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Post by Dirty Epic on Apr 15, 2018 13:36:49 GMT
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Post by Batgirl on Apr 16, 2018 6:43:44 GMT
I am very happy with the Chinese F1 result (that's all I'm saying in case people are waiting to watch the replay).
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Post by Gene Hunt on Apr 16, 2018 14:01:16 GMT
I am very happy with the Chinese F1 result (that's all I'm saying in case people are waiting to watch the replay). Yep. I thought that result would draw you out of hiding Batgirl Gene.
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Post by Del Boy on Apr 16, 2018 17:55:21 GMT
What a great race that was. Long may this last.
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Post by Steve Austin on Apr 16, 2018 18:12:04 GMT
Whilst I didn't mind the result (Hamilton being able to cut the gap to Vettel), I do not like the fact that the race is decided by a random factor such as the safety car. Sure, everyone has the choice to make a judgement on changing tyres under the safety car but a) any lead gained is cut and the advantage is nullified through no fault of the driver and b) if the leader has already passed the pits, he cannot change tyres and so the advantage gained by doing that is based on chance and that is the point I am trying to make.
Races should not be decided by chance. I realise that there are always going to be winners and losers in these situations but it is rarely the leader who gains here.
All the talk is about a great race and most of the "great" races these days invariably involve some random act such as this. There must be a way to make the racing more about the racing than tyres or safety cars and the like.
I am glad that Ricciardo rather than Verstappen was the winner here, there is nothing to dislike about Danny.
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Post by Gene Hunt on Apr 16, 2018 19:09:12 GMT
I think I agree on just about every point there Steve.
The tyre situation has been a thorn in the side of F1 for too long now. Bring back the days when you had cars following other cars only inches apart like Mansell and Alesi in Suzuka 1994. They can't do it now and it spoils the racing. The DRS zones are all over the place too. One race they are far too effective and the next they are pointless - like Monaco for instance.
Well done Danny. A great driver, great bloke. Verstappen is a fantastic driver but needs to wind his neck in a bit and learn from his many mistakes.
I'd love to see Alonso in one of those top 3 teams. McLaren have improved from last year but it's still not enough and Fernando is wasting his best years as an "also ran". I certainly think he'd do a better job than Valtteri Bottas. More like Valtteri Bottleless.
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Post by Steve Austin on Apr 16, 2018 20:55:08 GMT
I'd love to see Alonso in one of those top 3 teams. McLaren have improved from last year but it's still not enough and Fernando is wasting his best years as an "also ran". I certainly think he'd do a better job than Valtteri Bottas. More like Valtteri Bottleless.Gene. Haven't seen much bottle from Hamilton either to be honest, if his car isn't the quickest, his head's gone. So different from when he burst onto the scene, looking to overtake anything that moved.
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Post by Gene Hunt on Apr 16, 2018 21:05:22 GMT
To be fair to Hamilton, he has shown some fight (against Verstappen in the previous race) but you are right that he loses interest when things don't go his way, and they are not going his way so far in 2018. He has been seriously let down by the team at times too. Strategy-wise Ferrari & Red Bull have been superior (apart from the Raikkonen pit stop in the previous race and letting the poor sod stay out as long as he did on his first stint in China). The best we've seen from Merc's strategy was playing the undercut with Bottas yesterday. That worked a treat.
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Post by Steve Austin on Apr 16, 2018 21:10:29 GMT
The incident with Verstappen only came about because Max tried to overtake him, Max took the fight to Lewis. Every time you hear him on the radio he's asking what he should do.
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Post by Gene Hunt on Apr 16, 2018 21:28:20 GMT
Yes, he was attacking Hamilton, but a) didn't make it work & b) ended his own race in doing so. That's not how to win championships like Hamilton has.
At the end of the day, if the car is half a second slower a lap (as the Merc was compared to Ferrari on Sunday), then it matters very little how good the driver is. Conversely, stick a mediocre driver in a half decent car with new tires on, and you see things like Hulkenberg overtaking Vettel as he did in China (mainly due to Vettel's tantrum in lighting up his rear tires after Verstappen crashed into him).
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