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angrypirate

A perfectly executed race plan, with consistent speed and safety, exactly what you would want from a driver. I think that if the qualifying lottery had favoured him, a race win might have been possible, depending on where his "wingman" would have been. (Sorry, I couldn't resist that one. :D ) Somet...

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Kimi, Daniel and Stoffel. Just out of curiosity: why do you think that Räikkönen and Vandoorne were better than Gasly? I don't. But I get only three votes. Which is still more than F1 give us. I'm not so sure Kimi was caught napping as angrypirate seems to think. In all fairness, he was running clo...

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Kimi, Daniel and Stoffel. Just out of curiosity: why do you think that Räikkönen and Vandoorne were better than Gasly? I don't. But I get only three votes. Which is still more than F1 give us. I'm not so sure Kimi was caught napping as angrypirate seems to think. In all fairness, he was running clo...

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Kimi, Daniel and Stoffel. Just out of curiosity: why do you think that Räikkönen and Vandoorne were better than Gasly? I don't understand why Kimi has got so many votes. Gets caught napping and overtaken by his teammate on lap 1 them for the rest of the race was pretty quiet until he got caught up ...

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It seems the only way this won't go on is for all to agree that Vettel was a sitting duck at no point was Vettel told about Hamilton's lap times, but fans of Hamilton are here arguing that Vettel trying to match the time was what caused his error. The same set of people believe Bottas on the new ty...

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Hamilton was able to lap in traffic as fast as Vettel was lapping in clear air. Says it all really. Clearly capable of catching Vettel in those conditions and probably would have overtaken. But again if you assume Hamilton loses that time in traffic you need to take it off one of Vettel's previous ...

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The team order was given for fear of the 2 cars maybe coming together and let's not forget that Kimi and Verstappen were close behind, Bottas dropping back like he did was quite strange if he had the pace to be quicker, why have Kimi within DRS range? Exactly. Everyone seems to be overlooking the f...

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We see that a lot though with the driver out front just managing pace and getting back on it if they need to. Maybe it would have been possible, I would certainly expect Hamilton to be quicker but he would need to gain about a second per lap to make up the gap in time for him to have a go and that ...

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Driving on slicks in damp conditions Hamilton schooled everyone. On one lap he took 2 seconds out of everyone in front of him and was by far and away the fastest man on track. Had Vettel not gone off, he would have had Kimi very quickly with Bottas in his sights. The win may have been on anyway. It...

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Driving on slicks in damp conditions Hamilton schooled everyone. On one lap he took 2 seconds out of everyone in front of him and was by far and away the fastest man on track. Had Vettel not gone off, he would have had Kimi very quickly with Bottas in his sights. The win may have been on anyway. It...

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I think it's a tie between Bernd Mayländer, Toto Wolff and Jock Clear. I voted Jock.* *Oh, it appears I voted for his "strategy victim", Kimi. Seriously? Kimi struggled in the damp conditions and was schooled by Bottas and Hamilton. Hamilton was less than two seconds behind when the safety car came...

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Driving on slicks in damp conditions Hamilton schooled everyone. On one lap he took 2 seconds out of everyone in front of him and was by far and away the fastest man on track. Had Vettel not gone off, he would have had Kimi very quickly with Bottas in his sights. The win may have been on anyway.

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Vettel for a solid drive to victory and Lewis for a fantastic recovery drive. Its a real shame that Kimi tangled with Lewis as I think we have been denied a fantastic scrap between Lewis and Seb for the win. Kimi was flying although a. still failed to beat his teammate and b. had a careless tangle w...

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I assumed they were changing the front wings to be less sensitive to wake from the car in front. I learned today it is to reduce the wake coming out from the rear and this is what helps the following car I don't know if everyone knew that but it didn't occur 'naturally' to me The downforce generate...

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Two reasons why I think Alonso probably dislikes Vettel: 1. Vettel is the reason why Alonso is not a 4 time world champion. 2. Vettel’s move to Ferrari has been a bigger success than Alonso’s move to McLaren. If Vettel wins a WDC with Ferrari, Alonso might just lose the plot. Maybe Alonso just thin...

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Personally I think Merc should have split the strategies. Got Bottas to push Vettel on a 2 stopper and then have Hamilton give Vettel a potential headache with a 1 stopper.

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Deduct them race points and they will stop releasing the cars. I watched a video yesterday saying that the Ferrari wheel nut is a flawed design, Haas use the same as Ferrari. That is 4 failures in 2 race weekends now. Affecting all their drivers, except Vettel. They're already deducted race points....

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Vettel outpaced by his teammate and yet people give him driver of the day? FFS.

Hamilton was faultless all weekend - did everything he was asked of and just pure unlucky not to come away with the race win. Similarly Kimi clearly on top of his teammate.

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Well at least the VSC injected a little life into the race even if t was very harsh on Hamilton and Kimi, and as has become expected at Albert Park, overtaking never really looked on the cards. Think there are some overreactions on the VSC front though. Generally it is a step in the right direction...

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There was/is frequently a very substantial net gain from pitting under a safety car if you do it straight away. Pitting under the safety car was banned for a time for exactly that reason. The result was a bit of a mess as I recall , because while it removed the random big advantage it introduced a ...

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This is not about a speed - this is about a car free window on the track. Ultimately, what im trying to say is what speed is safe? You can kill a pedestrian at 30mph.... Only if the pedestrian walks in front of it. No F1 driver is going to lose control of his car at 30mph. Unless the track is block...

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Personally I would do away with the safety car entirely. It's not needed. Just make do with the VSC? Yes. If the track is blocked then red flag otherwise the VSC should sufficient. For some incidents yes. But others no. What if there is large debris on track? The safest way for a marshal to clear i...

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Personally I would do away with the safety car entirely. It's not needed. Just make do with the VSC? Yes. If the track is blocked then red flag otherwise the VSC should sufficient. For some incidents yes. But others no. What if there is large debris on track? The safest way for a marshal to clear i...

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At the risk of sounding controversial, why do we need a weight limit in F1 anyway? All the chassis structures go through comprehensive crash testing which they must pass prior to being allowed on track so I cant see it being a safety issue. As far as I can see, its another area where the FIA have pr...

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1. Bottas should have covered the inside, standard practise at Brazil. Should have been watching the race starts on youtube last night! 2. Hamiltons race wasn't really from last. It was essentially a 67 lap race starting from P14 rather than the usual 71. Although he still might have just got 5th w...

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I've tidied a few comments up in this thread. Can I please remind everyone that both trolling AND accusations of trolling are against the forum's rules . There is a report function on every post in this forum, if you suspect someone is breaking the forum rules, rather than quoting them, please repo...

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I understand, although disagree with, how people wouldn't have Hamilton as DOTD. But c'mon, with Kimi included? *snip* and people will continue to make dumb comments... The reason why I say this about a certain person, is that in Mexico where Vettel clearly had the fastest car (the only person with...

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Ennis wrote:I understand, although disagree with, how people wouldn't have Hamilton as DOTD. But c'mon, with Kimi included?

*Snip

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There wasn't much Val could do to stop Sebastian his start was perfect and he placed his car with precision accuracy. I guess the Mercedes number two driver does need to toughen up but I fear the team won't support him anyway. I don't understand the praise for Hamilton. Like you say his car was way...

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I understand, although disagree with, how people wouldn't have Hamilton as DOTD. But c'mon, with Kimi included? Vettel did exactly what he had to do. Bottas screwed his start, and didn't ever really trouble Vettel on track. Kimi finished off the pace of his teammate. So yeah - I understand the peop...

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lucifers wrote:Mercedes looking strong on the softs so far and massa as well on the super softs

Medium-low downforce circuit = track that should suit Mercs. With the rain forecast on Saturday, money has to be on Ham for pole.

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Clarky wrote:What stands out here is how aggressive Mercedes have gone with their tyres.

Thats exactly what people were saying about their selection in Austin. Makes me think that Hamilton and Merc have now got a feel on their behaviour

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Either Rosberg, Button or Hill probably. HHF was in my thoughts but he never really seemed to click at Williams. Looking at that list, I think its clear the Williams have long been a facilitator for top talent rather than the final destination for it. Except for Hill, the other drivers I mentioned ...

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I don't think a penalty would be the right call here at all, but maybe the FIA witheld the Stroll on board so they didn't have to penalise Vettel in the interests of the title race. We have already seen in Baku how convenient the timing of Vettels penalty was - issued immediately after Hamilton wou...

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I don't think a penalty would be the right call here at all, but maybe the FIA witheld the Stroll on board so they didn't have to penalise Vettel in the interests of the title race. We have already seen in Baku how convenient the timing of Vettels penalty was - issued immediately after Hamilton wou...

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1. They were still on a race track so rules do apply. But lets just say you are right, they were driving back to the pits. And just like normal driving, if you want to go faster than the car in front it is your responsibility to get past him safely which Vettel failed to do. In normal driving you a...

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The leading car is entitled to put his car anywhere he wants to on the track as long as he doesnt weave and he doesnt crowd anyone off the race track. They weren't racing. Racing rules do not apply. They drive at different speeds, and they know cars can and will come buy at random points on the tra...

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stroll is perfectly entitled to slightly change his line to pick up rubber while slowly cruising around. Nobody should be entitled to change lines without looking in the mirror. i assume by your comment you think stroll was at fault. Yes. Because he didn't look his mirrors and changed line, while V...

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NEW FOOTAGE - Onboard Stroll's car. http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/11067518/sky-sports-f1-exclusive-new-footage-of-sebastian-vettel-lance-stroll-crash-released Make your own conclusions but its clear. The whole incident is an amazing exercise in changing perspective and how difficult it is ...

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Stable regulations year after year will result in the field closing up as there are ever diminishing returns on R&D. Whenever there is a step change in the regulations we see the field open up massively.

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