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Attack on Vettel came too late. I’ve said it before but I think Mercedes are strategically vulnerable when the pressure is on. Governed entirely by timing screens and not what’s actually observable on track. The race was there to be won today and they dropped it.

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That Mercedes couldn’t follow a cement bag let alone a race car.

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1. Vettel doing what he does best. Took the lead at the first corner and, barring any surprises in the race, the win was nailed on. Probably the best driver in the field for leading from the front, but it’s telling how comfortable it becomes when Hamilton and Verstappen are out of contention, throug...

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So Vettel is fine as long as Ham, Max and Ric aren’t competitive

And Bottas is poor

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My attention has well and truly switched to McLaren and Red Bull till end of the season. Really excited to see what they’re testing for next year. To have Alonso Ric and Max in the mix is mouthwatering.

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Has anyone seen the Japan driver briefing? If you haven't check this beauty out at 3:14

I love how he has no comeback either. Just like his title hopes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPr5khO86Eg

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Curious that Max asks if he can overtake Hamilton due to him being a championship contender but dives down the inside of Vettel at every opportunity. Vettel has made an enemy in the wrong place in Max IMO, not that it matters now but that may well have proved decisive in the championship. I feel Ma...

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So it’s been established in another thread that component switching can’t happen between cars. Might they have popped Vettel in the other car instead?

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Amazes me the levels of stupidity that appear on the Internet Component and car switching has occurred many times before, sometimes without the knowledge of the driver. Therefore to label the question as 'stupidity' is naive. But I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you don't know f1 h...

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I was quite prepared to chalk this up as bad luck / coincidence that Kimi suffers a failure as soon as the car rolled out of the garage this morning, but then I watched that Ferrari engineer bumbling about the difference between the two 'separate' failures on their cars and it sounded unconvincing. ...

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I rate Alonso higher than Vettel and Hamilton. Hamilton and Vettel have both been prone to silly errors throughout their careers, and have also benefitted from either class of the field or top 3 cars for most seasons. Granted Alonso has made some bad decisions, but we're not assessing those here. Ve...

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Stupid stupid Mercedes. They just voluntarily increased Vettel's championship lead. I thought everyone would be able to put partisan feelings aside for a moment and applaud sportsmanship when most people thought the swap-back won't happen. Evidently not. :uhoh: Tell me, what does the 'sportsmanship...

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Stupid stupid Mercedes. They just voluntarily increased Vettel's championship lead. I thought everyone would be able to put partisan feelings aside for a moment and applaud sportsmanship when most people thought the swap-back won't happen. Evidently not. :uhoh: Tell me, what does the 'sportsmanship...

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Stupid stupid Mercedes. They just voluntarily increased Vettel's championship lead.

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Rumours are that it's Alonso to Merc for one season alongside Hamilton, and Alonso will be driving for free. He doesn't need the money, and to get the best driver in the world for free is a stellar deal for an organisation questioning their continued financing of an F1 team. Also, saving them £25m g...

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I was actually getting into this race, then I realised that you can drive like a God all race and end up last, and drive like a punk and end up winning. Completely in the lap of the Gods. Nothing like F1 or Le Mans.

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Maybe Honda should spend a little less time making those disreputable walking robots and more time working on their engine reliability. With all the attention Alonso has here it makes them look so, so bad.

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Merc are panicked. Car looks awful and they're not used to the pressure. No sand bagging here they are genuinely in trouble. Laura's face said it all. Damage limitation weekend and they'll need to focus on getting ahead of Kimi. Vettel is out of sight.

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Toto isn't going to designate his Merc driver pick as number two driver status after only three races. And neither should he. Hamilton is just one blown engine away from potentially falling behind Val in the points table. And we saw last season how much Hamilton stresses his engines to the point of...

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Congrats to Ferrari. A fantastic job done over the winter, and it's starting to feel like a Schumi-Mika slug from days gone by. Awesome for F1. Vettel is Ferrari's man. The decision has been made to back him for the title after Australia, perhaps even before a wheel turned in anger this year. That m...

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I suspect Nico didn't complain because he was the one who requested it. Oh, and as someone who worked as an engineer in British GT and then the Le Mans series for 3 years I know a thing or two about team mechanics and setup, and a switch like this is a big deal :D[/quote] So in other words, you have...

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Can't help but think this will be significant in the off season, and might end up being short sighted by Mercedes. Switching a Champions mechanics and/or engineers is unprecedented, regardless the reasons for doing it. Hamilton was obviously not in favor of the switch, and he should rightly feel ag...

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Can't help but think this will be significant in the off season, and might end up being short sighted by Mercedes. Switching a Champions mechanics and/or engineers is unprecedented, regardless the reasons for doing it. Hamilton was obviously not in favor of the switch, and he should rightly feel ag...

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Can't help but think this will be significant in the off season, and might end up being short sighted by Mercedes. Switching a Champions mechanics and/or engineers is unprecedented, regardless the reasons for doing it. Hamilton was obviously not in favor of the switch, and he should rightly feel agg...

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Was Alonsos car there? Irrelevant. Did Rosberg lift? Irrelevant.

The only thing here to consider is precedent. If this lap is allowed to stand the field is being told that it's ok to go purple under double yellows. A dangerous precedent to set...

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Was it not for the high profile driver involved, and instead them some rookies, it would be clear that if the door is closed, you brake. Also, hitting a driver in front while coming from behind is a no-no. Can't see anything what would make Rosberg even partially guilty, he had all rights for a def...

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I think there might be more to come out of this - I'm curious about Rosberg's engine setting. If he was 180bhp down and went into derate as Sky estimated, how the bloody hell did he overtake Lewis at the start?! Lewis' start wasn't great, but it wasn't a disaster. Have Rosberg and his engineering te...

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He's rumoured to be bringing a device from his parent company to trick the FIA fuel flow sensors

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Not setting out for a debate here, just making a comical observation. Watching the race today and in particular the continuing struggles of McLaren Honda, I was thinking about what evidence we have that indicates McLaren can turn this around. Engine problems aside, I don't think they are capable of ...

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[quote="mikeyg123 If you black flag cars that may be dangerous you may as well black flag every driver who says his tyres are feeling a bit worn. Is black flagging the *only* option? Is is simply impossible to mention to the team that their tire pressures are low. Is this absolutely impossible? Exa...

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This is fascinating. I can't wait to see where all the engines end up. I think Honda is a dead horse, and I have done for a while. I have a sneaky feeling McLaren might go back to Merc if Renault buy Lotus. They would be able to 'outbid' Manor easily for the privilege. I think the situation at McLar...

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Following the Monza tyre pressure fiasco, and as alluded to in the Good Race Bad Race article on PF1, Jo Bauer has a lot to answer for and should in my opinion be disciplined (For all we know he may already have been). The reason Pirelli implemented the pressure rule was safety. Upon realising that ...

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When I started a thread a few weeks' back about it being a mistake for McLaren to switch from Merc, I was vilified by the forum, many of whom said, " you cannot win the title with a customer car". Now Red Bull are seriously considering it, and wouldn't be doing it if they didn't think they could win...

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Mr Arai's comments do not support your statement. http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2015/08/honda-f1-boss-admits-job-is-on-the-line-as-mclaren-under-sponsor-pressure-over-poor-results/ Seems like his comments support my statement exactly. In the very first line in fact: "Honda F1 engine boss Yasuhisa A...

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Having read the interview with Eric Boullier where he said "McLaren want to win tomorrow, Honda want to win sometime", I cast my mind back a few weeks to when I read Richard Branson's autobiography. In it he spoke about the Japanese attitude to stock investments, and how they are always long term, a...

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I wouldn't place the term 'bad luck' alongside anything to do with Lewis Hamilton. He's a good looking, 30 year old, multi-millionaire, Monaco home owner, soon to be 3 x word champion who's spent the best years of his life climbing on one of the most beautiful women in the world (probably a few time...

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It is refreshing to see a Nico revival, although I fear over the season Hamilton has too much for him. Nico has taken 3 wins but they have come at the older European tracks where it is notoriously difficult to overtake, and require a more 'technical' approach. Once we hit silverstone onwards I expec...

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I don't get all the comments about not winning as a customer. Is it not Williams' goal to win the constructors? Did they not out qualify the merc last year and get close in some races? McLaren could have certainly pushed beyond Williams. Even so, when did McLaren last win the constructors as your co...

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1. Wasn't the deal announced in 2013? Before we knew Merc was the best engine. 2. Moving away from Merc was the right decision if they wanted to challenge for titles at some point. Just like Red Bull moved away from Ferrari when they started moving towards the sharp end of the grid. I don't know wh...

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