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What is more interesting to me is that our leaders seem so willing to crash the global economy to fight this pandemic yet are not willing to make any similar sacrifices to combat climate change. The latter will have much more far-reaching effects on a much larger number of people, but sadly the peo...

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. Panic, PANIC !, PANIC !!! It really is ridiculous how many governments are reacting, and shutting borders. Just to note ; https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/51895560 . Panic buying food now, nice to see the every man for himself spirit. :thumbdown: If the selfish morons out there who can't act ...

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The plan is for cases in the UK to rise faster than in other countries. It's a very bold and brave move politically. I worry they won't have the nerve to follow it through for the reasons you outline. With the current plan the government will get an absolute kicking over the next 3-4 months but we ...

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The plan is for cases in the UK to rise faster than in other countries. It's a very bold and brave move politically. I worry they won't have the nerve to follow it through for the reasons you outline. With the current plan the government will get an absolute kicking over the next 3-4 months but we ...

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Here in the UK the government seems to have taken a different policy to most; delaying the spread rather than trying to isolate and stop it entirely. The thinking seems to be to isolate the vulnerable, slow down the spread to ensure that the health service is not overburdened so that the vulnerable...

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It's a totally impractical idea. The winter weather would make it impossible to hold races in Europe. The problems with race dates changing from year to year would be a nightmare for organisers, promoters and TV companies. The teams' development schedules would be shot to pieces. All drivers' contra...

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Lewis Hamilton and other F1 drivers have now said they do not think the Australian GP should be going ahead. Given that Australia is so far relatively isolated from the main spread of the virus and it is probably not practical to cancel with fans on their way, the race will presumably run. However I...

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Hi Tim and everyone, I would like to join if you'll have me. Somebody has to be last and it'll probably be me, so hopefully that is reason enough to let me in! :lol: :) I like how this game is split into positional categories and teams; might give me a chance to predict some teams correctly at leas...

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Well, someone commented on racefans on what Williams had said and their suggestion seems quite popular: https://www.racefans.net/2020/02/27/six-days-of-pre-season-testing-isnt-enough-williams/ Basically saying the top 3 teams from the constructors the previous year all get just 3 days, with the oth...

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Multiple drivers spinning on 1st day of 2nd test. There were quite a few offs today as well. Apparently it was too cold for tyres. Also little surprised by lack of enthusiasm amongst F1 fans about this whole testing. This year I am seeing considerably less interaction even on social media. Last yea...

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P-F1 Team Pick 2020 game Back for its second year, this is a game for F1 experts, where you need knowledge of the whole grid, not just the top finishers. You have to predict the positions each of the 10 teams' 2 cars will finish in, but without specifying drivers. You don't forecast exact finishing...

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Right so I'm seeing a lot of talk about how this is genius, and seems to be legal. My question is, if it's legal for the driver to change the toe from the cockpit, why not just have a button that does the same job? And if a simple switch on the wheel wouldn't be allowed then why would this be legal...

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Just one thing I'm not sure the FIA themselves created the series, wasn't it a private company? I'm sure it was done under licence of, and at the instigation of the FIA. The point is, the FIA (in its own words): "not only promotes motor sport, but also safe, sustainable and accessible mobility for ...

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I read somewhere that the bottom line is to make the racing unpredictable which starts with the qualifying, as for the governments I'm not sure how aware they are of the practical limitations of electric cars, it's more important perhaps to appease political pressure with carbon neutral policies. I...

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Was a great race and showed FE cars can race on proper race tracks. Was it not half a proper race track? They could always race on a proper race track the problem was always of range and still is, in Mexico I believe they still had to do a lot of coasting. The point is it was a race track rather th...

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Just a reminder that FP1 for FE starts in 30 mins and I believe it's being shown on youtube. It was also live on the BBC Red Button. I fell asleep during the race.. I watched qualifying on the red button but for the race all I got was snooker so watched the race on the BBC Sport website. On Freevie...

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pokerman wrote:Just a reminder that FP1 for FE starts in 30 mins and I believe it's being shown on youtube.

It was also live on the BBC Red Button. I fell asleep during the race..

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Exediron wrote:
pokerman wrote:I have to say I like the livery on the Alpha Tauri, I think it maybe my favourite.
I also really like it. The black and white looks very clean and fresh, and really stands out from the rest.

Isn't it dark blue and white? It reminds me of the BMW era Williams cars..

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But what causes one driver to keep seeking more and more titles, why another might simply be content that he won 'his' title? Perhaps I should put that question to a sports psychologist, but such a person normally doesn't have first-hand experience. You could ask that question about any career choi...

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One of the items brought up in the discussion fascinates me. What is it that pushes a driver on to want more than one title? I remember Kimi Räikkönen saying that he had achieved what he wanted to achieve on winning his first title. That satisfaction might be seen to be (or actually be) a serious d...

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Yes. basically that. 158 votes cast in total but the system doesn't enforce 10 votes at a time so you won't get nice even multiples of 10. I think as others have pointed out, calling the thread the "best" won't have hlped as I'm sure some have just voted for a single driver. I think the idea was to...

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Siao7 wrote:
Fiki wrote:
Why wasn't Keke in the list?
I was thinking why is Nico included?

Purely on stats: Nico has 1 championship + 2 runner-ups. Keke just the one champs. Nico's win per race ratio at 11% is far higher than Keke's at 4%.

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Clark 13% 13% [ 20 ] x Hamilton 12% 12% [ 19 ] x Schumacher 11% 11% [ 18 ] x Senna 11% 11% [ 17 ] x Fangio 9% 9% [ 15 ] x Prost 8% 8% [ 13 ] x Stewart 8% 8% [ 12 ] x Alonso 7% 7% [ 11 ] x Lauda 6% 6% [ 10 ] x Moss 5% 5% [ 8 ] x Ascari 5% 5% [ 8 ] Piquet 2% 2% [ 3 ] Mansell 1% 1% [ 1 ] Hill, G 1% 1% ...

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Hmmm I don't think people ignore it so much as those kind of physical advantages are all factored in as part of the package. This is done across all sports. Part of what may have made Prost so good was his light weight. The same as part of what makes Messi or Ronaldo so good is their pace. Interest...

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I'm confused by the voting it's like some people have not picked a top 10 but instead have gone with the thread title which is contrary to the actual poll. When I say 'best' I'm assuming we can reach a group consensus by adding all the votes. 10 votes each instead of 1 will I think give a fuller pi...

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Pullrod wrote:I think I saw the same topic on here in 2012. With the same votes from the same guys. So nothing has really changed.

Well I wasn't on here in 2012!

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Best is much harder to work out than greatest. For all we know the best only got one race at the back and was never seen again. Greatest you can factor in things like success and impact on the sport which makes it a bit more straight forward. I wasn't sure whether to use 'best' or 'greatest' as the...

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Last year I produced a statistical F1 analysis to list and rank the greatest F1 drivers. This met with varying levels of disapproval, so I thought I'd put the question to a vote of P-F1 forum users, and see how the 2 lists compare. I have included the most successful 20 drivers according to my stats...

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I wouldnt say F1 was better in the late 90's than now. It was up until about 1992. After that the huge technical advancements brought about by CAD, windtunnels etc sent costs through the roof and reduced F1 entries from 30+ per race to 20. That was the tipping point between an era where small outfit...

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It's official. As in Stroll getting a 16.7% stake in Aston Martin. Glad we'll see Aston Martin as a team in F1 in the near future. I would be too, if it's in a meaningful engineering way. If it's only as a 'team Stroll' sponsor I think it's a bit of an own-goal. It says 'We want to be associated wi...

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I'm not sure about Renault. I think they might be happy enough to move Ocon out of the way if they could get Alonso. Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull - nope. Why would he risk Renault? They're underperforming and their long-term future isn't certain. Alonso wants championships. At least Mclaren are on a...

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Thinking about it even the decent midfield teams are not going to be easy to get into without a shift anywhere (Vettel or Hamilton retiring basically). Ricciardo and Ocon are both in contract at Renault, Perez is in at Racing Point and would they really sack Stroll? Mclaren could be a possibility i...

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He obviously feels like he has some unfinished business. Whilst i think it would be good for F1 to have Alonso back (I don't think the current grid is overly strong and particularly week on proven success) I'm surprised he's that keen. I'd have thought he'd be having more fun at the moment going ro...

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I read that Fernando Alonso will be working hard on the phone this summer to secure a drive for 2021. He thinks that at 39 he will still be able to match the best, and that the new regs will shake up the pecking order and give teams other than the big 3 a chance. (Not that he's ruling a seat with th...

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The article seems to take the implicit stance that 'unpredictability' - a word you hear a lot these days in sports - is automatically a good thing. That if the sport becomes more unpredictable through whatever artificial means necessary (and withholding data from the teams is certainly artificial) ...

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It seems Torro Rosso is going to become AlphaTauri in 2020 - a brand of Red Bull clothing I believe. But isn't it stupid to choose a name so like 'Alfa Romeo'? Surely people are going to mix them up, which won't help either team's commercial or sporting profile..

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Looking at the results so far, with 169 votes in, Stroll, Kubica etc are top with 9%?! Does that mean 91% think they would have won the title? Or is the poll not working as it should? 9% is the number of votes they have as a percentage of the total, not that 91% would think they'd win it. The more ...

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Looking at the results so far, with 169 votes in, Stroll, Kubica etc are top with 9%?! Does that mean 91% think they would have won the title? Or is the poll not working as it should?

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Channel 4 have agreed a deal to cover extended highlights for 2020, race coverage allowance has been increased from 45 to 60 mins. They'll also be allowed to air the highlights 2 and a half hours after the race rather than 3 hours as in 2019... Slightly better than 2019, and making it easier to go ...

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In fairness Kimi is the absolute worst at this, but has a huge fan base, so go figure? I think charisma is the ability to enter a room and have everyone stop to look at you. It's not about being articulate. As you say Kimi achieves it, maybe for his total no-bullshit attitude. On the other hand Jam...

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