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Rosberg got lambasted at Spa for doing to Hamilton exactly what Ricciardo did to Rosberg today. No, there's a difference. In Spa there was a corner, today they were exciting on a straight. Another difference was that Rosberg in the corner knew Hamilton was there, yet he still turned into him. Where...

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I thought Kvyat had a fairly poor race. I agree, everything fell into place for Kyvat. Hulk crashed ahead of him, Bottas had a puncture, the Mercs tried to take Ricciardo out and themselves in the first corner, he was 40 seconds behind Ricciardo halfway through the race and despite the front 3 figh...

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Ricciardo couldn't have known that Rosberg was going to cut across like that. By that time it was too late for lifting off. He's not clairvoyant. I believe he could, sweeping across like that is something that many drivers would do in that situation, to protect the position. The problem in that mom...

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Seb - DOTD, didn't put a foot wrong
Kimi was unlucky today
Honorable mention to DR, would have been a good result if he wasn't hit by Bottas, Hamilton and Rosberg

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I don't know how people can think that was Ricciardo's fault vs Rosberg, sure he overshot his overtaking attempt but his car was pretty much the same place where he was vs Hamilton and on the edge of the track. Rosberg cut in front, simple as, if Rosberg had stayed on the inside a little more it wou...

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First pick would be Ricciardo for 2016 but he seems locked down with RBR and even if he wasn't, would Ferrari upset the applecart with their two drivers? As for people who didn't see anything in Ricciardo when he was at TR, well you didn't look hard enough. Not to mention RBR have all the data in th...

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Surprised RBR didn't sign him on for longer too. Either way, I think we'd all like a Ricciardo vs Hamilton or Ricciardo vs Alonso (assuming the car is capable of wins/podiums) as a H2H. It would give us all a better idea of his abilities on top of what he did against Seb. I was surprised that RBR si...

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Playing devil's advocate here because so many people seem to be just posting based on emotion more than anything else and their hatred of Horner and co. and RBR as a team over the years. As an owner, you are spending a few hundred mil a year supporting two teams in F1 plus hosting an F1 race. Where ...

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I wouldn't come to a conclusion on DR's talent based on one race. He has already shown what he can do over a season and even against Vergne - just that no one paid attention to this team mate battle until he got the RBR seat. You are basing DR on a race where he had front wing damage to contend with...

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I'm surprised RBR didn't move Key to their "first" team in 2015 given the fact that Newey is leaving. I agree, people keep saying how poor the RBR is but at the same time I think there isn't enough credit given to Key producing a improvement in the STR car. I would have done the same, even more so ...

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I'll be the devils advocate here but you can't really compare Red Bulls dominance against Mercedes dominance. The problem with this is that the majority of fans still have a grudge against Horner during the days when RB were dominating so most a lot won't see the big picture and just keep bashing H...

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When you think McLaren-Honda you think of the old white/red livery. Then again... They had the specific Marlboro red & white livery since 1982 (not to mention they were already running red & white for years) and up to 1996. Of those 15 seasons, only 5 were with Honda, 4.5 with Porsche, 1.5 with Cos...

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There is nothing wrong with the livery, the problem is that most fans still associate it with the Mercedes era but now you would have thought given the Honda partnership this would have changed. When you think McLaren-Honda you think of the old white/red livery. When you think McLaren-Mercedes you t...

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Ricciardo - pretty obvious, even though I expected him to match Seb by halfway, not straight from the start. Fantastic tire management, bloody quick, superb racecraft, rarely made any mistakes, tactical nous during a GP (e.g. Hungary), beating a 4xWDC in his own team and winning races when the two M...

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What's with Webber and big crashes?

Great to hear that he is ok!

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I don't see how he was on par with Ricciardo. - Miles behind in qualifying both in terms of head to head and the actual qualifying gap - Ricciardo was the faster and more consistent racer despite what the points showed in 2012 (2013 Ricciardo easily won, 2012 JEV got most of his points from mixed co...

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The Red Bulls may have caught Rosberg but definitely not Hamilton. I also think Ricciardo would have gone to the end as well on his set of inters if the race continued. Ricciardo actually caught back up to Vettel and was less than 2 seconds behind but once Vettel cleared Button quickly Ricciardo spe...

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Button, while his ultimate speed will never be as quick as his team-mates for the majority of the season his Sunday races more than makes up for it and this is what is more important. His ability to score points, experience in mixed weather conditions and general all round experience will benefit th...

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Personally I think they should drill into drivers double waved yellow flags rule. This is the biggest problem I have. "A double yellow, consisting of two flagmen waving yellow flags (or one waving two flags) at the same post, indicates great danger ahead. Drivers must slow down and be prepared to st...

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Jensen and Lewis.

Both RB drivers did pretty well too.

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Was expecting 2016, not 2015!

Surprised that RB already confirmed Kyvat, I would have thought they would see what happens with Alonso/Hamilton first.

I'm guessing Saintz to join Verstappen for 2015. Vergne still dropped.

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He has had 3 years to show his potential...

I wouldn't call getting beaten 30-10 in qualifying matching...he had his chance to match Ricciardo. Don't think he deserves a drive any higher than a midfield team.

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They are behind merc because they had to build a car and put an engine in it, rather than building an engine around a car like Mercedes. The Williams is more slippery and has a decent amount of downforce, but nowhere near the Red Bull. Red Bull and Merc are the grippiest cars in the field. Not real...

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" http://macofan.com/en/index.php?page=chart&gp=928&graf=3 Look at the comparison in times to Ricciardo and put to bed this 7 lap fresher tyre's excuse. Vettel got overtaken about 7 laps from the end and look at his pace. Let's compare it to Ricciardo's pace on the last lap. That way we can compare...

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No, they are still massively behind Merc. For all their talk about their best tracks coming up, Merc should have romped home @ Hungary and pretty much any other RB track that has been mentioned. Williams have overtaken RB as the second fastest car for a long time IMO, ever since Silverstone/Austria....

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Too hard to say, those regs and cars suited Vettel to a tee and we know Vettel was brilliant with them. We also know that Ricciardo was also quick with those regs/car - 6th on the grid in the sh1tbox TR @ Bahrain anyone? - and given that his test with Red Bull his fastest lap was fuel corrected to b...

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I'm all for it depending on what is considered helping the driver. Examples: "Lewis is quicker in corner 6", then that is fine and it is up to Nico to find a quicker way "Lewis is quicker in corner 6, he is faster at apex and turn in" then that is a no no as it is basically telling Nico how to go qu...

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That's about as one-sided a summary as is possible. You make it sound as if Vergne was much more luckier than Ricciardo although it was JEV who suffered the majority of the technical retirements and being crashed into. Edit: reply to v@sh of course. They both had their fair share of reliability pro...

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I'm not sure where people get the impression that Vergne was fairly close to Ricciardo just because the WDC standings and race results were fairly close. As posted on the Autosport forums, Ricciardo smashed him in qualifying and was better in the races. 2012 was closer especially as JEV scored most ...

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What a nutty list. Daniel hasn't even participated in any real wheel to wheel yet. Wait until he faces a rival at the top and then he can be placed. On this season alone Vettel has had way more dicey and better wheel to wheel than Dan or Button and Kimi, due to his situation has had hardly any. Lew...

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Let's wait until he is under pressure, it's going great for him at the moment, best car he has ever driven the confidence boost of beating his reigning WDC teammate almost every race Fans haven't watched his Toro Rosso races or have an idea about them really. They've either just looked at the stand...

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Williams, easy. They have the PU and their car is a lot better than people think. People keep saying that it is a Red Bull track, but so was Silverstone and Williams were ahead of the RB quite easily. The only way I can see RB ahead is if: - Williams stuff up strategy/track operations and/or - Their...

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Ricciardo - beating his 4xWDC team mate, winning two races against the most dominant car for a long long time, error free, brilliant racecraft, knows when to be aggressive or patient, says it all really Alonso - consistently getting the best from the car, Alonso being Alonso, I would put this close ...

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Too hard to tell, the blown diffuser era suited Vettel to a tee so you can never tell. They were the worse kind of regulations for Webber's driving style. Vettel could have still won all 4 I reckon. I think it's sad that people write off Vettel's 4xWDC just because Ricciardo is the better driver thi...

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DOTD - Ricciardo, didn't have a great start but safety car helped him. Built a 8-10 second gap before the 2nd safety car did the opposite, drive a great middle stint and pulled off two great overtakes (maybe not so much vs. Alonso) for the win at a track where it is hard to overtake (see Rosberg vs....

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Alonso, Bottas and Perez.

Funny how Perez has been out racing Hulk of late. Definitely changes my opinion of Hulk as I've never really rated Perez and still don't.

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8/10 of the Top 10 cars are Mercs, all retired cars were Renaults. Says everything, really. 2014 is about as exciting as watching marathon where 1/3 of runners wears shoes, 1/3 wears socks, and 1/3 has to run barefooted... Regardless of glass or nails on track. And barring new engine makers, or ban...

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In my view he has been retained at STR this year in order to measure Kvyat up against. By the end of the year they will have a good idea of how Kvyat stacks up (knowing that he's a rookie and has significant margin for progression) and they will dump Vergne. For 2015 and probably 2016 they will (pr...

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One shot qualifying for the top 10 shoot out in reverse championship order. All teams will get television coverage time and then the top 10 get the usual Q3 session when the track is rubbered in best while allowing for a great qualifying finishes. That's what I would do as it would also mix up the g...

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Interesting question. I was one of the few that thought letting both Buemi and Alguersuari go was the correct decision. Alguersuari was developing well and I am very disappointed he wasn't picked up by another team. I felt we had seen the maximum Buemi had to offer. Vergne matched Ricciardo for the...

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