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Not if Russell proves to be a star, then he could replace Bottas in 2020. p.s. yes Mercedes would buy out his contract to do so. That's simply not the plan though, Russell has been parked at Williams for the next 2 to 3 years. Same plan football teams have when a valuable player is nearer the end o...

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Probably not as they were making slow progress. That's twice he's screwed McLaren !

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Not if Russell proves to be a star, then he could replace Bottas in 2020.

p.s. yes Mercedes would buy out his contract to do so.

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Kubica in the Williams would be good long term as let's face it Ocon/Russell will only be marking time waiting for the call up.

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I would place Vettel behind Hamilton, Alonso, Verstappen, Ricciardo. Like others before him and after him he was in the right car at the right time, another Newey flyer. His qualifying is better than his racing. No lower than 5th but then again what about Rosberg ? ... ;) p.s. congrats to Lewis Hami...

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Alonso kind of pressured them to drop Honda and now he's leaving ! At least Honda were paying them ! McLaren have been delusional since thinking they couldn't win with a Mercedes engine. At least they know now that they actually got to build the best car too before worrying about the engine. I reall...

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Perez, Ocon, Magnussen, Hulkenberg, Alonso but frankly it's very close and any of them could do it. Avoiding mishaps and some luck too maybe needed. Probably the most interesting part of the WDC now.

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Senna was equally bloody-minded in his driving and it was not an endearing quality, Verstappen has the same disease unfortunately. I think it disqualifies Senna from being the GOAT and ruins Max's hopes of ever attaining that status. Ricciardo makes him look silly most of the time with less inherent...

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Leclerc by at least an edge if not more. Vettel is now potentially fighting to retain his seat now that his Kimi comfort blanket is leaving. If Giovinazzi does well against Kimi he could take his seat in 2021. Arrivabene thinks Vettel is great but in reality he's fluffed two seasons now in which he ...

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Why did he need to do it there without DRS when he had done so well so soon with the majority of the race still in play ? The guy has just not learned since crashing into Webber and Button. Impulsive and impetuous still after all these years ! He has basically not made Hamilton work too hard for thi...

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Vettel still has more points than Bottas so obviously between the top two teams drivers are still an important part of the equation. Vettel has imploded this year worse than last and that was not a pretty sight either. He is still not a complete driver like Hamilton who has been so since getting ove...

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Read on a banned website Raikkonen will also become the global brand ambassador for Alfa Romeo. Also Fredric Vassuer supposedly has weightage when it comes to driver selection & is willing to drop Ericsson if Alfa Romeo plan to invest more in Sauber. Giovinazzi is the one poised to take Ericsson's ...

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Buemi would be a good shout as he probably wasn't fully appreciated at Toro Rosso last time round but OTOH wasn't Alonso faster than him in the WEC Toyota ?

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So Kimi was let go by Ferrari at Monza and then started asking around and now joins Sauber in a pure driver role although he will do their PR no harm at all with his legacy and history in the sport. So the chances of Kimi obeying any team orders now are slim and none and slim is looking to leave to...

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Leclerc > Verstappen > Ocon.

Max's racing judgement is still terrible and sadly he still doesn't think so which negates to a serious extent any innate high speed he has. Leclerc is the closest modern driver I have seen to Jim Clark, ultra fast and ultra smooth. Ocon is quick but nothing special.

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So Kimi was let go by Ferrari at Monza and then started asking around and now joins Sauber in a pure driver role although he will do their PR no harm at all with his legacy and history in the sport. So the chances of Kimi obeying any team orders now are slim and none and slim is looking to leave to...

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Oh Vettel did have a sub-par season. That much is for sure but the fact is that, even during a sub-par season, a driver is not slower than they normally are . They might make more mistakes or have more misfortune but they are not slower. Daniel was faster than Seb. It's not just that he was more co...

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So Kimi was let go by Ferrari at Monza and then started asking around and now joins Sauber in a pure driver role although he will do their PR no harm at all with his legacy and history in the sport. So the chances of Kimi obeying any team orders now are slim and none and slim is looking to leave tow...

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Mercedes just have to give Williams a sweet engine deal for Ocon. Unless you find a gem of a young driver like Hamilton it will cost a team to place a younger driver elsewhere in this age of pay drivers and sponsorship.

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Vettel is is in a no-win situation here. If he beats Leclerc convincingly, people will just say that Leclerc was always overrated and nothing special. But if Vettel loses to Leclerc, his legacy will take a big hit. Vettel has little to gain and everything to lose. The best scenario for Vettel would...

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If Sauber were worried about having the best young talent Ericsson wouldn't be there for years. Also why should they find a seat for a Mercedes young driver ? Ocon is competent but he doesn't dominate Perez who didn't dominate Button. Get Giovinazzi in with Kimi and you can bench two Ferrari young d...

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Sauber and Kimi is a good fit as he is a tidy fast driver who will maximize points in the mid field. I think Vettel will prefer this too in time as Leclerc will be a clear No.2 who has to follow team orders. However if he can keep another car in between him and Vettel team orders will be irrelevant ...

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Vettel doesn't think he is bigger than a team is probably the answer. These days it is now a series

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Kimi is still quick enough for a mid-pack team but he probably doesn't deserve a race winning car any more. We all get older and slow up, no disgrace. He probably could still beat Grosjean and Magnusson though in the Haas, it's just that in a potentially title winning Ferrari he's getting exposed as...

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He will do a whole season in a spare rebadged Andretti. This is just the build up but that is where his heart has been leaning since the Indy 500 attempt and winning Le Mans. He's not coming back to F1 unless MaClaren have a proven race winning car and he will brutally supplant whoever is the curren...

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http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/11489381/stoffel-vandoorne-dropped-by-mclaren-for-f1-2019 Vandoorne has been dropped for 2019 by McLaren, no word yet on his replacement. Could we see an unlikely Kimi return if as rumours indicate he isn't going to get another Ferrari contract? word is that M...

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What are the chances of Vandoorne pairing up with Alonso now in Indy ? He may not be Alonso but how does he compare with most Indy drivers ? Plus if Alonso is going to flit in and out of F1 in the future McLaren would want a stable driver/benchmark in Indy. Who knows, an Indy Car might even suit him...

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Yes, Ferrari has a driver problem, I agree. Alonso was the answer before, hopefully Leclerc will be the future answer sometime. TBF to Kimi when the tyres are fresh he's really quite fast in the 2018 Ferrari but today was not ideal as he probably won't get a better chance to win a race this year. F...

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Kubica's time is done in F1 all he can do now is do well in races later this year as a showcase for future drives in other series.

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That was a freakish kinematic sequence of events but it really looked the worst case of impact to the driver was about to occur where a ton of metal was about to pivot on his head through the tyre, that could have been another Bianchi for sure. The Halo may not be the ending point of driver head pro...

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This video shows Alonso's right front tyre heading directly for Leclerc's head and then being bounced away by the Halo. I don't think you could get a clearer demonstration of its real life utility.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1034009643331330049

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The Halo deflected Alonso's right front tyre away from Leclerc's head to which it was on a collision course, without it it would have gone down like Senna unfortunately.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1034009643331330049

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Alonso dodged a flying car or two so he knows the benefit of more head protection, Leclerc could have been lost today too. The Halo works and should stay until something better is invented. It's a shame there isn't a transparent material it can be made off. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/45316...

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The damage on Leclerc's car. Wonder if the Halo was pivotal when compared to the 2012 crash. It surely looked real close. https://i.imgur.com/Bnn2Zfm.jpg Source - http://www.imgur.com Are those cracks in the Halo or just on the paintwork ? I wonder how close to failure it was and if it failed what ...

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I think he wanted Bottas/Kimi seats but for his long term motorsport legacy I think Indy will be better, just imagine if he has as much effect as Mansell and the cars there are more equal so he will have more fun. Definitely will go back to watching every Indy race again now if he's there.

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Heh, Kubica finally gets back to F1. Hopefully that will put him in the shop window for next year maybe at Toro Rosso if Williams persist in pay drivers.

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Red Bull deny it but they probably would to save face.

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/red- ... 36/?nrt=54

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He's probably gone and done it again and turned down a future grand prix winner as I like Honda's upward trajectory. Oh well he's nothing but consistent

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The Renault engine will still need be up to par with Mercedes/Ferrari engine though as Red Bull know so well.

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https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/alonso-says-2018-indycar-test-possible/3159624/ "I know there is that possibility [to test an Indycar], that came into place in the last couple of days," said Alonso. "I will think and I will decide. It could be interesting because obviously last year I enjoye...

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