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Kimi has shown some signs of life this year, Monaco qualifying being a prime example, but he is off the pace of the front runners on a fairly regular basis. I don't foresee any miraculous turn around happening, even though I would be very happy to be proven wrong.

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Every driver has the same tolerances available to their advantage. It worked perfectly for Bottas today, be it by accident or by skill. A split second earlier and he would be punished for it. It's being over analysed. We are literally dealing with blink of the eye margins here. The fact that it was...

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It's still too early to tell how Bottas will stack up. He is definitely not a doormat like Kovalainen and he already seems to be approximately at Rosberg's level in relation to Lewis. He can match or beat Hamilton at times, but he is still generally slower on an average day. There is some indication...

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I think Bottas got lucky here. He was within the tolerance limits so the start was legal, but it didn't look like he waited for the lights to go out. It was a timely finger twitch. Even the FIA described the start as "fortuitous".

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Human reaction time is 0.1s, Bottas was 0.2s so he's fine, meanwhile Hamilton gets too close to the car in front and his brakes start to overheat, marvelous. Or 0.19 as tested at the Beijing Olympics according to a viewer who texted Martin Brundle. Yes, anything below 0.2 is in the extreme range. P...

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Human reaction time is 0.1s, Bottas was 0.2s so he's fine, meanwhile Hamilton gets too close to the car in front and his brakes start to overheat, marvelous. Or 0.19 as tested at the Beijing Olympics according to a viewer who texted Martin Brundle. Yes, anything below 0.2 is in the extreme range. P...

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Herb Tarlik wrote:If they get rid of the T wing and the shark fin, these cars are just beautiful.

Fixed it for you

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I thought he jumped it and said so watching it live. I'm a Bottas fan so I hope he didn't. On the replay, it just looked like a perfect start. Fingers crossed. I can't believe that the FIA will call that a jumped start. If it is, it's micro seconds and so no real advantage. It's black or white with...

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Seb ACCELERATES, relative to the car in front. This can be show by calculating the ∆V of the two moving bodies. Clearly, based on the telemetry, the rate at which the gap is closing increases with time. Change in the rate of change of an object's velocity is acceleration. It can be positive or nega...

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My contention is that it's not accurate to say that Kimi didn't show up in all but 1 or 2 races. He had terrible luck that year whereas Massa was mostly making his own mistakes. Canada has not been mentioned yet where Kimi was in contention for a win as he was exiting pits side by side with Kubica ...

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I guess I was wrong Hamilton has definitely not moved on, I think that was really poor from him though, I said earlier he had the opportunity to take the high road and spectacularly failed today. I guess he wasn't thinking of the kids watching today and being a role model. You must be getting used ...

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I guess I was wrong Hamilton has definitely not moved on, I think that was really poor from him though, I said earlier he had the opportunity to take the high road and spectacularly failed today. I guess he wasn't thinking of the kids watching today and being a role model. You must be getting used ...

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My contention is that it's not accurate to say that Kimi didn't show up in all but 1 or 2 races. He had terrible luck that year whereas Massa was mostly making his own mistakes. Canada has not been mentioned yet where Kimi was in contention for a win as he was exiting pits side by side with Kubica ...

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That's true towards the end. Imagine the outcome if Ferrari had copied McLaren and fueled Kimi heavier in qualifying right from the beginning like they did Kovi? Could have been Massa's title! ;) Imagine? It would have made no difference. Kimi finished 1 race ahead of Massa in the first 8. Spain an...

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That's true towards the end. Imagine the outcome if Ferrari had copied McLaren and fueled Kimi heavier in qualifying right from the beginning like they did Kovi? Could have been Massa's title! ;) Imagine? It would have made no difference. Kimi finished 1 race ahead of Massa in the first 8. Spain an...

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Yep given his penalty a wet race will suit Hamilton. In a wet race, starting behind the rain god Verstappen probably means he has no chance of winning! :-P It will be interesting to see whether Max can put in another miraculous wet weather drive. Also, I am wondering if other drivers have studied h...

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Lewis Hamilton set for five-place grid penalty with FIA confirming gearbox change. That's unfortunate. It would be better to see a straight fight between HAM and VET, especially when the race could have variable weather conditions. Variable conditions, anything can happen. If Hamilton/Vettel/Versta...

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Clarky wrote:Lewis Hamilton set for five-place grid penalty with FIA confirming gearbox change.

That's unfortunate. It would be better to see a straight fight between HAM and VET, especially when the race could have variable weather conditions.

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moby wrote:Well I thought that by now someone would have said it was due to a smack on the halfshaft

Sky Sports will surely be calling for Vettel to be banished to Mars.

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Hamilton and Vettel are confirmed for the press conf. Be interesting to see how each of them plays it. Be sensible for them both to have a chat before and agree to effectively no comment everything. I doubt that will happen though. Why, when they can potentially use it to their advantage? If I was ...

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I think he'll be pretty bullish. Refuse to repeat the apology and basically just say whats done his done. Why would he apologize again when he's already done it? I wouldn't rule out a quick "sorry" directed personally at Lewis in a public face-to-face meeting, but I doubt either of them will dwell ...

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davidheath461 wrote: I think you misunderstood the reason for Ferrari giving Massa a grid penalty. Ignorance is bliss.

I think that's a possibility, so let me know:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/104364

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/20386671

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Alonso's an absolute points monster. No other driver on the grid would've been close to being WDC in that car. I think that Hamilton or Vettel might have been able to match him. Alonso did a fantastic job. It will stand as one of the great non-WDC seasons in F1 history, but it has to be put in pers...

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I use qualifying to highlight the point. But if you want races too. Alonso was behind Vettel in every race (usually 2-3 cars further back) except AD where Vettel started in the pit lane having out qualified Alonso and Brazil were Vettel collided and went to the back. Alonso and Vettel were not raci...

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. It is instructive to compare the FIA with the Tour deFrance ; FIA - minimal action for a deliberate collision. TdF - almost immediate disqualification for a deliberate collision. . One difference is that the TdF rider crashed and got injured after the collision. He's out of the tour, perhaps out ...

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It's over. Heat-of-the-moment incident, dealt with during the race ( I'm still dubious on the timing of the penalty , but never mind that). Vettel did what most of us do in an accident, do not accept liability until it has been sorted out by the authorities (insurers, in the case of us Joe-Public),...

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The fact that Vettel has kept quiet about it shows this was in the hands of the Ferrari lawyers were a deal was clearly reached, Vettel issues an apology and no further action is taken against him. It does not show that any deal was made prior to the verdict. You invented that. Although it's obviou...

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And after all that, no further action https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-vettel-fia-baku-apology-926265/ Let's zip this one up, pack it away and move along. Austria here we come Somewhat surprising that no further action was taken after all the hoopla. It's good though. On-track battles will dec...

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So he was supposed to make it easy for Vettel then? He didn't need to slow down, who cares right? Just let Vettel tailgate him until he actually gets on the throttle and let Vettel likely attack him and get him at turn one. Seriously people, come on. Well, sure, if you take an incorrect, binary vie...

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Possibly. Or perhaps trying to save face. I interpret the reprimand for the leader behind the SC as an indication Vettel didn't cause the accident on his own. And that is significant, in my view. In that respect there is a parallel with last Sunday's accident. Actually there isn't. The stewards fou...

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Anyone got any suggestions on what Hamilton should've done differently yet? He should have driven at 60kph the speed Vettel was trying to impose on him by tailgating. ;) Situational awareness is what comes into play here. Hamilton was the leader, so he had a fairly broad license to control the pace...

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Zero respect for Lance Stroll (name changed). He was fully bank rolled into F1. Maybe you guys respect that, but I respect hard work and climbing the ranks. Having a billionaire dad pay for your career and continues to pay for private testing doesn't gain points with me. A fortunate turn of events ...

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Fiki wrote: Safety Car (what a misnomer) starts always throw up the same kind of conundrum; keep it safe and lose an opportunity, or stay on the tail and risk falling into the trap the lead car is setting.

A Nascar-style designated restart zone, located past the pit entrance, would solve most of the problems.

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This is the FIA statement http://www.fia.com/news/fia-statement-regarding-actions-sebastian-vettel-mexican-f1-grand-prix The FIA takes this opportunity to advise that, in the event of any future incident similar to the one that occurred in Mexico, disciplinary action will be taken by bringing such ...

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I don't want to go through the semantics of the SC restart gain which I have done several times already, needless to say that in respect of that Hamilton did no wrong. You keep stressing though that SC conditions is somehow an aggravating factor. Perhaps it would be if it was in the middle of a SC ...

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I think there is a big gulf between saying something was an accident and something was deliberate, Vettel's own words suggest the latter, I said basically saying he did no wrong which is how I would term calling something an accident after seeing the violence in the impact during SC conditions no l...

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Facts are: Lewis slowed down which is standard procedure for becoming the safety car. He didn't break and he didn't accelerate (which he had done on a previous SC moment on same track on the same day). First of all it's true that Lewis didn't break and his car didn't break. Second, he WAS on the br...

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mikeyg123 wrote: Personally I would think anything more than a DSQ from Baku would be too harsh.

Same here. If Todt is determined to make his point, then this would be the best way to do it.

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This thread illustrates the problem of a national government entering the world of professional sports. We now have political and even historical arguments taking place in an F1 forum... Yup, no issue with Chinese or any other teams entering the sport, but they should not be backed by governments. ...

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This thread illustrates the problem of a national government entering the world of professional sports. We now have political and even historical arguments taking place in an F1 forum... Yup, no issue with Chinese or any other teams entering the sport, but they should not be backed by governments. ...

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