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Oh Dear

Lewis loses his girlfriend and his Top Gear status in the same week*...

I wonder which will upset him more

*I know TG was filmed months ago

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Mallya demonstrating all the compassion and duty of care for a fellow competitor that he did for Kingfisher Airline employees...

Top bloke, in a 'Ridley Scott Alien' kind of way

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Hmmmm

Wonder if Button's new helmet implies he knows more about the livery that the cars will race in, as opposed to test in, this season

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McLaren Twitter: "Jenson's completed his installation lap. Now waiting for the track to dry a little."

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When he was with us in Formula 3, with Daniel Ricciardo, the qualifying between the two of them was almost 50/50. Daniel just edged Max, but there was almost nothing in it. So we know how quick Max is when he is in an environment and a team that can help him to do the job. Hmmmmm Just goes to show ...

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Nothing is ever new in F1,

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Chunky wrote:and there's not much technology they can transfer from the Prius into a race context

Notice the complete lack of an 'H' on the front of this Prius

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Relax, there's no imagery...

Just a statement that Honda have insisted on a change from chrome/silver as it's too associated with Mercedes

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edited especially for 'mds'

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But Whitmarsh later discovered that when Dennis signed Alonso he had indeed promised him priority status, only to go back on his word. Awww, so tasty, such a lovely nugget of information... Awww so gullible, such a lovely nugget of Benson invention This is Andrew Benson, chief Alonso acolyte, writi...

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ReservoirDog wrote:So if I understand it right, he got a Xmas gift hamper AND $157.08* for free?

Fixed

*at todays rate

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I'm not buying that Hamilton caused mechanical failures And I'm not buying that some drivers are unlucky... Some drivers are mechanically sympathetic, some are not, Chris Amon was as fast as any driver in his era but his cars broke so often and so regularly that it could not be co-incidence. Compar...

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BBC Ticker

No story yet

She will have at least 2 practice sessions at races and drive at tests

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f81 wrote:If he was just better at handling difficult cars...

You mean like the 2014 Mercedes

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In the five F1 seasons that have been raced under the 25 pts for a win scoring system (*including this season with double points removed), Hamilton had Button as a team mate for 3 and Rosberg as a team mate for 2 Hamilton leads Rosberg 2-0 having winning margin percentages of 12.7% & 9.50% Hamilton ...

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Formula One - $1.5bn annual revenue, suggested market capitalisation $12bn, if it ever reaches IPO :uhoh: Facebook - $6.6bn annual revenue, actual market capitalisation $208bn One of these companies is a serious business with a proven revenue stream, the other is a joke, full of convicted fraudsters...

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Strange then, that the BBC article leads with a photo of a Williams

Think of it as your license fee in action

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While I'm hesitant to refer to any F1 driver as being/having been "slow" (I bet even Chilton goes bloody quick), I'd throw in David Walker in 1972. Team-mate to Emerson Fittipaldi. Fittipaldi's season: Five wins, two second places, one third, three pole positions in 12 races. Champion. Walker's sea...

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So

Alonso to Williams for 2015 and the title

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Moving to Ferrari is probably the best decision Vettel's advisors could make, he is still the current world champion, he remains four times world champion and they have cashed in on this status thus maximising the financial return before that earning potential is further reduced... Everyone inside a...

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Assuming it is true my first feeling is (somehow) disappointment! I would have liked to have seen Ricciardo stuff Vettel and Alonso stuff Kimi for one more year. ;) Whatever happens Ferrari will likely be consigned to upper mid-field mediocrity for the next few seasons, there's been too much turmoi...

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If this were NASCAR, the FIA would find a way to force Mercedes to take extra engines, gear boxes and ERS systems at the last race so that both cars have to start from the back of the grid...

That'll provide interest from the first lap to the last

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We all know that Bernie wants 6 x 3 car teams to pad the grid so he can stop supporting what he terms the 'basket cases' but the teams themselves are unhappy because scaling a team from 2 to 3 cars will cost more than 150% of two cars for obvious reasons, e.g. 2 cars + spares fit in one transporter,...

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If you want to feel old about Max Verstappen, Pokemon is older than he is. As is the Harry Potter series. Tom Kristensen won Le Mans before he was born and Princess Diana was killed a month before he was born. Bah! If I want Max to make me feel old all I have to do is think about how my son is 8 ye...

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Faast Wun GP

here's my logo

The sponsor links are in the team name

This works on so many levels! Can you imagine Bernie's face?

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The CWM LCR Honda Team is pleased to officially announce that Australian rider Jack Miller will compete with them in the 2015 MotoGP™ World Championship riding the Honda RC213V-RS Open Specification bike. The 19-year-old racer from Townsville, who is currently leading the Moto3™ World Championship,...

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Bernie NEVER watches a GP on publicly available TV (FTA & PPV) just as he has no personal interaction with social media, it's an age thing. He does not & will not EVER understand how much more rewarding immersing oneself in interactive media at a sporting event can be as compared to just passive obs...

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Damon Hill first drove a current F1 car aged 32, he was 34 when he first raced one and 35 when Schumacher thought enough of him to take him out, his last F1 win came at age 38 Fangio's first F1 race came at age 39, his last win at age 46, in between he won 24 of 52 F1 races contested At 34 Button is...

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tmzxaar wrote:After the events in Spa regarding the Merc drivers, data sharing should STOP.

Absolutely agree, especially sharing to the public

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Moved here at a Mod's request Vijay Mallya has been declared a 'willful defaulter' in India, as such he has the same status there as a bankrupt in Europe, he can't raise any money through Indian markets. Article Link So of Force India's co-owners, one is in jail, the other has been declared a 'bankr...

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Alonso to Extend Ferrari Contract Beyond 2016

BBC wrote:"Talk of other teams has never come from me, it's always the opposite," the two-time world champion said.

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"Talk of other teams has never come from me, it's always the opposite," the two-time world champion said. Article link More fun, sport and amusement for the silly season/Mclaren/Button merry-go-round Incidentally, Vijay Mallya has been declared a 'willful defaulter' in India, as such he has the sam...

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What are the lessons learnt from Britneygate? Hamilton can't trust Rosberg on track, Rosberg can't trust Hamilton off track Rosberg is 'harder' than Mercedes thought while Hamilton, though faster than Rosberg, is not 'necessary' for Mercedes to win a WDC Who is the big loser in all of this? IMO Hami...

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The drivers should be left to get on with racing and sort out any differences off track behind closed doors and on track with their ability Given what happened at Mclaren with the telemetry issue I would be astonished if Hamilton's contract did not contain a disciplinary clause regarding the leaking...

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Look on the bright side, at least this incident confirms that even at 17 Max Verstappen will not be the most immature driver on the grid next season, if it were possible for a 5 year old to reach an F1 cars pedals, then and only then would Hamilton face some competition

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steoc4 wrote:But you have to look at the facts before you dismiss Vettel's efforts

Indeed

If you go back to F3, the last time Vettel had a competitive team mate, he responded in the same way, pushing beyond the limits of the car and himself. Who was his team mate that comfortably beat him? Di Resta

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How can a team punish their own driver?

Tongue in cheek I could suggest get him Hamilton as a team mate

Wonder if there's any chance of Mercedes swapping Hamilton for Button? Might suit both teams

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