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I hope not. I just can't see McLaren challenging say Mercedes until the new regulations kick in (and who knows what could happen then). Danny Ric would be well aware that Renault have been slow to close the gap in engine power and still have poor reliability. McLaren are going to experience that in...

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I hope not. I just can't see McLaren challenging say Mercedes until the new regulations kick in (and who knows what could happen then). Danny Ric would be well aware that Renault have been slow to close the gap in engine power and still have poor reliability. McLaren are going to experience that in ...

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I find it interesting the number of people who are saying fuel economy has no place in motorsport. Fuel economy has been an issue since the beginning - go back and watch some races with Senna in the 80's in the first turbo era. You will hear the commentators talking about fuel saving. This is becaus...

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Hamilton and Alonso have both done the hard yards in F1 - it's ridiculous that a driver of Alonso's talent has only won 2 titles, whereas only Graham Hill has waited as long as Hamilton did for his 2nd title. Whereas Vettel just showed up in the right car at the right time and won races and titles ...

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But I have no doubt Seb would wipe the floor with Ricciardo. That Red Bull season was a one-off anomaly because of a mixture of incredible bad luck and Seb not getting on with the car for that year. Garbage. How is an entire season a "one-off"? Ricciardo wiped the floor with Sebastian. They had the...

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Very unusual session for Ricciardo, he was fastest on Friday.

Hope RB get to the bottom of that quickly.

Going to be an interesting first lap.

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I think he's a bit overrated.

It's true he hasn't had a stellar car to get decent results with, but he also hasn't shown anything to justify the hype.

He deserves more time in F1 and probably a better car next year, but he's no superstar.

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There's a pattern forming... Helmut Marko saying Ricciardo is on the market. Horner publicly offering Verstappen to build the team around him. Verstappen's extension announced. Verstappen gets an engine upgrade and Ricciardo isn't informed. Ricciardo is probably wishing he didn't have another year t...

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Good. It’s good to see drivers call out each other for flaunting the rules and the officials for not enforcing them. Hamilton’s excuse that he wants to wave to his fans is vain beyond reason. Charlie needed to grow a backbone and say “keep your belts on, all of you”. Rules are there to cover the saf...

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Another chaotic Bathurst 1000 result. Good to see Erebus & Dave Reynolds get the win, they really are a small team and Dave has been threatening to pull out a good result for years. First time I can remember a wet start and raining for so long in the race. Maybe 2000 was the last year like that? It ...

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Trust the Hamilton fans to throw a vote his way. Lewis did nothing today to deserve to be a driver of the day. He got passed (easily) by Verstappen, then spent the whole race losing time to Ricciardo. If the Red Bull team had pulled Ricciardo in earlier Hamilton would have been third. Verstappen was...

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With Aston Martin having a technical partnership with Mercedes...

A Merc engine in an RB chassis is a mouthwatering concept.

I know Toto would be against it, but maybe there’s more going on behind the scenes.

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I hardly think any of those suggestions were reasonable. Honda were never going to take a year off. Who says Mercedes would have agreed to their engineers assisting Honda? Seems pie-in-the-sky. It reminds me of when a company decides to make a redundancy. They offer the employee a few completely non...

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Blake wrote:This is what PF1's Forum has come to?

I think it's great.

Reminds everyone that even these polished, multimillionaire F1 drivers are human.

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1. Verstappen 2. Ocon 3. Leclerc 4. Sainz 5. Stroll 6. Vandoorne Edit: 7. Wehrlein 8. Magnussen Verstappen's raw speed is brilliant. Anyone who can out-qualify Daniel Ricciardo is doing a very good job. Verstappen is the most likely to be WDC. Ocon is really starting to show his capability and he's ...

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Ricciardo is exceptionally good. In 2014 he was still a rookie and walked all over the reigning 4 x champion in the same car. In the 3 races where Mercedes didn't drive away, it was Ricciardo who was there to take the win. And the passes he made to get those wins were phenomenal. Every time he start...

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I think the 2014-2016 years have been extremely kind to Hamilton. His McLaren years started off well, but he didn't appear to be dragging the car up the grid between 2009 and 2012 (unlike say Alonso was in at Ferrari). Would Hamilton be even considered in this kind of thread as one of the best if he...

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This result is non-representative and being in a Renault, he should have been achieving top 10s all year. In practice and qualifying his lap speed was around a second off Hulkenberg consistently. His performance has clearly been lacking, but so has his attitude. Crashes and poor performances don't s...

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It's not over but it has given a big opportunity to Hamilton. Vettel wasn't thinking of the title when he moved over on Verstappen. He was thinking of being first through turn 1. Anything could happen in the next few races. Hamilton could have an engine failure, a crash or any number of possibilitie...

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Watching the video again, I think Verstappen also has to take some blame. The initial contact was Kimi's right rear wheel with Vertstappen's front left wheel. This happened because Verstappen was moving across on Kimi (who was running out of room). Yes, Verstappen was reacting to Vettel, but there w...

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It's really difficult to answer this. Based only on results, Hamilton is a close second behind Vettel. But these drivers had dominant cars for much of their success. Both excelled when in dominant cars and both have arguably struggled when in less-than-dominant cars (Hamilton in the 2009-2012 McLare...

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In the first 7 races in 2012, 7 different drivers won from 5 different teams. The V8 engines provided a level of parity not seen in many many years (maybe ever). The 4 years of Red Bull dominance, I believe, is not comparable to the 2014-2016 dominance of Mercedes. Whilst Red Bull ultimately came ou...

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Maybe all the retirements are Verstappens fault. Why did he stay with Red Bull? Why not change team like Hamilton. He may be fast, he might have good starts, certainly a poor decision to stay with Red Bull. Decisions on and off the track make the best drivers. Vettel knew also knew to leave. A smal...

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Does anyone else think it's strange that Bottas hasn't had his contract extended yet? He's won races this year and has proven to be a reliable number 2. Mercedes are leading the constructor's championship by a margin. Verstappen isn't available until 2020 (or 2019) at the very earliest. Ricciardo is...

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Interesting stuff here: https://joesaward.wordpress.com/2017/09/06/pure-speculation/ Like most people, Joe Saward expects McLaren to use Renault engines and Honda to supply STR. But he goes into more detail. He thinks Red Bull is looking for an exit plan from F1 by the end of 2020 for both its team...

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Ferrari fans might not have enjoyed it.

It was boring at the very front, but Ricciardo made it a GP to remember.

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one thing I did notice when the crowd were booing lewis. seb did not register a flicker of distain and said nothing , I truly believe if it happened at Silverstone lewis would jump in and tell the English fans to not behave like that and that says a lot about seb , and would he honour an agreement ...

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j man wrote:Marmite is vile

You are correct.

It's disgusting.

Everyone should throw their jar out and get some Vegemite.

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slide wrote:its pretty much the same performance wise but only one is a works deal

I think you need to watch Sunday's race again and note the Red Bull overtaking the McLaren like it was standing still.

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Asphalt_World wrote:It's just a little odd that he felt the need to release it on Instagram. I felt no desire to release the poem I wrote when Bouncer the Labrador died in Neighbours.

Mate, that was a national day of mourning in Australia.

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When ur nearest rival is 10+ seconds behind you and has had to slow up by 0.5sec a lap because he has broken his steering due to running off the track, you can afford not to drive at full wack. Which is exactly the reason why it's not worthy of a "Driver of the Day" award. He didn't drive badly, bu...

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Hamilton has had tougher teammates and he has raced during a more competitive era than Michael and yet he is still compiling similar statistics. That's worthy of note. I'd say the 2014-2016 seasons were some of the most uncompetitive in history. The Mercedes dominance was ludicrous, and they still ...

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I think we can all safely disagree with the thread title now. Max may have qualified higher than Daniel at more races this year, but there is more to a driver's performance than qualifying. Daniel has performed very well in races all year and his drives from the back of the field have been virtually...

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When ur nearest rival is 10+ seconds behind you and has had to slow up by 0.5sec a lap because he has broken his steering due to running off the track, you can afford not to drive at full wack. Which is exactly the reason why it's not worthy of a "Driver of the Day" award. He didn't drive badly, bu...

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2. Versappen is Ricciardos team mate, and Max had arguably the best performance of anyone in qualifying. So if Ricciardo's team mate was a regular mortal, than Ricciardo could be considered driver of the week? I can't see a case for that at all. Verstappen was out-qualified by over a second by Hami...

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We've had the least exciting mid-field / lower-team drivers of all time the past 2 seasons Hamilton's career choices have been better than his driving Senna and Prost are dead equal imo looking back Ricciardo has the best race craft on the grid People who bring up Schumacher's return to f1 as a poi...

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There shouldn't be any doubt at all. Ricciardo started in 16th, didn't actually make any positions up off the start then proceeded to carve his way into the top 10 in only a handful of laps. He then continued to the top 5 making some accomplished drivers and a former world champion look like they we...

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Banana Man wrote:Pineapple does belong on pizza.

100% Agree!

Just like beetroot belongs on burgers

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Verstappen has battered qualifying specialist Ricciardo this season. The score is 8-4 right now and Max just beat Dan by half a second at Spa. I think the only part of this that might have reason to be unpopular is calling Ricciardo a "qualifying specialist". The facts: Dan has only a single pole p...

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I think the Merc still has an edge.

I also think Hamilton's engine was turned up to something like Quali spec yesterday to keep Vettel at bay.

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