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But it has also arguably created a more interesting qualifying & race by having an effect on some drivers. It gives them less chance to perfect their setup/driving. Maybe even get rid of P3, replace the time before qualifying on Saturday with an additional support series. Then just have one 2 hour ...

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Speaking of track invaders, I wonder what happened to the guy who crossed track during practice before Chinese GP?

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I think she did a good job in the Williams. I'm just a bit disappointed in the words she used for not getting the chance, blaming it on external factors instead of doing a bit of introspection: I wanted and fought very hard to make it onto that starting grid but the events at the start of this year...

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Grosjean isn't going for Haas, he's off to Ferrari in 2017, via Haas team in 2016. At least that's his plan - will he pull it off? Who knows, because it's quite bold decision to take, but hopefully he can do this.

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he did not drop the wheel into dirt but he indeed was close to the edge of the asphalt. He recovered from that corner wheelspin way before the 2nd correction he had to make. Kimi's onboard cam shows him making the next correction around 7 meters before the DRS line, the point of likely bump from Al...

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But it wasn't working during the accident.

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I would go against the tide and recollect that nearly all of the fatalities and serious injuries in the past were related to head injuries. Ayrton Senna (fatal) Michelle Alboretto (non-F1, but fatal due to decapitation in the open cockpit) Felipa Massa (non fatal but close) Henry Surtees (F3000, fa...

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He has to put Hamilton in - Lewis matched him in his rookie season, so underrating Hamilton would in effect underrate him as well. It's the same reason Lewis is always so positive about him in return; to a certain degree, their reputations are tied together, and they both benefit from talking the o...

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Then:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfXq0BX_k6c

Nowadays:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD17cX9MvNg

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It wasn't too hard, it was too lenient. Should be a drive through penalty at least, returning on racing line after not completing overtaking is a big no-no.

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As well, think back to Hulkenbergs sole Pole Position and how exciting it was. That was only possible thanks to fuel strategies, regardless of how superficial it was. It was a great moment for us fans and even more so for Williams. Ekhm, Hulkenberg was on pole position in 2010, first season since 1...

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FringeUK wrote:apologies for the long post - been a long day......

No need to apologise, it is absolutely fantastic post and I agree with every single word

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It's not a track's fault Pirelli tyres are awful and drivers can't even follow each other within 1 second for longer periods of time on such low speed circuit. If you have drivers lapping within 1 second throughout whole race, and almost whole field doing 1:19-20s on all 78 laps, then you should bla...

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We can bring in durable tyres without having to bring in refuelling. They aren't mutually exclusive. Precisely. With current tyres it doesn't matter if there's refuelling or not. It would be just lapping 2 seconds quicker because of lower fuel load than now at the start of races, but still several ...

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Vettel Fan wrote:it makes for different race strategies which in turn could be exciting.

Were you watching any F1 in 1994-2008 period? I was and 95% strategies were absolutely indentical with very little fight for positions, because everyone was waiting for fuel stop. From 2017 these processions will return.

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The greater cornering speeds were because of greater downforce, the greater downforce made it very hard for the cars to follow closely through the corners and thus made it extremely hard to overtake, so perhaps the cars were better to watch in isolation but they didn't make for great racing. Newey ...

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There is even no need to compare them to F1 cars from the past. GP2 from few seasons ago is great reference to how bad current situation is. GP2 pole lap from 2007 - 1:27.713, faster than McLarens, Force Indias would only qualify 3rd and 4th on that grid GP2 pole lap from 2008 - 1:27.547, Maldonado ...

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"I have worked with him for many years and I am still seeing him develop and it's good to see. "That's a lad with 10 years-plus experience of driving Formula 1 cars, who is still able to develop and get better and better." " What we are seeing at the minute is definitely the best Felipe Massa that ...

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In 2014 this was never the case, they could run flat out lap after lap - so what went wrong? There is no such a thing as running flat out in Pirelli era. In 2015, after a year's worth of data of the new engines, Pirelli knew what to expect from the engines and this year have been able to design tyr...

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And so is squeaking.

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Kimi looks really miserable in the interview... He may look like he's cool and not bothered generally, but he perfectly knows what's up. 2 races in, his team mate is 2nd in championship with first win for Ferrari since almost 2 years, while he has all sorts of problems and languishes already 30 poi...

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And you think last year in FP3 Mercedes were pushing 100% with all settings cranked up to the max?

Also, don't forget quali last year was wet, so stating about how much they improve from Q1 to Q3 is not an argument, because they couldn't do it in 2014.

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Maybe if Bernie gets his wish and every single GP weekend is wet. Because on dry Sainz was monstering Verstappen - nothing to be worried about though, as most notable drivers were always struggling on their first appearence in Malaysia.

Nice overreaction

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Is it bad luck when your team mate is first in the queue waiting for green light, while you were released in the middle pack, knowing everyone will be racing on the outlap, because rain is imminent?

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These cars are faster than the 2014 cars so there has got to be a decent explanation. I've read that track temps are a lot higher than last year, impacting the times negatively. That being said, it's still free practice. Isn't it much hotter this year than last year? Thought I'd heard someone (Paul...

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As qualifying in Malaysia last year was washed out, we can now compare times from all 3 practice sessions. 2014 Mercedes 1:39.0 Ferrari 1:39.9 Red Bull 1:40.0 Williams 1:40.1 2015 Mercedes 1:39.7 - 0.7s slower Ferrari 1:40.2 - 0.3s slower Red Bull 1:40.3 - 0.3s slower Williams 1:40.4 - 0.3s slower T...

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Yeah... Wolff - 2 times in points in 72 races over 7 seasons in DTM Jorda - 0 times in points in 46 races over 3 seasons in GP3 de Silvestro - 13 times in Top10, 1 second place in 68 races over 4 seasons in IndyCar Ericsson - 17 times in points, 2 pole positions, 3 wins, 6 second places, 4 third pla...

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So it was not just a 'bad luck' in Australia, Arrivabene calls it 50-50:

http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-web ... ained.html

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You serious? Australia - Outqualified by a KERSless Webber. Went off at T1 during the race. Malaysia - outqualified by Webber, hits Karthikeyan during the race. China - outqualified by Webber (didn't even make Q3) and beaten by Webber in the race. Bahrain - faultless Spain - According to Webber, th...

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I think it's almost impossible to judge. One thing is certain: Hamilton and Alonso would win multiple races that year in 7 different cars - McLaren, Red Bull, Ferrari, Lotus, Williams, Sauber, Mercedes - and bring eight car, Force India, to the podium or even the highest step of it. The thing is the...

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Am I the only one disappointed to hear this? Jenson just like Webber, Barrichello and many drivers before them is one of the veteran "good but nothing special" drivers. Webber was nowhere near Barrichello's or Button's level and JB beat Rubens, so no, Button is not one of them. I would much rather ...

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Jomox wrote:Yes but he's drove better than Alonso this year IMO. Point was Alonso is not as solid as people like to make out. It's just his error's are not highlighted as someone like Hamilton.

Was Ricciardo driving in that great car this year?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLhBiIlOlqc

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I guess Massa miraculously recovered from the accident 5 years ago. And his form and results have nothing to do with different quality of his team mate and driven car.

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Another race, another humiliation for Vettel. He started together with Ricciardo just second apart, yet 55 laps later the difference was over half a minute. Ricciardo made the moves, Vettel couldn't. Well, it serves him right. I always said it and will say it over and over again. The moment Vettel l...

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As the final qualifying session of the year is completed, time to resurrect this thread. I would like to congratulate myself and other 9 members for choosing the right answer. Well done, chaps :] 6 others, you were close too! One brave user, it was never going to happen, c'mon, Vettel is not that ba...

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Then Webber turns up at Abu Dhabi .. hanging around the McLaren garage, I think the commentators just said? Because Ciaron Pilbeam, race engineer for Webber during 6 seasons, works for McLaren. I guess commentators weren't informed enough to know that fact. Other posters have posted in other thread...

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You don't go from being 3 seconds slower in Singapore and 2 seconds at Suzuka to suddenly being faster than 2013 cars only 3 weekends later. It's all about layout and track conditions. Current cars are rocketships on straights, at Interlagos they were clocking over 335 kph on both of them, so it's n...

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The only missing ingredient in total Red Bull dominance since 2009 to 2013 was engine advantage Mercedes currently has, otherwise it would pretty much the same thing. Still, Red Bull with only aero superiority was crazy dominant at times: China 2009 - 1s/lap quicker than the next quickest car Great ...

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There wasn't anything in Vettel's drive in Austin to "lol" oneself about. The "perfect" race set-up obviously was not there and he struggled a lot to find the pace. Instead of laughing at him, give him the credit for his stamina and fight. In my view, in spite of a lot of struggle to get the car go...

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