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Confirmed that Eddie Jordan is in the new team for Top Gear. http://uk.businessinsider.com/the-full-top-gear-lineup-has-been-revealed-2016-2 That's put the tin hat on it for me, I'm sorry but I can't watch Evans and EJ together on the screen and certainly not talking about cars. A pity, some of the ...

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What evidence anywhere is there that Vettel has any kind of Veto? What nonsense If this forum was based entirely on hard evidence there would be two posts a week. As for the veto, Ferrari have always in recent times had a #1 / #2 driver policy. In fact in my memory it goes all the way back to Manse...

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Black_Flag_11 wrote:Do you expect him to replace Kimi? I think he would have to impress a lot this year to get that drive. ..........

No. He'd have to appear very adequate to get that drive. If he impressed a lot then the Vettel veto would kick in.

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Chunky

Huffington Post tonight reporting that Eddie Jordan is all but confirmed to join the Top Gear reboot. I'm presuming, if true, that would likely rule him out of C4's F1 plans. I despair. :uhoh: :( Chris Evans, Eddie Jordan and Joey from Friends. what's not to like? If only they could find a way to i...

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Pleased that Coulthard is going to be in it. After his initial years as a mouthpiece for Red Bull he's matured immensely as a presenter and is as good as Brundle now. Disappointed that Jake Humphrey will be behind the camera rather than in front of it. He was oodles better than Suzy P, although to b...

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Unlimited engine development and a cap on engine prices - something just doesn't add up. But with limited testing still in place we should see more spectacular flames and oil smoke from the back of cars as they try to push the boundaries on the cheap and get failures mid-race. It would tickle me if ...

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There's still a place for Pastor in the pit lane. Maybe as one of the blokes who holds the leaf blower on the brakes when they park the car up. I wouldn't trust him on the wheel change crew though - too dependent on team work and being able to face up to your mistakes, it's not for Maldonado. I was ...

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Hmmm. If Maldonado is losing his seat because the money hasn't turned up (so therefore he can't enforce the contract that guarantees his seat) there's no reason to suppose a bit less will turn up a week later to buy a seat at Manor. Venezuela and its state owned oil company are completely in the toi...

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mds wrote:I just don't understand why you're using it - lots of people are using signatures without it having any impact on the body text or without detracting from its readability?

See correction above, you posted while I was finessing. So, you got me, it's a sign. If you smell diesel, panic.

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Chunky

.......And what's with those two dots at the end of your post? Look at every other message I've posted and there's a single dot. You can only understand it if you're part of the brotherhood. Last time though, two dots which is a signal to the faithful of the end of times and that F1 will be moving ...

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So, you are wooed by Brawn, the man who masterminded multiple championships for Ferrari then did it again straight out of the box with his own team. Plus Lauda, the man from the engine manufacturer who are supplying your current team and converting them from long time works outfit to just a customer...

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Yawn. The public reveals are deadly boring. Anything that might be unique or revolutionary or even a decent evolution from last year isn't on the car. Official photos are staged to hide anything interesting and just to show the revised branding for last year's sponsor or whoever is replacing them. E...

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F1 MERCENARY wrote:Interesting but I seem to remember seeing his Sponsorship actually being $29 Million DOLLARS which is less than what's being reported...............

Perhaps it's $29M just for the seat, plus $21M insurance excess for all the carbon fibre he will spread across the track in an average season?

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Chunky

Well to my mind there's only two possibilities to explain the way things have panned out so far and the disparity in results in identical machinery. Either... Nico is just inherently less talented to such a degree that he can't bridge the gap with any amount of simulator time and smart thinking. Or ...

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Okay, I'm going to try this one last time and I'll use short words so that those willfully trying to avoid the point can maybe soak it in a bit. My daddy was a WDC. (Arguably the least deserving ever, having only won one race in the year and at a time when reliability decided everything and a change...

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So, what you are saying is that Hamilton is a liar . Well I never... Perhaps somebody should tell Rosberg that's how it's done....... I'm saying nothing of the sort. Hamilton regularly gets past Rosbesg and afterwards Nico bleats that it was unfair, or he was edged off or his line was stolen. There...

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Fiki wrote:I like 'stealing track position'. You do realize that Hamilton never does this "on purpose", don't you?

He always does it on purpose. It's called racing.

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Chunky

I agree. About perspective I mean. My understanding of "there's only room for one number one" is that he considers himself number 1 at Mercedes, not that he wants No 1 status in the team. Even after losing a race Rosberg is so quick to put on the perfect team player act, Hamilton should observe and...

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It's not uncommon for pop stars to make a bob or two and take to the track so no surprise that someone looks in the opposite direction. Sadly, it sounds like his music will be more like the racing career of Andrew Ridgeley (Wham, failed miserably) than Nick Mason (Pink Floyd, still hooning around in...

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Let's get some perspective here. Hamilton was asked and answered a question, without ever alluding to wanting No 1 status in the team. But the bald fact is that things cannot continue as they have, with Nico looking like someone stole his dummy, complaining about the bully who stole his bit of track...

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Cake and dancing is cheap. Formula 1, football, cricket, golf, all charge a barge load of money and sadly, are poor value per hour of viewing compared to watching some old biddy whip up a souffle. You can put on a full blown series of period drama complete with proper actors for the same price they ...

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I'm thinking that there's one remaining record that Hamilton would likely aspire to. He doesn't profess much interest in 7 x WDC with a dominant car and a supplicant team mate, and clearly isn't addicted to clocking up fastest laps like Vettel. No-one wil surpass the Fangio record, but perhaps winni...

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I'm waiting until I see it on sale in the 99p store. We need something to put under a wonky table leg.

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Chunky

Electric hub motors wouldn't be ideal in a race car because they would be a lot of unsprung weight. Fair comment, but you could offset this by moving them in and using a driveshaft in the way that a DeDion rear suspension used to work. You could also have the brakes inboard for super low unsprung w...

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You can't have two roosters in the hen house. Mercedes have let Nico believe that he could be the one crowing at sunrise but unless they pair him with Pastor Maldonado and Ferrari never catch up on performance it's not going to happen. The reality is that Hamilton absolutely loathes losing and sees ...

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Driver on racing line has the option to continue on that line. Driver on the inside corner can't just go tighter than the normal racing line simply because there's someone outside him. The car would simply understeer outward and he's under no obligation to reduce speed to make a tighter line just to...

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mikeyg123 wrote:Just to finish the season off. Another first lap incident which was not his fault - Being taken out by Alonso in Abu Dhabi.

Karma's a bitch.

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Chunky

It was actually an injury to his other leg that finished Haaland's career The lawyers thought otherwise. So did Man City. More importantly, so did the player. He had a pre-exisiting right knee injury, it's true that the right was the longer term problem. But in UK law if you injure someone either b...

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This reminds me of when Roy Keane deliberately took out Haaland and effectively finished his career . Except that's not true at all There must be another reason why he never played another full game then. The affected players seem pretty clear on what happened - Keane said it was deliberate and Haa...

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Makes Maldonado's little hissy fit in Belgium 2011 look like a minor handbags incident. This reminds me of when Roy Keane deliberately took out Haaland and effectively finished his career. He should have been banned for life and so should this idiot. In fact, he shouldn't even be allowed in a road c...

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WCC won, WDC won. Rosberg took Mexico, Vettel bombed out, second place is assured unless Nico stuffs up big time. It's no more complicated than that and it's exactly what the team should have done. For the last two races, expect no matched strategies for "safety" reasons. From now on it will be head...

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I still can't follow your arguing. The 2014 rules have been design specifically to allow customer teams winning and fighting for championships with even weapons... Now the FIA is on the brink of allowing manufacturers to change that by allowing old-spec engines and in-season development... Without ...

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................If someone dares to mention "variable cost" they should know it will be more costly to build two different specs of engines. I didn't imagine that mentioning variable cost was so risky. And no, you're wrong, it wouldn't be more costly. For the "old" engine, all the design, tooling a...

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Mercedes and Ferrari spent a king's ransom to develop an engine and thereby win races and market their brand. Honda and Renault the same, but they got their act together too late, maybe spent a bit less, didn't manage it right and whatever the combination of reasons it has been a technical, business...

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Zoue, My opinion matters no more than yours. And it's no more valid to the manufacturers either. If you don't want to get over it, feel free to let it burn at your soul for all eternity. It's still not going to change. My post shows no lack of understanding about noise. I understand that you don't l...

Chunky

Some thoughts about the RBR/Renault history on the James Allen site. http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2015/10/d ... eir-fault/

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Chunky

No constructor has ever been forced to build their own engine to be competitive - McLaren and Williams have been in the sport a very very long time, yet you seem to think McLaren being forced to build their own engine for the first time in their history a year or two from now is completely normal a...

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You personally can find it as facile as you wish. The bottom line is that Ferrari, Mercedes, Honda, even Renault don't care what you think. It's their marketing that matters, not your issues. The only reason why noise is an issue is 'cos Bernie is going deaf and complains a lot. As for the pitch and...

Chunky

Oh, for the heady days of the 80s when lead cars were sometimes 2-3 seconds a lap faster than the competition. The only reason it wasn't as processional as today is that reliability issues put a bit of spice into the mix.

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Chunky

The message for engine customer teams - we're in the car business, you sell fizzy drinks that taste and smell like horse pee. If you want the best engine go ahead and build it. It has never, ever been any difference. There's only ever been one race won with a Ferrari customer engine and that was Vet...

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