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quote: Originally posted by JonnyJ
quote: Originally posted by Dave
The F1 Steve
Twats! It's confirmed now though. Nome of Steve's DM shit.
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Kyle T
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All signed and sealed then with Kimi... hoping for fireworks
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/24042352
One year with a option for 2015. Good luck to the James Hunt of the modern era. Wish I was paid €30m to leave Ferari then rejoin a few years later. Laughing all the way to the bank.
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Kyle T
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Not sure how I didn't think about this earlier...
Rob Smedley and Kimi....
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All signed and sealed then with Kimi... hoping for fireworks
Kimi will punch Alonso before the end of next year, or throw an empty bottle of vodka at him.
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Brilliant news
Need some ''i was having a shit'' type comments next season to piss off ferrari hq.
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JonnyJ
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What's Alonso going to do when he's behind his teammate now? He might actually have to try and overtake him
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fred7
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Theres no way kimi will be a push over for alonso. Hes there to win and fight for the wins. IF the new engine is half decent they are the 1s to best next year surely
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Marc
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Qualy, Hulk, Fred
Bosscielny, Rambo, Poldi
The world is going mad.
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quote: Originally posted by Marc
Qualy, Hulk, Fred
Bosscielny, Rambo, Poldi
The world is going mad.
What?
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Marc
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You lot and your pet names for people!
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Dave
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Qualy?
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Jamie Walby
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quote: Originally posted by Marc
You lot and your pet names for people!
Pretty sure CS is not responsible for Hulk and Fred.
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JonnyJ
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quote: Originally posted by fred7
Theres no way kimi will be a push over for alonso. Hes there to win and fight for the wins. IF the new engine is half decent they are the 1s to best next year surely
So hard to tell with any certainty but I don't think RB will be the team to be at. Given that they have for the past several years utilised exhaust gases for aero benefit better than any other team, with the new regulations eliminating that I feel they will be hit hardest, like they were when blown diffusers were first outlawed.
Merc will hopefully be right up there, it could be an engine formula next season and they usually make decent power plants, coupled with their huge budget and improvement this season I expect them to be fighting.
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quote: Originally posted by Marc
You lot and your pet names for people!
Chicharito. Fergie. Becks.
And who is Quali?
[Edited on 11-09-2013 by JonnyJ]
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Kyle T
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quote: Originally posted by fred7
Theres no way kimi will be a push over for alonso. Hes there to win and fight for the wins. IF the new engine is half decent they are the 1s to best next year surely
Even without the best car, it will be hard to look past them for WCC as they are both drivers that seem to be able to magic up points from nowhere.
Neither are brilliant qualifiers IMO, when their main rivals (Hamilton and Vettel) are - so the 2014 Ferrari will need to be shit hot in races, but these drivers seem to excel at podiums from 7,8,9 on the grid.
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JonnyJ
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Depends how good the best car is. If it's Brawn-esque then no matter how good you are you won't be winning races.
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Kyle T
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quote: Originally posted by JonnyJ
Depends how good the best car is. If it's Brawn-esque then no matter how good you are you won't be winning races.
Agreed, but with RBR potentially needing to nurse Ricciardo for a year (I might be wrong, he might be lightening off the blocks) I would imagine that a strong driver line-up may overpower even a dominant car in terms of the WCC.
Merc and Ferrari would be the teams to beat in that department, based on drivers - but either team can produce a dog of a car or engine ofc.
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Brawn-esque 2009 ring any bells?
[Edited on 11-09-2013 by fred7]
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JonnyJ
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quote: Originally posted by fred7
Brawn-esque 2009 ring any bells?
[Edited on 11-09-2013 by fred7]
A dark season for Formula 1
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Kyle T
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I'd like to think/hope that any form of domination next year will be engine based - meaning there will be a couple of teams at least with the same advantage.
Of course aero will still be massive, as the whole rear-end packaging/exhaust is changing.
I really hope over the next few years we get back to the good old days of "this weekend is a Ferrari track and next weekend is a Renault track" and stuff like that, the engine freeze has pretty much brought all of the powerplants into line and they might aswell all be using the same customer engine.
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quote: Originally posted by JonnyJ
What's Alonso going to do when he's behind his teammate now? He might actually have to try and overtake him
seeing how Alonso does most of the overtaking in F1 I don't that being an issue
I do like Kimi but for me Alonso is the best driver on the grid
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JonnyJ
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The stats say Massa does the most overtaking in F1, followed by Webber and Hamilton
Lewis has made the most overtakes per race (2.1) of any driver who has raced over 100 races.
[Edited on 11-09-2013 by JonnyJ]
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Kyle T
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Statistics. Yes
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Great things in F1
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