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I'd like to see a Lambo as the safety car

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As soon as Alonso retires, Spanish attendances will crumble. They'd much rather watch motorcycling which is cheaper and more exciting (obviously more dangerous too). I think the UK could support two races but look at Germany, three world champions in recent years and they went from having two races ...

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Everyone knows it's a Renault, it's just a chance for TAG Heuer or whoever to have their name appear more often on screens.

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I am pretty sure Lewis will stay in F1 another 10 years. I just can't see him losing his speed. He seems to know every last trick. Even on a bad qualifying day he is still going to start high enough to attack for victory and even in slow cars like the 2009 McLaren, he still managed to win. Barring i...

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I think Alonso is being secretly negotiated with at this point and all the talk about him not leaving McLaren is so sponsors don't start panicking.

Don't trust anything Flavio Briatore says. In fact assume what he says is the opposite.

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No race wins. 2 Pole Positions. 1 Fastest lap. 9 Podiums. 78 starts. His podium return is quite good but slightly distorted by the fact Williams had the second fastest car in 2014 in my opinion thanks to Mercedes power and perhaps he could have had more. Although it's quite impressive he managed to ...

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DOUBLE POINTS FINALE FTW

I actually think this is the best solution if you want nail biting exciting racing. Too many people knocked it without seeing the benefits.

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They don't have to test the 2017 car. But they could have a shoot out once testing begins.

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Let's invite all the champions from feeder series and available F1 drivers to Silverstone or somewhere and see who is fastest over 3-5 days to fill the vacant race seat? Mercedes can do some testing at the same time. Settle this the old fashioned way? Give some fresh blood a chance and compare their...

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I am quite sure Lewis and Fernando would get on better than they did at McLaren. Ron Dennis and the team orders ban and spygate was the problem, the actual racing between Lewis and Fernando was pretty clean compared to all the crashes LH and NR had. Alonso has had to swallow a lot of pride in recent...

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I want Massa!!!!!

Imagine the crashes between Felipe and Lewis!!

No seriously, it ought to be Alonso or Button. The best qualified driver ought to be put against Lewis or 2017 might be a snoozefest.

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I am really surprised and saddened by this but maybe he decided this a long time ago when the booing happened. If he is starting a family though it is probably not a good idea to keep racing for another 8 years when we have had many close accidents this year. Although having said that, after all the...

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It's hard to imagine McLaren being the same without Ron at the helm. Considering recent results it's maybe not surprising he has been under pressure but the roadcar division seems to be doing reasonably well (considering the segment they are in). The entire Woking centre and roadcar division is pret...

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Obviously you guys love the idea more than ever LOL!

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Has it occurred to anyone that double points in Abu Dhabi would have been a lot better this year as Nico couldn't just sit back and take second places for the remaining races? Maybe it wasn't a brilliant idea but still actually a good way to spice up the races a little more? I am hoping for a wet Br...

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Abu Dhabi is probably the most predictable race on the calendar since the track is fairly flat, plenty of run off area, held at night with little chance of the cars overheating and with practically zero chance of rain. Surely Brazil or Japan should be the final race of the season so we have a decent...

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Just a shame for him that he had that unsafe release at Singapore in 2008. That cost him a World Title. I think Jenson Button is happy he got at least one WDC. Most drivers only get 1 shot at being champ. But on the plus side he survived a spring to the helmet and the resulting crash along with many...

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This is not a freak accident. Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher have had near misses with cars landing over their nosecone and near the cockpit. It's rare yes, but certainly this type of collision happens every year almost in one of the top categories and often in the junior categories.

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That is really shocking. As much as I hate the idea of head protection I think it is either going to be inevitable now unless it affects viewership in a bad way. https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/9JI1QTsFyxxxMm33O5lV4w--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjtzbT0xO3c9MTI4MDtoPTk2MA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/h...

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Would Rosberg be still on top if the 2016 season had started at the very beginning of his run of form? Has Rosberg beaten Hamilton over any 12 month / 20 race period since joining Mercedes? Or ever? Is he getting closer or further to LH?

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I think Nigel and Lewis are both good with technology and very fast drivers with some time in very dominant cars. However I think Nigel deserves a little respect as he drove against tougher opponents in crazy fast cars.

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We don't have radio in karting. I think the radio should be allowed for the driver to message the pits (eg. signal when he is coming into the pits) but no pit wall to driver communication.

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Both Vettel and Hamilton benfitted from massive rule changes. I think Hamilton has it sewn up for the foreseeable future as there is not going to be as big a rule change as 2009 or 2014 for a while. 2017 is going to probably be very similar to 2016 with Mercedes still having an engine advantage I th...

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I think it's going to take someone getting killed before people realise the way Rosberg defended was wrong. You are at least honest enough to point to the danger that still exists in F1. But would you be prepared to explain why you think Rosberg's defence was wrong? Rosberg was slow. Rosberg turned...

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I think it's going to take someone getting killed before people realise the way Rosberg defended was wrong.

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It was completely Rosberg's fault. In a rear collision it's the overtaking driver's fault but as it was a SIDE collision caused by Rosberg closing the door. Lewis initiated his move first and then Rosberg reacts to close the door but ends up causing a side collision. You aren't allowed to do that. L...

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Max Verstappen hasn't won anything in F1 yet. Unless he hits the ground running at Red Bull he will be on the scrapheap within 2-3 seasons. If he is the new Vettel Then DR will be rubbing his hands with glee because Vettel got blown away by DR let's not forget. I think Max is fast but he doesn't smi...

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Holy CRAP!!!! This is like the time when I predicted / saw-through the happenings in crashgate. Only this took a lot less time to materialize. OP really on the ball with this one but I think this might hurt RedBull in the long run if they drop drivers after just a few bad results, it may encourage t...

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Regardless of the cockpit protection being forced through, are we likely to lose open wheel racing once say a marshall or spectator is struck by a piece of suspension or tyre? Would it maybe be a good/bad thing if the wheels were covered and possibly change aerodynamic sensitivity to dirty air? Woul...

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I am not for it. If you want to race safely in a non-open cockpit there is touring cars and nascar, WRC and WEC etc.

Formula 1 will no longer be the pinnacle of motorsport because WEC is faster and getting bigger and other than shorter races and open wheels there is not much difference.

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Qualifying is boring and the majority of the races are boring. Currently the engine and aero regs mean the race is pretty much settled before the drivers turn a wheel because the most powerful engine has an unassailable advantage. Under this system even the fastest driver/ engine/ car has to do some...

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Most sports have games that influence other games and complex systems. In tennis for example you have seedings based on rankings points, recent results on surfaces and past records at the tournament. In F1 you already have rules that affect following races like penalties, licence points and engine l...

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Yes I did consider there is a chance of two race cycles and additional rules and tweaking may be needed for certain circumstances, so if you start from the pitlane you lose your grid boost the following race. It has to be earned by qualifying and overtaking properly. Two race cycles would be no bad ...

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Johnny Herbert really ought to retire from commentating!

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MY GRID BOOST IDEA Basically, the real problem with qualifying as it is now is there are far too many penalties for people with slow cars. Firstly, your car is slow and you start behind somebody most likely with a faster engine. You're screwed if you have a slow car no matter how good the driver act...

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This is why Johnny Herbert was never Champion material and now probably not even commentator material thanks to this gaffe. You need to be careful about what you say in life because it can come back to haunt you. Michael Schumacher made a few gaffes in his time but soon learned to do his talking on ...

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Let's say the car is tangled with another car in a side on t-bone crash and a protruding piece of bodywork such as a wing, nose cone or suspension part is caught by the halo directing material and energy into the cockpit. Now the Redbull visor design would probably save the life of the driver in thi...

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I don't think it's going to be much of a pain really. By the sounds of things there may be terrestrial TV highlights coverage and paying £11 to watch on NOW tv is reasonable considering that's the similar price to a book or cinema ticket. But as long as it's free to watch highlights I don't really m...

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I only recall Senna and Hakkinen crashing at Imola which is sad. The rest of the races there were super boring. I can't even remember any wet races!

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I think it's fair to say whatever advantage Vettel had during the V8 era was eroded with the new turbo hybrids. There have been many changes to the downforce and car spec since his WDC years and whilst Vettel is still a top driver, sometimes you have to relearn or unlearn what you have learnt to reb...

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