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13 Jun 2022, 19:29 (Ref:4115441)
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14 Jun 2022, 06:40 (Ref:4115484)
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Mercedes must be totally sold on their concept for this years car and believe that if they can rid it of the PPP (Pesky Porpoising Problem) it will be an absolute rocket ship!
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14 Jun 2022, 14:22 (Ref:4115565)
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I think the potential of the car is there, but too many negatives are getting in the way of the positives. I certainly think their pace is not far off the top that it will be winner when all is sorted out
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16 Jun 2022, 18:07 (Ref:4115932)
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Congratulations to Mercedes for notching their first win of the season - https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/fi...unds/10323157/
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16 Jun 2022, 18:25 (Ref:4115937)
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That's not necessarily a given and it will be interesting to see how the FIA intend to implement this, particularly the definition of a metric, based on the car’s vertical acceleration, that will give a quantitative limit for acceptable level of vertical oscillations, considering not all the cars are experiencing the same amount of porpoising, as seen in this graph. 
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16 Jun 2022, 23:20 (Ref:4115982)
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17 Jun 2022, 05:04 (Ref:4115996)
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17 Jun 2022, 06:56 (Ref:4116007)
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11 Nov 2022, 16:13 (Ref:4133294)
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One of Mercedes' partners, cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has filed for bankruptcy in the US.
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12 Nov 2022, 20:27 (Ref:4133389)
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CryptoBros when their scam collapses: Help us FinTech regs! Save us from this mess! |
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12 Nov 2022, 21:52 (Ref:4133395)
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Also CryptoBros: I shall fly to a country that has no extradition agreement with the USA.
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13 Nov 2022, 21:54 (Ref:4133549)
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Meantime, a 1-2 for Mercedes in Brazil...
Is the Dominator back in the building? |
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14 Nov 2022, 09:33 (Ref:4133612)
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I hope it augurs well for a proper championship fight next season, RBR/Mercedes/Ferrari.
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14 Nov 2022, 09:52 (Ref:4133624)
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Merc are back. And now only 19 points behind Ferrari going into the last race...
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14 Nov 2022, 12:44 (Ref:4133657)
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14 Nov 2022, 14:15 (Ref:4133673)
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As opposed to how they will fair against other teams, find myself far more curious about which team mate will dominate for next season!
If this turns out to be their only win this season (or if GR wins next time around) and this becomes the highlight of the team’s season, the young man may have won over even more of the team? No doubt some team executive or media pundit will be wondering out loud if they can score wins with a driver on a much lower retainer then why are they paying the other guy so much? Popcorn on the ready! 
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14 Nov 2022, 18:37 (Ref:4133717)
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Is this true Mercedes performance or was it Red Bull just getting it wrong this past weekend? I think I read somewhere that Mercedes have decided on a different aero concept for next year (i.e. 2023 may not be an evolution of the 2022 zero sidepod setup).
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15 Dec 2022, 11:18 (Ref:4137242)
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15 Dec 2022, 15:57 (Ref:4137256)
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not his dad's level of skill but he does seem to have his work ethic and thats not nothing! like this signing for more reasons than just nostalgia!
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15 Dec 2022, 16:13 (Ref:4137258)
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For once I was ahead of the news, as I heard it suggested on Midweek Motorsport that a German driver might be good for business in a German team. Then, let's not think too long upon the fact that the team is at most a third German...
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16 Dec 2022, 04:40 (Ref:4137293)
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16 Dec 2022, 10:17 (Ref:4137317)
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Sorry, i just don`t see anything but a PR stunt taking Mick to Mercedes, certainly not shown anything to make him worthy of a Top F1 race seat imho.
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it really doesnt put him in line for a top seat though does it?
of the last few drivers who held this posting previously, only Russell moved up but (and i could be wrong here) he was no longer even a Merc reserve driver when he got his last minute call up in 2020? De Vries has moved on to AT so its not like being a reservist got him a Merc race seat. Ocon before him left for Renault and i doubt we will ever see Vandoorne back in F1. of course none of that negates the PR value of having MS walking around in Merc Kit but for sure and even with his limited F1 experience hes more than capable enough of running sim time etc. anyways, now that i've said all this watch MS get called up on race day right when Merc are in the middle of a title battle! 
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