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What was with Alonso cutting the first(?) corner on lap 1? Crofty mentioned he'd practised the move on the way to the grid, so was clearly tactical rather than avoiding action. Did he gain positions? Why wasn't it investigated? I thought it was made clear that you had to pass through the bollards o...

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This is actually quite a hard decision, I don't think anyone had a fault-free race. Norris was brilliant for 50 laps but sadly it was his own decision that ultimately cost him. Hamilton lost too many positions at the start and put himself on the back foot. Sainz seemed to wear out his tyres quite e...

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I think where Mercedes shake out will play a big role in who comes out on top. If any Saturday advantage either way only results in a difference between the 1st two rows, so P1 to P4 at worst say, then I expect Lewis to win Sunday's most times, track dependant, whether he's coming out on top on Satu...

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Beating Bottas is indeed easy, IF you are Lewis Hamilton. I don't think most of the rest of the grid would find it so easy. What is also interesting is that Bottas performed a lot better against Hamilton in qualifying when the Mercedes were a step ahead of the competition, and Rosberg only beat Ham...

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Red Bull still have a car capable and Max is driving it well so It's still up for grabs. They'll need the luck to turn a bit as always, and their PU situation isn't great but it should be game on. Mercedes upgrades seemed to hit and Lewis is driving well so they'll feel good about their chances too ...

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“And as for Toto Wolff: We have had good contact for years, he kept calling and smeared honey around our mouths. I think everyone knows why.
“He didn’t get in touch yesterday. Now he no longer needs to call".
-Jos

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I expect the inside line to every corner to be more hotly contested than Gaza. Trouble will only emerge though when the slower car gets it. T1's on tracks that allow a favourable outcome when cutting it will also be a thing later in the year when a car gets its nose in front,thanks to Masi's nonsen...

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I expect the inside line to every corner to be more hotly contested than Gaza. Trouble will only emerge though when the slower car gets it. T1's on tracks that allow a favourable outcome when cutting it will also be a thing later in the year when a car gets its nose in front,thanks to Masi's nonsens...

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Hamilton's fault, he was left enough space but understeered into Verstappen. I think the penalty was fair. Although the consequences were huge the actual error itself was relatively small and does not warrant the drastic penalty that some have been calling for. In that regard I don't see his win as...

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Depends on when they actually stopped and if stopped means not starting any new developments from then or if all developments under way had stopped. This will be easily answered if anything new pops up over the next few races. I find it hard to believe it's the latter as with development time being ...

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In hindsight, had Mercedes been on this list, would they still have complained to the FIA? https://i.imgur.com/GDWgRQo.png Source - Imgur Well no, but that's because they'd have already sunk time and resources into it. Queries like this arise once you've worked out what another team is doing and yo...

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I thought Alonso was being a bit overly optimistic when he said he'd need 4-5 weekends to get up to speed but he's on a run since Monaco, which is good to see.

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I'd be happy to be in either car, it's about as close as you can get in different machinery thus far. Which could force both to keep developing throughout the year, which is great for the likes of Ferrari,Macca and Alpine etc with an eye for next year. Happy days. I believe Toto said the other week...

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I'd be happy to be in either car, it's about as close as you can get in different machinery thus far. Which could force both to keep developing throughout the year, which is great for the likes of Ferrari,Macca and Alpine etc with an eye for next year.

Happy days.

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And Hamilton running wide under pressure. It's mistakes like that, that make or break a championship. I heard on Sky that Hamilton was deliberately going wide of the racing line to preserve his tires or something. Could be in a different context though. But LH pretty much knew he was done the momen...

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Who knows. It's hard to stay in the dirty air. Either way it was a key error from Hamilton. If hed lost a couple of second id agree, but he lost maybe barely .5 of a second. The key errors were turn 1 and the mercedes strategy And Hamilton running wide under pressure. It's mistakes like that, that ...

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Best start to a season for a while, hope it continues back and forth up front. Seems Bottas is well and truly fed up. Alonso seems to have started to find his groove again and came alive on the hard tyre again, would've got Gasly if not for Danny giving him DRS. Alpine is a brick on high fuel and so...

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He's still getting to grips with the tyres,not getting and keeping them in the window well enough, he talked a little about it between races. Bahrain he had pre season testing set up knowledge, some help from the conditions in Q and his own experience there over the years. He hasn't been in Imola fo...

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Vettel is a complete washed up bum to be honest .. obviously didn’t train during the off season.. seems content to be just one of the guys .. pathetic really from a 4 times wdc.. compare that to Alonso who has clearly taken off season seriously and looks really prepared Vettel slowed down for Yello...

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Vettel is a complete washed up bum to be honest .. obviously didn’t train during the off season.. seems content to be just one of the guys .. pathetic really from a 4 times wdc.. compare that to Alonso who has clearly taken off season seriously and looks really prepared Vettel slowed down for Yello...

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pokerman wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 27, 2021 7:03 pm
Alonso was never even brought to the stewards.

file:///C:/Users/Mark/Downloads/2021%20Bahrain%20Grand%20Prix%20-%20Decision%20-%20Qualifying%20Yellow%20Flags.pdf

Why would he be?

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If the new rules work then no, no-one will come close and F1 may well get split into 2 eras much like tennis when talked about in the future because the era's differ so greatly. If they don't work and we still get dominant cars for extended periods then with the ever expanding calendar and what i ex...

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Haven't had the chance yet but read that the Dakar parts are really good and I missed all of that so looking forward to it.

Autobiography is out later this year as well I believe.

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So 3 ex-Ferrari employees are now at in the top 3 positions in motorsport. Hmmm.... That said, Todt is expected to step down in 2021, so maybe there is hope for us yet. Brawn was more recently a Mercedes employee do not forget. However he didn't exactly leave Mercedes on good terms. Neither did SD,...

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Yeah I thought for sure they'd go blue and yellow because of all those connections but they're going red,white and blue so oh well. We'll still hear plenty of Renault talk because of the engine so I can see why if they were going to remain then they may as well push a sports car brand they want more...

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Assuming the 3 teams stay roughly where they are then the lead midfield is going to be pretty sweet to watch... Vettel vs Ricciardo vs Alonso vs Norris vs Ocon. And if Ferrari can make a semi decent step with the engine then we can add Leclerc and Sainz into the mix on a regular basis as I'm sure th...

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Easy pick for Sainz but the man has no luck. Quietly having a great season. How do you see Charles Sainz going against Charlie Leclerc? I think Leclerc will have too much for him over a season in both sessions but closer to the Merc situation rather than RB's. Close but clear to pinch a Boxing phra...

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Easy pick for Sainz but the man has no luck. Quietly having a great season.

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Wickens fleshes out the impact of a crash in practice and some other nuggets from the Arrows Boys performances for anyone interested. Moral of the story is don't bin it in practice I guess... DML: How do you assess Alonso’s performance at Indy this year? RW: I think that crash toward the end of Day ...

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Rumours on another forum are that Renault will be rebranded Alpine-Renault or something along those lines with their current DP World sponsor and next years car will be blue and yellow and that we may see Alonso and Ocon driving outside of F1 for Alpine somewhere too. Already confirmed is Alpine bra...

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Not that it matters, it was a Honda year as Newgarden found out so the win was never on whether he bins it in practice or not or whether his clutch failed or not. Just got to hope 2023 is a Chevy year or he hooks up with Andretti again which interestingly Mario seems to think is possible so perhaps...

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The bottom line is it's clutching at straws saying that Alonso beat last year's winner when he got pushed into the outside wall and had to pit with damage. Alonso being slow started the week previous, how can his car be slow and his 2 rookie teammates car's be quicker? It's not clutching at staws, ...

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Not that it matters, it was a Honda year as Newgarden found out so the win was never on whether he bins it in practice or not or whether his clutch failed or not. Just got to hope 2023 is a Chevy year or he hooks up with Andretti again which interestingly Mario seems to think is possible so perhaps...

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After he got pushed into the wall and had to pit with damage that cost him a lap, Alonso also beat all of the other drivers that were quicker but crashed. You forget Alonso had a clutch issue himself for the 2nd half of the race and had other issues worth a mention for fairness... AMPS's Lead Aerod...

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Not that it matters, it was a Honda year as Newgarden found out so the win was never on whether he bins it in practice or not or whether his clutch failed or not. Just got to hope 2023 is a Chevy year or he hooks up with Andretti again which interestingly Mario seems to think is possible so perhaps ...

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Alonso finished 21st of 24 running at the end. Ho hum... Well, the guy right behind him -- 22 out of 24 -- is the same driver who won it last year. Make of that what you will... After he got pushed into the wall and had to pit with damage that cost him a lap, Alonso also beat all of the other drive...

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Alonso finished 21st of 24 running at the end. Ho hum... Well, the guy right behind him -- 22 out of 24 -- is the same driver who won it last year. Make of that what you will... After he got pushed into the wall and had to pit with damage that cost him a lap, Alonso also beat all of the other drive...

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Schumacher forever#1 wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 15, 2020 1:45 pm
The mystery of the sister Bull car continues..

What's the mystery? Albon isn't on Max's level and the RB can be tricky at times as far as I can tell.

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There were reports yesterday that qualifying engine modes could be banned from next season and further reports today that they could be banned as soon as Spa. https://the-race.com/formula-1/special-qualifying-modes-could-be-banned-after-spain/ How odd. Although I don't disagree with it, why now? Af...

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From the BBC article: "Under this system, Ferrari last year earned about an additional $110m (about £84m), Mercedes and Red Bull more than $70m, McLaren about $30m and Williams $10m. "All those payments have been removed from next year, and replaced by a new system, which will reward Ferrari $40m e...

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