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Think you will find there is a new contender in town. Cant wait to hear the boo's and hoo's of merc. Hamilton will have a big glum face and saying feck all like a kid with no dummy
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Seriously impressive drive from young max today.
Brilliant composure with kimi sniffing around his gearbox for the last 20 laps.
Brilliant composure with kimi sniffing around his gearbox for the last 20 laps.
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Both Sainz and Verstappen are brilliant, Max did an amazing job today. The next generation has arrived.
Brilliant for Red Bull too, just a shame for Ricciardo but hey, that is just how it goes. Was a bit depressing that he could never get past the Ferrari even with full DRS and sitting on Vettel's gearbox... If only they could get a proper engine, the car is clearly superb.
As for Lewis/Nico, that was overly aggressive by Nico for sure. Also perhaps a bit optimistic by Lewis. I would put it 70% Nico, 30% Lewis. Race incident at the end of the day. Has there been any word from the race stewards yet?
Toto was surprisingly calm about it.
The only real worry is that we have seen this sort of thing before from Nico, being quite happy to settle for 0/0 to protect his lead. It will not affect how Lewis races, but obviously that is another 25 points gone.
Brilliant for Red Bull too, just a shame for Ricciardo but hey, that is just how it goes. Was a bit depressing that he could never get past the Ferrari even with full DRS and sitting on Vettel's gearbox... If only they could get a proper engine, the car is clearly superb.
As for Lewis/Nico, that was overly aggressive by Nico for sure. Also perhaps a bit optimistic by Lewis. I would put it 70% Nico, 30% Lewis. Race incident at the end of the day. Has there been any word from the race stewards yet?
Toto was surprisingly calm about it.
The only real worry is that we have seen this sort of thing before from Nico, being quite happy to settle for 0/0 to protect his lead. It will not affect how Lewis races, but obviously that is another 25 points gone.
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Not a hamilton fan but at the point where the pass took place nico had changed maps and was down according to the merc spin doctors by 180bhp, which is understandable things are going to happen quickly. Totally over dramatised but lead to a great race, just goes to show F1 can be interesting if the playing field was evened out
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It looked 50/50 to me. Both equally at fault.
It's one of those things that happen on a track.
It's one of those things that happen on a track.
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I see Vettel had a fit again over a faster driver trying to overtake him, lol 
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Great post .I see Vettel had a fit again over a faster driver trying to overtake him, lol
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wow what a start. was just thinking at turn1 what a move by rosberg then the tit runs lewis off the track. Im just glad he took rosberg with him.
when you see the in car from lewis it was plain there was a gap and he was much faster. imo rosberg got the red mist and covered too late.
when you see the in car from lewis it was plain there was a gap and he was much faster. imo rosberg got the red mist and covered too late.
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Watching the silver sword fighter's end up in the gravel was the highlight of my weekend lol. Sorry, I know it's unsporting but hey.
Top job Max and chuffed for Kimi.
Top job Max and chuffed for Kimi.
Who needs more aerodynamics to spice things up next year? Just get the engines HP +/-2% of each other.
What a great race by Max. I know he's the youngest winner in F1 history but winning on his first race with his new team, very impressive. He opened the gap coming on the start/finish straight perfectly every time to keep Kimi at bay, he was in control. Glad to see a fresh face on the podium.
Ferrari have been comparing themselves to Mercedes but now RB have stepped up, they have a whole new set of headaches.
Actually felt sick seeing the Mercs crash like that, I know Toto played it down but I bet tensions were high in the meeting. Nico was in the wrong engine setting, was fiddling with his steering wheel, looked up, Hamilton was about to fly pass him and he closed the door far far too late. IMO if someone is passing you at that rate of speed theres nothing you can do to close the gap. Very immature move and unless they hold hands for the rest of the season, I think that may have sealed one of their fates for next year, just one more instance where they've shown their own ambition above the teams.
What a great race by Max. I know he's the youngest winner in F1 history but winning on his first race with his new team, very impressive. He opened the gap coming on the start/finish straight perfectly every time to keep Kimi at bay, he was in control. Glad to see a fresh face on the podium.
Ferrari have been comparing themselves to Mercedes but now RB have stepped up, they have a whole new set of headaches.
Actually felt sick seeing the Mercs crash like that, I know Toto played it down but I bet tensions were high in the meeting. Nico was in the wrong engine setting, was fiddling with his steering wheel, looked up, Hamilton was about to fly pass him and he closed the door far far too late. IMO if someone is passing you at that rate of speed theres nothing you can do to close the gap. Very immature move and unless they hold hands for the rest of the season, I think that may have sealed one of their fates for next year, just one more instance where they've shown their own ambition above the teams.
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Fantastic achievement, 2017 World champion?
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He obviously can drive Must admit I was sceptical when he first showed up, but so far he has proved himself every step of the way.
That said, he obviously has strong backing too. I reckon Sainz is up there with him as well, just not with the same backing. They ran pretty close at TR, and Sainz comprehensively out-performed Kvyat.
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Must admit I was sceptical when he first showed up, but so far he has proved himself every step of the way.That said, he obviously has strong backing too. I reckon Sainz is up there with him as well, just not with the same backing. They ran pretty close at TR, and Sainz comprehensively out-performed Kvyat.
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I think it was approximately lap 6 before I stopped rolling around the sofa in hysterics. What a pair of complete and utter twoobs.
Showed pretty clearly the key to having exciting racing is just remove the Mercedes' out of it. The rest was superb viewing.
Liked Jos as a driver, could see more talent in him than the teams he drove for. When Max showed up I expected the same and he's delivered, and that youngest win record is going to be pretty hard to beat. A very consummate victory and could not be happier even though I'm ferrari through and through.
posts above - not sure what strings Papa Verstappen would have been able to pull? And Rosberg learning italian? i think they're smarter than that. More chance of them ringing Nick Heidfeld and seeing if he's free next year. Should have done that a few years ago tbh. He deserved a better chance.
Anyway, more of the same at Monaco please.
And seeing this is the times of dreams coming true (Verstappen and Leicester et al) I'd like to nominate Massa for a race win this year, Raikkonen to take a couple and Vettel to win the championship. If Button and Alonso could also get a swap to a different team and win first time out too that would be just swell. lol.
Showed pretty clearly the key to having exciting racing is just remove the Mercedes' out of it. The rest was superb viewing.
Liked Jos as a driver, could see more talent in him than the teams he drove for. When Max showed up I expected the same and he's delivered, and that youngest win record is going to be pretty hard to beat. A very consummate victory and could not be happier even though I'm ferrari through and through.
posts above - not sure what strings Papa Verstappen would have been able to pull? And Rosberg learning italian? i think they're smarter than that. More chance of them ringing Nick Heidfeld and seeing if he's free next year. Should have done that a few years ago tbh. He deserved a better chance.
Anyway, more of the same at Monaco please.
And seeing this is the times of dreams coming true (Verstappen and Leicester et al) I'd like to nominate Massa for a race win this year, Raikkonen to take a couple and Vettel to win the championship. If Button and Alonso could also get a swap to a different team and win first time out too that would be just swell. lol.
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Skeptic in me says that Redbull engineered the win by pushing Ricciardo back to "prove" they where right..
That said fair play to Verstappen. The pressure he was under from Raikkonen was immense so he deserves the win!
That said fair play to Verstappen. The pressure he was under from Raikkonen was immense so he deserves the win!
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