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Is Alonso that bad a qualifier….or is that just the impression we have because over the last few years the Ferrari has been slow in terms of one lap pace and the great in race trim. The Mercedes has been the complete opposite. I would guess that Hamilton is much closer to Alonso in terms of race cra...

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Lewis was a rookie in 2007, Alonso had several years’ experience in F1. Lewis has since competed directly against very strong team mates in Button and Rosberg. Alonso has had much less pressure from his team mates. Are you saying that Rosberg, Button & Kovalainen are a much better group of drivers ...

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Lewis was a rookie in 2007, Alonso had several years’ experience in F1. Lewis has since competed directly against very strong team mates in Button and Rosberg. Alonso has had much less pressure from his team mates. Hamilton was clearly upset in Monaco but It did not seem to impact his drive or more ...

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Couldn't help but chuckle at the comments on the Monaco Team-Mate Wars article on PlanetF1! Think people will enjoy that!

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Looking forward to qualifying now! Important for Rosberg to stop Hamilton’s momentum and stay in the championship – if he can’t do anything here I don’ fancy his chances at Montreal / Silverstone / Hungaroring. Vettel will likewise be keen to come back against DR and put a bit more pressure on him. ...

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He isn't very intelligent at all IMO. At Malaysia in 2013 he should have sat on Hamilton's gearbox through the final turn and passed on the main straight instead of passing Hamilton on the back straight and allowing Hamilton use of DRS to re-pass him into turn 1. Using past racing decisions to judg...

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Anyone think the Williams can split the Mercs and Red Bulls on Saturday? Photos suggested they brought a few upgrades to the Barcelona test - I haven't really read more into it than that but interested if anyone has....be great to see them push-on. Guess if it's going to happen it will have to stay...

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Anyone think the Williams can split the Mercs and Red Bulls on Saturday? Photos suggested they brought a few upgrades to the Barcelona test - I haven't really read more into it than that but interested if anyone has....be great to see them push-on. Guess if it's going to happen it will have to stay ...

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I think Riciardo getting the point is about right, although starting with a sentences like ‘ Ricciardo qualified in front of Vettel again to make it 4-1 in the Saturday battles ’ is understandably going to cause some tension – not really a fair reflection of events on Sat. But, Ricciardo did edge Q2...

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These days far more quality drivers are coming through the ranks, compared with 20-30 years ago when it was much more money driven – so it seems the field is becoming much closer in ability from front to the back of the grid. Coupled with the fact that that during this era tyre wear and differing ra...

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So would the other teams (works ones at least) be able to test their 2015 engines too?

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That said, I disagree when some people say that Mercedes would consider Alonso if the other teams start to gain ground. I actually think this whole scenario is much more likely if Mercedes continue their current dominance – at least assuming Hamilton stays on top of Rosberg. If the other teams clos...

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@Zoue ^ I hardly think it's merely sentiment to retain Nico. Nationality plays a part in any sport and f1 also. National pride, corporate image, branding, sponsorship, building massive home support, etc it's all a part of the regime here. Mercedes is a massive and proud German company. It's been no...

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shoot999 wrote:I could see both Alonso and Vettel chasing a Mec contract; but I cant see Merc signing anything with another driver when Rosberg could quite easily end the year as WDC.

Despite what I said, couldn't agree more with this...Rosberg is a very good driver. Mercedes would have to tread carefully!

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Yeah, sounds more than a little far-fetched. If you think it through though – Alonso isn’t getting any younger. If he cares more about more victories than money, and proposes similar or less money than what they pay Rosberg….Mercedes could be tempted – it’s would certainly help satisfy the ‘Show’ re...

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http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2013/09/16/fia-to-guard-against-extreme-engines-in-2014/ The way I read that is that nothing is frozen between the 2014 and 2015 season, so in theory they could implement it at the end of this season - I'm no expert though so please correct me if that's wrong! Let's hope f...

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Frozen this season, with the exception of safety, reliability and cost upgrades as mentioned above, but as someone else has stated (and I think I read in an article - sorry no source) only a small percentage of engine parts are frozen between 2014 and 2015, so you don’t need to panic so much about ...

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What the teams can't do, is to fundamentally redesign the engine. So Renault can't go and introduce a split turbo. At best they could maybe increase the gap between the turbine and compressor a little claiming the heat is somehow affecting reliability - but if they increased it too much then it wou...

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Jules Bianchi - 85 - going down with each race Max Chilton - 50 - total non entity in races Think this one's a little unfair, I know this is all hypothetical but I don't think Chilton's done anything this year that would decrease his value dramatically. He's been consistently at the same level (gra...

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It seems to me that the documentary is the red herring. It's the same story that Christian Silt wrote late last year, Silt being Ecclestones's blatant propagandist until the story amusingly got edited into a negative article by the Independent's editors. That and the fact that it is the same story ...

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Vettel is going to have to go through that same type of transformation if he wants to be regarded as great. He has to win and compete near the top when he doesn't have the best car. Any driver people consider as "great" has gone to a different team and won or at least competed for the top. So far (...

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Ha, I know this is an argument that no-one will ever win, but when you define best do you consider consistency or ability to deliver when it matters most. You’d have to put Vettel up there on that one, but I’d rather discuss Hamilton and Alonso. Alonso always seems to deliver, regardless of the car ...

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I don’t understand how Vettel being on a 3-stop strategy saves him face – assuming that is the case he would need to be going quicker to make up the time for the additional pit stop. The fact he was asked to let Ricciardo through, who was going quicker and conserving tyres better, should actually re...

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Perhaps with this discussion, those who completely dismiss the possibility can see a reason why Red Bull may have wanted to keep their drivers apart a little these last few years. Giving the drivers equal machinery is not guaranteed to deliver the most points – especially when the gap to your compet...

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I know it’s to be expected but somehow still interesting how this seasons results seem to have swayed some people’s opinions already. Three races in maybe, but two wet qualifying sessions, and one dry – which was basically three straights. Add to that reliability issues which have hindered a few. I’...

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Nico out qualified Lewis by 0.4 second in Bahrain last year. The largest margin he had all year in normal circumstances. In the race Nico had terrible tyre issues (worst he had all season) all fell back like a stone so not really representative pace there. Lewis out qualified Nico by 0.4 in China t...

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Wow...what a race...safety car really mixed things up at the end there! I noticed that quite a few of the perceived stronger drivers had weaker weekends...at least once it counted, after all, there are no points for practice. Rosberg, Perez, Ricciardo, Raikonnen most notably all looked strong compar...

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Hamilton for me….I understand how some can see this as a comfortable victory, therefore not meriting DotD, but given the Mercedes Status as favourite, and the cylinder failure in Melbourne there would have been significant pressure on Lewis to put in a good performance today. He responded by not put...

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There will be the argument that running to the fuel flow limits as specified by the FIA sensor for the next two races could weaken their argument for going against it in the first race. Tough call for RBR, but you’d have to guess they’ll fall in line.

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Assuming Mercedes have the advantage, the big difference between 2009 and 2014 is budget…it wasn’t much of a surprise that Brawn got reeled in and overtaken. Mercedes have been pushing for that top spot for a year or two now…I’m sure they’d get reeled in, but overtaken? Guess we’ll have to wait and ...

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Have I missed something? Like the start of the season? We are already dividing up the WDC and WCC trophies??? ;) Yup, that's what we're seeing. Endless speculation. I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed. This is a discussion forum…people discuss, speculate. If we only discussed what is known th...

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This is not my personal view, but you could argue that if the Ferrari really are a second or two of the Mercedes powered teams then the only thing each driver has to gain this season is to beat their team mate. That said, they are professionals and even if they know they are behind now, I am sure th...

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I guess I was asking, what appears to have been answered in ClubF1's quote - "From a technical point of view, the cars have a peak fuel flow rate limit of 100kg/h - this is a flow rate, meaning they can't use more than 27.8grams per second." I take that to be a physical max restriction (not an avera...

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When they say fuel flow, are they not describing a rate, hence whether you define that rate in kg/hr or g/sec it is exactly the same thing. I always assumed the reason for defining it in kg/hr was for ease of comparison with the average race fuel consumption - say Bahrain takes 1hr 40 mins to finish...

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To be fair a lot of Vettel’s critics have said they wouldn’t rate him one of the greats until he performs in a weaker car….maybe he’ll have that opportunity without leaving Red Bull.

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This is a subject that has been discussed quite a bit already, most recently, this thread - http://forum.planet-f1.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9487&start=0 I never replied at the time but all the double points discussions did make me wonder if there was any way they would go down the lines of a more ext...

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With all the talk on fuel consumption and performance, how well the teams harness the ERS could ultimately dictate how much they can push for race duration – could be massive, failure or not. Many things could define this season – going to be really to interesting to find out which do.

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Don’t Red Bull also have some key personnel who have left or are on the way out. They're obviously professionals so I’m not suggesting anything underhand, but they do have a lot less incentive to put in the hard graft and identify all those minor issues…that can’t be easy to manage! Only a fool woul...

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With regards the Caterham is it quite as simple as maximizing the air-flow in that area. Surely the trade-off with uplift to ensure sufficient down force at the front of the car and make sure it handles reasonably is just as important? Maybe someone with a bit more knowledge of Aerodynamics can offe...

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Really, is this not enough to conclude that the new system just favors those who do well in the last race, regardless of their consistency?. Yeah, of course I agree that the rule favours drivers/teams that do well in the final race, but if you are just looking at that final result, regardless of wh...

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