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https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/13176 ... or-renault

So being a signed deal and knowing Alonso's luck, I think its time to put money on Honda having power parity with Renault come the end of this season and then to be ahead of them come the first race of 2018

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When ur nearest rival is 10+ seconds behind you and has had to slow up by 0.5sec a lap because he has broken his steering due to running off the track, you can afford not to drive at full wack. Which is exactly the reason why it's not worthy of a "Driver of the Day" award. He didn't drive badly, bu...

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Ricciardo, easily. He was flawless in the race, and made his strategy work where I didn't think he could. Lewis is hard to gauge, but he wasn't significantly faster than Bottas on track. He might well have been coasting - I think he was, in fact - but I'm not going to give him DotD on that basis. I...

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Would love a very simple rule for engines. Currently they are 100kgs of fuel per race (i believe) on top of all the other regs about engines. So lets simplify things - 90kgs of fuel per race. And thats it. Then in a few years time lets cut it to 80kgs, then 70kgs etc etc.

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There is a good (quite old now) article on Honda's website dealing with this. Well worth a read. http://en.hondaracingf1.com/newsroom/insight-relentless-development.html Another interesting article. https://drivetribe.com/p/why-the-honda-f1-engines-dont-work-KoaasvPrSsSbgUo45P8ARg?iid=U7JT9rnbSFe5m...

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So it seems Honda are confident that they will overtake Renault by the end of the season: https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/honda-engine-renault-target-939204/ If this is true, then that makes it unlikely that McLaren will be swapping Honda for Renault power, as they'd be in an even worse position...

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James Allen's view, quote: "“ (Mercedes) Spa, Suzuka also with the long wheelbase, maybe Austin too. Ferrari will be particularly strong at Singapore, Brazil, Abu Dhabi” On the whole, the Merc is a faster car (not by much though) but the shorter wheel based Ferrari comes into its own at the twisty ...

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Its likened to Monaco except on a track and Id be quite happy to see that snoozefest cancelled too (lets face it - its only still on the calendar due to its prestige!). The only time when there are interesting races at either of these tracks is when there is rain.

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. It is instructive to compare the FIA with the Tour deFrance ; FIA - minimal action for a deliberate collision. TdF - almost immediate disqualification for a deliberate collision. . The speed at which the UCI decided on the course of actions for Sagan really shows up the slow and cumbersome proces...

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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DDzzjkaXsAEun-Z.jpg Source: some place on twitter. Don't know if it's been photoshopped though. 11:35 Paris time was nearly 3 hours ago, yet no major F1 news source has mentioned it. In fact, neither Sky nor the BBC have even posted a "FIA meeting to discuss Vettel" news...

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It should be a race ban, but since he's already been punished in this race, I don't see that that would now be appropriate. He did wrong but you can't punish him twice, maybe if the FIA knew what the hell they were doing and got it right the first time eh? Pretty much how I feel. The punishment dur...

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That video of the car at the launch actually makes the livery look worse. In some pictures it looks great so maybe it will look better on track. Detail around the whole front end is the kind of crazy stuff you expect from McLaren so they didn't disappoint there. Interestingly or trolling-ly they've...

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Seanie wrote:
Classic wrote:Has Ron thought this through properly? Does he not remember what happened the last time McLaren paired Nando with a rookie.
Hence JB being kept on retainer...

I dont think there is anything LOL about it - i think its probably the truth.

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If Hamilton does take his engine penalty here and there is a chance of rain on Sunday, do we think a Hamilton win is a possibility based on the fact that Nico has been useless in the wet so far this season?

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Problem with taking it early is that he'll miss out on the updates that Merc have in the pipeline (they have quite a few tokens left to spend). If hes got life in his existing units then I reckon go for 2 new units in (starting from the back of the grid) in Sepang where Ferrari were very strong last...

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So how long until we see the car computer becoming voice activated? Mobile phones do it so dont see why they cant do it in the cars for most of the settings! That would free up real estate on the steering wheel and simplify the combination of buttons they would need to press.

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I suppose the logical way to look at is is to ask how long it would take a car to pit to get the information, and make it that, plus X seconds. For instance, pit and return 17 seconds, plus 3 seconds for the tec to twiddle the knob and slap a post it in the cab for the driver to read= penalty of 20...

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Close call between Hamilton and Max. Went for Max

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Im sure I read somewhere that a lot of the teams use the playstation F1 game as the graphical front and track information for their simulators - why reinvent the wheel.

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Apparently Honda are spending 2 tokens and the McLaren boys will have a new turbocharger this weekend..... Lets hope it ups their power significantly if this graph is anything to go by!

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I think its a bit cheating simply to say "best chassis". This can clearly be broken down to high speed corner aero and low speed corner mech grip. We've seen that RBR have a fantastic high speed aero package (1st )and their low speed corner / mechanical grip is up there but it looks like Merc might ...

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mikeyg123 wrote:There isn't any rules against what Hamilton did per say. In my opinion there should be.

There isn't any punishment against what Hamilton once did per say. Do it several laps on the trot and you'll be hit with a penalty.

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Interesting post (open letter to the Bianchis) from the ever controversial Gary Hartstein https://formerf1doc.wordpress.com/2016/05/26/an-open-letter-to-the-bianchis/ Here is a small extract from it - I hope he doesnt mind According to the current regulations (authored by the Medical Delegate himsel...

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I think you're failing to take into account a crucial detail here which is the closing speed. Whether Hamilton is alongside or not at the point of leaving the track is irrelevant, you have to consider the point at which he is committed to passing on that side, the point at which the closing speed m...

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I think the rule that even the tiniest amount of overlap means that the lead driver should leave room for the following driver is a stupid rule. It's not practical in the real world. If a driver is driving toward the side of the track, and has to judge exactly where the corner of the front wing of ...

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' I supply you an engine, so let my car through immediately and race our competitor'. We dont want championships to be decided that way. I would say though that the rules should be tweaked not to have blue flags if the car in front is faster. This is a very good point. Can't imagine a lapped Toro R...

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Couple of things stick out in my mind: Nico was 160bhp down and would have known this. He surely would have been aware of a potentially big speed differential between himself and Hamilton at this point and a much greater chance of an overtaking attempt and collision in the breaking zone Hamilton's f...

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In my opinion, the unfair revenue distribution, tilke dromes, pay tv, cost of attendance and pay drivers are all as a result of commercial rights holders (Bernie & CVC) - basically they are after maximum profitability for the F1 brand.

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Is it me or every so often does it look like Hamilton is battling with huge amounts of understeer?

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If you toss a coin in the air 19 times and get 19 heads, the probably of getting a tails next time is not 1/20, its still 1/2. (on the basis its not a double headed coin before anyone say it!). So you're saying the entire field of predictive analytics is a crock? Good luck with that one... Besides,...

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4 more observations: 1. Out of 15 times a driver has had Pole+Win+Fastest Lap in the first race, 13 times that driver has become WDC = 86.7% Probability More like Success rate 2. Out of the 22 times a driver has had Pole+Win in the first race, 18 times that driver has become WDC = 81.8% Probability...

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Apparently their CFD / wind tunnel correlations are being shown to be spot on so far. This is extremely encouraging for aero development / upgrades throughout the year.

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nixxxon wrote:Why dont we add blue shells like in mario kart?

Dont be stupid.

Banana skins are obviously the way forward.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35149963 It's official, where is it going? C4 (if you read the article) Ah, that's just been added in, here's the press release: http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/channel-4-becomes-terrestrial-home-of-formula-1?hootPostID=dde274dfb372ab4d0ede906f68a35e34 Important...

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Really hope they up the coverage and show everyone else how its done. I presume though that they still only have 50% of the races and the rest are extended highlights?

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Grizzly B wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35149963

It's official, where is it going?

C4 (if you read the article)

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Jenson's Understeer wrote:Vettel, Hamilton and Alonso, absolutely.
Button, in the right circumstances, possibly, but otherwise most likely not, although he kept Alonso honest this year.
Kimi, no chance based on the last two seasons.

This

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If so then why Mercedes qulified 1 second ahead in Austin on wet tyres? Could be that they did not fully extend themselves in Q2, before Q3 was cancelled. Of course, that could apply to other drivers / cars as well, but I'd assume that the grid line-up may have looked a little different had Q3 been...

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Can I be controversial and suggest the following Replace Hamilton with any driver better than Rosberg and he probably would have ended up world champion Replace Hamilton with any driver worse than Rosberg and Vettel and Rosberg would have been fighting closely for the WDC Next question - where does ...

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Pretty disgraceful antics by Hamilton to take the lead at the start. Let's hope we can have another 7 page + thread about it. I noticed Hamilton sprayed champagne at some people standing at the side of the podium. I'm waiting for the 10 page outraged thread! :D The irony is that Rosberg did not do ...

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