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I completely agree that ISIL and many others need to be replaced, but by what?

Sadam Hussain's replacement just left a hole that was filled by …ISIL… there has to be a succession strategy, or withdraw completely. That's what got us into this mess in the first place !

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It's a backwards step for the sport. One of the few people who could have set a precedent. Would have loved to have seen her buy a seat and race.

Is she really not good enough or are there 'isms' at work here?

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Hamilton's comments seem to have riled many, perhaps by patronising Rosberg with the "being warm" comment and jesting at the "gust of wind" he is deliberately mentally allocating P2 in the team to NR by implying that Mercedes gifted the win to him. He may well have complied to stay onside in Mexico ...

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The thread is about Nico's low self esteem, fact of the matter is: 1) Hamilton has mentally relegated Rosberg to second in the team. 2) In both instances the stewards weren't interested, matters not a jot what the forum thinks. Seems harsh on him and full credit to NR for making his pass and not ass...

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Before you can compare drives in races the drivers have to be in a car that at least gives them a chance off the front two rows of the grid. We are talking only 2 cars here Ferrari and Mercedes. Put Ricciardo in one of those cars and we would be arguing he is in the top 4. Equally put Rosberg in a W...

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Beginning to seriously worry now!

Bernie aligns with Sepp Blatter and an organisation that has nearly ALL its senior management being investigated by a mixture of the American and Swiss authorities.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/34552570

This in my view damages the image of F1

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Curious..it was Vettell and the marshall in Sochi and Vettell and the spectator in Singapore, perhaps its the Ferrari red that compels them to do mad stuff !

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So he could not hear a loud Ferrari by his side for seconds ? The fan blindness is not on my side. So it's hear the Ferrari now is it, this is not Stop! Look! Listen! on the high street, he is sitting on a PU of his own, so how would he hear the Ferrari above his own engine noise? The Ferrari would...

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Bottas just assumed the corner was his and did not bother to look for Kimi's car and the move was several seconds in play. Kimi saw a gap and he went for it, the other guy was just not paying attention. Kimi has often had to sharply back off when the same move has been done on him, see Vettel at Au...

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Substitute Susie Wolff for any "rookie" would she really be that different?

I genuinely do not know but like Moby it would be an interesting chapter in F1.

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I am a bit bewildered as to why we again seem to have a thread where there is a debate involving Rosberg and track positioning, (the http://forum.planet-f1.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12491&hilit=out+braking+god thread I am referring to). Fact of the matter is the stewards were not interested and it is ...

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Also said it on the BBC, I think that he needs to hang on to both of them, I can't see any other established driver wanting to be humiliated by a poor PU. I don't think they can make the massive changes needed within the regs. A large part of the BBC interview was a mini rant over not being allowed ...

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I can't see how this would happen at all.

Hamilton is equalling Senna's record currently for wins on 41, with Vettel on 42, he has assured dominance this season with 5 races left, if Ferrari get better he will have to fight for those wins.

So in my view Hamilton will take every 1st place on offer.

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I hope that video makes it onto another source than just BBC, because I can't watch that. From what I could see during the race, and in what BBC showed during the interview with Wolff, and even more from what Hamilton said *, he just ran Rosberg off the road. Which, despite what drivers will tell y...

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Unclear if this is limited to the US but a truely huge storey, seems they had allocated a department to write the software as the US NO2 emissions are stricter, basically it allowed more oxygen during the test and turned it off for normal use. Does F1 have "fit person" legislation, if so I think thi...

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If it is a temporary glitch Hamilton will be pleased he had a DNF here where perhaps 4th was as best he could hope for. There was discussion about a magnetic field interfering with cars on one section of the track, any conspiracy theorists care to shed any light on that?

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If you fancy a good conspiracy theory that would be yes, but after the WDC was safely in the bag, to make the sats look balanced.

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Looking back at the race the ferraris were no where Only nowhere compared to Hamilton. Vettel and Rosberg were close. It really looks like Ferrari has made some serious inroads on Rosberg, it is the other guy with the bleached hair that they still have no answer for. And to be fair to Rosberg he wa...

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w1Y! wrote:Don't intentionally go off the road you mean

Make a mistake though and feel the wrath of zeus

I think "Zeus" deserves a capital, now if he outbraked Rosberg going into a corner he definitely would be, "a late braking god"

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Somehow it feels to me that a lot of people are going to be disappointed that it wasn't a DSQ. I'm not sure that so some arguments are driven more by desire than reasoned argument. I believe rules are rules no matter how silly and should either be enforced or scrapped. There is a rule in place whic...

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Somehow it feels to me that a lot of people are going to be disappointed that it wasn't a DSQ. I'm not sure that so some arguments are driven more by desire than reasoned argument.

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640527926476308480 Could be interesting ! So Bernie wants to take the pressure off Pirelli, somehow I think a 25 sec penalty will be applied. Staus quo. Bernie happy. If so it will tell us a lot about F1 politics. How about letting them take the win but give both Mercedes cars a 10 grid spot penalt...

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Could be interesting !

So Bernie wants to take the pressure off Pirelli, somehow I think a 25 sec penalty will be applied.

Staus quo.

Bernie happy.

If so it will tell us a lot about F1 politics.

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McLaren's prospects all hinge around this PU and its performance, if you bin this season and see it as 'development' then next year they must surely have at least a reasonable PU! There are only so many bad solutions and if you try them all out in 2105 they may well luck into something in the same a...

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Yep, just like F1 they can afford to waste £29,000,000 ! Complete incompetence.

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Quote from the BBC site, "Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo was the fastest non-Mercedes powered car with his Renault engine in sixth and is likely to be fast in the race, although may struggle to pass people because of his straight-line deficit." Only way through is to outbrake everyone then, :uhoh: Oh N...

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So successful he had to pit for a new nose and finish in a lower position. Cost himself points which ultimately deems his journeyman dive-bomb as unsuccessful as far as the final standings dictate. By that same logic, Rosberg's switchback was so successful he got a puncture and finished well below ...

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The only time a driver needs to brake in a corner where they otherwise zip through is when they make a mistake. Please re-look at what you are writing, there isn't a driver in the world that hasn't braked in a corner at some point, the geometry of each corner means that corners are taken at varying...

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Are you guilty of the same thing?

'You people just love to argue the most obvious details. "

On the video soundtrack, "he turns in turns out, then turns in AGAIN", with the move being described as clumsy.

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Fiki wrote:But there is no need for fans to believe Rosberg cut Hamilton's tyre on purpose, when that was never the case in the first place.

Take your point but Rosberg didn't deny it and he had plenty of opportunities to do so!

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So with no ABS does it happen in F1 because we often see lockups. Or is Moby's suggestion that it won't work with a "brake by wire system" the reason?

There does seem to be evidence Ricciardo used it.

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On the "Ricco is a late braking GOD!" There is some discussion about Ricciardo using 'cadence braking' in his manoeuvre that resulted in impact. I have often wondered that given flat spotting of tyres can cause mechanical failure in some instance and frequently handling issues caused by vibration, w...

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You can actually see that pattern of cadence braking in the picture, with the puffs of smoke, could this be more evidence of a controlled manoeuvre ?

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F1 MERCENARY Try to be a bit more patronising in your posts to make a point! Most posts and comments on this incident consider that the blame was probably closer to 50-50 and ex-racing drivers probably have more experience/knowledge on the subject than you think. Now what was that about skateboards ...

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Puting aside the blame issue for a moment, ask was the contact avoidable? I think it clearly was and Rosberg's behaviour smacks a bit of panic, Ricciardo was charging and in his post race statement tells us he needed to pass Rosberg that lap, if he didn't do so, being on softs he would loose the ad...

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Puting aside the blame issue for a moment, ask was the contact avoidable? I think it clearly was and Rosberg's behaviour smacks a bit of panic, Ricciardo was charging and in his post race statement tells us he needed to pass Rosberg that lap, if he didn't do so, being on softs he would loose the adv...

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Puting aside the blame issue for a moment, ask was the contact avoidable? I think it clearly was and Rosberg's behaviour smacks a bit of panic, Ricciardo was charging and in his post race statement tells us he needed to pass Rosberg that lap, if he didn't do so, being on softs he would loose the adv...

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I agree with two penalty points for Kvyat are inappropriate. Instead, he should have received an effective on-track penalty. So, the member reporting the ten-second time penalty for Verstappen was wrong. Still, the drive-through was a joke since it was handed when due to the SC and him being the la...

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If Rosberg had confidence in his ability he would avoided an incident at all costs. In that race there were numerous close encounters on the track where drivers did just that. Quite often when Rosberg gets in a 1 to1 he make a mistake or clips people, then implies it was not his fault. I'd prefer hi...

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How does where the move start affect anything? He looked at the corner and made a judgement on wether he could make it, he made it and has done it more than once, I'd say that is good technique. He is 'coming through' because Rosberg left him room, all passes are based on finding room on the track w...

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