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The teams with the biggest headaches are: Mclaren: They have absolutely no pace around here. They have had their issues in testing and the Merc engine is a step behind but this is a heartbreakingly poor start with so much expectation and so much improvement in recent years. Ricciardo understandabky ...

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Stroll's qualifying pace continues to be what the young would describe as 'absolutely gopping'.

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Russell and Wolff seemed to suggest that George was instructed to drive a quicker outlap in the search of extra tyre temp which compromised him. It has been a very impressive F1 return for K-Mag. A huge wakeup call for Mick Schumacher who would have been anticipating a rather comfortable inter team ...

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Sat Mar 19, 2022 3:48 pm
I must say, Naomi Schiff seems to be a really good presenter. (She's on SKY coverage).

The early signs are good. She played down some of Damon's hyperbole about Mercedes being potentially 'embarassed' pretty well.

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As soon as I saw that Aston Martin, I thought they've either got this very right or very wrong... Early signs hint at the latter. The Mercedes engine doesn't look very quick at all whereas the Ferrari unit really rather does. It was a good effort by Norris and hopefully Ricciardo's struggles are dow...

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That significant Haas upgrade is working really well.

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For Kimi, I don't really see it as him being rapid from late 2002 to 2006 only to then gradually decline to simply a good driver just because the Michelin tyres. That is merely one factor though. There was a paradigm shift in the sport from 2007 onwards: where previously teams would set up the car ...

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But Massa's performance in 2016 really wasn't good compared to Bottas. I'm not sure why Mercedes would even consider a driver that was about to retire... That's what I mean by age. Massa was already on the decline by 2016. In 2014 and 2015, there was little to separate them, in my view. Anyway, do ...

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I'm still excited for the new season. Abu Dhabi 2021 is a part of F1 history now for better or worse. If I'm honest, I was hoping for a Ferrari vs Mclaren title fight with Red Bull and Mercedes both largely out of contention. That's just because the Red Bull vs Mercedes and Horner vs Toto psychodram...

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The Baku scenario would just be seen as bad luck like Mansell's in 1986. I'd say Silverstone would have the more lasting notoriety as title protagonists crashing in title deciding fashion tends to live long in the memory.

I'd say Spa would be the absolute worst scenario though.

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Has anyone seen this? https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/hamilton-mercedes-radio-exchange-abu-dhabi/6880648/ Just four corners from the chequered flag and having realised that he would not be able to re-pass Max Verstappen to claim his eighth world championship, he shouted: "This has been manipulat...

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According to the Express, Mercedes are not going ahead with the appeal after repeated requests from Lewis to Toto to drop it. If true, I find this disappointing. Lewis may wish to be magnanimous and that's fine, but I feel it's much bigger than him - the integrity of the sport is on the line here. ...

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In what alternate universe did you watch a race where all lapped cars were unlapped and the result didn't change? Why was Sainz denied the opportunity to attempt a pass on Verstappen and why did Verstappen have this God given right to move up behind who he was racing with but Sainz didn't? No alter...

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I now have horrible visions of the title being 'shared'

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In that situation, absolutely yes, real motor racing fans would rather a safety car finish than see a result blatantly & deliberately manipulated to favour one driver over the other in the name of "racing". Ahhh ..... the "no true scotsman fallacy" FYI I have been following Formula One since the la...

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Before this race I couldn't see Lewis retiring. But the way it transpired and the interview afterwards I think we may have just witnessed the end of the career of one of the greatest drivers of all time. I refrain from calling him the goat as I don't know anything Pre-94. But for me the best I've e...

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Max really has had an astonishing career. World champion at 24 and will next year enter his EIGHTH season in the sport. Will he dominate the sport for years or will he lose motivation?

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I haven't got banned from here in long time. Oh never mind - I had it all typed out and scrapped it. You people are funny. This is what happens when you let cheating merc get away with crap for years. If it would've been reversed you'd all be screaming ham and merc were the best. Just dropped by to...

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Or hear me out here...Maybe Horner and Newey just have a different opinion on which car was the fastest. They have absolutely no way of knowing for sure exactly how quick that Mercedes was and aren't omnipotent. It's very difficult to judge. Bottas finished 36 points ahead of Perez, but how good is ...

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It's been a chastening season for Leclerc really. The points table doesn't tell the entire story of course, but I expected him to beat Sainz fairly comfortably by any metric. It's harmed his claim to belong in the same conversation as Hamilton and Verstappen a bit. I don't doubt his pace though and ...

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Not even close, with equal luck the title would have been wrapped up in Max’s favour before this race even began. He had a worse car He had worse luck He still won He’s simply better than Lewis. Even Newey said the Red Bull was the best car over the entire season. And he's not simply better than an...

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What happened today was at the very least not in the spirit of Masi's overriding authority. The intention for that is surely for Masi to make certain changes if following regular procedure to the letter would not be safe in a particular set of circumstances. It's not allow him to be chief banter mer...

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Tonight bad luck didn't even out. The race director decided the title winner. That's only true if he would have made a different decision had situation been reversed. That's absolutely no evidence to substantiate that allegation. I agree. Masi could employ the David Ellery defence to that allegatio...

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Masi has roughly the level of job security that Boris Johnson currently has and about the same aptitude for his job I'm afraid.

I don't buy any bias claims tbh as he has been equal opportunities inadequate throughout the season. His role surely now has to be broken down amongst two or three people.

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Hmm 15.3 does sound broad enough in scope to cover the decision. It might well be clarified in the break because it essentially allows Masi to transform himself into the Entertainment Tsar. The power went to his head big time in this race.

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Mercedes have got Paul Harris QC on the case now. With his track record Hamilton might win this title and be awarded the 2016 and 2007 World championships as well.

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This hasn't been a good season for Masi. I don't think Max will lose his title in the courtroom but Masi's job might just go.

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Let's get this right leaving behind the theatrics of today, Max drove one of the best F1 seasons I have ever seen for consistency, speed and quality. A very worthy world champion. Yes there was controversy along the way but every great driver has attracted that (at least in the modern era). He most ...

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Two things are true here. Verstappen is a deserving world champion and the way it happened was not especially edifying.

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Gimmicked

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That's immense. Andrew Shovlin steals a living.

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I still think Hamilton would have snapped your hand off for this scenario this morning but it's trickier than it could have been.

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Big call and the wrong call IMO.

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It's rarified air today. You could make a case that this is the first true one on one straight fight, winner takes it all decider between the two best drivers of the time since Japan 1998.

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It was a great lap by Verstappen but I'm in the opinion Red Bull have sacrificed race pace for one lap like in Jeddah. Lets not forget Verstappen should have been on pole by 3-4 tenths. Hamilton seemed happy with P2. All Hamilton needs to do is get off the line well and if he cant get ahead of Vers...

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And people say Alonso is full of himself... :uhoh: He doesn't know how to race like I do. I can't blame him for that either, because he was never able to learn that like I did from my father." I have to laugh at this part, though. What a statement. If Max Verstappen had truly learned from his fathe...

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That shouldn't be a huge problem for Verstappen, but he loses a bit of strategy flexibility in the event of a mid race safety car or two stopper.

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Jos and Marko keep on saying that every other driver gets pretty well with Max compared to Lewis. But so far any explicit quote by any driver is like indirect Max bashing. Vettel saying, "Maybe they removed yellows as Max was on his lap". And now Lando. Even Leclerc was pretty open after Max's pard...

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I have a theory based on own anecdotal experience. The series I race in, particularly in these Covid times, often has younger lads entering to gain experience away from their main series (typically national level Mini Cooper's). Typically young lads who have been well funded through karts. The leve...

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Surely this is all for Netflix. Liberty are trying to turn it into faux nascar So far Sky F1 have managed to stay above the clickbaity controversy mongering on the whole. I fear though that eventually even they'll succumb and employ an F1 equivalent of Roy Keane, someone paid to just sound angry an...

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