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SmoothRide wrote:Predictable Mercedes sweep. It's unlikely they can be touched in the race unless there are unusual circumstances.

At what point did it become predictable?

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Charles would have had that easily!

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This has to be the first year in the hybrid era that Mercedes have a genuine title contender in Ferrari and their drivers are running neck and neck in the points though? Throughout the Rosberg era the WCC and WDC was never under any threat from another team and for the last 2 years Bottas was clearl...

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Mr-E wrote:Lewis was class act after the race.

Waved an apology to Charles as he passed him too. He knows how it feels as much as anyone to lose an important win to a mechanical failure. Cost him a WDC in 2016.

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But what I don't understand is how his wing broke off. That was unlucky and he did reasonably well after that too. His wing broke off because the spin flat spotted his tyres leading to excessive vibration. There is a front shot showing the moment it broke off and both front and rear wings are vibra...

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What I took from it was that if we have a rejuvenated Bottas with no team orders and Ferrari are already blocking Leclerc from finishing ahead of Vettel then Mercedes will very soon need to enforce their number one selection or they'll end up with Vettel beating two faster car/driver packages to the...

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Siao7 wrote:Yeah, very orange-y isn't it?

I do like it. I also kind of like the big lettered MM!

You mean the cigarette advertisement?

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Looks like he's been given the boot. Shame, he came across as one of the more approachable/human Ferrari bosses and would actually engage with the media. Results speak for themselves though - they can't afford to throw away another title like last year.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/46784200

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Honestly I think second Merc seat for now is one of the worst seats in F1. It's a tempation to get a seat in a winning car, but the facts are different. Bottas didn't win sh... this year and even when he was able to win, he was denied by his own team. This is a place similar to second Ferrari seat ...

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Honestly I think second Merc seat for now is one of the worst seats in F1. It's a tempation to get a seat in a winning car, but the facts are different. Bottas didn't win sh... this year and even when he was able to win, he was denied by his own team. This is a place similar to second Ferrari seat ...

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One, Silverstone 2012. It was rubbish. Overpriced general admission tickets (£600 for 2 adults and two teenagers) with video screens deliberately obscured for non grandstand people (black blinkers fitted to sides of screens). Had to arrive 7am to get any chance of seeing any of the track and only kn...

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AnRs wrote:It's easy when you have everything designed around you, the best team, best car and a solid wingman, nothing from that is the luxoury for Max but I believe it will be some day.

Too much salt is bad for your blood pressure.

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Whatever your opinion is. The only one that really matters is Charlie Whiting's opinion. Here is his: https://www.racefans.net/2018/11/12/ocon-shouldnt-have-been-fighting-verstappen-whiting/ I don't have a problem with the apportion of blame given the circumstances, however a point is being made ab...

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In a 1 on 1 knockout competition I'd put my money on Lewis. All in at the start and I reckon he'd be second man down, just after Max. Winners would be Kimi and Valterri who'd just decide it was pointless, sit at the side while the others knock each other out and drink vodka.

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Whatever your opinion is. The only one that really matters is Charlie Whiting's opinion. Here is his: https://www.racefans.net/2018/11/12/ocon-shouldnt-have-been-fighting-verstappen-whiting/ I don't have a problem with the apportion of blame given the circumstances, however a point is being made ab...

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Such an impressive season. Started out a little slow, but once he got in his groove he was incredible. There were quite a few outstanding performances in qualifying, races like Hockenheim, Monza, probably 2 of his best wins ever. Hopefully he can add another win to the stable before the season end,...

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I think a lot of it depends on the relative strength of the Ferrari and the Mercedes (and possibly the Red Bull). Ferrari won't be about to make the same mistake of not having a clear #1 driver if there is a close fight between the manufacturers and in that scenario even qualifying may be tainted. G...

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As an arbitrator let's see what AMUS say https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/9m6icx/amus_power_ranking_championship_before_the/ Is that just ranking the power unit or the car overall? I think, from what I can gather, that this is supposed to rank the car independent of the drivers So with th...

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pokerman wrote: As an arbitrator let's see what AMUS say

https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comme ... efore_the/

Is that just ranking the power unit or the car overall?

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1zX-sZGLl_k I still think that block was out of order. No driver should be forced to slam the brakes on halfway down a straight to avoid a crash. https://www.racefans.net/2018/09/30/vettel-did-not-break-two-moves-rule-in-hamilton-fight-stewards-say/ Well, I think it was fair enough. As Vettel may h...

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If Vettel had a car advantage maybe, but since it's the other way around and Merc has proved that Bottas will be used I find it a zero chance for a Ferrari/Vettel chance, this is signed and sealed Let's not forget, Lewis is where he is not because of a now arguably better car, but because of Seb's ...

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Conspiracy theory time.

Lewis deliberately throws his final Q3 lap to get 2nd place. The plan being he slipstreams Valterri into the lead at T2 while Valterri lets him past and then backs up the pack.

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i saw last night grosjean received a blocking penalty. i have no idea how someone gives a penalty to a guy in a position battle. too many penalties, imo there has been whining about back markers for a long, long time, but it seems out of control now (bottas also-he was no where near making a pass o...

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Some classic Kimi in the drivers press conference highlights.

'And you're still passionate about racing, the fire is still..'
'No, I'm not actually', 'I'm going to spend 2 years there and not be happy'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzJicWmy8dA

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According to the BBC, 'Keeping Raikkonen had been Vettel's preferred option'.

Well yes, it would be wouldn't it!

So how will Kimi react to team orders for the rest of the season now he's leaving and knows he's not got many more opportunities for a race win? It could get a little spicy.

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So out of the current field, which driver(s) do we think would be ahead in the Ferrari at this point, and which would be favourite to take the WDC? I'll start off with the obvious - Fernando.

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Put Seb in the Mercedes and Lewis in the Ferrari from now on, swap the points too. There's not many out there that would bet hard cash on Seb winning the championship even from 30 points ahead. The Ferrari is clearly the car to be in, but is it good enough for Seb to beat Lewis? Seb must really hope...

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How about comparing to last year's first lap? Very similar situation into Eau Rouge/Radillon, then Seb gets the tow, pulls out and... goes nowhere. Hard to quantify exactly but this year's Ferrari had way better straight line speed vs the Mercedes in comparison to last year. Could have been a less g...

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I admit, I am lucky I subscribe to sky and get the F1 channel but I got it when I subbed for HD, my TV ariel doesn't work I need sky for normal TV. I was hoping that when Liberty took over from Bernie they would want to allow non pay per-view channels to share the rights to F1 like they do at the m...

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He doesn't. He learns the track limits, so that he can honour them in the race. If he doesn't during the race, he should get penalised. The rules are clear enough. For what it's worth, the first lap atop the Raidillon was also a talking point last year, and the year before. And rightly so. This is ...

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Lewis just hinted at the obvious. Vettel had a clear advantage on the straight. It's just excuses, or are you saying force India also has clear advantage on the straights too against the updated Merc PU. Everyone is ignoring FI almost took the lead Lewis obviously did not get a good run on the firs...

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One thing the rain has taken away is our opportunity to see the engine upgrades Ferrari and Mercedes allegedly have brought to Spa. I guess we'll find out on the Kemmel straight tomorrow. Pole not always an advantage here, wasn't long ago Lewis had to get out of the throttle to break Seb's tow and k...

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Ferrari did what they could, and they're still arguably the better car. Spa and Monza should be amazing. Mercedes/Lewis stole this and the last race. Given the superiority of the Ferrari overall, they need to take opportunities when they come along. I expect Ferrari to easily win the next two. Got ...

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Haha Seb during interview... 'then I hit, er I got hit'

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chetan_rao wrote:Ferrari did what they could, and they're still arguably the better car.

Spa and Monza should be amazing.

Mercedes/Lewis stole this and the last race. Given the superiority of the Ferrari overall, they need to take opportunities when they come along. I expect Ferrari to easily win the next two.

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"i hope he doesn't understeer" .... He was always going to. Not the cleverest of moves to put your car where Dan did. So it was Danny's fault? Again.... Seriously? I didn't say it was Dan's fault, just that it was almost inevitable so it would have been smarter to wait for a better/less risky oppor...

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neek wrote:"i hope he doesn't understeer" ....

He was always going to. Not the cleverest of moves to put your car where Dan did.

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TedStriker wrote:If Valtteri holds the Ferraris off, definitely candidate for DOTD

Maybe not any more!

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If Valtteri holds the Ferraris off, definitely candidate for DOTD

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they could let Kimi have a go a Bottas just to burn his tyres up then swap back for Seb to have a go in the last few laps

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