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Post race Maldo said he was always going into the pit that lap. Why then was he fighting so hard around the outside of the final turn before the pits on the inside? If he had yielded to Gutierrez he'd have gotten to the pits quicker than hanging it out around the outside. I thought it was another Ma...

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However, all of the above is forgetting that he did play his part in helping his teammate win one for the team in '07 and in '08, he almost won another for the team. The very year another "great" driver won his WDC on the last corner of the last lap of the last race of the year. I wonder why the "g...

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Lauda's point is that a driver has to be careful of his performance if he isn't liked, then you said so has Vettel and Hamilton as well so would your opinion be that they are not liked within their teams. Then you opinion its the same for all the drivers so, that being the case why has Massa been a...

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Lauda's point is that a driver has to be careful of his performance if he isn't liked, then you said so has Vettel and Hamilton as well so would your opinion be that they are not liked within their teams. Then you opinion its the same for all the drivers so, that being the case why has Massa been a...

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The pit entry at Spa is by far the worst-designed on the entire calendar with the possible exception of Interlagos. I'm surprised we don't see more incidents like this, to be honest. With such a long lap, anyone picking up damage at the chicane (which is not uncommon, every year since 2007 there ha...

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Kevin McDonald wrote:Does anyone not realise that it was meant as humour when he said: "It was my call, I am claiming that one".

I bet if Hamilton said the same most would be praising him to high heavens by now...

If he showed good humour in adversity you'd have a point.

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"You may take my dries, but you will never take... my wisdom..." - Paul "Braveheart" Di Resta.

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f1newbie wrote:what about button? hoping for a ham win but hes going to need some more luck and to drive like as good as he did last race....

Button is at 50/1... A little over the top I think baring in mind the conditions predicted tomorrow...

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He has a contract with McLaren for next year, unless the team are failing some performance clauses and he can get out of it. I can't see him going to either Ferrari or Red Bull. He knows he's capable of winning the drivers championship, he's probably hoping he'll get the chance to win another one.....

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He has a contract with McLaren for next year, unless the team are failing some performance clauses and he can get out of it. I can't see him going to either Ferrari or Red Bull. He knows he's capable of winning the drivers championship, he's probably hoping he'll get the chance to win another one.....

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He has a contract with McLaren for next year, unless the team are failing some performance clauses and he can get out of it. I can't see him going to either Ferrari or Red Bull. He knows he's capable of winning the drivers championship, he's probably hoping he'll get the chance to win another one.....

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well, heres the annual question, is it time Merc openly utilise team orders to help their championship prospects? Rosberg is out of it now, even Hamilton only has an outside chance at fighting back, will Brawn make they he has the best chance at it as possible? I think he should Brawn surely wants ...

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The pole lap, if anyone's interested. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJnsOBXtqAw Might cause a s***storm but did Lewis put all four wheels outside the track on the exit to Eau Rouge? 00:36 on the vid. pretty sure thats one of the points where drivers can leave the track, like the one in monza and s...

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The pole lap, if anyone's interested. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJnsOBXtqAw Might cause a s***storm but did Lewis put all four wheels outside the track on the exit to Eau Rouge? 00:36 on the vid. Freeze the frame on 00:36... and he clearly did so. If only we had another angle to confirm the re...

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Ev0lutionz wrote:The pole lap, if anyone's interested.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJnsOBXtqAw

Might cause a s***storm but did Lewis put all four wheels outside the track on the exit to Eau Rouge?

00:36 on the vid.

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TheThirdTenor wrote:
fourearedfox wrote:
TheThirdTenor wrote:Some people must be quite simple if they think "more downforce = faster in the wet". If only F1 were that simple.
Yeah who cares about traction ey?

I'm agreeing with you with sarcasm, should have made that clearer.

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Some of you really need to learn that Hamilton isn't a demi god and that the sun doesn't shine out of his rear end. He had the better car today, he should have been on pole. Not a Hamilton fan... Some of us need to stop perpetuating falsehoods based on no evidence whatsoever... We have the potentia...

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TheThirdTenor wrote:Some people must be quite simple if they think "more downforce = faster in the wet". If only F1 were that simple.

Yeah who cares about traction ey?

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Red Bull is the quickest car in wet conditions - we saw it all through the season - Australia, Malaysia, Canada etc. Not when they are running a dry set up and Merck are running a wet one. Ah yes, the "wet setup" myth. Let's hear what Vettel has to say about wet setups (from 2011): Q. It sounds as ...

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Red Bull is the quickest car in wet conditions - we saw it all through the season - Australia, Malaysia, Canada etc. Not when they are running a dry set up and Merck are running a wet one. Ferrari and Lotus must be running an extra dry set up then being half a second quicker in Q2, Rosberg was quic...

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Nico Rosberg on a full wet setup, according to some tops Q2 ahead of both Red Bulls on dry setups... in the dry. Interesting logic. I think some of this was based on speed trap figures half along the straight from yesterday rather than the end of the straight which favoured Red Bull somewhat, plus ...

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Nico Rosberg on a full wet setup, according to some tops Q2 ahead of both Red Bulls on dry setups... in the dry. Interesting logic. I think some of this was based on speed trap figures half along the straight from yesterday rather than the end of the straight which favoured Red Bull somewhat, plus ...

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Nico Rosberg on a full wet setup, according to some finishes ahead of both Red Bulls on dry setups... in the dry. Interesting logic. I think it is too close to call between the Mercs and the Red Bulls when looking at wet/dry setup. Ferrari and Lotus however it looks much more clear cut, comparing Q...

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Hamilton was a couple of seconds behind Vettel on the road, i doubt the circuit dries that quickly. He was only ahead by a tenth and a half. And that's the difference between Hamilton and Vettel. The difference between Hamilton in a Mercedes, the fastest car over one lap and a car likely with more ...

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Nothing new...Redbull in other planet...Another easy WDC and WCC You've seen the weather forecast right? If it rains they may well be on another planet, a slower one... High chance of rain tomorrow for Quali will make this weekend interesting I hope. Rain favours cars that can get heat into their t...

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dogboy wrote:Nothing new...Redbull in other planet...Another easy WDC and WCC

You've seen the weather forecast right? If it rains they may well be on another planet, a slower one... High chance of rain tomorrow for Quali will make this weekend interesting I hope.

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In hindsight we all look like geniuses. I believed that 2013 would be dismal, with 2014 as the year when Mercedes could deliver a competitive car. But Mercedes have appeared to come to grips with tire degradation for what was a quick car (cough, cough, tire test ) and 2013 has been a pleasant surpr...

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In hindsight we all look like geniuses. I believed that 2013 would be dismal, with 2014 as the year when Mercedes could deliver a competitive car. But Mercedes have appeared to come to grips with tire degradation for what was a quick car (cough, cough, tire test ) and 2013 has been a pleasant surpr...

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Bottas has appeared to be the better of the two this year in my opinion. Whether Maldonado is experiencing a lull while trying to tone down his over-aggressiveness is a consideration I guess. With Romain though I think the pace was evident last year we just didn't get to see it because he was into t...

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I think Alonso can pull it round, im guessing Ferrari's will be on podium form again within a race or two. With a Kimi/Lewis battle for 3rd. Of course this is going on the assumption Vettel will finish 1st. But Id say that's a pretty safe bet. Now now don't be having an opinion like that, look what...

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mac_d wrote:I thought that was comedy gold. It's a piss-take artsy ad.

Agreed, the man has a healthy sized sense of humour to be able to want that aired!

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If a driver strays off track the car should trigger the pit speed limiter...

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Curiously, the ratio of people who have actually commented on the thread is closer to 1:3. Formula 1 (well motorsport in general) is different to other sports in that it doesn't have male and female versions of the sport. Even Association Football has male and female competitions. Tennis is probabl...

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Alonso/Flavio would be stupid not to be tempted to go to RedBull.

RedBull would be stupid not to be tempted to sign Alonso.

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http://www.crash.net/world+rally/news/194117/1/pirelli_to_make_wrc_return.html Only a few years since they last supplied the World Rally Championship, but they're making a return. Clearly this year's F1 shenanigans hasn't soured their relationship with the FIA. I just wish at some point they allow ...

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All this is forgetting the praise Brawn has heaped upon Nico in the aftermath of his two victories this year. How quickly we forget.

Merc have the resources to back two drivers this year, and they are!

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Mercedes have released this video of a lap of Monza with the 2014 Engine sound: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebpkJXJ7CFo&feature=youtu.be Personally I hope it isn't very accurate. Recorded in a sterile room with no padding. IE: take some top and mid range off to get the real sound. We still have ...

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Yeah because Ferrari or Red Bull don't have clear favorites in their teams and want certain drivers to win! :uhoh: No quite clearly they do, even Lotus do, but if I had spent 3 years at a team, then the new guy comes in and my boss for the last 3 years seems to want the other guy to win..... id be ...

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If someone thought that having a grid guy would reflect on their sexuality then that person sounds very insecure about their sexuality to me. Exactly, most drivers probably don't even notice their grid girl. Its an outdated notion that the person stood in front of the car has to be a woman with big...

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Mr-E wrote:It fell apart almost as much as the earlier RBR cars.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwWQR1auuhM

Loved the quip from Horner about the other cars being "illegal", Funny stuff.

Thanks for sharing!

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