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Altair

Stroll.

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Congratulations to Mercedes for winning the Constructors Championship!

Well done!

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No passing even with a safety car restart.

Ha.

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Sad thing here is I was going to get tickets and go to the Canadian grand prix.

But if I'm going to nap I would rather do it for free at home.

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Rockie wrote:Ferrari is hopeless!

No.

There is hope that they can beat gasly.

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pokerman wrote:
Altair wrote:If the Ferraris crash into each other the race might be more interesting.
Not at all rather see which one comes out on top.

Team orders favors Vettel.

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If the Ferraris crash into each other the race might be more interesting.

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I know this thread is tongue in cheek but some of the ideas basically vindicate the FIA's position that the show is more important than the sport and it makes for depressing reading. This is what brought us cheese tyres and DRS, for example. F1 doesn't need gimmicks. It needs a bit more ambition ap...

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1-2 again.

3-5 verstapen Leclerc and vettel.

Every race is the same.

So very exciting!

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All joking aside, I hope Ocon has some kind of plan B. He is not likely to get that Mercedes drive for 2020 and no matter how hot of a prospect you are, no driver can afford to take 2 years on the sidelines this early in their career. I'd imagine Haas or perhaps Toro Rosso might be the best bet for...

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Maybe the front runners crash into each other and we get a interesting race.

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At this stage, I think we have to acknowledge that Ferrari, overall, seem less competitive with Mercedes this year than they were in either 2017 or 2018. Ferrari have had one weekend (Bahrain) where they were clearly best of the best but Mercedes have clearly had the edge in 4 of the 5 rounds. I ca...

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Here's another radical idea.... Get rid of blue flags! It'll make the fight for the lead a little more interesting and with DRS, if someone can't lap a car, there really is something wrong. the main complaint about this era is how hard it is to overtake. But this can also be a strength. Putting the...

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F1 is in its biggest crisis since beginning. The current technological breakthroughs make the fair racing impossible. The team with biggest budget, attracting best engineers, would have best technology and best car. It sucks. I am afraid that the only solution to make the grid more even is to have ...

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Mercedes-Benz wrote:0.8 secs is pretty shocking gap. Ferrari are looking worse than previous years. Monaco they will do well to even get podium? Canada could suit Ferrari.

Constructors Champship will be wrapped up by then.

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What I was thinking earlier today is a mix of the quali we have today and reverse championship position. So if you're e.g. 5th in the championship and qualify 3rd, your starting position is (20-5+3)/2= 9th. This would also mean that the highest the championship leader can get is 10th. In case of du...

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Frenk Biber wrote:Give the manifacturers no say or vote in the regulations. While making up the regulations: if there's a choice between simple and complicted: choose simple.

That's so simple its brilliant, and a very radical idea indeed.

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Getting PIRELLI out of F1 will be a start! No need to get them out, just let anyone provide tires Nah they need to go, I dont want to see a repeat of '05 where certain cars work on certain tracks. The problem with pirelli is that everyone is stuck with them due to their monopoly, and the solution w...

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Rockie wrote:Getting PIRELLI out of F1 will be a start!

No need to get them out, just let anyone provide tires

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Completely radical ideas that would lead to more interesting racing. Ideas that would never get approved but would be fun to watch. I have one. Scrap qualifying. Get rid of it. Reverse order the results of the last race. Won the last race? Start 20th on the grid. Finished last? Start first. Apply ma...

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https://www.planetf1.com/news/mercedes-are-not-talking-ourselves-down/ Home News ‘Mercedes are not talking ourselves down’ SHARE THIS ARTICLE ‘Mercedes are not talking ourselves down’ Date published: May 7 2019 Toto Wolff insists Mercedes are not trying to downplay their form in their battle with ...

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The only good news is the pundits have switched from the Ferrari is fastest and its just mistakes keeping then down to the farce of the which Mercedes wins the champions. You didn't see Leclerc crash in qualifying then? I saw it. Leclerc is winning the moral victories championship by a mile. But th...

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The only good news is the pundits have switched from the Ferrari is fastest and its just mistakes keeping then down to the farce of the which Mercedes wins the champions. You didn't see Leclerc crash in qualifying then? I saw it. Leclerc is winning the moral victories championship by a mile. But th...

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You simply can't see beyond the results can you? You love to quote the four 1-2 finishes and use that as evidence of sandbagging while wilfully ignoring the fact that Ferrari (Leclerc in particular) could have won two of those races had it not been for a combination of driver errors, unreliability ...

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You simply can't see beyond the results can you? You love to quote the four 1-2 finishes and use that as evidence of sandbagging while wilfully ignoring the fact that Ferrari (Leclerc in particular) could have won two of those races had it not been for a combination of driver errors, unreliability ...

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Toto on German TV saying Ferrari is on the same level as their cars. First 4 races Toto: Ferrari are ahead. Mercedes the first 4 races 1-2. Toto: Never mind, they are on our level. Sandbagging liar. Calm down :lol: This is me calmly stating the fact that Mercedes up and down their organization are ...

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Toto on German TV saying Ferrari is on the same level as their cars. First 4 races Toto: Ferrari are ahead. Mercedes the first 4 races 1-2. Toto: Never mind, they are on our level. Sandbagging liar. Calm down :lol: This is me calmly stating the fact that Mercedes up and down their organization are ...

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Ferrari have invited the pressure by saying things like "We believe we have the potential in the car but haven't unlocked it yet". It makes it look a bit embarassing for them. Imagine an Italian bloke showing off by trying to do the moonwalk, only to fail and claim it's the wrong kind of floor and ...

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Toto on German TV saying Ferrari is on the same level as their cars. First 4 races Toto: Ferrari are ahead. Mercedes the first 4 races 1-2. Toto: Never mind, they are on our level. Sandbagging liar. Calm down :lol: This is me calmly stating the fact that Mercedes up and down their organization are ...

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Toto on German TV saying Ferrari is on the same level as their cars.

First 4 races

Toto: Ferrari are ahead.

Mercedes the first 4 races 1-2.

Toto: Never mind, they are on our level.

Sandbagging liar.

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What is is with Toto's face when Bottas beats hamilton 1-2 in qualifying, 1-2 in the race? Every time one of these happens, he just has a firm stare and looks as if he has to put a fake smile on because of the reactions around him. He honestly looks more happy than this when he sees Hamilton win a ...

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The only good news is the pundits have switched from the Ferrari is fastest and its just mistakes keeping then down to the farce of the which Mercedes wins the champions.

Altair

What is is with Toto's face when Bottas beats hamilton 1-2 in qualifying, 1-2 in the race? Every time one of these happens, he just has a firm stare and looks as if he has to put a fake smile on because of the reactions around him. He honestly looks more happy than this when he sees Hamilton win a ...

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Mercedes have done an excellent job yet again with the second fastest car on the grid. We're judging cars on free practice glory runs now it seems. Nothing today suggested that Mercedes had a deficit and in fact their race pace tended to confirm the FP race sims where they were faster than anyone e...

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Not that impressed with Leclerc so far this season. Sometimes he has buckets of pace but he's still raw ( as was expected ). Right now both Merc drivers are outdriving both Ferrari drivers, no problem. Indeed but don't be surprised to see neither drivers get any credit, whilst the mistakes of the F...

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Not that impressed with Leclerc so far this season. Sometimes he has buckets of pace but he's still raw ( as was expected ). Right now both Merc drivers are outdriving both Ferrari drivers, no problem. Indeed but don't be surprised to see neither drivers get any credit, whilst the mistakes of the F...

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Jezza13 wrote:No it wasn't me who voted for Riccardo

It was me who voted for Riccardo.

At least he made the last few laps of a very boring race slightly interesting.

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So at what point do Mercedes lock up the championship?

Im guessing British and Russian grand prix

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How exactly? He could not make 10s back let alone 36s for the pitstop time! Have you just listened to Leclerc's post race interview with Chandhok? Yup and he was talking rubbish there. He came out on soft tyres and could not touch Max's laptime at one point he was about 7/10th slower than Vettel an...

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Jezza13 wrote:Although I kind of expect Hamilton to start to stretch his legs from Spain onwards, if Bottas keeps up the new attitude, we could be in for an interesting season.

You could see already Hamilton & Bottas have backed off a bit on the chat side.

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