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Bottas was at fault but racing incident would have been more than acceptable.

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Racing in the midfield was good as usual at Bahrain when considering the past few seasons. The problem with F1 is the tire/fuel limitation gimmick that does not allow the drivers to push, and makes every race a mathematical competition between engineers crunching numbers at their pulpits. Nothing a...

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Grosjean and Vandoorne.
A mention for Kimi as well but I did not vote for him because of the start other than that a great drive from him.

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It was a tabloid piece of journalism from Herbert but in an ideal world Alonso should have had a word in private. I'd hate to end up scanning media for negative comments and reacting to it. Your record should speak for itself. But we are human and if I was in Alonso's shoes I probably would have had...

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Many of my friends (mostly in their 40's) are now availing of various methods of watching sport on mobile devices. Not one of them feels they are doing anything remotely illegal - it is there and you would be stupid not to use it and feel if it was illegal it would be stopped. It is like anything if...

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Has it affected a terminal decline in cricket, football, darts ETC? Football is almost an exception as it is so massively popular. But having said that there is still quite a lot of football available free to air (champions league (in Ireland anyway), some cup matches, some Europa league, World cup...

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Personally I felt that the previous (now current seemingly) qualifying format was boring and I had stopped tuning in. The reason for this was Mercedes domination so it mainly came down to whether it was Lewis or Nico on pole. I did not care much as Lewis is so much better that he would win most race...

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If having thrown EJ, Joey from friends and Chris Evans together and create chemistry and a good TV show, it will be a miracle above miracles. Everything about it smells of desperation. They should have scrapped it and went in a slightly different direction. It was the chemistry between JC, JM and RH...

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To help launch the coverage Channel 4 are doing a 'Speed with Guy Martin F1 Special' on March 17th 9pm (GMT).
In it he will race David Coulthard in a red bull with a Tyco BMW motor bike.
Could be interesting.

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http://www.crash.net/f1/news/228368/1/tost-not-expecting-any-ferrari-upgrades.html Aside from highlighting that the Toro Rosso will only be going backwards as the season progresses, the following caught my eye: Asked if Toro Rosso might be able to switch to the 2016-spec engine at some point this y...

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I'm looking forward to it. They will certainly be enthusiastic and sell it well I'd guess.

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Money, simple as.
It is generally hard to adjust whatever lifestyle you are used to. Despite not needing the money it is probably alarming to see the bank balance eroding with nothing going in. Also a TV profile keeps you noticed and can continue or lead to sponsorships or adverts etc.

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Well, I've just read a report on the press conference she's given today about failing a drug test. Now I don't think I'm falling for a story hear, but it really does sound like an innocent mistake. The drug was only banned from 1st Jan this year and is found in common medication available for docto...

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http://gptoday.com/full_story/view/555520/Alonso_confirms_near_HamiltonFerrari_swap_for_2015_F1/ He basically says there was an offer for Hamilton swapping with Alonso at the end of 2014. He says Hamilton might not have known, and Ferrari wasn't interested. So won't that imply: 1. That Mercedes wan...

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As much as I dislike smoking in general, I'm actually of the opinion that neither one should be banned. So long as the consumption of alcohol or the practice of smoking aren't outlawed, I don't see a good reason for the advertising of those things to be. It's not as if people aren't already well aw...

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Alcohol companies are quite adept at targeting children as future customers. One way they do this is through sport.
Betting companies have gladly taken up the slack in some sports.

The problem is most sports desperately need sponsorship and funding.

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I do not think that anyone should be tied down to any particular colour. But there should some understanding that cars should not be too similar. If for example Renault do persist with a mostly black car then either McLaren or Renault (or both if they cannot agree) should be requested to introduce a...

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Clearly inspired from the thread Vettel saying driver should matter more than the car. So what if everyone was driving the same package, let's say a chassis built by Dallara and engines developed by Cosworth. What are the pros and cons? Pros: Well assuming that reliability stays high and drivers ca...

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Yes, as there are many superior closed cockpit options for motorsport enthusiasts.
It would be the end of F1 in a very limited time.

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I doubt they are over paid. I know it looks it from the outside. The ones that are getting big wages probably generate big revenue through sponsorship and media interest and exposure. The market finds its own level. If there were 100 Alonsos or Hamiltons out there they would be getting paid consider...

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I don't find it boring. Things aren't perfect right now of course but I enjoy the sport more now than I did a decade or so ago. What is becoming boring however is this constant moaning that F1 is boring, usually from prominent paddock figures who have an ulterior motive hiding behind their words. I...

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How many ex f1 drivers get to have there two pence worth before it stops becoming news worthy? It's getting extremely boring. Maybe the question that should be asked is "how many ex F1 drivers (and fans, past & current) have to get their two pence worth before it actually GETS newsworthy and someth...

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I'm sure adequate testing would resolve the issues pointed out in the posts so far.
Another possible downside would be the end of any type of wet race would it not? I do not see a way to remove spray except speed.

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In season testing and development, proper tyres and severely limited communication. Give them a fuel gauge and temp gauges and let them manage their own races.

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Safety.

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Artists depiction I'd sadly guess but looks fabulous.

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Amon wrote:Depends of course how popular F1 will remain and if it can survive that long...

That is my fear also.
This article smacks of rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

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The races covered by channel 4 live have been announced in the past few hours: http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/channel-4-announces-2016-live-formula-1-races Great to see there will be no ad breaks during the live races. Also delighted that the Belgian and Italian GP's on the list as well as...

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A complete slap in the face this morning. I had no idea he was even ill.
RIP, a true legend.

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Well made and funny post.

Unfortunately though most top sports in the modern era have gained audiences through television and ticket sales (unlike F1).

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After 40 years + of watching F1 (and never missing a race) I have finally admitted to myself that it is now so boring time has come to move on. The Senna/Prost years at McLaren were bad enough but the dominance of Mercedes the past few sessions, with no prospect of change, is too much for me – I mi...

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I think the Kylo Ren thing was well done in the movie. He is far from the finished article, relatively young and still emotional. He is being doubted by his Master. He is a 'fan boy' so to speak of Darth Vader. He is in short raw and volatile. He has potential to be extremely powerful if trained pro...

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I went for 2006. It is close enough as some of the above posts have pointed out very well.
But if you could transplant the 2006 into the current formula, for all its flaws, I would be looking forward to the new season more than I am.

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I would imagine most of BBC f1 crew will be brought in by channel 4 or be snapped up by sky. I am also betting that channel 4 can't stay away from adverts every 15 mins which will ruin the show and personally will cement me watching it on skyf1 I cant imagine anyone snapping up the remains of the B...

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I just seen it for the second time and enjoyed it even more so than the first. I think I was trying to take in every single detail on the screen every second on the first viewing. It is designed to be a roller coaster ride of action an emotion. It delivers perfectly. My nephews (12 and 9 years of ag...

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It used to be that the BBC was public service broadcasting which meant it's remit was to include a varied and educational set of programmes. It showed a lot of wildlife programmes, but also the major Football, Rugby, Tennis, Golf and F1 events. Unfortuately SKY came along and took it all away and n...

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F1 (and a lot of its fans!) have been guilty of living in an insular bubble for too long. We have been pontificating about the technological marvels the cars have become. It is now clearly an engineer led sport rather than a driver led sport. We have been naval gazing so long we did not notice the w...

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Red Bull are pushing through the 2017 regs, when Horner was quizzed will these make it even harder for cars to overtake he answered well it will not make it easier but maybe we could increase the DRS? After your 'Pat Symonds' claim, I think i will take that one with a grain of salt. I'm also suspic...

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andrewinwork wrote:
Kev627 wrote:If Lewis were to leave where is he most likely to end up?
Not Ferrari
Not Red Bull
Not McLaren
Nascar?

Why not Ferrari?

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I seen him (on TV) and heard him (on Radio) recently and he came across as a well balanced, intelligent and interesting person.
But he was trying to sell his book. So who knows?

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