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dpastern

A lovely job by Lance Stroll today - out finishing the highly rated Perez and resisting Kvyat and Gasly for many laps.

I wonder how many haters are gonna be brave enough to apologise...

dpastern

To be fair to Sainz, Hulkenberg is very, very, very fast. In the right car, he could be WDC. Hulk is also far more experienced than Sainz.

I don't think this speaks badly of Sainz, I think it really highlights how underrated the Hulk is!

dpastern

I hope they do, but somehow, I doubt it.

dpastern

Another reason why Hamilton is the best driver on the grid perhaps? Perhaps because he had the best car for many years in succession? (Runs and hides) Maybe more because of 2017 and 2018? Are you trying to dispute that in the last 5 years (2014-2018) he actually had the best car? 2014-2016 yes, I'd...

dpastern

Surprised Senna is missing given its on a % of races basis. Senna was often quoted as saying that it didn't matter how much you won by - a win by a second was still a win. No need to push the car harder than you have to. Like someone else in this thread has already said, Senna would typically be st...

dpastern

Surprised Senna is missing given its on a % of races basis. Senna was often quoted as saying that it didn't matter how much you won by - a win by a second was still a win. No need to push the car harder than you have to. Like someone else in this thread has already said, Senna would typically be st...

dpastern

In light of the FIA's decision to include a point for fastest lap for this year's WDC (silly imho), I decided to check out stats of current F1 drivers and prior WDCs since 1950...here are the top 8 fastest lap drivers by %: Fangio (45.09%) Clark (38.88%) Ascari (37.5%) Schumacher (25.16%) Prost (20....

dpastern

BTW, Senna heavily disliked 4WS, active suspension, traction control, etc. Why? Because he felt that it took away from driver skill. Even the semi auto gearboxes today take away from driver skill. yes, I know that they add a safety aspect, but F1 did without them for many, many years without any de...

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I call BullDookie on this 1,000%. NEWS FLASH! Senna was in the best car when he won ALL his titles, as was Prost. So that cancels that theory in your obviously bias assessment. In 1994 The Williams was pretty damn good, if not a hair better than the Benetton, or are we to believe that was only duri...

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I'll take that bait. Schumacher is overrated. He had the best car for many years, and after Hakkinen disappeared, he had no real driver competition for the WDC. Coupled to weak team mates, team favouritism and cheating (from both Schumacher and his team(s). If Williams hadn't screwed up the '94 Wil...

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BTW, Senna heavily disliked 4WS, active suspension, traction control, etc. Why? Because he felt that it took away from driver skill. Even the semi auto gearboxes today take away from driver skill. yes, I know that they add a safety aspect, but F1 did without them for many, many years without any dea...

dpastern

Is there ANYONE here who is willing to step up and claim that it diminished Michael Schumacher's accomplishments when he was beaten three years running by a young Nico Rosberg??? http://seethrumag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/308201.jpg Source: http://seethrumag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/308...

dpastern

There are 4 wet weather drivers that stand out to me: Senna Clark Hamilton Verstappen Nothing else comes close. Vettel is a very distant level away from these 4 guys in the wet imho. Verstappen? Already? He's had one majorly impressive wet weather drive, and suddenly he's in a league with only Senn...

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There are 4 wet weather drivers that stand out to me: Senna Clark Hamilton Verstappen Nothing else comes close. Vettel is a very distant level away from these 4 guys in the wet imho. Benetton and Schumacher were cheating for all of '94. Should have been DSQ for the entirety of '94 and stripped of a...

dpastern

There are 4 wet weather drivers that stand out to me: Senna Clark Hamilton Verstappen Nothing else comes close. Vettel is a very distant level away from these 4 guys in the wet imho. Verstappen? Already? He's had one majorly impressive wet weather drive, and suddenly he's in a league with only Senn...

dpastern

There are 4 wet weather drivers that stand out to me: Senna Clark Hamilton Verstappen Nothing else comes close. Vettel is a very distant level away from these 4 guys in the wet imho. Benetton and Schumacher were cheating for all of '94. Should have been DSQ for the entirety of '94 and stripped of al...

dpastern

Is there ANYONE here who is willing to step up and claim that it diminished Michael Schumacher's accomplishments when he was beaten three years running by a young Nico Rosberg??? http://seethrumag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/308201.jpg Source: http://seethrumag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/308...

dpastern

As to Schumacher being in a league of his own, I call BS. Benetton 100% cheated in '94 with a variety of cheats, including traction control. Jos [Verstappen] has indicated such. As has Willem Toet also indicated. Schumacher's deliberate punting of Hill @ Adelaide should have seen him severely punish...

dpastern

Eddie was irrelevant and an idiot back in the day, he hasn't improved with age.

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dpastern

Hamilton shot himself in the foot with that start Sorry, but I don't believe that. I'm of the firm belief that there's an issue with that Mercedes car that's intermittent. Hamilton has consistently had VERY BAD starts this year - of a much higher % ratio than in ANY OTHER year of his F1 career. Tha...

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It is incredible when clutch release at the start is more important then qualifying skills. Before you say anything, Mercedes(not Hamilton) may have the worst start system on the grid. Yup. I'm pretty sure that Mercedes can sabotage a driver's start with the press of a button at the start...of cour...

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SDLRob wrote:well... that was a snoozefest of a race.... now for Nico's smug face again. *Reaches for the remote*

yeah...he's never happy. I feel sorry for Hamilton have a crap start decide the entire race...but hey, that's what you get when it's almost impossible to overtake in these badly designed cars...

dpastern

People lack imagination saying things like race is over. Anything could happen. A safety car and Hamilton could be right back in it. Experience has taught me that it is race over in the vast majority of % of times. Mercedes really need to look at their starting procedure - Lewis has never had such ...

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The penalty system itself is ridiculous to various degrees, the allowance they made for Mclaren last year was even more ridiculous, and not closing off that loophole for the new season was the cherry on the cake. How the FIA didn't see this 'exploit' of the loophole coming is laughable, but they ar...

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I was thinking about this too. Right now it looks like you can just sacrifice one race to get yourself 3 shiny new parts and have them in the available pool for the rest of the season. So the question is, should this be allowed? I think not. Best Regards I'm of a very differing opinion - the curren...

dpastern

For sheer unpredictability, the European GP of 1999 For the most thrilling wheel-to-wheel battle for the win, Bahrain 2014 For the best individual driver performance I can remember, Spain 1996 For making me literally leap out of my seat, Brazil 2008 For the finest display of brilliant overtakes, Su...

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That's odd, this article says he has 39 out of 40: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2015/12/07/revealed-which-drivers-have-enough-superlicence-points-to-race-in-f1/ Fair enough though, I just based my post on that article above as I've generally found f1fanatic to be pretty reliable with data. I wouldn't...

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What do you class as a "low" team? Does being a teams only champion in nearly 20 years count? Right now any other driver on the grid would finish either first or second in the championship driving the car Hamilton is driving. And that would apply to the previous two seasons too. The only question i...

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Rosberg with a very familiar looking move :lol: It's the only way he knows to get past another car - run it off the track :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: It was identical to Austria, except Verstappen took extraordinary measures to go off track to avoid a collision, as opposed to Hamilton who said stuff yo...

dpastern

bleh, this isn't going to encourage closer racing and is a complete waste of time. Once again FIA doesn't get how to make the sport more closer and exciting...

dpastern

Spa is a no brainer imho. It's a track Hamilton is very good on, it's a power track (suiting the Mercedes car) and has overtaking opportunities. And of course, weather can always play into his hand with a wee bit of luck. The debate is whether to take a 1 or 2 engine penalty hit. To be honest, I thi...

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I'd have to disagree with the RBR engine - it's the 2nd best engine now, with better low end torque than either the Mercedes or Ferrari engines imho. What are you basing your opinion on? To be honest, going by Baku (which is as much a power track as it will get, going by how all Mercedes teams perf...

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It doesn't show that he cheated at all. It shows he didn't do what you wanted him to do, which is another thing entirely. But cheating? Not in the slightest. I understand the line of argument you're taking, but consider this: if you have a law (or rule), is cheating judged against that rule, or aga...

dpastern

I'd have to disagree with the RBR engine - it's the 2nd best engine now, with better low end torque than either the Mercedes or Ferrari engines imho. What are you basing your opinion on? To be honest, going by Baku (which is as much a power track as it will get, going by how all Mercedes teams perf...

dpastern

Judging by Nicos qualifying lap (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdGDL-1I-4s) Thanks for that link, it shows that Rosberg cheated and did not lift sufficiently in his qualifying lap imho. Useless FIA stewards who don't dare punish Rosberg... It doesn't show that he cheated at all. It shows he didn'...

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lamo wrote: Judging by Nicos qualifying lap (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdGDL-1I-4s)

Thanks for that link, it shows that Rosberg cheated and did not lift sufficiently in his qualifying lap imho. Useless FIA stewards who don't dare punish Rosberg...

dpastern

Mercedes: best engine, second best chasis Red Bull: third best engine, best chasis Ferrari: second best engine, third best chasis I'd have to disagree with the RBR engine - it's the 2nd best engine now, with better low end torque than either the Mercedes or Ferrari engines imho. Your chassis evalua...

dpastern

he's best off going with spa - high power circuit that suits the Mercedes engine and chassis, plenty of overtaking areas too. Plus, bonus is that the weather can really give him an advantage if it's a wet/intermediate race day and allow him to make up places that would be harder for him to do in the...

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Kvyat can be very fast, his problem is he is not consistent. Much like Kimi imho.

The problem is that Toro Rosso/RBR will sign a young driver without anywhere to go, to stop enemy teams from signing them...

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