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Nah it'll be Vandoorne if Alonso takes a year off.
a) Vandoorne's dominated GP2 to an extent never seen before
b) KMag's gone from McLaren
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a) Vandoorne's dominated GP2 to an extent never seen before
b) KMag's gone from McLaren
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Provided they don't start taking each other out I can't see them changing. Realistically Rosberg has it all to lose, if he moves even to become number 1 somewhere it'll be a step down.
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How many pairings from successful teams have gotten along perfectly in the past anyway?
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If I were Toto, i'd be more worried if Hamilton and Rosberg were getting along. Both want to dominate in what is a gift of a car, so of course there will be tension. All they have to do is out-race their team-mate and they have won a world championship
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Rosberg can't outrace Lewis on a consistent basis IMO. On his day he is very very good, the same way AMW was, but even he got closer to a title than Nico ever will.
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Yeah I'd have Rosberg and AMW on a pretty similar level.
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21 race (******* ridiculous) calendar confirmed for next year. The 19 this year, Germany and Europe (Azerbaijin) returning.
Montreal and Azerbaijin are back to back, which is as hilarious as it is ludicrous.
USA listed as provisional due to its money issues.
Montreal and Azerbaijin are back to back, which is as hilarious as it is ludicrous.
USA listed as provisional due to its money issues.
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Couple of interesting rule changes for next year
You'd assume that FP1 and FP2 will be the sessions that teams can't choose rubber for. FP3 onwards will be up to the teams. I'm not sure if the teams have to choose identical numbers of each option for the race (3 prime, 3 option) or whether they can vary the mix (ie 4 sets of the option, 2 sets of the prime)
I'm not a fan of the VSC, but restarting DRS immediately should provide more passing opportunities for the drivers.
You'd assume that FP1 and FP2 will be the sessions that teams can't choose rubber for. FP3 onwards will be up to the teams. I'm not sure if the teams have to choose identical numbers of each option for the race (3 prime, 3 option) or whether they can vary the mix (ie 4 sets of the option, 2 sets of the prime)
I'm not a fan of the VSC, but restarting DRS immediately should provide more passing opportunities for the drivers.
They can't lose Texas from the calendar - why is it the most popular and exciting venues seem to end up under threat every five minutes???
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Government wants to cut the funding.
The hosting fees for F1 races are a ******* joke. The sooner Bernie's no longer in charge the better.
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Its a credit to Australia we still host one. With all that is against us in timezone, travel distance and being a very small market to still have a GP after 30 years is great.
The drivers seem to genuinely love coming down here to start the season as they did at the end of it. It wouldn't work any other way IMO.
The drivers seem to genuinely love coming down here to start the season as they did at the end of it. It wouldn't work any other way IMO.
Pretty much confirms that RBR will be using Tag branded engines next year
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Am sensing a McLaren-Honda type year from RBR next year unfortunately
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Depends what Illen and his team can do. Use up plenty of tokens in the first half of the year.
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Aston Martin take over of Force India looking likely
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Gilles and Jacky got on well.
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Schumi and Felipe
Felipe and Kimi
Button and Hamilton never really had any blow ups but were still competitive with each other
Felipe and Kimi
Button and Hamilton never really had any blow ups but were still competitive with each other
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Aston Martin and Mercedes are owned by Chrysler arent they?
Surely if thats the case itd just be Aston Martin Racing
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Officially confirmed. The 2016 challenger will be called the Red Bull-TAG Heuer RB12. What a mouthful.
Chrysler and Mercedes haven't had anything to do with each other for while now, Chrysler is partnered with Fiat. Aston Martin are partially owned by Mercedes, and I think there still might be a very small percentage of Ford ownership.
