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So it seems Red Bull is going to have to wait a little longer before Renault give them a PU closer to the Mercedes and Ferrari ones... http://www.f1i.com/news/304315-renault-engine-upgrade-delayed-reliability-concerns.html Wonder if this will impact the decision on taking a risk with Honda? I think...

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The NRA has on outsized influence as most gun owners aren't members, and the lobbying they do is more on the behalf of gun makers than gun owners. Lots of people who own a single gun for home defense don't care about the NRA, and many other guns owners, myself included, disagree sharply with their ...

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I get that different tyres add strategic elements such as we used to see with refueling strategy. But I guess one day before I die I'd like to see no KERS, no DRS, no fancy front wings, etc etc and just a good actual driving competition. It's not that I don't enjoy F1, frankly I love it. But I feel...

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Some silly comments on the the JA story and I'm sure some, sadly, will follow here. Those self-same people would be the ones sending "thoughts and prayers" to the drivers family had something horrific happened in the absence of a Halo device. From what I can tell from the pictures in the linked arti...

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I get that different tyres add strategic elements such as we used to see with refueling strategy. But I guess one day before I die I'd like to see no KERS, no DRS, no fancy front wings, etc etc and just a good actual driving competition. It's not that I don't enjoy F1, frankly I love it. But I feel...

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The reason they don't allow the teams to choose what they want is, 1) the teams will try to push everything right to the limit and on occasion will probably do a "Indy 2005 Michelin" type mistake. i.e. bring tyres aren't fit because they chased a marginal gain. Which is horrible PR for Pirelli as i...

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can anyone enlighten me on how they televise American Football? I mean, the length of any game there is an estimate at best, given the number of stoppages they have, but they seem to manage. Or don't they? How do TV schedules there work? They allot a lot of time for the games. The early games start...

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It's not even 40% owning guns, it's 40% live in a household where there is a gun. At one point I had 4 guns, but we're not talking about high velocity weapons with high capacity, removable magazines. I still have 2 which are the ones I've had since I was a teen. A .22 cal revolver, and a .22 cal rif...

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And then there's the fact that Haas was thinking about giving Pietro Fitipaldi a test before he broke both legs at Spa. The team definitely have their eyes open for their next driver.

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There's already a limit to how far back from the SC the lead driver can fall. I can't remember what it is but it seemed like something very arbitrary like 20 car lengths. Vettel got a penalty for it several years ago and I think the pitwall warned Hamilton about a few times as well. Haven't seen it...

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I couldn't bring myself to cast a vote either way for the TR and Renault drivers. Hulk had a fuel pressure issue in Q and had his race destroyed by Grosjean and I don't like giving votes by default. Some thing with Gasly being taken out in the first lap in the race. All of the other teams it was pre...

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There's already a limit to how far back from the SC the lead driver can fall. I can't remember what it is but it seemed like something very arbitrary like 20 car lengths. Vettel got a penalty for it several years ago and I think the pitwall warned Hamilton about a few times as well. Haven't seen it...

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At the beginning I thought RoGro was a decent choice to bring a first year team to the grid and I believe he actually did a good job that year. The problem is that the car is getting better and Romain isn't. KMag I think is an overall better driver IMO, and definitely better than the one he replaced...

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Give GRO a fast car and he causes T1 (T3 in this case) accidents. Give him a slow car and he can't drive around it. In either case, he's simply not consistent enough to have in the car. (I am being harsh... who wouldn't've reacted to KMag's car losing grip in front? Suddenly lift off mid corner and...

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There's already a limit to how far back from the SC the lead driver can fall. I can't remember what it is but it seemed like something very arbitrary like 20 car lengths.

Vettel got a penalty for it several years ago and I think the pitwall warned Hamilton about a few times as well.

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Ham, KMag, and Leclerc.

The gap Alonso was able to open up after getting past shows how well Leclerc was driving prior. While track position is always key keeping one of the best behind for that long in your 5th race is a dang good showing.

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Are they using something different than the pictures I saw previously? From what I've seen these Halo mirrors are attached just as securely as the ones attached to the tub and if anything are more protected from impact from the side. Doesn't mean that they aren't ugly as hell, but I don't think they...

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Is anybody else using this right now? It's very choppy for me on the main broadcast, but smooth every time I go to the onboards... A commenter on the Jalopnik article yesterday said that you can't have both track audio (car noise and team radio) and commentary at the same time. Is that what you're ...

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sandman1347 wrote:Looks like there's some kind of air intake there. Maybe it's like the F-duct in some way; channeling air to some aerodynamic surface?

Their mirror has been like that since testing. IIRC it's supposed to help channel the air into the sidepods.

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Good thing I wasn't taking a sip of coffee when I saw that or I'd have spewed it all over.

I feel like I should comment on it but I have no words.

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UnlikeUday wrote:Is this the same proposed track like the one used for Formula E?

I doubt it. Formula E tracks are quite short at this point, they even shorten Monaco, so F1 would have to do about half-a-billion laps to get to 300km race distance.

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I seem to recall that Perez started his practice of racing his team mate harder than anyone else on track during his season at McLaren. Whether it's trying to show he's capable of racing with a WDC in the same car or putting a rookie in place swapping paint with the other car from your garage isn't ...

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I finally got around to watching this race yesterday. That was a daring move and a bit of a shame that he put his wheels over the pit exit line to nullify it. Bourdais had a really rough day all around and I think he might've had the car to challenge Rossi that day with out errors on his part and ot...

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I seen a couple of his vids before, they're quite good really, a lot better than most of the vlogging vids out there. I could be wrong, but I'm sure I've seen him doing a vid where he explains how many people are working behind the camera for him to make his content. Not taking anything away from h...

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YouTube is your friend. The series has their own channel and shows everything from highlights to full races.

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Placid wrote:Depending on the half-way point, I will see if it is worth placing Rossi as part of the F1 Silly Season 2019.

While I think F1 teams missed a step by not signing Rossi I don't see him passing up being a front runner in Indy to run in the mid-field in F1.

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With Hobbs it was like watching with your funny, but very knowledgeable uncle.

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How about instead of sensors that automatically come on when a wheel is properly fitted there's a manual switch at each corner that the gun man has to hit when he's satisfied that the his wheel is good to go.

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impressed with hulkenberg so far this season and much of last. hes not really getting much notice. i dont generally like comparing teammates with previous teammate records etc but sainz was closer to verstappen then the hulk so far. I was mentioning this to my son as we watched the race. The consen...

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I'll say that the Hamilton bias isn't as bad as I thought/feared it'd be though. I haven't been put off by it at all so far, but that can be down to Lewis not factoring in the races as much as he normally would be so there's a chance it could get worse. I can't say that I see the huge difference in ...

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I think a little of both. But will say that I think F1 missed out on not finding a seat for Rossi. Not that I think he'd be a world beater but he would be a solid addition to the field. Now that he's finding success in Indy I don't think there's any way to pull him back to run in the mid-field in F1...

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Max's issue was just a young driver making a snap decision at the wrong time sometimes. Many times he gets it right, but when he gets it wrong it's usually not very good. In china however, his timing was just a bit off and he didn't careen down into Vettel either. The contact was rather light and n...

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Vettel not happy with the SC https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/135416/vettel-safety-car-timing-was-not-right Does this mean that Vettel would have pitted given the chance, this then would beg the question why wasn't Kimi pitted? I agree with him, it took at least an entire lap to deploy, at least 9...

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The safety car is deployed for the sake of safety. Whether or how it might affect the race shouldn't be considered. Once it was determined that the body work left on the track by the STR's coming together was a hazard it was deployed without thought about how it might impact anybody's race for good ...

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Why so quiet around here this morning?
Good job for Ricciardo's crew to get his car out for Q1. Some interesting strategy playing out in Q2 with Ferrari and Mercedes starting on the softs and RBR on the ultras could make for an interesting T1 tomorrow if Max or Dan make a flying start.

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Yea I know about the YouTube thing. I just need to get around to catching up.

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Reminiscent of the Toyota WRC turbo cheat.
https://jalopnik.com/how-the-best-racin ... 1792828060

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One mechanic per wheel and get rid of the pneumatic wheel gun.

Also lets make the front jack as entertaining as it is in this video.

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I've fallen behind on Indy so far this year. It looks like the new generation is really starting to take hold. A good thing too since most of the rest of the stars of the series are getting up there in age. (for race car drivers)

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Are you sure you're not talking about the wheel track? That could be changed more easily than wheel base with just a change of a few parts but would still affect more than just where the tires are relative to the chassis. You're not going to change wheelbase by any significant amount simply by chang...

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