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The Formula 1 2015 Season |OT| Formula E Feeder Series
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I doubt the power unit supplier would agree to that in the first place.
No, I don't believe that is allowed.
Everyone mentions 2014 with Vettel as if its proof thats he only good when the going is good conveniently forgetting that that "poor performance" allowed him to go to Ferrari for free
The Alonso / Ferrari relationship breakdown is what allowed him to go to Ferrari, you're not really suggesting that he intentionally had a bad season to trigger break clauses in his contract for a seat he couldn't possibly have known would be available at the start of the year? He just had a bad year which was compounded by the fact his new teammate was having a comparatively great one.
Business
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Wouldn't it be easier to just accept he had an unimpressive 2014?
Psychotext
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I always thought it was fairly simple. He goes from a car that demolishes the field to one that can barely get podiums, and Ricciardo goes from a car that can barely score points to one that's fighting for podiums. Not really hard to see why one of them was up for it, and one really wasn't.
Or to put it another way, when your previous best position was 7th, a podium looks like a massively appealing result.
Or to put it another way, when your previous best position was 7th, a podium looks like a massively appealing result.
Wax Free Vanilla
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After vetoing Red Bull with Honda, McLaren wants to see Sauber with the Japanese engines.
A good place for The Stoff and Matsushita in 2017. Honda domination is coming.
Acura?
Honda have played Ronbo like a fiddle.
Wax Free Vanilla
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Domination is coming.
Goldrusher
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Happy with #3.
Time to light up the winners cigar
Game is still a bit to heavy on the bonus points for me. Once you hit the 6 predictions you gain so many bonus points, it becomes a bit to hard to catch up (without doing the same).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoffel_Vandoorne
Here he is making his way from 23rd to 3rd place in Spa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp9iLXtOl2Q
#OneOfUs
theignoramus
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What a stupid decision from Hamilton to not follow Nico straight into the pits for that first stop and switch to the harder tyre. He had the superior pace at the end of that first stint and probably could have fought his way into DRS zone early into the second stint.
But Nico won fair and square. We need more of this kind of Rosberg in 2016.
But Nico won fair and square. We need more of this kind of Rosberg in 2016.
theignoramus
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Umm...Lewis was the beneficiary of that strategy during his string of wins early in the season. And when Nico bitched about the team not giving him an alternate race strategy, we all told him to quit being a baby.
I know it's not what we as fans want, but its only fair Nico get the treatment Lewis was getting the first two thirds of the season when he was the alpha on Saturdays and Sundays.
Merc already takes a risk not doing the Ross Brawn/Jean Todt hierarchy of drivers within the team. I think its fair on their part to let the boys race but not outside the framework of the team philosophy, which is both cars finishing 1 and 2.
Hopefully Ferrari puts out a beast of a package next year so that Merc race strategy is forced to think on its feet more often. Theyve shown last two seasons their strategists arent all that great at adapting to changing conditions.
Anyway.
Im very impressed with Verstappen. I never bought into any of the hype from before the season, so if anything, I had a jaded opinion before he even started the season. The dudes radio transmissions definitely indicate his young age; F1 radio comms are filled with drivers sounding whiny and self entitled, but Max was the king of the roost for that. Quite the sense of entitlement he has and I dont feel the skill gap between him and Carlos Sainz is as large as Max seems to think it is.
But I love how fearless Max is with his overtakes. I know hes had a few collisions, but I feel the car control hes demonstrated time and time again proves that hes not just doing what 2012 Grosjean or Maldonado did, just being reckless idiots. Hes made some mistakes for sure, but by and large his overtakes were clean and fair.
I cant wait to see him in the senior Red Bull team in a few years, his fearlessness and aggressive driving reminds me of Kobayashi and Williams era Montoya. Like JPM, Max is not intimidated by anyone out there on that track.
I think he was arguably the third or fourth most impressive driver on the grid this year.
Vettel, Alonso, Ham, Nico, Max, Ricciardo
theignoramus
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Yeah he provided a huge share of entertainment in some otherwise dull races with his Mad Max charges. And he did it, for the most part, without leaving a trail of carnage and destruction the way some other aggressive young drivers have.
I only saw Lewis being upset in the hairpin corner, before that he was still some distance behind Max, after the hairpin Max let him pass on the straight...
Kimi has been trash, why is he even in that top 10. He's got to have one of the biggest proportionate points deficits to his team mate
theignoramus
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Kimi just benefiting from his legacy status at this point. Sainz drove a better season than Raikkonen. So did Grosjean.
Business
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I'm glad he was given the chance to try and fail at his own strategy after the insinuations he was making in the last few races.
Psychotext
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I was amused by him saying that "only the team can see the big picture" at the end.
Unrelated, final race MiniDrivers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z_3SfOxTPs
I especially liked the Alonso / Flavio bit.
Unrelated, final race MiniDrivers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z_3SfOxTPs
I especially liked the Alonso / Flavio bit.
Toto: Driver lineup change possible if tensions will grow
looks like feathers are flying in Mercedes garage
looks like feathers are flying in Mercedes garage
I get where he's coming from, the rivalry has been anything but healthy this season and I think they're expecting to be less dominant next season so things like that could eventually cost them something in the standings.
edit: btw we're nearing the 20k post limit, anyone working on that glorious Off-Season OT ?
Wax Free Vanilla
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Time for a dividing wall in the garage like Rossi and Lorenzo had years ago, no data sharing, no duplicate strategies, no chit-chat, just let these moaning fannies do their own thing.
Does Rosberg even deserve a new contract?
Arai says Honda's new PU is designed and in testing, all performance problems will be fixed for the 100th McLaren Honda race in Melbourne.
In Arai I Trust.
Psychotext
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You'll never learn. lol
Someone gets it, Vettel won 4 wdcs on the trott and gets a crap car, it hard to motivate yourself with that success never mind getting a dog of a car. Ricciardo came from torro rosso with lower downforce than the red bull so didn't miss the exhaust blown diffuser like Seb did, and coming from the junior team obviously had something to prove. A lot seemt o make out that year proved Vettel was rubbish when it doesn't. Kyviatt finishing a head of Ricciardo doesn't instantly make him the better driver especially with the engine problems this year
Myoclonic Jerk
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Next year is Kimi's year
Mark my words.. Ban me for a week if he doesn't challenge for the WDC
Mark my words.. Ban me for a week if he doesn't challenge for the WDC
Looks like a ban will be in your future, lol. I expect another Mercedes dominated season. maybe not as much as this year but in the end will win both titles easily.
You are already dead.
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JadedWriter
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So Kimi really is the next Coulthard then?
More Maldonado avatar bets pls.
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