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Nice! FIA doing there normal thing, putting a sticky plaster on a knife wound. The FIA have no power. They just throw in ideas which get rejected by the teams. Ecclestone then undermines them all by giving the tyre contract to Pirelli again which means there is a huge bottleneck slowing the cars do...

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I don't see it as harsh at all, it was a completely ludicrous and dangerous thing to do. You only have to watch the footage of the Tom Pryce accident to see what can happen when people are on the track at racing speeds. I can only assume this guy has some form of mental illness to think this was ac...

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When I saw it live on TV I chuckled and laughed. I don't think Lewis meant any disrespect throwing the hat at Nico since he gave Vettel's hat afterwards, I thought it was more of a "Hey, get ready to go out" type of deal. Although that was probably the worst time for that since Rosberg had just los...

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Why would a VW team be happy to use Ferrari engines for 2 years? That part doesn't make sense to me I do not see how this can happen. Must be a bad rumor. The way I have interpreted it is that VW agree to buy the team but effectively take over in 2018, with a VW engine developed by then. Red Bull a...

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Don't really understand the press release from the FIA about the decision. They say the pressures were correct when the tyres were fitted to the car and that the tyre blankets were disconnected from their power source when this pressure was taken. So, when were they low? And how was this measure? Us...

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I would say Lewis is incredibly lucky, as is Vettel, as is Alonso (to a lesser extent), especially as is Kimi. Any driver that ends up at a team capable of winning the WDC is lucky, any driver who has driven a dominant car is very lucky. Exactly this. Hamilton has been very lucky from the start of ...

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It's all politics and money. Which means it is all Bull Feces! Exactly. Can't quite believe they left DTM off first time around, and it still has the same worth as 'indy lights'. Then I remember who is responsible for making these rules, and it all becomes clear. The F1 strategy group? Yes, and the...

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mmi16 wrote:It's all politics and money. Which means it is all Bull Feces!

Exactly. Can't quite believe they left DTM off first time around, and it still has the same worth as 'indy lights'. Then I remember who is responsible for making these rules, and it all becomes clear.

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The Button retirement. Especially with the circumstances of the collision. Could have been his last British GP as well.

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Don't understand how this really benefits Red Bull. They would just be the Mercedes B team and rely on their main competitor for engines. OK, they get a better engine than they currently have, but they have always said they want to be the 'works' team of an engine supplier. Mercedes would probably l...

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It's time for Red Bull to leave.

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I didn't really want the new hosts to be celebrities TBH. Clarksson, May and Hammond were all motoring journalists and not famous before joining Top Gear. I would much rather they had gone down that route again. Any famous choice for host will already have baggage and may be cautious, not wanting t...

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I used to watch F1, terrified, adrenalin pumping, scared that I might actually see someone die. I haven't felt like that for over 20 years. It's a totally different sport from what it was when I first started watching. I was attracted to the danger. So much of that has been removed that it's not th...

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F1 is in a silly tangle at the moment. On the one hand we have engines that are supposed to be more economical and more aligned to road cars yet we have tyres that are purposely designed to wear out. Teams are transported around the world in planes and boats yet the actual races have become an econo...

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According to the Beeb she died from neurological complications following her recovery from the accident trauma, that could be anything. Having said that you are right... Sadly I think we will have to add Bianchi to the list, he may be breathing but that's no consolation... Strange that the last two...

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oh dear Lewis is in mega sulk mode... Lol :) that is soft, i was wondering how the guy didn't crash the car in the middle of the track, i would be so furious after such a chocolate fudge cake up...glad he didn't do it though, but i would smash heads with my helmet in the box after this :). This is ...

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Why would they make that terrible decision to throw away Hamilton's victory? Why did he even need new tyres? Can't believe it.

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The any tyre idea for 2016 is good and will lead to more different strategies and cater for all driver preferences. The refuelling idea not so good and hopefully will be binned before 2017. Won't the teams all end up picking the same tyres anyway? Even if that isn't the case, we will just see the f...

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This livery (just like the old one) makes the Mclaren look like a car produced by a team at a very low point. Much like the Manor car. You see the Mclaren on the track and automatically think "oh dear, they must be struggling". I know it makes no difference to how fast the car goes, but surely they ...

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The engines have sounded louder this year. One thing I noticed more so in this race were the sparks. They definitely made overtakes look more spectacular.

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It's like water fights with kids innit. Squirting people who have their own water pistol or who are part of the action is a-okay. Spraying someone (especially someone who can't reasonably escape) close up in the face while they cringe away is probably worth having a quiet word about toning down the...

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Did I miss something because I thought the teams weren't allowed to coach drivers during races any more?. They told Hamilton exactly what lap times to do during this incident and also told Rosberg various details about his tyres including how they would react during graining.

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A front wing apocalypse.

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I don't want to make too much of this race because circumstances were slightly unusual in terms of the temperatures and tire degradation but Mercedes were certainly caught napping here, weren't they? I can't help but think back to Rosberg trying to play mind games with Hamilton in qualifying yester...

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Just heard this on Sky F1. Bernie is trying to push through a qualifying / race points split. The way he explained it is pole position guy gets half the victory points then start the race in 10th. Anyone else heard anything on this? I hope it's just another weak idea that's kicking around. I wouldn...

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If so why is Alonso the one revealing there was a steering failure and not McLaren? Because McLaren works with data, and the data says nothing. The only thing left is what the driver experinced. What do you mean? Mclaren would know exactly the steering angle at all points on every lap the car runs....

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It's official. He's gone. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32052736 The correct decision. For once the right thing has come second to money, I have no doubt the BBC will loose money over this. However if someone has to go to A&E because you assulted them at work, you deserve more than j...

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What was the format of qualifying in 2004 though? I didn't watch it back then but a quick read suggests there were two laps, one to determined what order the cars actually qualified on with low fuel and a second lap to determined the starting order for the race, on race fuel. We are nowhere near the...

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Top Gear could have continued while Jeremy Clarkson was suspended – but James May and Richard Hammond refused to do the show without him. http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/top-gears-richard-hammond-james-5360997 So, Clarkson launches an emotional rant against the BBC and auctions off a ride with h...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG4JG-e ... UsiClnYxhg

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No goosebumps, just shuddered at the thought of the radio chatter we'd endure if he starts winning races in a Ferrari.

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Teams very rarely make decision which are aimed at improving the sport, most often they are looking for a direct benefit. Teams that are not challenging for the title will often mask their desire for restoring competitive balance behind "saving money". Yes. Red Bull did not want any rule changes or...

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Vettel pole, Bottas 2nd, Button 3rd. Hamilton and Rosberg refuse to take helmets off after qualifying due to undisclosed team orders scandal which leads to neither getting out of q2. Scuffle occurs between the two which has to be broken up by Wolff.

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The only bit of the complaints I see as valid is that I don't really see a reason not to air a show that has been recorded in advance. So I can see why people might be a bit annoyed. But Clarkson is not being marginalised by the BBC here. People who think otherwise need to get their heads out of th...

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I didn't think he was anything special before last year but was glad he did do well as he is the kind of driver F1 needs at the moment. Someone that people can shout for.

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The camoflaged livery is just... "hard to look at", and it doesnt make any sense whatsoever because it makes the sponsorship and the logos be kind of "invisible". People who voted for it... seriously? Its like an F1 car covered by pages of a newspaper. Its cool to see once, but then it gets boring ...

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Are you worried you'll get abused at a GP for it? I don't see the problem at all.

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Anyone have an idea what time McLaren's reveal will be? How long has their twitter page been Red & White? https://twitter.com/McLarenF1 Don't know but I think the picture of the old red and white nose is surely a pretty big clue to their new colour scheme. I'm going with black - JB's and Fred's tea...

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Jenson Button didn't win it in 2009 and Hamilton didn't win it in 2008 so I was very surprised he won it this year. I guess it was because it was his second title.

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All these things Ron Dennis and Alonso are saying about regrets and how it won't be the same as 2007 don't make sense. They will clash again and Alonso will explode again. I just hope we get at least one season of descent racing before this happens.

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