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KIMI! Now if the cars can just be that close for the rest of the season were in for one hell of a championship fight. If the cars are like this for the rest of the year, Ferrari will run away with both titles. Ferrari are clearly fastest here. This is one of Lewis's strongest tracks and he did a gr...

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Well done Ferrari! Finally in Monza also, fastest ever

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Hard to tell, not a good start from Merc left the door open for Ferrari this time.

Might be the first time since 2013 the Mercs are really challenged, the second half off the last 4 years have been Merc all day, let's hope this continues

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First time I've heard that you have to leave room for a car that you have already passed.
Can anyone point to that rule?

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Merc have really had success with their illusion that they're not a fast car at all and always winning despite being slower... Ferrari have some cleaning up to do as Kimi said before they can really challenge for a title otherwise it's a "Merc as usual.." since 2013 Red Bull have to wait until next...

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Merc have really had success with their illusion that they're not a fast car at all and always winning despite being slower... Ferrari have some cleaning up to do as Kimi said before they can really challenge for a title otherwise it's a "Merc as usual.." since 2013 Red Bull have to wait until next...

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Merc have really had success with their illusion that they're not a fast car at all and always winning despite being slower... Ferrari have some cleaning up to do as Kimi said before they can really challenge for a title otherwise it's a "Merc as usual.." since 2013 Red Bull have to wait until next ...

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That Merc was mighty in the wet, that's what you get when you work the tyres more.

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This was the last special tyre for this season and Merc easily had the pace. If it's engine wise or chassi/tyre hard to tell.

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What is it with these people here desperately trying to prove that the Ferrari engine is better than the Mercedes engine while no one in the paddock is saying that? Actually that's pretty much what they're all saying... Actually it isn't at all : ) But many try to talk up the Ferrari engine for dif...

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An analysis based on only top speed : ) All the signs are there that when the tyres suits the Merc they have a sound gap to all the rest.
No wonder Merc are pushing for a tyre change..

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Some interesting views but what's pleasantly suprising is the objectivess suggested by the voting so far with the majority saying racing incident. Normally an incident with a high profile driver polarises opinion one way the other. The majority don't think that - currently only 16/44 (36%) suggest ...

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Well, I have not claimed that Hamilton wants competition, so I am not sure why you are pointing that to me? Neither did I claim Vettel does not want Leclerc. I am quite sure he thinks he can beat him without too much problems. I am not so sure whether he was fine with Ricciardo as well and can well...

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New tyre next time perhaps removes some of the Merc dominance, no team so far has been near what they can achieve when things aligns for them, looks unbeatable again.

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That was a mighty dominant Merc.

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Yes, the team mate is the gauge. The be all and end all . If Vettel wasn't out classed by Ricciardo in 2014 he would now be considered almost Schumacher level great or at least the finest driver of this generation. Sometimes an average/good driver can look great when paired with a useless one. The ...

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Yes, the team mate is the gauge. The be all and end all . If Vettel wasn't out classed by Ricciardo in 2014 he would now be considered almost Schumacher level great or at least the finest driver of this generation. Sometimes an average/good driver can look great when paired with a useless one. The ...

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Yes, the team mate is the gauge. The be all and end all . If Vettel wasn't out classed by Ricciardo in 2014 he would now be considered almost Schumacher level great or at least the finest driver of this generation. Sometimes an average/good driver can look great when paired with a useless one. The ...

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Yes, the team mate is the gauge. The be all and end all . If Vettel wasn't out classed by Ricciardo in 2014 he would now be considered almost Schumacher level great or at least the finest driver of this generation. Sometimes an average/good driver can look great when paired with a useless one. The ...

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I agree and it's not only team mate that's a factor. Vandoorne is in a car that is slower than expected whilst Leclerc is driving for a team we aren't used to seeing score points. If Leclerc was achieving the same results in a Williams as he is for Sauber he wouldn't be receiving plaudits that he i...

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The material is also a huge contribution to a rookies possibility to show progress. Leclerc has a very good form in a car that's getting better and better and noone expects him to put in in a points position. McLaren expects to be in points and is probably very demanding to do it in, in the last rac...

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With a Verstappen lap, Merc would have had pole and probably won.
With a 7 race old engine Merc is right behind.
Vettel didn't dominate nearly like Merc in Spain.

This was not a race to judge the rest off the season from, IMO it's still advantage Merc, but their #1 driver didn't deliver.

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That Merc engine still looks mighty strong

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mikeyg123 wrote:
Lotus49 wrote:Ninja'd by mikey lol.

I completely forgot about McLaren in 2014.
And I forgot about the Lotus podium!

Ok, ok I'm defeated : ) I read it somewhere but I've forgotten where so issue dropped..

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Expect Merc dominance again based on? them having a less powerful engine than Ferrari? Do they? Or does Merc have to turn theirs down because off tyres, and perhaps getting a grip on them now? Is there any evidence to even suggest turning down the engine would do anything for the tyres? Let alone i...

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Jezza13 wrote:
AnRs wrote:I don't belive we've had any Merc powered "best of the rest" on the podium during this engine regulations?
Wonder if this makes any other team want to have a Merc engine and be manhandled..
Um... 2 races ago??

Sorry, was that the first since 2013?

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davidheath461 wrote:
AnRs wrote:Expect Merc dominance again
based on? them having a less powerful engine than Ferrari?

Do they? Or does Merc have to turn theirs down because off tyres, and perhaps getting a grip on them now?

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I don't belive we've had any Merc powered "best of the rest" on the podium during this engine regulations?
Wonder if this makes any other team want to have a Merc engine and be manhandled..

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McLaren because of Alonso IMO, they need some success the sooner the better.
Haas is perhaps the best car off the rest but Grosjean is making a mess off it

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Expect Merc dominance again

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pokerman wrote: I average 13 posts a day, did you really count?

That means you have spent nearly 9 days in this thread..why? I just felt curious

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More scrutiny to follow in Canada it seems, according to PF1 main site. FIA have gone from "satisfied" to "not satisfied" lol. Must be a soul destroying job working for the FIA ! It was always planned for Canada too. Charlie said so in the same interview he said that the FIA were satisfied with und...

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This is why I really, really want Ricciardo to join Ferrari in 2019. I want to see another matchup between him and Vettel. IMO the best drivers this season have been: 1. Alonso 2. Ricciardo 3. Hamilton 4. Hulkenberg 5. Vettel I would put Vettel behind Alonso, and would have loved to get Leclerc in ...

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No idea to judge anything than qualification which looks quite close, Red Bull - > Ferrari -> Mercedes. Still waiting for Merc to get control off their tyres, meanwhile the other have to grab whatever is on the table. After that we will have Aus, Spain all over, no other team have had such dominati...

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No idea to judge anything than qualification which looks quite close, Red Bull - > Ferrari -> Mercedes. Still waiting for Merc to get control off their tyres, meanwhile the other have to grab whatever is on the table. After that we will have Aus, Spain all over, no other team have had such dominatio...

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That Merc in Bottas hands is scarely fast

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pokerman wrote: Well as it happens 3rd fastest isn't exactly serious quick, now the Red Bull was serious quick.

Looks really hard to support a team with such a bad car, sorry for you, they've really struggled the last years.

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Rosberg beat Hamilton in his last year, but IMO Rosberg showed terrible racecraft over their years, and Bottas, if he is allowed to take it to Hamilton will be better at that.

But IMO Merc doesn't have the best driver couple anymore, when the car isn't dominant it is more obvious.

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Monaco is a one-off, so can Australia and Austria be too, but it's hard not to see how good the Merc was around Austria and how bad the Ferrari was. I don't beleive there's been so big achievement difference between the driversso far, a bit of bad luck and some off races for a season is normal. But,...

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According to Marc Priestly, former Mclaren f1 mechanic, this whole tyre conspiracy is much a do about nothing. And Ferrari was one of the teams that complained about the blistering, and therefore were also responsible for the change. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=931&v=G8W_vizIGf4 Ski...

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