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The first run in Q3 decides the bottom three places in the session as 3 mins is not enough to get back in and go for another run. Might as well just to two runs of single lap quali in each session. Would make it more exciting.

Edit: screw that, it decides the bottom 4. What a joke.

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They will change this in a couple races time. Less cars on track, more confusing, not enough time for teams to react etc. I'm going to British GP this year and I hope the brains trust can come up with something better than this mess by then. I'd like to be in the meeting when the bright spark pipes...

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This is a disaster off a format. Ill thought out, makes it more confusing and adds nothing. Scrap it.

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Tassadar wrote:First time watching sky. Yeesh, and I thought bbc was nationalist (I from canada). They only complain when buttons eliminated. Like, come on. This systems bad.

To be fair Brundle has been complaining about the new format for the whole session.

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Vettel gets closer but still 6 tenths away. Bodes very well for Merc.

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Button has just pitted, so he's out! It's almost like they don't understand the rules.

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So is that the genuine pace of the Mercs!

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specdecible wrote:You should be able to finish the lap if you are on a hotlap, currently it's very anticlimactic.

Impossible to work it out for the fans then though because on tracks longer than 90 seconds the previous 90 seconds won't have been sorted out before the next 90 seconds is up.

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lol, what a joke this new quali is so far. No extra excitement and just a load of red faced F1 teams who can't do their sums. This will add nothing to the show.

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That's how things slightly differ to the UK. We have two national broadcasters, one doesn't make any monies from commercials and the other is part subsidised, and as a result there are limitations placed on them in terms of what they can show. They are answerable to the licence fee payers, i.e. us....

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I absolutely love it! New favourite livery on the grid by miles.

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The link between pay TV and diminishing viewership is strong. You know, I'm not sure. AFAIK viewership has been in decline for years before paywalls started becoming popular. That's why normal channels didn't want to pay huge sums for the broadcasting rights anymore (not enough ROI) which, in turn,...

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The link between pay TV and diminishing viewership is strong. You know, I'm not sure. AFAIK viewership has been in decline for years before paywalls started becoming popular. That's why normal channels didn't want to pay huge sums for the broadcasting rights anymore (not enough ROI) which, in turn,...

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If this new format comes in half way through the season it will be the farce to end all farces.

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So only 2 drivers have a chance of getting pole position in the last 1 minute 30? Hate it! Watching 5 or so drivers all going for it at the last second was great. Aside from a wet session, when was the last qualy that 5 guys had a chance of getting pole? This is why I always think Q3 is so overblow...

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Do I want to be entertained, yes please. A 'sport' would require some notion of a level playing field... One good thing, at least the team won't be able to 'coach' the drivers and feed them lap times. You only get a level playing field with a spec series. I'd settle for something approaching a leve...

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Anybody who believes in 'mixing up the grid' is here purely for entertainment and not sport. Sport is about using the resources available to you to try and finish in first place. If it's entertainment you want then WWE is that way. If Merc are dominating it's because they are doing a better job, jus...

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So what are our hopes for 2016?

Can the others catch Merc? Will Honda be a disaster again? Only four months to wait

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Just when the race was about to get interesting Merc spoiled the fun. Very strange strategy.

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It's a race, by its very nature any advantage is competitive. A true statement in itself. And without knowing the actual case, uninformed people would now believe that the guy was actually competitively advantaged over his rivals. At the time of the incident we had no idea whether all of his rivals...

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It's a race, by its very nature any advantage is competitive. A true statement in itself. And without knowing the actual case, uninformed people would now believe that the guy was actually competitively advantaged over his rivals. At the time of the incident we had no idea whether all of his rivals...

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I am not trying to entertain the idea that he did not have any benefits from doing it that way. Of course he did. He reduced the time loss, and he perhaps saved the car from more damages. The fact that I am trying to bring up is that he did not gain any kind of a competitive advantage over his riva...

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I am not trying to entertain the idea that he did not have any benefits from doing it that way. Of course he did. He reduced the time loss, and he perhaps saved the car from more damages. The fact that I am trying to bring up is that he did not gain any kind of a competitive advantage over his riva...

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Congrats Lorenzo!!! I feel pity for the comments Rossi made after the race on MM :( that's being a sour loser. What did he say? Rossi: "Marquez acted as bodyguard for Lorenzo" http://www.motorsport.com/motogp/news/rossi-marquez-acted-as-bodyguard-for-lorenzo/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_...

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lol @Allen bitter tears ! glorious, stay salty "champ" ! maybe Márquez was afraid Lorenzo would kick him out of the race ? huh never happened before in MotoGP right ? Rossi you reap what you sow, same for Lorenzo, deserved champion, Rossi had no pace at all to keep with the Spaniards today. Stay cl...

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I don't think there should be any problem with that. He didn't get any advantage whatsoever, did he? Would it have taken him longer if he stuck to the track? Off course. So therefore he gained an advantage by going off track. The question is not whether he gained an advantage but whether gaining an...

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James Allen ‏@Jamesallenonf1 51m51 minutes ago
Great ride by @lorenzo99 but #Marquez needs to ask himself where priorities lie - made no effort to pass and blocked Pedosa. Shame @MotoGP

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There is one important part of the quote that was missed in the opening post.

"Everybody [experienced it] so you can't use it as an excuse, but I understand my mistake now and that's important, for me to understand it."

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Got to be Hamilton http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/34666776

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Not sure if already posted but thought this was a very good piece.

http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/race/ ... -incident/

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For me a thread created to downplay Hamilton achievement. If the triple world champions had raced in equal equipment over the course of at least 3 seasons then a somewhat fair comparison could be made. All talented racing drivers. Oh, come on. Sometimes the paranoia whenever Hamilton is involved be...

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Great season from him. I think 3 WDC's secures him as one of the best the sport has seen . The next five years will determine how high on that list he can get. I imagine the pressure will completely be off for the rest of his career and he'll either start driving at a different level to now or his h...

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Anyway, my rankings: 1.Alonso 2.Fititpaldi, who basically wasted the rest of his career. 3.Ascari 4.Clark 5.Hakkinen 6.Hill I realise this is all opinion, however, to have Clark at number four in that list speaks volumes of your understanding. Thanks, your judgement of my understanding means the wo...

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IDrinkYourMilkshake wrote:Anyway, my rankings:

1.Alonso
2.Fititpaldi, who basically wasted the rest of his career.
3.Ascari
4.Clark
5.Hakkinen
6.Hill

I realise this is all opinion, however, to have Clark at number four in that list speaks volumes of your understanding.

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I think Graham Hill is being a bit underrated here, only winner of the Triple Crown. It's a good point but how many drivers get the chance to even attempt it these days. I agree with what others say about it being so hard to compare drivers form different era's. It's easy to put Clark at the top of...

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Clark is some distance above the rest, Alonso gets an honourable mention and Hakkinen is often overrated, even though I really liked him as a driver.

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Interestingly, the top four all had quite serious crashes in their careers before coming back and winning a WDC. There's something about the fact that Hamilton hasn't had to deal with that. What a ridiculous argument! So any racing driver who hasn't suffered a serious crash is not worthy then? It's...

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As there are only four drivers who've won more, why not consider them triple champions as well? Or... how do we rate the quadruple champions? Does anyone rate Vettel higher than Prost? Well that would makes things even harder. I would rate quite a few champions higher than Seb even Alonso for examp...

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Only thing I can say with any certainty is that Senna was the best but then he was a once in a lifetime driver. How is it a certainty? I've never understood this. Senna was a great driver, but the idea that it's unquestionable to suggest other drivers are better is silly. The Brazilian is surrounde...

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Only thing I can say with any certainty is that Senna was the best but then he was a once in a lifetime driver. If he hadn't died so young he wouldn't even be in the triple world champion category. As for the rest they all won three WDC's so I'm happy to stick them all together on a plinth looking d...

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