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A sad day for F1, and I can't have been the only one who was disappointed when they sold up the family business earlier this year. At least the name lives on for now.
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Beebo
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It’s all to play for with 2 races left.
The Saudi circuit looks a bit dicey. It’s over 6km long with lots of very fast curves and walls.
Martin Brundle took a car round and described it as Silverstone speeds with Monaco sized run off areas.
A safety car or two is almost guaranteed, and with a 6km circuit it could be very easy to get caught out in the wrong place on track.
The Saudi circuit looks a bit dicey. It’s over 6km long with lots of very fast curves and walls.
Martin Brundle took a car round and described it as Silverstone speeds with Monaco sized run off areas.
A safety car or two is almost guaranteed, and with a 6km circuit it could be very easy to get caught out in the wrong place on track.
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Beebo
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You’re not suggesting cheating!!
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Beebo
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First bit of controversy. Hamilton called to stewards for driving through double waved yellows in practice.
But it seems to have been a technical error with the flags “waved” for less than 1 second and not visible to the driver.
So no sanction.
But it seems to have been a technical error with the flags “waved” for less than 1 second and not visible to the driver.
So no sanction.
Bonefish Blues
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Short days at this time of year.
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Someone was trying too hard.
Bonefish Blues
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He's fast over a lap, but he's had a very large number of GP starts and still isn't getting anywhere close to Lewis's smarts as a racer. 2/10ths is a lifetime - (metaphorically) kick in the clutch and coast over the line for pole.
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Reynard
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This is exactly it.
You can be as fast as you like, but if you haven't got the nous to go with it... And Lewis has got one heck of a racing brain, right up there with Lauda and Prost.
Going back to the touring car analogy, Ash Sutton is a lot like Max Verstappen. But this year he's toned down the aggressiveness and bided his time when he's needed to in races - and he walked to the BTCC title.
Knowing when to push and when to hold back is the difference between the good and the great.
Beebo
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He was so close in turn 2 he basically brushed the wall. Madness.
View: https://youtu.be/Ckvlh0CxJRQ
View: https://youtu.be/Ckvlh0CxJRQ
This is going to be interesting tomorrow. I am envisioning safety cars...
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Reynard
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I, for one, would not like to be on the red Bull engineering team this evening...
Do they stick with the gearbox, keep third on the grid and risk ending up with a box of neutrals like Leclerc did in Monaco, or do they replace it, take a five place drop and then have to rely on Max keeping his nose clean?
Do they stick with the gearbox, keep third on the grid and risk ending up with a box of neutrals like Leclerc did in Monaco, or do they replace it, take a five place drop and then have to rely on Max keeping his nose clean?
