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Water wrote:Prediction: One Mercedes will lose - not win - this by an odd pitstop strategy. The other driver just needs to do his thing and drive calmly. Whichever way it goes, it would be just the anticlimax right now.

I definitely agree with the bolded bit.

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zaar wrote:Vettel is really slow.

Generally, or just today?

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Naughty naughty Yep, that was bad. :blush: What happened ? I pretended I thought Zaar's frustration at Sauber's exit had to do with their hiring Caterham cast-off Marcus Ericsson for next year. As if that weren't bad enough, I then attempted a joke conflating 'Drs' (DRS) with 'Profs' (professors). ...

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zaar wrote:What has happened? RTL decided to advertise Did Nico straighten a bend?

Eh?

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w1Y! wrote:Naughty naughty

Yep, that was bad.

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w1Y! wrote:Nico now out of Drs

Hopefully he still has a few Profs.

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zaar wrote:Gutted for Sauber

I know. I mean - Ericsson!

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Water wrote:I may be in the minority among F1 fans, but C otA is nowhere near greatness in my book.

Well, we don't know. That's what we're trying to find out!

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Alienturnedhuman wrote:I'm going to grade them under two criteria, how exciting the races there are, and their iconicness. That is a word.

I really like this system, I might borrow it. Although 'iconicness' does seem a bit suspect, I must admit.

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The more I see of this place, the more I'm impressed by it. It's a great venue, and a great track. But ought that be a casual turn of phrase, or can Circuit of the Americas lay claim to genuine greatness? I think perhaps it can. The flowing nature of a high-speed track; the varied challenges it thro...

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It's all head games. The track in Texas is very flowing and requires precision. And in qualifying Rosberg dominated, laying down a killer lap end of Q2 and the final one in Q3. Anyone who witnessed those laps saw absolute precision, timing, and zero mistakes. No matter how good you are (as in the c...

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What has everybody got against street circuits? A street circuit which provides for high speeds and overtaking opportunities is a wonderful thing. Even Monaco, which doesn't, is. Plenty of purpose-built tracks make for processional races, remember. Even the Spas and the Suzukas throw up dull grands ...

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But it seems to me your rejection of McLaren Orange is based on an aesthetic rationale despite the return to a distinctive colour of heritage and significance being something with which you in principle approve. This seems a shame. Yeah, I guess that's pretty much it - I'm a bit shallow and I like ...

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Ron just likes anything grey because it is the colour of his soul.

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Why does there have to be any silver at all? And what sort of orange is that? I don't know, why aren't McLarens green? It's a British team, after all. (And the German color was actually white; the silver was just a shortcut to a lighter car) I'm not calling for national colours here, although a das...

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Viggen wrote:How about the 2015 concept Mclaren in orange/silver from here....

http://wtf1.co.uk/f1-2015-concept-liveries/

Why does there have to be any silver at all? And what sort of orange is that?

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That's alright, worked out fine. And another new one for the race, isn't it?

You'd think after all these years I'd have it down pat. But then we've never quite gone as far as to formally sanction a protocol, and so I'm always wondering how it is we do it these days...

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Personally - and this is coming from a McLaren fan from day one when I started following F1 - I've never liked the orange... But it's utterly distinctive and unmistakably McLaren. These are far more important attributes than personal preference or individual taste, both of which are subject to chan...

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Honda White + McLaren Orange = Success

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Sir Frank,

Get well soon!

Sincerely,

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8O I'm still not sure Nico is absolutely faster tun Lewis around Austin. Lewis just didn't seem hooked up at all in Quali. If he's still unsure of the car tomorrow then Nico could win at a canter though if the pace difference stays like that. Lewis has a healthy lead he must just hold on to. Nico h...

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The Great One wrote:Well I guess Nico did have some "time in his pocket." Almost too easy.

Left pocket: Pace
Right pocket: Fangio
Breast pocket: Caracciola
Inside pocket: Rosberg Sr
Handbag: Andretti
Suitcase: Senna

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8O I'm still not sure Nico is absolutely faster tun Lewis around Austin. Lewis just didn't seem hooked up at all in Quali. If he's still unsure of the car tomorrow then Nico could win at a canter though if the pace difference stays like that. Lewis has a healthy lead he must just hold on to. Nico h...

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flyboy10 wrote:
Guia wrote:If he has Pace available in his pocket, that might come in handy for Brazil. In the meantime, what he really needs is Andretti in his handbag.
He he he. I see what you did there!

Turns out he had Senna in his suitcase!

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Just when you thought we'd got rid of Marcus Ericsson... Seems he's signed for Sauber (BBC).

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Have just started a separate quali thread. I'm quite sure we're supposed to have a separate quali thread.

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No qualifying thread? How do we do this these days?

Oh, and All Hail Mod Silver, God Save the Mod, etc.

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If he has Pace available in his pocket, that might come in handy for Brazil. In the meantime, what he really needs is Andretti in his handbag.

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I suppose Zanardi's accident could be added as well. Which one? He survived two pretty huge ones. I vaguely recall some talk of a notable accident during his first career as an F1 driver. But a quick check of Wikipedia mentions only a road traffic accident in which Zanardi was knocked off his bicyc...

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Well something's going on!

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Does anybody else think it odd that Lotus should turn up to Austin without the notorious nose, while at the same event Daniel Ricciardo shows up with a new and very distinctive beard?

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Very good series of racing photographs by 1950s standards. I remember seeing the final one, perhaps the most well known, at the Donington Park Racing Museum in the late 90s when I was just a boy and I must have stood there for almost a minute marveling at how the driver survived. :thumbup: I'll be ...

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Very good series of racing photographs by 1950s standards. I remember seeing the final one, perhaps the most well known, at the Donington Park Racing Museum in the late 90s when I was just a boy and I must have stood there for almost a minute marveling at how the driver survived. :thumbup: I'll be ...

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https://hurbanos.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/h1.jpg http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/365/6/d/hans_herrmann__germany_1959__by_f1_history-d5pt3ds.jpg http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/263/c/a/hans_hermann__germany_1959__by_f1_history-d5fd1z6.jpg http://pixdaus.com/files/items/pics/4/32/684...

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Dominant cars; 1950 Alfa Romeo- Won 6/7 85.7% 1952 Ferrari- Won 7/8 87.5% 1953 Ferrari- Won 7/8 87.5% 1955 Mercedes- Won 5/7 71.4% 1956 Ferrari- Won 5/8 62.5% 1963 Lotus- Won 7/10 70% 1984 McLaren- Won 12/16 75% 1988 McLaren - Won 15/16 93.75% 1989 McLaren - Won 10/16 62% 1992 Williams - Won 10/16 ...

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Didn't 1952 Ferrari won all races, expect Indy, where Ferrari used different car? In 1953 it also dominated. And 1950 was a clean sweep for Alfa Romeo with Fangio and eventual WDC Farina each taking three wins apiece. So you found a winner. :thumbup: As was the case throughout the 1950s, the inaugu...

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Ooh, is it a love triangle?

They're my favourite kind.

Right after the green ones you get in Quality Street.

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Fiki wrote:FIAT to sell Ferrari? Well, it would give new meaning to the word downforce...

Just as long as the tab isn't picked up by an Allied nation, right Fik?

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There is scarcely a comparison to be made between Hulkenberg and Alesi. That both are or were capable drivers is about as much as can be said. But so many are and have been, and such a trite assessment would fall way short of describing the extent of Jean Alesi's flaboyance. Even to consider both as...

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