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So F1yer to further remove any random lottery factor, should races be cancelled if the weather conditions are changeable or wet? We will see about that... But did you check tge the difference from this SC to Bahrain s. Guess so. If you must know In a fair and ideal world... Yes all SCs are a bit of...

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One simple change would be to ensure that once the SC flags / notification is out the leader gets first call to pit. Nobody pits until the leader has either gone in or decided not to, by simply passing the pit entry. OK in theory, not sure how easy it would work out in practice. Thank you ! Exactly...

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I have noticed a lot of the Vettel fans (not only on this forum) sound a lot like Webber fans this year. That's all I'm saying. Its natural for all sets of fans to sympathise with their favorite driver when he`s been affected so much by reliability or bad luck and even make excuses out of it... But...

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I cant believe anyone in their right mind believes Merc should have left Hamilton out until Nico had pitted under the SC. Thats just for the benefit of hightlighting the stupidity of claims such as "They should never gie undercut to the trailing driver" ... How do you define trailing when strategie...

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Rosberg was completely out of line with his attitude. It's NOT Lewis's job, or anyone else's who is fighting for position, to simply yield because a driver feels he should be allowed past, same team or not. It sickens me to hear teams fabricating passes for drivers who should be doing it of their o...

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But the safety car rules were fine in Bahrain so why all of a sudden do they now need to be fixed?... In Bahrain - no body won the SC Jackpot ....thats why !! SC in Bahrain was a normal occurance. Still a lottery for people at the back - AVG Lottery payout $1M SC at Hungary was a special occurance ...

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I cant believe anyone in their right mind believes Merc should have left Hamilton out until Nico had pitted under the SC. Thats just for the benefit of hightlighting the stupidity of claims such as "They should never gie undercut to the trailing driver" ... How do you define trailing when strategie...

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The SC whilst a massive issue still left Nico ahead of Lewis. This is what I struggle to see people failing to understand. So why are their calls of Merc not chosing the right strategy for Lewis? Nico was ahead even after the SCs right and Lewis did not pass Nico but only managed to get the rtack p...

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They said at Monaco the trailing driver will NEVER get the option of the undercut unless it's to protect then from behind. Nico wasn't in danger from behind. You want Nico to get preferential treatment because you don't believe he is good enough without it. I want equal treatment because I believe ...

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the call was a good move on Mercedes part as a team, so I don't think drugs would need to be involved. It's simple maths, and anyone who has the interests of the team in mind, would have made the call. They care about maximum constructor points, not whether it is Nico or Lewis that win. Prime suspe...

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But why would they change their policies suddenly ? Their policy is to choose the better strategy to the guy who is ahead on 1st corner? Nico was also the guy who was most affected by the SC lottery - why change the strategy because by some turn of fate Lewis is ahead at the time. This way they wil...

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the call was a good move on Mercedes part as a team, so I don't think drugs would need to be involved. It's simple maths, and anyone who has the interests of the team in mind, would have made the call. They care about maximum constructor points, not whether it is Nico or Lewis that win. Prime suspe...

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Wolff maintains that, had Hamilton let him through, Rosberg could have won the race. No matter what other strategy calls could or should have been made, and no matter he is right, Wolff's comments are enough for me to consider Hamilton as having acted against the interests of his team. if thats tru...

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In a pre-race interview Toto Wolff divulged that he was taking 'powerful painkillers' following injuries acquired in a cycling accident .... Whilst Niki Lauda has condemned the incident as a "panic" reaction & has praised Lewis' actions ... Toto is briefing the media with opposite statements & spec...

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It is true. I can now understand the pain of fellow Webber supporters.

Little things go a long way in final results.... Respect Wibbah

F1yer

Wolff maintains that, had Hamilton let him through, Rosberg could have won the race. No matter what other strategy calls could or should have been made, and no matter he is right, Wolff's comments are enough for me to consider Hamilton as having acted against the interests of his team. if thats tru...

F1yer

So you stand by it Flyer? Just so I am clear, in your view whoever leads going through turn 1 on lap 1 deserves to win the race? Why do we even bother with pit stops, strategy, safety cars, fuel loads, gear ratios or even race laps? Again what I think is irrelevant. But thats the Merc Policy.. isnt...

F1yer

Let them race, no team orders during the race. Up until qualifying make both sides of the garage share all data, and both drivers receive absolutely equal resources and machinery. But once qualifying begins, each side of the garage are now distinct and competing against each other. If both drivers ...

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Race clean is the only rule. Pit strategies are called by the drivers themselves - both will have been given information on the ideal pit time/ traffic issue. Both are free to call for strat changes during race. No sharing data other than car setup for balance - none of that stuff that says were x ...

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Dan, Ros and HAm

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So you're the boss of a team that has clearly the best car and 2 drivers with equal ability to get the job done. From the outset it's clear the WDC is going to be between them and the discussion turns to team orders. Rules says you can, heart says you don't want to (probably) but the situation will...

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Mercedes were quick to resign Rosberg with a massive paybump after his stellar driving this year with a 55 million euro 3 year contract as his contract expired this year. Ricciardo supposedly only had a 1 year contract for 2014 with redbull for 2 million a year I have read. Vettel is supposedly on ...

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lbennie wrote:Come on man.

The safety car lottery is the reason we got one of the races of the decade, and you want to 'fix' it?

I want to slap you through the internet with a cold wet trout OP.

Make sure its rainbow

BTW - I m happy too as long as my driver gets the rub of the green.

F1yer

Where is the article?

And please tell me that their is commenting facility on that.

F1yer

There is no point having a fast car to drive if you are shackled relative to your teammate, Mercedes are controlling who wins the races Both are shackled so its very fair. Pole starter / Leader after 1st corner gets to win is a fair system until one of the driver breaks the system to gain an advant...

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shoot999 wrote:
Ahwooga wrote:
Clarky wrote:F1yer you still going... good lad...!

F1yer is the gift that keeps on giving. But speak as you find; he never gets nasty and does make me smile.

I m in a good mood today. Much better than yesterday !

F1yer

There is no point having a fast car to drive if you are shackled relative to your teammate, Mercedes are controlling who wins the races Both are shackled so its very fair. Pole starter / Leader after 1st corner gets to win is a fair system until one of the driver breaks the system to gain an advant...

F1yer

The biggest mistake they made was putting Lewis on hards for his final stop. if they had put him on softs, Nico wouldn't have caught him, the "team orders" would not have been required, and Merc would have probably gotten a 1-2 either way. Maybe they didn't force him to pull over as they knew he wa...

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This all seems a bit reactionary. The SC procedure is fine how it is. To the OP, it's clear you feel a little scorned by what happened in Hungary (and to a point I can understand) but I'm sure the drivers who lost out this time around have long since gotten over it. I dont discount that maybe the O...

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Winners: Us. More power than grip means we've had some of the best racing in years. I can't remember the last time you could see such difference in driver quality just by watching them go through an unspectacular corner. Where is the evidence of that? The overtakes are merely a matter of engine rev...

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Winners: Losers: Vettel - The current car properties do not suit him Yes... that's his problem... the car doesn't suit him. It's not like he's just simply overrated, a four time fraud, and slower than his teammate. Same with Raikkonen right? It's the car... Losers: Rosberg - For being obviously slo...

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Ennis wrote:
F1yer wrote:Dan and Bottas
This is the first and most likely the last time I'll ever say this... I agree with F1yer.

Hey - You will come around buddy

F1yer

Vettel screwed up his own race yesterday by doing that 360 spin that could have been even worse. Without that he was still ahead of Ricciardo on track and could have went on to win the race. Did I miss something? When Vettel did the mighty spin - he was well behind Dan with equal number of stops done

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Dan and Bottas

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Mercedes will know that they were wrong...! The computers told them otherwise. The likelihood is had Nico been allowed through he could have finished second at best. But the only person Mercedes would have hurt by doing that was their own driver so that's why the call was silly. If Nico was battlin...

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Hear Hear.

My new favorite - now dont all me a glory hunter

I always liked the kid. Polar opposite of the grumpy fella he replaced.

F1yer

Agreed poor strategy call from Mercedes. Not sure why they gave Rosberg the better strategy when Hamilton earned track position. Rosberg also has to use 'used' super softs in the end where Hamilton still had fresh super softs so would have has at leas a lap or two extra pace in them. Hamilton made ...

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Didn't Herbert say that if they put Hamilton on the soft tyre he would have won the race? He said "If I was Hamilton asking about the team orders wouldn't be the first thing I would do it would be to ask why I wasn't given the softer tyre best strategy and offered the chance of winning the race and...

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I have never seen such a lottery as the SC at Hungary 14. Race was completely reversed on its head. It may be entertaining to see a bloke driving the fastest car from the pitlane come up the grid but this was just ridiculous. No other SC lottery has altered the results as much at this one? The whol...

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Hamilton stole that first pitstop advantage (even bigger advantage under SC) but when Nico was trying to make good that disadvantage by doing an alternate strategy - he blocked that. SO its for Merc to implement a strcit first guy pits first rule. This thread however is about the more generally the ...

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