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DFWdude

If you are giving away the position, you must take to one side of the track or the other, so the overtaking driver clearly knows what you are doing. Hogging the middle of a narrow track says in effect, "I'll let you by, but you'll have to figure out how" is NOT yielding the position. Such gamesmansh...

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The crash at Monza was pure red mist for me. Verstappen had no intention of making it through turn 2. Hamilton leaving a small gap gave Max the plausible deniability of what seemed to me like pure road rage. That's the reason Red Bull and Horner were so sheepish after the race. Now there is a big d...

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On a similar note, is terms of the quality of the drivers and performances, is this the best quality title fight ever? Alonso V Schumacher in 2006 was very intense. Ah yes good shout. The Prost vs Senna years were my other thoughts but I don’t know enough about those. Also a different dynamic when ...

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Why dont they just give max checo’s wing? Or is it not the same spec? Because yesterday in FP2, PER's wing was flapping more than VER's today. RB have a fundamental structural problem with this assembly, and they will need to fix it immediately before Q1 begins, else either car showing movement in ...

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Toto said in his interview after the race that the stewards could cut the wing into pieces and throw it away, for all he's concerned. So it doesn't sound like Merc are clammoring to get it back.

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Note to Alfa Romeo, quoting Pink Floyd...

"Money, get away
You get a good job with good pay and you're okay
Money, it's a gas
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash

A new car, caviar, four star daydream
Think I'll buy me a football team..."

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I think the real question is... When was the last time Verstappen took an engine? I think he is beyond due for a change? Russia I assume when he took the grid penalty. It isn’t clear which of his original three engines are still in use. The Silverstone one obviously won’t be but not sure on the oth...

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I think the real question is... When was the last time Verstappen took an engine? I think he is beyond due for a change?

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Hamilton, Hamilton, Hamilton. Too bad I couldn't vote all 3 for Hamilton.

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This development is quite silly, considering that VER's Red Bull rear wing has sported layers of silver duct tape at the last race. How the use of duct tape on such a critical movable part passes the rules inspection defies explanation, IMO.

DFWdude

Did Lewis not have a new set of yellows available? He stopped within the yellow window, & I think he could have reeled in VER much sooner.

DFWdude

DFWdude wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 23, 2021 4:48 pm
What tv channel in the US has FP3 and quali, now that ESPN has chosen to air college football all day?

ESPN has touted throughout FP1 and FP2 how F1 has become soooo popular in the US.. Then they pull a stunt like this.

OK, try ESPNews. FP3 on now...

DFWdude

What tv channel in the US has FP3 and quali, now that ESPN has chosen to air college football all day?

ESPN has touted throughout FP1 and FP2 how F1 has become soooo popular in the US.. Then they pull a stunt like this.

DFWdude

I feel like it would have benefited from being a 2 part documentary, or even more. It felt very brief, despite being 2 hours long. A lot was glossed over, or ommited entirely. Yes, the years after the initial Ferrari championship were skipped over, including the stalled (parked) car at Monaco durin...

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I watched this last night. I agree that the best parts were the interviews with Schumacher family members. His refusing responsibility for the various accidents that were clearly his fault were typical Schumacher. Reminds me of today's problem with Max V, who feels he does nothing wrong. At least it...

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Does anyone have a link to this documentary?

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I don't think much will change Russell v. Bottas... It's clear to me that Russell is the young, transitional driver who will take over when Hamilton retires. But not before.

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In the 60s-80s, privateer teams were able to climb up the grid, because they were permitted to innovate with inventive, revolutionary changes... the advent of wings, fan cars, ground effect tunnels, turbos, six-wheeled cars, electronically-controlled suspensions, etc. :thumbup: Today, F1 is as close...

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^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Yep, 80s for me, too, for all the reasons expertly noted. Plus, the 80s showed the continued development of ground effects, which I enjoyed.

I liked the 60s, too, but the prospect of anticipating who would die next put me off at times.

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If a sprint race amounts to nothing more than a drag race to the first corner, then might as well run the full race distance and call it a day... one day earlier. All these contrivances catering to "spectator interest" (rather than the obvious GREED it really is) make this fan of 55-years wanting to...

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When I watched Vettel parked to the side of the track after the finish, I said to myself, "I hope he hasn't run out of fuel, because he won't pass post-race scrutineering." So it came to pass. Any "excuses" like pump failures don't matter a twit... Swallow your bitter medicine Aston Martin and move ...

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The outline "44" on Hamilton's engine cover is nearly impossible to read with the car in motion. Same with Bottas. IMO, these numbers should be SOLID to conform to the regulations requiring contrast. Add that to the previous comments regarding the Petronas logo confusion... I can't tell these cars a...

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IDFD wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 01, 2021 3:40 pm
Ocon for me. An immense drive for your first win under pressure from a 4 times world champion

Agreed. His drive under pressure was nearly as great a Hamilton's from last place to third.

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So it cost Red Bull $1.8 M... Poor Baby. No one asked Mercedes the cost of the accident at the 2016 Spanish GP that destroyed both Mercedes cars. I met Christian Horner once after the first COTA race, and like him. But this latest crybaby whine has me reassessing what I thought was a professional te...

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Sprint race makes the normal Q1/Q2/Q3 redundant, and in this case, irrelevant. For anyone to win Quali, only to be shuffled following the sprint race, makes normal qualifying pointless. I prefer the excitement of watching the drivers compete for their race start positions via qualifying, while the s...

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Racing incident... both drivers could have gone off.

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Back on topic... While I think Sunday's collision was just a unintentional racing accident, I remind myself of the accidents between Prost and Senna (1989-1990), which were clearly deliberate. IMO, this is the limit on how far it could get. Hamilton has said that he will no longer yield to Verstappe...

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If you watch the sprint race then you encourage it to be the norm, it's future is dependent on viewing numbers, I will be vetoing it. Here, here! Thankfully I will be out of town for the weekend. I will set my DVD player to record the real race on Sunday, but I couldn't care less about the sprint r...

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Human Cock Fighting (boxing) is NOT F1. These comparisons are beyond worthless. Next, someone will suggest that F1 fans pay to register in a worldwide database and hold secret ballots to elect champions, as they do at the Oscars.

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I watched throughout Reutemann's career. He always seemed relegated as second fiddle (#2 driver) with whatever team he was with. But he displayed brilliance in many races. The best Argentinian driver since Fangio. RIP

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There was a time when F1 drivers didn't need to anticipate a long career, as a good number of them died early at the wheel. With the (welcomed) focus on safety in the 70's and 80's, drivers could think about racing til they were in their thirties... thinking about retiring rather than dying. This co...

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The colors don't annoy me. I generally pay attention to what's happening on the continuous black ribbon...

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Who got the official "Fastest Lap" point in Baku? Verstappen (and Hamilton) finished worse than 10th, so it can't be him... Nobody got the point, because the official fastest lap of the race was "performed" by a driver who DNF and the second fastest being the first slower, he doesn't get an undeser...

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Who got the official "Fastest Lap" point in Baku? Verstappen (and Hamilton) finished worse than 10th, so it can't be him...

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I don't buy the debris on track explanation. TV coverage of Stroll's car on the flatbed showed that the sidewall had separated at least 40% of the way round the tire at/near tread line. I can't see how such comprehensive damage can be caused by debris not visible on TV. And Pirelli's contention that...

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In-car camera (side-by-side) lap comparisons at COTA, 2018. Bring your own popcorn... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ft3Ug_YthM It also highlights the fact that F1 could easily shed some speed in return for more passing opportunities, whilst still maintaining a healthy speed advantage over both L...

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In-car camera (side-by-side) lap comparisons at COTA, 2018. Bring your own popcorn... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ft3Ug_YthM It also highlights the fact that F1 could easily shed some speed in return for more passing opportunities, whilst still maintaining a healthy speed advantage over both L...

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In-car camera (side-by-side) lap comparisons at COTA, 2018. Bring your own popcorn... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ft3Ug_YthM

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With each passing year, Monaco becomes more and more archaic. Verstappen's lap record two years ago (1:14.xx) has now been exclipsed this year with Hamilton's 1:12.9. I loved watching the Monaco GP from 1964-1994. The course begs to be revised, but tradition dictates that it isn't. Today, the only e...

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He was a F2 driver and team owner in the late 1960s and co-founded March in 1969. A vice-wdc in 1971 and several GP wins (the last being by Ronnie Peterson in Monza '76) in F1 and many wins and titles in F2 - March was quite a successful company. Late in 1977 he became legal advisor to Ecclestone's...

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