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MetalMickie said:
You really have it in for Verstappen don't you.

His drive on Sunday was excellent and devoid of the silly mistakes that he has sometimes made in the past.

It had as much to do with his racing ability as the performance of his car.
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I admit he's not my cup of tea, ever since he refused to follow team orders in 2015, and nothing in his recent behaviour (including him ignoring yellow flags during practice this weekend) has convinced me to change my mind.

He's a spoilt brat who is getting paid millions to do what he loves doing and does nothing but winge.
No respect
 
bobmac said:
I admit he's not my cup of tea, ever since he refused to follow team orders in 2015, and nothing in his recent behaviour (including him ignoring yellow flags during practice this weekend) has convinced me to change my mind.

He's a spoilt brat who is getting paid millions to do what he loves doing and does nothing but winge.
No respect
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Red Bull only pay him those millions because of his ability not, unlike some, because he has "bought" the drive with sponsorship.

I agree that he has, at times, displayed poor judgement but there's no doubting his ability as a racer.

I don't think there is a driver on the grid who hasn't made or continues to make similar errors of judgment.
 
MetalMickie said:
Red Bull only pay him those millions because of his ability not, unlike some, because he has "bought" the drive with sponsorship.

I agree that he has, at times, displayed poor judgement but there's no doubting his ability as a racer.

I don't think there is a driver on the grid who hasn't made or continues to make similar errors of judgment.
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Theres no arguement that MV has talent, and bundles of it, but it's his petulance that irritates.
 
Bunkermagnet said:
Theres no arguement that MV has talent, and bundles of it, but it's his petulance that irritates.
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I understand that but then the same could be said about Hamilton, Vettel, Alonso and others.

To be an F1 driver requires phenomenal levels of self belief, otherwise they wouldn't take the risks.

Sometimes that self belief manifests itself as arrogance but as I said, that charge could be levelled at every driver on the grid.
 
Great drive by Hamilton, another 1-2 for Mercedes and a very poor day at the office for Vettel.

A 1-2 for Mercedes in Austin with Hamilton winning and Lewis is WC for 5th time.
 
Old Skier said:
Once again Vettel escapes a penalty. Looks like officials in all sports suffer from inconsistency.
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Yip, pretty much the same thing Verstappen got penalised for on Vettel but no penalty for Vettel this time. But then he does drive for Ferrari...
 
Great drive from Kimi, thoroughly deserved his win. Hamilton will have to wait till next time to clinch his 5th WC.
 
I think Ferrari must have a mole in the Mercedes strategy team......they couldn't have got it more wrong if they'd tried.
Nice to see Kimi win at last.
 
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bobmac said:
I think Ferrari must have a mole in the Mercedes strategy team......they couldn't have got it more wrong if they'd tried.
Nice to Kimi win at last.
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Whoever wins the Championship this year, Hamilton or Vettel, it won't be thanks to the strategists.

Can't remember a season when the leading teams have made so many wrong calls.
 
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MetalMickie said:
Whoever wins the Championship this year, Hamilton or Vettel, it won't be thanks to the strategists.

Can't remember a season when the leading teams have made so many wrong calls.
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Hamilton will deffo win, 70 point lead with 3 races left.

On the wrong calls, I agree altho in defence of the teams, there is now hardy any tyre testing compared to what there used to be and they change the tyre compounds every year. The tyres are so marginal these days that it's easy to get things slightly wrong that have a massive impact on the results.
 
ger147 said:
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Hamilton will deffo win, 70 point lead with 3 races left.

On the wrong calls, I agree altho in defence of the teams, there is now hardy any tyre testing compared to what there used to be and they change the tyre compounds every year. The tyres are so marginal these days that it's easy to get things slightly wrong that have a massive impact on the results.
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I agree about Hamilton winning, just didn't want to tempt fate.

As for the tyres from what I heard it sounds like it will again be a voyage into the unknown next season.
 
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MetalMickie said:
I agree about Hamilton winning, just didn't want to tempt fate.

As for the tyres from what I heard it sounds like it will again be a voyage into the unknown next season.
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Yep, 3 new compounds for next season and with the ban on in season testing it's basically guesswork for the teams from race to race w.r.t. tyres.

Not like it was in Schumacher's day for example when a Ferrari F1 car was lapping Fiorano day in day out back at the factory.
 
My lad is telling me that F1 in a couple of years is going to Hanoi in Vietnam. It is a beautiful City in a beautiful country. However. Hanoi is not known for its quality of roads which tells me Mr Hamilton will either be racing in a Tut Tut or a tractor.
 
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