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Yeah, messed up, 'fessed up, time to move on. I think the helmet-slap was actually the bigger transgression, especially as Bottas was clearly still a little winded at that point. The real shame is George was having a great race up till then and this has overshadowed that.

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Just watched, I sure do love that track! All 3 races were great. Acosta is thrilling to watch, not had a rider make that impression on me since Marquez was coming through. FQ really looking the business now, great to see. Anyone know what was going on with Vinales? Marquez solid on his return but wa...

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You need to read some of the books I'm afraid. I've heard a lot of anecdotes as well, but books like the "edge of greatness" give a bit more details. For example, stark contrast to the "I love you guys, we are so blessed" routine, Schumacher would know the people in the factory by first name and ro...

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Good observation on the parallel with Ricciardo but I think it's still a bit early to judge. At least Vettel and Ricciardo have been in contemporary F1 cars. Even with my high expectations of Alonso, I'll give him 4-5 races. And even then if Ocon is matching him, I would be unsure whether it shows O...

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Bloody Hamilton, I could have made a few quid if Norris had come in 2nd!

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Really isn't much in it is there, but what is great is that when they are this close you really start to see the difference the great drivers make and how they handle the pressure. Max definitely handled it better than Lewis at Imola. That's two races of chaos he's won in the last 3 seasons (German...

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Really isn't much in it is there, but what is great is that when they are this close you really start to see the difference the great drivers make and how they handle the pressure.

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That was some off-weekend for Bottas. I don't expect him to challenge Hamilton every race, but the gulf here was enormous. The Russel incident was unfortunate for both, but what we he doing being passes by a Williams anyway?

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23 year old Swedish Jessica Backman to join World Touring Car Championship . I think the first female driver to do so.

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Another superb effort. I can't remember which thread I posted it on before, but looks like Lando is really determined to make his mark this year. And he's right to. Focus is on VER/HAM for the title so for the rest, this year has to be about the 2021 driver market and at that very least beating your...

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I just meant, oh dear, another pretty disappointing weekend. A lot beyond Sebs control, but whining about the stewards won't help and he at least needs to be turning quicker laps than Lance.

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Oh dear.

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Terrific comeback from Hamilton, superbly controlled drive by Verstappen, but I went for Norris. Really commited and entertaining.

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I wasn't able to watch all. Of qualy, was there a specific reason for Vettel being behind Stroll or was Stroll just genuinly quicker?

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FRECA practice at Imola saw Belen Garcia (G4 Racing, 1m40.3s) record the 29th fastest time in both sessions. In an improved performance in the 2nd session she finished 0.3s slower than team mate Axel Gnos and 2.3s off fastest time set by debutant Gabriele Mini (Art). I was looking at this earlier, ...

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Hamilton arrives at Imola....... https://i.imgur.com/3f0hkDw.png Source - Imgur Scary to think he has fashion lined up as a potential second career. I saw he had some t-shirts (sorry, "collection pieces" ) for sale - a bargain at £58. Guessing his target demographic isn't the future Hamiltons in th...

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So on the Trulli thing it's given me a chance to play with another feature I've tried to add which is to show a drivers net change on their starting position after attrition. I don't have data on where cars were running when they retire so all I can do is say that if a driver started 20th and finish...

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Figured this thread was worth a bump for those who are interested in the next generation Montoya, Trulli, Wurz, Barrichello, Alesi etc.

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Where would Trulli fit in amongst today's grid? He seems a bit Bottas like with the quick in qualifying but not as strong on a Sunday. I have a group of Bottas/Norris/Sainz/Perez/Ocon (not in order) that are fairly similar and get the impression he might be in there but probably towards the back of...

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Looks like Sarah Bovy will take Esmees place with Iron Dames.

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mikeyg123 wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 14, 2021 9:41 pm

Or if you wanted a more modern one then perhaps Ricciardo - Vergne, Vettel, Kvyat, Verstappen, Hulk, Ocon.

Not got a full set of stats for The Honey Badger yet I'm afraid. Working in it, but it's a bit of a ball-ache getting each years results loaded up.

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Day 1 of British F4's test at Knockhill saw Abbi Pulling record the 3rd fastest time, some 0.2s behind Roman Bilinski. Having been consistently fastest in the first session her times were beaten by Bilinski & Matias Zagazeta just before the session closed. Hoping for a good season for Abbi, it was ...

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How about Trulli? Teamed with Katayama, Panis, Frentzen, Button, Alonso, Ralf Schumacher, Glock and Kovalainen. Jarno Trulli vs Heikki Kovalainen = 39 / 61 Jarno Trulli vs Fernando Alonso = 46.3 / 53.7 ----------Jarno Trulli-------------------------------------- Jarno Trulli vs Ralf Schumacher = 56...

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Or Herbert could be interesting if you just take the drivers he partnered full time - Nannini, Hakkinen, Zanardi, Schumacher, Frentzen, Alesi, Barrichello, Irvine. Johnny Herbert vs Michael Schumacher = 13.8 / 86.2 Johnny Herbert vs Heinz-Harald Frentzen = 33.6 / 66.4 Johnny Herbert vs Eddie Irvine...

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Or Herbert could be interesting if you just take the drivers he partnered full time - Nannini, Hakkinen, Zanardi, Schumacher, Frentzen, Alesi, Barrichello, Irvine. Johnny Herbert vs Michael Schumacher = 13.8 / 86.2 Johnny Herbert vs Heinz-Harald Frentzen = 33.6 / 66.4 Johnny Herbert vs Eddie Irvine...

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How about Trulli? Teamed with Katayama, Panis, Frentzen, Button, Alonso, Ralf Schumacher, Glock and Kovalainen. Jarno Trulli vs Heikki Kovalainen = 39 / 61 Jarno Trulli vs Fernando Alonso = 46.3 / 53.7 ----------Jarno Trulli-------------------------------------- Jarno Trulli vs Ralf Schumacher = 56...

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Anyone give me another driver to try it with?

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OK well some more votes would have been good, but forum seems pretty quiet right now. So my system compares the following 4 metrics across the two teammates over all their races together: [Average Qualifying Position Ahead in Qualifying Average Finish Position When Both Finished Ahead When Both Fin...

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tootsie323 wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 14, 2021 6:24 am
Precisely. Does anyone believe that Irvine and Barichello were better than Schumacher. Does anyone believe that Button and Rosberg were better than Hamilton? Next - would you put those four drovers in roughly the same bracket?

Not even Edmund himself believed that!

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Sorry Dolo, I just got around doing it. No apology necessary, you don't owe me anything! Looks like DC was actually a good test though as I hadn't realised just how much Webber had dominated. I'm guessing peoples perception here is often affected by how good the car was at the time the teammates we...

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OK well some more votes would have been good, but forum seems pretty quiet right now. So my system compares the following 4 metrics across the two teammates over all their races together: [Average Qualifying Position Ahead in Qualifying Average Finish Position When Both Finished Ahead When Both Fini...

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So 100% of us have put Klien last, not surprisingly. I'm a little surprised by all the Hakkinen #1 votes. I wonder if those are from people misunderstanding the purpose of the vote? While Hakkinen is very likely the best of the five drivers, my feeling is that he did not dominate Coulthard the way ...

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I don't think I will be able to do it without thorough analysis which would take ages, as an overview he seemed to get beat quite easily by Hakkinen, Kimi and Webber, was a bit closer to Hill and better than Klein. That's kind of the aim really though to see if the method supports or contradicts yo...

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So who do we have racing in 2021 ?... SINGLE-SEATERS INDYCAR Simona de Silvestro (Indy 500 only) FORMULA REGIONAL EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP Lena Buhler SUPER FORMULA CHAMPIONSHIP Tatiana Calderon SUPER FORMULA LIGHTS Miki Koyama (Japan) F3 ASIA Amna Alqubaisi Ira Sidorkova W SERIES Abbie Eaton (England...

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I'll hold off on voting until the poll is sorted out but it's actually quite a touch exercise. Are we taking into account things like Kimi being very inexperienced in 2002 or are we judging them purely in isolation without any context around the performances? The mind instantly wants to put Hakkine...

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Tufty wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 12, 2021 11:15 pm
I've flagged the OP to ask the mods to do it - no idea if we mere mortals even can.

Thanks Tufty. If we can do it, I can't see how.

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F1Tyrant wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 12, 2021 11:00 pm
Remake with corrected poll?

How do you do it? or it something only the mods can do?

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I've been dicking about with yet-another-stats rating system and I want to see how it performs. Simply put the aim to to rank a drivers teammates in order of how close they were matched. I won't go into the methodology here because 1) they're all flawed anyway 2) I don't have to and 3) I'm not sure ...

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Hamilton had Button comfortably beat for 2.5 seasons out of 3. 2010, Hamilton dominated Button. Button finished ahead of Hamilton 3 times when both finished. 2 were in mixed conditions when Button gambled (whilst behind Hamilton) and won the race. The other was in Japan when Hamitlon was a long way...

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In my opinion, you can find reasons to give Schumacher the nod and such to give Hamilton the nod. It's a close call. Two things, for me, decide it in Hamilton's favour: - he raced stronger teammates, and - Schumacher had more and more severe unfair actions ("lack of sportsmanship"). :thumbup: but I...

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