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On the days that Rosberg is on form and Hamilton is lacking, its certainly not unusual for Hamilton to still come away with the victory. A la Bahrain 2014. Everything went right for Nico that day except the start. The safety car came at the perfect time for him meaning he was on the faster tyre. Le...

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You described the space between them as "only one car fitted in the space between the Williams and the Ferrari". In the same sense as you did, I asked you if this was a euphemistical way of saying Kimi came from far behind. I mean, why get so hung up on the two car lengths thing? It was less, OK, w...

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I'd side with mas on this. On his day he has shown that he has the measure of Lewis. What he needs is more of those days. But they are very rare I disagree. Days when both Rosberg and Hamilton are on their top form, Lewis still has the edge. On the days that Rosberg is on form and Hamilton is lacki...

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My predictions for 30 years time: 1. We'll still be wondering whether Bernie will retire from being in charge or die in the job 2. The British GP will be under threat (still) 3. A bald, 60 year old BBC commentator called Lewis Hamilton will look absolutely ridiculous with all of his tattoos, and wil...

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f1newbie wrote:Where's the Maldonado option

Adding it now
Edit to add - *inaudible* - didnt realise it would reset the poll.

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mas wrote:Well that's alright then, you have your comfort blanket.

And its very warm and comfy thank you very much

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A split second difference in the braking points and F1 cars have a stupidly fast closing speed - hence going from several car lengths to less than one in no time at all. So either Bottas braked very early for the corner or Kimi braked far too late. Comparing brake points on previous laps, it certai...

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stevey wrote:I went 50 - 50 as that's an option but in reality its more like 70 - 30 with Bottas being the 30.

I wanted to make the poll quite clear cut - fault is one, the other or shared. No 60-40, 70-30 or 80-20s

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mas wrote:
angrypirate wrote:Right, thats it. Im doing a poll for this. Majority settles it
It settles nothing.

Does for me.

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Had the Williams not been there, the Ferrari would not have made the corner anyway. I don't agree. I know this has been debated to death on the other thread but I've seen no evidence that Kimi would have overrun. He wouldn't have the ideal line, but that's not the same thing So he would have passed...

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mas wrote:Most people have just looked at the end result and naturally assumed it was Kimi's fault just because he was behind when they both started turning. Group think.

Of course, we are all sheep and incapable of individual thought process and evaluation.

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A split second difference in the braking points and F1 cars have a stupidly fast closing speed - hence going from several car lengths to less than one in no time at all. So either Bottas braked very early for the corner or Kimi braked far too late. Comparing brake points on previous laps, it certain...

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Right, thats it. Im doing a poll for this. Majority settles it

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There has been much discussion on the race thread about this, with Mas absolutely certain its Bottas' fault and Fiki who is seemingly erring on a racing incident. Meanwhile all pundits appear to agree with the stewards. In fact, I have read a couple of articles which suggest a couple of pundits thin...

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I would like to see all the engines benchmarked by the FIA in terms of horsepower. The manufacturer of the most powerful engine would only get say, 8 tokens, then other manufacturers would get more depending on how far down on power they were relative to the best - ie this year Ferrari would be give...

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Putin (thinking): And the West call me a short ar$ed, psychopathic crazed despot dictator.....

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At every point Kimi was aiming for an open corner not intercepting/blocking Bottas's car. http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--_2deI-bR--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/1469376170616013741.gif The more I watch this gif on loop the more I see it as a reckless lunge. Its quite clear...

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OK - having seen enough of reasoned argument and sarcasm I might just plump for another approach: KIMI WAS 100% AT FAULT!!! WHAT PART OF THAT DO YOU NOT SEE??? I'll apologise now and exit, stage-left, before I resort to name-calling. Is this forum populated by emotional children ? Why? are you feel...

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I believe Kimi would have made the corner under control, if he didn't and still hit Bottas even if the latter had made room I would have been among the very first to slate him sharply for it. The only problem I had back then with Vettel's move at Australia was that it was not under control at the a...

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I believe Kimi would have made the corner under control, if he didn't and still hit Bottas even if the latter had made room I would have been among the very first to slate him sharply for it. The only problem I had back then with Vettel's move at Australia was that it was not under control at the a...

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I believe Kimi would have made the corner under control, if he didn't and still hit Bottas even if the latter had made room I would have been among the very first to slate him sharply for it. The only problem I had back then with Vettel's move at Australia was that it was not under control at the a...

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Can anyone who voted Hamilton as DOTD to give the reason?? PF1 Forum Thread: Lewis Hamilton driving like a god, says F1 legend Niki Lauda. I think I may have tracked down one of the culprits. I voted for Hamilton, alongside Vettel and Perez. I'll give you my reason: He won the race. Hamilton had a ...

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Covalent wrote:
HS Thompson wrote:The FIA made the perfect call handing Kimi a penalty. I hope the next time Kimi pulls a move like this the penalty is MUCH stiffer.
A much stiffer penalty would be a race ban, I dread to think what a MUCH stiffer penalty might mean

He could have been given points on his superlicense.

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Bottas turned direction into Raikonnen not the other way around which shows that whether you think Raikonnen was overall/mainly to blame Bottas is not completely blameless in this situation. Now Bottas is getting a pass with most people because he was leading in the corner and taking his normal cor...

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It was a wide enough corner for both of them to have made the corner and Ricciardo has managed such moves from that initial distance and Kimi was quicker than Bottas at the end. Bottas was also not clearly in front at their apexes where the rules say you have to leave space if their front is alongs...

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FFS

Thats all I have to say.

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Raikkonen's front wing was still more than a car length behind Bottas' rear wing when they were entering the braking zone of Turn 5. http://i.imgur.com/t5J1PKH.png Raikkonen was trying to dive-bomb Bottas in one of the shortest braking zones on the circuit from that kind of distance. It was never g...

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Voted for Hamilton, Vettel and Perez. Honorable mention to Bottas. Dunce of the day goes to Kimi.

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And Coultard saying paddock rumours suggest RB will have a Renault in the back of the car next season. Ha ha... back with their tail between their legs!! If that happens, so much for anybody ever believing another quit threat :lol: Well in that case, they have at least tried and lost nothing. Humbl...

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Clarky wrote:A vehicle went around ht tract around 6am Russian time and didnt realise until told it was leaking diesel or Hydraulic fluid.

Surely a diesel spillage will require resurfacing?

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With Renault it was always a partnership on the ERS side. So this isn't all down on Renault. No, I don't believe this is true. My understanding is that because Renault couldn't sort out the PU, RBR reallocated some of their resources to go work with Renault's people and try and help them out. But t...

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Honda have spent the last of their tokens in upgrading their engine which Alonso will be using this weekend. Not enough parts for Button as well tho. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/121198 Interesting to read that once again its around the ICE components and not the ERS, but it does soun...

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Anyone else miss the days when a team with a duff engine could bin it and stick a cheap Cosworth or Hart lump in the car instead? Yeh, Mclaren probably :D Its kinda sad that Pollocks Pure engines didnt take that place But did they or would they have had the recovery part of the PU as well? The engi...

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moby wrote:
DonkeyRhubarb wrote:Anyone else miss the days when a team with a duff engine could bin it and stick a cheap Cosworth or Hart lump in the car instead?
Yeh, Mclaren probably

Its kinda sad that Pollocks Pure engines didnt take that place

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It is probably all about options. Right now, Mclaren can go back to Merc or to Ferrari. I can not see Mclaren being happy to do either. I just cannot in my wildest imagination picture a McLaren-Ferrari Not while Ron is around anyway :] The real problem is that it might be impossible for any engine ...

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The Honda ICE is down on power on the Mercs and Ferrari by a reported 50-70hp. They claim to be 15-20 hp ahead of Renault. The issue they have is with the ERS. The amount of power you can deploy recovered from the MGU-K is limited by the regulations (120kW or 160hp), but the MGU-H isnt. Honda are st...

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Mmmmh people having short memories here? Thx to Michelin 10 years ago we had the fantastic US race with 6 drivers all running Bridgestone tires, so Schumacher and Ferrari avoided an otherwise winless season and Monteiro got a fantastic podium by beating his teammate and the Minardi drivers. https:/...

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Clarky wrote:The part that failed on Hamilton's car cost about £5

Reminds me - Im sure Damon Hill had a retirement once due to a failure of a part that cost 20p.

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When a full SC is put out, what speed to the cars have to drive at? Full speed until they catch the car? When a VSC is put out, the cars immediately switch to a slow speed count they? Monitored by the second by GPS? No. When a SC is put out they are given sector delta times which is their lowest al...

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There you go guys, a prime example of it now in Singapore. An awfully boring race that could've been spiced up with a normal SC, but no, now we dont even get this anymore. I would stand for dropping this Virtual SC crap. Most people want to watch a race, not a lottery. This VSC is exactly what F1 n...

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