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Webber finishes on the podium for his first WEC race at Silverstone with a 3rd, two laps behind first and one lap behind 2nd. From what I have read it was a wet race and was red flaged. The Porsche did not have a high downforce package unlike the Toyotas, the Audis apparently had a dreadful race wh...

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Is this the first time Vettel under this kind of pressure? No. Early 2012 is almost similar, everybody was talking the same thing back then: he couldn't win without the best car, Webber showed him how to drive, he cracked under pressure, he threw toys out of the pram, etc. The difference is that the...

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Peter77 wrote:Hamilton knew Vettel is not half the driver he is as did Alonso.

As if he's never experienced what's happening to Vettel now in only 2 races.
It happened to him all year long (2011).

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This "suited/not suited to a driving style" is a lame excuse in my opinion... . No it's not. F1 drivers are the best drivers in the world, and they have to adapt their driving style to the car that their team gives to them, that changes every year. Quite right. They will adapt of course, but the ti...

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Yeah, Nico choked. He would have thrown it into the corner if he was assured of a second place, but he obviously wasn't so I think he's being disingenuous there. Rosberg was driving just as quick as Hamilton though until he made that mistake in the final corner. With his car advantage, Rosberg shou...

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Too early to tell. This is a repeat of 2012 when EBD was reduced significantly, now it's gone from less EBD to no EBD at all. Being accustomed to using and maximizing this advantage, Vettel needs more time to adapt to the change, more than Ricciardo (or Webber) does. I think we will see how Vettel c...

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Seanie wrote:Bit premature. You've no idea what's going to happen in the next 16 races.

Far too many points and DNFs up for grabs.

How many DNFs could you expect from Mercedez? The engine is bulletproof, the most consistent since day 1 of winter test.

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Like Ricciardo, Massa is also answering those who wanted to write him off. Compared to Bottas? Not answering anything at all IMO. IMO there's more to come from Bottas . Massa not so much... Agree. He's improving. In another thread I wrote that Williams should focus their future with this guy, becau...

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Like Ricciardo, Massa is also answering those who wanted to write him off. Compared to Bottas? Not answering anything at all IMO. Yes,Bottas who won 2008 Formula Renault Eurocup,the 2008 Formula Renault Northern European Cup,Formula Renault UK Winter Series, 2009 Masters of Formula 3,2011 GP3 champ...

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They should've brought Alonso to replace Button, he can do better with the MP4-29 than with F14T.
I don't understand why they retained Button as their lead driver.

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babararacucudada wrote:Like Ricciardo, Massa is also answering those who wanted to write him off.

Compared to Bottas? Not answering anything at all IMO.

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Not too soon I think. Mercedez have opened the season much more convincingly than Brawn 2009. And it's almost impossible they'll stop the development at mid season like Brawn 2009 did, yet Brawn still won it in the end. This year is a WCC walkaway for Mercedez. Being the lead driver, Hamilton is mor...

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Mercedez are still untouchable, I think they've even pulled away. Their dominance in dry race has improved from Australia to Bahrain, their dominance in 1 lap wet qualy has also improved from Malaysia to China. My prediction: Mercedez will trounce the whole field tomorrow, wet or dry. It'll be even ...

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beanchimp wrote:
zaar wrote:A lot of big gaps between teammates in Q2 ...

Ferrari
Red Bull
Mercedes
Force India

Strange ...
Only one car place between Vettel and Ric

Only one car place between Ham and Ros

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Maybe this is a silly question, I've heard a lot of anger against Domenicalli, but honestly I don't understand why it's him who has to be responsible for Ferrari cars' speed. Especially because now they already have super designer Rory Byrne who, about a decade ago, totally trounced "the one whom Al...

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I wish we could see Vettel and Ric in 2-3 races where car performs identically for both of them and has no issues. Would settle this thread far better than guessing at offsets. Im not convinced Vettel had problems yesterday I just think it goes to show he isn't as good as soom make out he is when h...

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Great. This TMW version is much, much better than Andrew Davies' heavily biased scoring. That AD articles were so predictable that i stopped being curious about "his scores" more than a year ago. That was a good riddance. Indeed. I gave up on Davies' when he was giving Alonso the win over Massa reg...

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Great. This TMW version is much, much better than Andrew Davies' heavily biased scoring.

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1st to... win a race: Ricciardo , driving a Red Bull he has a very slight chance to win this year, ie, if both Merc have problems win a championship: none of the names above will win any this year, but if all are contracted by top teams, Hulkenberg will most likely be the 1st because... most natural...

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It's possible if Red Bull and Renault can improve to have a car good enough that enables Vettel to split the Mercedes regularly and grab a few wins, that Vettel could take his 5th championship in the 2nd best car. If the Mercedes drivers remain closely matched and knock more points off each other i...

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Some people overlook that there were two times TO's: first one, earlier in the race, when Massa cried to the pits that they should stop Bottas attacking him, which Williams did. Bottas obeyed . Second one, the famous "Valtteri is faster than you" (moment of the race! :lol: ) towards the end of the ...

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I don't remember it clearly, he has served a stop and go penalty, right? If that's so, this grid penalty is really not necessary.

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There used to be thread like this for Webber, so I figured there should be one for Dan as the pattern appears to continue. This thread will document all the "bad luck" or shady situations that Ricciardo and his car are inevitably gonna be put through over the course of the season: 1. Australia: Dri...

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Impressive by Vettel to be able to split the Mercs. Just 0.055s behind Lewis 8O Shows how good that car is aerodynamically. Not really surprising really . Oh come on, does it really hurt that much to just give some credit where due? Look at the time difference to his team mate , that would indicate...

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I was sitting here fuming at Andrew Davies team mate battle on the PF1 site (Hamilton winning against Rosberg!!!??? I am sure they do it to gherkin people off and don't even open it up for comments) but your article has made the world right again. Well done, great article and will read yours from n...

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A Davies TMW: Hamilton outqualifies Rosberg, Hamilton claims the TMW point, Kobayashi outqualifies Ericsson, Ericsson claims the TMW point. Ricciardo outqualifies Vettel, Ricciardo gets the TMW point by default and not his race efforts. Driver favourtism is not out of the question. Exactly. And als...

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I was sitting here fuming at Andrew Davies team mate battle on the PF1 site (Hamilton winning against Rosberg!!!??? I am sure they do it to gherkin people off and don't even open it up for comments) but your article has made the world right again. Well done, great article and will read yours from n...

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pauldstar wrote:Caterham: Kobayashi...DEFINITELY better than chilton

They don't drive the same car, why should they be compared?

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Ya they had 1 engine blow each and a 2nd retirement each. But to say Alonso's 2006 win was simply down to reliability is ridiculous. 2005 you've a strong case, 2006 I don't agree. In the 2nd half of the season he was up against it - a clearly superior Ferrari and the FIA's dubious rulings. Alonso's...

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3. The most reliable car will win the championship (again after 2005 and 2006) ¿Que? Renault and Ferrari had the same number of retirements in 2006. Don't let a Suzuka engine failure distort your memory. Between the title contenders only, Alonso and Schumacher had one retirement each: Monza and Suz...

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3. The most reliable car will win the championship (again after 2005 and 2006) ¿Que? Renault and Ferrari had the same number of retirements in 2006. Don't let a Suzuka engine failure distort your memory. Between the title contenders only, Alonso and Schumacher had one retirement each: Monza and Suz...

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1. Favorites of 2014: 1) Mercedez 2) Ferrari
2. Engines will keep blowing throughout the year, especially Renault
3. The most reliable car will win the championship (again after 2005 and 2006)
4. First half season of 2012 will happen again (now due to reliability and fuel issues)

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I think the entries should be open until before FP1 at Australia and sealed on 3/16. I'll submit my entry too: Based on head-to-head records when both finish only (a) and the WDC standings (b): Red Bull : (a) Vettel (b) Vettel Mercedez : (a) Rosberg (b) Hamilton Ferrari : (a) Alonso (b) Raikkonen Lo...

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F14 ...... (≈ FIA)

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You make an interesting point about Sepang 2013. I doubt I will ever find out the real meaning of 'Multi 21', so I can't really comment on it. But I well remember the U-turn in Vettel's behaviour between the immediate aftermath of the race, and a week or two later. Noteworthy. The real meaning bein...

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Fans who deny Vettel is good and attribute all/most of his success to the car's chief designer (one of a huge team), must be new to F1 viewing or have short memories. It has never been any different: Fangio and Mercedes, Clark and Lotus, Stewart and Tyrrell, Senna and McLaren-Honda and Schumacher a...

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Schumi on the other hand, had much more of the car advantage as he and Barrichello were constantly pulling 1st and 2nd in the WDC through the various seasons. No they weren't..If that's the truth Barichello would finish every season 2nd in standings...he only finished 2 times 2nd...out of 6 seasons...

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Now the thread becomes an English class

However, IMO, if a contract has expired and the parties signing the contract feel they can't work together, then they may opt to part. The person (athlete/artist/whatever) will LEAVE the team, and the company will LET him go.

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Many think Vettel has had things easy since 2010, that his car was so much faster than the opposition. Using my car-rating stats I scored the gap between the WDC-winning car each season and the next-fastest car: From 1950 to 1959 the average advantage was 0.36%. This was from the 1950 Alfa Romeo 15...

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