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Button and Hamilton used different brake compounds in 2012 and McLaren just didn't get Button's brake cooling right first time which is why he had excessive rear tyre degradation which led him down the fruitless path of tinkering with his setup until they worked out what was really wrong. This has n...

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Lewis, Max and Kimi in that order. Kimi actually had faster race pace than Sebastian and Valteri when all were on the same tyre strategy. That was his first race performance since his Lotus days and Bahrain 2015 worthy of a world champion, shame we have had to wait years for it.

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Trying to see the ulterior logic here in Max's decision he probably thought that he's going to be at Red Bull for at least two years as the likelihood of them not finishing in the top 3 next year (his escape clause for 2019) was remote so he probably got a renegotiated contract for the next three ye...

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Tier 1 also but I would not mind Hill being classed as a tier 1.5 like say a Button as he could beat the best on his day like Jenson.

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Hill was tier 1, remember he did well against Prost in 1993, 69 vs 99 pts and winning 3 vs 7 against his teammate with Senna winning 5 and Schumacher 1 which shows how competitively tough it was that year. As for the 1997 Hungarian grand Prix he qualified third in that Arrows behind Schumacher and V...

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I just would like the top teams to be allowed to field three cars even if only the fastest two of theirs in any race are allowed to score in the WCC points. This really would free up the logjam for the fastest drivers where they literally have to wait years before getting competitive drives. Then F...

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I just would like the top teams to be allowed to field three cars even if only the fastest two of theirs in any race are allowed to score in the WCC points. This really would free up the logjam for the fastest drivers where they literally have to wait years before getting competitive drives. sorry,...

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I just would like the top teams to be allowed to field three cars even if only the fastest two of theirs in any race are allowed to score in the WCC points. This really would free up the logjam for the fastest drivers where they literally have to wait years before getting competitive drives.

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Either Hill or Rosberg with honourable mention to Button and Montoya. Rosberg may have been a tad faster but Hill could really race well. Not really a bad driver amongst that lot though.

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Didn't he have a nervous breakdown or something and become a DJ. Sorry but I never rated him unlike buemi who I thought would shine in a faster car.

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And now Gasly will sit out Austin to finish the Super Formula season, according to autosport this has something to do with Franz Tost being keen to evaluate another driver for 2018. Wonder who that'd be, then? Scott Speed? ;) One of my mates said he read somewhere that it's Brandon Hartley, but I c...

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As Red Bull are looking to deleverage from F1 it's highly unlikely they will want to spend 20m+ on Alonso for a possible extra two tenths and a lot more attitude.

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Regarding Hamilton vs Alonso - I get the feeling that several top teams would be clamouring for Hamilton and yet I don't hear much talk of Mercedes or Ferrari chasing Alonso but instead much more of the talk surrounds where Ricciardo and Verstappen will end up, neither of which are remotely as acco...

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Lewis for the great pole and for leading the race from start to finish despite continuous pressure from Max.

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Verstappen, Hamilton and Bottas in that order. I really like Max in the last two races, fast but mature performances, more please. Lewis was fortunate today not to come under more pressure because in race trim his car looked slower than Max's on the primes but still great performance to lead from st...

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I agree with many that it ended this year. Both Ferrari and Red Bull have beaten Mercedes on the track this year on genuine pace which is a first for the hybrid era. Verstappen has come of age and now looks to me to be Hamilton's direct successor. Both Ferrari and Renault engines have almost caught ...

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Honda boss now says he doesn't mind

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/hond ... la-963248/

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I would like to see Kyvat and Buemi for one race

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Yellowbin74 wrote:About time Palmer was shown the door. Shame Kvyat is coming back though, he's just as bad.

OTH it gives TR a chance to compare him with Gasly before next season and potentially bring in another driver if Kyvat does not perform.

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This year was hyped as a great battle between Hamilton and Vettel - and that lasted 2/3 of the season. Bottas hasn't looked like a threat to Hamilton, but has won races. The rest of 2017, the title race is dead. How could the title race be dead when the guy behind in the points had a much faster ca...

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It is hard to dispute that Max is probably the best/fastest F1 driver of his age in all F1 history. However now he's 20 he now has to become more of a man racer than a boy racer to take the next step and be considered great regardless of age. This last race was a good start with good clean decisive...

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It is hard to dispute that Max is probably the best/fastest F1 driver of his age in all F1 history. However now he's 20 he now has to become more of a man racer than a boy racer to take the next step and be considered great regardless of age. This last race was a good start with good clean decisive ...

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Fastest driver ? Sure he can stake a good claim for that. Best driver ? No way and his current points total against his teammate shows that. His racecraft and overtaking needs to make a quantum jump before he can be considered the best. Frankly his teammate who is currently less than a tenth slower...

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Fastest driver ? Sure he can stake a good claim for that. Best driver ? No way and his current points total against his teammate shows that. His racecraft and overtaking needs to make a quantum jump before he can be considered the best. Frankly his teammate who is currently less than a tenth slower ...

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I agree, Hamilton should stay out as he's not American and it is not relevant to him. I also think if BLM had originally been named as "Black Lives Matter Too" they would be better understood too. Personally I think cats and dogs and other animals should have as much intrinsic rights as any flavour ...

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I would put it more like a tenth or less in raw speed difference interval in Max>Daniel>Seb and dependent on track/car suitability too. So I think Max is no more than two tenths quicker than Seb which is also where I rate Lewis. Daniel I put a tenth behind on a par with Fernando.

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Ferrari are definitely looking more solid last few races but I feel the Mercedes could still be very quick if they can get round their tyre window problem. The fact that Red Bull are now also in the performance mix means not all is lost for Ferrari in their wdc quest.

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Fate it appears does not want him to win the 2017 wdc. I thought Stroll made the greater change of direction in their incident but it really doesn't matter as it won't get his gearbox back. Vettel had a long stretch of good luck as well as his great ability in winning those 4 wdcs for Red Bull, mayb...

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The last two races have been a shame really as the Ferrari could have been ultra competitive in both if not for the drivers positioning in one and engine reliability in the second. Maybe Lewis is getting some good karma for his team's comically bad mistakes in 2012. Either Lewis or Sebastian would b...

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x( x( Yep, Vettel did exactly what was expected. Hardly exceptional and in some places, very very average. Whining about Bottas post race was embarrassing. I don't think anyone really expected him to end up in fourth in front of Bottas. He had a clean race, he was up in thirteenth after just one lap...

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In Bottas defense the car is a bit of a tyre diva this year but Rosberg was special/unique in his own particular way and was always a No.1 driver whereas Bottas is more in the No.1.5 driver mode like say Button was, at least for now.

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Hmmm, only managed to get 23/1 on Betfair :( I don't bet myself but my girlfriend likes a punt, knowing I'm a Hamilton fan and he tends to win as often as not she was amazed to see he was at 16-1 to win in Singapore, so not realising the uncompetitiveness of his car she laid out a bet, ignorance ca...

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I guess they will only swap if they are directly next to each other in the race otherwise it will be too demoralising for Kimi and probably would not help Vettel in the long run who has probably already lost the wdc barring any 2007 like miracles.

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Well he won't be replaced this year and he has a contract for next year. However if it is not sorted during next year well Wehrlein and Kubica are currently free.

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Hmmm, only managed to get 23/1 on Betfair

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I thought Kimi gave a competent qualifying performance compared to his opposition even if Vettel probably would have beaten it on one of his better days. He is still on the front row, just needs to stay out of trouble at the start and should bank some good points if not a podium/win.

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They had different brakes and Jenson's did not initially have adequate cooling which led to his performance problems. I will dig out the link.

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I think he will take Bottas to get 5th if the top four also finish and there is no rain.

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JackAttack_19 wrote:Robert Kubica, anyone?

Indeed but I take it as a given that he will be back sooner or later ...

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I think Ricciardo will take it as long as no-one takes him out. Race not qualifying pace and better tyre wear. If not then Max if he can stay out of trouble which is a big if.

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