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The Grosjean vs Gutierrez stat is curious actually didn't look at it that way. It seems Grosjean is more motivated when the car is good enough for points while Gutierrez seems to have a problem or cocks up himself in such situations. In his first season with Sauber Hulk scored good points on several...

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With Bottas and Stroll confirmed for Williams that leaves 2 spots available at Haas, Manor and Sauber and 1 at Force India and Renault. Current drivers that are not confirmed, and I'll rank them right away 1 Grosjean (has a contract though for next season at Haas) 2 Wehrlein 3 Ericsson 4 Magnussen 5...

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That Nasr is on several shortlists is quite sad for the state of F1. It would be sad having no Brazilian driver in F1 but we had F1 without Italian driver for a few years too. Ericsson is only slightly better and Gutierrez is another guy not capable to score decent points. Oh look those 3 didn't sc...

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You know he might be happy his teammate is still Kimi next season and he really must hope Ferrari has a race winner again. He is impatient. I thought Alonso was very patient but eventually fell out with the team management. In 2015 Seb seemed to be in the right car at the right moment and he looked ...

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No and what is your next proposal, bring back refueling?

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That Nasr is on several shortlists is quite sad for the state of F1. It would be sad having no Brazilian driver in F1 but we had F1 without Italian driver for a few years too. Ericsson is only slightly better and Gutierrez is another guy not capable to score decent points. Oh look those 3 didn't sco...

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https://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2016/11/ross-brawn-to-become-sporting-boss-of-f1-not-replacing-bernie-ecclestone/ Interesting, seems that Brawn won't replace Ecclestone after all, rather he will work alongside him? While that might give conflicts I'm positive that by 2020 F1 will have a new commerci...

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Wash out his mouth with soap that's what they used to do with kids using foul language. He has been punished enough I guess by being dropped 2 places, or 1 place as he did cross the line in 4th.

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Despite Seb celebrating with the Mercedes drivers yesterday as Max got a 5s penalty, Seb has now received a 10s penalty dropping to 5th. Dan is promoted to 3d and Max to 4th place. http://www.planetf1.com/news/angry-vettel-drops-to-fifth-after-10-second-penalty/ So no double standards after all? How...

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You know I really am getting tired of Seb's whinging. Every time he complains and curses he sounds like a kid whose candy is taken away from him.

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Australia on the Adelaide circuit, pretty good chance at rain too. However Brazil or Japan would be fine too.

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5 pages of this again sigh...

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On the other hand 9 wins was enough to win the title when seasons weren't that long as now. Nico could still win 10 in the end and not become WDC.

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In a normal championship when the race calendar was approximately 16-17 rounds, Nico would already have been a WDC. By the time we reach the last 3-4 rounds people are actually looking forward to next season I know I do. actually, I always look on the last few races with a tinge of sadness as it me...

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In a normal championship when the race calendar was approximately 16-17 rounds, Nico would already have been a WDC. By the time we reach the last 3-4 rounds people are actually looking forward to next season I know I do.

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His father who owns a large stake of Williams now, from what I understand, isn't thrilled to have Bottas as Lance's teammate. So we may see the end of Bottas at Williams. That would be absolutely rubbish imo. Bottas deserves to be in that seat as the leading driver. Just because he might embarrass ...

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Still I do think Nico is closer to Lewis and more often can beat him than Webber could beat Vettel.

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A good even though not great driver. Not sure if he was better than Rosberg. They were teammates at Williams but Nico was in his rookie season so not the best benchmark. Nico however has achieved much more already in his F1 career being runner-up twice (something Webber never did) and a possibility...

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I really don't like that he won't go through GP2 to sharpen his skills further. This looks like a trend that could pick up pace with the way the FIA has structured the driver points system. Is GP2 going to be obsolete in 5-10 years? I not saying "yes", but I'm definitely starting to lean away from ...

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A good even though not great driver. Not sure if he was better than Rosberg. They were teammates at Williams but Nico was in his rookie season so not the best benchmark. Nico however has achieved much more already in his F1 career being runner-up twice (something Webber never did) and a possibility ...

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Was Capelli the last 100% Italian driver for Ferrari? Fissichella was in 09. The last Italian to complete a full season with Ferrari was Alboreto. Which is rather sad. I never understood why they gave Capelli the seat in 1992 while there was more promising Italian drivers like Modena and Martini. E...

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I really hope so. The very first WDC in 1950 was Italian Nino Farina for an Italian team (Alfa Romeo). The first 2 WDC's for Ferrari (1952-1953) were won by Italian Alberto Ascari. No more WDC's for Italian drivers after that but still plenty of Italian drivers often being the nation with most repre...

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My guess for next season - Mercedes Nico Rosberg Lewis Hamilton Red Bull Daniel Ricciardo Max Verstappen Ferrari Sebastian Vettel Kimi Raikkonen Force India Sergio Perez Pascal Wehrlein Williams Valteri Bottas Lance Stroll Mclaren Fernando Alonso Stoffel Vandoorne STR Carlos Sainz Pierre Gasley Haa...

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I'm very pleased for him. The guy should have had a win or a podium at least. It would be pretty sad for a guy with an impressive junior record to become the guy with most F1 races without ever getting on the podium. As much as I like Pierluigi Martini Hulk is defo better and he surely is a lot bett...

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Arrivabene his name only continues to amuse me. it isn't going too well (no va bene) under his reign this season. Seb tends to get easily demotivated though. When Red Bull was no longer the best car he got demotivated and beaten by Dan. He seemed rejuvenated arriving at Ferrari who build a much bett...

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Hulk, will he or won't he: http://www.planetf1.com/news/hulkenberg-to-renault-rumours-continue/ He needs a last ditch effort to roll his career around. I hope he takes it. I think he is better than both Kmag and Jolyon. It might be his last chance to end up in a car that can win races and titles in...

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So there isn't an F1 track in Adelaide no more? I always loved it as season final. For some reason Albert Park never really did it for me. V8 Supercars still use a good portion of the track for the Clipsal 500 race. See below. The track leaves the old F1 circuit at the dotted line so it cuts the Br...

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Things from the past you either liked or disliked. You have given up hope they would ever return or hope they won't ever. * Pre-qualifying: well since we have a hard time getting a grid of 26, I don't think we will ever see one of 30+ again * Pre KO qualifying format: the majority is happy about the...

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So there isn't an F1 track in Adelaide no more? I always loved it as season final. For some reason Albert Park never really did it for me.

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I think Williams but they are hampered by their driver line-up not being as strong as the ones from McLaren and Force India. While Massa being unlucky a few times he is not really driving a great final season. Loss of performance, loss of motivation or maybe a combination of the 2.

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While a return to late eighties early nineties with pre-qualifying has for me a huge nostalgia value in modern F1 it wouldn't work any more. The only way to make it work is actually reward everyone participating otherwise the teams who rarely are able to qualify or even pre-qualify will pull out qui...

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It was aggressive from Rosberg, in modern F1 more often than not it's a penalty. However, I'm sick of penalties for everything, and especially sick of how inconsistent everything is. As said in another thread look at the first corner incidents this season with Bottas, Verstappen and Vettel. 3 very ...

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He should have been excluded from the results so that we wouldn't have to read the Hamiltonatics cry about Hamilton's WDC robbing bad luck and the Undeserving Nico. ;) Much as Nico never misses an opportunity to chuck his car into a gap that was never really there, you never seem to miss one to att...

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I can understand the enthusiasm of the Dutch F1 fans, at last they have a driver capable and the package to win races. Debuting for RBR with a win got the expectations sky high but let's not get too carried away. He is still very young and obviously has a lot of talent and speed and there will be mo...

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Has anyone actually mentioned or noticed that Palmer scored his first point in F1? Even though there were quite a few retirements (6) including his teammate still nice job. If it will be enough to remain in F1 I doubt it. I still think there is better drivers to occupy that seat.

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No he hasn't lost it but is he really that miracle man Ferrari made him look like being the only non Mercedes winner last year? He seemed rejuvenated but Ferrari was a much better car than the one from 2014 in which even Alonso had no hope of winning.

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mds wrote:Answer: because sh*t happens. You're all welcome.

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Geez people let's all weep for poor Lewis. It's so unfair what happened to him.
And burn that evil Nico to the stake as he gets away with everything.
Lighten up guys and be happy for Dan.

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So Rosberg was lucky at the start falling back to the back of the field too? Yeah Lewis had rotten luck now but a few terrible starts from his part put him in a catching up position as well. With Nico so far back no one was going to be a threat to Lewis for the win and leading WDC. Car failures are ...

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5 completed lists... Average gap between Alonso and Kimi - 2 places in Alonso's favour Average gap between Kimi and Massa - 5.6 places in Kimi's favour Am I the only one to rate Massa and Kimi very similarly and Button ahead of Kimi? Button is ahead of Kimi in 0/5 lists so far. Look at my list. I h...

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