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In dry conditions RB won't be in the mix regardless of the updates they bring, their only chance is with verstappen and some rain.

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This will be part of some marketing stunt for sure.

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Don't mean any offence to anyone that is really into their indy cars but man those things are ugly.

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No way alonso is going to sign on for a midfield team. Obviously he has made some bad decisions in the past but each time he believed he was going to a team that could potentially supply him a car capable of competing for a WDC. Under this engine formula, no customer team(RBR included) will ever wi...

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No way alonso is going to sign on for a midfield team. Obviously he has made some bad decisions in the past but each time he believed he was going to a team that could potentially supply him a car capable of competing for a WDC. Under this engine formula, no customer team(RBR included) will ever win...

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I have found the first 4 races quite boring as well. Ham couldn't get past Max in Australia which showed just how hard these cars are to overtake . (new tyres on a quicker car vs old tyres on slower car) Ignoring the start and opening lap, in dry weather I don't think we have seen a proper overtake...

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Incredibly dull racing, almost non existing wheel to wheel action, almost zero overtakes... the air turbulences are so huge that the drivers lose the grip even being 2 seconds behind. Should we go back to the narrower, smaller, 2016 cars? This is a serious question. Or else, what should be done to ...

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Great work by bottas, happy to see him win. Gotta say, my goodness that was a boring race though.

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Anyone have the sector times of the top 4 at hand? Even better would be the PB sector times as well as the sector times from their fastest laps, if there's a difference. Final laps: Vettel 33.764 31.922 27.508 1:33.194 Raikkonen 33.835 32.053 27.825 1:33.713 Bottas 33.645 32.050 27.676 1:33.371 Ham...

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Wohou! It's Vettel! Congrats to Vettel, Kimi and Massa, stars of the qualifications. It's a red first row! And Massa beating a RBR is sensational. Mercedes seems to be sinking compared to Ferrari who made a tremendous effort. Yes Massa is really driving well, carrying Williams by himself. If Kimi f...

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Going to be an interesting quali session, wonder how close the Mercedes can get with their oil burn button engaged in Q3?

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2016 Ferrari engine, not much more to add really. Doomed from the beginning.

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Oh dear, new spec engine(well i must say 'reportedly') and two laps https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/hond ... st-895362/

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Unfortunately, i have no choice but to watch the sky sports coverage. The hamilton love in towards the end was just unbearable, it was ridiculous.

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chrismscotland wrote:To be fair Button might as well do a few laps in a 1996 Honda Prelude to get a feel for the McLaren, its probably going to be about as quick and reliable as the F1 car...

lol that pretty much sums it up

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Why didn't Mercedes order lewis to give back the position to bottas once it became obvious he couldn't win? Don't get me wrong, i think it was the correct move at the time but it's it's almost an unwritten rule, you move aside for your teammate and if he doesn't achieve the goal that you moved aside...

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This pic perfectly sums up these three teams right now haha . Williams like hmm we are not sure yet, McLaren very sad and RBR a bit meh

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McLaren have officially announced button will drive at Monaco. Best of luck to him, hope he kicks some donkey.

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Ferrari appear to have brought a fairly comprehensive upgrade package to Bahrain: https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/ferrari-brings-major-upgrade-to-bahrain-gp-893523/ Geez they are not stuffing around. Hopefully Kimi and Bottas can lift their game and we get a real 4 way battle at the front, that ...

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Ferrari appear to have brought a fairly comprehensive upgrade package to Bahrain: https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/ferrari-brings-major-upgrade-to-bahrain-gp-893523/ Geez they are not stuffing around. Hopefully Kimi and Bottas can lift their game and we get a real 4 way battle at the front, that ...

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Can you add a "Bored out of his mind driving around an oval for 500 miles" option

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.. does this signal that the new owners of McLaren intend to move out of Formula One or expand to encompass other series? . I wouldn't be that shocked if they did completely leave F1 at some stage in near future, third year in now with this honda PU and they are getting nowhere. It just has to be h...

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"Potentially Max or Ric might even be his nearest challenger if Red Bull move in front of both Merc and Ferrari by the end of the year."

Renault won't catch ferrai let alone mercedes this season on the PU front.

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After this race I'm now convinced the Ferrari is the faster race car, Vettel stuck being Kimi n Ricciardo for over 15 laps and could still lap as fast as Hamilton once in clear air. While i really don't like sticking up for ham, he was in total cruise control for the entire race. He wasn't pushing ...

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How slow is bottas, that was embarrassing for him. Apart from a bit of whinging at the end, great drive by max. Don't think we even got to see the true pace of the mercedes, lewis was just in cruise mode the entire race and was never under threat

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Ham is just in cruise mode, vettel won't catch him

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Would like to see rbr up there too so we have a great 3 way battle but they are way off with both chassis and pu. Mercedes seem to have a very slight advantage still on the PU front but ferrari have a really well-balanced car. With a very high chance of rain, we could be in a for a real cracker of a...

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HillClimb wrote:Good Morning everyone
Just caught the end of practice, was it just an hour or was it extended to account for yesterday's lost sessions?

Just an hour

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This qualifying is going to be interesting, don't think there will be much in it up front with ferrari vs merc. Williams showing ok pace and rbr going to have a hard time getting both cars on the third row.

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http://www.news.com.au/sport/motorsport/formula-one/red-bull-videos-reveal-exactly-whats-wrong-with-rb13/news-story/7315afe003c0a990d8bebd749e3390a9 I'll raise my hand and admit that I was one of the many fans who assumed that Adrian Newey and co. would absolutely nail the new regulations perfectly...

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It certainly won't be happening this season, Monisha has already said no that ain't happening. Sauber are crazy if they go anywhere near that honda lemon regardless of the price. Honda are going to deploy, design number 3 later this season? This latest incarnation of the lemon has lasted one test an...

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moby wrote: On a personal note, I loved the intake howl with carbs

Me too

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I am not really sure what the OP is getting at, are you suggesting we should go back to Carburetors?

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There was nothing mercedes could do, the ferrari was simply a better package on the day. Hamilton chewed through his tyres alarmingly quick in that first stint. If he stays out, he would have most likely got undercut, he comes in and gets overcut, that result was inevitable imho.

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Not the start to the season RBR would have wanted, newey has designed a lemon, ranualt still behind the ferrari PU and pretty much one car in the race. Might be seeing a repeat of 2015 for them.

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I hate to say it but unless they freeze further development of that incredible PU that mercedes have its going to be the same as last few years and the same you will see this season, extremely boring races with Mercedes completely and utterly dominating unless they either A) crash B) mechanical brea...

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Hahaha! I just woke up and saw the devastation of Ferrari's hype-train derailment. I warned people that Merc were pulling a 2004 in testing but nobody believed me! Not quite. I've said from the start that I believed Mercedes were still ahead :-P Yep been saying it all along too, no one will catch m...

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Mercedes didn't run this so called trick suspension in every race anyway. Ferrari are clutching at straws if they think this was why Mercedes have been so dominant.

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Honda made good progress last year with reliability so it wouldn't shock me if they managed to improve it by a good step before Melbourne. Any reliability Honda achieved last season means very little because they redesigned the PU, you can chuck Renault in that boat too. Who knows what design flaws...

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Does this apply to ne teams coming into F1? Yes. If a new team joined & renault/ferrari/merc refused than honda have no choice as they supply the least. If say honda left f1 at the end of the season & all of a sudden both mclaren & new team x needed a PU & they all said no than the ballot happens b...

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