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At the end of the day, the fate of F1 is still very much in the hands of the fans. If we stopped watching tomorrow, all the major sponsors (Rolex, DHL, UBS, Allianz, Emirates) would pull out and F1 would go bankrupt. Then they would be forced to fix this mess. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup...

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I always felt the main reason they did not go back to the 2012 car was because of Jenson Button. The mp4-27 just didn't really suit Button. In fact he's called it his worst Mclaren, if I remember properly. I think had Lewis still been there we would have seen the return of the old car. Would be int...

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specdecible wrote:Maybe the engine blowing up will give them a speed boost down the straights?

I suppose if they time it right by the speed trap.

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I had a good start to the year but have struggled in the second half. There is nothing really to be gained by playing it safe, so I'm going to go crazy here.

ABU DHABI

1. Massa
2. Raikkonen
3. Ricciardo
4. Bottas
5. Perez
6. Verstappen
7. Kvyat
8. Alonso
9. Button
10. Sainz Jr

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moby wrote:Dont get to the park ferme at the end, and no one can see them

Impossible to copy or not, it doesn't look like anybody else would even want to think about copying their design at the moment.

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KingVoid wrote:I actually found Suzuka 2003 to be a pretty good season finale.

Me too. It could have been greater still had Montoya's engine not blown up early on.

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specdecible wrote:For those that didn't see the race

I like the part when the commentator says "Mark has never been more delighted to finish fifth in his racing career", he might not remember Aus 2002

It seemed like Webber's luck was returning in Bahrain, glad he made it in the end.

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All great contributions, but this made me laugh hard!

babararacucudada wrote:[/img]

McLaren's Race Simulator.

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Bernie is the F1 supremo, you dont think it's enough? Absolutely not, Bernie is very far from an impartial observer even if he has intimate knowledge of what goes on. He has had trouble with HMRC over his tax affairs, faced a criminal trial in Germany over bribery and has a long history of saying a...

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Bernie is the F1 supremo, you dont think it's enough? Absolutely not, Bernie is very far from an impartial observer even if he has intimate knowledge of what goes on. He has had trouble with HMRC over his tax affairs, faced a criminal trial in Germany over bribery and has a long history of saying a...

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Actually, Nico managed to get consecutive wins this year. Spain and Monaco. Yes Officially, of course you are correct but err.... Monaco 2015, that's a tough one as it was gifted by Merc strategy. I differentiated that from getting two hard fought commanding wins successively. Anyway, not to court ...

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I'm sure once Tilke modernises it, it will lose all soul and character. That wasn't really the case with Mexico City was it? I think it was. The stadium was a wonderful idea, but that was only a small part of the circuit. The Mexican fans lifted the atmosphere. As a track I think it was utterly for...

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BRAZIL

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Rosberg
4. Massa
5. Ricciardo
6. Bottas
7. Raikkonen
8. Verstappen
9. Hulkenberg
10. Button

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That was a complete misuse of power. The pole sitters always start on the racing line and Senna was being given the dirty line. There was not much Senna could do at that point. However is it not true that the "dirty" side had been used for pole over the last few years there? Hence why Senna asked f...

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I too am struggling to see what exactly Lauda has brought to the team, with the arguable exception of Hamilton although ultimately Mercedes would have done the double in 2014 and 2015 Hamilton or not in my opinion. I agree with Arbitrarius' comment that he is a legend among F1 drivers but not so muc...

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It's a backwards step for the sport. One of the few people who could have set a precedent. Would have loved to have seen her buy a seat and race. Is she really not good enough or are there 'isms' at work here? You answered your own question. She isn't and wouldn't have been the first to get into a ...

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moby wrote:
Beanhead wrote:i like watching dogs lick their own balls too.
I was in the park yesterday, and a dog was sat doing that. I said to the owner, "sometimes, I wish I could do that"

To which he replied " if you give him a biscuit he may let you "

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The best drivers can seem very lucky and those who finished second very unlucky... F1Metrics is quite flawed, regardless of an applied mathematician behind it. The account of the qualifying session of the 2008 Italian Grand Prix is also heavily biased. Mistakes were made yes but it wasn't as if Vett...

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I hope he takes them to the cleaners in court. Everyone is entitled to privacy in their own home. Thugs masquerading as journalists.

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mikeyg123 wrote:
I said Irvine and Barrichello were the best available not the best. If you think differently then tell me who better Ferrari could have signed for 1996 or 2000?

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2fast wrote:To me, Nico Hülkenberg is the strongest candidate for both seats.

Hulkenberg has been rejected twice already, once for the 2014 seat and again for 2016. I can't see what he is going to do after five seasons of F1 to impress Ferrari enough to take him.

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specdecible wrote:
coulthards chin wrote:Rumours of a cap throwing incident between myself and specdecible are unconfirmed...

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Cutting to a shot of a pretty girl or a celebrity in the race is just as dumb as having a ten second clip of an F1 race in a porn movie or the latest drama series on TV. Who tunes in to Game of Thrones to watch Lewis Hamilton?

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Any driver in the Mercedes cars of the last two years would only have his team mate to worry about. I disagree.The Mercedes would need only one good driver but I think if we had two mediocre drivers in a Mercedes, a very good to top driver in another car could prevail. Ricciardo after all had an ou...

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38th....bad finish but not so unhappy seeing how it was a low scoring round.

MEXICO

1. Raikkonen
2. Vettel
3. Rosberg
4. Hamilton
5. Massa
6. Bottas
7. Ricciardo
8. Grosjean
9. Sainz
10. Hulkenberg

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Manufactures in the past supplied old, different specs to many teams or didn't supply any customers in the past. Red Bull had or still has full manufacture support. That issue with toekns have some merit, but imo the manufactures aren't to blame. They aren't supposed to fix the system for Red Bull....

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Indeed, my assumption is that Button is out for 2017 and Vandoorne is in. If that doesn't happen, he's in trouble. But I think (/hope) Macca won't make the same mistake twice... Not sure if you meant your reply this way but I didn't intend my comment as bait. Yeah, I realize that didn't come out qu...

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Good luck to Palmer but it is very disappointing that Vandoorne probably won't be in F1 in 2016 and if so I think his chance is gone with such as Ocon on the horizon. Okay, I'll bite ; what is so impressive about Ocon that you think he's going to be a threat to Vandoorne, let alone destroy his chan...

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Good luck to Palmer but it is very disappointing that Vandoorne probably won't be in F1 in 2016 and if so I think his chance is gone with such as Ocon on the horizon. No doubting that Palmer drove well for his title but he didn't make the same immediate impact as others before him such as Vandoorne ...

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AUSTIN

Changed my predictions a little. Here is the new top 10:

1. Rosberg
2. Hamilton
3. Bottas
4. Massa
5. Vettel
6. Ricciardo
7. Perez
8. Kvyat
9. Hulkenberg
10. Grosjean

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I see. I remember the high hopes I had for that McLaren line up, in the end it proved to be a disappointment. The car magazine I read at the time headlined their article "Return of the superteam," with a photo of Prost and Senna. Montoya may have won a couple more races or podiums if he was more cau...

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I think JPM is very good indeed. About 2005, I've had lengthy debates on YouTube about how in my belief, he actually outperformed Kimi in 2005. Not in results and not even in lap times over the whole season, but given the hand he was dealt that year. But also: 3 of kimi's 7 wins were inherited dire...

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Fanbloodytastic.

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Credit: Huffington Post

"Could you get Bernie to give us a Grand Prix? We'll call it the Road to Damascus."

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AUSTIN

1. Rosberg
2. Hamilton
3. Vettel
4. Bottas
5. Massa
6. Ricciardo
7. Perez
8. Kvyat
9. Hulkenberg
10. Grosjean

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Well over the last decade even numbered years have a tendency to be better than odd. Even 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 Odd 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 I don't buy that it's anything to do with whether the number of the year happens to be an odd or even number, but perhaps there is a logical reason...

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The most powerful man in Russia. And on the right...

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I think that would have been a podium for me without Alonso's penalty. Hopefully by the time COTA rolls around I'll be feeling less bitter and more like making a prediction, but seeing a good prediction turn into crap every weekend due to first lap incidents, unreliability and penalties is badly er...

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Cheers, pokerman. Can anybody catch Peter...what is the longest time somebody has led the competition?

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The parallels continue to stack up. Yes Honda have underperformed, yes they have lost sponsors albeit partly their fault but even simple things like radio calls in qualifying and pitstops have not been good enough. Those things should be done properly at any team up and down the pit lane, budget or ...

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