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Teddy007

There is not much racing going on in F1. Instead of 1st & 2nd separated by a few tenths of seconds, Bottas had almost a half minute cushion. He could of stopped in the pits and had a brew and still won! There wasn't much going on in the mid-field either. As it is, the best passing takes place in th...

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Kev627 wrote:What have we learnt after the Australian Grand Prix that wasn't expected and wasn't thought of in the off season?

Ferrari not having a far better race package.
Merc having a bigger qualifying gap.
The over reaction at result - it's only the first race.

Teddy007

Verstappen is probably in the same situation now performance wise as last year but the added benefit of Honda money and sole manufacturer engine development for both Redbull teams. Was McLaren really the problem in their relationship with Honda? They had a pretty crappy year with Merc before they g...

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I love Button, always have. His personality is probably the closest to Ric we can get. He jokes a lot and isn't afraid of being honest. Sky just got much better with him joining. And his relationship with the likes of Martin is good too.

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A lucky win, he is turning into Schumacher circa 2001-2004 even when he doesn’t have the pace he is still winning races. It reminded me of Schumachers win in France in 2002 when Kimi should have won but spun on oil from a freshly blown engine in front of him. 72 wins, he needs 20 more. The only rea...

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BMWSauber84 wrote:I can't see Hamilton as a Sky/Channel 4 pundit. I hate it when ex drivers turn into controversy seeking shock jocks.

Button would be good. We got a preview of that a few years back and he's so laid back it's funny.

Lewis won't do it. He's far too busy with his American life style.

Teddy007

Thing is, Hamilton clearly made the difference because if we agree that both Ferrari and Mercedes had a equally dominant/strong car for the season then what Vettel is essentially saying is that he couldn't make the difference, whereas Hamilton could - hence shooting himself in the foot. I think thi...

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Need two more options: Vette/Lewis fans.

I'm not a Merc or Ferrari fan; Lewis fan.. I'd be happy for a swap if the cars were exactly the same in 2019.

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I will say this in favour of Sebastian. The way he congratulated Lewis and Merc is brilliant. He deserves applause for this.

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I can only vote for Alonso.

I thin Max would have made mistakes (he made some this year) and Ric. I'm unsure.

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No pressure on Leclerc I'm not so sure? He's only on a 1 year contract and he himself has said he could be dropped if he doesn't perform. No pressure? Rubbish. If a rookie/young driver doesn't perform? there are one of two things that happen.. 1) they lose their seat and leave F1 due to no other in...

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To me it looks quite obvious how they rank Austin? Mercedes (1) Ferrari (2) Red Bull (3) That's in race, in qualifying they rank them equal Explains why Max in the 3rd best car, starting at the back of the grid was able to beat both Mercs and be right behind the typically slowest Ferrari driver. Ex...

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No pressure on Leclerc I'm not so sure? He's only on a 1 year contract and he himself has said he could be dropped if he doesn't perform. No pressure? Rubbish. If a rookie/young driver doesn't perform? there are one of two things that happen.. 1) they lose their seat and leave F1 due to no other in...

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RBR cannot compete in qualifying but they seems to have to best race pace. Max pitted early to undercut Bottas and he had softer tyre and it was obviously much superior to Bottas harder tyre not only in pace but longevity as well. Kimi pitted little earlier and was on harder tyre as well. If I reme...

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Ferrari should hold on to Kimi. Tell Leclerc to wait another year For what purpose? I like Kimi, but I'm pretty sure Leclerc could have won that race as well, and he has a possibility of being the future of Ferrari - Kimi does not. It's good to see Kimi finally win a race again but there's nothing ...

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Austin should have been an easy win for Hamilton. No it should have been an easy win for Vettel. Agreed. Then again. Ferrari are now back. They got their strategy just right. Lewis wasn't taking too many risks with his overtaking. People are criticising him for finishing 3rd... when Ferrar/Merc and...

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I think you're right. Every top driver is allowed to have a bad season, but unless Vettel pulls it out next year, it might be his third (this year, and 2014 being the others). 2nd year Ferrari have had the chance to win a title for quite a while. 2nd year Ferrari have fluffed their lines. And a maj...

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Vettel has had a good season is a prime thing to say right now. And frankly laughable.

Yet another mistake by Seb.

Edit* Sorry forgot to say two costly mistakes this weekend costing him a win.

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Vettel has always been very error prone - it's just that in 2011 & 2013 it meant nothing because nobody was ever close enough to put him under pressure in the championship. His mistakes were pretty much the only reason that the WDC was closer than it should have been in 2010 & 2012, and now they ar...

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I couldn't guess.

One thing I will say though.. if Vettel gets beaten... he'd leave Ferrari.

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I'd say if he's the fourth best of his generation, he's pretty safely elite. Its always going to be subjective - my view is that to be an elite you have a clear advantage over the rest of the field - in the current crop i'd say it is Hamilton & Alonso. Previously, I would have put Vettel in that br...

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I should probably post this here as it's more about Vettel than Hamilton, so generally speaking, given the sort of discourse which has been ongoing over recent weeks/months... Aren't we being unfair on Vettel here for 2017? He made no more mistakes than Schumacher did in 1998 (I only bring it up be...

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Mistakes in Baku, Singapore and Mexico stopped it being good. Corrected for you. Even for Vettel and Ferrari they admitted they were not good enough. They were their own enemy. Likewise for this season. Meaning they lost the title due to their mistakes. = Not good enough. = Not good. The only diffe...

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I thought Vettel was very good in 2017. Overall that is a bit concerning in that he hasn't consistently produced the performance one might expect. He made two mistakes in a single race. He clipped the back of Lewis's car in Singapore and instead of accepting his own mistake... he lost control of hi...

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The problem is that ignores actual events. It ignores rain affected sessions, mistakes, mechanical problems, etc. Just looking at the number of pole positions tells you nothing. Exactly. People generally have said Ferrari have had the better car most of this season. Minus luck, mistakes by Ferrari ...

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I thought most women who are in motorsport wanted to compete against men not just other women so I'm not really sure how this helps them if I am honest, and the prize money seems a very small amount which won't go very far at all to furthering their motorsport career which is what the prize money i...

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Up to this point, in which year was Lewis Hamilton better out of 2017 and 2018? I think last year he had a clear car advantage but this year he was fighting on equal terms for the most part, so on that basis I'd say he's been better this year. I'm tempted to say this has been his best WDC as it was...

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Until 2014 there would be a thread on this forum every year comparing Hamilton’s career to Jacques Villeneuve. And back when they were both 1-time WDCs, it made some sense. There was plenty of reason to say that Hamilton could and should have been more than a 1-time WDC. Or would you disagree with ...

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With Hamilton now only needing an average of 5th place to guarantee himself the championship regardless of what Vettel does, it seems the Hamilton/Merc package defeated the Vettel/Ferrari package, however there has been a lot of debate over who had the superior car. There has been debate? No there ...

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I'd wait to see where Honda/Red Bull perform next season. They will be a true judge.

Don't forget though that Mclaren had the hardest years with that engine which was failing more than Renault by far.

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It surprises me a bit that Hamilton only has 40 fastest laps (out of 224 races, 18%) but I guess that's partly down to the fact that the best way to get a fastest lap now is to be on the softest tyre towards the end of the race. Plus take a heavy risk on the last few laps.. which Hamilton isn't goi...

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F1Tyrant wrote:Lewis Hamilton's statistics are thing of beauty after his lap at Suzuka.

Poles - 80
Wins - 70
Podiums - 130
Fastest Laps - 40

I still remember the people that sat there calling him average or "it's the car".

Love how every single one of them vanish quickly.

Teddy007

So I’m old enough to not get into the fanboy arguments but wasn’t Vettel halfway up the inside of Verstappen at Spoon? How is that not a penalty? I know he already had one but really if we’re being fair??? For full disclosure I’m a Ferrari fan since 1985 and I was there at the race (but at the star...

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Covalent wrote:...and suddenly team orders is the best thing since sliced bread.

And never been seen before. It's like F1 is only 1 season old.

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Ferrari would have done exactly the same today if roles were reversed. Hamilton finally gets some clear assistance from a team-mate to move closer to winning the WDC and the internet goes into meltdown Ferrari in the old days of Fernando and Schumacher.. definitely and they did. As a result they wo...

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It does. It moves him closer to Alonso IMO but as Alonso hasn't had the opportunity to do the same you can't compare. Why would you assume Alonso couldn't. I also have to say I pretty much discount races and championships won between 2014-16 as any indication of greatness. No competition. For me to...

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Lewis currently seems to have the edge in public opinion as to the best of this generation. IMHO the next two years will be decisive as to how history judges this rivalry. Correction: Lewis currently seems to have the edge in the championship with the least amount of mistakes made by him and his te...

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Got to love it when people say 30 points isn't much.... yes.. it is a single DNF or requires a single team to pretty much dominate. People seem to forget that a single driver hasn't dominated so many races in the last 18 months. Which means Sebastian will win another race sooner or later but so will...

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Interesting article I came across regarding vettel and his form of late. Didn’t want to start a new thread as this one pretty much covers the topic at hand. https://motorsports.nbcsports.com/2018/09/04/f1-vettel-still-prone-to-errors-despite-past-f1-successes/ “Vettel insisted he had not been at fa...

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What gets me about what Vettel did there is that Hamilton did a similar thing to Vettel at the start of the race in Spa into the first hairpin and Vettel passed comment about it, maybe Hamilton didn't see me? I assume you mean when Lewis did leave Sebastian plenty of space (which is proved by endle...

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