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SDLRob wrote:Couple of laps more and Bottas had Seb...

Twenty more laps and everyone wuold need to pit again and then Vetteel will still have it .. so what if eh !

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Channel 4 cut a shot of Zak Brown .. during the race... what a sight !

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The Honda engine is clearly performing well. That cannot be denied at this point. Or Toro Rosso have the best chassis :lol: Or Gasly is better than Alonso! You guys are hilarious. Gassly is not bad, he did win the F2 2016 title i think.. It's early days and only the race result tomorrow will determ...

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I think the title of the thread should have been 'What if it wasn't all Honda's fault ?'
If that were the case, most sane people would have agree and that would be the end of it..

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mclaren should have went with the original honda pu,and honda probably should have told ron they need to wait another year before entering f1. Fair enough, and probably true. But how do you explain the total flop of the 2017 PU? I don't see what McLaren has to do with that, and it was the final nai...

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http://www.planetf1.com/news/alonso-que ... esurgence/

4 seconds ,, yeah right !

On the alone, you can see the bitterness still exists..

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Ted didn't say they were rumours, he just said that TR told him they have used 3 engines, but they weren't forced to, they are just cycling through the engine as they planned and there is nothing wrong with them,, Ted then mentions, don't read too much into the 3 engines... I'm unsure about yesterd...

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I'm just reporting on what I saw and heard on Sky F1

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Ted didn't say they were rumours, he just said that TR told him they have used 3 engines, but they weren't forced to, they are just cycling through the engine as they planned and there is nothing wrong with them,, Ted then mentions, don't read too much into the 3 engines...

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Honda were to blame, but mclaren should not get sway scott free in the blame department.. Honda were dictated to by mclaren in the size zero department, anf theur wrkingm relation wasn;t that good. The limited in season testing didnt help much too... Then you have Eric who sounds useless, and Alonso...

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3 engine rule only benefit merc & to a lesser extent Ferrari.. because they nailed it the first time around and have the right concept to further develop and improve over the past few years... whilst others are trying to play catch up, the limited running and limited engines prevents others from cat...

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Aaarrrgh this is such a good news! https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/134568/f1-launches-new-streaming-service It is called called F1 TV PRO I am excited! What about you guys?! Always knew this would happen eventually. At least 7-8 years ago I mentioned on this forum how slow F1 management was in ke...

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Alonso is becoming a great ambassador for F1. First Indy, then Daytona, and now WEC/Le Mans for 2018. It's certainly picking up my interest in these 'other' motorsports, and if that's having the opposite effect with non-F1 people then happy days. I genuinely believe that even if Alonso had been com...

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I understand mercs point, because they got the formula nailed for this hybrid formula right from the start.. Then FIA (not thinking straight) locked it down by introducing the token system which limited greater development steps by others to catch up, hence the dominance for the past 5 years.. How i...

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Of course they'll defend it, they;ve been dominating it !

Moderators: why did you lock my previous post ? the story is one of your own !!!

And the link ..

http://www.planetf1.com/news/mercedes-d ... criticism/

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Of course they would, they';ve been dominating !!

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don't think F1 fans want leicester type shocks... I think something like MotoGP where there'[s constant action and closeness. FIA destroyed competition when the Hybrid engines were brought in and then locked down by token system.. In effect Mercedes got it right the first time and everyone has been ...

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Do you'll think they'd do that? Over pulling out completely? I guess they may want to at least have some success rather than failing completely. But financially they may just be done with it. I don't think Honda will pull out have aread of this, very interesting.. https://www.pitpass.com/59712/Dyno...

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LMP1 cars will beat F1 cars in a drag race. Around a track F1 cars should win by 5-7 seconds depending on track, however in Leman, not so sure, perhaps the LMP1 would win.. Why would hamilton, Alosno, vettel be faster than Kobayashi, maybe but a not given ... Remembr Kobayshis was a pretty fast driv...

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When Hamilton said on the radio something on the lines of " .. I'm about to lose the championship, so i don't care if i win or lose ..."

what does it show ?

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Spa and Monza weren't wet, how did Mclaren Honda perform ? As for the Japan GP, as you know the layout of the track is fast and twisting with constant fast changes in directon. You now what this points to ( Button and Alsonso talk about lack of grip), it points to 'not good enough' chassis and aero ...

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Remember that the engine affects the breaking too. Much breaking is now done through recovery rather than friction, and variables in the engine can be a big factor in high speed corners. With so many changes, they are maybe not getting chance to sort it. don't forget suzuki is very twisty and fast,...

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Johnny Logan !

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The Mercedes saga began back in the Ross Brawn days, when the team was working on developing what became known as FRICS ( front and rear interconnected suspension ). Basically, the suspensions between opposite corners (left front & right rear, right front & left rear) were connected by hydraulics. ...

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Honda have really fallen behind across all of their motorsports programs. Their F1 engine is a joke, their MotoGP bike has fallen way behind Yamaha and is now third best, their dirt bikes trail both Yamaha and Kawasaki, their Superbikes trail both Kawasaki and Ducati. They seem to be in really bad ...

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nixxxon wrote:Bottas fastest top speed, 351 km/h

Heard that too, that was measured on the start/finish , suprisingly i heard Alonso was on 348km/h

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Can anyone explain this ? If Canada is an engine circuit, can anyone explain why Renault are so far down, along with toro rosso, why is Tag (renault) so far up. Also explain why Honda is where they are now, are they really as bad as what the supposed Monaco graphs show ? I'm not so sure. i certainly...

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Let's look at facts. Ferrari was almost completely Italian through the 80s and 90s, then Jean Todt, Ross Brawn, Rory Byrne, Michael Schumacher turn up, and the work culture changes, and they win a lot. Then from 2007, the team becomes more and more Italian, and for many years the drivers were Latin...

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For me. Rosberg closed the door and it's not the first time he has done these tactics Bahrain comes to mind in 2012 I believe twice with Hamilton and alonso. Back of the grid for rosberg for me. I'd even say that he should get a 1 race ban don't forget Hamilton over the years has done many a 'hamil...

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Today shows the Mclaren chassis is nowhere near the best chassis on the grid. If Massa and Hulkenberg did their jobs there would be no Mclaren in Q3. That is for sure. Truth is that Mclaren are still slower than low budget teams like Force India, Williams and Toro Rosso, while Redbull was able to t...

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I'm no Lewis nor Roberg fan but Lewis fans need to get over it.. he's had his share of good fortune over the past few seasons. Get over it, Lewis isn't complaining..

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Don't forget, the design of the engine package was dictated by the design of the car ( chasiss) itself.. both chassis and Engine have improvemnets to be made..

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Herbert is a right t wat.. can;t stand him on Sky F1, when C4 is on for live race i put that on rather than Sky.
The SKy F1 team on the whole is not as professional as when BBC did it, and even C4 is better than sky..
Herbert needs to be more professional or get the hell out of Sky F1...

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And how well do Tesla's do in a world where there are cold temps? I hear that their range drops over 50% when it gets below 0 degrees C. Where I live, -10 C is not uncommon. Battery power is directly correlated to outside air temperature so that is a MAJOR hurdle for these cars to overcome.[/quote] ...

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I have sky F1, it's rubbish compared with C4 and BBC, i watched the race on C4 today..

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Andre Iannone sets the all time top speed record by hitting the traps at 218.2 mph in pre-race warmup. That's incredible on a motorcycle, insane. I'm just wondering how have Ducati managed to get such an advantage with the engine? Engineering, mate. This from a Ducati fan :lol: No I was just wonder...

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Not sure if anyone has posted this, this gives in indication of how closely intertwined the Mclaren car is with the Honda PU. Interesting, i think some of the problems the team are having with their engine is the dictation of the car design on the engine design and visa versa... I think both partner...

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I can't help feeling that wherever Sam Michael goes that team he joins become ...! Actually that whole Mercedes team is basically BAR, which became Honda, then Brawn, now Mercedes.. Now with a few top signing and Mercedes personnel.. The core is stil the same.. Remember Honda left aload of money and...

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Well, if you are a McLaren fan I wouldnt be too excited about it. The IRL has Honda and Chevy (well Lotus too) as engine suppliers for them and Chevy has taken Honda to the wood chipper in regards to the engines. Chevy won 11 out of 15 races in 2012 and has won 3 out of 4 events this year. How abou...

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I used to like him, but after that incident in China, never again..
Very unsportsmanlike if you know your team mate has had his engine turned down., rather like a boxer knocking down someone who has one of his hands tied down,,

Absolutely no class at all !

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