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Covalent wrote:
PzR Slim wrote:I'd say he's in a group of 4 or 5 who, on their day, can look like the best driver in F1.
Perfect way to put it, cheers.

I'm going to give this a

as well because it really is the only reasonable assessment (though I might change the number to 3 or 4).

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Being fast isn't enough. It's about getting those points at the end of the day. Which is what requires to become a WDC in a fast car, to get those points(plus wins, that's always good). It's funny when people thought Perez had the edge over Kobayashi in 2011, when this Japanese guy scored the major...

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No. Hamilton beat him fair & square. And Button thrashed him fairer and squarer. Yet all the past greats will agree that ultimately Hamilton is the better driver over their careers. Just as they would agree that Alonso is better than Hamilton. You can't judge on just one season. If you judged Senna...

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I hope that he understands how important this season is to his career. Make no mistake, he has a golden opportunity to have good results this year. It seems that he is currently driving the 3d best car on the grid. He has the chance to score points and possibly even make the podium. He has to produc...

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Shadowcast wrote:
Jomox wrote:No. Hamilton beat him fair & square.
Don't think he's talking about magic rookie seasons with no FAA involvement and on those days McLaren's "2 #1 drivers policy" at the time was screw with the tire pressures and qualy strategies of the non Brit.

Let's not do this again.

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And who cares if he beats schumacher? Beating an old man who has 10% of the speed he had, is no FEAT That old man is still one of the fittest guys out there and being in your 40's is not old. Many that age are still fitter then guys 20 years younger then them. If anything maybe hes lost 2 tenths ma...

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Must we go to extremes after every race? As though whatever happens on the most recent Sunday somehow represents the natural order of things? Alonso is a great driver. One would not be unreasonable to believe that he is the best in the world but there are 3 or 4 other guys who belong in that convers...

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If we assume that Perez is destined for that seat, I actually believe that the best way forward is to keep Massa for the remainder of the season. They should keep him and do everything they can to get him back in some kind of form because bringing the young Perez in mid-season would be a nightmare. ...

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Seemed they favored Jenson a bit even though he was 2nd, you can tell Hamiltons getting frustrated at McLaren. (Though was Hamiltons fault for his slow pitstop 1st one ) they doing all they can to get Button in front, today it backfired Don't be so daft. Hamilton hasn't had the luck in the first tw...

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Kimi is just fine. He already has the upper hand on Grossjean and if he can start in the first 2 or 3 rows, he has the ability to challenge for podiums already.

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Lewis was unfortunate in this race. If McLaren hadn't botched his first stop, he might have fared much better. None the less, in my opinion, he is in great shape for the championship. The McLaren is the fastest car in the dry and he is the faster of the two drivers as evidenced by his two pole posit...

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schnitt wrote:

This image is somewhat indicative of Felipe's role within the team. You can almost see Alonso kicking him in the head when he wants to go faster.

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Let them race unless they prove incapable of avoiding accidents. Jenson and Lewis have been free to race each other and, other than Canada 2011, they haven't taken each other out. Unless that starts happening, let them fight.

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I'll start by saying that I am not a Michael Schumacher fan. This season, Michael is going to go out with a bang. In my opinion, he clearly has the edge on Nico this year. I don't know if the car just suits him better or perhaps he finally has shaken off some of the rust that built up between 2006 a...

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... Thus, my belief that something was amiss with Lewis' side of the garage, which I believe has been borne out by subsequent revelations. Not that we will ever truly know the whole story. . . . What revelations? Have I missed something? Well they did reveal that it was a mechanical problem with Le...

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News Flash: Most racing drivers are selfish donkey openings. Some are just better at hiding it than others.

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This current Formula 2 series is a pointless joke that will never get anyone to F1. I'm pleasantly surprised by the continued success of the GP2 program. It has sustained itself for close to a decade now. It's run is beginning to rival that of F3000.

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They should just have all of the other teams jump them and beat the fairy cakes out of them.

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If you are the designated #1, your results will be far better than if you had equality with a teammate. That much is clear. The respect that you earn from beating a quick teammate is unparalleled though.

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I hate Derek Daly. I wish they would stop using him. That intro was awful. I almost puked when I watched it.

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Did I stumble into an alternate universe somehow? Why are there multiple posts that give the nod to Hamilton if it's wet, and Button if it's dry? Anyway it's too early to reliably predict races at this point. Oz didn't give a clear indication of the pecking order, as there were some, such as Kimi, ...

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You know, the next race can't come soon enough...

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If he was smart, he would try to steal Jenson's girl. Ever since Jense got with her in 2009, his career has skyrocketed! Meanwhile, Hamilton has seemed cursed by rotten luck since he got with Nicole late in his rookie year...

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The thing is, this is just one race. I know we've been waiting months for a grand prix but it's premature to suggest that Lewis cannot keep up with Jenson, cannot make the tires last or cannot win the WDC simply because he finished 3d in the opening race. If Jenson continues to beat him over the ne...

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Toby. wrote:So which podium has had the most of championships on it?

USA 1991

Senna-2, Prost-3, Piquet-3

If Schumi makes the podium this year, they'll break that record.

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What's with all the Dr. Phil stuff? IT'S ONE RACE! For all you know, Lewis might dominate Jenson for the rest of the season. At least wait a few races before you start trying to explain things. Has this tabloid-style knee-jerk sensationalism infested every corner of the internet? Look, Jenson simply...

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He's a racer. He was trying to take 5th place from Alonso. We can beat him up about it and certainly, in hindsight, he should have backed off but I, for one, like racers.

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No one has pointed out the real problem with Pirellis. It's not that they are disreputable tires. There have been disreputable tires in F1 before. It's that they reach a cliff and suddenly the car loses 4 seconds per lap. It creates some artificial excitement on track sometimes but it makes tire man...

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The thing is, this is just one race. I know we've been waiting months for a grand prix but it's premature to suggest that Lewis cannot keep up with Jenson, cannot make the tires last or cannot win the WDC simply because he finished 3d in the opening race. If Jenson continues to beat him over the nex...

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I think that all of the teams are still in a feeling out phase. They didn't seem to know how the tires would behave or how long they would last. There also seems to be some mistakes made with regards to fuel loads. I don't think the pecking order is clear at all just yet.

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I think either button would have stayed about 2 secs back, waited for lewis tryes to wear out early. Then when lewis pits do fast laps and take him during the pitstop. Or more likely hound lewis as soon as his tryes start to go and button take P1 before the pitstops. (happened last year I believe)....

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Kobayashi's biggest problem is the stereotype that he has been burdened with. People, for whatever reason, just assume that Japanese drivers are reckless and inconsistent. Even though he clearly does not fit that description, people saddle him with it anyway. even though he is outperforming Perez, t...

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This is fantastic analysis. What I don't understand is how Hamilton never had a fastest lap - isn't his McLaren as fast as Button's or did he draw a short stick and get a slower one? We should have seen a 50/50 distribution or something close to it. Am I misreading the graph? I think you've misunde...

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I posted in another thread that I think Massa needs to be sacked and they should rotate Perez and Kobayashi between the Ferrari and Sauber seats, with Gutierrez taking the second Sauber seat. I think you would be wasting your time if you tried to rotate them. Neither one of them would be able to su...

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You know the really stupid thing about this thread? It's going to go back and forth between races depending on what happens. Right now we have people talking about Jenson beating Lewis as though the season is over. They're talking about Lewis being immature and overrated. If Lewis wins next week, Je...

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F1 now rewards the smoother drivers who are easy on their tires and punishes the ragged edge drivers. I remember that with Bridgestones, Jenson often struggled to get heat into his tires. Now he's right in his comfort zone. Vettel is another super-smooth driver that really seems to mesh well with th...

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I think either button would have stayed about 2 secs back, waited for lewis tryes to wear out early. Then when lewis pits do fast laps and take him during the pitstop. Or more likely hound lewis as soon as his tryes start to go and button take P1 before the pitstops. (happened last year I believe)....

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Start wad a driver error, but pit stops were unlucky. He still didn't have the pace of button though. Haven't you learned the value of clean air? When you are in front, you will always be faster than if you were behind someone. Your aero performance, tire degradation and engine performance are all ...

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this for me isnt a panic after one race, it was also evident last season that lewis was striggling with these tryes. He now has a good car but his problem now his teammate loves these tryes. So eg. lewis could have drove all out in the first stint, he would have kept up with button and maybe have e...

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