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"It is not one single issue that we found and changed, it is a lot of small details on the set-up that we had optimized. Looking from my point of view, I take this opportunity with my pole position to kick start my season, as for me there has not been one weekend where things didn’t go wrong someho...

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It happened to Merc GP for Schumi at Canada last year, but reliability issues are unlike Ferrari. Not often we see something like that. I want to know about Massa's right rear tires. Still, I think someone mentioned earlier about the front wing damage increasing the load on the rear tires and thus ...

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Lewis was slow in the first part of the race because he was on Mediums. Merc made a mistake bolting on the mediums at the first pit stop. On the hards he was matching the top teams. Yep i just dont understand why that was done, of all the teams you would have thought Mercedes was the one that neede...

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Bacus wrote:
lamo wrote:First time Lewis has managed 4 consecutive top 5's since 2011.

I'm glad Lewis found some sort of consistency that resembles to his 2007 one.

Well the consistency might be in the team he now drives for?

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Will have to watch that again, do not know how Lewis came back into contention there? Horrible first half, amazing second half. Yeah his pace seemed noticeably better in the second half of the race. They obviously got the tyres working a lot better. Astonishing performance from Vettel. All these ex...

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Perez beat Button squarely, started behind him, yet ..... Button requested to pit as earlier as possible so Perez could not undercut him again. Perez stayed out and stopped one time less. Jenson could not manage the tyre for that last stint. Perez was already on his gearbox, and he tried to use the...

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Vettel easily, he had to fight earlier on, and never put a foot, sorry, tyre wrong. Honourable mention goes to DiResta, Perez, Hamilton and Alonso. I forgot to mention Button, for asking the team to calm Perez down, priceless. All in all, a very entertaining race. Perez was clearly faster i sort of...

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Hamilton drove a great race, although the first part was pretty blunt. He was also too cautious at start in T1, he lost some good positions there because he didn't put his car further although there was some space. Did I heard right that he made 1 stint on used medium tyres? But the last 2 stints w...

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Vettel looks strong for the WDC but thats no real surprise, however unlike other seasons i dont believe he has a dominant car and i think both Alonso and Kimi are still very much in with a chance of beating him, its only 4 races into the season and Vettel only has a 10 point lead.

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119 for me its looking like a below average score

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So where are all the "Hamilton destroys Rosberg" posters from previous week now ;) Rosberg destroyed Lewis today. Happy? Qualyfying: Hamilton 3 - Rosberg 1 Race: Hamilton 3 - Rosberg 0 Rosberg got 2 DNFs out of 3 races. Useless stat. In Malaysia, the only race where they both finished, Rosberg woul...

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I have to say, I need to give a shout out to Charles Pic. A fantastic lap in the Caterham and he was .9 tenths up on the highly regarded Bianchi. I mean we have to give Heikki credit for helping the team in terms of setup for the team. Makes me wonder what Heikki could be doing for a team like Will...

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Well I'm looking at max 6th place for Button Even though h may start on the harder compound, McLaren are not great in race trim. The only reason he finished 10th in Q2 was because Grosjean didn't post a quicker time. 6th is wishful thinking. Yes you have to reason that Red Bull, Ferrari, Lotus and ...

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Excellent lap from Rosberg Alonso starts on the older set of tyres as he didn't complete the last lap. Don't think so. Alonso had two new sets for Q3. He did but he used same set he did in Q2 for his first run. And went for new set for last run. At least that was what Ted said. I wouldn't be trusti...

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schumilegend wrote:Did you even watch the full race? The only reason Vettel wasnt leading webber was because he got screwed switching to drys too early..

That was a decison made by Vettel himself

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Excellent lap from Rosberg Alonso starts on the older set of tyres as he didn't complete the last lap. Don't think so. Alonso had two new sets for Q3. He did but he used same set he did in Q2 for his first run. And went for new set for last run. At least that was what Ted said. I wouldn't be trusti...

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Gear box change for Hamilton-5 grid penalty. He will be out of the way. That seems a bit unfortunate if the tyre failure caused the gearbox failure, maybe a bit unfair? . Tyre failure causing possible suspension failure causing gearbox failure makes it a car which has been designed on the edge reli...

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montyinct wrote:Gear box change for Hamilton-5 grid penalty. He will be out of the way.

That seems a bit unfortunate if the tyre failure caused the gearbox failure, maybe a bit unfair?

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I think he'll probably be in the top 10 or thereabouts but should he retire without a win at Ferrari there will always be questions about his mental strength when losing two championships in 2010 and 2012 at the last race is considered. Not really drivers aren't really expected to be WDC's in infer...

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If newey hadn't given Vettel that car, Alonso would have probably won the World Championship And if Vettel hadn't been in that car, it's possible another driver wouldn't have been able to get the WDC win. See? Car-driver ;) To quote Horner - this is getting silly! Its pretty rare for a driver to wi...

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mds wrote:
PrancingRocket_ wrote:If newey hadn't given Vettel that car, Alonso would have probably won the World Championship
And if Vettel hadn't been in that car, it's possible another driver wouldn't have been able to get the WDC win.

See? Car-driver

That other driver being Webber

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Ahh yeah you were right, I think it was 17 million to leave though, cheers :) "if he leaves F1 he will receive €17 million in severance pay, which is half of the €34 million he’s been earning per year at Ferrari. However if he drives for another team in 2010 he will get just €10 million." And Mclar...

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I don't think Hamilton put much thought into that comment. I don't think Alonso is beaming because of that comment and I don't think Vettel is losing sleep because of it. It's only some people in internet forums that are up at arms about this. Figures. As for all of the simple replies to the affect...

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I think the only people who would give Vettel the driver of the day would be perhaps Vettel fans themselves, he basically finished 4th in a car i would presume to be capable of a podium finish Who, for you, would be driver of the day? I'm thinking and actually my obvious choice would be Alonso, but...

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there is an element of that, but equally people tend to look back on previous generations through rose tinted glasses and assume that current cannot compete with past Possibly, but the top 5 nearly always consists of drivers from previous eras and I believe this is because time has allowed more mat...

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Senna didn't do much worse than Maldonado last year. Take out Maldonado's win, which although impressive appears to be a one off, then Senna would have trounced him. Senna was far more consistent if steady. He would have been a good bet for Caterham IMO simply for his experiance compared with Pic a...

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I was researching the stats concerning Fernando Alonso the other day, and found the following basic stats on him as pertains to the all-time rankings of F1 drivers: 201 races (200 starts) Number of Wins: 31 wins, tied for fourth place overall with Nigel Mansell Number of Podiums: 88, 3rd place over...

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He already is one. Every year that he has had a car with a sniff of a title in it he's been in contention in the final round, and against significantly tougher opposition than Schumacher faced for most of the time. It's always easier to look back in retrospect on a retired driver and declare him to...

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Senna didn't do much worse than Maldonado last year. Take out Maldonado's win, which although impressive appears to be a one off, then Senna would have trounced him. Senna was far more consistent if steady. He would have been a good bet for Caterham IMO simply for his experiance compared with Pic a...

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jimmyj wrote:Bloody hell, 2nd last at China!! AAARRGGHH.

Bahrain

Alonso
Vettel
Raikkonen
Hamilton
Massa
Webber
Rosberg
Massa
Grosjean
Button

You're gonna be last again unless Massa has a twin brother

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Of course the top dogs should be used to that pressure, but you never know... Vettel especially is showing sings of nervousness under it . Alonso also shows nerves, even with his experience, and Hamilton is often trigger happy. What are you using as grounds to say that when Vettel has an impressive...

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Alonso and Hamilton are just playing mind games. They are a bit jealous, but that is very normal - happens in all sports if you get a clear gunner coming in and breaking all the records and winning a lot. It doesn't affect Vettel, so it isn't of much import other than it makes them look a bit silly...

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Really? Since you were googling earlier, did you find that he was giving a statement thrice about his pass on Trulli at Oz in '09 (what became known as liegate), and everytime he maintained what he said? Later on... it was the team that told him :P Yes... very honest. You mean the statement propose...

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I think Chilton's dad owns Marussia or is a part owner?

Anyway that being the case if Senna had signed for Marussia then it would be Bianchi with no drive, so its good for F1 that he left.

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Bahrain

01. Alonso
02. Raikkonen
03. Vettel
04. Hamilton
05. Webber
06. Massa
07. Rosberg
08. Button
09. Di Resta
10. Grosjean

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Very unusual to hear a driver (or any sportsman) say someone else is the quickest driver. I dont think I can recall anyone saying someone was better than them, its usually the car. Personally i find Hamilton to be quite an honest person Really? Since you were googling earlier, did you find that he ...

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Amazing how this thread now turned to a discussion about how Vettel is the best driver instead. Vettel fans should be happy about what Lewis said, because it means Vettel doesn't have the best car, and if Vettel wins in Bahrain they can now step up with pride and talk about how awesome Vettel is wi...

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I don't think Vettel actually locked up (or did I not look good enough?), which was why he ran wide. Maybe locking up and turning in sooner could have been better, I don't know. As I said (and was explained on BBC), his approach to the corner was compromised through the overtaking of the Caterham a...

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I don't think Vettel actually locked up (or did I not look good enough?), which was why he ran wide. Maybe locking up and turning in sooner could have been better, I don't know. As I said (and was explained on BBC), his approach to the corner was compromised through the overtaking of the Caterham a...

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I don't think Vettel actually locked up (or did I not look good enough?), which was why he ran wide. Maybe locking up and turning in sooner could have been better, I don't know. As I said (and was explained on BBC), his approach to the corner was compromised through the overtaking of the Caterham a...

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