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More countries moving over to Pay TV won't help.

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Do we have some girls here that want to refute this nonsense ? Not? Ok I do it. 1. The only thing that brings a Brake into critical temaratures is frictiion from breaking 2. Everything was fine when he left the pit because no team would risk the life of their driver and others with a defect breakin...

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So he wants an experienced driver and Danica.

Button perhaps? Can't see him being at Mclaren in 2016?

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I think the kerb at Montreal should just be extended. It's safe to get over if you are going slow enough!

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I usually prefer to watch the BBC coverage. Brundle really annoys me, he just doesn't seem to be aware of the finer points. This weekend, I don't know how long it took him for it to sink in that Perez didn't have a DRS problem (he was just falling out of the 1 second range through sectors 1 and 2).

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Does the word context mean anything in your country? So here we go very slow: You can't penalize a breaking mistake that does not lead to a collision or an otherwise danger situation... You can't blame a driver (F1 driver not a Taxi driver) for returning to the track (race track that is) as fast as...

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What's seems to be missing in all this hoopla is that Rosberg actually gave back time in the next sequence of corners - which was essentially part of the next lap since the chicane is the last corner of the lap. (Source: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/114368). Seems like that is the st...

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Because they saved all they needed behind the safety car? Nah - the team were telling him to fuel save later in the race too. My guess (and that's all it is - I don't understand the ins and outs of all the new components) is it simply wasn't using as much fuel once they lost power and were driving ...

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mikey wrote:I'm not really sure why people are saying it was highly admirable the way he congratulated Ricciardo when pretty much most drivers would have done the same.

Maybe because its a change from the norm this season?

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I think both Red Bull drivers were a class act yesterday.

Ric for his checking Massa and Perez were ok before celebrating, and Vettel for his reaction to Ric winning.

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Kimi - epitomised by his spin at the hairpin.

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Wasn't Vettel asking for a different strategy just prior to the pit stops - I seem to remember him saying something like "if it's marginal, go for it..".

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Most popular win of the year?

I doubt any F1 fan could really be unhappy with the winner.

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They won't do the whole adding on a couple of minutes for a yellow flag thing because it'd mean an over run of at least 6 minutes potentially in each show. They run very tight schedules at race meetings as it is without having that thrown in as well. No, it would be 6 minutes at the most. If they d...

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I didn't know that, F1 fans have it tough in the US eh!

But it doesn't stop, just changes channel right?

A genuine question - would you rather lose the spectacle of seeing a proper shootout, or have the inconvenience of moving to a different channel?

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IMO TV is a reason to not do it, support races are not. But even that can be worked out. It's not like the qualifying program stops as soon as Q3 is finished. I still prefer the option of giving the stewards the ability to add a couple of minutes at their discretion of a yellow is thrown in the last...

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Laura23 wrote:
runningman67 wrote:Stop the clock during yellow flag incidents during qualifying.
They can't because they have support races to think about.

That's nonsense. There is a large gap after qualifying, and it stops for a red flag.

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If you put a magic button in a car any driver will use it and take the consequences. It would be completely out of charactor if they didnt. Exactly. It's a like a big red button that says "do not press...." Coulthard makes a similar point in his column on BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/...

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I don't think the driver in this circumstances should be penalised - but I do think that the stewards should have the option of adding another 2 minutes onto Q3 if there are waved yellows in the last few minutes. Everyone wants to see a proper shoot-out for pole - qualifying rules have been changed ...

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mcdo wrote: RBR of all people would be ready with a backup. That's what a team like that prepares for when they repeatedly break the rules

Fixed that for you

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Who says the FIA didn't know in advance? I'm still not sure if you get what I'm saying. I have no problem with it being banned. Just give the right reasons for it instead of a reason that would indicate the RB10 has ran a quarter of a season with something illegal and with FIA allowing to let an il...

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Ofcourse it's the FIA that's enforcing it. That's their job. The point is they didn't outlaw it from the beginning even though RBR's solution was very visible from the get-go, yet the car was still declared legal, and no competitors protested. Would you rather they just straight banned them in Aust...

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You do understand there's a difference between FIA and FOM, right? If it was the FIA having a problem with it, the RB10 wouldn't have been allowed to start the season like that. Don't be so condescending, of course I know the difference - FOM may have been unhappy (as I would be if a team tried to ...

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Zoue wrote: Oh good grief. Why? If the images were acceptable then they wouldn't need to change, so why bother faking it? And all RBR would have to do is pull out other footage showing the image was OK.

Because its all part of the great Anti-RBR conspiracy

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the FIA clearly had an issue with the positioning since the beginning of this season They clearly didn't, as they approved the initial RB10 for racing, and approved the modifications as well. It's not FIA, it's FOM that had issues with it. And the problem is that the FIA, instead of saying their ru...

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I don't see what the problem is - the FIA clearly had an issue with the positioning since the beginning of this season, but rather than getting rid of it straight away at Australia, they have tried to work with RBR first, and only once a satisfactory solution couldn't be found have they told RBR to ...

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Warheart01 wrote:Those sprint cars are really cool, I prefer the wingless ones. That is one of the series I would like to catch on here in Europe. We have speedway so why not have a 4-wheel version of it!?

They do - but I don't think they attract many cars - they are at Skegness (my favourite UK oval) on Monday.

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I understand that some of you would not have heard of the Knoxville Nationals.... If I ever make it to the US to see racing, this is what I'll be going over to see - much higher up my list than the Indy 500. But then, I am a big fan of the UK ovals, watching ~30 BriSCA Formula One Stock Cars tear r...

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The even earlier version had the acronyms:

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That's before Spain and the latest testing (Is testing included in the restrictions?) - and yeh, I think both Caterhams had used 4 CE's in the earlier version.

EDIT: Older version:

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F1Oz wrote: I'd also be interested to know the alleged situation for DR - and indeed, the whole grid to make a comparison

After the first couple of races, there was a grid showing who had used how many of each component, it'd be nice to see an updated version.

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Not every manufacturer wanted it. eg Ferrari and Renault. Its only Merc -the team who were not performing well with Aero wanted Engine tech to compensate for it. You know Renault were one of the main supporters of the idea right? I reckon without it we probably we'd have been down to 11 Ferrari-pow...

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The 2012 Williams was a fast car. It was one of the fastest that weekend as well, only the McLaren in Hamilton's hands was faster. quote] so what you are saying is that it was not the fastest car and he beat a top driver (Lewis in a Maclaren) which as a package was faster Lewis qualified on pole an...

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There is probably not a single country in the world where Hamilton is more well known than say Messi. It's just simply because football dwarfs F1 in terms of audience and visibility. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_in_China#cite_note-12 I actually think that if you showed people in the UK a phot...

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I'm not a fan of Monaco - probably puts me in the minority! I'd like to see the mercs mess up qualifying and have to come through the field - overtaking is possible if you are brave enough, and I think Hamilton is! The bigger question for me though, is how many laps Maldonado can do before he stuffs...

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F1nsider wrote:
This is an example.. seriously? gaging two drivers' performance by the gap at the finish line?!!

Do you have an alternative method of gauging performance - once that is objective?

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As previously pointed out the cars were glued to the tracks and corners which used to inspire fear and awe became straights with the amount of downforce the cars were producing. I don't see how anybody could think that that required more driver skill than driving on the edge of adhesion and using t...

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Just noticed this http://www.planetf1.com/driver/18227/9311592/Mercedes-wants-to-entertain-fans and remembered the comment I had made, maybe I was onto something. To be honest I don't want entertainment I want real racing and I will find my entertainment in that. I believe this is the biggest probl...

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Doesn't matter if it's caused by boredom or something else; the other teams will be looking at the results and if he can't bring them it's F1 career over. If it IS boredom, I'd say that points to a poor attitude - and not someone I would employ. I don't think he has done anything that warrants movi...

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I'm assuming the time was on softs/super softs?

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