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Newey's been the top guy for more than 2 decades, if my math is correct. He was a top designer when he was 20 years younger than he is today. But I can't think of another name today who's that age and is anywhere near as good as him. People are underestimating just how much of an impact Paddy Lowe ...

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Hamilton's tyres were sub optimal by the time he really pushed. All of Hamilton's laps prior to his hot lap were banker laps where he was merely pacing himself. Likewise everyone has been commenting about how well the Ultra Soft tyres last around here. I highly doubt that he took anything more than...

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Does Ricciardo not have one set of softs available? Could he not use that as his prime stint tyre to cover off the Mercedes guys, or has he already used that set in practice?

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kleefton wrote: he was faster than Rosberg all weekend

Just like Rosberg was faster than Hamilton all weekend in Spain.

As for your argument about tyres, see above.

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Hamilton's tyres were sub optimal by the time he really pushed. All of Hamilton's laps prior to his hot lap were banker laps where he was merely pacing himself. Likewise everyone has been commenting about how well the Ultra Soft tyres last around here. I highly doubt that he took anything more than...

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Hamilton was 0.151 s slower than Rosberg in his final attempt in Q3, both on US tyres and the same track conditions. He was unlucky to not get a banker in but ultimately he simply wasn't fast enough. No one was going to beat Danny Ric today.

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Ricciardo didn't get a clean lap in at the end, Hamilton got traffic in S3 on his fastest attempt, and Rosberg made mistakes on his fastest lap. Pole fight will be between Mercedes and Red Bull, but Ferrari (in Vettel's hands) looked much better today than on Thursday.

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With Renault's recent upgrade supposedly increasing their engine performance by a further 50 BHP, is there still any doubt which the worst engine in F1 is?

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Ricciardo looking very handy I must say, although it shouldn't surprise me if the Mercs turn up the wick come Saturday qualifying. All the Red Bull family look strong. I hope for Ferrari's sake they have something in hand or they will be even more embarrassed than in Barcelona. I don't think Ferrar...

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I would love nothing more than to see a current Alonso or Button go up against Rosberg in the Merc. I think a lot of people on this forum will be surprised. It would certainly be fascinating :thumbup: Speaking of old opinions/consensus that were proved wrong, here's an old thread I recall from Auto...

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I would love nothing more than to see a current Alonso or Button go up against Rosberg in the Merc. I think a lot of people on this forum will be surprised.

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F1 MERCENARY wrote:I think it's pretty safe to say he's on his way to Ferrari at this point

I think that some people are generally incapable of separating what they want to happen from what they see as the inevitable.

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Kvyat would not have been fast enough Well, actually Kvyat has been very good in picking up top positions when misfortune hit Ricciardo - just like Verstappen in Barcelona. ;) Kvyat's qualifying has been atrocious though, especially this season. He probably would have found himself behind at least ...

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Verstappen lost big points as well Sainz lost more. He had a total of 7 retirements, including two from a potential 4th and 5th place in Russia and Hungary. Carlos won the qualifying battle 10-9, although Max beat him 5-4 in a two car finish. They were very evenly matched overall in 2015, with a sl...

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flyboy10 wrote:
Covalent wrote:
Mr-E wrote:With Verstappen winning today, does that make it 10 different winners in 10 years in the Spanish GP? Believe so.
That´s very interesting if true
Who are they then?

Massa, Raikkonen, Button, Webber, Vettel, Maldonado, Alonso, Hamilton, Rosberg, Verstappen.

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Although a 7 race win steak is pretty impressive, it’s frustrating because it easily could have been 10 or so. His car failed when leading in Sochi, safety cars and gusts of wind in Austin, and now this engine mode problem in Barcelona when he’d just done Lewis around the outside of Turn 1. But what...

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However I think Verstappen holds a lot more potential than Sainz. Last year Verstappen was in his second single seater season and he's quite a bit younger. And he was already noticeably better. Sainz deserves to be there but I don't see future WDC written all over him like I see Verstappen. I don't...

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Sainz gave Kvyat a Ricciardo-level tonking today, no less than 32 seconds between them. Granted Kvyat has just switched teams, but so did Verstappen and he matched Ricciardo on pace in his first weekend. I can't help but feel that Sainz would have a lot more hype around him if it wasn't for Verstapp...

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Maybe this helps: http://s32.postimg.org/dlam442cx/hamros_2.png http://s32.postimg.org/gkm44z181/hamros_3.png http://s32.postimg.org/zbo1f4vsh/hamros_4.png http://s32.postimg.org/u7wrqxkoh/hamros_5.png http://s32.postimg.org/84wjngycx/hamros_6.png http://s32.postimg.org/oempqd90x/hamros_7.png as u ...

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After today, I am beginning to feel that the 2015 STR duo will be remembered incredibly fondly in the future.

I am also starting to believe that Carlos Sainz is probably the most underrated driver on the current grid.

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Today Sainz finished what, 32 seconds ahead of Kvyat? That was a proper tonking, in both qualifying and the race. All this while Verstappen basically matched Ricciardo's pace on his first outing for Red Bull. People underestimated just how good the 2015 STR duo really were. I think they are both exc...

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According to Toto Wolff on Sky, Nico had an ERS deployment failure/problem coming out of Turn 3 so he was essentially 180 horsepower down. Without this, Lewis would never have even got close to him at the scene of the accident.

Directly or indirectly, Nico lost this race because of unreliabilty.

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Well that was fun while it lasted.

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He is usually very fast in wet qualifying sessions, as we saw at Malaysia 2010, Belgium 2013, Brazil 2013, Belgium 2014, Britain 2014, and USA 2015.

Wet races in general are uncommon these days. His best wet race is probably China 2010.

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IDrinkYourMilkshake wrote:Alonslow

I still remember that nickname. It was almost toxic on F1 forums (especially the less intelligent ones) back in the mid-to-late 2000's.

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Drivers who were better than I initially thought: - Alonso - Ricciardo I always rated Alonso as a top driver since 2005, but his form patch from Valencia 2011 to Singapore 2012 is the best I've ever seen from any driver. I rate him as one of the top 10 ever. I didn't think Ricciardo would be partic...

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1 - The move to pay TV An incredibly short-sighted move by FOM to make a lot of money short-term, and essentially show the middle finger to both the fans and the teams. The viewing figures have gone down drastically, and hence the teams can't find sponsors anymore. 2 - Revenue distribution of the te...

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Whilst I agree I am sure you were pretty sure Monza 14, USA 14, Japan 14 and USA 15 he'd win too. Even possibly Russia 2014 for the moment he got ahead and had the inside for T1 Hamilton's victory at USA 2015 was a complete fluke, probably the luckiest of his career alongside Monaco 2008. Rosberg w...

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Nico doesn't lose out to "what ifs", the "what ifs" nearly got him a title in 2014. He just has to beat Hamilton when he doesn't break down, blow up in qualifying or not just on the rare occasion Hamilton makes a bad start. He done that in the last 3 races on 2015 and Also in Austria in 2015 but in...

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I keep seeing this comparison in this thread, but Max to Red Bull is nothing like Fisi to Ferrari is 2009. Verstappen is 18 right now. Fisichella was 36 in 2009 when he moved from Force India to Ferrari mid season. Young people in general are quicker learners, whether it is learning a new language,...

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Could Rosberg end his career with more wins than Alonso?

I'm also very curious to see just how far up Vettel and Hamilton get.

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There's a difference between a Hattrick and Grand Chemel. The former is pole, win, and fastest lap. The latter is pole, win, fastest lap, and lead every lap of the race. Rosberg took pole, lead every lap of the race, and won in Monaco 2013, Monaco 2014, and Germany 2014. He missed the Grand Chemel o...

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Blinky McSquinty wrote:We're already writing off a guy who finished on the podium just one race ago?

Sounds pretty similar to Grosjean at Belgium 2012. He was brilliant from China until Hungary that year. Then the Spa accident completely shattered his confidence.

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With that being said, I'm not letting McLaren off the hook either. I don't believe that their current chassis is up there with the top guys. Ever since Paddy Lowe left them in 2012, their cars have been abhorrently average. Coincidentally, Mercedes have got so much stronger since Lowe joined them. I...

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A year later (since I started this thread), McLaren suck just as much. Still haven't made it to Q3. McHonda is the biggest disaster I can think of in the last 20 years of F1. McHonda is the biggest failure since.. the Honda factory team back in 2007-08. I honestly don't understand how Honda can kee...

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Barring any misfortunes I think he will probably win tomorrow's race. Then again, I have a sneaky underlying suspicion that something might/will go wrong with his car, but that's likely just paranoia. After that it's Barcelona and Monaco. Barcelona will be all about the start because of how long the...

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If Lewis starts 10th, anything can happen tomorrow. Remember Austria 2014 when Nico started 2nd and Lewis 9th. They were 3rd and 4th after 4 laps. Britain 2014 when Nico had pole and Lewis 7th, they were 2nd and 3rd after a few laps. Hungary 2014 when Nico had pole and Lewis started from the pits, ...

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Perez missed Monaco 2011 after his huge crash and subsequently Canada 2011. Hulkenberg missed Australia 2013 I think.

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Autosport voted Jordan as the car of the year in 1991, because you know, that car was clearly better than McLaren and Williams. Autosport awards also voted Button as driver of the year in 2012 despite getting trashed by Lewis. Autosport awards have about the same level of credibility as an average Y...

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without the 2 seasons Massa beat Raikkonen he has beaten his team mate 1 season in 10. Ouch. That is an awful awful record. In my opinion Massa has had the strongest list of teammates in the past 20 years. 2 legends (Schumacher, Alonso), 2 WDC's (Raikkonen, Villeneuve), and the rest were very compe...

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