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Let's liken it to darts. If a darts player hits the bullseye he will score 50 points. Not anywhere else on the board. The tyre has to be hit in a specific portion to make the liklihood of a puncture extrenely high. Now I'm sure a darts player with experience will hit the bullseye more often than not...

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Even the BBC are exaggerating the incident, with the following amongst the web report on the two Mercedes drivers: Lewis Hamilton's claims that Nico Rosberg crashed into him deliberately in Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix... Can't we keep it simple? Nico attempts to overtake Lewis and admits to effectiv...

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... When you do, you will realise that Rosberg was......... Behind I think more relevant is the motorsport definition of behind. From the rulebook: "For the avoidance of doubt, if any part of the front wing of the car attempting to pass is alongside the rear wheel of the car in front this will be d...

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I just read this on page 1 of this thread. I believe it says all that needs to be said. Now I'm going to have a look at what the rest of the thread might bring up. Watching the replay I think that people are being really hard on Rosberg. He'd backed out of the overtake -5cm earlier and nothing woul...

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With a car under reguations that you are not used to, a loss of practuce time due to machanical (or electrical) issues and a team-mate who cannot seem to put a foot wrong I guess that Seb is going to push the envelope a little on race day. It's a common reaction if the equipment under you is not 'th...

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I think everyone agrees that Ferrari got away lightly, but it would be better if the team were punished rather than the driver when its a team error - not a driver error. Loss of WCC points would hurt the team, without punishing the driver for something that was not his fault. It is difficult to is...

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mac_d wrote:... I also had been out drinking the night before and thrown up on someone's head. And I wonder why people think I'm a bit of a dick.

That depends on whether it was complete misfortune or whether you knew that some's head was there, but you were not going to back out of throwing up...

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I think everyone agrees that Ferrari got away lightly, but it would be better if the team were punished rather than the driver when its a team error - not a driver error. Loss of WCC points would hurt the team, without punishing the driver for something that was not his fault. It is difficult to is...

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100% Hamilton's fault.Rules state that you must give the other racing driver space and not push them off of the track.Nico was clearly beside Hamilton enough that he needed that space.Hamilton didn't leave the space and luckily it ruined his race for breaking the rules. It's tricky, but you might b...

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I do not like booing and was not happy to witness it after yesterday's race. I'd prefer that it did not happen. However, I suppose that we cannot (and arguably should not) stop people from expressing themselves. With the above argument in mind, we should not be critical of Eddie Jordan asking the fa...

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A racing incident, but easily avoidable by Rosberg. I don't think he deliberately tired to crash. I think he tried to be aggressive and got it wrong. Thing is, it could easily have worked out in Lewis's favour. No damage to Lewis & a broken wing for Rosberg & this race would have been completely di...

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... He had a go, it didn't work out, I've got a feeling if the roles were reversed, there'd be unanimous praise for lewis going for the gap, like a true racer Unanimous praise? 50% would back Lewis as a true racer, 50% would use it as an argument to show what a jumped-up idiot he is. The other 50% ...

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... He had a go, it didn't work out, I've got a feeling if the roles were reversed, there'd be unanimous praise for lewis going for the gap, like a true racer Unanimous praise? 50% would back Lewis as a true racer, 50% would use it as an argument to show what a jumped-up idiot he is. The other 50% ...

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It has been clearly stated by Lewis , the press and now confirmed by Toto Wolfe that Nico said he deliberately did not BACK out of the move ... To prove a point . You may not like it or want to hear it repeated , but it is what it is .Nico has not denied it and has simply said no comment. From Toto...

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Richard86 wrote:I can guarantee F1 will not punish Rosberg in a million years.

That's a pretty severe sanction. I mean, a grid, or 20-second penalty is one thing...

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... I've also noticed a pattern on this English-speaking forum, where the tone is massively pro-Hamilton in the immediate aftermath of a race, but becomes more balanced overnight which I theorise is due to the arrival of posters from different timezones in the US and Australia. My initial reaction ...

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pubpokerplayer wrote:Name one time Hamilton has hit his team mate.

You don't expect it from within your team. Hamiltons only problem is being to naive.

Turkey 2010, a touch of wheels.
Canada 2011? Though one could just as easily argue that it was Jenson that hit Lewis.

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So having just finished watching the race (love working on a Sunday!) I've got to say, even as a Vettel fan Ricciardo is mighty impressive, still rate Vettel though but I can only assume his race pace was slightly compromised with the lack of running in FP2 and different power unit (wasn't it an ol...

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A racing incident, but easily avoidable by Rosberg. I don't think he deliberately tired to crash. I think he tried to be aggressive and got it wrong. Thing is, it could easily have worked out in Lewis's favour. No damage to Lewis & a broken wing for Rosberg & this race would have been completely di...

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Hissy fit quoted, post removed for the sake of mods' sanity.

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ebanks wrote:I think rosberg is too good a driver to be so clumsy, but anyway....on to the next race

So is Fernando... but he managed to clip Seb in that battle for 4th-8th towards the end of the race. Can happen to anyone, though you'd not expect it so much with more experienced drivers.

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For me Nico attempted a move around the outside, didn't get the job done (get sufficiently alongside) and backed out. Just made a mistake on backing out and tagged Lewis. Simple misjudgement, with significant consequences.

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Kamui - definitely stayed out of trouble all weekend!

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From an objective view, there is nothing to stop anyone booing if they so wish. From a subjective view, it's a matter of opinion and one's moral stance. I do not personally support the booing but others may find it acceptable.

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They are still under investigation. Which I think is ridiculous, they investigate a fantastic on-track battle, but don't investigate a collision which ruins another drivers race. I should qualify - I don't think either need looking at! At one point on the Kemmel straight Magnussen forces Alonso ont...

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pokerman wrote:Thats interesting following on from Bernie saying that he would welcome 8 teams in F1 running 3 cars each because the likes of Caterham and Marussia can't really afford to be in F1

Does Bernie believe that the likes of Sauber will have the finances to run three cars..?

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RunningMan wrote:Why all the Alonso love around here lately?

It's International Big-Up-Fred week, did you not know?

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What a pisstake. What has the genius done over the last 5 years? Real genius is one who wins WDCs. Both Alonso and Hamilton have failed to win that in ages and doesnt look likely that either of them will in the near future I am sick of this Aonso - Hamilton worship Awwwww... didn't Fernando, and Se...

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Canada 2011.
Just the bit between the race being stopped and it being restarted. Turn off the sound. Play.
For goodness sake, don't include the remainder of the race. It will be like a caffeine slap.

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... How will the new owners of Caterham have affected the team? They have promised us a new nose, when will that appear..? New nose? More than that, it's a completely new person¹ behind the wheel. ¹ citation: when I say completely new person, he has actually driven an F1 car before, testing for Jag...

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There is a rumour afoot that BBC will further dumb down its coverage of F1 for 2015 by taking it off its traditional slot on BBC1 and moving it to CBeebies.

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Kimi turns 35 this year - not much younger then the combined STR line up for 2015... When the Max Verstappen story was first mentioned I thought, on yeah - I'll believe it when I see it. Now it's confirmed I'm pretty surprised. STR would not do this just as a publicity stunt so there must be somethi...

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bourbon19 wrote:
Tufty wrote:I'm a bit lost, where does the nick "Sea-Vett" come from?
Typo I'm thinking. It was likely supposed to be Seb-Vett...

Probably a 'casual' abbreviation. A little like Fred for Fernando Alonso.

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No Marquez on the podium today... but did you see the fun and games in Moto3???

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The punishment for running wide is reduced in the name of safety. That's a compromise I'm willing to live with. Let's face it, running wide at any point of the parabolica, with the exception of the exit, will result in lost time. With a corner like the parabolica, I'm not sure how much is actually g...

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How about a massive bear trap?

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Covalent wrote:
Jeepkhana wrote:
mac_d wrote:So what is going on in the top picture?
That's a virtual reality device.
Well yeah, but what's the software?

That's Kimi.

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Had a quick look (shocking), and followed up by reading some comments on YouTube. There are a number of contrasting opinions as to why Stewart may have hit Ward so I can't draw any hard and fast conclusions from that. All I am inm agreement is that nobody should be walking across a live circuit, esp...

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Facts to consider: In the previous year both Senna and Prost collided at the same track. But Jean-Marie Balestre, the current head of FISA and the FIA ruled in favor of Prost (a fellow Frenchman), Senna was disqualified from race victory, fined, and suspended. In Suzuka in 1990 Senna took the pole,...

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AngusWolfe wrote:
paulsf1fix wrote:Hulk reminds me of Rosberg, dunno why.
Same first name?

Start with Nico. End with berg. German. Blonde. Fast.

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