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Prost and Alboreto could both have been in the 200 club with the amount of race weekends they drove at but failed to start a few. Right Prost lost his job with Ferrari end 1991 being replaced by Morbidelli for the last GP otherwise he would have had exactly 200! I believe he also missed a race or 2...

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Interesting thread however doing some research on the McLaren M23 it was used from 1973 until 1977 by McLaren and from 1977 until 1978 by non-works teams. The last 3 races were driven by Piquet for BS Fabrications. A total of 83 GP's for this chassis. More impressive than holding the win record stil...

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If Prost drove 1 more race he would be first or second in my list.

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Nice idea!

1. Schumacher
2. Alonso
3. Piquet
4. Button
5. Raikkonen
6. Rosberg
7. Berger
8. Barrichello
9. Webber
10. Alesi
11. Coulthard
12. Massa
13. Fisichella
14. Patrese
15. De Cesaris
16. Trulli

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TBH, from your list te only driver I think has shown enough to stay is Botas. Gutierrez is close, but the others are really just filling in. The two Merc drivers who have been bulled up so much, still do not do it for me. Everyone else is just your run of the mill throughput and will probably drift...

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Imo many of the F1 drivers could be beaten in other categories of racing, esp karts, even by ' unknown' young drivers. Specialisation is underestimated; what one does evry day. Remember Barrichello around 2014 being beaten by The Stig in that little a Nissan (?) saloon car? Rubens got rudely slamme...

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No it's more of a speculation and wish thread than the official thread about the line-up for next season. Of the drivers not being confirmed for next year and still being considered in the running: Grosjean, Gutierrez, Wehrlein, Ocon, Haryanto, Magnussen, Palmer, Ericsson, Nasr, Kvyat, Bottas 11 spo...

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Mansell might not have been the strongest at Monaco, 1992 should have been his victory but a botched pitstop put him behind Senna handing the latter the win. He was strong at his home race and rotten luck in Suzuka. Damon Hill was strong at Hungary qualifying the uncompetitive Brabham for the last t...

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Very interesting to read the replies here. I would also like to see drivers in same equipment but not in a 1 race event. Ideally it could be part of a racing weekend so we can see them over different tracks and by preference in karts as it is probably the purest form of racing (at least Senna said i...

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No talk of any of the drivers from this series a possibility for F1 teams next year despite they were hot property when it was still run by Renault. Leader is a French driver Tom Dillmann who I first thought was Dutch. But look at the names of some others: Roy Nissany: son of Chanoch Nisssany who at...

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Still so many drivers not confirmed. Haas said they were going to decide after Monza but haven't heard anything still. Grosjean looks a certainty, Gutierrez however would be a surprise if he stays. GP2 runner-up Giovinazzi seems like an exciting prospect for them? Williams well Bottas seems very lik...

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If this happens we might have a Force Mexico in the future?
I also hope it happens so we don't need to hear during winter break about Mallya and the troubles with his companies.

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Let's see if he is as good as he is "said" to be. A young sensation was touted to be one of thinnest best things in F1 and he's not doing so well in a yellow car in his first season, but the car is a bit of a dog and difficult to manage in most regards. It is uncertain if he will be given a 2nd sea...

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The whole thing feels like Ron dangling a carrot to keep the commercial benefits that Jenson brings without paying him a drivers salary. He's not had a driver so popular with their (remaining) sponsors for a long time. He won't want to lose the few £ he's got coming in on these transition years... ...

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Black_Flag_11 wrote:
Oasis wrote:My personal guess (although I am no professional gambler) is that its down to 2 drivers.
I would go further and say short of a lot of bad luck for one driver, it's already decided.

Well that one driver did cock up his own start though.

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Dan the man

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The problem with Rubens was that in his whole Ferrari career he had Schumi as his teammate and if there was unreliability it was usually Rubens' car. Rubens undeniably better in the wet and better pre-Ferrari career. I think Rubens had much more potential to become WDC than Massa even though only Ma...

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Not sure why Bottas is worthy, he went backwards... Even if it was one place. I believe he should have beat Ric. Rosberg and Ric but I didn't see much of anyone else. I did vote for Bottas as well as Ricciardo and Rosberg. I thought that Bottas would struggle to stay ahead of both Red Bulls as Ricc...

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Stoffel was on the Belgian TV channel RTBF (French spoken) in the commentary seat for the Italian GP. Actually they often do ask him for the job. Of course his recent signing as F1 racing driver was frequently brought up. I enjoy his commentary but I will surely look forward to his first full F1 sea...

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No one stood really stood out, they all finsihed pretty close to their starting positions. Massa gained 2 places over his starting position but given Bottas started 5th he was a bit out of place there. Button starting 15th and finishing 12th right behind Grosjean. Not sure what problems Alonso had b...

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Button sabbatical, Vandoorne signs for McLaren, I guess that puts Perez a bit more in the frame again for Williams?

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Well he is not going to retire officially

http://www.planetf1.com/news/vandoorne- ... abbatical/

That means he isn't interested in the Williams seat.

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Well at last I would say:

http://www.planetf1.com/news/vandoorne- ... abbatical/

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UnlikeUday wrote:
Amon wrote:It shows how static the championship fights are:
1-2 Mercedes
3-6 RBR & Ferrari
7-10 Williams
11-16 McLaren, STR, Haas
17-18 Renault
19-22 Manor, Sauber
The hierarchy would change depending if it rains or tyre wear.

We haven't really been spoilt with much rain so far

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It shows how static the championship fights are:
1-2 Mercedes
3-6 RBR & Ferrari
7-10 Williams
11-16 McLaren, STR, Haas
17-18 Renault
19-22 Manor, Sauber

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Well the right decision for him. I was never a fan of him and yeah he did come close in 2008 but I felt that championship was more or less decided by which team/driver made the least mistakes rather than who drove best. Anyway wish him luck in whatever he is going to do next. Who to take his seat, i...

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The fault lies in making the cars so aero dependant and the dirty air it creates. If they manage to reduce the aero issues I'm more than happy that DRS is dropped and we shouldn't be talking about DRS zones any more.

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While Kimi was certainly good, there is too many if and buts involved. A race isn't won on Saturday and no points are given for a good qualifying. The race is all that matters. Hulk got 4th on merit. Could have been a podium if Lewis had not been taken advantage so much of all the mayhem and SC.

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Bottas was the next big thing in F1. A shoe in at Ferrari. That was 2 years ago. Is Massa driving in career best form in 2014 and 2015, or is Bottas just not the man we thought he was? However to say that is to write off Bottas... I think Bottas and Massa have been majorly flattered by their cars l...

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Williams
Massa certainly is the weakest link at Williams. But Bottas is only slightly better. If they can they should sign an experienced top driver (not Massa) and a promising young driver (not Bottas).

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Alonso on 4 he started dead last wow.

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Yeah indeed huge crash and that under virtual safety car so imagine that at race speed...
And now Max blaming Seb for the incident with the Ferraris. I do think Max was a bit too optimistic to try to overtake them again.

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I stumbled upon it and stumbled on this thread today. :-) Watched 75% of it so far. I'm glad he's given the chance to counter-balance "Senna" a bit. The part where he says Senna changed/showed his personality after Prost retired is very interesting. It just sounds much more real and nuanced then mo...

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Fiki wrote:
SnakeSVT2003 wrote:I know there will be a degree of bias in it, but I hope it doesn't go as far with the bias as "Senna" did.
We'll let you know.

I have recorded it hopefully come around watching it in the weekend.

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I know there are some Belgian and Dutch people around here so I just wanted to share the news there will be a documentary about 4 times F1 WDC Alain Prost. http://www.canvas.be/alain-prost-racing-through-life Next to his racing career he will talk about his passions outside professional racing such ...

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I think it was just a case on not being able to quite adapt to an F1 car, Despite Indy and F1's cars looking fairly similar, they are very different beasts to drive and not only that but the tracks are vastly different so an entirely different driving style would be required. I'm not saying it's im...

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And what happens to the other 10 on the calendar? Are those picked by luck of the draw? While I do like your choices I am not sure why Singapore for the sole reason it is a night race? If USA is there you can't leave out Brazil IMO. Apologies. You ONLY have 10 races so the rest of the calendar gets...

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And what happens to the other 10 on the calendar? Are those picked by luck of the draw?
While I do like your choices I am not sure why Singapore for the sole reason it is a night race?
If USA is there you can't leave out Brazil IMO.

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Zanardi had outings in F1 from 1991-1994 for Jordan, Minardi and Lotus never competing a full season though always being the replacement driver and being overshadowed by his teammates. With 6th as best result in 25 races and also 2 DNQ's I don't think he was a great talent for F1. Despite big succes...

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This brings up something I think F1 should experiment with - Non-championship rounds. It would be a great way to try new things, halo, qualifying ideas, drivers etc, without the fear of reprisals. There was a time until the early 80's when there were non-championship rounds. The regular F1 season s...

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