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Only stumbled across this today. Cameras follow him on his 'sabbatical' doing WEC, Indy and Dakar. Watched first 2 episodes and its good so far.

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Sainz moaning about turn two.... well clearly you're not supposed to drive through the bollards at full speed are you? The whole point of the chicane is to slow you down, but no it has to be changed because you're an idiot! To be fair it is a horrible piece of track design. That bollard chicane is ...

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Bottas had two mediocre laps in q3. People on here talking as if he absolutely nailed his laps and can't fathom how the car could go any faster. Hamilton had poor laps in Q2. If Hamilton finished p15 the red flags, vettel or Mercedes would have been blamed. If the shoe was on the other foot and Bott...

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They are returning to WEC/Le Mans in LMP1 as well

Makes sense to me. Like Abarth and Cupra where you can charge premium prices

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Bagnaia has been the only rider that's impressed me this year. Podium at Misano and on for a podium at Jerez when his bike broke. Missed all the Ducati tracks with a broken leg The races have been entertaining but only because Marquez isn't there and 10seconds up the road. Far from a vintage year On...

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The big teams ran wind tunnels 24/7 and did 100,000km+ of testing a year. There are plenty of interviews from the time where team principles talk about budgets before and after '08 and the lack of sponsors and manufacturer input I don't doubt that they went down dramatically between 2007 and 2008. ...

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The big teams ran wind tunnels 24/7 and did 100,000km+ of testing a year. There are plenty of interviews from the time where team principles talk about budgets before and after '08 and the lack of sponsors and manufacturer input

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The crash wasnt even that bad, just looked spectacular In the late 90s before tobacco advertising was banned teams were still spending $200-$300million a year. With inflation that is similar to today so dont think the Spa crash will ever be topped Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari are still spending le...

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I think it's time to face the facts. Short of Hamilton hanging up his helmet, Bottas won't win a WDC. The post race interview after Mugello Bottas seemed a beaten man. What are you going to have to do to beat Lewis? He had no answer - in every sense. He was strong in Qualy, but Hamilton, unbelievab...

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Was Vettel getting sabotaged last year as well when Leclerc was always outperforming him?

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Sainz said he was coming into the pits until his team told him to stay out. Would have been easy win for Hamilton and then he cut through the field better than anyone else. Gasly didn't do much, just right place at right time and made no mistakes. Stroll had huge opportunity to win and messed it up....

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Tyres will be fine because won't have overheating problems on straights

Renault went really well here last year. I thought they might get in the mix for pole if power mode hampered Mercedes but Rob Smedley completely dismissed Merc struggling when analysing Spa with Ted

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Red Bulls 'dominance' is nothing like the Schumacher or Mercedes eras. End of 2013 the car was on another level but for the majority of the time the races were somewhat competivie

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Vinales knew he had brake fault laps earlier but continued. Could sort of understand why he continued if he was fighting near the front but minor/no points whilst putting his and others lives at risk is madness

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Hamilton throwing Albon under a bus in post race interview

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Is anyone enjoying F1 2020? Racing down the field, yes. But not always the front of the field. The overtakes are rubbish though, the DRS makes the way to easy Yes, but there's been close racing around the circuit, failed passing attempts etc. Vast majority of overtakes only occur due to a gulf in t...

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Is anyone enjoying F1 2020?

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Well either Mercedes haven't turned it up at all or we're in for a cracking battle. Almost certainly the former though. Not surprised to see Renault go well, they were good on low downforce circuits last season. Ferrari :blush: :thumbdown: Its Friday. I cringe listening to Di Resta talk about set u...

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It will still be called Williams. They have 16 titles and 100+ wins. Their heritage is far more valuable than any sponsorship deal they are going to get.

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So far, I'd say Hamilton's opening phase of the 2020 season has been stronger than his 2018 and 2017 campaigns and also slightly better than his 2019 campaign. In 2019, I don't think Hamilton hit the purple patches he hit in 2017 and 2018 but he was slightly more consistent and balanced in his perf...

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Just a gimmick by a sponsor.

They know garbage like this will just get people on the Internet arguing

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Viewing figures for many sports are higher than usual because of covid restrictions and people being at home. I haven't blamed covid for F1 being in a dire state. If you think it's in a good state when both titles are pretty much decided after six races then thats fine but I doubt its in the majority.

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Always liked Vettel but acting like a 2 year old on the team radio each week makes him look classless

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The track produces great races but is dangerous for bikes, that corner is a shocker. Cant belive how close some of the barriers are as well, reminds of the straight at Mugello where they go into a braking zone at 200mph+ with only about 2metres of run off before the wall Another great race. Think Ri...

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[quote="pokerman I keep asking what lost viewership? [/quote] Plenty of sports seeing record viewing figures because of the circumstances. F1 current state is dire.

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Expecting a snoozefest with whichever Mercedes leading at the end of the first sector cruising to victory

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It's just comical.

I don't think anyone is naive enough to believe the car was reverse engineered just from pictutes and I sincerely hope an email trail or similar is found and Mercedes get treated like Mclaren after spygate

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Very boring Merc 1-2. Harder compounds and Barcelona track characteristics mean Silverstone issues won't be a factor at all

Not even expecting any excitement in the midfield and think the entire weekend will just be Racing Point talk again

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Mclaren has dropped their appeal, Ferrari and Renault are continuing. Williams will announce in the morning what they plan to do. I bet that was a very short phone call between Daimler/Mercedes and Mclaren. If Williams don't go through with the appeal it just makes the entire situation even more la...

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McLaren's Zak Brown on Racing Point verdict: "They claimed they had copied the car via photography. It's clear from reading the document that is BS. So you have to question everything else around the car." This isn't over by a long way! It was highly probable Mercedes had just sold/given the design...

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Was just looking at the driving standings and 22 and 20 points for the Racing Point drivers is a shambles given the pace the car has shown Can anyone explain why the drivers kept trying (and failing) to overtake on the outside of Stowe? Need a huge advantage to pass as going very long way round and ...

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I can't remember F1 being in a worse state of affairs Cars completely planted round half the track without needing to brake, Mercedes' dominance worse than ever with teammates who are more likely to be seen giving each other a massage than a fight, Albon and Stroll proving passport/marketability and...

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Circuit is wide. F1 have tested there, it has many configurations

Spain taken off UK safe list

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Portimao intend to let fans in. No exact numbers but it's expected to be in the tens of thousands I might have missed something but Portugal can't even get onto the UK safe list which currently has 74 countries on it! Barcelona race is baffling me as well. France are advising against travel to Catal...

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Passing a medical and being race fit are completely different. Wouldn't surprise me if he was competitive

Rins and Crutchlow were slowest and second slowest today but weren't a million miles away

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That picture was put all over social media by McLaren and cynical old me can't help feel its purely a PR/media stunt The mechanics will be bonkersly well drilled in stripping the car and if he genuinely wanted to help he'd have been better off brushing the floor or making brews He does seem like a g...

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Fiki wrote:I had to look up what an "AMA" is.

With more than 5,000 posts, I don't think my question would even get read.

Had a quick look at the thread and baffled why people wrote paragraphs for a question.

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Quest have highlights 6pm Mondays

Marquez getting operated on today. Dr Mir says could possibly be back by Brno!

Could have some very bizarre races later in the year. Rins, Marquez and Crutchlow coming back with nothing at all to lose racing against fabio, Vinales and Dovi in a title fight

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Great action but as one hand gives the other takes away Rins broken shoulder out of championship contention Marquez broken arm out of championship contention Rossi uncompetitive Will be nice to see someone other than Marquez winning and will get some great racing but will be a hollow championship wh...

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Must be huge question mark over Barcelona. Shops have closed again and currently getting 1000+ cases per day. Cant see F1 rolling up helping to encourage everyone to stay indoors when it's 30degrees everyday

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