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sgt.hartman

The thing is he started so early (19), and got into a great car in his second season. When you compare it to others, even current drivers - I think Hamilton entered the sport age 22, and so did Alonso, Sebastian has had a great car from the age of 20 to now. It's really hard to place him, because m...

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I've never quite understood this notion that Button is easy on the tyres because he has a smooth driving style. Jenson's style means that he spends more time in a corner, and thus puts more on the tyres... Drivers like Hamilton, Raikkonen etc, who steer the car using the rear, square off the corner ...

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All time best 1. Schumi 2. Vettel 3. Prost 4. Senna 5. Fangio I agree with Jo in that its too early to decide, however looking at your list, I must point out. Vettel certainly does not deserve to be in such illustrious company when he hasnt even won a race for another team let alone a wdc. Come on ...

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GicaEric wrote:Definitely Top 10, especially after Malaysia. He really made the mark of a Champion in Malaysia.

Agreed.

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Lojik wrote:This race was an 8+ for me. Very enjoyable generally, but to get higher I think you need a great battle for the win too.

Agreed. I gave it a 9, but would have been a 10 had Raikkonen or Alonso been able to take the fight to Vettel.

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Pirelli use harder tyres and Vettel walks it. Don't say I didn't warn you. Lower down was alright, but without the Ferraris or Sutil being relevant I wasn't that interested. Pic did better than the Marussias too, so a disaster overall for me. I gave it 3/10 because of Lotus podium. If Vettel had qu...

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I'd say he's getting close to being listed among the absolute best. It's hard to gauge as Webber's not a good barometer, but it's fair to say he's destroyed him. Drives like today are why he's won 3 world titles in a row and is among those in contention for this year's championship. I don't know wha...

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Not as good as Chine but still okay. The compounds that Pirelli chose for the race were too conservative. There was little difference between the hard and the soft both in terms of degradation and performance. Pirelli should have been more agressive with their tire compounds for this race. Yet we s...

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I don't think pitting early was a problem at all. Kimi did 17 laps on the medium tire, 18 on the hard tire and the tire still had a lot in it when he pitted (evidenced by Kimi's comment on the radio). Combine that with the fact that the final stint was on a lower fuel load it is reasonable to see w...

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Still, they should have pitted 3 or 4 laps later. His pace was good so why risk doing a 23 lap stint? Exactly, he'd just passed Di Resta, and his pace was still consistently quick (about a second quicker than Vettel's at the time, I think), he could have stayed out, eaten the gap to Vettel and at t...

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I still feel the race pace of the ferrari and the lotus is a bit better. Kimi had stuffed his qualifying big time otherwise and alonso was unfortunate otherwise those 2 would have finished ahead of vettel. No chance. Vettel's pace was on another planet. Alonso's pace was not that impressive and he ...

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Still, they should have pitted 3 or 4 laps later. His pace was good so why risk doing a 23 lap stint? Exactly, he'd just passed Di Resta, and his pace was still consistently quick (about a second quicker than Vettel's at the time, I think), he could have stayed out, eaten the gap to Vettel and at t...

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WHY did they pit Raikkonen so early? He should have told the team to go f**k themselves and stay out - he was lapping beautifully!!! I'm so angry right now.

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Did anyone just hear that? Lauda said Marko asked him "why did you say nice things about Mark?"

Damn son! That guy really does have it in for Webber!

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If somebody read this thread without any context they would probably think PF1 is populated by cavedwellers or guys from the 1800s. The rampatant misogyny and sexism in this thread is shameful. There are a good few members who've posted on this thread who deserve a nice little ban. Not sure why the...

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Laura23 wrote:The only inferiority complex I see in this thread is some men believing they are better than women simply because they have a penis and a couple of testicles. Very 2000 BC.

Oooh, I'm gunna give this thread a lickle read - I love a good bit of controversy.

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Could someone capable please translate this interesting statement from Kimi to english. It's a part of an article in finnish found here http://www.mtv3.fi/urheilu/f1/uutiset.shtml/2013/04/1739260/raikkonen-lotus-auto-parempi-aika-ajoissa. "Oliko Kiinan kilpailun heikko lähtösi sinun ja tallin kommu...

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Thanks. I am not entirely innocent as I have taken part in threads discussing Lewis when there was no reason for him to be discussed, but I agree it is annoying. Anyway back to Kimi opinions. I think Kimi is proof you can have a shaky first season with a top team and learn from it. In 2002 he was o...

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I posted this in another thread here recently; there is a very good reason why Santander didn't just buy Alonso a Ferrari seat at the earliest convenience, but even paid Räikkönen NOT to drive for any other competitor - obviously understanding that he would not be interested in a team that couldn't...

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I've a very good feeling for Kimi's chances in Bahrain - I can see this being quite and easy win for him, so long as reliability doesn't become a factor.

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Sarge, flavio... please. This is about Kimster not (again) about couple of guys you guys been fighting about since they joined in same team. Eh? I corrected matey on his incorrect evaluation, after I claimed Webber and Button are not in any way comparable to the top 4, that's as far as it goes for ...

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and Button's just consistently slow. Lewis Hamilton is probably the fastest qualifier of the grid. Jenson was often within 0.100" of Lewis Hamilton's times, in the same car, and sometimes did outqualify him. Plus often was on equal pace at races, so how can he be a "slow" driver? No he wasn't. I su...

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The consistent drivers are more likely to be in the running for the title at the end. drivers like Fernado,Kimi,button and webber all seem to share this style.They are usually best matched with all or nothing drivers like Vetted,and Hamilton Webber's not really consistent and Button's just consiste...

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Personally, I'm with the "big 4" people - Raikkonen, Alonso, Hamilton, Vettel... They're all, when taking everything into consideration, about on par with each other. Vettel proved in China why he's won 3 WDCs - that gap to Hamilton he destroyed in a matter of what, 5 laps, was insane... I'm fully a...

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LOL are you seriously telling me that today women are still suppressed. Women have more opportunities and privaledges than men today all thanks to feminism. Also stems to people like in this thread defending female driver when there is no need to. Point out a women in a racing series similar to F1 ...

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I started this thread a while ago, but I can't find it (searched), think it was posted in the other forum. Anyway, I'm intrigued to see where people rate him, as I know not so long ago, they didn't rate him highly at all. Right now, in the past 3 races, he's been destroying Grosjean... Although Gros...

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Qualy is really not that impressive. Its not hard to crank out 1 awesome lap once in awhile. However, the race is extremely difficult to be consistently fast every lap without mistakes. Ricciardo has not impressed me at all in any races... He seems the type to just be happy to be in F1, doesnt seem...

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He's a bellend.

I can't stand him - he spent forever trying to explain two separate driving lines, fumbling his way through it. He's interminable on commentary, and doesn't let anyone else get a word in... It doesn't help that he was a train wreck as an F1 driver.

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Pinkham: "Should be exciting, shouldn't it"
Alonso: "For you, yes. For us, very stressful"

lol, top man.

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What's the word on the Sutil situation? Was it a non-event, or is it def being looked at? I'm a bit worried.

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Mr Sticks wrote:Kimi doesn't seem too positive about tomorrow. Concerned about down force.

Their middle sector is disappointing. Both of them, in Q3 half a second slower than the rest.

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Let's not forget - potential stewards enquiry for Kimi. Fingers crossed it's just Sutil being a little bit*h,

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That is one MIGHTY top 3!

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Haha, my face is red. But I'm so happy to be wrong!

It's going to be a COMPLETELY different story tomorrow, though. But we all know Raikkonen's great on tyre saving, and the nearest guy on primes is Button in 7th.

That's one MIGHTY top 3!

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Perez...

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Oh well. I was wrong, haha. Target laptimes and such.

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I don't think Raikkonen will make it through to Q3.

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What is Chandhok doing on my TV? He's doing a dreadful job as usual. Spent 5 minutes comparing turn 1, 2, and 3 lines from Massa and Button... "I'm just gunna slow it down, pause it there, use the magnifier, go wide, come back on board" blah blah blah. He managed to make an inanimate object look bet...

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Raikkonen apparently held up Sutil. May be in trouble if so. Kimi posted a 36.5 in practice 3 but still kinda worried about making it into Q3 after the Q1 showing! Kimi did 2 flying laps so I'm not sure how Sutil expects Raikkonen to get a penalty. Maybe if he doesn't get his way, he'll buy him a d...

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For Vettel to feel comfortable laughing at the very idea of being sanctioned suggests a deeply screwed up chain of authority. These last two comments put me off him more than the actual overtake did. Yeah, it leaves Horner in an awkward undefined position. No it doesn't, it means he's laughing at a...

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