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I was actually really surprised when i heard Brundle say that in commentary during the GP. I just think we should give him until the end of the year at the earliest. Remember, Raikkonen was beaten by DC in his first year at McLaren but with time and experience he developed into a world champion. Ac...

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Sutton wrote:Although i agree its too early to write off Perez at McLaren, i have seen zero proof so far that Bottas is as super-great that people have been saying for the past while.

Yep he's done very little so far, he's also honest to admit he's struggling somewhat at the moment

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I thought Hulkenberg signed a two year contract with FI (ie 12-13), but I cannot find this anywhere, Is this true, or did I just imagine this? If this is true, maybe they didn't bother to look at Hulk, since they knew (or so they thought, since he is at Sauber now) that he was contracted for '13 at...

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Martin was spot on today when he said that Hulkenberg always finds himself near the top in cars that have no business being there. But he finds himself there not because of some strategy but also talent and speed, most of the time when he is at the front he stays there and is able to fight off the ...

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I personally can't say who will have the second seat. However I would like RAI to have it or HUL. My God! if Hamilton would have gotten in there wouldn't that have been just epic. Proper clash of the titans and possibly Prost/Senna'like battles. With much love and all respect to Webber he just isn'...

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12 + 18 + 15 + 15 + 12 + 0 + 0 + 15 + 15 + 18 = 135 For BAHRAIN, 1. Vettel 2. Hamilton 3. Alonso 4. kimi 5. Button 6. Sutil 7. Webber 8. Hulkenberg 9. Massa 10. Grosjean I make that 120 120 it is.. bad Calc :| Still not a bad score though i've a feeling it might be a low scoring round Maybe a low s...

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my first time.... China, 1. Vettel 2. Hamilton 3. Alonso 4. Massa 5. Kimi 6. Sutil 7. Webber 8. Hulkenberg 9. Pere 10. Grosjean 12 + 18 + 15 + 15 + 12 + 0 + 0 + 15 + 15 + 18 = 135 For BAHRAIN, 1. Vettel 2. Hamilton 3. Alonso 4. kimi 5. Button 6. Sutil 7. Webber 8. Hulkenberg 9. Massa 10. Grosjean I...

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to me the perez situation shows how pirelli is masking driver skill. My opinion is early last year sauber had superior trye wear which gave him artifically good results, then later in the year other teams started to get the hang of it and hence his results dropped off. Now at mclaren without the sa...

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I found it surprisingly interesting, considering it wasn't a very good documentary. She seems intelligent and likeable. I was genuinely surprised to find her competitors still ribbed eachother by saying stuff like 'you were beaten by a girl' . I don't want to be negative about someone clearly far m...

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SWAN wrote:such a shame McLaren couldnt sign Hulkenburg

In retrospect yes

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I think Button is doing a very good job in a car thats clearly not the best, but in answering the question itself it means could any other driver do a better job, when thinking about this then the Hamilton factor inevitably comes into play and given that Hamilton was more often than not quicker tha...

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Well he looks ready for such a move but there's not going to be many openings, if any? Ferrari. RBR. Or Mclaren if Whitmarsh has the balls. Mclaren 2014 is my bet, I can't see Perez hanging around if his performances don't start to improve, th car had pace today and Perez brought home 0 points comp...

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I think Button is doing a very good job in a car thats clearly not the best, but in answering the question itself it means could any other driver do a better job, when thinking about this then the Hamilton factor inevitably comes into play and given that Hamilton was more often than not quicker than...

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The problem here is that the Red Bull drivers dont expect to race against the STR drivers whilst every other on the grid does, so its Webber's opinion that its Vergne's fault for not letting him pass, anyother car on the grid Webber would not have attempted a pass from so far back. I can see that W...

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my first time.... China, 1. Vettel 2. Hamilton 3. Alonso 4. Massa 5. Kimi 6. Sutil 7. Webber 8. Hulkenberg 9. Pere 10. Grosjean 12 + 18 + 15 + 15 + 12 + 0 + 0 + 15 + 15 + 18 = 135 For BAHRAIN, 1. Vettel 2. Hamilton 3. Alonso 4. kimi 5. Button 6. Sutil 7. Webber 8. Hulkenberg 9. Massa 10. Grosjean I...

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I'll leave it for Button to decide, "Ricciardo 7th? WOW". Ricciardo did great in qulalifying, and did well in the race, but nothing out of this world. He finished about 30 seconds ahead of Vergne, who had a spin with webber that cost him probably 6-7 seconds. Ricciardo had to change his front wing ...

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The problem here is that the Red Bull drivers dont expect to race against the STR drivers whilst every other on the grid does, so its Webber's opinion that its Vergne's fault for not letting him pass, anyother car on the grid Webber would not have attempted a pass from so far back.

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iceman_fan90 wrote:It's funny how Webber was behind Vergne without any incidents but then all of a sudden Vettel unexpectedly comes out behind Webber and then out of the nowhere the Toro Rosso of all cars just happens to run into Webber... it's funny how that works.

Webber didnt want Vettel in his DRS zone?

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Why drop or not promote drivers that are performing well for a promising outsider? It depends on how ready Ricciardo is by end of this season. He might be ready, or he might not. Can RBR trust him to be a reliable 2nd driver and consistently bring in the points? If Hulkenberg can prove that he is c...

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Race2win wrote:
Race2win wrote:CHINA.....
1. Alonso
2. Vettel
3. Kimi
4. Webber
5. Hamilton
6. Massa
7. Sutil
8. Rosberg
9. Button
10. Hulenberg
25+15+18+0+15+25+0+0+10+25 - 133.
Ros, Web, Sut. Nom finishers hurt me a lot. But Alo, Mas, Hulk saved me from a bad finish.

Hulenberg? Surely a stewards enquiry?

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I'll leave it for Button to decide, "Ricciardo 7th? WOW".

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I still think that this is a transition season for Hulkenberg and we'll probably see him move to a bigger team next year, provided that he continue to put in consistent performances. Well he looks ready for such a move but there's not going to be many openings, if any? Ferrari. RBR. Or Mclaren if W...

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I still think that this is a transition season for Hulkenberg and we'll probably see him move to a bigger team next year, provided that he continue to put in consistent performances. Well he looks ready for such a move but there's not going to be many openings, if any? Ferrari. RBR. Or Mclaren if W...

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I still think that this is a transition season for Hulkenberg and we'll probably see him move to a bigger team next year, provided that he continue to put in consistent performances. Well he looks ready for such a move but there's not going to be many openings, if any? Lotus, Red Bull or even Ferra...

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I still think that this is a transition season for Hulkenberg and we'll probably see him move to a bigger team next year, provided that he continue to put in consistent performances. Well he looks ready for such a move but there's not going to be many openings, if any? Ferrari. RBR. Or Mclaren if W...

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China: 1. Räikkönen 2. Rosberg 3. Vettel 4. Alonso 5. Hamilton 6. Webber 7. Grosjean 8. Massa 9. Hulkenberg 10. di Resta 18+0+18+12+15+0+15+15+18+15=126 Still have to wait for potential penalties though... Selfishly i'm hoping no one gets penalised for the sake of this compo so this round doesn't b...

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The decision was made before the Hulk's impressive run of form, at that point Perez had looked the more impressive so i can't blame McLaren on that one Hulk put that Williams on pole in Brazil 2010, that has to count for somthing and I can't believe none of the big teams took notice of that but mos...

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Sill think Mclaren should have jumped at the chane to get Hulkenberg, he had a great race until his last stint and he was in a sauber, Jenson had a great race pulling off a two stop (I think he was the only driver to do this strategy) race to get fifth. Where was Perez? 11th, kind of says somthing ...

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China: 1. Räikkönen 2. Rosberg 3. Vettel 4. Alonso 5. Hamilton 6. Webber 7. Grosjean 8. Massa 9. Hulkenberg 10. di Resta 18+0+18+12+15+0+15+15+18+15=126 Still have to wait for potential penalties though... Selfishly i'm hoping no one gets penalised for the sake of this compo so this round doesn't b...

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Sill think Mclaren should have jumped at the chane to get Hulkenberg, he had a great race until his last stint and he was in a sauber, Jenson had a great race pulling off a two stop (I think he was the only driver to do this strategy) race to get fifth. Where was Perez? 11th, kind of says somthing ...

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Sill think Mclaren should have jumped at the chane to get Hulkenberg, he had a great race until his last stint and he was in a sauber, Jenson had a great race pulling off a two stop (I think he was the only driver to do this strategy) race to get fifth. Where was Perez? 11th, kind of says somthing ...

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Perez is becoming a driver under pressure, he's getting outclassed by Button then two crashes in practice, one of them a crazy one in the pitlane entry. He's got to show something on the track so perhaps there's the over defensive driving, i'm not too sure about the Kimi incident after watching the ...

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If the loose tyre had been hit by an oncoming car someone could have been killed, if the team knew the wheel was incorrectly fitted and was loose then i think thats quite a serious matter

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pokerman wrote:China

1. Vettel 12
2. Alonso 18
3. Webber 0
4. Raikkonen 15
5. Rosberg 0
6. Hamilton 12
7. Massa 18
8. Button 12
9. Grosjean 25
10.Di Resta 15

127

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Starting on the primes might be a good choice. Get relatively clean air at the start of the race while everyone else dives into the pits, and hopefully the track will rubber in, so the softs may last a bit longer at the end of the race. With the difference in lap times between the tires that could ...

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I'm very disappointed with the qualifying, drivers having to sit out for long periods because of the fragile nature of the soft tyres, then in Q3 not even qualifying because the soft tyre is not suitable as a race tyre, the drivers who have qualified well may well then be disadvantaged greatly in th...

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Lewis looks like a worried man He looked calm and collected to me. His car is super fast and he's on pole, nothing to worry about. I agree. Nico is a great qualifier, but not so good in the race. Nico very typically flies in practise and Q1, Q2 and loses a little in Q3 somehow. Except he didnt fly ...

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sgt.hartman wrote:Let's not forget - potential stewards enquiry for Kimi. Fingers crossed it's just Sutil being a little bit*h,

It didnt effect Sutil getting through to Q2 so i think he'll be ok

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RunningMan wrote:All of the top 3 have all driven for McLaren at various points in the career.

Yep and all 3 felt the need to leave the team

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Qualifying is a joke True but the race should be interesting. Mercedes Lotus and Ferrari go for saturday glory, Red Bull and Mclaren playing the long game should be interesting You make it sound like McLaren even had the chance to go for glory, i'm not sure even Vettel had the chance to quallify th...

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