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Scarborough’s take on it is in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q1gGmU40zA

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So Hamilton benefited from team orders so what? All this hu ha over nothing. What has gone under the radar is a subtle change in approach from Hamilton and Mercedes. They are suddenly confronted by this huge almost surreal opportunity to go for the biggest records in F1 and they have decided to go a...

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Word is FIA have fitted a second sensor on the battery which has led to power drop although they deny it obviously https://formulaspy.com/formula-1/ferrar ... nsor-56810

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It’s only my opinion, but I am very confident that if you put a peak Prost and a peak Hamilton in the same car Hamilton would beat Prost by a wide margin. I see a few people rank Prost ahead of Hamilton which is completely justified but besides consistency, big picture mentality and politicking Pros...

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It’s rumoured that Vettel signed a pre-contract with Mercedes for 2018 after Rosberg retired, but he extended with Ferrari instead after they produced a surprisingly good car in 2017. That’ extremely unlikely. Rosberg had just signed a 2 year contract for 2017 and 2018 the year he retired and the r...

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I don’t think Hamilton is too concerned about Vettel to be honest. Remember he went to Christian Horner seeking a seat next to Vettel. He must feel confident that he can beat him in a head to head. On the other hand I don’t see Vettel for example seeking to join Mercedes next to Hamilton. He seems e...

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Got to love it when people say 30 points isn't much.... yes.. it is a single DNF or requires a single team to pretty much dominate. People seem to forget that a single driver hasn't dominated so many races in the last 18 months. Which means Sebastian will win another race sooner or later but so wil...

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What a steal from Hamilton and Mercedes to extend both championship leads in Monza, and this time didn’t even need rain. But there are no tracks left on the calendar that scream Mercedes. Perhaps Suzuka and COTA. Either way it’s gonna be difficult to win the championships against the faster Ferrari ...

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No, you do not demand respect/recognition. It is absurd to suggest that he doesn't get praise enough. Just after his fantastic demonstration, when every website in the world had only good things to say about his drive. Let's see, Brundle said recently that Hamilton certainly deserves the £40m a yea...

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Apparently FIA will issue a directive with regards to this during Monaco GP week so there is definitely something afoot. And AMuS only go to print when they have foolproof sources so considering that Ferrari are now suddenly in full support of the new regs, something they were totally against just a...

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Apparently FIA will issue a directive with regards to this during Monaco GP week so there is definitely something afoot. And AMuS only go to print when they have foolproof sources so considering that Ferrari are now suddenly in full support of the new regs, something they were totally against just a...

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Meh, any driver can say whatever they wish. Teams have tight restrictions on the release of information, and drivers get peppered with a lot of stupid questions. But Hamilton's comments carried a tone of arrogance. And the arrogant one lost. The season is 21 races long. Hamilton hasn’t lost yet. Th...

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Vettel. His drive was not spectacular, but it was enough to grant him a win. Yes, a huge chunk of luck fell his way, but he was able to capitalize on it. Hamilton was a close second for being so quick. But on the lead up to this season he expressed a desire to race Vettel. When he came out of the p...

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It’s absurd to think that only the British media has a tendency for nationalistic bias. I have no doubt the Italians are as bad when it comes to Ferrari and it’s drivers. So are the Germans, Australians, Dutch and so on. It’s unrealistic to expect broadcasters not to cater to their main customers, w...

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Its maybe because like everything else in Hamilton’s life his achievements are more magnified because there is just more interest for him worldwide. It’s as simple as charisma, that’s what it all boils down to. Good or bad people are just more interested in Hamilton more than Vettel hence they pay m...

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It's interesting that everyone including the drivers appears to think Red Bull will be serious title contenders this year, while many pessimists seem to think Ferrari will be punted down to third in the Constructors Championship. Renault themselves though don't think they have an engine that can co...

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All the doom and gloom about a Mercedes walkover might be a bit premature. Apparently the tire-compound correction assumptions are a bit off the mark. The idea that there are bigger gaps in performance between the tires is not panning out. Toto Wolf said the following: "What we have seen is that th...

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Let’s be fair to Hamilton though, he has had 8 years against 3 WDC material teammates in their prime so far but on the other hand Vettel has had just 1 year against top level teammate.

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An interesting question that I have begun to ask myself is; is this period of strength from Mercedes different from previous periods of dominance such as Red Bull 2010-2013, Ferrari 2000-2004, Williams 1992-1997 or Mclaren 1988-1989? Mercedes have already accomplished something that those teams did...

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I suppose from testing it looks like Hamilton is looking at another bumper year to bolster his stats, unless Bottas surprises us all and puts together a stonking year. He could be looking at less than 20 races shy of Michael’s all time record of race wins by the end of 2018 if the Mercedes is truly ...

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Mercedes (Hamilton) are gonna sweep 2018, 2019 and 2020. Unless another umpteenth attempt at nobbling them finally succeeds.

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Super Aguri Fun Time wrote:I hate Sky Sports. Alonso "crashes" by just spinning off due to a problem not of his doing. Were it Hamilton, they probably wouldn't even report it.

I think you are overreacting a tad there buddy.

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Super Aguri Fun Time wrote:I hate Sky Sports. Alonso "crashes" by just spinning off due to a problem not of his doing. Were it Hamilton, they probably wouldn't even report it.

I think you are overreacting a tad there buddy.

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I want to become a fan of Ocon but I just don't see him as a great talent. To me he is probably a Button type character who would win a title with a lot of luck in the right circumstances. He wouldn't be my pick to replace Hamilton at Mercedes and lead the team for example. He should be faster than ...

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Congratulations to Lewis Hamilton. Well deserved fella!

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I feel I need a recap, what negative things about Hamilton have been said? I'm all for defending Hamilton against some unfair criticism he gets on here from people who he can do no right for but I fail see anything on this thread that Lewis himself would take much issue with? Not negative. But the ...

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The evidence to suggest Alonso is not an A1 qualifier is..... Alonso was beaten 16-15 by Jarno Trulli over one lap in 2003-2004 and 9-8 by Hamilton in 2007. If we exclude Hungary 2007, then he was matched by a very well prepared rookie which suggests that he's very good but not great in qualifying....

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Interesting extract: "I'd say that over the years Fernando had been one of - if not the - toughest competitors I'd faced, both as a team-mate and a rival at other teams," Button writes. "Lewis was unbelievably quick and could pull a lap out of the bag just like that; him and Ayrton Senna were the t...

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Button as a champion should be able to forge his own story and not keep obsessing over Hamilton. He spent 15 years in F1 and all he has to say is some imagined rivalry with Hamilton? Especially when one suspects Hamilton never has and never will lose sleep over Button and this 'rivalry'. Sad! Do yo...

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Interesting extract: "I'd say that over the years Fernando had been one of - if not the - toughest competitors I'd faced, both as a team-mate and a rival at other teams," Button writes. "Lewis was unbelievably quick and could pull a lap out of the bag just like that; him and Ayrton Senna were the t...

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Button as a champion should be able to forge his own story and not keep obsessing over Hamilton. He spent 15 years in F1 and all he has to say is some imagined rivalry with Hamilton? Especially when one suspects Hamilton never has and never will lose sleep over Button and this 'rivalry'. Sad!

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http://www.planetf1.com/news/marchionne-ferrari-at-the-same-level-as-mercedes/ Looks like the Ferrari boss thinks differently to most of the fans. Sergio Marchionne has “tremendous confidence” that Ferrari will put in a strong finish to this season despite their title hopes obliterated by reliabili...

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This is all a futile exercise in my opinion. In years to come all people will remember is a season that started very promising indeed with form swinging from one team to the other from race weekend to race weekend, until the last quarter from the Asian leg where Ferrari suffered reliability misfort...

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It's a choice of having a No.1 driver and someone who will back him up with enough points, or having 2 top drivers. Bottas has done well at the start of the year, but is clearly in the No. 2 driver role now. At the moment, it's looking like Hamilton is making the Mercedes successful - in comparison...

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This is all a futile exercise in my opinion. In years to come all people will remember is a season that started very promising indeed with form swinging from one team to the other from race weekend to race weekend, until the last quarter from the Asian leg where Ferrari suffered reliability misfortu...

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He's matched Vettel in WDCs, now it's all about who wins that 5th one first. You'd have to place your bets on Lewis winning 2018 too. Bottas lacks the talent to challenge him and Mercedes have an inherit advantage in this era . When/if Mercedes sign Max in 2019 is when I think that Lewis will be kn...

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Invade wrote:LOL.

In different words JAlli just more or less implied that he thought Lewis was a mug, but realises now he's a good guy.

OK, maybe that's a bit cynical - but you'll see what I mean when the press conferences are uploaded somewhere.

That's a bit of a stretch there mate...

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None at all. Mercede is the 3rd best car so Hamilton will do well to break into the top 4 in the next races

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I've heard it refered to as an angel by Hamilton who follows one of those religion things. A solid race from Lewis, wise not to fight Maz too hard and got the job done. 1st and 2nd in two weekends he should have been 4th/5th is huge for the championship. He sounded very downcast after the race in a...

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If it is a 1 stopper or a track that is hard to overtake on, qualifying is very important. Unless you believe Hamilton to have a slight advantage over Vettel over 1 lap - then the Mercedes has been better in qualifying over the year. Not massively so, somewhere around 9-6 in qualifying if we assume...

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