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That team order in Singapore is the most pathetic team order in living memory. There is not a non-Mercedes single driver within 90 points of Hamilton and there are only 6 races left to go. Utterly pathetic, even Austria 2002 was more understandable than this. It was made because Mercedes thought th...

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Part of me did wonder whether Bottas would have been managed differently in this race if he had got the job done in Monza (though I also felt that they should have let Bottas by to have a go on his fresher tyres earlier, rather than waiting for Hamilton to make a mistake and take the decision out o...

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By doing what they did Mercedes ensured 4th and 5th rather than 4th and 6th, isn't this what's getting a pass for what Ferrari did which cost Leclerc the win? Nominally it's Bottas that got protected from finishing 6th behind Albon by being allowed to pit before Hamilton. I think what they did make...

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That team order in Singapore is the most pathetic team order in living memory. There is not a non-Mercedes single driver within 90 points of Hamilton and there are only 6 races left to go. Utterly pathetic, even Austria 2002 was more understandable than this. Yes, they should have just brought Ham ...

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https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/11817118/lewis-hamilton-says-he-could-have-easily-won-singapore-gp-with-risk "I knew that we should have undercut," Hamilton told Sky F1 after the race. "I kind of knew it this morning as well in the brief. I was like, 'let's just take the risk'. But they did...

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Was this the first time a driver was told to slow down 3.4 seconds a lap to keep from passing his teammate? Bottas should have at least received a warning from race control for brake checking Albon. This situation was embarrassing and considering Mercedes were fighting over 4th to 6th here with onl...

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Todd wrote:Was this the first time a driver was told to slow down 3.4 seconds a lap to keep from passing his teammate? Bottas should have at least received a warning from race control for brake checking Albon.

Not the first. Not the thirty first, nor the ninety first. Do your research

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kleefton wrote: Didn't take long did it?

Ah, but now Singapore becomes his last victory. So............has Seb taken his last victory?

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Albon doing his best Gasly impression. 1 sec away from Max. Jeez. I guess that car is just tailored to Max's driving style. Ferrari are nowhere They just don't have any downforce compared to RB and Merc do they? Looks like pole will be between Max and Lewis. Noone else is close at the moment. Not w...

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Poor P1 session for Marquez. One rider got with 2 seconds of him! All the rest over 2s behind him.

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In my understanding, Vettel likes cars with more downforce. All of his mishaps are a copycat of each other. He looses the end of the car. I'm baffled to why Ferrari did not take this in consideration, building the car with more downforce. His domination ended in 2014 when blown difuser, which added...

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Leclerc has admitted that he intentionally put Hamilton off the circuit, he didn't forget 'I thought I left a cars width. I was pretty sure their was a cars width' Leclerc. On Racefans headline Leclerc 'I thought I left a cars width' for Hamilton. Hence my 'forgot' how wide his car was. I am pretty...

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I say a transponder placed around the entire track and when drivers put tires over the line the car decelerates quickly to allow the driver to get it back on-track immediately and acceleration will only resume once back within track bounds. It's reeeeeeeally aggravating to see cars running waaaaaay...

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Yes, but he needs to tone it down. Right now he is driving just like Verstappen and I think most agree that Verstappen's style is generally too agressive. To me its just a short term gain with very little long time reward. Pre Monza Leclerc had a helpful teammate who I doubt will be doing him anymo...

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I remember back in the day when Vettel was expected to beat the lot of them.

March I think it was.

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That out lap for the entire field was a fiasco. Really not sure that one can point the finger at any specific driver. I point the finger at Hulk, and then Stroll. They were leading, and drove at a pace too slow for anyone to set a lap. The only drivers who did set a lap are the ones who overtook th...

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A question about Leclerc to anyone & everyone! Aren't we seeing a more feisty Leclerc now? I've noticed this change in him after the Austria incident with Verstappen. He had then vowed to change his driving approach in races & not be timid. Yes, but he needs to tone it down. Right now he is driving...

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I think a happy Vettel, in a car he likes, is still a force to be reckoned with. An on form Vettel may still be the fastest guy on the grid. Can you really see him racing with Leclerc in the way Hamilton did? Maybe not, but i can see him out qualifying Leclerc, and then making it almost impossible ...

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A question about Leclerc to anyone & everyone! Aren't we seeing a more feisty Leclerc now? I've noticed this change in him after the Austria incident with Verstappen. He had then vowed to change his driving approach in races & not be timid. Yes, but he needs to tone it down. Right now he is driving...

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So Vettel's grievance with Leclerc was that it had been agreed that Leclerc would give him a tow in order to get a better qualification time that Leclerc didn't deliver. A combination of Hulkenberg, Stroll and Sainz causing the missed qualification. Vettel would have been super stressed as he would...

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I say a transponder placed around the entire track and when drivers put tires over the line the car decelerates quickly to allow the driver to get it back on-track immediately and acceleration will only resume once back within track bounds. It's reeeeeeeally aggravating to see cars running waaaaaay...

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Think I would just go for Leclerc and Ricciardo. Don't understand the votes for Hamilton. Why should he be given votes for putting pressure on Leclerc - which led to not getting passed and making a mistake which let Bottas through? People implying Bottas's attempt was useless in comparison should c...

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So Vettel's grievance with Leclerc was that it had been agreed that Leclerc would give him a tow in order to get a better qualification time that Leclerc didn't deliver. A combination of Hulkenberg, Stroll and Sainz causing the missed qualification. Vettel would have been super stressed as he would...

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I haven't read the entire thread but are we agreeing with Lewis that it was Leclerc that was the reason for the quali farce as he was trying to protect his pole? I think we need a source for that, I'm sure it's actually what Hamilton's race engineer intimated? On the C4 coverage it was stated that ...

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So under this new enforce the track limits, Hamilton would have been penalised after Leclerc had him off; and maybe had the penalty rescinded some time in the future?......and later both Ham and Leclerc would have penalised for missing turn 1. So a nice sedate drive to the flag for the eventual winn...

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Yes we could penalise every driver who was forced off the track by another, dodged a bit of debris , missed a breaking point, etc. Just find a way of policing 5 miles or so of white lines x 20 cars. And then sit around for a few hours whilst the stewards worked out the penalties they had to rescind ...

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Session delayed, still repairing barriers and track.

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Expect all the sausage kerbs gone by Practice 3.

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Wet, second red flag. Wet tyres won't warm up as they are too hard. Or 'useless' according to Max. Croft talking complete ******** as usual. But track drying as rain stops.

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Meanwhile Seb or Valt coast to a WDC by playing it safe and picking up the pieces. :frown: Have you seen Vettel drive in the last few years? He’s incapable of playing it safe. Playing it safe assumes a degree of control. Not to be confused with driving badly; which Seb has in the last few years.

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I was thinking over the weekend and have another bold prediction... Hamilton will win his sixth world championship this season (obviously not bold), but that will be the last world championship he wins. I was thinking about next season as well. Max, Lewis and Charles fighting it out at the front, a...

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I think just judging from the vote it's clear that only his most dedicated of fans will consider him as such One in four F1 fans are Vettel's most dedicated supporters then Yeah that's crazy, if one in four are his most dedicated supporters, then that must mean that at least every F1 fan is his sup...

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Jeez! F2 accident

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Does anyone who called me a liar want to apologize for failing to do a bit of research before exposing themselves? It's on the cover of Auto Hebdo. It was a headline on three other online F1 journals that I've seen. There is a story going around. Did I say it was a fact? I don't know if it is or no...

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Sensational finish, a millimeter-perfect pass by Rins on the last corner of the last lap----just unreal. I didn't think he was going to be able to get to Marquez but it turns out he had him the entire time, and played it absolutely perfectly right at the end. And people have been clamoring lately t...

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So how did the drivers who are in the top teams now get there? Did they buy their way in or was there some other factor that may have convinced the team owners to give them the drive? Quite a few are F1 junior drivers, normally to get into the scheme you are spotted as a talent, here are the top 6 ...

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Having read a few past interviews with her, this daughter of multi-millionaires has some issues with rich guys. 'When you're competing with guys who have bottomless pockets...' Stroll is mentioned elsewhere in a negative way. Maybe the journey the likes of Leclerc, Vettel, Schumacher, Button, Hamilt...

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How did the lap times look in the 4-5 laps before the red flag? How many cars put it into the wall during those laps? Genuine questions and would shed a lot of light on how political it was to stop the race. Edit- it seems no cars DNF’d in the 8 laps prior to the red flag. Ickyx was also suspended ...

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Charles LeBrad wrote:Bernie Ecclestone will make an appearance, possibly even a comeback of some sort

He did. At the MotoGP grid. He was asked whether he is buying MotoGP and replied straight faced 'No, a team.'

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