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There's a story going around that Mercedes-Benz is okay with Bottas' mediocrity and Ocon has signed a two-year deal with Renault to replaced Hulkenberg. Meanwhile, there's a reality going around that Mercedes Benz has won the last two WDCs and WCCs with Bottas in the team, when facing an equal (or ...

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Does anyone who called me a liar want to apologize for failing to do a bit of research before exposing themselves? It's on the cover of Auto Hebdo. It was a headline on three other online F1 journals that I've seen. There is a story going around. Did I say it was a fact? I don't know if it is or not...

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There's a story going around that Mercedes-Benz is okay with Bottas' mediocrity and Ocon has signed a two-year deal with Renault to replaced Hulkenberg.

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Looking at this chart, one might conclude that Gasly is still at RedBull.

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You guys don't think it is relevant because you don't know what Schumacher was really like compared to Zoolander. When Schumacher first came to Spa with Jordan, there was nobody to take him around the track in those days before simulators and accurate video games. So he pulled his bicycle out of hi...

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You don't know what you're talking about. Such is life. You're entitled to your opinion. At least you're not being willfully ignorant about a topic of any existential importance. Thanks for listing reasons why Hamilton wasn't driving on the limit to make my point for me. You definitely helped to cl...

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At some point Honda is going to insist on a driver of its own selection if Red Bull continues to refuse to use both cars to compete for second in the WCC.

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You must not have watched the last race were Hamilton was doing qualifying laps lap after lap late in the race to catch Verstappen. He really wasn't. Had Hamilton driven just one lap on the limit he'd have killed his tires and had no chance of catching Verstappen. There are skills involved in accom...

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Does anyone understand why tired old slow Raikkonen is one of the best drivers this year?

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You guys don't think it is relevant because you don't know what Schumacher was really like compared to Zoolander. When Schumacher first came to Spa with Jordan, there was nobody to take him around the track in those days before simulators and accurate video games. So he pulled his bicycle out of his...

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This Vettel debate does show one thing. In the current climate, car and personal prejudices are everything in popular opinion about drivers. Suppose Hamilton goes to Ferrari and gets mired in politics, incompetence, and the pressure cooker of being the sole point of pride of a nation. He might hang ...

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And if you think anyone is driving at his pre-retirement level today, then I can see why the FIA thinks DRS, multiple tire compound requirements, fuel use regs, and engine life standards that have most racing done at several seconds off the cars' natural paces are what the fans deserve. There's nob...

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Does everyone here know that Schumacher broke his neck in a motorcycle race during his retirement? Healing from something like that once you're past thirty years old is no joke, nor is driving something with the cornering and braking forces of an F1 car. One might argue that Schumacher shouldn't hav...

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Were it my call to make, I'd have replaced Gasly with Kvyat quite some time ago. I don't think Albon is ready. Kvyat is now a mature driver who could collect quite a few more points than Gasly did. Albon could have proved his worth if he walked on Gasly while learning things like when a track is dry...

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Red Bull matters because they are better than McLaren and Renault while using the engine whose relative merit you're arguing against in favor of Renault's engine. I don't think anyone in the world is arguing that Renault has a better chassis than McLaren. This is a thread about Renault making assert...

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The alternative is that Kimi Raikkonen finally figured out what it takes to be a productive F1 driver about 18 years after he entered the series and a dozen years after winning the title. There were any number of people who thought he was a waste of a seat last year and this year he's making the oth...

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Toto Wolff knew the likelihood of getting Verstappen for 2020 was approaching zero when he refused to endorse Bottas after the Hungarian grand prix. Maybe there's someone left at the FIA who can impose upon Mercedes-Benz to save the sport from the AGW tyrants for another year by giving Ocon to Renau...

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Whilst the Renault chassis needs development the engine cant be too far off. Lando Norris has managed to get it to 6th or 7th in the McLaren. Wouldn't they be concentrating on the new spec engine now rather than this years PU? Are you suggesting that the McLaren chassis is bad or that Lando Norris ...

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Does anyone think that there has ever been a moment of frustration with his father when Max has pointed out to Jos that he was the Pierre Gasley of 1994?

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From my perspective of an F1 fan of over forty years, Hamilton just isn't as special as the only legitimate contender for best of all time that I've seen. I can't speak to the driving of Fangio or Clark, but prior to Schumacher breaking his neck on a motorcycle and coming back to F1, there was never...

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I think Raikkonen has been a true standout this season, and has provided enough reason to believe that it isn't the drivers' faults that Ferrari has failed to win a title in recent years.

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How can he ever be the greatest of all time when he isn't even the greatest active driver? Most of the paddock considers that accolade to belong to Max Verstappen.

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"But what does he have to do to become the greatest?"

Go back in time and not lose a championship to his forgettable teammate.

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Cars with enclosed wheels always provide closer racing. There should be a poll with two choices. Do you want open wheels, or do you want close racing? Wanting both is like believing that outcomes should be disconnected from merit and effort.

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Why would Renault look to change their lineup? Because they're having a very hard time justifying their continued existence to Renualt's board of directors, which includes government officials who are on board with ending the sale of cars that place no limits on personal freedom. Racing cars with I...

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Hamilton was my favorite active F1 driver as recently as the first half of last season. Now I cringe every time he opens his mouth. Gasley is a complete waste of space who needs to go. It's been a long time since such a good car was wasted on so little talent. Grosjean is another driver who has had ...

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Mercedes-Benz knows exactly who they want in their second car. Bottas might not be great, but he's been good enough this year to clinch the titles early and serve as a buffer for Hamilton in some races. That they've been threatening his job suggests that they want something other than a trusty numbe...

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Is Hulk really thought to be on par with Perez? Ouch. I consider him to be substantially better than Perez. Mercedes-Benz won't have Russell in a Mercedes-Benz until Hamilton retires. This is a business, and there's no business case for two British drivers. They just suffered through the ignominy of...

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Wolff wouldn't have had to be so politic in his comments today were he planning on retaining Bottas. Looking at other driver lineups, Bottas really has been pretty reasonable this year. That he fell apart when told he had two races to prove himself is the worst thing you can say this year, but last ...

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purchville wrote:
kleefton wrote:Congrats to Max. The era of the Redbull Honda has begun.
And we all know what happened to the Red Bull Renault era after RIC scored some poles...

I think it's track specific

Congrats to Max, well deserved.

The Red Bull Renault era resulted in four WDCs.

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Russell closer to Verstappen than Kubica is to Russell. Ouch.

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Leclerc really needs to deliver on his promise one of these days.

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They also said Renault is vulnerable to being shut down by their board of directors.

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Does everyone remember how RedBull used to cover up for Renault's problems by taking the blame for every one of the partnership's failures on track? I don't. If Honda's engine was as bad as Renault's, we'd be hearing about it after every race. The point is neither engine is bad anymore. Renault pow...

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So looking at the quote all he is doing is saying (probably jokingly) that he won't be in it much as all they have of him is footage of him being sick and that he won't let that go in. No drama at all. This. I swear some people just read the headline and make up a story around it. While headlines n...

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Does everyone remember how RedBull used to cover up for Renault's problems by taking the blame for every one of the partnership's failures on track? I don't. If Honda's engine was as bad as Renault's, we'd be hearing about it after every race.

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I was a Lewis Hamilton fan from the moment he arrived in Formula 1 until I wasn't a Lewis Hamilton fan. I was livid when Mercedes-Benz took his crew, gave him unreliable cars and bad strategy calls in order to create a German WDC. Now I'm pleasantly surprised when he doesn't make a ridiculous specta...

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Williams and McLaren. Sigh.

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A badly designed chassis creates cooling issues, places stresses on engine blocks that they weren't designed for, and transmits surface irregularities into electronic and mechanical components that they can't survive. And Honda was more reliable with STRs last year that were adapted to accommodate ...

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