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If Alonso had been in this year's Ferrari you would have to think the wdc would still be going down to the wire in Abu Dhabi. Vettel made it easy for Hamilton and Raikonnen was nowhere again. Drivers and quality/reliability, the chairman is not wrong.

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Even if they pick Kubica they should still pick up Kyvat as their reserve driver. He just might be a good fit for Williams in the long run plus he's 25 in 2019. See how Kubica goes and then draft Kyvat in if it doesn't work out.

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None of the current engine manufacturers seem to like it. The solution is then relatively simple, have a hybrid hybrid formula. Let the current manufacturers keep what they want and just offer the cheaper alternative for new entrants as an option. They just have to get roughly equivalent performanc...

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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 progr...

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None of the current engine manufacturers seem to like it. The solution is then relatively simple, have a hybrid hybrid formula. Let the current manufacturers keep what they want and just offer the cheaper alternative for new entrants as an option. They just have to get roughly equivalent performance...

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His racecraft is incredibly ... on the edge is the nicest way I can put it at the moment but it has got better from race to race .... and he's still kissing Vettel on the track. I'm not sure he has proven his dominance over Ricciardo yet either but it is nice to see deserving young talent coming thr...

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The only one who was changing direction was Max who started the race pointing right in Vettel's direction and ended the race pointing left at Kimi. However this has all been debated to death in this thread whose opening photo clearly shows who was not going down the track in a straight line and it ...

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The only one who was changing direction was Max who started the race pointing right in Vettel's direction and ended the race pointing left at Kimi. However this has all been debated to death in this thread whose opening photo clearly shows who was not going down the track in a straight line and it ...

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The only one who was changing direction was Max who started the race pointing right in Vettel's direction and ended the race pointing left at Kimi. However this has all been debated to death in this thread whose opening photo clearly shows who was not going down the track in a straight line and it w...

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Hamilton's move was risky as there wasn't really enough space on the left to pull it off as evidenced by the fact that only his right tyres were on the track during it. Sure Verstappen squeezed him causing him to slow down causing Vettel to collide with him but he did not really need to be jockeying...

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Hamilton only needed 5th, WTH was he doing getting in between Verstappen and Vettel on the first lap. He should have stayed out of both their ways like he did in Singapore. His teammate managed it ok and he needed a better result more.

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Verstappen, Bottas and Ocon. As for Vettel and Hamilton, playing bumper cars at the start is not really good driving no matter how well you recover from it later.

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This race encapsulated why Vettel didn't deserve the wdc this year, he was too clumsy in busy fast traffic. Next year will be harder for both Hamilton and Vettel too as there is a new fast kid in town, Verstappen, and an old gunslinger is going to return to have his say too, Alonso. Next year will b...

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lamo wrote:So who was the quickest driver in 2007?

At the time I thought Hamilton followed by Alonso, Raikonnen, Massa and hindsight has only confirmed this in my mind. However Alonso was very close and the Ferrari was the slightly better car which is why the championship was so close to the end.

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http://www.express.co.uk/sport/f1-autosport/871878/Kimi-Raikkonen-fastest-drive-Lewis-Hamilton-better-Marc-Priestley-F1-news But the 2007 season, when Priestley was able to work with both Alonso and Hamilton in the same team, ended in disaster: “That year when we had by far the best car, by far the ...

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I think you may have a point about Vettel liking downforce to perform fast, it does seem quite a coincidence that in the DD days and now he is particularly strong. The Red Bull driver currently giving him most problems is Verstappen not Ricciardo which suggests the one-sided nature of 2014 might be...

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Different tyres, to be fair. And cars. This is what a lot of people don't seem to get: with each rule change different car characteristics come into play and they may have an effect on driver performance. Vettel was very good on his tyres in the DD era; he was quite poor in 2014 when he struggled t...

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Alonso needs to get over it, he still could have won 2007, 2010 and 2012 with slightly different decision making in some races. He also chose the teams he drove for and how he behaved in each one.

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If the Red Bull was in the top 3 next year he would have been obligated to do 2019 too with whatever engine. This way by getting rid of this opt-out for him he's probably doubled his total contract salary at least by adding that extra year. If he had just one straight year left with no Red Bull opti...

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The big variable in this whole thread is how Rosberg would have coped with the diva that is Mercedes W08. Of course the first Mercedes cars over multiple seasons tended to wear out their tyres too so perhaps a look back in history might help.

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What does the table look like if you divide by the power of 2 rather than 3, so 1/2 for a second, 1/4 for a third, 1/8 for a fourth etc ?

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Vettel on a possible future reunion with Ricciardo https://m.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/360313/ "I don't mind, I like Daniel," said Vettel, the pair having been team-mates at Red Bull. "It's not my choice, it's the team's choice, and in the end, if you are not prepared to race whoever it is, then what'...

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Charlie Whiting: Accusations of inconsistent stewarding unfounded http://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/21171536/accusations-inconsistent-stewarding-unfounded Max's overtake was actually quite a good one and he just went outside the boundaries of the track to do it. Next time he just has to keep a whe...

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Add Kyvat to the list now

http://www.planetf1.com/news/kvyat-in-c ... iams-seat/

As he comes with sponsorship and is young and fast that just might sway it over Kubica.

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To deserve a shot in a better team you have to start by outclassing your teammate otherwise you are not showing yourself to be that extraordinary to eventually become a wdc. Has Wehrlein really done this yet. He seems quick but not ultra quick to me so you will always be subject to other factors com...

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As an aside whilst commentating during Austin and on viewing Hakkinen on the TV live feed Brundle said he was his fastest teammate, and he had partnered Senna and Schumacher, always on it was I believe the phrase he used.

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Massa won two races in 2006, both of which he finished ahead of Schumacher and Alonso

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Massa was pulling Grand Chelems in the 2007 Ferrari and the only reason he wasn't in the title race come the last race was because he had the worst luck of all the title contenders. He was also poor in the wet races that fell at the end of the year (Japan and China) and lost lots of points there. S...

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He's F1 history next year but like Kyvat could do well in other series. I rate Kyvat as being faster but more flakier in a race.

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2007, 2010 and 2012. Close championships with more than two drivers fighting for the wdc through the season and the outcome still not settled until the final race. Same again for 2018 please ;) p.s. also enjoyed the intra team-battles of Hamilton with Alonso and Button as well as Alonso running Vett...

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Massa on his rivals for next year's seat ... https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/massa-kubica-di-resta-williams-drive-970197/ "To be honest, I cannot do what he's doing, driving with only one hand. It's impossible for me to believe that he will not suffer with some of the races with this car that we'...

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Lack of consistency by the stewards has been invoked, as the race contained numerous instances of drivers exceeding track limits. FIA race director Charlie Whiting addressed those claims and the Stewards' decision. "In all other cases where the drivers left the circuit, they went a longer distance....

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It's permanent, the guy is quick sometimes but he just makes too many mistakes. He could do well in other series though and he is still only 23 ... http://en.f1i.com/news/283740-kvyat-dropped-toro-rosso-permanently.html "Kvyat will not return again," Marko told Germany's Auto Bild. "We do not believ...

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Also would it be total coincidence that McLaren lost their way after Hamilton left them leaving Button to lead any development directions with the car? Yes I think it would. They built a duffer of a car and the design concept was realised while both Button and Hamilton were there. It wasn't down to...

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They should just run Kubica and PDR against Massa in P1 before the end of the season if they are going to wait until the end anyway. Give everyone a fair shout including Massa.

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I think Kubica will be announced before Brazil to give Massa a proper sendoff. Kubica is a good choice as he is in the same high speed category as Massa, probably better, but also less flaky in the race and a better development driver. Most of the accounts of the tests indicate he shaded DiResta. He...

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Hamilton is the best qualifier in the history of F1 both in records and reality. Yes I do think Rosberg was faster than Vettel but not significantly albeit a lazier driver with inferior racecraft and averages do not show the big swings in individual races, Rosberg had the knack of pulling out blinde...

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Does that mean he doesn't think the rules apply or is he using that part of his nationality to support Kimi? https://twitter.com/nico_rosberg/status/922425127773573120 I think this is Nico's point. https://i.imgur.com/hEuXODa.png Max got alongside enough to earn space into the corner, Kimi (possibl...

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There's a good chance that Hamilton would feel the need to be more aggressive and - as a result - get involved in more collisions if he had a car that was generally slower in qualifying. Vettel has faced an uphill battle most weekends this season. There also is no guarantee that Lewis wouldn't have...

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Indeed, Zak Brown said the contract is 'structured' to keep him at McLaren for the foreseeable future so maybe a rolling one year option as I suspect Alonso will not want to be tethered to them for many years again after the Honda debacle. I suspect he's looking to see how Renault and other midfield...

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