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What happened with the tires at the end? Just couldn't get the right temps? He lost so much time on them. Otherwise, yeah, given the circumstances I think he did quite alright.

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No idea what the rules actually say, but in my mind it should be simple: after the first light comes on, any movement before the lights (start to) go out should be considered a jump start. If the transponder has inaccuracies, a camera based system should be fairly trivial to whip up in these AI/ML d...

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Sorry if this has already been covered but are they planning to remove DRS for 2021? During the interview with Ross Brawn by Martin Brundle over at Sky F1, this question was asked. Paraphrasing, his reply was that they're not removing it yet but their goal with the regulation changes is to reduce t...

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Randine wrote:Albon driving to around 6th each race (4th his best) is what most drivers on the grid could achieve in that car.

FWIW since joining Red Bull his average finishing position is 5.1. Personally I'd call that "around 5th".

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There is a huge difference between the 19 races completed by Albon and the 23 completed by Leclerc. Leclerc spent a full season in 1 team and then moved straight to Ferrari where he would have spent the entire winter and pre-season in the Ferrari environment and simulator which would have helped hi...

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It's kind of interesting the way it refers to Vettel's blistering starts but this time he was caught out by the unusually late delay on the lights going out as if Vettel has been anticipating the starts, then if you ally that to how far his car was able to roll without triggering the sensor it begs...

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One thing I noticed that really annoyed me this weekend was the focus on the top guys doing nothing while ignoring genuine action lower down the field. Di Resta pointed out that 4-5 cars were all within a few tenths of eachother and we were watching Vettel drive around all on his own. Cutting away ...

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Where's the fun in sports if things can't get a little heated. Gunther should have said the decision was stupid tho, and as such an apology would be in order. But not much more than that IMO.

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If Albon is wasting a seat, then surely so are the other 15 or so drivers... Yeah, and your point being? Well do know of 15 other drivers that you feel confident would do a better job than the current crop? Because barring a few pay drivers, I find it weird that the teams wouldn't pick up some of t...

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F1 Racer wrote:I would say Albon has a 0% chance of being a WDC, and perhaps a 20% chance of being a runner up in the WDC. He's wasting a seat it feels to me at the moment.

If Albon is wasting a seat, then surely so are the other 15 or so drivers...

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No changes needed IMHO. This wasn't much different from a car going off track and generating a yellow or red flag, which is part of the challenge with qualifying, ie getting a good lap in. Cars blocking should get penalized for that of course.

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As far as I'm concerned, to be considered an all time great he at least needs to put out an album that wins a Grammy album of the year award, and to win a season of Ex on the Beach. Anything less and he'll just be a very successful Formula 1 driver.

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Only reliable approach is to focus on standardizing non-critical components I think, and let the teams focus on the areas where they can find performance.

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tim3003 wrote:I thought one idea of the rule changes was to get rid of all the fiddly little aero-aids..

As I understand it, the primary goal is to make it easier to follow a car. A simpler front wing is a means to an end in this regard which just happens to have an aesthetic side effect some people are keen on.

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Jezza13 wrote:Hence my retraction of that statement 3 posts later.

Wups, missed it. I agree tho it looks stupid, but yeah, alternative is worse.

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12 days ago. https://au.motorsport.com/f1/news/marko-gasly-red-bull-kvyat/4503927/ The guys nothing but an evil cretin. I don't see how that's any different than how most management works. The soccer coach has the full confidence of the board until suddenly the day after he's fired, etc. It's a way...

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F1 Racer wrote:There Mercedes' dominance was so much that even poor and average drivers could have won a championship in that equipment.

Most likely. My point was that they wouldn't as long as Hamilton had a seat in it.

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Since 2014, he would have struggled to win with another car. And I'm certain Rosberg could not have done his WDC title in another car. On the flip side, there's been few others on the grid which I think would have seriously challenged him over those years. Alonso before he lost motivation. Vettel ce...

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Maybe Williams is ditching Mercedes engines because they want an engine partner that they can blame for their miserable performance? If switching to Renault loses them a few tenths here and there then that doesn't really mean much when you're seconds off the pace. I recall Russel crashing* the SkyF...

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I'm sure with last years race there was quite a few overtakes going into the chicane at the end of straight aided by a head wind, it was one of the better races last year. Ah, of course. Forgot I was on vacation, so watched 3 races in short order when I got home. Not ideal for recalling. In any eve...

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Maybe I'm just weird, but the red and blue stripes were so visually distracting that I had serious trouble focusing on the cars. Ended up just listening to the race. I totally forgot about last years race thinking this was the return to France, and well, was pretty forgettable this time around as we...

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j man wrote:Behind the scenes they could have spent whatever they wanted on developing their engines.

IIRC they were limited in how much they could run the engines in a relevant car. At least I recall this being one excuse mentioned for Honda's reliability issues.

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I don’t think he was right, but I respect his genuine opinion and emotion and I love that he acted off those emotions rather than offer commentary that wasn’t genuine or reflective of his state of mind. While I think Vettel goes a bit over the top at times, such as in Canada, it also tells me just ...

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Junglist wrote:It's almost like FOM selectively chose which bits to broadcast to create drama

Nooooooo they wouldn't do that, would they???

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UnlikeUday wrote:Race sets available with all drivers:

Source - http://www.imgur.com

I'm sure Leclerc is very pleased he's got four sets of new softs...

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Binotto came out and said it was an "error in judgement" not to send Charles out for another lap. They were trying to save a set of tires for tomorrow. Regardless of the car, I think Ferrari needs to work much harder on this aspect of their team. They often make poor calls, when to pit etc, and oft...

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Exediron wrote:Really? Because I think every single year someone associated with the Grand Prix is robbed at gunpoint. Do you think that happens at other tracks on the calendar?

That's really not acceptable IMO, regardless of track.

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Given the current sad state of Williams, to me it almost seems better for Ocon's F1 prospect to do something else for a year...

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sandman1347 wrote:
Lojik wrote:So she makes the tea?
Funny but she actually is a Petronas hire and is primarily there for the fuels.

So she makes the secret sauce!

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I forget stuff, does Toro Rosso have a track record for hiring non-Red Bull drivers? Based on the interviews with Marco I assumed they didn't, and as such TR would not be a viable option for drivers such as Ocon.

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How about simply build a carbon copy of the track somewhere with better security, and add a randomly activated sprinkler system to simulate the unique weather conditions. ... or just build it somewhere that also rains a lot? That sounds easier! True, but with an artifical system one could program i...

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How about simply build a carbon copy of the track somewhere with better security, and add a randomly activated sprinkler system to simulate the unique weather conditions.

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He did the same to the last two guys on that side of the paddock.

Seems to me it's mostly the mechanics he goes for, probably just going for the most familiar faces I presume.

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Thanks for the feedback!

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Anyone tried it out?

Getting Sky isn't an option for me, so this looks like a nice way to get official access. The onboard options look interesting too, like in China just now I'd rather want to follow Kimi's fight than watch a Ferrari drive around with no-one around him for the 15th lap in a row.

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Yeah, and none of this would have mattered if Hamilton's engine didn't go pop in Malaysia. If his engine holds up, he would have finished 23 points ahead of Nico in the final standings, even including all of his other bad luck that he had over Rosberg that year. And Massa would have comfortably won...

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He quit because he didn't want his legacy being tainted when he knew he had no chance against Hamilton given equal machinery and equal luck. I think that's a really unfair comment. Rosberg has said several times that Hamilton has more natural talent, and that his only chance is to work exceptionall...

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Anyone know what's going on with Ted? I'm not sure, but I don't miss him at all. Chandhok is doing a lot of what he did and I much prefer him. While I'm no super Ted fan, I often muted his semi-coherent ramblings, but what he did do was dig up info about the teams day for his notebook segment. So f...

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pokerman wrote:
neek wrote:Hahaha 'downshifts are very clunky' vs 'valtteri is very cocky'
Not great by di Resta.

Did you mean to say Crofty? It was Crofty that cocked up, and di Resta corrected him.

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JN23 wrote:How do you use team orders in qualifying?

Technically you could keep a car in the garage...

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