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LBET wrote:Good God. That didn't take long. This, and many other, forum(s) never cease to amaze me. Going from straight and level to augering in in just a few posts. Crike!

All it takes is a single troll.

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Eliminate the Fuel Flow restrictions - they don't permit enough fuel flow to even get the engines to their maximum RPM limit. Rules limit RPM to 15K and fuel flow restrictions are holding them to about 12K. There is already a maximum amount of fuel permitted - that is enough. The engine life require...

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Ground effects. Skirts were banned in F1 back in 1982 because of safety fears. The cars and circuits have evolved since to the point where, surely, this should be considered again. Voila - dirty air effect mitigated. Or magnified! Dirty air that won't permit airfoils to create proper downforce will...

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Max made a move of no probability and got the result such a move pays.

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I think it's something inbetween, they don't expect the drivers to be as quick as Verstappen but 5 tenths is too much, 3 tenths I think they would except? Obviously then in respect to Gasly they're seeing him as a bottom end F1 driver. It's not quali that's the issue so much it's how far he was fal...

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Behind Verstappen - all the RB and TR drivers are just the 'bum of the month'.

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With it coming from Renault I suspect it is 1000 broken horse power - and the horse has broken down.

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I think as long as we have cars producing dirty air behind them, then it is almost necessary. We even see cars with the use of DRS struggling to match the speed of the car in front sometimes. So I will probably say keep it, but only because there is a fundamental problem with these cars And no matt...

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Track limits CANNOT be a painted line.

Exceeding track limits must be self policing - a broken wing, a damaged floor, a spin through the grass, impacting a barrier.

If nothing gets broken or damaged and time is gained by the driver - it is not a track limit.

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Revolving Stewards only creates wildly different thoughts on the application of the rule and how they are to be applied. The same thing happens in Law. Different courts interpret and apply the same law differently. F1 needs to have the same Stewards at every event - at least, even if they are wrong,...

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How dare a driver actually make a RACING move in F1?

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Rosberg

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Wolves designing the hen house and all the security systems to 'protect' the hen house.

What a farce!

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Single element front and rear wings - ban barge boards and all the other mid-car tabs and vanes.

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In the interests of being green - do away with the ICE and install wind turbines! Speeds and noise might decrease a bit.

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It is called RACING for GOD's sake.

If it was called 'After you Lewis' it would be a proper call.

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McLaren underestimated what is required to be competitive at Indy. A common mistake for first time organizations (nobody currently with McLaren was with the team when they had the cars to beat, back in the 70's).

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Single element wings - front and rear. Get rid of all the barge board bits and pieces. If we have to have a Halo - it needs to be spec with no aero add on's. Get rid of the fuel flow restrictions to the ICE's. Get rid of the restrictions on the available electrical power use. Get rid of the 3 engine...

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Indeed but when F1 is judged to be boring because of the lack of overtaking that's mainly a product of the cars being so much faster than Indycars, Indycars being 14 seconds slower than F1 cars is probably mainly because of the crude aero which conversely allows the car to follow more closer and al...

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I too think the fast lap point has been a success, and I'm not sure I would mind even taking it a step forward, like get an extra point for: - pole position - highest top speed - most overtakes - fastest pit stop etc. etc. Since F1 is supposedly a Team activity - shortest cumulative pit time for TE...

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Races for paying spectators is a show! F1 in comparison to IndyCar is not putting on much of a show on track. F1 may have the highest tech in the engineering world - but as it gets displayed in a F1 race car what is the show that it puts on? F1 in its present form has all the show of the Macy's Than...

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If you are a businessman - do you want to do a start up with a man that is 88? Death is nearer than birth with him.

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There is not much racing going on in F1. Instead of 1st & 2nd separated by a few tenths of seconds, Bottas had almost a half minute cushion. He could of stopped in the pits and had a brew and still won! There wasn't much going on in the mid-field either. As it is, the best passing takes place in th...

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I look a Ricci as wrong car, wrong time.

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Do away with the fuel flow restrictions before you do anything about refueling!

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Keep in mind even with all the money they receive, Ferrari and Mercedes do not make profit from F1 venture in fact they make losses regularly. Only RedBull and some midfield teams do turn profit these days. The top teams are in F1 for completely different reason. Wait, what??!?!??? Ferrari receive ...

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Obviously Honda did not produce a top engine but McLaren were clearly at least equal to blame in fact I think they were more to blame, first of all they rushed Honda into F1 before they were really ready, Honda wanted to enter in 2016. They then forced design constraints upon the engine something t...

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Covalent wrote:I think Charlie is who they'll pay their respects to.

Didn't they give Charlie a 'minute of silence' at Australia?

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Yeah what I was a little surprised by is how many people actually cared for it, and cars that were on old tires were still setting fastest laps. A testament to this year's tires perhaps being a lot more durable than what Pirelli have had before. Ferrari didn't even bother though even though they ha...

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Asphalt_World wrote:Point for fastest pit stop next?

Shortest total pit time for lead lap finishers - especially when Mother Nature decides to use her fickle finger of fate.

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The top 3 and the bottom 1 are set. The middle 6 are open for competition.

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More money has to go to the bottom rank teams - if there are to remain 10 or more teams!

If you want 3 or 4 teams to be all that exist in F1 - continue the present distribution!

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According to this tweet Hamilton had floor damage. I assume they'll be able to work out how the damage happened. https://twitter.com/ChrisMedlandF1/status/1107192947190063104?s=19 I would be thinking he damaged it on his first lap in Q3 when he ran wide in the first corner losing 4 tenths to Bottas...

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How about a point for the shortest time in the pits for lead lap finishers?

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Wow, can't actually believe that the rookies get that little. But the cynic in me just wants to know how much tax they're paying and to which country!!! :p I don't believe the rookies get paid - their appearance is contingent on the 'sponsorship' money they bring to their teams. Not enough sponsors...

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If Lewis retains his interest in doing what is required to remain at the top of the F1 heap - he will end up with all the F1 records. If he doesn't his fall will be swift.

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He couldn't win in the last MB he drove.

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A pretty unremarkable race. I highly doubt that the McLaren is truly the best of the rest at the moment so I'll pick Alonso for showing the pace when it mattered to make his way up to 7th place. Checo in the 1st stint (when behind Ricciardo) was lapping the fastest after the top 6. Seems the upgrad...

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I remember when Michelin were a joke.... how times change. Wasn't that only because of the Indy debacle? I don't recall any complaints about the Michelins aside from Ferrari questioning their legality, Indy aside they were very good race tyres. Yes, I'd agree. I don't recall Michelin being seen as ...

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How about 32" with spinners!

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