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Bookmark this page, people - it's going to happen. :thumbup: 8) I'm telling you now that unless a miracle occurs - you can forget it. In my defense, when I wrote this I was operating under the assumption that Ferrari had a basically equal car to Mercedes. That's clearly not the case anymore. I stil...

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F2 is bit underwhelming this year imo. Seems with Russel,Norris and Albon out, its' cleared the way for the best of the rest, but that's not very satisfying. I think Hubert is looking good, and Schunior has his moments but overall it's a bit flat as a Championship. Yeah the well seems to have dried...

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sidders wrote:Looks like they made a right pig's ear of it

https://apnews.com/a8653967a9714ac7a9a3ba576f712fff

I have no words to explain how much fail went on here.

This is an absolute embarrassment.

No steering wheel ? I mean, come on ..!

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The word "legend" is used way too often these days - but not in his case, he was a true legend.

Guts, passion, determination. Plus one hell of a sense of humor.

One of the greatest fighters to have ever graced this planet. You will be greatly missed Niki.

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I've not really followed Indy qualy too closely until this weekend. One question - does the track evolve over the weekend, or not really? It wasn't mentioned at all over the weekend as far as I can recall. After the track dried up yesterday, I wondered if the first couple (or however many) of runner...

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Bottas ahead of Hamilton stands out for me, although FP1 and all. Is Bottas generally doing better this season, is Lewis taking it easy or is it maybe both? Probably both, Bottas wasn't as close as this to Lewis by this time last year. Very good inter team battle indeed, Bottas single-handedly keep...

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Just watched the last race on catch up - you'd think that most of them had never raced in the rain before!

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Ignoring previous races, I can see why they switched around in China. The problem was that Vettel wasn't any faster, and they couldn't switch back (even if they wanted to) as Verstappen was too close. If they had pitted Charles before Max (and not given Red Bull enough time to react with their own s...

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I don't remember the thread, but in my mind something seemed too convenient within about 10 seconds of the crash..

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Even if the Honda is underpowered, RB wont say so. They don't want to annoy Honda yet, or give Renault the ability to say "I told you so". I can't help but wonder if this is why Marko made such a fuss about Gasly after pre-season testing. Destroying the only new parts (which he did), therefore givin...

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Monaco has no place on the calendar.

I detest that race, but it will never be removed.

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I'm glad they sorted out the ad break issues from the first race coverage in St. Pete - it was difficult to watch that one ! Overall an interesting race, and it's a shame about the SC rules but I guess that's the chance they take. Looking forward to getting more out of my Sky F1 package this year. J...

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Such a shame - I didn't always agree with his rulings, but he seemed like such a great guy.

RIP Charlie.

I'm assuming this was out of the blue as he must have been in Australia?

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Steiner really winds me up.

It's not down to Merc to hang around and let the others play catch up.

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Surely sandbagging is fine up to a point?

You need to know how your whole package shakes down at a full pace race distance - especially how the tyres cope.

Or are Merc going to do a 2014 on us? (highly unlikely!)

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Vettel's tyre marks leading to the crash site. Ferrari believe it's a mechanical failure & not a driver error. https://i.imgur.com/peIPmhP.png Source - http://www.imgur.com Looks like what I do on the F1 games when I'm having a bad race and just decide to retire. Me too, but I'd be doing the track ...

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That would be a shame as he's one of my favourites. Diresta I can put up with, but I'd ditch Herbert who offers nothing. Definitely agree re: Herbert. Literally the only time I've enjoyed his presence on Sky's F1 coverage was Fernando Alonso's drive-by assassination of him live on air after Herbert...

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That would be a shame as he's one of my favourites. Diresta I can put up with, but I'd ditch Herbert who offers nothing. Definitely agree re: Herbert. Literally the only time I've enjoyed his presence on Sky's F1 coverage was Fernando Alonso's drive-by assassination of him live on air after Herbert...

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That would be a shame as he's one of my favourites.

Diresta I can put up with, but I'd ditch Herbert who offers nothing.

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Proof, if needed, that graphic design is a profession that requires true craftmanship. Or the job was done by a bad professional, or it was done by the child of the accountant to save a handful of pennies. Didn't they owe a small amount of money to "hire a princess"? Maybe that's who did the livery..

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I can't see any way Lewis won't be victorious at the end of the season in this battle.

I'd like it to be closer than last season though.

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Dark livery and a dark background.. meh.

Looks like an improvement on last year though.

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I've just thought one up - someone will point it out if I missed something: What did the 2018 cohort of F1 drivers manage that has never been achieved before? First year in the history of the sport where the same drivers that started the season, finished the season. I was surprised myself when Mart...

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Surely has to be Verstappen - assuming either of them gets over the line with the Honda engine? He WILL be #1 regardless of what Marko spouts out, and I think it will be an easy win over his team mate. I'm hoping I'm wrong though. Plus, if they qualify near each other I can't see either one budging ...

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I think Vettel will edge it this year, with Leclerc getting stronger as the year goes on. Qualifying has been mentioned a lot - maybe going to this format of a couple of runs doesn't suit him. I agree it's something that needs work. I have to mention the wet weather as well - Leclerc seemed a bit ra...

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Maybe time penalties to be served during pit stops? Similar to existing, +5 seconds (or whatever) before you can do a wheel change. Which may be no penalty at all if you have sufficient gap to the car behind? quite possibly, so maybe make it a 10 / 15 / 20 second or something like that. Make them s...

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Maybe time penalties to be served during pit stops?

Similar to existing, +5 seconds (or whatever) before you can do a wheel change.

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I'd have to say Gasly if pushed to choose.

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I went for four stars, as it was looking pretty good the first half of the season.

If they could stop the top two / three teams doing Q2 on the harder tyre may help the racing a bit, but them's the rules I guess..

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Early 1994, and don't think I've missed more than two races in that time.

So, well over 400

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Siao7 wrote:Ferrari 2 secs behind? This is only FP1, but damn!

I do hope Daniel has a good race in his last outing for RB.

I can't help but think Ferrari and Merc have everything turned right down at the moment.

This isn't a track that would usually favor RB I'd have thought?

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I wonder what the actual reason for running the #1 is, as I don't think it's for the reason they say it is...

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Very insightful clip - it does give a new context for me.

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I found it a little funny - he's what, four feet tall?

Calm down junior..

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Reminds me a bit of Max v Lewis in Malaysia last year.

Max had nothing to lose so Lewis didn't want to risk any contact at the first corner.

I try so hard to like him, but he makes it so difficult every time he opens his mouth.

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MP4-18. Never raced but a beautiful car..

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I think 2017 and 2018 would still have gone his way, so voted 6.

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Rain forecast with a 70% chance for qualifying. 23% chance of rain at the start of the race on Sunday but a 70% chance of rain by the time the race finishes. Source: Weather Underground. Of course this is weather forecasting and things can and will change. Still, could make it a very interesting we...

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Interesting because to me that Sutil - Trulli crash is a rather vivid memory. Okay, maybe you don't remember the crash for itself but the press conference is unintended comedy gold. It's uncomfortable for Sutil, Trulli has photo evidence which is just hilarious to me. Alonso is clearly having a gre...

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Other than a couple of years of Hakkinen, who really challenged Michael for any period of time? Today's grid has far better depth, and I feel that Lewis has had tougher team mates than Michael did overall. I'd like to see him overtake in race wins, and if that happens the WDC could be matched. I can...

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