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They have some terrible customers don't they? At least one reportedly not paying their invoices, two in deep financial trouble and at the back of the grid, and the third bitching about them and talking about building their own. Williams have been celebrating dumping them. The current PU's are very e...

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Well it reads to me like Toto was just saying 'it wasn't the pitstops, honest'. He was also saying Lewis wasn't slower. But really Lewis was up to 4th so quickly, and Nico was behind another car as well, so Toto's argument is rather PR if you ask me. Though being behind was decisive in the end. Anyw...

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Not sure how to choose between Hamilton, Alonso and Ricciardo. What basis is there? This is 'fastest', not 'most consistent'. How fast are their teammates?

What would happen if they all swapped cars for 3 races? If only...

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Again your ignoring the point of the post, I'll ask the question again in addition to answering yours. How can you justify basing how someone will be remembered on 2.67% of their overall race results ... or is you ignoring the point your way of admitting you cant? It's only 2.67% if you pretend tha...

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It's hard to remember some of the accolades at the end of last year. Senna. Better than Senna. Best of all time. One thing is these 8 races get added to those in 2012 when his blown exhaust was taken away for a few races and Webber was faster. So given that EBD's are gong to stay gone I think he's f...

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Assuming Mercedes finish 1-2 the rest of the season. I believe i'm right in thinking Rosberg needs to finish in front of Hamilton 4 times in 11 races to win the title. Whoever wins it will be the correct champion. You can call luck this that and the other but eventually at the end of the year you c...

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I think it may be worth while using F1's own producer/director for TV. The same team throughout the season and someone who understands F1. Several times in te last few GP I have groaned when we could all see something interesting about to happen and we are suddenly watching a spectator scratch thei...

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I think it may be worth while using F1's own producer/director for TV. The same team throughout the season and someone who understands F1. Several times in te last few GP I have groaned when we could all see something interesting about to happen and we are suddenly watching a spectator scratch thei...

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If lewis and nico's first pit stop times were reversed today Lewis would have won the race no if thats luck or down to the driver or the team i dont know but something at the time i knew would cost him the race win 'Swings and roundabouts', what about the pits stops in the last race. In Canada Lewi...

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mikeyg123 wrote:
Today was one of the rare times Lewis lost graciously.

Lewis normally loses graciously.

Chaincase

I think Williams are accelerating operationally as key new people start to make a difference. Bottas still improving. I reckon Red Bull need to watch out too.

Chaincase

Surely Williams should say to their guys, don't race each other, they need these points so bad if they hit each other it will be a disaster. I'm not usually an advocate of team orders, but in this case... Yeah they can't undermine either driver though. I think they have to let it happen. Tell them ...

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is it just me - or this whole thing about the 'show' getting a bit ridiculous. The show seems pretty good already - in fact better than its ever been? The only slight mistake I think they made is engine freeze - which means Merc has a season long advantage - and double points - which cheapens the s...

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Seanie wrote:
Chaincase wrote:Free To Air
This would actually solve a lot of the ratings problems.

Bernie was always very definite about the necessity of FTA. In fact he said losing it would be a nightmare and wrote it into the Concorde Agreement...

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Free To Air

Chaincase

Massa can be mysteriously quick and is good defensively, but doesn't really have the mentality of a winner as we saw in Canada. Alonso toasted him. I'm not surprised Frank wasn't expecting too much. Bottas really needs to start beating him.

Chaincase

Seems to me a lot of the PU is bought in these days. They need the right suppliers then they need to program it, and Red Bull have been programming for Renault. And the Big Time means your own PU, brand wise, doesn't it? So I can see it as a possibility. They can explore it, and develop some project...

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How times have moved on from when Massa was ridiculed for having Smedley tell him what Alonso was doing different to go quicker I don't think i saw anyone saying Massa is crap for talking to his engineer on how to go faster. In Oz a few years ago Brundle was pretty amazed when we heard Smedders exp...

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Woah! Missed FP1 due to work. Tuned initio FP2 and bootee! Looks like production company finally got its hardware right to pickup the low frequency noise of these engines. This sounds great. I wondered if it was indeed the microphones that are being used that were the cause of lackluster and underw...

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IMO it was retrospective in that the standard was tightened/clarified after Spa, but that tighter standard was applied to Hamilton at Spa. No, the standard applied at Francorchamps by the stewards (not by race control), was that you don't cut the chicane. That's what he got a penalty for. It's also...

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I'm not taking sides here (of course) - but I think Zoue is correct in terms of the retrospective aspect. Equally, it is probably reasonable to note that without the incidents at Spa - the rules would not have been clarified as they were! For myself, I remember Spa 08 as one of the greatest ends to...

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Zoue wrote:
Chaincase wrote:Of course you mean to be rude. This is where it goes downhill.
I didn't mean to be rude. I was looking for clarification because frankly I'm baffled by your stance.

I don't believe either statement, sorry.

Chaincase

What happened was that the ruling was justified retrospectively. That's my issue with it. No, it wasn't Oh yes it WAS :nod: And don't be so selective. If he'd been told '2 corners' he'd have left it for 2 corners. So if that interpretation had been current he'd have behaved differently. The clarifi...

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What happened was that the ruling was justified retrospectively. That's my issue with it. No, it wasn't Oh yes it WAS :nod: And don't be so selective. If he'd been told '2 corners' he'd have left it for 2 corners. So if that interpretation had been current he'd have behaved differently. The clarifi...

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There was a lot of discussion because so many people thought it was unfair. There had been and still are many instances of drivers gaining an advantage and not being penalised, and what the stewards eventually decided was so far on the limit of the expected interpretation of the rule that a the sec...

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[ Well if the rules already covered it, why did they feel the need to add the 2-corner Directive? Because there was so much discussion about the case that it provoked a rule clarification. Probably some people raised the objection that if you're 3 seconds behind another car, cut a chicane, and find...

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Clause 30.3 was the same then as it is now. I'm not sure what you mean? I'll not give up if I see someone make a glaring inaccuracy. You keep stating that a rule was retrospectively applied after Hamilton's incident but this is simply untrue. If you are going to make an allegation like that you nee...

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The only clause that was there in 2008 was 20.1. All the others have been added since and doubtless in six years time there will be even further additions. Rule books rarely stay the same from year to year. It was clause 30.3 then, apparently. And the second-corner rule was added after Hamilton's i...

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Sorry but this is as clear-cut as it gets. Black and white, right there, Blinky is saying people are "definitely" at fault. This is not "simply raising the possibility that Hamilton might be responsible". And if you read my replies, I'm saying that it could be a case of luck as well (which is my pe...

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Irrespective of the advantage gained the fact that the rule was tweaked afterwards (with the 2-corner detail) says to me that Hamilton's move was acceptable at the time, by convention, and was outlawed retrospectively. I don't think that's correct or fair. The rules stated one could not leave the t...

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The only common factor that I can see is questionable stewarding. In 2008 that was Allan Donnelly as Max's representative pretty blatantly trying to stop Ron winning. Irrespective of the advantage gained the fact that the rule was tweaked afterwards (with the 2-corner detail) says to me that Hamilto...

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Interesting choices Chaincase :thumbup: I'm interested to know what Kimi did at Monaco last year? Was it the clash with Perez? Yeah I felt he put Perez into the barrier deliberately, to teach him, and I didn't like the talk about punching him in the face. Not that I mind a certain amount of aggress...

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I've watched since the mid-70's. I always liked the sweeter, slower, unsuccessful ones. Hunt was fun but I didn't find him likeable. Of course we didn't get to see much of them really in those days. I gradually watched more as time went on. Liked Boutsen, Herbert, Warwick but couldn't really get inv...

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@Chaincase @mds I agree with you both - but it seems Mr Blinkered doesn't see it that way! :lol: On the other hand you know you've won an argument when the opposition resorts to name calling ;) I'm very aware that my posts refer back to Hamilton, while some responses allude to the belief that it's ...

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in this first comment, Blinky implies it is Hamilton and/or the teams fault for failure to manage resources. Definitely. It is the driver who sits alone in the car, and is responsible for driving it. He has all the controls and adjustments at hand, he is the one who makes changes, turns the wheel, ...

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... the point is that they put talented drivers in the cars. Take those out and chances are they're going to be replaced by less talented drivers with more money. Competing in lower series is expensive as well, with FR3.5 around 700K euro and GP2 around 1.8M euro. That's my entire point: the brighe...

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Fair points. But it seems to me the lower series have the same influences, so that big funds like Red Bull raise the ante generally. Non-Red-Bull drivers and teams need more money than they would otherwise. In what way do they drive up the costs in junior series? They are spec series and the costs ...

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It would help tip the scales from talent to money. That's my point. Without such elaborate schemes like those of McLaren and RBR there would be less chance of another Alonso/Vettel/Hamilton/... and more chance of another Ericsson/Chilton/... Maybe the cost would drop a little. I don't believe it ho...

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I wouldn't mind. Given the amount of money and effort they put in motor racing (not only F1, also junior series and lot's of other classes outside of single seater racing) it would mean somewhat of a hit for motor racing. If anything it would mean the departure of a top team that values talent over...

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wire2004 wrote:Good news for UK viewers.

There is a home for formula e.

I saw a promo clip on ITV that the races will be shown on itv4.

Good news.

Good to know. Promising that they've given the series a chance and kept it fta.

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