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I'm amazed that Webber didn't clump Seb.
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Kimi would win the drinking contest though.
Massive fan of James Hunt apparently.
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But only because of the way he lived his life.
He didn't have a pot to piss in when he carked it at 49.
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Kimi/Mark exchange? Agree.
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Another option is that if Perez turns out to be a duffer, McLaren might take Webber......though it would mean foregoing the money that comes with the Perez package. Plausible? I think Webber and Jenson would not be enemies.......competitive, without the nastiness.
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comes round...
I think you're right on all of those counts.
...and then passes out again
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Gonna be interesting tomorrow. Vettel on different tyres will be right up there but that Mercedes looks incredibly well balanced.
Rather boringly I think it'll be won on tyre strategy.
I do wish they'd remove all these barriers that prevent drivers from racing on pure speed and talent. What is the fucking point of a tyre that lasts 7/8 laps
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I do wish they'd remove all these barriers that prevent drivers from racing on pure speed and talent. What is the fucking point of a tyre that lasts 7/8 laps
I've heard quite a lot of this over the past few weeks. Drivers have pretty much always had to conserve some aspect of the car, whether it be fuel, tyres, engines, whatever. The only time that I know of where it was proper all out racing was around/just after 2000 where people were just banging out quali laps for the entire race and it was a boring procession because the fastest cars qualified at the front and drove off. And everybody whinged about it.
Even back in the "glory days" of Senna, Prost, Mansell etc., how many times did you see someone charging through the field with a fresh set of tyres racing the guys in front with old rubber and running on fumes because they'd went too hard to soon.
I like seeing drivers put under the pressure of something that seems impossible to understand at the start of the season yet by the end of the season everyone's got it sussed and are complaining that the tyres last too long. You know, just like last season.
Conservation on the resources has always been a part of F1 racing. It's not going to change. If you don't like it, go watch drag racing or old videos of Schumacher leading a boring procession for 2 hours, exciting stuff!
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Could you move the wings from the chassis to the wheel assembly (therefore applying downforce to the wheel, rather than to the car) without fatally compromising visibility, and allowing wheels to be changed still?
The Lotus 49B did that, well mounted to the suspension, not the wheel directly. Didn't work too well (the wings needed to be quite high above the car in clean air which meant the supports were quite long and prone to buckling) and they were made illegal. Could be made to work these days but I imagine everyone wants to move away from aero dependancy if at all possible.
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No issues with team orders then.
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I've heard quite a lot of this over the past few weeks. Drivers have pretty much always had to conserve some aspect of the car, whether it be fuel, tyres, engines, whatever. The only time that I know of where it was proper all out racing was around/just after 2000 where people were just banging out quali laps for the entire race and it was a boring procession because the fastest cars qualified at the front and drove off. And everybody whinged about it.
Even back in the "glory days" of Senna, Prost, Mansell etc., how many times did you see someone charging through the field with a fresh set of tyres racing the guys in front with old rubber and running on fumes because they'd went too hard to soon.
I like seeing drivers put under the pressure of something that seems impossible to understand at the start of the season yet by the end of the season everyone's got it sussed and are complaining that the tyres last too long. You know, just like last season.
Conservation on the resources has always been a part of F1 racing. It's not going to change. If you don't like it, go watch drag racing or old videos of Schumacher leading a boring procession for 2 hours, exciting stuff!
In the early part of the last decade the boring races you remember were because of the most dominant driver for a generation and a series of pliant team mates in the best car on the grid. Grooved tyres (another failed F1 gimmick) also didn't help, by reducing cornering speeds, limiting late breaking and not giving much traction when close to the car in front.
There is an enormous difference between drivers managing tyres over a race distance and using tyres that last less than 10 laps regardless of the driving style. It's stupid.
Tyres are the biggest leveller in Formular 1 and I'd just like to see less of the wacky races 'innovations'. And you can throw DRS into that too
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Rather boringly I think it'll be won on tyre strategy.
That's Hamilton screwed, then :)
I thought qualifying was fascinating. Super-tense, a bit of a let down on the surface but it should lead to a bit of a crazy race as all the different strategies play out towards a finish with some drivers trying to eke out that extra lap from some worn-out softs.
The Lotuses seemed a bit unstable, I thought?
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Kimi/Mark exchange? Agree.
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