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I hope they can fit the bargeboard back on. Only fair after last week... I imagine they would be allowed to. The question is whether they will be able to. That looks a very damaged chassis. Fingers crossed they sort it though. We don't need another collision playing a major role in a championship p...

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wire2004 wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 01, 2021 1:08 pm
Max wont survive. There could be a black and orange flag to retire the car with bodywork coming off the car.

The Red flag will help but can they attach a new barge board?

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Argh no. Bottas using Norris to play a snooker style 'plant' on Verstappen. That's potentially killed this race stone dead. Absolutely infuriating.

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I must admit that I am surprised at how much of a struggle it has been for Ricciardo to adapt. Renault team members had been glowing in their praise for how adaptable he had been throughout 2019 and 2020.

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TheBlackFlag wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 01, 2021 8:30 am
He blamed Red Bull for the boos...but also thanked the fans for their support.

Who seriously thinks this guy is an adult?

Anyone would think that the fans aren't one hive minded single entity.

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I think that rain will be short lived. What this may do though is 'clean ' the track and possibly move the race towards a no brainer 2 stop which will help neutralise Merc's mediums advantage. What would also achieve the is if there is an early but not too early safety car or at least VSC. Mercedes ...

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Hamilton has more people who want to see him win the 2021 drivers championship than any other driver. He also has more people who want to see him lose it than any other driver. I wouldn't say he's ever been enormously loved in Europe by virtue of often being in title fights with drivers widely liked...

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You seem to be arguing exactly that. Do you or do you not think that Verstappen couldnhave passed on that out lap if he chose to?

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The move in question......... 1421507237240090627 . Excellent video, showing Verstappen had plenty of opportunity/space to overtake. Nothing stopping him, other than his own choices. . When in that video could Verstappen have overtaken? So what are you actually saying, the WDC championship leader i...

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Gasly is in an interesting position at the moment. He's having another decent season but might have to gamble and move on. He is probably not going to get another chance at the Red Bull team any time soon and as a result he risks spinning his wheels a bit at Alpha Tauri. That might be harsh as AT ha...

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Fate can be a funny thing. If Max Verstappen had never laced up a pair of driving boots, then Daniel Ricciardo might still be at Red Bull, widely regarded as an absolute top tier talent that has just never quite had the equipment capable of beating Hamilton and Mercedes. When a driver is struggling ...

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How times change. I distinctly remember Horner accusing Alonso of stoking up the booing of Vettel during Red Bull's peak by waving to fans while Vettel was having his podium interviews. Now Horner stands accused of helping create an incendiary environment. There are a lot of things at play here. Mer...

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Mclaren have really rejuvenated their support in recent years and do seem to be growing in that regard. They've always had a solid core support being a big British team (I know they were originally created by a New Zealander, but they have become an adopted British outfit), but there were times in R...

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I will add though that some of the hyping up of the whole thing by those in the media (including F1's own twitter page) has been gawdy and embarrassing. Hamilton and Verstappen getting vaguely close exiting their garages in practice was hyped like it was some major incident. It's like Drive to Survi...

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Red Bull seem to have a fundamental issue at Hungary. Mercedes have looked fairly comfortably quicker for the first time in a while. Mercifully for Red Bull and in particular Perez, the usual Saturday roadblocks of Ferrari and Mclaren (mainly Leclerc and Norris) haven't produced much of a threat thi...

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It was perfectly within the rules and Hamilton's final outlap was actually quicker than his previous one. It's a bit of a fuss over nothing from a fanbase and media desperate for more flashpoints.

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Assuming the booing is for sporting reasons then I'm OK with it in small doses. I wouldn't want F1 crowds becoming too 'football like' in atmosphere but a bit of pantomime here and there is absolutely fine.

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Enough of Hamilton's easy ride with Bottas. I've got a novel idea tho... Get George Russell in the Merc for 2022. Now why do I have this uneasy feeling, especially given how absolutely delighted Bottas is recently to play second fiddle to Lewis in terms of his demeanour and words in interviews afte...

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I wouldn't say he's done. A strong end to the season would shift the narrative towards him just having struggled to adapt to the McLaren and a settled within the team Norris having got the jump on him. He still has credit in the bank but absolutely has to beat Norris next season I feel to get some '...

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UnlikeUday wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 21, 2021 5:35 pm
Just read on a social media post Mercedes wish to get Nyck De Vries alongside Latifi in Williams. I thought that's where Bottas was going to go. If Bottas stays put then where does Russell go?

I'd wager that Bottas is going to be given the sweetener of leading the Mercedes Formula E team.

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I reckon the chances of a repeat or 'revenge' is pretty slim now. I'm sure they'll be some hairy moments but these two aren't out of control willy measuring teenagers who are going to go out there and be reckless for the sake of it.

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Best I can say is it was mildly entertaining for the novelty value and I’m sure it was great for the fans at Silverstone. But I was left with the feeling of it being unnecessary, and I also thought there is more potential for things to go wrong than right i.e. it risks putting drivers outside posit...

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interesting section from a BBC article: "What do the rules say? Mercedes boss Toto Wolff made reference after the race to the stewards' overtaking guidelines, which he said allowed Hamilton to make the move. These are not distributed publicly, but they have been seen by BBC Sport. They contain imag...

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Comparing Verstappen's prime to that of 'usual' drivers is of course a nonsense given that he has been in Formula One since 2015 and is now in his seventh season. A lot of F1 drivers of modern history were at the halfway point of their careers 7 seasons in. Most 23 year olds will be in their first f...

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It was a racing incident, with both drivers bearing some responsibility for the crash but Lewis being slightly more at fault. Incidents like this are inevitable when neither driver is prepared to yield. The hyperbole and PR guff from Redbull were ... disappointing. The insinuations that it was deli...

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I hope Max returns the favor in the future. Senna vs Prost in the making. I think we live in different times, a deliberate take out would surely result in a race ban. It should. It never has. When was the last time it happened? Baku 2018. You must mean Baku 2017 right? The Vettel/Hamilton incident?

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Through a combination of good PR and saying the right things in front of the media, Hamilton has managed to make Verstappen believe that he’s a good sportsman when things get heated. This could not be further from the truth, and Verstappen has learned this the hard way. He trusted Hamilton in a hig...

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So which set of fans would post racist abuse towards Lewis Hamilton then I wonder? . If ever you wanted to motivate someone that would be the way, I'd suggest. My thought was that it was Hamilton drawing a line in the sand. Surprised at the whinging and suggestions of a race ban by RB and others. V...

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Alonso feels it was a racing incident too. But we can disregard that as he's a notoriously biased Hamilton fanboy

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For all this talk about how dirty Verstappen is, he’s been sitting on 0 penalty points for the last 2 years now. Hamilton on the other hand has been collecting them like Pokémon cards. He had 8 at one point and was flirting with a race ban, I think he’s down to 4 now. By that logic, Lando Norris is...

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Leaving aside the cringey fanboy/hater stuff from the usual suspects, it just looked to me like Hamilton is slightly more at fault.

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Mer can box Bottas to come out behind Hamilton with a team order once the gap opens up to Perez, Red Bull obviously cannot.

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It looks a bit embarrassing for Vettel at present but it can be turned around. If Aston start understanding and improving this car then that's where Vettel needs to shine. In two seasons alongside Perez, Stroll started the season better on both occasions. Then when the car improved or the understand...

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Hamilton's race pace is more impressive than his qualifying pace these days aside but that's not to say he can't wow on Saturday. Singapore 2018 was phenomenal as was Styria 2020 to name but a few. Verstappen is no doubt extremely quick, but for me he's too much of a 'headless chicken' and over driv...

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My understanding was that McLaren on the whole wanted Hamilton to stay, but there was a not insignificant minority that felt that Button and a strong number 2 would be a better bet for a title bid for 2013. Certainly Martin Whitmarsh and Button had a proper bromance going on. Ultimately though, I th...

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We need a response from Red Bull in Monaco. They have traditionally gone well there, but Merc look pretty handy in slow speed corners. For all the promise and intrigue this season had (and continues to have IMO) this is statistically Hamiltons best ever start to a Formula One season in terms of poin...

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Asphalt_World wrote: ↑
Sun May 09, 2021 4:37 pm
Globalist Harpist coup!

That's made my day. Hillarious.

The business practices of Formula One and those competing in it are about as far as it gets from the values of Karl Marx.

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Ocon was the only diver to do a single stop. No one had any faith on hards. https://i.imgur.com/lx5PRKx.png Source - Imgur https://i.imgur.com/Y3Clyyx.png Source - Imgur I'm surprised nobody gambled on slapping on a set of the hards while the safety car was out, especially given how many started on...

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The no politics in sport philosophy has been well and truly overthrown by this globalist Harpist coup and not just in F1 but football and just wait for the Olympics. The reason this is particularly unopposed so far is because the Chicism is clothed in words like equality and other buzzwords the she...

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