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Formula 1 2017 Season |OT| Japanese Horror Story - Sundays on Sky
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Dutch Gronk
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xrnzaaas
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Some of Renault's posters are really good.
Nice, reminds me of Firewatch.
Norwegian Rudo
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I suspect they're aiming higher for next year. His chances of getting the drive for some races this year are decent, maybe next year if he does well and they can't get Alonso.
jedmaxwell
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FTFY
Amazing!
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If Palmer breaks down this weekend, I am Sooooooo tweeting that to Renault.
Just because you said that, Palmer will score a podium finish, just like Stroll did last race, lol.
jedmaxwell
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Amen.
JadedWriter
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Based on the last interview I saw of him Palmer comes off as a massive walking whinge machine. He can't leave fast enough.
Hydranockz
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It's gonna be real sad when Hulkenberg loses his seat so we get a Kubica/Palmer combo 
fu3lfr3nzy
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Kubicas comeback is gonna be more disappointing than Kimi's but good for him for trying anyway.
xrnzaaas
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It's gonna be real sad when Hulkenberg loses his seat so we get a Kubica/Palmer combo
Palmer-Petrov, sounds about right. Oh wait, Petrov actually got a podium finish.
JadedWriter
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I hope this isn't the case.It's gonna be real sad when Hulkenberg loses his seat so we get a Kubica/Palmer combo
dl77
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He's like Kvyat was last year in Toro Rosso where he thought he was on the way out of F1.
JadedWriter
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Kvyat fresh off his demotion was saltier than a fast food chicken sandwich.
Two races earlier Kvyat was on the podium and then got demoted only to see Verstappen take a victory that arguably could have been his. In the end Red Bull made things right by keeping him despite a total shit season.
Naa Kubica will be #1 in his team for longer than Kimi was at least.
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Psychotext
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Interesting.
Will be watching that.
Big Takeover
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That looks fantastic. Frank is one of my favorite people in all of racing.
Solaire of Astora
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I like Kubica as much as the next guy, but if he is drafted in to replace Palmer, I can't see him getting the better of Hulkenberg after such a long time out. If he's drafted in mid-season, I can't really see him doing much better than Palmer is doing now.
Still, if it was up to me, Kubica would be in that seat immediately and unless his return was a disaster, I'd get him in older cars as much as possible over the winter and see what he's capable of next season.
It'd be amazing to see him back on the grid, so I hope it works out for him.
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incredible lmao
Hmm, I suppose we'll only know if he gets back into a car. His first outing in an F1 car in 6 years he completed 115 laps and was "very fast" according to reports so that has to be good. It's also not like he's been vegging in a chair, he's still been doing stuff.
Also, I think most felt that Kubica had the ability to go toe to toe with the likes of Hamilton and Alonso before his accident. Hulk is good but not at that level, just as Kimi isn't.
Best teammates are having a bit of a row: https://www.instagram.com/p/BWLY4UzB_tB/
Psh, gloves weren't even off
There is no need for that, Max will get another DNF this weekend,
xrnzaaas
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He's going to get even less questions than the guys picked to sit with Alonso after the Indy 500.
They should get Palmer instead of Magnussen. Nobody would even notice him between those two.
The second set is gonna be Max Verstappen, Carlos Sainz Jr. and Felipe Massa, even there I expect Max to get the most questions given his recent bouts of DNF's, his teammate picking up the podiums and race win he was in position for when he DNF'd, and the fact he left the track without doing interviews at Baku.
Should have put Stroll in there instead of Massa, how weird is that.
Should have put Stroll in there instead of Massa, how weird is that.
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
I mean, no shit. I expect lots of "case closed", "not focussing on that" comments. They always do this to generate fireworks, and it very rarely happens.
Solaire of Astora
Death by black JPN
I can't help but feel that the Hamilton/Alonso comparisons were rather unfounded at the time. He'd proven himself to be the best of the rest in fairly average/above average cars, whilst going up against some fairly average teammates, but that's pretty much it. And even if they were dead on, that was almost seven years ago. Sure, the guy had a spark to him, and I expected great things of him at the time, but that was then and this is now. A lot can change in six and a half years.
Sure, he's been doing rallying, but between the time out of single seaters and recovery from a traumatic accident, I think it's foolish to expect too much of him, regardless of his pace in a private test.
Dear god no. I hope that just means a more favorable renegotiation of Bernie's CVC-fueled contracts.
No need to worry, that's exactly what they're doing.
Liberty are unable to renegotiate existing contracts so Silverstone exercising their break clause is the best way to get a new deal done.
Liberty offered to take on the next five years of promotion and pay them for the 2~3 million pound yearly losses during that time so the BRDC can get their act in order and the BRDC still can't survive because the fee increase would kill them.
Normally I'd agree that Bernie's contracts were a problem, but Liberty is going above and beyond and still the BRDC can't manage. This seems to be more of a local government/BRDC issue and I doubt it will ever change.
I'm sure we'll have a British GP, Liberty will make sure of that, but I wouldn't mind if it wasn't at Silverstone.
I would imagine there's the possibility we'll skip Britain for a year like we did Germany.
Also it's nice to confirm what I'd always suspected that the most recent additions to the calendar are in effect subsidising the "classic" tracks.
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