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shift wrote:I would love to see Massa on the top again.

So would I but with the competition he is now facing, Massa cannot win the WDC. But methinks he will win a race - maybe even two - this season.

Vettel will win the WDC again but Raikkonen will finish second ahead of Alonso.

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After their 2007 love-in, I doubt very much if Hamilton wants to be Alonso's teammate again and Alonso knows that well enough. That is likely to be the reason why he has not asked for a clause to keep Hamilton out. But I still believe that Vettel will be sitting in a Ferrari in 2015. Whether it is a...

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I'm wondering if both Hamilton and Rosberg are planning to wear yellow helmets this year. If they do, how are we supposed to tell who is who? It was never an issue before as their teammates always had different helmets. Easy. Hamilton shakes his head from side to side slightly as he drives through ...

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No contest for me. Spa.

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Johnston wrote:Thought the thread was about Narain.

Narain who?

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Fishy wrote:Can you imagine Di Resta and Karthikeyan in the same team, how exciting that would be?

I am getting goose pimples just thinkng about it!

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r41 wrote:
Dalemac wrote:So what we are saying is, the RB9 looks awesome in every colour except for the one they painted it.
I guess so.

I don't know about other colours but the one RBR now have looks simply awful

Zekenwolf

Vettel just posted the fastest lap of anyone on the hard tyre and his long-run pace seems to be pretty OK. That's interesting. On most tracks the Vettel / Red Bull combo works very well on hard tyres in comparison to its competitors. By contrast Alonso and his Ferrari have sometimes lost ground whe...

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Following 3 days of testing, the RB9 looks reliable more than anything...... and reasonably quick. So far it is mostly positives for the team despite an ugly mother of a car.

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The 2013 Ferrari looks sleeker than its recent predecessors and could be quick. It is also the best looking car, edging out the McLaren. Somehow, I was not that much taken with the new Sauber, mainly because of the dull livery. The most horrendously ugly car is undoubtedly the RB9, with its lack of ...

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Webber cannot be used as an example at all. Apart from the fact that he was used to the RBR's quirks long before Vettel came into the picture, there is not a great deal of time difference lap to lap. Also, Vettel is the type of a driver who does just what is necessary. He can up his game where requi...

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ferdinand wrote:I can’t imagine how he could live seeing a "very average driver with many lacks of skills" won the title three times in a row, and runner up the year before. Must’ve hurt very much…….

Quite easy if one's eyes are located next to the tailpipe.

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Just like David Coulthards driving ability really. Both similar drivers, fast on their day but lack the consistency of a champion. To some extent, yes. But I feel that Webber is a more intrinsically talented driver than Coulthard. I don't think loss of concentration was a major issue with DC - he u...

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Ignoring our (vastly different) opinions about Webber's personality but concentrating just on his driving ability , I have felt for a long time - well before the Red Bull team even came into prominence - that his main problem is frequent loss of focus during qualifying or racing. Drivers like Alonso...

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Are you sure about that? He seems to be one of the most honest drivers on the grid. As I said before, it is just my own feeling and others are not bound to agree. He comes across as forthright but that does not mean that he is saying everything he feels. To put it in another way, if I was an F1 dri...

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As has been discussed elsewhere, an interesting scenario would have been for Vettel and Alonso to have swapped places in 2012, the cars themselves remaining exactly the same with all the quirks etc. Alonso would have done well in the RB8 and almost certsainly would have won all the races that Vettel...

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IMO, I am more surprised that Red Bull even wanted to extend Webber's contract. He is a good driver and can be superb on his day but I really don't trust the guy - never have. There is something about Webber's demeanour that makes me wary of him and this is going back long before Vettel even came in...

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The podium at Oz will be with Vettel, Raikkonen and Button.

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The Hulk certainly deserves a top end car but I see him more as a McLaren driver than any other team. Since that was not an option in the above poll, I voted Red Bull.

IMO, McLaren should have offered him the seat alongside Button than Perez.

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IMO you don't need to imagine anybody replacing the one you put in Vettel's shoes, i.e. if you imagine e.g. Alonso at Red Bull, he would have been competing against himself. In other words the competition stays exactly the same as Vettel faced. Or you can put Vettel in his replacement's car. There ...

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The track actually looks interesting in the overhead shots. If there is a camber to the Omega, it would be fast; also the long curve oppsite the Omega and the sections before and after Turn 1 look fast. Apart from these, the track looks wide as well. I think there will be plenty of opportunities for...

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Firstly, that is a really long straight uninterrupted. But I like having a mid speed corner at the end of fast straights rather than the typical Tylke tight corner's we have at most new tracks. secondly, the run off areas are a massive eyesore when viewed any direction other than directly down. Pau...

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The answer is certainly not as obvious as it may seem. The Red Bull's characteristics may not - in fact almost certainly will not - suit all driving styles. It is designed for high downforce with great cornering but is comparatively poor in straight line speed. Not everyone can make optimal use of t...

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I wish they would keep the straight uninterrupted. I think they should now because of the large runoffs they have over there. I think the problem in the past was that the cars' reliabilty suffered because of running at full throttle over that distance and so breakdowns were common. But the modern c...

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I was watching the You-tube clips of the 1985 French GP at Paul Ricard, the last race there with the magnificent Mistral Straight in its full layout. It is a pity that they ruined the straight the following year on safety grounds. But with the safety features and relaibility of modern F1 cars, re-in...

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On top of that, people want Vettel to prove himself next to Alonso or Hamilton but Ferrari/Alonso don't want this and it remains to be seen if Hamilton would want it. How can Vettel win this? If you think about it, there is no logic in those people's claim. Why should Vettel have to prove himself a...

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" mds "I can't agree with that. Alonso has mostly been building the status he enjoys now as outspoken #1 driver next to Massa. Of the team mates he had, only one was better than Webber. That was Hamilton and we can draw few conclusions out of their year at Mclaren. I would query that only Hamilton ...

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This question can only be answered after he 2013 season has finished, because in my view the answer will be the 2013 WDC . Excellent answer. Vettel would have been the favourite even without Himlton's move but now even more so I guess. If Alonso wins the title, one reason could be that he had one l...

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I say one might also ask the same question of the other drivers on the grid - just how good are Kimi, Alonso and Hamilton? Good question. Each one of those drivers have strengths and weaknesses. Alonso is probably the most organised of the lot. He can adapt his style to any car and certainly get th...

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Raikkonen is the fastest driver pound for pound on the grid but he needs the car to do it. Moreover, he pushes the car to its limits more than any other driver in the past 30 or more years and to some extent that can be a disadvantage if it breaks down. Another problem with Kimi is motivation. He ca...

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I'll be watching the Lotus teammates closest. Raikkonen is one of those drivers who is far better when fired-up and now that Grosjean did so well at the RoC, the Finn will want to show that he is better.

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Many interesting pointers here but the absolute nearest miss has to be Massa in 2008. Ferrari were even celeberating for God's sake!

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IMO Vitaly Petrov is underrated and worth a consideration by an upcoming middling team like Force India. He has talent and confidence but has not had a good opportunity to prove it.

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Z3RoadstarTXF1 wrote:I also agree about the "Omega" thought with that layout.

But if the Omega had a slight inward camber, it would make that section faster and more interesting.

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MikeV1987 wrote: Not surprised by Armchair Experts 2 cents though.

2 whole cents? C'mon, you're being flattering. That's a lot of money for such 'opinions' when can't even recycle them!

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Felipe Massa came closest of all, losing the championship in the last 2 turns of the last lap of the last race.

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peterpaul19 wrote:What can these three F1 drivers be up to next

Guys, look at the pictures I took of the pit gals having a shower!

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There are repercussions of his move beyond freeing up space at the front of the grid. Mind games, development, a new player in the midfield, all those who got opportunities to change seats because he moved, etc. You are right and as I have said earlier in this thread, I included those repercussions...

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It looks to be wide though. That could help overtaking.

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IMO, none of those 4 are true WDC material although Webber came close in 2010. Alesi and Montoya had dash and talent but to some extent the former made the latter seem more than it actually was. Especially with Jean Alesi. Frentzen certainly had the talent but lacked the dash and determination that ...

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