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1500quidporsche posted:lol Mercedes in full on meltdown now http://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/39755721 That was put out before the quali, so they're for sure going to flip out now.
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Apr 29, 2017 17:11
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Sochi is a great successor to Valencia.
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Gigi Galli posted:It's this and it's making me lol Is anyone itt not loling at this?
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Nico must be laughing to himself that he was in that car for three years where they absolutely could've put anybody in there, got a championship out of it and just fucks off for the year where they actually could've used him.
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Apr 29, 2017 17:31
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Mods, make this my av pls
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Apr 29, 2017 17:40
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At this rate, he'll get the moniker butt rear end if he's not careful.
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Just watched the replay and oh yes, so ready for another vettel WDC, and finally proving Hamilton and Verstappen to be the frauds they are. Also, lol, Stroll. Give up your seat.
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Apr 29, 2017 17:42
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GramCracker posted:Mods, make this my av pls Same.
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1500quidporsche posted:Nico must be laughing to himself that he was in that car for three years where they absolutely could've put anybody in there, got a championship out of it and just fucks off for the year where they actually could've used him. I've just been thinking that the big mistake Mercades did was not putting Grossjean in that seat, he's spent years dragging a dogshit Lotus around followed by a year of incredibly intense development work on what is in essence a car made by Ferrari.
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geonetix posted:Just watched the replay and oh yes, so ready for another vettel WDC, and finally proving Hamilton and Verstappen to be the frauds they are. And Palmer.
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learnincurve posted:I've just been thinking that the big mistake Mercades did was not putting Grossjean in that seat, he's spent years dragging a dogshit Lotus around followed by a year of incredibly intense development work on what is in essence a car made by Ferrari. The seat really should have gone to Are Checo
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Apr 29, 2017 18:13
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Hey guys Lance Stroll is bad and won't finish this GP
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Apr 29, 2017 18:17
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Norns posted:Hey guys Lance Stroll is bad and won't finish this GP 
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The pattern with Stroll is that by the end of the first stint he has borked his tyres and can't control the car. Then he ends up concentrating too hard on what the car is doing rather than the people on the track and bins it. The only question is will he bring out the red flags after Ferrari have just pitted or after the mercs pit.
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Apr 29, 2017 18:22
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Merc strategy panic causes them to pit early, Stroll bins it, brings out safety car, The Scud get a free pit stop and The Finger comes back out again.
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Thanks Ants posted:Merc strategy panic causes them to pit early, Stroll bins it, brings out safety car, The Scud get a free pit stop and The Finger comes back out again. I'm ready to be fingered again tbh
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So, EJ is claiming that McLaren has done a deal with Mercedes for engines.quote:McLaren and Mercedes have denied the claim by TV pundit Eddie Jordan that a deal has already been done for the Woking team to switch from Honda power for the 2018 season. https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mclaren-jordan-wrong-on-mercedes-engine-deal-claim-899851/ I'm just gonna go with blind faith and believe Eddie cause half the poo poo he spews turns out to be true although I guess when you spew literally every scenario you're bound to get some right. Also, with Ron gone the possibility of McLaren going back to customer Mercedes engines is infinitely more possible than if Ron were still around.
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It is also possible that the information Eddie has is being confused by the fact that we just found out that Mercedes and illian have been quietly working with Honda since it started rattling itself apart, and this update in Spain will be a joint effor to rectify the problem.
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Wirth1000 posted:So, EJ is claiming that McLaren has done a deal with Mercedes for engines. I'm going to say he is wrong. Merc just got bent over by Williams to get Boat-rear end and McLaren gets free engines (albeit bad engines) and a massive palate of cash from Honda.
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learnincurve posted:It is also possible that the information Eddie has is being confused by the fact that we just found out that Mercedes and illian have been quietly working with Honda since it started rattling itself apart, and this update in Spain will be a joint effor to rectify the problem. Yeah, he could've correctly heard that McLaren have worked out a deal with Mercedes and jumped to the wrong conclusion regarding what that deal is.
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GramCracker posted:I'm ready to be fingered again tbh
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Wierd that the mercs seems to struggle warming tires. Aren't they typically harder on them, hence why Ferrari have better race pace? Does that mean Ferrari are going to be slower in the race due to tire wear now?
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Ferrai took less out of the tyre than the mercs. I know it seems like a glorious dream that will be cruelty shattered at any point, but the fact is that on a power dependant track that absolutely suits Mercades in every way, and puts them 1.2 seconds faster than the red bull behind them, Ferrari are simply better than them.
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EJ said rather emphatically that Red Bull were going to get Audi engines and accosted Horner over it so I'm not putting too much stock in that
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learnincurve posted:Ferrai took less out of the tyre than the mercs. I know it seems like a glorious dream that will be cruelty shattered at any point, but the fact is that on a power dependant track that absolutely suits Mercades in every way, and puts them 1.2 seconds faster than the red bull behind them, Ferrari are simply better than them. Sochi is real rough on brakes. Not the Mercs most bullet proof area.
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The only thing that Mercedes has is the first sector. Hamilton is specially bad in the third sector.
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Norns posted:Sochi is real rough on brakes. Not the Mercs most bullet proof area. Oh good we will get to see both Haas's in the wall then
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1500quidporsche posted:EJ said rather emphatically that Red Bull were going to get Audi engines and accosted Horner over it so I'm not putting too much stock in that They were until the VW emissions scandal hit and VAG decided to stay out of F1.
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I think some kind of deal should be made where Williams gets rid of Stroll, but keeps his mom and sister around.
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gret posted:They were until the VW emissions scandal hit and VAG decided to stay out of F1. There's like zero scenarios I could see Piech signing off on being in F1. It was just rumors by Red Bull for the usual political gain.
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1500quidporsche posted:There's like zero scenarios I could see Piech signing off on being in F1. It was just rumors by Red Bull for the usual political gain. No, I'm fairly certain gret is right, they were 100% going to enter F1 until the emissions scandal.
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There were endless reports about VAG constantly proping F1 and commissioning reports about the viability of running a team.
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wicka posted:No, I'm fairly certain gret is right, they were 100% going to enter F1 until the emissions scandal. I don't think there was any sort of indication this was going to happen beyond Eddie's story and a bunch of tinfoil hat wearers swearing that Domenicali was preparing some super secret Audi engine.
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Would Redbull Audi be the most insufferable F1 team of all time?
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Norns posted:Would Redbull Audi be the most insufferable F1 team of all time? Almost certainly
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I'm trying to think of the last truly insufferable team to win a championship before Red Bull and the closest I can get is Ferrari when they pulled that tire protest horseshit.
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wicka posted:No, I'm fairly certain gret is right, they were 100% going to enter F1 until the emissions scandal. Yep I thought the rumour was a buyout of Torro Rosso
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djssniper posted:Yep I thought the rumour was a buyout of Torro Rosso It would've made sense, Red Bull were desperate to sell them for a time but they've pumped so much money into the team that no one can afford it.
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