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God damn that Eddie Jordan. How long ago did he call this again?

The smugness next season will be unbearable. They'll have trouble fitting his head in shot

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Pretty sure the new F1 engine is the only turbo Ferrari have made in years, and you can clearly hear the waste-gate opening on the downshift. There is this from the suggestions on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO3lNwu6uhQ Ferrari have been hinting at a production V6 Turbo for a while. How...

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Holy crap, there's definitely a turbo there, and the LaFerrari doesn't have any right? The LaFerrari has a naturally aspirated V12. If you pause it as the car goes past the camera slowly you can actually see that the air intakes have been adapted to something resembling an F1 layout; They've added ...

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If the new engines sound like that I'm a happy camper.
People always go on about the good old days of the high pitched V12 wail. This sounds closer to that than the V8s to me.

After all, V6 is, like, half a V12 right? so if we have 22 of them..

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Sounds like a good move. There's something special about having iconic numbers in sports. The fact that just seeing a simple number on it's own in the right context can be evocative. I do think they need to accompany this with some sort of standardised way of making numbers more prominent though. I ...

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It's the age old problem with F1. You can seldom compare like with like when it comes to the best drivers in the world because often they are in very different machinery* You don't really ever get a conclusive answer, you just get endless conjecture and debate. The best you can do is try to read bet...

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Button. I'm not sure what Rosberg is doing on this list. He was far slower than Hamilton and would have finished 15 seconds behind him had it not been for Hamilton's coming together with Bottas. Max Chilton warrants being on the list more than Rosberg. And your nomination warrants more of an explan...

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Good track, bad weather

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Personally I'd love to see F1 go electric eventually, with no rules on how powerful you can make the motors. I want to see F1 cars being designed at the pinnacle of technology, not engines, tyres and aero parts which are deliberately designed to be inferior. F1 used to be the pinnacle of technology...

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Today is another day in the history of F1.

If you don't have change you don't have history, you don't have progress, you don't have F1.

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If I can only pick up to two drivers then I'll go for just Alonso.

Both McLaren's had a good race, but I don't think Button really outperformed Perez all thing considered.

That Ferrari had no right to be that close to the Red Bulls. Alonso won the battle for best of the rest by miles.

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RaggedMan wrote:I'm thinking of posting a bunch of empty replies to this thread in order to push it to the next page so that huge image doesn't make me have to zoom in on the page in order to make the text big enough to read on my iPad.

I sympathise. And maybe help a little

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I have a feeling that, in addition to much of the above, Mallya quite likes the drama and publicity that comes with being one of the last teams to confirm.

It wouldn't surprise me if usually the deals were done well before the actual public conformation.

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I know that next season is a whole new game and the smart money seems to still be on Maldonado for the seat, but:

It would be quiiite funny if Perez ended up in a car that was faster than the McLaren he was kicked out of

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F1 is funded by advertising and publicity. The main reason behind making environmentally friendly technologies part of F1 is not that this will be significant based on the actual environmental impact of the race. It is instead promoting the idea of environmental technologies to the public and making...

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Same old story really. He thrives on a balanced car that is to his liking. Give him this and he can look like one of the fastest drivers on the grid. Give him a car that isn't quite working for him though and he can suddenly look very average compared with someone he was beating comfortably just the...

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If the team is in financial trouble and you already have Grosjean, who's currently looking for all the world like a team leader and one of the best drivers on the grid: It's a bit sad, but of Perez, Hülkenberg and Maldonado you take the one with the most money. I think all 3 have shown enough speed ...

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I was really on board with Formula E. I actually think that at some point in the not too distant future electric cars will be faster than comparable combustion engined ones around a track over a race distance. I think F1's future is ultimately as a fully electric formula. Either that or an electric ...

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I'm amazed the extent to which some people are appalled by anything new or different in F1. I get the feeling that if some people had their way car would look the same now as they did when they first watched F1 on TV as a kid. I think form should follow function in F1. If that means a pretty car the...

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Therein lies the problem with Schumacher. It could have been remembered as one of his best years, narrowly missing out inspite of the odds being stacked against him. A glorious failure that was a portent of things to come. As it is in most peoples mind it's remembered as the year he tried and failed...

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Okay then: Maldonado to Lotus Perez back to Sauber Hulk back to Force India ??? I'm not sure Lotus are financially secure enough to turn down Maldonado in favour of Hulk. Maybe if Maldonado had showed no promise as a driver, but you can hardly say that especially looking at last season when the Will...

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Alonso, because he is (imo) the most adaptable and intelligent (from a racing pov) driver on the grid. He's also the driver I'd back to "find a way" in a difficult situation. I think with one hour in a strange car this would be more important than a driver's typical single lap pace in a car they kno...

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Ignoring other factors for a moment, I remember Schumacher in his prime and one of the most amazing and unique things about him was his oft mentioned "extra capacity" to think about the broader situation while still driving on the limit. I don't say this lightly, but I actually think Alonso has eve...

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Ignoring other factors for a moment, I remember Schumacher in his prime and one of the most amazing and unique things about him was his oft mentioned "extra capacity" to think about the broader situation while still driving on the limit. I don't say this lightly, but I actually think Alonso has even...

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Hi Wolfticket: unfortunately I live way down the end of the pitlane, pit number 1086d, so my satellite reception is too slow and capacity too weak to download any Youtubes. Very frustrating. Sorry. It's footage of Adrian Newey himself doing the racing equivalent of this: https://dl.dropboxuserconte...

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Apart from 2005, Schumacher's Ferraris from 2000 to 2006 were the fastest cars or at least within a hundredth or so of the top. Alonso's Ferraris 2010-2013 have not been quite as fast. that can't be right, surely? He was against Newey rocketships :twisted: Come on Zoue, even I am aware that Newey i...

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Perez has done okay. He has lacked consistency but has on occasion showed as much if not more pace than Jenson. I'm of the opinion you should give a driver a second year fulfil the potential the team clearly saw in them in first place unless there is a really good reason to drop them. I think this i...

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I quite enjoyed the race today. While first place was a foregone conclusion from after the first lap, there was plenty going on behind to keep things interesting. We all have our favourite drivers but I don't see how someone's enjoyment of the racing should be inextricably linked to where their fav...

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@adamcooperf1:

'@alo_oficial set off the FIA crash g-force warning light when he hit the kerb battling with VER. That means automatic medical check-up

Keep your foot down.

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The FIA are there to run a racing series, they're not the monopolies and mergers commission.
It's up to the other teams to catch up with Red Bull.

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Not a huge fan of cameras or punditry focusing on family members. I just don't find it very interesting unless there is a good reason for it.

...Except maybe Kimi inviting his grandmother into the garage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-0FS2x5MOE

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Ah le professeur. He would have given Vettel a run for his money in this era of tire conservation

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Was massa hard done on that second pit stop or was alonso just faster anyway? Massa looked good until then A bit of both in my opinion. Switching to the later to the soft tires probably favoured Alonso, but while Massa kept Alonso behind him for a lot of the race Alonso always seemed to have more p...

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IF (and it's a big if) Alonso gets a 10 sec penalty he would still finish 5th... 15 secs in front of Massa I think that's why he was still pushing so hard towards the end. For what it's worth I don't think it should be penalised. It was more of a case of him not being given enough space while along...

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Kimi Raikkonen excluded from qualifying, starts from the back.

That's annoying. I quite fancied him to be in the mix for tomorrow.

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His record.

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Sky are reporting that FI have offered Hulkenberg a two year contract. Source: http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/12473/9002102/force-india-offer-nico-hulkenberg-two-year-deal-as-fears-grow-over-germans-f1-future I guess that means Lotus will take Maldonado. McLaren will re-sign Perez. Sauber will r...

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I like them up to a point, but I have some sympathy the the FIA. Formula 1 is very tightly regulated for safety reasons and because any gaps in the regulations tend to be very rapidly exploited. The idea of having a free for all at the end of the race while at the same time ensuring safety and that ...

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I don't think Kimi had a problem with letting Grosjean through, but had it in mind to let him through where he wanted to in order to not compromise his own fight. Grosjean had other ideas (which is fair enough) and the met on the apex of that corner, then the fairy cakes hit the fan both on the trac...

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There was something about his smile, the speed he was doing things and his slightly wild eyes after he retired today that made him look like he was at the end of his tether. He'll probably calm down and reconsider in the coming days, but it wouldn't surprise me if he had it in his mind to do somethi...

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