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17 Mar 2019, 06:30 (Ref:3891256) | #76 | ||
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Early signs are that cars can run close together, which is good. I do fear the new DRS will be a little too effective on more typical circuits though.
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17 Mar 2019, 06:32 (Ref:3891257) | #77 | ||
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St Paddys day here and I've been hammering the Guiness a bit....the Irish drivers O'Bottas or O'Hamilton should win...
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17 Mar 2019, 06:41 (Ref:3891262) | #78 | ||
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Congrats to Bottas. Has he thrown the gauntlet down to Lewis? What happened to Ferrari?
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17 Mar 2019, 06:43 (Ref:3891263) | #79 | ||
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17 Mar 2019, 06:56 (Ref:3891267) | #83 | ||
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To finish first, first you must finish. And the Finnish did finish first!
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17 Mar 2019, 06:57 (Ref:3891268) | #84 | |
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Best race ever for Bottas.
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17 Mar 2019, 07:23 (Ref:3891277) | #85 | ||
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Congratulations to Bottas and to Mercedes as well really. I don't know if Ferrari are worried about what it shows for the season or just downbeat to have not done that well in Australia, but this is not the most typical circuit, so where aero comes into play more, it could be quite a different situation. Lewis usually looks the happiest when he wins, as though it were the first ever, and the saddest when he doesn't and he seems to have matured even more, just reacting well, even if he's disappointed. |
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17 Mar 2019, 08:00 (Ref:3891283) | #86 | ||
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17 Mar 2019, 08:23 (Ref:3891290) | #87 | ||
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Brilliant Bottas . The extra point for fastest lap is livening up the last few laps . I stayed awake so great race to watch .
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17 Mar 2019, 15:12 (Ref:3891333) | #88 | |
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Promising start voor the Red Bull Honda partnership.
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17 Mar 2019, 16:21 (Ref:3891345) | #91 | |
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This is interesting race only because Bottas finished 20-ish seconds ahead of Hamilton. What could justify such difference between two cars from the same factory?
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17 Mar 2019, 17:02 (Ref:3891354) | #92 | ||
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An early switch onto the slower tyre to cover off Vettel and a large chunk of his floor missing
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4th should have been Leclerc's......
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17 Mar 2019, 17:15 (Ref:3891358) | #94 | ||
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Yes, LH was pitted early to cover Vettel, as he was behind Bottas. That cost him later on, along with the lack of ‘rear end’ caused by the so far unexplained floor damage. He was maybe lucky that Max lost a couple of seconds with his off near the end and didn’t take 2nd.
Shame Lando couldn’t get a point on his F1 debut, but his pace later in the race didn’t seem capable of allowing that. At least his Renault engine kept going, but wondering if it was ‘turned down’ after Sainz’s fire? Agree that Leclerc looked to have the faster red car near the end! |
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17 Mar 2019, 17:17 (Ref:3891359) | #95 | ||
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I'm a little surprised that if Ferrari decided not to let him challenge Vettel, they didn't pull him in with maybe 5 laps to go, put on some soft tires, and have him try and scoop the fastest lap. Surely he'd have been quick enough to go faster than Bottas on his rather old tires? |
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Vettel is going to get very annoyed this year as Leclerc pushes....
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Knowledge? Perhaps not. But many believe that Leclerc could have the beating of Vettel - if Ferrari allow it.....
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