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Clarky wrote:
JN23 wrote:Does anyone know why Hamilton backed off so much on the last lap? Did he have an issue?
He backed off with around 5 laps to go to save his engine.

Cheers

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Does anyone know why Hamilton backed off so much on the last lap? Did he have an issue?

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Race pace very close according to Andrew Benson's tweet with Ricciardo just ahead. Maybe race pace wise we are going to have a close fight, unless someone isn;t showing their hand. https://twitter.com/andrewbensonf1/status/977086929782022144 Having checked out the lap times Hamilton was doing lap's...

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simonr23 wrote:‘Someone’ is Mercedes.

Well yes

not saying that I think they are not showing their hand fully, but I wouldn't be surprised.

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Race pace very close according to Andrew Benson's tweet with Ricciardo just ahead. Maybe race pace wise we are going to have a close fight, unless someone isn;t showing their hand.

https://twitter.com/andrewbensonf1/stat ... 9782022144

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Australia GP

1 Hamilton
2 Ricciardo
3 Bottas
4 Vettel
5 Verstappen
6 Kimi
7 Sainz
8 Hulk
9 Alonso
10 Ocon

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Herb Tarlik wrote:Verstappen blowing up is Vettel's only hope.

Even that won't help you'd think. Would put Hamilton into ninth meaning vettel would need the win. Needs Vestappen and Bottas to blow up.

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That’s not true either, if Hamilton had maintained 2nd in China and the Brazil result was the same then Hamilton would have won the title by 7 points or 9 points if Ferrari didn’t switch. If Hamilton did win it too, I am sure we would have more people saying he only won it because of Kimi’s reliabi...

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Exediron wrote:
moby wrote:
Exediron wrote:
Invade wrote:Do you read much into this moving forward regarding the hierarchy at RB?
I read that Ricciardo's leaving and they know it!
Is he not contracted until the end of 18?
He is. But contracts in F1 are fluid.

Where would he go though?

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5 second penalty for Max.

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As long as Vettel gets past Bottas, he will still be P2, so no loss. Better than running out of tyres and going off the cliff, if Vettel felt that. Actually, Vettel loses points to Hamilton if he comes in P2. Which would have happened if he hadn't pitted anyway. Think it was worth the gamble to try...

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Alienturnedhuman wrote:If Verstappen passes Vettel and they can't get past Kimi, then Ferrari are going to have bet big and lost everything.

worth the gamble surely?

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pokerman wrote:Clean driving by Vettel

Surprised he didn't defend a bit harder.

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Disappointed we didn't get to see Hulk vs Sainz today. Felt Sainz did a really good job but no proper comparison to be made

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pokerman wrote:
JN23 wrote:Did Vettel take an extra engine last week in Malaysia meaning he will avoid a penalty as he will not have to take a new one in Austin?
Yep he should be good to go for the rest of the season.

Thought so, cheers.

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Did Vettel take an extra engine last week in Malaysia meaning he will avoid a penalty as he will not have to take a new one in Austin?

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Where do people expect the advantage to lie in the coming races? Will Merc be a bit better next week because of lower temperatures in Japan than Malaysia? Still a fair way to go in this championship...

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Looks as though we're looking at a Conservative, DUP government then from what I've seen, but my understanding of what happens next isn't great. Anyone better informed have any idea how this is likely to shape up? May has been to see the Queen to ask to form a government. No formal coalition with t...

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Looks as though we're looking at a Conservative, DUP government then from what I've seen, but my understanding of what happens next isn't great. Anyone better informed have any idea how this is likely to shape up? May has been to see the Queen to ask to form a government. No formal coalition with t...

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I was thinking over the last couple of weeks and wondering how to rank Hamilton's ten seasons in F1. I think its obvious which season is his worst (2011) but find it difficult to separate some of his others. Any thoughts? Depends how you look at it and what you base your rankings on. For sure 2016 ...

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I was thinking over the last couple of weeks and wondering how to rank Hamilton's ten seasons in F1. I think its obvious which season is his worst (2011) but find it difficult to separate some of his others.

Any thoughts?

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Covalent wrote:Very interesting 2-part press conference available on youtube!

Was it that interesting? Just seemed a bit awkward to me (the bit between Hamilton and Rosberg anyway).

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England’s historic rugby union defeat of the Wallabies, in Australia. Up to this juncture, England had never enjoyed a whitewash over the Australians. It was England's biggest ever points total against the Wallabies and earned them the first 3-0 series win by a touring side in Australia since South...

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Well done to Perez. Would like to see more sportsmen/women/teams do similar when things like this happen.

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It seems Toto would like a Nico title to me, having said this I think the team wanted a Lewis title back in 2014 Why do you think this? Due to Hamilton being more of a worldwide figure or something along those lines? - They paid a huge money to bring him in, it would have been slightly embarrassing...

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lamo wrote: It seems Toto would like a Nico title to me, having said this I think the team wanted a Lewis title back in 2014

Why do you think this? Due to Hamilton being more of a worldwide figure or something along those lines?

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Toto Wolff said that Hamilton could have suffered a suspension failure from his lock up on the first lap and that they'd have pitted him had it not been a crucial race in the WDC.

http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12472/ ... an-gp-lead

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Yes. I imagine he'll apologise at some point.

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zaar wrote:
JN23 wrote:Vettel has completely lost it.
What? He is right.

He is. His message to Charlie though, lost it there.

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Vettel has completely lost it.

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Tassadar wrote:Hmmm who to pick for driver of the day. I hate how voting closes at the flag.

Mercedes think they know who it will be

https://twitter.com/MercedesAMGF1/statu ... 8213416962

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Andy2402 wrote:I am surprised Hamilton hasn't gone into the distance

He's complained about these tyres and is probably trying to give his car as less stress possible surely?

EDIT - he's just doing the bare minimum to me

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SDLRob wrote:IMHO, I think the title went for Lewis when his engine did in Malaysia... but the paranoid part of me thinks we'll see a Senna/Prost moment before the season is over...

At the start in Abu Dhabi after Hamilton has regained the lead in Brazil

*Not a serious post*

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I think Red bull will win WDC in 2017, but with Ricciardo behind the wheel, I think he will be able to keep Versrappppppen under control Mercedes will win both titles against next year. I think Hamilton is done though the years have really caught up with him, so they'll need Nico to stay focused an...

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Where does the length of the run from grid to first corner in Mexico rank over the season? Absolutely crucial start. Not sure I'll ever be confident of his starts again. He seems confident there won't be any issue. Says he's spent a lot of time at the factory working on them in the last two weeks a...

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Where does the length of the run from grid to first corner in Mexico rank over the season? Absolutely crucial start. Not sure I'll ever be confident of his starts again.

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Lewis did what he had to do this weekend and win. Hopefully he can carry the momentum forward.

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lamo wrote:Hamilton is finished, Nico has the new spec engine - game over for the title.

... unless it blows up of course

Is it a new spec engine, or just a new engine of the same spec? Wasn't listening to Crofty properly.

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I agree with others above that this is difficult to predict. However, I have a gut feeling that this weekend will see Rosberg/Hamilton gain fairly big on the other.

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2015 - Silverstone, considered the first genuine race overtake of the hybird era by Nico on Lewis when Nico kept temperature in his slick tyres on a wet track and was 2-3 seconds per lap quicker than Lewis First time poster, please go easy guys. Did this happen at Silverstone in 2015? I can't remem...

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