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After considerable thought which I will probably regret later, here is my top 10 for Canada:

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Rosberg
4. Bottas
5. Massa
6. Raikkonen
7. Grosjean
8. Maldonado
9. Hulkenberg
10. Nasr

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Asphalt_World wrote:Just watching highlights again and the way Montoya dealt with oversteer at over 200mph with 6 laps to go was astonishing.

I've never seen the new breed of Indycars that twitchy and keep moving forwards!

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Sorry race fans, I'll watch World Superbikes from Donington Park over the so called "race" at Indy any day.... even it if's recorded. Spoken like a non racing fan, and certainly one who has never been to Indy. Those last 16 laps were heart pounding. Great racing, sorry you missed it. Pretty sad tha...

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Brilliant race. 5 or 6 all with a very big shout of winning all the way through. Monaco and Indianapolis show why all racing disciplines, especially F1, need to find a way of holding on to tracks that punish mistakes. Even better if they offer good passing opportunities as well.

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Nico every time. Yes, it's a bit hollow to win that way but I'd rather have 25 points after lying 2nd most of the race than 18. Fans can have their opinion, I'll take the points and hope I can get some momentum in the championship.

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I think anybody who got more than 120 did exceptionally well that round. Just 102 for me by my count. Changed Button to Hulkenberg at the last minute too....Thank goodness I also changed Hamilton and Rosberg around though.

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I had a quick look through my yearbooks as well but I can't find one with the top 10 staying the same from the start. I vaguely recall a race where the top 10 barely changed after the first few laps, I think it was Barcelona or Hungary during one of Schumacher's most dominant seasons, 2002 or 2004.

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I think the outright best driver at Monaco in the current field is Rosberg. He consistently has had a good record there, not just with Mercedes but with Williams too. I think Rosberg finds something extra around Monaco. I think Button also fares better at Monaco than at most other circuits. I can't ...

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Sorry pokerman, I'd like to make a change to my original prediction. My top 10 is now as follows: 1. Rosberg 2. Hamilton 3. Vettel 4. Bottas 5. Raikkonen 6. Massa 7. Ricciardo 8. Verstappen 9. Kvyat 10. Hulkenberg Cheers :thumbup: That's ok, best that you give me the heads up No worries. Although, ...

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Sorry pokerman, I'd like to make a change to my original prediction. My top 10 is now as follows:

1. Rosberg
2. Hamilton
3. Vettel
4. Bottas
5. Raikkonen
6. Massa
7. Ricciardo
8. Verstappen
9. Kvyat
10. Hulkenberg

Cheers

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Monaco

1. Rosberg
2. Hamilton
3. Vettel
4. Bottas
5. Raikkonen
6. Ricciardo
7. Massa
8. Grosjean
9. Verstappen
10. Button

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Looks different to the other three, but been another big crash today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlbdpXb3FSg Driver James Hinchcliffe is reported to be concious but had to be helped out of the car and was taken to hospital. Hope he's not too badly injured, obviously. Bloody hell, he didn't hav...

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Arie Luyendyk still holds the Indianapolis record at 237.4mph. I think the fastest oval lap is Gil de Ferran's incredible 241.4mph lap at Fontana.

I echo comments already made on here that Castroneves becoming airborne out on his own is worrying.

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I don't see this as blackmailing Audi. Red Bull don't have any leverage with them. The way I interpreted Marko's comments was that if they can't get an alternative engine supplier (Audi or anybody else) and Renault remains the way it is, then Red Bull leave. His comments indicate to me that VW are t...

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I'd be happy with Bottas leaving if it means Hulkenberg or Grosjean can get in a Williams. Neither have done anything that screams: "I am better than Force India/Lotus". Grosjean has quite a lot of $$$ but I don't see that being enough to get him a race seat ahead of Nasr or Ricciardo (who is a fre...

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I hope he leaves, just because it would be great for F1 and give us something different, in my opinion. First British driver since Mansell, and Hamilton may have seen Mansell at Ferrari a little when he was a kid. Get the third title this year, secure his place in the history books, and then make i...

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I'd be happy with Bottas leaving if it means Hulkenberg or Grosjean can get in a Williams.

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I hope he leaves, just because it would be great for F1 and give us something different, in my opinion. First British driver since Mansell, and Hamilton may have seen Mansell at Ferrari a little when he was a kid. Get the third title this year, secure his place in the history books, and then make it...

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Haha yeah absolutely nothing went right for me today! Lost a handful alone because of the Ferrari and Mercedes teammate battles were the opposite. Then my gamble on Verstappen, Nasr and Alonso all didn't work out. Didn't expect the Lotus to be good here, I thought their advantage would be power rat...

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Congratulations, Jenson's Understeer, what a result for you. I wish Maldonado would learn to give cars room on his inside when overtaking...

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I don't see this as particularly putting a #2 in there. Ferrari have been chasing Hamilton with no luck so after that, who could they put in there who is better? Ricciardio maybe but is he free to leave? Maybe Ferrari see something more in Bottas. Raikkonen is doing a good job so far this year but h...

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Very close positions 3rd-6th, should be a great battle between the Williams and Ferraris in there. Can't see anything other than a Mercedes front row lockout unless a driver makes a mistake or the car breaks. Well looks like I tempted fate. Great laps from the Toro Rosso drivers. Hoping for a good ...

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Very close positions 3rd-6th, should be a great battle between the Williams and Ferraris in there. Can't see anything other than a Mercedes front row lockout unless a driver makes a mistake or the car breaks.

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SPAIN

1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Vettel
4. Raikkonen
5. Bottas
6. Massa
7. Grosjean
8. Maldonado
9. Ricciardo
10. Alonso.

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Fittipaldi and Villeneuve would have been my picks, forgot about Scheckter (that car really was pony though). Hill in '95? Hill came to my mind, too - but i was thinking more about 1997... 1997 wasn't a bad year but I think 1999 was the worst for Hill. He scored the same number of points as he did ...

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I would like to see a very long and very expensive track built to test the theory of whether an F1 car can drive upside down at high speed. Car wise, some great suggestions already, like the Wankel F1 car idea. The new breed of supercars, such as the electric SLS, are using fancy torque vectoring. I...

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I'm pleased to remain at the top but Peter and others are closing in. Just need to be at the top the final race, that's what counts...

3 week break now, don't forget Spain everyone

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I'm surprised Vettel and Grosjean are in there ahead of Maldonado to be honest. He didn't finish but no fault of his own and up to then had a strong race in my opinion. Sorry, I know you can't please everyone Uday

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2015 BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX 01: Lewis Hamilton 25 02: Kimi Raikkonen 25 03: Sebastian Vettel 15 04: Nico Rosberg 18 05: Felipe Massa 08 06: Valtteri Bottas 15 07: Romain Grosjean 25 08: Felipe Nasr 00 09: Max Verstappen 00 10: Pastor Maldonado 00 131 points, and a whopping three 0s. Feels like I should...

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I think for some reason people remember the bad performances and forget the good when it comes to Massa. Don't know why that is. Like his multiple spins at Silverstone in he rain, forgetting he won Brazil 2008 in the rain... Massa has always been good in the wet. In fact, he has always scored more ...

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hittheapex wrote:Bahrain

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Rosberg
4. Raikkonen
5. Massa
6. Bottas
7. Grosjean
8. Maldonado
9. Verstappen
10. Kvyat

Verstappen in 15th, Kvyat in 17th, Maldonado in 16th...given that positions 7-10 make most of the difference so far this year, not looking good for me.

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Massa was already very good in 2007, he was much closer to the WDC that year than most people like to remember. If not for his abysmal luck in races like Australia, Hungary, Silverstone and Monza which cost him around 23 points; he'd been absolutely up there with the top 3 going into Brazil. Dare I...

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Bahrain

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Rosberg
4. Raikkonen
5. Massa
6. Bottas
7. Grosjean
8. Maldonado
9. Verstappen
10. Kvyat

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I'm a little bemused by Rosberg chastising Hamilton for thinking only about himself. Rosberg asked the team to let him through during the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix when Ross Brawn was having both cars ease to the finish. Even several seasons ago, Rosberg's grievances are bizarre. With the benefit of...

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CHINA 1. Hamilton=25 2. Rosberg=25 (50) 3. Vettel=25 (75) 4. Bottas=15 (90) 5. Raikkonen=18 (108) 6. Massa=18 (126) 7. Grosjean=25 (151) 8. Ricciardio=18 (169) 9. Sainz=0 (169) 10. Nasr=15 (184) Cheers, pokerman. 184 :] I'm very pleased with that, I was regretting my decisions on Ricciardo, Maldona...

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JohnnyGuitar wrote:Wow I didn't think it was possible to come up with a worse idea than Bernie...but apparently it is!

It's a strange rule where beating somebody like Yuji Ide would be seen as better than losing to a world champion by a tenth.

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Positions 3-15 covered by just a second. Very competitive behind the Mercedes again. Only the Mercedes can be sure of getting both cars into the top 10 in my opinion.

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tootsie323 wrote:
Mika Häkkinen gained two pit lane speeding penalties due to a problem with his pit speed limiter.
Wiki

Thanks tootsie I'd missed that, I didn't scroll past the results, my own fault.

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SchumieRules wrote:
mcdo wrote:Mika Hakkinen scored two penalties at Euro '96?
Almost a hat-trick!

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Hello everyone, I just finished watching the 1996 European Grand Prix, a cracker of a race worth watching if you haven't already...and maybe worth another go if you have. Mika Hakkinen must have been glad to leave the place. After having his engine fail just as he began his first flying lap in quali...

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