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Not pitting Bottas wasn't really a gaffe, he had no fresh soft tyres, so he would have been on mediums behind Vettel on softs. Which would still have seen him easily end up second (or third, conceding a place to Hamilton), so yes it was a gaffe. Mercedes would have at least gotten P2-P3 out of pitt...

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My main gripe with this is the use of the Codemasters F1 game. I get that it's probably a promotional and licensing thing, but I would expect an official series to offer a level of realism and simulation that is substantially higher than the game offers. There are a few high-profile sims that would ...

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Thanks for correcting me, mds. :thumbup: Good stats. I think what I was really thinking was the hard compound (and super hard, as you explained) seemed unnecessary compounds. The insurance point makes sense though. Yes no doubt the hard tyre is of very limited use and we won't see the superhard at ...

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Where is he ranked then? Probably in the middle third 8-15 based on current ability. Hence him being average among his peers. I would rate him 8-14th, based on fairly broad groupings: Group 1 -- Definitely better than Kimi (as of 2018) : Hamilton, Alonso, Vettel, Verstappen, Ricciardo Group 2 -- Ve...

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Silverstone was a similar story, only in reverse: Hamilton took pole by a very slight margin - clearly either car could have had pole - and then fell behind at the start, after which a proper comparison was difficult because he got spun. He didn't seem any faster than the Ferraris in the late stage...

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Silverstone was a similar story, only in reverse: Hamilton took pole by a very slight margin - clearly either car could have had pole - and then fell behind at the start, after which a proper comparison was difficult because he got spun. He didn't seem any faster than the Ferraris in the late stage...

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Silverstone was a similar story, only in reverse: Hamilton took pole by a very slight margin - clearly either car could have had pole - and then fell behind at the start, after which a proper comparison was difficult because he got spun. He didn't seem any faster than the Ferraris in the late stage...

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KingVoid wrote:
mds wrote:
KingVoid wrote:Vettel is so bad at Codemasters. Also, I wonder why they didn’t use F1 2018?
Probably because it hasn't been released yet
They used F1 2018 when Ocon/Sainz/Gasly were driving around Paul Ricard

Maybe not all content has been finalized.

mds

KingVoid wrote:Vettel is so bad at Codemasters. Also, I wonder why they didn’t use F1 2018?

Probably because it hasn't been released yet

mds

Interesting article F1_Ernie.

This season is a real clash of the titans. If it continues like this it will be a definite classic.

mds

Interesting :thumbup: what's the point of the super hard? I imagine it won't be used all year. It will almost certainly not be used. Pirelli had this to say about the super hard: "Quite simply, it's our insurance," Pirelli boss Mario Isola told Speed Week. "Basically, we assume we will never use th...

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Just did some stats on it :] Total number of race laps per compound up until and including Great-Britain: Hyper soft: 451 Ultra soft: 2008 Super soft: 2846 Soft: 3596 Medium: 1677 Hard: 47 Super hard: 0 Total number of race laps distributed by softest/middle/hardest compound per race: Softest: 2540 ...

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The hardest so rarely gets used it's just another bit of useless information to throw at the audience, only to remind them that in all likelihood it won't be used during qualifying or the race. This is not really true. It provides more options for strategy for one. And secondly, the hardest isn't r...

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It's a good idea and I've been in favor of this for a long time. It will remove confusion for the casual viewers, with regarding things like: - the soft compound is the hardest available this weekend (=> casual viewer: "whaaaa?") - driver A is running the ultrasoft tyre. His next stint will have to ...

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Ocon wrote:but don't you think the Ferrari drivers will be a little more careful at the start next time because of what happened?

Nope. They didn't want to ruin their own races before and they won't want to do it in the future either. Level of carefulness = same.

mds

I'm hoping Mercs actions will help tame the Ferraris next race. Otherwise, if it happens again, there will be even more of an outrage and rightly so. Mercs "actions" will do nothing in preventing this to happen again. I don't know what's hard here to understand but once again, the risk-reward for t...

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This is not about what has ever happened in a fist corner in F1, rather than what has been happening lately. Why are people so surprised that Merc are voicing their concerns? Because 2 isolated events, one of which disadvantaged Vettel himself, do not form some kind of "trend" that should be labele...

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Well, in Silverstone Hamilton actually was the victim - no matter how the Vettel-Räikkönen brigade tries to spin it. Same story with midseason tyre changes: when they suit Vettel, they are fine (2013), when they do not suit him, they are unfair. :lol: 8) The tyre changes in 2013 were not fine becau...

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Well, it was the same for everyone, wasn't it? I already explained that there were other reasons for the tyre failures - but of course they were politically downplayed by Red Bull and some others who hoped for an advantage. The tyres were a lottery, they were comically soft, and the fact that there...

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But yes, exactly, Red Bull lobbyied hard throughout the season to get the tyres suiting them. Hembery's pre-Silverstone quote underlines this. And it came as predicted - in the second half of the season the winner was known even before the weekend started ... Yes, but I also went over some extra ar...

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Although they are much closer in performance compared to last year, it's funny that it seems the tables have turned in that Ferrari may have an advantage on the straights while Mercedes are stronger on the twisty parts. Isn't it so that Ferrari are better in low-speed cornering and traction out of ...

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:thumbup: Successfully lobbying for mid-season tyre changes was exactly the way how Red Bull politiced its way to the 2013 title. An interesting, competitive season turned into an extreme borefest thereafter. Undoubtedly they did play politics to get things changed to suit them, although safety pla...

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I think that is indeed pretty comparable. I just hope the FIA have the spine to not give in to it. I am fully against mid-season tyre changes. They are given info on the tyres towards the end of the previous season, they all take this into account when designing the car, they then test with those t...

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Kicking this one back up. Sophia Flörsch has been confirmed for the rest of the European F3 season, from this weekend onwards. Be interesting to see how she does, but I'm not really holding my breath - her results in F4 weren't really encouraging. Overall the state of affairs for women in European s...

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I think that is indeed pretty comparable. I just hope the FIA have the spine to not give in to it. I am fully against mid-season tyre changes. They are given info on the tyres towards the end of the previous season, they all take this into account when designing the car, they then test with those ty...

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Gaining positions is a bad indicator of how good a start actually was. Sometimes getting a good start actually makes you lose positions because you get blocked in and have to brake - like Vettel in France for example. True, but I hadn't taken the last 3 races into account and I think France was pre...

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Risking taking yourself out isn't enough of a deterrent and it's not relevant in a situation where you're not directly taking out your WDC opponent, but your teammate is. Apart from my idea that there's something in this reasoning that's not as you meant to put it (what does Vettel have to do with ...

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I think the fact that it's a championship contender being taken out by their direct rivals should be taken into account when determining the penalty. 10 seconds is a joke imo, that kind of penalty won't prevent it from happening again. The penalty is meaningless - whether it's 5, 10 or 30 seconds. ...

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Taking nostalgia and personal preference into account, but discounting current shape: Williams > McLaren > Red Bull

Going by actual current performance & strategic interest: Toro Rosso > Renault > Ferrari

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Isn't too much made of this ? Last race obviously Hamilton messed up but Bottas did fine, the two races previous Vettel and Raikkonen respectively had softer tyres which means more grip so a better start. Preceding these 3 races, haven't we seen the Mercs just keeping position for a long string of ...

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Isn't too much made of this ? Last race obviously Hamilton messed up but Bottas did fine, the two races previous Vettel and Raikkonen respectively had softer tyres which means more grip so a better start. Preceding these 3 races, haven't we seen the Mercs just keeping position for a long string of ...

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That's not nice for girls nor ballet

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I think Ocon is just continuing on the path that was already apparent last year. While in the beginning of the year Ocon was clearly, not by much but clearly, outperformed by Perez, he started reversing that over the course of the year and probably ended it the quicker driver. Also remember some rac...

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Based on 2018 results? We know that the Merc is a faster car than the Ferrari this season; there is only one conclusion. Kimi for sure. Kimi has more points, more podiums, worst finishing position 6th for Kimi and 8th for Bottas and both with equal number of DNFs. Its clear Kimi is bring more point...

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Isn't too much made of this? Last race obviously Hamilton messed up but Bottas did fine, the two races previous Vettel and Raikkonen respectively had softer tyres which means more grip so a better start. Preceding these 3 races, haven't we seen the Mercs just keeping position for a long string of ra...

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I jest, but in all seriousness we have seen more serious instances of deliberate collisions in F1 with far more lenient penalties dished out. Or even no penalty at all. Maybe that's where he got the idea. It's not just the hit. It's all of it together. Is it? Not sure that's clear in the article. I...

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j man wrote: I jest, but in all seriousness we have seen more serious instances of deliberate collisions in F1 with far more lenient penalties dished out. Or even no penalty at all. Maybe that's where he got the idea.

It's not just the hit. It's all of it together.

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Just FYI:

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Tbf the red bull infiniti/Renault thing was odd in the sense of it was infinitive everywhere except a little Renault logo on the cover instead of just leaving it infinitive branded. But if they went more whole hog with it the way it seemed Toyota were planning with the Williams lexus aborted idea i...

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Johnson wrote: Edit, just checked calendar, its more Singapore on wards that will be Ferrari I feel. 3 of the next 4 should be pretty kind to Mercedes tbh.

I'm curious for Spa and Monza. Ferrari were pretty competitive last year in Spa so they could be this year as well.

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