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Ferrari have (is it have had, or has had btw?) had the best overall package the whole season. Mercedes has been quicker at a few tracks but always been harder on the tires and more difficult to set up. I am inclined to agree. This sums it up for me: ""While the Ferrari is quick everywhere, and has ...

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S ingapore and Malaysia have been Mercedes's two worst circuits over the last four years, and they coincidentally are in the same region of the world. Malaysia has the highest temperatures, and this season's Mercedes in particular has a particularly narrow operating window when it comes to tyres. I...

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Singapore was Vettel's fault. Debatable. I personally thought it was a racing incident. However, it's arguable this was something within Vettel's control. He made the choice to start the race in that fashion, knowing the risks involved. Issues like Hamilton's Baku headrest problems and Austrian gri...

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Interesting article (Autosport). Of the remaining 6 tracks, the writers claim Mercedes only has a clear edge at Sepang and Austin. "Suzuka is going to be much closer, with sections of the track playing to the strengths of both cars.Austin then looks like Mercedes territory, but after that comes a ru...

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At this point of the season Mercedes have a clear advantage. Until Canada it was nip-and-tuck between the teams with Mercedes having the qualifying/track position advantage on the majority of tracks. In Spa I don't think Hamilton was driving all-out.. he had no problem holding Vettel 1.5 seconds be...

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It's only because alot of circuits which benefit Mercedes have come after Monaco. Finishing results have looked like 2011 but the Redbull was ridicolous. How often does the Mercedes finish way up he road from Ferrari? Hardly ever. Ferrari could have won in Austria and Spa so they wasn't exactly dom...

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BIB--Why should this be taken in mitigation? The rules were new for everyone? What about Ric having to adapt and adjust to a new team environment? Genuine question:- what does BIB mean? I've looked on Google, and some of the results are frankly ace, lol ! But can't find one that makes sense in the ...

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This is a guy (Vettel) who is yet to lose a championship in a championship winning car in F1 he has a 100% win record. Alonso's never lost a championship in a championship winning car, either. The only way you can do that is losing to your teammate, who becomes world champion. If you mean in a cham...

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I think that's a pretty fair assessment of the three, although I would probably add something about already wanting out of the team for Vettel in 2014. I don't really believe it was the cause of his defeat, but it had to be a factor, and some certainly do believe. . As a fan of Ricciardo, this kind...

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The accepted best three drivers of the post Schumacher era, Alonso, Vettel and Hamilton. Since Schumacher won his last championship in 2004, between them they have won 10 out of 12 championships and narrowly losing one by 1 point. It is often speculated about which driver had the best year but I th...

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Anyone who denies that Mercedes has been the best car overall so far this season is blinded by bias, because they cannot accept that their favourite driver might just be getting outperformed by a driver with an inferior car. I believe the Merc is slightly better, but nowhere as much as you claim it...

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The accepted best three drivers of the post Schumacher era, Alonso, Vettel and Hamilton. Since Schumacher won his last championship in 2004, between them they have won 10 out of 12 championships and narrowly losing one by 1 point. It is often speculated about which driver had the best year but I th...

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James Allen's view, quote:

"“ (Mercedes) Spa, Suzuka also with the long wheelbase, maybe Austin too.
Ferrari will be particularly strong at Singapore, Brazil, Abu Dhabi”

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If Vettel had been driving the Mercedes and Hamilton the Ferrari, I reckon that Vettel would have a 40 point lead in the WDC. He's been much better than Hamilton this season and the car is the only thing that is keeping Hamilton in it. Mercedes is clearly faster in qualifying, at least equal in the...

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Anyone who denies that Mercedes has been the best car overall so far this season is blinded by bias, because they cannot accept that their favourite driver might just be getting outperformed by a driver with an inferior car. I believe the Merc is slightly better, but nowhere as much as you claim it...

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mikeyg123 wrote:I think Ferrari in races by a small margin.

The gaps are small enough that they can be overcome by good strategy and good driving. I think quite often we havecseen the slower car win.

I agree. For me, Ferrari edges it.

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Might be showing my bias, but i've gone for Ric

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Whether or not Ferrari actually applied team orders to the detriment of Raikkonen, or that Hamilton actually cares, in my opinion all of his noise-making is not targeted at Ferrari or Vettel, but a campaign to convince his team bosses to switch to designating him number one driver and strategize al...

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Valterri Bottas is the only driver of the top 4 who has been asked to move over for his team-mate. And to hold up the rivals for his team-mate . Debatable. James Allen China: “ Ferrari opted to keep Raikkonen out on track, past the ideal stop time for his tyre condition relative to the Red Bulls an...

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Is the 2017 Mercedes a dominant car then? Its won less races than the 2014 Red Bull so far. I've also never understood this dominant car thing, a car is a car so long as it handles well. Dominance is a relative term. Neither Hamilton (bar a few races in 2009) or Vettel (bar 2007 and some races in 2...

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mikeyg123 wrote:If this Merc is dominant then certainly the Red Bull of 2010 was. I recall Vettel having some bad days.

I could be wrong, but pretty sure he had a poor Germany 2011. Outpaced by his teammate in all the practice sessions and outqualified - capped off with an error strewn race.

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pokerman wrote: Not sure what Zoue means then?

I'm sure Zoue will expand on what he means. But it's clear that people like Horner, who have access to certain kinds of discerning data, are of the opinion Ferrari have the fastest race car. Make of that what you will....

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What's going on with the respective pace of Ferrari and Mercedes here? Hmmmmmmmmmmm. Interesting to hear Christian Horner say, from all the relevant data at their disposal, Ferrari have the fastest race car? Ben Edwards concurred. ...over to Zoue. Different track, different strengths and weaknesses...

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What's going on with the respective pace of Ferrari and Mercedes here? Hmmmmmmmmmmm. Interesting to hear Christian Horner say, from all the relevant data at their disposal, Ferrari have the fastest race car? Ben Edwards concurred. ...over to Zoue. Seems to be the growing opinion that Merc are faste...

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Invade wrote:What's going on with the respective pace of Ferrari and Mercedes here? Hmmmmmmmmmmm.

Interesting to hear Christian Horner say, from all the relevant data at their disposal, Ferrari have the fastest race car? Ben Edwards concurred.

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Disappointing start to the season from Ric

Vettel was excellent, so too Alonso.

But that grand chelem from Hamilton was impressive. He’ll get my vote.

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Wasn't sure whether to create a separate thread for this, so i've just slotted it here. Eddie Irvine gives his views on Vettel:

http://gptoday.com/full_story/view/5997 ... iled_brat/

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A certain blog F1-life.net has speculated that Sauber is going to join hands with Honda that will provide them engines at a low cost. This would enable Honda to gather more data engine data to solve their woes. Good for Sauber. Atleast they'll use the latest engine specs instead of older Ferrari on...

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A certain blog F1-life.net has speculated that Sauber is going to join hands with Honda that will provide them engines at a low cost. This would enable Honda to gather more data engine data to solve their woes. Good for Sauber. Atleast they'll use the latest engine specs instead of older Ferrari on...

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making Rosberg a ''phony-champion''. I agree that Hamilton's statements are nothing to be fussed about, but this bit above is downright ridiculous mate. Cringeworthy stuff. Well, I put the '' marks there for a reason because I couldn't think of a better term. He is a WDC, he is a good driver I've a...

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I think you guys are way over analysing that answer to interpret it as a direct dig at Nico. A 4x WDC in a car as fast as yours that isn't under the control of the same management and thus rules of engagement is obviously going to be a tougher challenge than nailing your team mate in what eventuall...

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FringeUK wrote:Gotta like Danny Ric - typical Oz attitude, and a nice guy with it.

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Fiki wrote:I would like it to be the South-African Grand Prix, in honour of Patrick O'Brien, and because there simply needs to be an African round. Where better than at Kyalami?

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I'm gonna offer a counter argument here. I don't think anyone questions Alonso's ability as a top driver but I think his reputation has been helped dramatically by not having the best car these last few years. When you have the car to fight for the championship, your successes tend to be written of...

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I don't think he will quit. However I only see 2 options for him unless McLaren start making regular podiums by the end of the season. Renault, return to where he won his championships as they are emerging as a stronger team. Or Merc. Toto seems to still rate Alonso as the best on the grid . From r...

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I think you're both looking at things way to black and white TBH. The whole situation around Spa, pecking order in the team and general driving standards at Mercedes is so much more nuanced that either of you seem prepared to concede. Zoue, Rosberg was not always the victim of big bad lier Hamilton...

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Wonder if there's any truth to this? http://en.f1i.com/news/261925-mercedes-shielding-issue-engine.html Well. That changes things. Mercedes might not immediately unlock that pace though, as well as perhaps needing more time to find a general balance in their setups. Ferrari look well oiled and read...

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My condolences.

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Wonder if there's any truth to this?

http://en.f1i.com/news/261925-mercedes- ... ngine.html

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Fernando was pretty positive about every aspect of the McLaren aside from Honda. I genuinely wonder if, should Honda fail to make any real progress through the early part of 2017, we might hear stories about how Alonso has told McLaren he's only willing to stay at the team beyond this year if they ...

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