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Mayhem wrote:No, dont miss the #1.... Would be cool tho if there was a different designation on the car (eg. Different color halo, a crown design above drivers current number, "champion" on the back of rear spoiler.)

I did like the proposed ‘Yellow Halo’ idea they suggested to identify the championship leader

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Maybe this is a ruse to help Max win this weekend

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To your wildcard idea, 2nd tier teams are already customer teams of top tier teams. Mercedes/ Ferrari/ Renault all have customer teams which they help. Yeah I know that, but I meant that The top tier team provides a 2nd tier team a car for the weekend to race as a wild card in the top tier. It work...

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Mayhem, on your point, what about a NASCAR style finals series? So have a championship to determine a top 6 (For example) and those top 6 then fight it out in a finals series to determine the champion? And I stopped watching NASCAR when they went to the playoff format. Personally, I want to see a l...

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I know he had a rough trot in Williams, but I rate Zanardi as well. What he did in Champcar was legendary.

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Mayhem, on your point, what about a NASCAR style finals series? So have a championship to determine a top 6 (For example) and those top 6 then fight it out in a finals series to determine the champion?

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I was thinking 30 when I saw the title. Good round number.

We don't have right proper back markers anymore. We need teams like Minardi and Jordan to bring in the next best thing. There's no underdog back marker cheering for. I think we need these battlers almost as much as we need top level teams

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Montoya, JV, then Hill for me. Montoya was a beast, and I believe one of the best drivers on the grid when he first entered F1.

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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. This. I think Red Bull racing's days are numbered now. My guess is that they won't be around when the rules change in 2021. Perhaps the ...

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Great, now this forum is going to wind up on some sort of watchlist, just as I was starting to find my voice. It would depend on when the event occurred; Mid-season, it would go to the leader at that point in time. Pre-season, it would be null, because there's no championship that year. The year wou...

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Corskey wrote:So every time Kvyat gets demoted Verstappen wins
Well, unless they have him driving the drinks cart next race, they are out of demotions to give Kvyat...

Or, they promote Kvyat to 2nd driver in FP1, then drop him for FP2 onwards

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I put collision after lap 1. I have no evidence to support this, but I feel like Vettel can have brain farts when pressure is on and he's needing to overtake. I see him more as a front of the field bully.

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Brawn 2009? Was coming in to say this. We already had our Leicester City shock. A scenario like Leicester winning is a once in a lifetime occurrance. Otherwise, it's the norm, with Man City, Man Utd or Chelsea taking the title. We've had our Leicester moment, now it's the norm with Mercedes or Ferr...

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Yeah I agree with Franchitti, Power and Dixon. I'd add Greg Moore also.

What do people on here think of Seb Loeb?

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https://www.speedcafe.com/2017/09/29/fr ... e-slashed/

New agreement has been signed, and only the Aus GP will remain on FTA

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McLaren certainly tried their hardest to get get the Honda project to work. The recent Planet F1 article shows how many creative ideas McLaren suggested to Honda in an attempt to get them past their hapless efforts. McLaren offered to do any of the following: * Stop using Honda engines this season ...

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Edit: This article in August advises that Honda got assistance from specialist engineers and Mercedes Although Honda has not made dramatic gains with its engine so far this season, behind the scenes there has been a lot of change. It parted with ex-Ferrari man Gilles Simon on the eve of the season,...

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I think #2 & #3 are equally as offensive. It means you have 0 faith in the team and you need to get outside help. If Honda said to Mclaren "Look, we're struggling, do you know who we could go to for help?" It would be a different story. I highly doubt Renault, Mercedes or Ferrari would accept such ...

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That would be pretty mad if it happened. I guess Sainz and Renault/Mclaren have shown the way with these kind of deals. I still think there's something to come out of that deal. Toro Rosso/Red Bull lost a class driver and the Renault deal, and have got a questionable engine in return? They have got ...

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Huh, so according to this article, Honda reached out to Merc and external consultants earlier this year. I was wrong, and they did offer to use the rabbit. https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/129154/mercedes-could-assist-honda-engine-programme This was in April, so the report from Mclaren sounds like ...

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I think #2 & #3 are equally as offensive. It means you have 0 faith in the team and you need to get outside help. If Honda said to Mclaren "Look, we're struggling, do you know who we could go to for help?" It would be a different story. I highly doubt Renault, Mercedes or Ferrari would accept such a...

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Yeah, they're all pretty bad plans IMO. If I was Honda I'd be offended. As it's been said, if I was doing the Lawn, then the Mrs called Jims Mowing to finish it off, I wouldn't take it that well. Regarding taking a year out of the sport, I doubt any manufacturer would agree to that. I read an articl...

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I have a number of "preferred" drivers, but I support Williams. I have followed F1 since around the mid 80s, my cousin lives in Abingdon, which is only a few miles from where the Williams factory was back then in Didcot and Williams was his team of choice also. The only F1 related merch I ever buy ...

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I can 100% say that Verstappen is outperforming Ricciardo in qualifying and that he tends to run ahead in races up until something out of his control (most of the time anyway) happens. I have made no more statements than that. And that I can agree with. What I disagree with are those who use that l...

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Childish indeed bradtheboywonder I think you know better than that. Just let everybody have their favorite driver. We watch the sport because we like the sport and no need for this behavior. Ricciardo is a great driver. This topic is not meant to be a topic to talk about one or the other. He has ha...

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Nonsense to the highest degree. My position is simple, that during the time we can compare them like for like Max is doing better, until we can't compare them anymore because things keep happening to Verstappen. So you would also agree that Williams is outperforming the rest of the grid? They are d...

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He's definitely an opportunist, that's for sure. Looking at that effort in Singapore, and purely factoring in the time Max and Dan were racing together, I have to say once again, Max outperformed Dan. He was up there, racing with the Ferraris, while Dan was languishing midfield . https://d2d0b2rxqz...

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He's definitely an opportunist, that's for sure. Looking at that effort in Singapore, and purely factoring in the time Max and Dan were racing together, I have to say once again, Max outperformed Dan. He was up there, racing with the Ferraris, while Dan was languishing midfield. I... this can't be ...

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He's definitely an opportunist, that's for sure.

Looking at that effort in Singapore, and purely factoring in the time Max and Dan were racing together, I have to say once again, Max outperformed Dan. He was up there, racing with the Ferraris, while Dan was languishing midfield.

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One for the stat lovers.

McDonalds is healthier and better for you than the Health Food brigade lead you to believe

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Comparing A vs B vs C when they've been teammates for long periods of time, or in stable conditions, has demonstrably worked. It's certainly worked better than any other system anyone else can think of. Once you factor out a drivers debut and retirement seasons then it is pretty accurate the vast m...

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Women drivers need more opportunities to enter F1 No they don't. Women have plenty opportunity; if we want women in F1 more girls need to start karting. Currently, of all the kids who start out karting, how many are girls? And how many kids who start karting end up in F1? Statistically, it's highly...

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Surely you're trolling? Ugh, alright, I didn't want to have to play this card. Riccardo Racing Stats Result Average Start 8.23 Average Finish 3.40 Pole Positions 0 Race Wins 1 Podium Finishes 6 Top5 Finishes 10 Finished Races 10 Verstappen Racing Stats Results Average Start 6.54 Average Finish 5.29 ...

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If that were the case then obviously Max would be responsible for all his retirements. As you say though, just more assumptions and guess work. I have only commented on what we actually know . As have I. Assumptions aside, what I know is Dan is ahead of Max in the standings, and he has finished hig...

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Having fun mate. I think the title and theme of this thread is a joke

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Because it's irrelevant and ridiculous to make such bold statements based on a brief moment of the race, just to appease the Max fanboys. Do you look at Austria and compare Max and Dan for the 2 seconds Max was running? Maybe the bits you're comparing are when Dan is in conserving the car, to give h...

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* F1 needs one see the return of refuelling. I miss that strategic part of racing. * Women drivers need more opportunities to enter F1 Adding to these * I miss Jordan and Minardi * Engine manufacturers should be limited to 2 teams. Teams should then be required to seek out suppliers. Would be diffi...

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I think it's becoming obvious Dan is outperforming max everywhere right now outside of Qualifying and wet races. No shame in that though, Dan is in beast mode right now. and Max has many years to improve. You would think that, but no. Max can turn in 1 or 2 laps faster than Dan before he breaks dow...

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I love how this thread spikes every time Dan beats Max

B-b-but, that doesn't count. Yes Dan finished 6 spots ahead of Max, but... umm... he showed panache when he had that accident with Massa, so Max is the better driver

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