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Wasn't a fan of his commentary however everything else he did was top notch.

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Jezza13 wrote: I'm still wondering how the hell he managed that so quickly.

It caught me by surprise that it was as if he took a short cut somewhere!

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Red Bull completely dropped the ball today with strategy. They had to pit before Lewis and just got complacent. Shameful. I don't know about that - it's a bit harsh in my opinion. Remember how fast Lewis caught Max before he was pitted it was like he was teleported to the back of Max's car from now...

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Maybe he peaked too early and needs a change of scenery to reinvigorate himself. Leclerc as a teammate is going to be a disaster for Vettel as he (in my opinion, of course) has the credentials to become an F1 champion so he (Leclerc) will only be getting better. Tough position to be in. He's a veter...

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I really enjoyed the race so much close racing it was impossible for the TV director to keep up! I don't believe Bottas would have been able to resist Hamilton today but the safety car put paid to any chance of a fight so we'll never know. Gutted for Vettel but it was his misjudgement I don't believ...

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Siao7 wrote: On a separate note, wow, this is a blast from the past, haven't seen you around for a while!

Haha, thank you it certainly has been a while! Nice to see some familiar usernames still posting.

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Why join him when you might be able to beat him from where you are in a year or two? Why join him when you might be able to replace him in 3 years? I think Max has faith in what Red Bull and Honda are doing and, I honestly agree with him. They are having an excellent first year all things considere...

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Invade wrote:
jeffw wrote:And a shame we will never see Lewis -vs- Max head to head in the same car.
I wouldn't write off that possibility just yet...

Might happen too late if it does though - would be nice if it was when Hamilton was still in his prime.

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One of the most exciting race weekends for a long time and what a great race it turned out to be despite my team not winning!

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Steve Jones has been becoming very annoying on the Channel 4 coverage for a while now - thought he was okay at first but now seems like he's trying too hard to be funny - a bit like what happened with Jake Humphreys. Rest of the C4 team are solid though. Always find it strange that they find these t...

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Initially the Honda chassis clears Leclerc's cockpit area. But contact with Ricciardo initiated a clockwise rotation of Alonso, so that the right front wheel was moving backwards relative to Leclerc. When the wheel made contact with the Halo, it was not moving forward, but backwards and directly to...

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I suppose you have to consider Stewart is a former team owner and maybe he was wearing that hat a little when he saw the gamesmanship between team mates being played out when he made those comments plus the fact in his day, there was much less margin for error and misjudgement so deliberately bunch...

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Bit late to the party here but as a non-Sky subscriber I take what I can get and enjoyed the C4 coverage. I did miss Brundle and being able to watch all the races live of course - but it was, for me, better than the BBC coverage during the last few years. I think this is down to Jake Humphreys becom...

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Two things I took from that. 1) It made the race a hell of a lot more interesting! 2) It proved to me that Rosberg deserved the championship as he had to fight for that 2nd place and absorbed an enormous amount of pressure Fair play to both Hamilton and Rosberg - both played their cards well in that...

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Everyone needs a bit of luck to win a championship, but Hamilton fans praying for bad things to happen to Nico is terrible. Let them fight it out on the track and see who is the best man. The only way Hamilton can win it this year is for Rosberg to have bad things happen to him - it's just fans bei...

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I thought he was unlucky today - in hindsight it's easy to criticise but Rosberg left a gap initially. Perhaps he was also doubly unlucky it was Rosberg's indestructible car he hit as well!

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Vettel for me - wonderful sense of humour.

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Luckily the championship is not decided by these standards. Luckily, the question has nothing to do with the championship. Rosberg seems like a bit of a personality vacuum even though he speaks my native language very well - Vettel is the opposite in this respect. I'd probably go with Bottas though...

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Every time Rosberg got within DRS Hamilton was able to open the gap again - he also said he was on his last engine and Rosberg had a couple left so was deliberately doing just enough. The only thing I didn't understand was the radio message after he put the softs on when he said he was struggling fo...

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I was just going by the fact that he seemed to speed back up after being given the advice and yes I think he could have held onto third place anyways. Not so sure you know - it was the mode change that enabled him to finish - 7th gear was knackered but without the mode change, he was done for. No w...

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Covalent wrote:If that's allowed then maybe telling a driver to skip a gear should also be?

He was instructed to switch a mode as well.

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Andy2402 wrote: Feel sorry for Nico perhaps of his team hadn't told him about 7th gear he might have figured that out himself

Would he have figured out switching the mode though?

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trento wrote:I remembered Schumi didn't fare better against Clarkson in a reflex game.

According to Eddie Irvine, Schumacher didn't have particularly good reflexes.

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I've been reading left and right, and so far I still draw a blank as to why the stewards used the reasoning they did, without explaining which rules they refer to. It could easily have been the second part of the incident where Rosberg ran right up to the white line leaving less room for Hamilton w...

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Rosberg was punished for failing to leave "racing room". But, look at the picture, Lewis still has plenty of room, and steers into Rosberg. http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/live-experience/cps/480/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2016/7/3/tweet-749601578450059265-2.jpg Not sure which corner Rosberg was steering f...

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Had to have been a car issue - he can usually hold his own in the wet.

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Gutted for him - not only did the rain negate his tyre advantage after qualifying on the super softs giving him a stronger tyre to begin the race on, the pit stop then the chain of virtual safety cars hamstringed him as well. In spite of all of that, he was all over Hamilton towards the end of the r...

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mas wrote: it did require an opponent who was awake to be aware of it and act accordingly.

This is futile - have a nice stay in cloud cuckoo land.

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Bottas just assumed the corner was his and did not bother to look for Kimi's car and the move was several seconds in play. Kimi saw a gap and he went for it, the other guy was just not paying attention. Kimi has often had to sharply back off when the same move has been done on him, see Vettel at Au...

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Quark wrote:Bottas being an idiot again , he cost Kimi the podium.

Care to explain why you are blaming Bottas for this?

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F1Tyrant wrote: At least he did admit it. Where is Prost's confession to turning in on Senna at Suzuka in 1989? That move was just as bad IMO.

Let's not get carried away here! Not even close! Blimey.

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Didn't have a problem with him personally but he seemed to get a kick out of winning "the internet". One lasting memory would be the phrase "straw man".

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F1Tyrant wrote:It was a few years before I was an avid fan, but Silverstone 2009 where Hamilton and Alonso had a close fight for 15th which Alonso won and finished 14th with Heidfeld poaching 15th from Hamilton.

I was at that race saw that duel first hand the fans were loving it.

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I think Hamilton should've left him room. They were almost level in the corner and Hamilton ran a bit wide into that corner aswell just to force him slightly ahead on Rosberg. I dont think this is fair racing. Lets leave that to the stewards to decide..You know,, the ones who have all the angles an...

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I think Hamilton should've left him room. They were almost level in the corner and Hamilton ran a bit wide into that corner aswell just to force him slightly ahead on Rosberg. I dont think this is fair racing. Lets leave that to the stewards to decide..You know,, the ones who have all the angles an...

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I haven't used either game with a controller I've been using a Thrustmaster TX wheel. I've turned down the force feedback a lot as it's brutal on Project Cars and on Forza 6, is much improved over 5. This is purely to increase the life expectancy of the wheel! I still can't justify the expense of b...

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I always find the races are too short in addition to the top 3 issue - have to be mega aggressive on the first lap which I don't like I try to be the gentleman racer! My Spa time is a bit naff at the moment I am struggling with the pick-up in first and second gear (I am also using the Thrustmaster T...

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I think Hamilton could have got 3rd at best - great drive by Vettel though Forza Ferrari!

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Just a bump for Forza 6 - and Sinstorm, please stop beating my Spa time in the Lotus!!!

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I haven't used either game with a controller I've been using a Thrustmaster TX wheel. I've turned down the force feedback a lot as it's brutal on Project Cars and on Forza 6, is much improved over 5. This is purely to increase the life expectancy of the wheel!

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