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I consider Hamilton to be a 'better' driver in that intangible way that we define greatness. But the points don't lie, both guys brought home an almost equal # of points in their 3 years together. Button brought home points when Hamilton was having brain farts and letting outside issues affect his d...

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I feel sorry for Paul because he would have won every race in 2012 if his team had given him a much faster car and better strategy. His lazy engineers cost him the championship.

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Did he told you that? I don't think so. Man himself is saying his target is to come back, so there must be chance, yet you know better. There is no chance. After several years of recouperation and operations, he still has basically no use of his right hand. The elbow is stiff and the hand/fingers c...

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Just this past race, SkyF1 had Johnny Herbert in Merc's simulator. Not sure how long he got in it (given they mentioned Anthony Davidson was there all day, I doubt it was more than 30 minutes) but yeah... Can you read? I guess not. I said they would not let anybody in for a lark. If they give someo...

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F1 sim time is presumably quite valuable to the team. They are busy doing important stuff related to the development of the current car so they cannot afford to just let someone in the sim for a lark. And for 'several weeks' no less according to the article. I don't know why they would give Kubica s...

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stevey wrote:so next years changes will be the following

Webber to Ferrari replacing Massa
Raikonnen to RBR
Rosberg to Lotus
Kubica to Merc
Massa to retire lol

It is also rumoured that Schumacher is making a second comeback and replacing Perez in McLaren.

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Sergio's defending and wheel-to-wheel racing has been dodgy this year, many drivers have commented on it. It was a topic of discussion in the drivers meeting this weekend. There are some defined rules (one move etc) and some gentlemens rules and he has been constantly breaking both. He is becoming t...

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His defending was very marginal today, he is going to get a penalty if he keeps weaving around under braking. A sign of someone under a lot of pressure.

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It was a bit of a daft thing to say, it probably sounded funny in his head.

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M.Nader -DODZ- wrote:Rosberg's Left ear is wierd

Does anybody know if there is a story behind it? Did he injure it in a car crash ?

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He doesnt seem to understand that his mechanics in McLaren only pretended to like him while he was there. I saw a video where Hamilton was showing around the McLaren technical centre, pretending to be chums with his mechanics ('hey man hows it going' etc) but he got their names all wrong and they we...

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Men have faster reaction times but that is mostly physical. Stronger muscles can move quicker. In racing it affects for example rapid steering movements.

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The car is a complete dog, they are having major issues with ride. Its incredibly stiff up front, with almost no suspension travel, and it is bouncing and oscillating all over the shop. Probably because of his experience, Button has been able to find a more usable setup than Checo. But the car still...

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infi24r wrote: Whats wrong with racing for an iconic WEC team?

Nothing. That is option 3. Quit f1 and do something else.

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Mark doesnt have a lot of options.
-Stay at Red Bull where he is not happy and clearly #2.
-Move to a lower team where he can have equal status but with a much slower car. Never get another win or even podium.
-Quit F1

Unfortunately no other top team wants him or needs him.

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Of course he is. Hamilton gives Mercedes the best chance of fighting for WDC.

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If Webber bought a lottery ticket, I would check his numbers and make sure not to play them.

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It was a good performance but putting in a good performance once in a blue moon doesnt make him a superstar.

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Malfunction of the fuel bowser but what about all the sensors in the car. Surely they should have noticed the problem before the inlap.

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^ I agree. Too many chiefs at Mercedes. You can't have a situation where Lauda and Tofu are criticising Brawns decisions. Brawn knows what he's doing.

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China is one of those places where a bribe fixes just about any problem.

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She doesnt even have a super licence. Her role as 'development driver' is basically just a bit of publicity for Williams. At 30 she is too slow and too old to make a F1 debut, even if both Williams drivers broke their legs simultaneously she wouldn't get a drive.

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Of course he is number 2. Hamilton is the best chance of winning the WDC or at least placing highly. Brawn has access to years of Rosberg telemetry so he knows Rosbergs strength and weakness better than anyone here. Probably within a few days of testing he could already see that Hamilton was much be...

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She is rubbish, she acts like she is presenting some gossipy womens daytime chatshow.

but with all these half-assed highlight shows she doesnt get much airtime anyway.

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Nico made sure to push Raikkonen off the track slightly (several laps before the comment), which of course prevents the other driver from coming back. He was doing stuff like that for quite a few laps, just being a bit unsporting. I don't know what the rules are but I know most drivers who are sport...

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Rosburg has had plenty of years in f1 and never showed any spark. Of course youre going to put all your eggs in the LH basket, it is only logical.

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I wonder how long until Toto tries to get his wife in the car on Friday sessions...

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flavio81 wrote:
Button is one of the best drivers of the grid. As is Hamilton. Anyways this discussion doesn't matter because the GREAT KIMI is at the lead!

Not really. I would not call him a bad driver but he has never had that spark of greatness that some drivers have.

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Lentulus wrote: The mojo that helped him have better pure pace than Kimi for much of last season.

He spent 400 odd of 2012s racing laps going at exactly 0 km/h. So his average race pace was significantly slower than Kimi.

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6am start is fine. Better than a 2am start.

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What mojo?!

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It will be hilarious if he steams into someone on the first corner of 2013. Eric Bouliers facial expression will be priceless..

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The money they are saving on make-up and trowels is single-handedly paying for DCs salary.

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Test driving for Ferrari is a pretty good gig, plenty of stuff in the Ferrari road cars, PR rides for journalists etc, Corse Clienti days, lots of F1 car demos etc. They keep pretty busy, not just all day in the simulator.

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They will change the name from KERS to ERS because they plan to recover energy from other sources and not just kinetic. Heat for example.

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I think she has very good legs for 42 but that is beside the point. She is a presenter, her job is to present, I think she will do a decent job. Lee is very good as a reporter but she got a little bit flummoxed under pressure when she was main anchor. That is nothing to be ashamed of, it is very tou...

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Gothalamide wrote: Like you say though, even if you addin Jerome's 53 laps, RG would still not be close to the HRT's...

I agree, he really is a terrible driver.

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Grosjean missed a race though. If you add D'Ambrosio's laps onto Grosjean's what's the difference then? Even if you add on Dambrosia's laps Grosjean is still last, behind both HRTs. But you shouldn't add on those laps because he lost them via his own fault. If you crash and lose 20 laps in a race, ...

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He has the lowest amount of completed laps in 2012. Apart from D'Ambrosio who sat in for him of course.

Meanwhile his teammate has the most. Is this the first time in F1 history this has happened? (if you exclude fill-in drivers etc.)

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Its Gillan, not Gillian.

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