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Wow! That doesn't even look real

And we wonder why they have trouble racing side by side anymore...

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Interesting data! We also see demonstrated here one of the limitations of teammate comparisons: Ocon was already quicker than Perez at the beginning of his career, but we now see that Ocon isn't any quicker than Gasly and potentially slower, but Gasly was significantly worse against a weaker version...

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Ferrari is Ferrari. The dream of driving for Ferrari has almost never been driven by witnessing their glories. 2000 - 2008 is by far Ferrari's best ever period. The only other period of sustained success they've enjoyed was 1974 - 1979. I wager that is a generation thing. How many young fans and dr...

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Ford can wave it's Rainbow flag painted dick around all it's wants but being a partner within Red Bull Powertrains doesn't grant it access to internal Red Bull Racing matters, it isn't involved in Red Bull Racing. American far-left politics doesn't override the privacy protection afforded by Europe...

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I've gone for 23. I think they'll have by far the best car, but some stupid misfortune will once again conspire to prevent them from sweeping the season.

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What the public want is very different from what Formula 1 is, which is actually very strange since Formula 1 depends on the public. To paraphrase some guy that (according to FOM) no one who follows F1 has ever heard of, "It is amazing how may fans, even those of Formula One itself, think that Form...

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I've gone with 2014, although I feel slightly dirty for doing it, since a safety car was the main reason the race was so exciting

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good gravy. lol on topic, i’m surprised this issue isn’t settled yet. one way, or the other. i’m thinking there are some serious power struggles going on behind the scenes at RB since DM passed Yes, surely Red Bull can't go into the season with this ongoing. According to autosport, Ford seems to ag...

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Yes by season end Alpine could have a stockpile of 2 good juniors they won't give a seat to as it is. it's amazing anyone even joins the Alpine academy, considering what a dead end it's proven to be so far. But I suppose it just reinforces the broken nature of getting into F1 these days. Even a jun...

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I've gone with Verstappen and Hamilton, and am somewhat surprised to see that I'm the first Hamilton vote out of 3 so far. Verstappen needs no explanation. There's effectively no chance he loses this. At Mercedes, I personally haven't seen any clear improvement from Russell since he joined, and whil...

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God damn, I know it's 'only testing' but.... ominous sign for the rest of the grid that is. Jeeeeez Marko reckons Red Bull are just 3 tenths clear of the field, still not great. Sadly I suspect that will be with a dose of expectation management. Yeah, the way F1 teams talk, for him to openly admit ...

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Haven't see it posted here, but the price of F1TV has been increased from €65 to €95. It was a really good deal when it first came out, with this price increase it has dropped to an okay level, but nothing more. Further increases are surely underway. More sprint weekends! Yay ... More races at bori...

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Strider wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 21, 2024 5:19 pm
Two and a half-years and 51 (FIFTY-ONE!!) pages later I see there is nothing new to be discovered or discussed.

I'm with you, but last time I stated as much, I got shouted down by thread regulars who insist that apparently some new discussion has actually taken place...

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I'm back, hopefully leading No Limit Excedrin Racing to a record-extending fourth teams' championship. Whenever Jenson's Understeer checks in, I expect to announce that we'll be returning with the same (usually) highly successful lineup as last year.

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Since we are on the topic of age discourse and how young drivers are when they begin racing, I find an interesting comparison between Jacques Villeneuve and Bruno Senna. Both began driving go karts when they were very young, like as young as Max (when they were five), both grew up in racing familie...

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Wouldn't it be ironic if Merc were right all along with their sidepod concept but just couldn't work out how to integrate properly with the car, meanwhile Newey's reaslised Merc were onto something & has been quietly working away on it in the background for the last 2 years getting the concept sort...

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The allegation is horrendous if proven right: 1758500680724054406 If true - IF - then it seems to be a slam dunk against Horner. Only thing that can save him is a big settlement and RBR desperately wanting to keep him but in my eyes that would be regressive and wrong. Clearly none of us really know...

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Probably gonna be alonso replacing Hamilton at Mercedes you'd say realistically, he is pretty much the only driver without a contract for 2025 currently. Also a nice stop gap if Antonelli performs in F2. It would also be very interesting to see Alonso up against Russell to see how that match up pla...

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1. Age is at least valuable as experience if not more. Gasly was 20 months older than Verstappen when they were teammates in 2019 (almost two years). He had also began his F1 career in 2017. There is little to no reason to believe why Verstappen was any closer to his peak in 2019 than Gasly was. 2....

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Then reverted to type in the final race, however such a break through but then she's going to be competing just against other women this coming season where surely she will stagnate while the 15/16 year olds she's been competing against will only get better, what was the point? To get her feet wet ...

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The last paragraph is irrelevant as Bottas >> Perez_2023. The entire argument that Perez isn’t good is based on his record against Verstappen, as his record against anyone else is more than respectable, including Button. You're being a little disingenuous here, as usual when the topic of Verstappen...

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Yeah, it's a good looker for sure. I think they've finally hit on the right mix of silver and black.

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FormulaFun wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 14, 2024 8:29 pm
The only reason I can see for not signing Alonso is that they thing he will upset the team dynamics too much

Or if Antonelli wins F2 as a rookie, leaving him nowhere to go for 2025 if he doesn't get the seat.

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Well Pin got her first win after on-track winner was penalised, but still a Pole and fastest Lap to go with it is pretty good. There are a few female drivers doing the Formula Winter Series as prep and it started this weekend at Jerez. Schreiner: 17/38, 29/36, 25/36 Bustamente: 35/38, 26/36, 30/36 ...

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Jezza13 wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 14, 2024 6:55 am
Quote from Eccleston on the matter, for what it's worth.

Can it have negative value? I'm slightly less likely to believe that statement than I would have been if Ecclestone had never spoken.

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I'm not going bold here. Leclerc at Ferrari, Norris at McLaren. I expect Leclerc to sustain his current advantage, or potentially even grow it; he'll have the full support and confidence of the team, and Sainz will have to be at least a little bit on the out in terms of developmental parts since he'...

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My general impression - Charles can be very fast, but goes over the edge too often, and that's a very limiting factor. The way I see it, this will come down to precisely where the raw speed overlap between Hamilton and Leclerc lies. Personally, I expect Leclerc to be quicker. But I also expect him ...

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Good looking car. They've kept it mostly classic, but the white / yellow stripe accents are an effective addition.

Also nice to see less naked carbon fiber for a change! I hope it's a flex that they're well under the weight limit already, not a decision to prioritize style over speed...

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Digging this one back up. I just logged into PF1 forums for the first time in a long time. And realized it had been 10 years. wow. I also realized this was the last thread I commented in and then stopped, as I did stop watching F1 for a long time. Made me realize that the Bianchi accident obviously...

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I think alonsos declined - do we really think prime alonso gets outqualified by ocon? Yep, Alonso, whilst still being great, has definitely declined at least a little and definitely in out right pace over one lap. I also think it's entirely plausible that Hamilton has already declined a little as w...

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Eh, maybe. There's a big gap between having considered driving for Ferrari (as a great way to end a career by completing a trifecta of successful teams) and having a childhood dream of being a Ferrari driver. But I think when you sign for Ferrari, you're required to say both that it has been a lifel...

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Ok so that does clarify it a little. So to me that indicates he's not concerned with racing Verstappen head-to-head in equal machinery but that it's more to do with doing it at RB, & that it's tough to be competitive with an entrenched top-line teammate straight out of the gates. Both are perfectly...

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Well Pin got her first win after on-track winner was penalised, but still a Pole and fastest Lap to go with it is pretty good. There are a few female drivers doing the Formula Winter Series as prep and it started this weekend at Jerez. Schreiner: 17/38, 29/36, 25/36 Bustamente: 35/38, 26/36, 30/36 ...

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Exactly as I said Alonso will probably start to decline when he's 44, your reply was that you can see decline in Hamilton because of the mistakes he makes unlike Alonso, then we had to show the mistakes that Alonso has been making. Yes, yes, yes, more diversion tactics to demonstrate you will never...

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Verstappen got beat twice by Ricciardo. One full season. But personally I think given his age and experience levels that only counts very minorly against him. They were teammates for 17 races that more often than not counted as a full season in F1, I was being as matter of fact as Button, Rosberg a...

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Well I've looked show me, I only saw someone saying that at 44 we can expect Alonso to start declining. This was my original reply. Notice how Alonso is conspicuously absent. With Schumacher there were clear signs of his decline and the same may be true of Hamilton already. I take into account that...

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Hire women for more diversity in high pressure environment/job, get #MeToo'd. Dead sound. It has that feel in today's climate. Simple solution: Don't sexually harass them. Job done, no #MeToo. Was she sexually harassed that seems not to be determined, Horner supposedly didn't like the way she condu...

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Jezza13 wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 11, 2024 8:55 am

UnlikeUday wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 11, 2024 7:02 am
Eddie Jordan is suggesting Vettel as the best short term replacement at Mercedes.
"Crosses Vettel off list"

Yeah, no. Great guy Vettel, but he was worse than several other options by the time he left F1, and there's no reason to think he'll have got any better during the time off.

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pokerman wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 10, 2024 9:55 pm

ChapmanBaxter wrote: ↑
Fri Feb 09, 2024 3:35 pm
Hire women for more diversity in high pressure environment/job, get #MeToo'd. Dead sound.
It has that feel in today's climate.

Simple solution: Don't sexually harass them. Job done, no #MeToo.

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The problem is that almost every GOAT contender has at least one serious bullet-hole in their legacy. Schumacher: Jerez 1997, no competitive teammate Senna: Suzuka 1990, probably a ban worthy action. Clark: lost to Moss when he had factory support Hamilton: lost to Button, Rosberg and Russell, none...

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