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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr Giacomo Rappaccini
    Promising start to the season for Mecedes :



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    VERSTAPPEN: ‘If I’d let Sainz past, dad would’ve kicked me in the nuts!’

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    and the german press has been brutal on Mercedes GP failing after 14 laps
    i tread through about 4 or 5 different websites and their takedowns were mercilesss
    you can't argue with results.

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    It was only the first day of testing and considering some teams last year only ran on one day during the first test, they really don't warrant the criticism just yet. The German tabloid press are probably as moronic as ours in the UK.
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    seeing hamilton in the mercedes will take a bit of getting used to



    and he's caused the second red flag by skididng off track and through the gravel
    but he manged to post a p2 time before that so, encouraging
    seems the car simply went straight on at turn 6
    it may be driver error (hoping) or another mechanical problem with the car (discouraging) but it does look nimble though
    you can't argue with results.

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    Quote Originally Posted by truefan72
    seeing hamilton in the mercedes will take a bit of getting used to...
    Its not so much seeing him in another Silver (or grey in this case) Mercedes for me as much as seeing him with that awful new helmet design. I really liked Hamilton's classic simple helmet design and now he's joined the likes of Vettel and Kimi with terrible modern adaptations. I know a lot of fans have expressed how much they love the change but I'm from an era where the simple recognisable designs gave the driver that identity and Hamilton's gave just that. Its a thumbs down from me and I hope he sees sense in future. Obviously its not really that important in the grand scheme of things, but its something many will notice. He also can't help having 'Monster' as a sponsor which doesn't help its appearance.
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    That pic of the front of Lulu's Merc gives a very good perspective of how tortuous and complex the front wing elements are on a modern F1 car. I would say "awesome", though it is emblematic of the big problem of F1 - aero is everything. Front and rear.

    And this isn't even the final iteration for the Merc (or the others, I would guess). I should have been an aerodynamicist, I am sure that all the big players have recruiters at all the major universities waiting to cherry pick the good ones, lock them in a room and make them churn out aero bits - a little like an infinite amount of monkeys banging on typewriters...

    OK, back to the show...

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    Quote Originally Posted by truefan72
    seeing hamilton in the mercedes will take a bit of getting used to



    and he's caused the second red flag by skididng off track and through the gravel
    but he manged to post a p2 time before that so, encouraging
    seems the car simply went straight on at turn 6
    it may be driver error (hoping) or another mechanical problem with the car (discouraging) but it does look nimble though
    It was a loss of rear brake pressure which caused his accident, not driver error.

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    lets see how hamilton gets on

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    Quote Originally Posted by craigc
    lets see how hamilton gets on
    If only I had thought of that!
    Opinions are like ar5eholes, everyone has one.

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    I hadn't even thought of that and I'm a Hamilton fan!
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