Wehrlein lost his spot on the grid due to lacking performance and seemingly some attitude problems. I just can’t imagine that fitting well with the Red Bull program.

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Could it just be Dan playing with words? He may not have been approached, but has he (or his management) approached Mercedes and Ferrari? I find it very hard to believe there hasn’t been some sort of communication. It was reported that when Rosberg retired virtually every driver made some sort of ap...

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I can't work out whether Ricciardo's in a really good position, or actually quite an awkward one. I completely agree and your post overall hits the nail on the head. The problem is, neither Mercedes or Ferrari have a number 1 driver leaving (although it is possible Lewis could move on). They also b...

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Would be great if all the Merc, Ferrari, and RBR drivers had to come to terms with Fernando. I don’t see anything to suggest that they don’t get along with Fernando. Alonso seems to have a problem with specifically Vettel and only Vettel. Only now that Jolyon Palmer has left :lol: Why would Alonso ...

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Daniel should be looking at the situation which happened in the Chinese GP where Ferrari used Raikkonen to hold up Bottas and allow Vettel to attack. Raikkonen was in a reasonable position until that point, but the strategy almost wrecked his race. I can’t inagine Mercedes or Red Bull doing the same...

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I think some people need to remember Ricciardo almost never made it out for qualifying at all. The engine change after Practice 3 left him with what... two or three minutes to get out and set a time? Who knows how compromised the car setup etc. was because the mechanics were focussed on changing the...

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Ricciardo... another aggressive but clean win. It's no mean feat to put such moves on drivers like Hamilton, Raikkonen, Vettel and Bottas and have them come off cleanly at the first attempt. Drive of the year so far. I also gave a vote to Bottas because I thought he did well to get into the lead and...

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I like this thread!

Red: Ferrari
Orange: McLaren
Yellow: Renault
Green: Brabham (Jaguar comes to mind too)
Blue: Sauber
Purple: Red Bull
Pink: Force India
Black: Minardi
White: Williams
Silver: McLaren
Brown: None

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Pretty hard to crash into another car when you are way out front on your own :lol: I agree with the comment that it's circumstantial. Hamilton had many incidents before he arrived at Mercedes which were avoidable. Since then he's had a car which can pass others easily and spends all its time out in ...

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Makes me want to see them side by side even more...

Hopefully that means he wouldn't veto Ricciardo if a deal was done for him to move to Mercedes in 2019.

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The super hard might work if there was no requirement to run two different compounds during the race, then someone could try a 0 stopper... I agree with the sentiment there are too many options now, they should have taken away the hard and even the medium and shifted the whole range softer. Faster, ...

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Black_Flag_11 wrote:
mikeyg123 wrote:Don't forget Massa faced a 37 year old Schumacher and a prime 29-33 yr old Alonso.
... and never faced Hamilton, Vettel or Verstappen.

Not in the same car, but he certainly faced them on the same track at the same time.

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Nico Rosberg would be the obvious example for me.

Beaten by Mark Webber as teammates at Williams, but years later takes it to Lewis Hamilton and wins the 2016 title.

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He'll replace Bottas in 2019 if he continues his improvement in 2018. I don't think it's a coincidence that he has the measure of Perez now we're returning to tracks he's raced in last year. His drive in Brazil last year is also very under-appreciated, he had a Manor in a position it had no right b...

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Funny how most Verstappen fans are quite happy to ignore the facts. The fact that Max is supposedly more talented is all that counts despite his inferiority at actually getting the car home. Actually, the problem is that your facts do not clearly represent reality. It is not true that they both had...

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As long as RBR stop badmouthing Renault engines in the next season I reckon Renault will keep on supplying them afterwards especially if they keep winning. However can RBR with their enormous sense of entitlement stop badmouthing Renault for a whole season ! ;) Honda also looked like they made prog...

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As many have said, 2012.

So many cars & drivers were capable of winning. It was a close season.

2012 saw Webber win at Monaco for the second time. My favourite driver, winning a classic race in a very competitive season was the highlight.

I'm not old enough to have enjoyed 86-93

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