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flyboy10 wrote:Is that 21/21 front row qualifications for Rosberg in 2016?

That depends on how you count Austria. Technically Nico started 6th, but he did the work for 2nd place. Still a very impressive achievement, dominant car or not.

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1. Hamilton 2. Rosberg 3. Vettel Technically you missed the deadline by 1 minute, but since I'm perfectly willing to believe you were typing before that - and there's no way you gained any information from FP3 - I think we'll let that one slide. There's a precedent for near misses. Here are the sec...

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Mumbles something about secret entries. :lol: Just similar - not the same. :smug: Although I would find it hilarious if all the secret picks are the same. We did secret picks for the finale in the Top 3 competition last year, and of the five people submitting them, four had identical selections. :l...

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Ok done. With a bit of help from the results so far and a bit of just doing the opposite of what most others are doing here are my late picks 1-Hamilton 2-Rosberg 3-Ricciardo 4-Verstappen 5-Vettel 6-Raikonnen 7-Perez 8-Hulkenberg 9-Bottas 10-Massa I wish you well with these picks, and it totally is...

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I'm going to go against the Red Bull tide, and finally predict...

2016 ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX
Podium Prediction

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Nico Rosberg
3. Sebastian Vettel

It's really gonna happen this time, guyz! Honestly!

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Not to be 'that guy' but in future, to deter people more from taking a second near-free practice skip, is it worth penalising 15 for FP1, AND 18 for FP2 AND 25 for FP3? I realise that's a heavier hit by almost three times [and that I would have taken a 33 point hit rather than 18 earlier this year]...

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Since the champion of the knockout cup is still in doubt, if either robins13 or Black_Flag_11 wants to submit their picks to me by PM, they can feel free to do so at any time before the start of FP3 and I'll post them after the entries close.

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I've sent my picks to Fountoukos13; good luck everybody, and hopefully we'll have a much less boring race than I'm forecasting!

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So looking through this in Australia Alonso was quicker but he crashed out so I can't really give that to Alonso so 0-0, Bahrain no contest 0-0, China Alonso has a fairly close win 1-0, Russia another win for Alonso 2-0, Spain because Alonso was catching Button before he retired still 2-0, Monaco A...

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Dan's biggest problem is Verstappen's up curve. Almost being as good in his second season suggests being better by his 4th/5th. Vettel was better in 2011 than 2009, Alonso better in 2006 than 2004, Button better in 2004 than 2001 etc. Hamilton was almost as good as Alonso in his first season - how ...

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Who was leading when issues hit might be interesting if we wanted to fatten out the results from races to get more data but it's obviously flawed at best. I did that in a previous thread where I debated the same issue with pokerman, and the result was 11-5 in Alonso's favor (Post Mexico and Brazil,...

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Dan's biggest problem is Verstappen's up curve. Almost being as good in his second season suggests being better by his 4th/5th. Vettel was better in 2011 than 2009, Alonso better in 2006 than 2004, Button better in 2004 than 2001 etc. Hamilton was almost as good as Alonso in his first season - how ...

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Does anyone know if golfers or tennis players are starting/peaking/winning at top level younger today than in the past? Is this a trend? Well with tennis that is actually the opposite. Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi were already at the top of the game as teenagers. But currently the guys at the top,...

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No but I'm in favour of a sprint race to decide the grid on Sunday instead of the borefest qualifying we have . Free practice can decide the order on the grid for the sprint race. Qualifying is, hands down, the most exciting and engaging session of a modern Grand Prix. I don't know how anyone can c...

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Basically the last 5 wet sessions, Red Bull have been racing and beating at least one Mercedes. In the last 4 wet races they would have beaten at least one Mercedes is it hadn't of dried, they didn't mess up there strategy or a SC ruined there strategy. ... You mean it wasn't all Max being a drivin...

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POBRatings wrote:I don't like this 'heats' format at all. GPs should be over 300km in one go.

I agree. We need to maintain the grandness of the GP; two quick races isn't a Grand Prix. If anything, I'd like F1 races to be longer, not shorter.

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Btw, who voted for Gutierrez? Romain is the only one that has got points and Gut is being dropped as a result. He is the only guy on the grid that is being dropped on performance. If you look at the points only it's a clear case, but actually Gutierrez has finished in front more often than not when...

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Exactly. It's pretty telling that if you even out the unreliability, Hamilton would already be Champion. I don't know how you can come up with such a confident statement, especially considering that some of the unreliability is very difficult to measure in impact. Okay, so Malaysia's easy: 25 point...

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I think this poll would look different had it been taken before Brazil as that seems to have changed people's minds once again on Max. It was a stunning drive, but still for me not enough to overshadow what Dan has achieved this year. (Dan was out qualified and out raced at Brazil by Seb in 2014, K...

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I didn't vote, because I would have to classify myself as a Rosberg detractor. That said, I'm split - Hamilton obviously is the better driver, but if he wins the title, he's a 4 time WDC; I always wanted Prost to be the only one, and even now that Vettel ruined that hope years ago I still would pref...

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The wet track was a minor factor in Bianchi's death . You can't use the fear of loss of life to dictate everything that happens. Learning lessons does not mean eradicating all risk factors at the detriment to everything else. Conditions were not deplorable they were fairly wet. The race should have...

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Those look great, and they add a lot of character and individuality to the cars, but the teams aren't in the business to advertise their drivers. Mercedes doesn't pay $400m a year to increase the brand awareness of Rosberg and Hamilton, and their sponsors don't pay for it either. In a perfect world ...

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Not to mention that the '95 Benetton was more difficult to drive than Schumacher let on, as Alesi and, especially, Berger found out in the tests after the 1995 season. I think this is probably the key here; it's highly unlikely one F1 driver would be 2 seconds a lap faster than another in terms of ...

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I personally thought Palmer vs. Magnussen was the hardest to call, followed by Seb vs. Kimi and Dan vs. Max. Most of the rest have been pretty decisive throughout the year. Gotta feel sorry for Massa and Kvyat though - not even a single vote. Even poor Jenson got one! Presumably from someone with a ...

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Times change. The impact a driver has has reduced over the years and the importance of the car has steadily grown. While wet weather still enables talent to shine through, also in wet weather the impact of the car has grown and that of a driver has diminished. The Merc was still a better car, evide...

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I've been playing the game pretty obsessively for a few days, and I'm liking it a lot; I've in my second season now. One thing is really annoying me though, and has ever since I started playing: the way reliability is handled. I get that reliability should be a mechanic in a motorsport game. That's ...

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Max Verstappen today = Ayrton Senna Donnighton 1993 No, Senna was on slicks when everyone else was on wets and he did what he did at the start of the race without having fresher tires than the others. Senna was going offline in the wet on cold slick tires! Max made a late stop and stormed past guys...

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Reminded me of Senna Monaco 1984 where he was clearly the fastest one out there. He DID set fast lap (why do people keep saying he wasn't the fastest?) . Would have been fun if RB didn't screw up the strategy again and see if he could have had anything for Ham. People hate on the kid, but he is pro...

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I'm not great one f1 history but one to remember for me , I'm sure there are better examples of heavy wet racing? I would say so; Verstappen's drive was impressive, but I wouldn't put it very high among the greatest wet weather drives of all time, largely because he wasn't the fastest on track. It ...

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So what do you think is the right thing for Merc to do? (and for whoever it is possible, imagine that you are completely neutral to the outcome of the WDC and you are not rooting for either) The right thing for Merc to do, objectively, is secure a 1-2 finish for their team. If Hamilton is already s...

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Can the two people who gave the race a 1/10 please explain their reasoning?

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FWIW, while I of course will be gunning for the victory I do hope you do well too at the last round since it would be a shame to see you not finishing in the top 2 after the year we've had in the competition. I imagine it must be a tricky decision to make regarding the last prediction, go too conse...

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Hamilton and Verstappen. Everybody else is so far behind there isn't even a clear third place to pick, although I'll give honorable mention to Hulk (would probably have been on the podium if not for his puncture), Alonso (great recovery from his spin, passing cars almost at will) and Nasr (beat quit...

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http://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/18038968/lewis-hamilton-beats-nico-rosberg-brazilian-gp-max-verstappen-stars http://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2016%2F1113%2Fr151573_1296x518_5-2.jpg&w=1006&h=402&scale=crop&cquality=80&location=origin 2016 BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX RESULTS In a direct r...

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My luck has taken a decidedly rotten turn these last couple of races, on both occasions going from a good or very good position early to a very bad position by the end, but that doesn't take away from the fact that Covalent has done a very good job and I simply haven't ever since Germany. I took a c...

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If they're favoring Rosberg, why was everyone on the pit wall so happy when Nico failed to take pole? They were tense, and then when he crossed the line and didn't beat Lewis they started grinning and high-fiving.

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robins13's picks for Brazil, as submitted by PM at 2:54 AM EST:

robins13 wrote:Brazil 2016:

Hamilton
Rosberg
Ricciardo

Black_Flag_11 did not send any amendment.

Having submitted exactly the same picks, the knock-out cup is now guaranteed to go to Abu Dhabi for a finale.

#riggedcompetition

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Where is my partner saz :?: Probably the same place as my teammate, the ex-champion. It's not looking good for last year's old guard right now! :-P I've received your picks and I'll post them after the deadline (probably well after, since I don't plan on being awake for FP3). Any message Black_Flag...

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At this point in the season, there's little to do except go bold or go home. And I ain't never goin' home.

2016 BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX
Amended Podium Prediction

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Max Verstappen
3. Daniel Ricciardo

Hoping for the rain.

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I haven't been able to focus on these as much as usual - it's almost as if something unexpected and terrible happened to divert my attention somewhat closer to home this week instead. Ah well, here goes nothing: 2016 BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX 1. Lewis Hamilton 2. Nico Rosberg 3. Sebastian Vettel 4. Danie...

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