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Did Queen ever go out of favour? I know they struggled to make in the early days, i thought they never looked back after Bohemian Rapshody? Nah there was a period they had troubles and talked about splitting early 80's I think . Not sure of the full details, but watched a few Docu's with Brian May ...

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That`s what your set of wets are for :thumbup: All the indoor tracks I have driven have been quite slippery. If you`re into drift racing then i guess thats all well and good but personaly I hate not being able to get the power down out of the corners like on a `proper` out door track. As a side not...

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When there are so few people who can achieve the same level of results then the person is anything but dispensable. Otherwise it's like saying Freddie Mercury was dispensable in Queen, MS was dispensable to Ferrari, Alexander the Great was despensable to Greece etc. It's hard to believe he evaluate...

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Sounds like a man who is ready to see how his new, younger, cheaper, less dramatic wife is going to perform rather than get hung up on the ol' bitch with huge demands and few benefits. :eeps: Where does Button fit in this, is he his bit on the side? 8O Button is the very well taken care of, long te...

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lamo wrote:Any employee is dispensable if you have or can replace them with an equal or better quality replacement.

There lies the rub?

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killboy wrote:Agreed, in 25+ years of Karting i've never known a track to close unless it's completely flooded, we've even cleared snow from the tracks to compete in the past.

Yep tracks will do anything to save a meeting

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That`s what your set of wets are for :thumbup: All the indoor tracks I have driven have been quite slippery. If you`re into drift racing then i guess thats all well and good but personaly I hate not being able to get the power down out of the corners like on a `proper` out door track. As a side not...

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Health and safety regulations in the UK have put paid to wet weather running, too many people worried about getting pursued by the government in the event of an injury at the track. I don't get this... I've raced at plenty of circuits in the UK in hire karts, even in monsoon like conditions Yes thi...

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vettel would of won the title in any of the top 3 cars imo I guess he would have pushed the McLarens over the line? no he would of simply got more out of it in the races where it wasnt as fast rather than whine and upload dtat on twitter like hamilton did 'whats the point in racing guys' i can reme...

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I guess it depends on what you're comparing with, my experience with hire karts is that on an indoor track the karts do little more than 30mph, on an outdoor track you're invarable going to be on a much bigger track and more powerful karts doing about 50 mph, so there is a speed difference. Also as...

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If he were leaving no matter what, why would he have negotiated? I guess you could argue that, even if he knew he was definitely leaving, it would be totally beneficial to the Hamilton camp to get the best possible deal on the table at McLaren to enable the negotiation of an even better deal at Mer...

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Well the first negotiations with Mercedes have been at Dezember 2011! ( confirmed from Haug, Fry & Brawn) Why should Lewis negotiated with them if he did not want to leave McLaren. For me it looked like mercedes & Lewis waited for Schumachers decission to stay or to leave So Hamilton & his manageme...

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Well the first negotiations with Mercedes have been at Dezember 2011! ( confirmed from Haug, Fry & Brawn) Why should Lewis negotiated with them if he did not want to leave McLaren. For me it looked like mercedes & Lewis waited for Schumachers decission to stay or to leave So Hamilton & his manageme...

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Obviously some will simply not believe that whoever is no longer in partnership with Lewis could have brought about this situation by choice but rather it all be Lewis's choice If Lewis never wanted to stay why was he making noises about wanting to keep trophies as part of a new deal? And the admis...

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ashley313 wrote:Sounds like a man who is ready to see how his new, younger, cheaper, less dramatic wife is going to perform rather than get hung up on the ol' bitch with huge demands and few benefits.

:eeps:

Where does Button fit in this, is he his bit on the side?

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Vettelmessi wrote:vettel would of won the title in any of the top 3 cars imo

I guess he would have pushed the McLarens over the line?

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Its amazing having a grid consisting of such talent, go back as recently as 2006 and you have people like Ide, Montiero, Albers, Speed etc. I can say theres no-one currently signed for next year that hasn't got a podium or I cant imagine ever getting one although Chilton/ Gultierez/ Bottas are unpr...

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I found indoor closer to outdoor karting than rallying, The circuits are generally colder because there is no sunlight and there are often materials other than tarmac used. Comparing surfaces only, I'd say that outdoor tracks on a dry day are going to offer the most grip but I don't know the relati...

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As has been discussed elsewhere, an interesting scenario would have been for Vettel and Alonso to have swapped places in 2012, the cars themselves remaining exactly the same with all the quirks etc. Alonso would have done well in the RB8 and almost certsainly would have won all the races that Vette...

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In the first half of the season - worse than Alonso, in the second part - better than Alonso. On balance - probably the same. However there are few big factors here: 1. Vettel wouldn't want or accept Massa's gearbox "problems" in USA and therefore would probably have 5-10 pts less than Alonso in th...

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To be honest I don't think anyone in F1 at the moment currently doesn't deserve to be. The weakest are probably Senna, Ricciardo, Vergne and Di Resta, and neither of them are especially terrible Narain style, just slow and/or distinctly average. But even the 4 you've mentioned have won races in pre...

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The guy can work his way up the "all time wins" list at Red Bull. If he performs like he did in most of 2010 and early 2012, he can beat Vettel in a straight fight and as long as he can do that he will win races. At Ferrari he wouldn't win because Alonso would get the better of him, whether by outr...

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Bet your GP loves you.
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doctor.
What doctor?

This feels like one of the doctor doctor jokes

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As has been discussed elsewhere, an interesting scenario would have been for Vettel and Alonso to have swapped places in 2012, the cars themselves remaining exactly the same with all the quirks etc. Alonso would have done well in the RB8 and almost certsainly would have won all the races that Vette...

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I feel that these last few years have seen a much broader supply of drivers that IMO belong in F1 than ever before, so does this mean we should have a few more teams or perhaps increase the number of cars per team? Also, will next year see for the first time a grid without even one “bad” driver, as...

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I don't get this Mark was difficult comes from. There was one part where he nearly went off in turn one moving out of Sebs way and lost a few places because of it. He left no room for Vettel at the start which caused Vettel to lose places and become embroiled in the midfield scramble and resultant ...

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ashley313 wrote:Quick question for everyone who is discussing driving styles, understeer, and data - who among you have driven racing cars and/or analyzed driver data?

I understand understeer and oversteer from driving karts but have never driven a racing car or studied driver data.

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I don't get this Mark was difficult comes from. There was one part where he nearly went off in turn one moving out of Sebs way and lost a few places because of it. He left no room for Vettel at the start which caused Vettel to lose places and become embroiled in the midfield scramble and resultant ...

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Why send Hulk to STR? It would not make any sense and I think of it this way, if Hulkenburg was to go to RBR in 2014. I think Webber would end up possibly finishing his career with Sauber next to Gutteriez (Butchered his name) at Sauber. I think it would fit for Hulkenburg to go to RBR in 2014, but...

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IMO, I am more surprised that Red Bull even wanted to extend Webber's contract. He is a good driver and can be superb on his day but I really don't trust the guy - never have. There is something about Webber's demeanour that makes me wary of him and this is going back long before Vettel even came i...

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Seanie wrote:Doesn't he at least have a chance of winning the championship in the red bull?

I mean if he is beating Seb, they won't stop him, like Ferrari would do to Massa...?

They have been teammates for 4 years and he has yet to beat Vettel

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Apparently Webber's preference was to go to McLaren, ideally a swap with Hamilton would have suited both drivers but i'm guessing pairing Hamilton with Vettel was never going to happen. Ferrari have been mentioned having an interest in Webber but apparently this was of no interest to Webber, i gues...

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Still to be convinced about his ability in a less competative car???? you should review 2008 season. A slight problem there though is the teammate he had who subsequently got dropped from the team after being beat just as easily the following season by a rookie called Buemi, who subsequently got dr...

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I found indoor closer to outdoor karting than rallying, The circuits are generally colder because there is no sunlight and there are often materials other than tarmac used. Comparing surfaces only, I'd say that outdoor tracks on a dry day are going to offer the most grip but I don't know the relati...

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Apparently Webber's preference was to go to McLaren, ideally a swap with Hamilton would have suited both drivers but i'm guessing pairing Hamilton with Vettel was never going to happen. Ferrari have been mentioned having an interest in Webber but apparently this was of no interest to Webber, i gues...

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Apparently Webber's preference was to go to McLaren, ideally a swap with Hamilton would have suited both drivers but i'm guessing pairing Hamilton with Vettel was never going to happen. Ferrari have been mentioned having an interest in Webber but apparently this was of no interest to Webber, i gues...

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Still to be convinced about his ability in a less competative car???? you should review 2008 season. A slight problem there though is the teammate he had who subsequently got dropped from the team after being beat just as easily the following season by a rookie called Buemi, who subsequently got dr...

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Apparently Webber's preference was to go to McLaren, ideally a swap with Hamilton would have suited both drivers but i'm guessing pairing Hamilton with Vettel was never going to happen. Ferrari have been mentioned having an interest in Webber but apparently this was of no interest to Webber, i guess...

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I think you have to consider we saw the best of Vettel when the Red Bull was at its best, early in the season when the Bull was not so good Webber was close to him in performance and given the Bull was never as bad as the Ferrari i don't think it really stacks up that he would have done as well as ...

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I think you have to consider we saw the best of Vettel when the Red Bull was at its best, early in the season when the Bull was not so good Webber was close to him in performance and given the Bull was never as bad as the Ferrari i don't think it really stacks up that he would have done as well as ...

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