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I mean look at one from JB's car. Makes you want to vomit. https://j8b43ce4243i78jb200py5qh-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/XPB_790157_1200px.jpg Nope! Not me. It makes me want to understand the aerodynamics involved; I appreciate it as a piece of high technology. Simple front wings make...

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I personally expect them to not be challenged very much in 2017, honestly.

But hopefully I'm wrong and we'll have a competitive championship instead of the Red Bull whitewash I see coming.

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Hopefully it will sort the men from the boys occasionally at some point in the odd race, but the days of gladiators collapsing of exhaustion on the podium after a race are long gone. A pity. I don't know how many times I need to say this, but that only happened because the drivers weren't up to the...

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YES! My son raced against Juan Pablo's nephew here locally in Bambino karts a few years ago and the difference between the beating Karts give vs F1 cars is big according to him. You see in karts you are not strapped in and the only thing tying you to the kart is your poor rib cage and your arms. JP...

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I am extremely skeptical of the '5 seconds a lap faster' claims in any case as this year's cars are pushing pole times from 2004. Why? It's 12 years of technological improvement later. That's a huge amount in a rapidly developing industry like prototype automobiles. Back in 2004, the Ferrari Enzo -...

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If this happens we might have a Force Mexico in the future? Considering that the sponsors on the car have been steadily more and more Mexican every year, it's really just the logical progression of the current trend. Perez has established himself as their #1 driver, and Malya is in deep financial a...

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First season, Yellow car... You're not talking about Palmer are you? If you are: who on earth ever touted him to be an F1 sensation? At first I thought the post was clearly about Ocon, but then I remembered he didn't actually debut with Renault, so... Best guess: the poster forgot that this isn't M...

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I like to watch indycar road and street courses because the racing is so good. The problem for me is that the cars are so damn ugly, and the drivers seem to be the GP2 or GP3 drivers that could never get an F1 ride or guys that have been driving since the CART days. Not saying they are bad drivers,...

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First season, Yellow car... You're not talking about Palmer are you? If you are: who on earth ever touted him to be an F1 sensation? At first I thought the post was clearly about Ocon, but then I remembered he didn't actually debut with Renault, so... Best guess: the poster forgot that this isn't M...

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The draw isn't the problem, it's the price. You can get an NFL ticket at Wembley for £50-£70. A general access ticket for Silverstone, even just for Sunday, was about £180 this year I think. That's the cheapest, get up at 6am, queue to get in, sit half a mile from the track, obscured by a billboard...

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I think it's worth mentioning that some of the more controversial decisions have been opposed by Bernie. E.G. he was against the hybrids, foreseeing that their costs would be prohibitive. It's not like with him gone everything will suddenly be all roses. For all his faults - and he does have them -...

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I saw a bit of the race on Youtube. It's so amazing to see cars behind each other closely matched, even through the corners. Is it because these cars rely more on mechanical grip than aerodynamic grip? Just my impression, but I think it's a combination of two things; first that Indycar uses quite d...

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It's what you will get in what is a spec series (or close) with Chevy and Honda. Full course yellows for everything keep the cats bunched but basically Scott Dixon checked out just like Nico did yesterday. No contest. Yes, but when a driver checks out like that in a spec series (or close) it's beca...

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ReservoirDog wrote:Feel free to reply again when you grow up to the point you stop using the word "greed".

I'm a bit lost as to your meaning here. In what way is 'greed' a juvenile word?

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2016 ITALIAN GRAND PRIX RESULTS Quick and dirty update; as previously mentioned, I'm traveling tomorrow and don't have the time today to do the usual write-up. Race Result 1. Fountoukos13 +5 Points ~ 2. theferret +1 Point ~ 2. Black_Flag_11 +1 Point ~ 2. Icemanjee1 +1 Point ~ 2. Jenson's Understeer...

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1. Covalent 2017 :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: 2. Exediron 2014 :thumbup: :thumbup: [/b] That's what a wretched run of form will do for you; 32nd, 26th and now 26th again. At least it's only 3 points for the time being, so providing I can start to turn things around in Singapore this is still a man...

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Im off to go prep my kart for open practice tomorrow so I can further refine my armchair expert opinions. To be fair, unless you're off to prep a Formula 1 car you're going to remain an armchair expert no matter what you do. Some armchair experts really do know what they're talking about, but the d...

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I see Rosberg as vulnerable here. Vettel said he only needed to be within half a second in qualy to have a chance in the race - he wasn't that close to HAM, but well within that distance of Rosberg. If Nico gets a poor start and Vettel gets his characteristic rocketship getaway, then I think there's...

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Does anyone else get the sneaking suspicion they're only doing it this way because they're actually quite concerned Alonso might rage-quit after he sees the 2017 cars? Good news anyway. Vandoorne needed to be in F1, and he'd made it quite clear lately that if Macca wouldn't give him a seat he'd go e...

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mikeyg123 wrote:What is the purpose of the changes?

The usual, as I understand - the motorcycle people want them. They're to blame for the paved-over Parabolica as well, for that matter.

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Yes, he did say that. But tbh that just shows he's 18. I'm not that bothered by what he says other than when it shows he doesn't think he did anything wrong and when he admits to carrying out personal vendettas on track. Throwing insults at others just shows immaturity and shouldn't be given that m...

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GingerFurball wrote:As long as they don't butcher the Curva Grande.

The Curva Grande is a straight. At some point in the past it was something more, but calling it a corner for modern F1 cars is a bit silly. Personally, getting rid of the horrid Rettifilio chicane will more than compensate for me.

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Time to put the last two races behind me and return to, if not the podium, than at least the top ten or thereabouts. Unfortunately, this is generally a pretty easy one to predict in general, so I'm expecting generally fairly flat and high scoring, with a terrible cost for anyone who gets it wrong......

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At the same time as I file this banker prediction, I would like to officially denounce rumors that a coalition of championship leaders have pooled their resources in a special contribution to uphold Jezza13's disqualification. Such rumors are not only false, but also very false. No such thing ever h...

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Zoue wrote:Hamilton would get dragged into threads about the weather.

Are you trying to imply Hamilton might not be the best driver in the weather, ever?!

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Posted this on another other thread: Can anyone tell me the difference between the two please: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRXET1lrZak Max vs Kimi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1WuWu8kGak&t=0m28s Mika vs Shumi One is praised as good defending & wheel to wheel action & the other is classed as ...

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ALESI wrote:Why is it the only time one ever hears Button being described as 'highly rated' is when someone is trying to big up Hamilton in comparison?

Good question. He's a world champion and has proven his speed and racecraft on numerous occasions; you'd think people would rate him higher in general.

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I'm lost what did Hamilton say that was wrong? :? Nothing, Pokerman.... we know Lewis never does or says anything wrong. You have "educated" us often enough! ;) Okay, I'm an avowed Alonso fan; I don't have any problem with what Lewis said. He was asked directly if there is a 'real possibility' of A...

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Jenson's Understeer wrote:Jenson's Understeer loses a single place for the second round in a row but is at least now 17 clear of Exediron, having made the same selections but benefitting from superior luck.

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Kimi takes this one for me. Topped at least one of the FP sessions, out-qualified his team mate and but for external factors would likely have been a contender for the win. Was pacy and aggressive all race and that with a damaged car. This sums it up pretty well for me, so I'll just quote it. The d...

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http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2016/08/28/2016-belgian-grand-prix-pictures/ http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/XPB_835841_HiRes-941x529.jpg 2016 BELGIAN GRAND PRIX RESULTS True to form for Formula One in 2016, the first corner eliminated the hopes and dreams of most contestants going...

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Change plz. 1. Rosberg 2. Ricciardo 3. Hamilton Was I too late? I think you made it just in time. Start of FP3 is official cut off. If it is the start of FP3 then Jezza was literally one minute too late; the post shows up at 9:01am (which would've been 10:01am in GMT; FP3 started at 10:00am). Contr...

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Next, MW: Best teammate FA: Jenson [I don't believe that for a second myself, he went straight into PR crap mode] Was it clearer in the actual interview what Webber meant by 'best'? Because if it's in terms of working relationship in addition to speed, I think Jenson might very well be the best. He...

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2016 BELGIAN GRAND PRIX 1. Nico Rosberg 25 2. Daniel Ricciardo 25 3. Max Verstappen 00 4. Lewis Hamilton 18 5. Kimi Raikkonen 10 6. Sebastian Vettel 25 7. Sergio Perez 15 8. Jenson Button 00 9. Fernando Alonso 15 10. Nico Hulkenberg 06 139 points. I don't think (I hope) I've lost the lead entirely,...

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Exediron wrote:Group two joker on Kimi Raikkonen, please!

Well, that joker turned out to be a total joke! Fits nicely with the rest of my season in this competition...

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So why did Lewis go out at all in qualy then? He clearly isn't going to be a hazard for being slow so why not just take the day off and throw 100% at the race? I think not even making an attempt at qualifying might have been viewed poorly by the stewards. Also, making a run in qualy gives you a cha...

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Spa: 1. Rosberg 2. Ricciardo 3. Verstappen 4. Räikkönen 5. Vettel 6. Hamilton 7. Perez 8. Hulkenberg 9. Bottas 10. Massa Apart from mainly Ricciardo, the rest pretty much followed the script ;) Based on the season so far, that means something shocking will happen in the race and you'll come up with...

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2016 BELGIAN GRAND PRIX 1. Nico Rosberg 2. Daniel Ricciardo 3. Max Verstappen 4. Lewis Hamilton 5. Kimi Raikkonen 6. Sebastian Vettel 7. Sergio Perez 8. Jenson Button 9. Fernando Alonso 10. Nico Hulkenberg Not having a great feeling about this right now... Hoping for some rain! :lol: x(

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As a huge Prost fan, I'd love to watch it. Do you know anywhere I can find it online? Legally, preferably. ;) No I don't. I checked YouTube, but no luck there. Do you speak French, by the way? If not, it's going to be hard. ;) Nope! But I'm assuming/hoping at some point it'll get uploaded with subt...

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It's interesting how many people are confident Hamilton will still manage to reach the podium despite having no chance of starting inside the top 10. I suppose we'll get to see whatever the true Mercedes pace is on Sunday, but I for one don't think they have the advantage in hand they did back when ...

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