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stevey

Both tracks that Ferrari mixed it up on we're rear limited tracks with high temperatures and very abrasive surfaces. Bahrain is actually the most abrasive surface according to all the reporters. Any tracks that have mid to high speed corners and the ferraris are left for dust. I honestly feel the me...

stevey

Nico had a good race coming from 4th to 2nd and then back to 3rd. In regards to Hamilton he was no where near on his pace. Hamiltons original lead of over 6 seconds was sacrificed for Nico to prevent the undercut which happened anyway. Even when Nico was directly behind Lewis he never broke into Drs...

stevey

In q3 first run Nico ran his q2 tyres again? Didn't he only run once in q2 and does anyone know if Hamilton used his q2 tyres again?

stevey

the Ferrari is no slouch but it's only strong at certain tracks. Tracks with high and mid speed corners and they drop back from merc

Lewis
Nico
Sebastian
Kimi

stevey

Of course Seb has number 1 status, he even has a veto in his contract of who the other driver should be.

Kimi doesn't have this special privilege

stevey

The dailymail really hates Hamilton, it either generational or racial.

stevey

I have no idea what we're discussing in this thread.

Racer A was managing his pace
Racer B was behind and didn't want to race Racer A
Racer C was behind Racer B wanting to overtake them both.

There is no place on this planet where logic is being applied to this discussion in a racing series.

stevey

I heard that the Ferraris and Williams and a few other teams run with a blown hub ?? to aid in tyre wear and Mercedes don't. How easy of an update is it to apply? Mercedes tyre wear doesn't seem too bad, the fact that they can lap at the Ferrari max pace well within the limits of the tyre and then b...

stevey

rosbergs pace seemed better than Hamiltons but Lewis also missed out on Practice 1 and half of Practice 2 and admitted his car balance was off.

stevey

Rosberg had better pace but he also had a full weekend where as Lewis did not. This race for Nico was lost in q1 (tyre strat) and q3 with all his weird shenanigans, the stacked pit stop and poor racecraft getting through the field. The race for Lewis was lost in p1, half of p2, q1 (tyre strat) and e...

stevey

Another way to rank it could be who won titles in different eras. So far Hamilton has won 2 titles in 2 different eras Sebastian has won 4 titles in 1 era Alonso has won 2 titles in 1 era etc To think that it could have been 3 titles in 3 eras if McLaren had their act together in 2012. That is unpr...

stevey

it was the double diffuser era

stevey

I've amended my list around major rule changes to see who best adapted to change and who was dominant within an era. http://i.imgur.com/mJQXYk3.jpg The standout names are similar: Fangio, Clark, Stewart, Jones, Prost, Senna, Schumacher, Vettel and Hamilton. Alan Jones is a surprising conclusion whi...

stevey

I fully expect Hamilton to be top of the list (as you've ranked by number of wins) by mid way through this season, and ahead of Senna by the end of the year. As we see from the highest number of title holders from other eras, it is nearly certain Vettel will get some wins with Ferrari before 2017 t...

stevey

lol at least he took the pic, but I am a little more concerned with the fact that a press person was there to capture the moment, looks a little set up to me.

stevey

p.s. Sarcasm was used in this post. I love the new engines, always have done since they were first announced. They are technical marvels and is what f1 should be - cutting edge tech in the fastest cars around a circuit. Ever since these engines were run on track I've been waiting for them to unlock...

stevey

It's interesting that you chose to do your eras by driver, I probably would have taken a slightly different approach and done it by car type but your way works too; 1950-1958 Front-engined 1959-1968 Rear engined, no wings 1969-1977 Wings 1978-1982 Ground effects 1983-1988 Turbos 1989-2000 Naturally...

stevey

Isn't this similar to a whistleblowing policy, if Merc did something shifty and lewis went to the press and outed them,who is being dishonest? Certainly not Lewis, more Merc if they tried to keep it under wraps. Same applies if nico caused a deliberate collision and merc tried to keep it under wrap...

stevey

Isn't this similar to a whistleblowing policy, if Merc did something shifty and lewis went to the press and outed them,who is being dishonest? Certainly not Lewis, more Merc if they tried to keep it under wraps. Same applies if nico caused a deliberate collision and merc tried to keep it under wraps...

stevey

There are many types of trust, do you believe a person will be honest with you, do you trust a person will not risk your life in a different car? do you trust the engineers to make sure your brakes do not vaporize when needed? With Hamilton and for the purpose of this thread I looked at it from the...

stevey

I'm happy for kimi, he is showing great pace this year and a hunger that had faded in the past. This will be a good year for him.

stevey

There are many types of trust, do you believe a person will be honest with you, do you trust a person will not risk your life in a different car? do you trust the engineers to make sure your brakes do not vaporize when needed? With Hamilton and for the purpose of this thread I looked at it from the...

stevey

I think Lewis was racing the red bulls as it was the performance difference between the cars that forced him to push too hard and lose control more often than not rather than jenson doing anything.

The guy even follows the mantra of second place is the first of the losers

stevey

Renault got no credit when Red Bull where winning and are now getting terrible press when Red Bull are losing. At least if it was there own team they would be held accountable from top to bottom.

Maybe there giving crap engines to driver down the price of a team? sneaky!!!

stevey

That guy should never grow a moustache on its own, with a beard and a certain length it look ok. But just that pic makes me chuckle. It must have been a dare or a bet.

stevey

Bit surprised at the many nominations for Hamilton as most trusted driver. Liegate? Telemetry tweeting? Openly defying team orders? No, I would not trust Hamilton. I, too, am surprised at the number of nominations for Hamilton. He published confidential information and openly discussed the contents...

stevey

Dictating a price for a customer engine would only save the number of teams, but a manufacturer could turn around and say we only want to provide x number of teams to make it worth while to us as a company. They don't want to operate at a loss. In reply to prema I agree opening up engine developmen...

stevey

I'm not a McLaren Fan, they're ok but I have a great feeling that this is the car that will challenge the team I am a fan of Merc, there are lots of doubters out there but I can see how good this car and engine combination is going to be. I think by the last 3 - 4 races they will be challenging for ...

stevey

Surely the answer is simple. MB just need to sell their engines to anyone who wants one. Then RBR can decide to stick or fold and Ferrari can agonise with whether to swallow their pride or get their act together. Time for a poll. I suspect it will be the most one sided answer for yonks. . having a ...

stevey

Then Horner is only saying that what ought to be done. Or F1 will be the kind of competition where Ferrari and McLaren can hope to be able to be competitive at best for 2nd and 3rd place in WCC. (then let's not shoot the messenger) I'm sorry but I totally disagree, you're writing off both Ferrari a...

stevey

I'm not convinced of it, the pace difference in p3 and quali where a bit too big to be same setup.

I think its something Nico has said to save a bit of face, after the Vettel thing you can see something has already got to him.

stevey

The problem with this thread for me is the constant talk of female driver vs Susie Wolff specifically. I think what most people are saying is Susie Wolffs career is very mediocre to be given a chance to drive in the ultimate formula. Her gender doesn't really come into the equation. If there is a fe...

stevey

Ricciardo is not better than Rosberg, but worse. I don't agree. Ricciardo would beat Rosberg in the W05 or W06... I am aware some drivers can be anonymous when in the midfield but his junior record is incredible compared to the rest of the grid! A drivers' junior record isn't really a determining f...

stevey

Trust:

Driver: Hamilton

Owner: Frank Williams

TP: Frank Williams

Least

Driver: Sebastian Vettel

Owner: Dietrich Mateschitz

TP: Christian Horner

stevey

What people seem to overlook is that there is actually a good chance they *will* walk away and take TWO teams with them. They have almost no chance of selling those teams as a going concern, for several reasons: Audi/Porche aren't going to buy in to being also-rans (they have no hope of winning wit...

stevey

McLaren will be winning podiums by the end of the season, I guarantee!!!

stevey

the size of this repository must be extremely small, what are we talking about in terms of additional power delivery and how often? If this was me I'd of manufactured the repository into the fuel injector itself so all the way up to the fuel injectors the pressure would not change. It would be virtu...

stevey

- what if RBR have done a far better job but can't unlock their surplus of performance over STR due to the sheer undriveability of the Renault PU?

Its that one

stevey

http://www.planetf1.com/driver/55667788/37391/Massa-questions-Merc-engine-equality "If we don't have the same engine - which I cannot say 100% because it's very difficult to say - but if we don't have it then we want to have it because it's not nice that we don't have it." It is fair to say that in...

stevey

can't you just change the pole to a yes or no rather than 3 types of yes and 4 types of No

I chose No as she has done nothing in any other series to warrant a driver in F1.

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