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TBH I think that Pic, Ricciardo, Vergne, Chilton and Gutierrez are not up to the grade and there are 5 drivers who aren't on the grid that deserve to be and would all beat these five, Kobayashi, Alguersuari, Sutil, Kovalainen & Buemi. Also if we are giving a new driver a chance this year it should ...

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Vettel in the 2012 Ferrari is more difficult to predict but most importantly, Vettel would have generally qualified in a higher position on the grid in most races than Alonso. I believe that Vettel is really a much better qualifier than Alonso (as is Hamilton). On what basis do you say that? When H...

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I agree that Vettel is unproven in a car such as the F2012, both style and circumstances, but I do not agree with the assumption that he wouldn't have performed as well as Alonso in it. A lot of this assumption seems to be based on Vettel's performance in the Red Bull this year - that when it was n...

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Haribo wrote:28 today. Time flies. Happy Birthday!

Yes it does, he's no longer the young pup

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Johnston wrote:Only because the Quo were tiddled off their heads

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Interesting; Caterham is hungry of big money for the next years, we'll see if that means a step forward in terms of car performance. Hope they conclude something in the next week, tired of waiting. (Force India too). I'm not sure about whay they're going to achieve with a driver pairing of Senna an...

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Its amazing having a grid consisting of such talent, go back as recently as 2006 and you have people like Ide, Montiero, Albers, Speed etc. I can say theres no-one currently signed for next year that hasn't got a podium or I cant imagine ever getting one although Chilton/ Gultierez/ Bottas are unpr...

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Just read an article on a for foreign website says Caterham have gone back to Bruno sennas management and asked if their sponsors could up their backing and if so senna can have his 2 year contract he was requesting. I found this strange only because i thought with petrovs sponsors back they were g...

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Yeah they done a funky album, canny mind the name. But it was sorta Discoish. That was after Bohemian Raspshody and it flopped? Yeah. Pretty sure it was May that said Live aid gave them the kick up the pickle again. I think it was a mix of trying new musical directions and like all bands a period o...

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Johnston wrote:Yeah they done a funky album, canny mind the name. But it was sorta Discoish.

That was after Bohemian Raspshody and it flopped?

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Just read an article on a for foreign website says Caterham have gone back to Bruno sennas management and asked if their sponsors could up their backing and if so senna can have his 2 year contract he was requesting. I found this strange only because i thought with petrovs sponsors back they were g...

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Yes that was pre Bohemian Rapshody Bohemian Rhapshody was something like '75. The first time anyway. Ok i didn't remember the date but seen the programme or similar and knew some of the history anyway, the group were on their knees before Bohemian Rapshody made them, i dont recall the group losing ...

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No you think Hamilton had the last word on it Haribo. We don't really know what went on and who jumped first. Dennis's recent words would have us believe McLaren decided they didn't really want to try that hard keeping Hamilton. Hamilton has only said he wanted a new challenge. So it looks like McL...

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Did Queen ever go out of favour? I know they struggled to make in the early days, i thought they never looked back after Bohemian Rapshody? Nah there was a period they had troubles and talked about splitting early 80's I think . Not sure of the full details, but watched a few Docu's with Brian May ...

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That`s what your set of wets are for :thumbup: All the indoor tracks I have driven have been quite slippery. If you`re into drift racing then i guess thats all well and good but personaly I hate not being able to get the power down out of the corners like on a `proper` out door track. As a side not...

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When there are so few people who can achieve the same level of results then the person is anything but dispensable. Otherwise it's like saying Freddie Mercury was dispensable in Queen, MS was dispensable to Ferrari, Alexander the Great was despensable to Greece etc. It's hard to believe he evaluate...

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Sounds like a man who is ready to see how his new, younger, cheaper, less dramatic wife is going to perform rather than get hung up on the ol' bitch with huge demands and few benefits. :eeps: Where does Button fit in this, is he his bit on the side? 8O Button is the very well taken care of, long te...

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lamo wrote:Any employee is dispensable if you have or can replace them with an equal or better quality replacement.

There lies the rub?

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killboy wrote:Agreed, in 25+ years of Karting i've never known a track to close unless it's completely flooded, we've even cleared snow from the tracks to compete in the past.

Yep tracks will do anything to save a meeting

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That`s what your set of wets are for :thumbup: All the indoor tracks I have driven have been quite slippery. If you`re into drift racing then i guess thats all well and good but personaly I hate not being able to get the power down out of the corners like on a `proper` out door track. As a side not...

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Health and safety regulations in the UK have put paid to wet weather running, too many people worried about getting pursued by the government in the event of an injury at the track. I don't get this... I've raced at plenty of circuits in the UK in hire karts, even in monsoon like conditions Yes thi...

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vettel would of won the title in any of the top 3 cars imo I guess he would have pushed the McLarens over the line? no he would of simply got more out of it in the races where it wasnt as fast rather than whine and upload dtat on twitter like hamilton did 'whats the point in racing guys' i can reme...

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I guess it depends on what you're comparing with, my experience with hire karts is that on an indoor track the karts do little more than 30mph, on an outdoor track you're invarable going to be on a much bigger track and more powerful karts doing about 50 mph, so there is a speed difference. Also as...

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If he were leaving no matter what, why would he have negotiated? I guess you could argue that, even if he knew he was definitely leaving, it would be totally beneficial to the Hamilton camp to get the best possible deal on the table at McLaren to enable the negotiation of an even better deal at Mer...

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Well the first negotiations with Mercedes have been at Dezember 2011! ( confirmed from Haug, Fry & Brawn) Why should Lewis negotiated with them if he did not want to leave McLaren. For me it looked like mercedes & Lewis waited for Schumachers decission to stay or to leave So Hamilton & his manageme...

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Well the first negotiations with Mercedes have been at Dezember 2011! ( confirmed from Haug, Fry & Brawn) Why should Lewis negotiated with them if he did not want to leave McLaren. For me it looked like mercedes & Lewis waited for Schumachers decission to stay or to leave So Hamilton & his manageme...

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Obviously some will simply not believe that whoever is no longer in partnership with Lewis could have brought about this situation by choice but rather it all be Lewis's choice If Lewis never wanted to stay why was he making noises about wanting to keep trophies as part of a new deal? And the admis...

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ashley313 wrote:Sounds like a man who is ready to see how his new, younger, cheaper, less dramatic wife is going to perform rather than get hung up on the ol' bitch with huge demands and few benefits.

:eeps:

Where does Button fit in this, is he his bit on the side?

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Vettelmessi wrote:vettel would of won the title in any of the top 3 cars imo

I guess he would have pushed the McLarens over the line?

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Its amazing having a grid consisting of such talent, go back as recently as 2006 and you have people like Ide, Montiero, Albers, Speed etc. I can say theres no-one currently signed for next year that hasn't got a podium or I cant imagine ever getting one although Chilton/ Gultierez/ Bottas are unpr...

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I found indoor closer to outdoor karting than rallying, The circuits are generally colder because there is no sunlight and there are often materials other than tarmac used. Comparing surfaces only, I'd say that outdoor tracks on a dry day are going to offer the most grip but I don't know the relati...

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As has been discussed elsewhere, an interesting scenario would have been for Vettel and Alonso to have swapped places in 2012, the cars themselves remaining exactly the same with all the quirks etc. Alonso would have done well in the RB8 and almost certsainly would have won all the races that Vette...

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In the first half of the season - worse than Alonso, in the second part - better than Alonso. On balance - probably the same. However there are few big factors here: 1. Vettel wouldn't want or accept Massa's gearbox "problems" in USA and therefore would probably have 5-10 pts less than Alonso in th...

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To be honest I don't think anyone in F1 at the moment currently doesn't deserve to be. The weakest are probably Senna, Ricciardo, Vergne and Di Resta, and neither of them are especially terrible Narain style, just slow and/or distinctly average. But even the 4 you've mentioned have won races in pre...

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The guy can work his way up the "all time wins" list at Red Bull. If he performs like he did in most of 2010 and early 2012, he can beat Vettel in a straight fight and as long as he can do that he will win races. At Ferrari he wouldn't win because Alonso would get the better of him, whether by outr...

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Haribo wrote:
Johnston wrote:
Haribo wrote:
Johnston wrote:
Haribo wrote: Yes, because everyone is allowed to discuss about, without being a metereologist

Bet your GP loves you.
GP?

doctor.
What doctor?

This feels like one of the doctor doctor jokes

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As has been discussed elsewhere, an interesting scenario would have been for Vettel and Alonso to have swapped places in 2012, the cars themselves remaining exactly the same with all the quirks etc. Alonso would have done well in the RB8 and almost certsainly would have won all the races that Vette...

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I feel that these last few years have seen a much broader supply of drivers that IMO belong in F1 than ever before, so does this mean we should have a few more teams or perhaps increase the number of cars per team? Also, will next year see for the first time a grid without even one “bad” driver, as...

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I don't get this Mark was difficult comes from. There was one part where he nearly went off in turn one moving out of Sebs way and lost a few places because of it. He left no room for Vettel at the start which caused Vettel to lose places and become embroiled in the midfield scramble and resultant ...

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ashley313 wrote:Quick question for everyone who is discussing driving styles, understeer, and data - who among you have driven racing cars and/or analyzed driver data?

I understand understeer and oversteer from driving karts but have never driven a racing car or studied driver data.

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