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It will be interesting to see what happens at the first corner. If more than two cars go wide, and each is expected to navigate that silly bollard/marker, there could be real carnage.

I'm hoping for some decent battles up front.

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Great to see Rosberg cracking under zero pressure there.

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Bottas is the gift that keeps on giving.

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Always confuses me why the gearboxes have to last for consecutive races, where the engines have to last for a given number of races, consecutive or not.

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Wanna bet how long it'll take me to find a race from the 'Golden Era' of F1 where Prost, Lauda or Piquet hung back and saved tyres and fuel at the start of a race? 'Cus it won't be very long, I guarantee it. Nursing your car at the start to mount a late charge has been a strategy for as long as the...

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I felt it was a racing incident and thought the drive-through was way too harsh. Also considered creating a poll but came to my senses when I remembered it's Hamilton we're talking about here... Was also going to ask what you thought about the situation between Bottas and Kvyat when Bottas was crow...

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I felt it was a racing incident and thought the drive-through was way too harsh. Also considered creating a poll but came to my senses when I remembered it's Hamilton we're talking about here... Was also going to ask what you thought about the situation between Bottas and Kvyat when Bottas was crow...

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Exediron wrote:To use the war on drugs example, presumably you feel the government should create a central, low-cost distribution center for cocaine so people won't be encouraged to buy it from gangs?

Sorry to wade in on your discussion, but I'd just like to offer my full and strong support for this.

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The lap records have always been set during races. Always has, and still is. Don't worry about people too young or negligent to know the rules ;) . Or pedants. Don't forget pedants It's not pedantic to use the correct, accepted meanings of words and phrases. Would it be pedantic to take offence at ...

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Zoue wrote:I think his lap time was impressive. To give an idea of how fast it was it was quicker than the lap record.

And if you had said that instead of that he 'broke the lap record' then there would have been no need for further debate. That's how words work.

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The lap records have always been set during races. Always has, and still is. Don't worry about people too young or negligent to know the rules ;) . Or pedants. Don't forget pedants It's not pedantic to use the correct, accepted meanings of words and phrases. Would it be pedantic to take offence at ...

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Zoue wrote:It seems pedantry is out in force today.

Is this where I insert an irony meme?

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[quote="IDrinkYourMilkshake] Lap records are set in the race, not in qualifying. So what? Still broke it No he did not. yes he did. Over to you No he didn't.[/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote]yes he did[/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote] Yes he did.[/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote]...

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Zoue wrote:
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Zoue wrote:
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Zoue wrote:[quote="IDrinkYourMilkshake]
Lap records are set in the race, not in qualifying.
So what? Still broke it
No he did not.
yes he did. Over to you
No he didn't.

[/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote]yes he did[/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote]

Yes he did.

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As Horner said, qualifying should build up to a crescendo, not just fizzle out. It's a great shame as Lewis' tremendous lap - which broke the lp record - was just lost in the background Lap records are set in the race, not in qualifying. So what? Still broke it No he did not. yes he did. Over to yo...

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Zoue wrote:
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Zoue wrote:As Horner said, qualifying should build up to a crescendo, not just fizzle out. It's a great shame as Lewis' tremendous lap - which broke the lp record - was just lost in the background
Lap records are set in the race, not in qualifying.
So what? Still broke it

No he did not.

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Can someone please confirm that actually just happened. Old qualifying was ace.

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veffy wrote:Am i reading this wrong or did Ham just beat Schumi's lap record of 1:24.125

Race lap record

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Here's a thought: fewer competitors at a given time reduced competition.

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So is that it?

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This is cack.

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Two mins left and guaranteed no more action. This is poo.

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Palmer pitting because not enough time to do a lap. This seems to be reducing on-track action in a big way.

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This is... stupid? Great laps that don't count, drivers not going out because they won't set their lap in time... Moving one position back means having to leave 90 seconds earlier. This sounds so difficult to manage.

Can I have the old qualifying that had nothing wrong with it back please?

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Speaking at the launch of Channel 4’s Formula 1 coverage, 13-time Grand Prix winner Coulthard said such distractions could allow Hamilton’s Mercedes team-mate, Nico Rosberg, to start where he left off last season – when the German won the final three races – and gain the upper hand in 2016. ‘Nico h...

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If there was one thing F1 didn't need to change...

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pokerman wrote:Mercedes did well keeping the cars apart

It seems like that was their plan.

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It would make even more sense to do what Bridgestone did and put a banding on the softer tyre available at a given event, and no banding on the harder tyre. Those of us who want to know which of the four/five compounds have been brought to a given race will already know, and those who don't care wil...

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Oh man that sounds so much better than the current engines. The sport has lost something it'll never get back.

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What I want to know is what makes him so special that he's almost exclusively referred to as 'Mr Arai.' It makes him sound like a baddie.

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I would have to disagree with all of that. Lewis and Alonso have never out driven a car in their lives - I don't even know what that means. How do you know they've never done it if you don't know what it means? Because there is no meaning. It is as impossible as a captain outdriving his boat or a p...

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bourbon19 wrote:I would have to disagree with all of that. Lewis and Alonso have never out driven a car in their lives - I don't even know what that means.

How do you know they've never done it if you don't know what it means?

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Screw tradition and, to an extent, screw location. If a track produces good racing then it should be considered as deserving of a place on the calendar. I'd say Turkey produced good racing in addition to--or perhaps in spite of--the magnificent turn eight.

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Wow this article from marca, if everything is true its very interesting. It points out that the axial turbo has been a failure and they could ditch it for a normal one. Also they would ditch the size-zero engine enclosure by enlarging it therefore the power unit can be cooled more properly. This Ho...

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Did Brundle just say "if they let all the lapped cars through then I think the top five will be line astern"?

Isn't that what supposed to happen?!

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blhsing wrote:Hamilton been dropping back in the last few laps. Tyres gone already?

Traffic, apparently.

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Banana Man wrote:
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Toby. wrote:Curious about the rationale of the artist for using those particular personalities. Nice gesture, though.
Indeed. Is that supposed to be Balestre?
I'm 99% sure it's Enzo. The others being Hill, Hunt, Senna and Gilles. Makes sense to me.

Of course. The sunnies. I see it now.

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Toby. wrote:Curious about the rationale of the artist for using those particular personalities. Nice gesture, though.

Indeed. Is that supposed to be Balestre?

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IMHO no it wasn't a biggest gamble ever. Knowing the engine situation, the team situation, and the money that Mercedes could bring to F1 it wasn't a huge gamble at all. Quotes offered without comment: "It is his decision, although I personally don't think it is the right decision.” – Jenson Button,...

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[zip] Now, you made here an impression of being able to post a gif. But (since you already took it over from shoot999, becoming his proxy when I had a direct dialogue with him about his words that he felt I misrepresented, and not yours) you were not able to write a single word of what exact words ...

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