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Was it the only thing of merit that the Hulk did? Rosberg set fastest lap on his GP debut, that was when fastest laps actually counted for something. You actually managed not to answer my post but go off in another tangent instead, I guess you had no valid answer? Rosberg never shone against Webber...

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Hulkenberg showed he learnt SOMETHING from Rubens Barrichello by putting that Williams on pole and showing his authority there by putting a gap of more than 1000 miliseconds!!!! Then he fought like a legend on that very same race too. As the matter of fact, the gap appeared to be more than 1 billio...

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....Also yet again making things fit to try and make some kind of argument, we factor in Webber beating Rosberg when he was a rookie, but apparently a few days ago you were writing that despite the Hulk losing to Rubens as a rookie this in fact made him so much stronger because he learnt so much fr...

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Raikkonen would have lost to Hamilton in the F14T in a big way but not quite as much as Alonso dominated him. Barrichello ≈ Webber Yes, he would of lost like you say with Ferrari's 2014 car. But, imho, Raikkonen would have beat Lewis Hamilton consistently <apart from China, Canada, Hungary, Abu-Dha...

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Ok genuine question, Stick Hamilton in the Ferrari and Vettel in the Merc this year and who would be leading the WDC? Another question, would Vettel be beating Rosberg? Easily imo. Well he's not easily beating Kimi and we know what happened last season, I think it's very much open to question. Raik...

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Every country has some guilt attached to them. It is not easy that one can find an unblemished country throughout the history. This does not mean that Formula 1 gives nod to the guilts of those countries. Intel's <14nm processors will probably be built in a place near of Jerusalem. So what? Formula ...

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I haven't heard boos for Vettel recently? In fact the only ones I remember hearing this season were for Hamilton, which I presumed were some sort of petty retaliation for the booing Rosberg received last year. If Vettel threats the title again this year, i expect the boos to grew louder. I hope the...

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And Sebastian Vettel will continue to collect the titles till that direction shuts up finally. Two things: 1. You can never be sure of a driver taking titles. At the end of 2006, nobody would have thought that Alonso would not be able to secure a third (or fourth, fifth, ...) title during the next ...

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^ Despite having exactly same views of Sir. Stirling Moss about Sebastian, i do not think we saw the best of Vettel yet. Yes, he may be the youngest ever winner; yes, he may be the youngest ever Formula 1 Champion; yes, he may have 4 titles at the age of 26. BUT, he is taking too much flak from same...

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.... If Ferrari and Merc stay reasonably well matched then Ferrari would not want to face an Alonso Hamilton line up .... Why? Last time The Scuderia faced Alonso&Hamilton line up, the drivers of Ferrari was Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa. And Kimi&Massa duo couldn't be defeated by them. Instead, ...

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Not once in any of Vettel's WDC-winning years was Webber the runner-up, Nico's been much closer to Hamilton relatively speaking. This stat of Vettel is also downplayed unfortunately. 17 th- 4 th- 3 rd- 3 rd- 6 th- 3 rd- 3 rd It is weird Sebastian got 4 straight championships with the same car that ...

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I think the Hulk deserves a chance in the Ferrari before Bottas. You are right but Bottas&Vettel duo for Ferrari is better. Because, i want Hulk&Ham partnership at Mercedes GP. Rosberg had his chance with race winning cars and title capable cars (2014-2015) IMO. Hulk and Bottas deserve better <race...

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^
Jenson is staring like Lee Van Cleef on that pic.

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Donington93 wrote:I can't figure out why these dumb team principals keep employing Hamilton at top teams. Clearly he isn't dominant enough to warrant a top drive. Sheesh, give Karthikeyan a chance already.

Being not dominant enough is a good reason to be employed. Noone will rate 2002 season better than 2008.

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Heidfeld had 2008 season in which his teammate Robert Kubica won a race. So he had a chance with a race winning car. That car would never have won the race had Hamilton not crashed into Raikkonen in the pits. That car was very fortunate to win a race. Yet Hulk has not had the fortunate to manage a ...

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Frentzen had 1997 season in which his teammate Jacques Villeneuve won races. So he drove race winning car at least once. Heidfeld had 2008 season in which his teammate Robert Kubica won a race. So he had a chance with a race winning car. Nico Hulkenberg had which season he drove a race winning car? ...

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Interesting, I would've thought Lewis had a larger proportion of McLaren's stats 2007-2012. Yet McLaren's last WCC is still with Hakkinen-Coulthard combo. There were quite strong pairs after them; Rai&DC, Rai&JPM, Alo&Ham, But&Ham but that Constructors title never came again. The best chance came i...

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So far, Vettel took half of the votes. Even though noone could get a title with different engine manufacturers after Michael yet, there were drivers who could win GPs with more than one engine brand since he won with a different engine first time in 1995; Michael Schumacher : 10 with Ford, 9 with Re...

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Interestingly, Vettel was not found as guilty by the stewards after new videos revealed that Vettel was not to blame. What new videos? Vettel was almost unanimously condemned as the cause for that crash and every time I've seen it, it's clearly Seb's fault. I said "by the stewards" not "by the fans...

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That's not what I was implying. Raikkonen is easily in the top 6 drivers on the grid. If Raikkonen beats Vettel though, the German's position as a "heavyweight" comes under a bit more scrutiny. I still disagree. Kimi is also a heavyweight, imo, and when you have two heavyweights, one of them must l...

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The point is moot anyway; as Kimi pointed out, the team and drivers are focused on catching and beating Merc for now, not racing for spoils. You know that's rubbish, Vettel is supposed to be the next Schumacher. If Kimi starts to convincingly beat Vettel then we'll see the re-emergence of the brat ...

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This changes nothing too. It does because it disadvantages drivers with competitive (or world champion) teammates.... No stat disadvantages another. Schumacher's 15 consecutive winning seasons CAN NOT disadvantage Fernando. But Michael's 8 seasons of getting team victories by himself tell that he i...

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mds wrote:
Pullrod wrote: What will happen when he will drive for Ferrari? Will they become a Top team again?
The second best team is not a top team?

I think that poster admitted something unknowingly. Hamilton drove and will drive ONLY for top teams.

Thanks Pullrod. That was eye-opening.

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If we extrapolate this opening with the same curve of previous stints of RBR and/or STR, i can figure why Mr. Arrivabene talked about Vettel as a HEAVYWEIGHT. There is huge distinction being that his first 4 races for STR (19th, 18th, Ret, Ret) were in his first half-season in F1 and his first four...

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Taking the wins single-handedly for your team at a given season is a massive accomplishment for the winning driver. I still remember the smiles of Olivier Panis (Monaco 96) and Montoya (Brazil 2004 podium). Yep, the win that Schumi got for Ferrari in '05 was HUGE! ;) Yep, Bridgestone is not to blam...

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Well they are paying him a heavyweight wage like they once did Kimi. They need to give him a planted rear-end now to get the best out of him as he was mildly complaining about it in Bahrain. Maybe for 2016. Vettel -so far- performed pretty good; better than his first 4 races with STR, better than h...

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What is it with this matt black? I really hate it. nothing beautiful at all. My neighbor has just replaced a beautiful electric blue Porsche with something that looks like a kid has decided to repaint by hand. The soft light coupled with rain drops on that F40 stripped her body from the shining col...

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This changes nothing too. It does because it disadvantages drivers with competitive (or world champion) teammates such as Senna, Prost, Hamilton . However, it is still enough for Senna and Prost to show their difference over a full career ; Prost has 1981-1983-1986-1987 seasons that he fulled his t...

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pubpokerplayer wrote:Why are people even mentioning Vettel? Vettel has 2014 where he failed to win but his team mate didn't!

Because we mention Alonso and Schumacher too.

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This changes nothing too. It does because it disadvantages drivers with competitive (or world champion) teammates.... No stat disadvantages another. Schumacher's 15 consecutive winning seasons CAN NOT disadvantage Fernando. But Michael's 8 seasons of getting team victories by himself tell that he i...

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For the first time in my life, I'd agree that this is a better way to look at things. Stats mean nothing without context. It really isn't because even the races won without teammate victory is confounded by the fact that Schumacher, Raikkonen, Vettel and Alonso have had much weaker teammates than H...

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There is a tiny little difference with Schumacher that Michael has the years 1992-1993-1994-1996-1997-1998-2001-2005 < 8 seasons > that his teammates who drove same car couldn't win. Fernando Alonso has 2003-2008-2010-2011-2012-2013 seasons that his teammates couldn't win. Those make 6 seasons for ...

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There is a tiny little difference with Schumacher that Michael has the years 1992-1993-1994-1996-1997-1998-2001-2005 < 8 seasons > that his teammates who drove same car couldn't win. Fernando Alonso has 2003-2008-2010-2011-2012-2013 seasons that his teammates couldn't win. Those make 6 seasons for A...

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I think Lewis has a bit more pace and his racecraft and wheel to wheel instincts are on a totally different level. The last time he was forced to come through the pack, Lewis lost many pieces of his monster W05 and couldn't pass 3rd best car on the same track that Juan Pablo Montoya came through fr...

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Matte Black Ferrari F40 <Carbon Fiber Vinyl-Wrapped> http://www.autoguide.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/ferrari_9.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b207/mboldt/DSC_8705.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b207/mboldt/DSC_8706.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b207/mboldt/DSC_8736.jpg...

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I do not think McLaren will be producing a better looking car than this one: McLaren F1-GTR of 1995 http://thesupercarkids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/fimcf1.jpg http://thesupercarkids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/3065573921_c52f373cdc_o.jpg http://www.endurance-info.com/version2/images/news/10...

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McLaren to have new livery in Spain? http://adamcooperf1.com/2015/05/02/mclaren-to-debut-new-livery-in-spain/ The best livery for McLaren is a winning one. McHonda just has to make that limping car competitive and reliable before the season end. Winning a single WCC out of the last 23 titles is not...

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#1. VETTEL #2. ALONSO #3. Kubica #4. Schumacher #5. RAIKKONEN #6. BUTTON #7. HAMILTON #8. Webber #9. Heidfeld #10. Bottas :? I was about to write out a post asking for an explanation for some of the reasoning here, but then I noticed the poster. The new avatar threw me off... My list does not depen...

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######It doesn't matter how much one birth is royal, those always end with a royal funeral.######

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It is weird that only Fernando Alonso came SO close to achieve this feat after Schumacher <for all those 20 years>, but he couldn't achieve this with one way or another 3 times; with Mercedes in 2007, with Ferrari in 2010 and 2012. Aside from 2007, which would have been a massive disappointment for...

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