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Hamilton in China. Vettel was like 3-4 seconds faster than Hamilton on the last lap. Well yeah but Vettel never really got to Hamilton, right? I remember Vettel getting one shot and one shot only, and not being able to pull it together because of having to brake on the rubber marble carpet on a str...

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But I don't think using a LaFerrari chassis/bodywork is going to help them much to test the engine in real F1 circumstances. I mean the road car must have far far worse aerodynamics, drag and far more weight, that means the engine they are testing is running on much different settings and it doesnt...

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Hulk caused some massive blocking in Korea, however his car was freaking fast in a straigthline so I dont think it was THAT impressive. I mean all he had to do is to keep going without major mistakes and not run wide on corners.

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I agree that perhaps Hulk isnt as good as some think, but I cant think of any logical explanation which someone could use to put Sutil above him. Both Hulk and Sutil beat Di Resta by some margin in 2011 and 2012, although this year Sutil had a kinda poor year compared to previous ones due to mistak...

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Germany has Vettel already, they aren't that keen on helping another driver by sponsorship and I don't think it would be good for the global F1 audience to see another german up there. Rosberg & Sutil have backing, why anyone would put money behind Sutil over Hulkenberg is beyond me. Dunno, is it p...

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When he said he would never drive for Ferrari, it was because of Jean Todt. Alonso rejected a Ferrari offer at the start of his career and he chose Renault/Briatore instead, that made Todt get very angry IIRC... Todt said something of the likes of "now or never... if you reject my offer you will ne...

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Germany has Vettel already, they aren't that keen on helping another driver by sponsorship and I don't think it would be good for the global F1 audience to see another german up there. Maybe if Rosberg keeps on being beaten by Hamilton, then I think his credit will be a bit gone as a WDC contender a...

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But I don't think using a LaFerrari chassis/bodywork is going to help them much to test the engine in real F1 circumstances. I mean the road car must have far far worse aerodynamics, drag and far more weight, that means the engine they are testing is running on much different settings and it doesnt ...

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When he said he would never drive for Ferrari, it was because of Jean Todt. Alonso rejected a Ferrari offer at the start of his career and he chose Renault/Briatore instead, that made Todt get very angry IIRC... Todt said something of the likes of "now or never... if you reject my offer you will nev...

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Laura23 wrote:Given you don't even know what I actually said there seems no point carrying this one on.

Care to explain yourself better then? Although it doesnt really matter much because this is leading nowhere.

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Yep but not everyone thinks Alonso is the better driver. What I'm saying is that regardless of who you think is the best, its not true that the best driver is the champion, it obviously depends of the cars. Yes but it can be true that the WDC is the best driver. It's perfectly fine for people to sa...

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Laura23 wrote:Yep but not everyone thinks Alonso is the better driver.

What I'm saying is that regardless of who you think is the best, its not true that the best driver is the champion, it obviously depends of the cars.

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Holy crap, there's definitely a turbo there, and the LaFerrari doesn't have any right? The LaFerrari has a naturally aspirated V12. If you pause it as the car goes past the camera slowly you can actually see that the air intakes have been adapted to something resembling an F1 layout; They've added ...

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winning the WDC doesn't make you the best driver that year. Of course... Not exactly the best statement I've seen from Laura But when has F1 ever been about being the best driver? It hasn't, it's been about winning. Which Vettel has done far more of than Alonso has, in a shorter time. Granted, Vett...

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Covalent wrote:Is this kind of testing allowed?

Why not? It's only the engine and not the F1 car. How would manufacturers develop the new engine if they coudln't test it?

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Most of the races where Red Bull didn't dominate were good. Were they? Australia - Decent race, but not that good, a big train of cars behind Sutil & some differing tyre strategies. China - Brilliant end to the race, but the rest was pretty boring, just people letting others past without a fight be...

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FingerBoi wrote:Who would want Alonso ?

He´s the worst "pair" driver and obviously he doesnt provide enough good feedback to develope the car in the right direction.

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Omg, he died like Simoncelli in an event in memory of Simoncelli... thats very sad.

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Holy crap, there's definitely a turbo there, and the LaFerrari doesn't have any right?

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Most of the races where Red Bull didn't dominate were good.

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I don't think it is a stretch of the imagination to believe Hulk would have scored more points in last years Williams compared to Pastor! Hulk did have a chance to win in 2012 and didn't take it though..... Woulda coulda shoulda... Both Pastor and Hulk are GP2 champions, and I think overall Hulk ha...

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He said he will retire at Ferrari, several times.
Macca no chance, Mercedes no chance... The only one which is a little bit possible is a swap Alonso-Vettel/Ferrari-Red Bull, but it's just that, speculation

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If they have Grosjean and they are happy with him, I dont see any reason why they won't like Maldonado - I see them as similar drivers: good (not incredibly good) and a bit crazy/crash prone. People are giving him a hard time because Hulk deserves a top seat and Maldonado less so. It's funny because...

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Did he? The links provided seem to run with the quote "We will prohibit him from Twitter" Then again, Kimi isnt on twitter & im not sure who else within the team would have enough followers to bother tweeting info about Ferrari. So I guess Alonso would be the only one worth banning if they wanted a...

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Isn't it funny that the two guys that used to be kinda dangerous get together in the same team?

Imagine if the same year they have the fastest car and they qualify 1 and 2... who will dare to try to overtake them?

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RunningMan wrote:winning the WDC doesn't make you the best driver that year.

Of course... Not exactly the best statement I've seen from Laura

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Hate? I was referring to the only 2 drivers on the grid who dont have Twitter fitting this new Ferrari policy. I think that Ferrari stopping Alonso talking about Ferrari on twitter is a bit silly, but many employers have similar policies. Why does everything written on the forum have to be pro driv...

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This is quite possibly the most ridiculous thing that Vettel naysayers come up with. Suddenly the Torro Rosso was for that one day in 2008 was the best car on the grid. And surprise surprise, it fits the narrative of Vettel only winning in the best car. Apparently it pains you to give Vettel any cr...

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You mean, the one that bought himself the immunity from the consequences of being "in the wrong place at the wrong time", by the mean of dutifully collaborating with the officials to discover everything.. ? "With the spy history I was in the wrong place at the wrong time," [NN] told the newspaper. ...

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FragNasty wrote:LDM is opening the door for Nico Hulkenburg. Alonso will probably be perched like a little bird ready to jump from the next after this one.

Black_Flag_11 wrote:They should just sign Vettel, between him & Kimi they wont have this problem anymore.

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If that's true, it's just Ferrari being Ferrari really... can't criticise them or their car no matter how fairy cakes they are.
You can't say the Ferrari car is fairy cakes or not good enough even if everybody sees it.

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I think the BAR was SOMETIMES as good as the Ferrari, but not always. In some races, the F2004 was faster than all the reast by some margin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Hungarian_Grand_Prix http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Australian_Grand_Prix http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Bahrain_Grand_P...

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Clark had completed eight seasons while driving and winning only with Lotus and Colin Chapman. It didn't mean he wasn't the greatest of his era. Well, you can't compare those cars with the cars of today... Then the driver was a lot more important. But aside of that, thats the reason why I'd never r...

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lamo wrote:Thiery Boutsen for me. Great driver, very under rated.

Well, you could say that he got once the 2nd best car (Williams)

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It might be the case of him being quite good but not extremely good. Heidfeld also used to beat all his team mates and Fisichella too... until they found top top opponents to deal with. Heidfeld got the better of Raikkonen (it was Kimi's debut year but let's not forget it was only Heidfeld's second...

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minchy wrote:RacingFan, that's not quite adequate......
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joshb wrote:The 38 races Vettel won in this period

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You'd be surprised at how little the order would change. The Hulkenberg's may move up a bit but it would pretty much be as it is now. yeah right In comparison with "normal F1" with 11 cars, the gap would be extremely close from the first to the last, and there would be position swaps all over the p...

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It all depends of his car.
In a Red Bull without Vettel? Of course.
If he had continued driving for Lotus every year? Nope

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It might be the case of him being quite good but not extremely good. Heidfeld also used to beat all his team mates and Fisichella too... until they found top top opponents to deal with. I'm really afraid he is. The current problem is that there are only two teams which don't need a pay driver: Red B...

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