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Randine

Jep, I think it will be a battle between 3 drivers. Hamilton, Vettel and Bottas. The Ferrari might be the stronger car on raceday at the moment but I'm not sure they can develop the car as well as Mercedes over a season. Also Bottas impressed hugely both in qualy and the race so I think he can give...

Randine

Do not underestimate the development force behind Mercedes. They endeavour to make a certain aspect of the car 99% better. This in turns plays in their hands and by far their development is far far better then the rest of the field, importantly than Ferrari. By the name you can see I am SF fan, how...

Randine

I voted for Vettel.
However lets not get too carried away.
Had Ham not been held up by Max for those 3 or so laps, Vettel would have come out behind him and would have had to overtake Ham on track.

The Ferrari looks kinder on tyres and can possibly follow with less tyre degradation than the Mercs.

Randine

Raikkonen over 1 second per lap slower than Vettel, in clean air, with fresher tyres. No big deal, just collecting his salary without motivation, without words, without an effort. Seems to keep his fans happy, too. that is why i dont get why people like Kimi, he has been useless for a while now we ...

Randine

How on earth could a bunch of supposedly intelligent race minded professionals get the new formula so wrong. It was barely more than a procession with the only excitement provided by the pit teams. Unless they revise the formula urgently the sport is as good as finished. Because the objective was n...

Randine

I think the impression Hamilton wants to give is that he is a natural talent and Nico had to sit up all night studying, but in reality they all benefit from each other. While I agree that everyone benefits from data sharing, its hard to deny that Hamilton adapts faster than any other driver except ...

Randine

The most impressive thing about Vettels 2015 was that he was ahead of Rosberg in the WDC at round 18 of 21. Yes that is impressive however the reason why is that Vettel thoroughly beat Kimi that year, vs Ham/Rosberg more evenly sharing the points. When Ferrari made the change to the type of suspens...

Randine

I don't think he will quit.
However I only see 2 options for him unless McLaren start making regular podiums by the end of the season.
Renault, return to where he won his championships as they are emerging as a stronger team.
Or Merc. Toto seems to still rate Alonso as the best on the grid.

Randine

I miss the old engines that would put the fear of God in you when they'd come screaming by...but even back then you're kidding yourself if you think the noise from the cars at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve were louder than the traffic you're walking around. Of course you could hear them (I used to skip...

Randine

Call me sceptical but I believe regarding Vettel Ferrari tend to operate a bit differently in comparison to Hamilton at Mercedes? I will happily call you skeptical. Ferrari always backs the quicker driver, that's true - but if it turns out to be Kimi, they'll be more than happy to back him. Remembe...

Randine

Hard to say but it looks like Renault have improved the most since 2016. I was fully expecting Williams to slide back down the order but look like they are around 4th. Red Bull probably have a few aero tricks up their sleeve they didn't want to show off until Melbourne. The fact that Red Bull and To...

Randine

I don't see why not.
The thing with Kimi is that he only seems to give the absolute maximum when he can win.
If Ferrari is in a spot to win consistently this year then I wouldn't count him out.

Randine

Guess we will find out soon enough but it really looks disappointing alongside the Mercedes, we could be in for an even more boring season than the last one. It is really hard to see, but the Red Bull side pods look very small = less drag. (As others have said, this won't be the final car, but the ...

Randine

jimmyj wrote:I really like this one.

Yeah me too. That grey/green colour makes it look like a fighter jet.

Randine

UnlikeUday wrote:Olivier Panis - Monaco Grand Prix winner in 1996 is a good example.

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(Hey Admin, any chance we can get a like comment button?
It would save a lot of posts)

Randine

You missed some as far as damage is concerned: 1. I think Hamilton damaged Alonso's reputation. 2. I think Button damaged Hamilton's reputation (though I really don't agree that Alonso damaged Button's rep). 3. I would say that the most glaring omission is what Ricciardo did to Vettel's reputation....

Randine

Ricciardo Vettel Alonso Vettel Alonso and Vettel may not have raced together in the same team but being the fact that Vettel was Alonso's replacement its fairly obvious that Alonso's time at Ferrari definitely out shone Sebastian's and sebs rep has certainly taken a nose dive because of this compar...

Randine

Button is retired and not coming back, also it's unlikely that McLaren will go from being a donkey to the best car in a single season when the rules are probably not going to be changing? Although I agree it's likely we'll never see him race in F1 again - Jenson is technically McLaren's reserve dri...

Randine

Bottas x 5 Jokes aside. (Most people seem to think he will be no match for Ham) Alonso: I think of any of the recent drivers, Alonso is most like Senna. It would be great for him to at least match Senna's 3 titles. Ricciardo: I would love to see Dan win at least 1. Being an Aussie our last F1 champ ...

Randine

Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari are no brainers - I'm not that convinced the new rules are the reset some have made them out to be. However, I've also gone out on a limb and put McLaren in there. Honda have to get it right sometime and when they do you'd have to be mad to write Alonso off I hope you...

Randine

not untill 2020 when the present agreement ends Something could happen before then, but all teams would have to agree. I believe F1 pays 70% of revenue out to the teams received from tv rights/hosting fees etc. If Liberty can introduce a streaming service for $100 a year offering HD coverage, no ad...

Randine

Sure but currently the 11 place teams gets nowt. If we give every team $30 million as a baseline for commercial rights and then split the rest of the pot for prize money however they like. That $30 million should be guaranteed up to 13 teams. well according to the link below Manor got €50M in 2016 ...

Randine

You can take ALL the historical money from Ferrari and it is not going make the small teams competitive. I'm sorry but I cannot for the life of me understand the logic behind this sentence. Surely over the years you have noticed the strong correlation between budget and lap time? And can therefore ...

Randine

Return to V10? Ha, not with the current contracts in place. Unless all teams agree to a new engine format, it will be the hybrids up till 2019 I believe. So I think 2020 is the first opportunity to have all new engines. When I read the title, given Bernie's age, I thought gone meant gone. He was pa...

Randine

Other sports pay appearance fees. Eg I remember a local golf tournament paying Tiger Woods 1 million to play and the first prize was $300k. Why would they do that? More people take an interest and want to watch. You go from having a mediocre event to having credibility of the world's best competing....

Randine

Get more eyeballs watching F1 is a start! Moving to pay TV means less people see the races, less fall in love with F1. The result less tv viewers and less people wanting to attend races. Sponsors get less value for money. A online premium HD streaming service should be set up charging $100 per year....

Randine

Very hard to know! The did use Merc engines in 2014! However they were reportedly down on hp as they had to use Esso fuel vs Merc using Petronas fuel. The Honda engine was apparently quite thirsty, so they would have had to use more fuel - more weight relative to other teams. And as they were down o...

Randine

Webber is always under rated imho. He was unbeatable when he was on fire. He showed huge potential in his early F1 days in slow cars. He was 33 years old when he finally got into a car that was capable of winning races. Most people seemed ready to write off Kimi and Massa as has beens when they were...

Randine

Without wanting to sound too negative, because i think these will be 'proper' f1 cars (bar the engines) and i am excited to see them in action, but they are going to be on full throttle for longer and these cars are a fair bit draggier and all they have done is add 5kg to the fuel amount. I just ge...

Randine

Yes, although he didn't follow the rules, those blue flag rules really irritate me. Why not give the leader a challenge? A lot of the time, a leader hasn't had to overtake anybody. If they have managed to lap a driver, they really should be able to overtake quite easily most of the time as they are...

Randine

Read that Honda are basically trying to create a copy of the Merc engine for next season... Back to square one then? I predict Alonso will be gone before the summer break. well, to be fair I think I remember reading somewhere that it wasn't possible before because of the token system. But it does o...

Randine

The only thing I can draw from a comparison is that Alonso is probably a bit better respected now since Vettel has gone there and failed too. For years everyone seemed to be blaming Alonso for not winning. (He can't develop the car, he is a Prima Donna, he doesn't get along with the team etc etc etc...

Randine

He just completed his 3rd full season in F1. If it was his first I would say he probably deserved another year. He did quite well in the 2nd half of the year vs Grosjean. However if you compare him to say Max or Sainz after just 2 seasons, then I think it is clear he would probably never have a long...

Randine

I watch this video every 6 months or so. Senna onboard at Monaco. Hand off the wheel every gear change. GTJZTc1U1tM I think it would slow the lap times down only slightly to go back to manual as those sequential gear boxes are faster than we can move. Notice also his wheel is rounded vs the ones the...

Randine

If true, this sounds too much like a recipe for Ron to play savior (a la Brawn @ Honda 2009) and pick up a registered F1 team for peanuts. Who started that rumor anyway? A little different!..... Didn't intend to compare in any other sense except possibly buying a registered F1 entry for next-to-not...

Randine

I love the debate about electric vs ICE. It is close to my heart. When I was at Uni studying to be an Electrical and Electronic Engineer way back in 1993, I did a project on electric cars. I think I predicted at the time that they would be everywhere by 2000! I was off by a few decades at least. On ...

Randine

If true, this sounds too much like a recipe for Ron to play savior (a la Brawn @ Honda 2009) and pick up a registered F1 team for peanuts. Who started that rumor anyway? A little different! Honda in very early 2008 realised they were not competitive again. So they diverted most of their resources i...

Randine

I do agree with you about the chassis being good, my view is that with that belief McLaren might have been able to do more instead of pointing the finger. The other thing with the Honda engine is that it is more thirsty than the other engines. (From what I have heard on Sky coverage etc) So not onl...

Randine

I think the fact they no longer qualify for the historical payments (I think) will hurt them massively and Zak Brown has a big job to do. Having said that, McLaren is a big name so still a very attractive prospect for potential sponsors. McLaren was in a bit of a mess when Ron took back the reins, ...

Randine

I think the fact they no longer qualify for the historical payments (I think) will hurt them massively and Zak Brown has a big job to do. Having said that, McLaren is a big name so still a very attractive prospect for potential sponsors. McLaren was in a bit of a mess when Ron took back the reins, ...

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