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That was some lap from Hamilton. Verstapen too. It seems an ideal setup for a fun race tomorrow given that Ferrari have more pace than they showed there. Vettel will have to match Hamiltons Monza start and be aggresive, forget last year. For elite level drivers such as the top three today, every so ...

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It is both a massive opportunity and a massive challenge for Charles. If he is comfortably off the pace of Vettel consistently then it will be hard to break that cycle. He has to work so so hard in pre season because 2019 probably dictates the remainder of his F1 career. If he is immediately quick t...

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All that ignores the fact that Vettel hates to be beaten, it also kind of ignores Ricciardo not being signed by Ferrari for next year. Everyone hates to be beaten. Ricciardo is too old to start in Ferrari, who obviously needs a young blood. Let's not forget that Binachi would have already some 3 se...

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Most of the races where Marcus has got close to Leclerc down to Leclerc being a victim of his own success. Charles often finds himself scrapping with drivers in better equipment which has allowed Ericsson to get closer than he otherwise would.

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Agree on everything that has been said here!... :) I love Kimi too bits, but he's not challenged Vettel or won any races sinces going back to Ferrari again. That surprises me a lot!! 8O Have no doubt that Leclerc will win several races over a couple of years and with that in mind, Ferrari will alre...

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If the rumour that the Kimi to Sauber deal was negotiated totally independently of Ferrari is true then that has some ramifications for Sauber's future relationship with Ferrari. What does this mean for the future of Giovanazzi? If both Sauber and Haas are determined to do things their own way with ...

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In the mid 90s to early 2000s I certainly feel there was a bit of a sparsity of great talent on the grid outside Schumacher and Hakkinen until Raikkonen and Alonso really emerged in 2002 and 2003 respectively. Greats like Senna, Mansell and Prost had departed, the lower Formula's weren't what they a...

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Torro Rosso would certainly have a fair few more points this season if Kvyat had been there instead of Hartley. I disagree. Kvyat scored 5 whole points last season. His team mate scored 48 in the same period This season Harltey has 2 points and his team mate has 28. Kvyat may have scored the odd po...

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Torro Rosso will surely have two seats available for next season. Hartley seems incredibly unlikely to be retained. Given the lack of Junior drivers from the RB programme who are ready, I imagine two out of Kvyat/Buemi/Vergne will fill the seats. There is a chance Vandoorne could get in at Torro Ros...

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Torro Rosso would certainly have a fair few more points this season if Kvyat had been there instead of Hartley.

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The best decision for Ferrari's future is to move Leclerc to Ferrari and Giovanazzi to Sauber or possibly Haas. There is no room for sentiment in F1. This is just nonsense. You can insert Vandoorne’s name there and switch Ferrari to Haas and post this 2 years ago and that sure bet has blossomed int...

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The best decision for Ferrari's future is to move Leclerc to Ferrari and Giovanazzi to Sauber or possibly Haas. There is no room for sentiment in F1.

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Singapore was the turning point for Vettel in both 2010 and 2012, the race where he stopped messing around and made a comeback from 40 points behind to take the title. I don’t think the same will happen this year though. Right now Vettel is not in a good place mentally. Vettel is generally pretty g...

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I wonder if Ferrari's improvements in pace and power have come slightly at the expense of tyre life. They were chewing through them in Monza.

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A tough pill to swallow for Ferrari. Two races after the winter break where they have had a clear pace advantage, yet in terms of the championship gap Vettel is 6 points worse off than when we restarted. But it is a long way from over. Singapore up next where Mercedes may only be the third fastest ...

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A tough pill to swallow for Ferrari. Two races after the winter break where they have had a clear pace advantage, yet in terms of the championship gap Vettel is 6 points worse off than when we restarted. But it is a long way from over. Singapore up next where Mercedes may only be the third fastest c...

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Looks like Ferrari are going to have the advantage on the power side in the run in, Vettel appeared to have Hamilton just about covered for most of the race (Lewis clearly called it a day in the last third or so), think this title is going to come down to reliability and operational errors. Good sh...

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The performance of the Honda powered Torro Rosso and Pierre Gasly must give Red Bull some comfort for next season. Poor Danny Ric must just want this season to end. He is having a pretty miserable time of it. Singapore is his last realistic chance of adding to his two wins and even that looks distan...

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Quite easy for me. Vettel, Perez with honorable mentions for Gasly and Grosjean. Botts recovered well, but he could have easily ended his race with that earlier error. This wasn't an especially eye catching recovery drive all things considered.

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It must have been a slightly humbling experience for Ocon. Perez had his number on this occasion. Gasly looked a level or two above Hartley who at least rear gunned manfully when asked. It was a very difficult one for the Renault team, next race won't be easy either. They could come under pressure f...

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I like Hamilton but god F1 discussion will be better when he retires. You'd think from this forum at times him and Vettel were the only two drivers that existed. The question marks around Mercedes set-up were possibly valid though. Force India ran an incredibly low downforce set up and kept some bet...

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Marcus that was seriously dumb.

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It is difficult to see a path for victory for Mercedes really barring weather calamity. That Ferrari has looked so good in the dry. Even if he doesn't take the lead at the start, Ferrari will have free reign to use the undercut with Vettel seeing as Bottas is starting so far back. Wheras Raikkonen c...

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The biggest blot on his copybook is his mental disintegration against Hamilton in 2007. I don't think he did disintegrate mentally against Hamilton - despite being frozen out of the team he still matched Lewis on points and would have beaten him but for his moment of bad luck in Japan. I believe he...

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One of the very greatest without question. An absolute destroyer of teammates. Massa,and Fisichella were considered very good drivers with world champion potential at various times. Alonso trampled all over them them. Against Raikkonen he showed the difference between a very good driver and a great ...

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Stoffel has had a touch of luck there as he was almost certainly out the door had Alonso stayed another year. As it stands now Mclaren won't want to go into 2019 with a totally new driver lineup. From now on though, there is no hiding place for Vandoorne. Getting beaten by Alonso was expected. Shoul...

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It's the right call from Fernando. The Mclaren gamble hasn't paid off. I can understand him trying this season out, as he was looking to see if Mclaren could show this season that they could be competitive for 2019. Sadly they still look years away from being competitive.

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The return to flaky rubber would be an awful backwards step. F1 should be the pinnacle of motorsport, but drivers tiptoeing around 8 seconds off of qualifying pace is the exact opposite of that. I know tyre management is a skill in itself, but it isn't what the best drivers in the world should have ...

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Hamilton and Gasly. Hamilton was mighty on the ultras at the start. Vettel drove a strong race too, hindered by factors outside his control.

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I would expect Mercedes to be competitive at Monza and Spa. Hamilton will have to be on top of his game for the rest of the season to maintain that lead.

Last season it was after Hungary that Ferrari fell apart somewhat. They may need the reverse to happen this year.

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BMWSauber84 wrote:Barring catastrophe Bottas has done his job even if Vettel and Kimi get him. Merc would have bitten your hand off and half your arm if you offered them Hamilton Vettel Raikkonen order on friday.

And that's what they got in the end. Question marks yet again over Bottas' defending under pressure.

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Barring catastrophe Bottas has done his job even if Vettel and Kimi get him. Merc would have bitten your hand off and half your arm if you offered them Hamilton Vettel Raikkonen order on friday.

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neek wrote:interesting, raik is on vettel pretty much now

They should contemplate giving Kimi a crack at Bottas and then swapping back if it doesn't work out. But if Kini gets past then Vet could wind up fourth.

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Rockie wrote:
BMWSauber84 wrote:Well that has to be the ultimate frustration for Vettel. A lot of that good work in clean air has been undone by that pit stop.
The good work was undone by Sainz.

That too. That was like something from the bad old days of Jarier and Arnoux as backmarkers.

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Well that has to be the ultimate frustration for Vettel. A lot of that good work in clean air has been undone by that pit stop.

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Strange call from Mercedes. They know that Ferrari are quicker on this track so should have been ruthless and used Bottas to ensure that Vettel did'nt get the clear air he is currently enjoying.

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Maybe, Ferrari should really reconsidering their driver policy. Räikkönen keeps avoiding to win a race, even despite being in the best or co-best car for one-a-half seasons. And how many potential wins/podiums has Vettel thrown away by driving mistakes in the last 20 or so races? Six?!? That is way...

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Maybe, Ferrari should really reconsidering their driver policy. Räikkönen keeps avoiding to win a race, even despite being in the best or co-best car for one-a-half seasons. And how many potential wins/podiums has Vettel thrown away by driving mistakes in the last 20 or so races? Six?!? That is way...

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Hamilton and Hulkenberg for me. Grosjean was brilliant at the end but made that stupid and potentially race ending error battling Perez so falls a rung behind IMO. Marcus kept it tidy but benefitted from folly elsewhere rather than anything spectacular. Hamilton had good pace on those worn softs, an...

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BTW pretty remarkable record in recent years for Lewis in winning rain-hit races, no? Something that gets overlooked. Hamilton has won just about every race that inters or wets have been used in since the start of 2014. That's true but worth pointing out that includes Monaco 2016 and there are also...

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