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14th June 2019, 10:02
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It's worth mentioning that they still had...
It's worth mentioning that they still had refuelling in F1 at that point, up until the end of 2009 in fact, which meant the amount of fuel you started with was likely to vary up and down the grid
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8th April 2019, 19:17
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Roger... and out
Roger... and out
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18th March 2019, 08:46
Thread: Stupid but serious question
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Not a stupid question - as I realised when I...
Not a stupid question - as I realised when I tried to come up with a short but comprehensive answer to it! Essentially, yes, it's part of the engine mapping, since the cars are restricted to 200kW of...
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18th March 2019, 08:39
Thread: Gerry (Geraint) Phillips
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Motor Sport magazine's online archive has this...
Motor Sport magazine's online archive has this obituary from the time: https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/january-1997/8/gerry-phillips
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29th March 2018, 15:51
Thread: Punctuation question
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*brushes off English Language degree* Definitely...
*brushes off English Language degree* Definitely the first one. You might get away with replacing the commas with "..." for effect, which might allow the fourth one to be correct if you're indicating...
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14th March 2018, 12:38
Thread: Rookies
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Sounded like they were having a great race (I was...
Sounded like they were having a great race (I was listening on IndyCar radio, but they got a short highlights vid up PDQ afterwards). Just a shame there aren't more season-long rookie contenders, but...
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3rd December 2017, 19:13
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About the only female driver who's ever expressed...
About the only female driver who's ever expressed any interest in a female-only championship is Carmen Jorda. And if Lotus wouldn't give her a test drive when she was working for them, nobody else is...
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2nd September 2017, 20:05
Thread: Engine Deals
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Given Horner's comments about Renault not so very...
Given Horner's comments about Renault not so very long ago, I'd be surprised if the French took any notice of any attempt to veto who took their engines...
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2nd August 2017, 08:20
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It was because they were unprepared for Bottas'...
It was because they were unprepared for Bottas' non-start in 2015 that they signed an official reserve. I believe Adrian Sutil had the job initially.
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22nd June 2017, 11:11
Thread: Monisha Kaltenborn out of Sauber!
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Sauber have been in decline lately, I agree, but...
Sauber have been in decline lately, I agree, but I suspect that would have been the case whoever was in charge. Rumour has it the new owners wanted Ericsson (a fellow Swede) to have preferential...
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1st May 2017, 11:01
Thread: Crazy Copter
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At one point it did seem to be sweeping...
At one point it did seem to be sweeping aggressively over a bunch of spectators milling around a "general milling around" area. With a little coordination I'm sure they could all have run away...
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25th April 2017, 09:28
Thread: Btcc 2017
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Ride height infringement. Sheds says it was down...
Ride height infringement. Sheds says it was down to the damage sustained on the first start and they were unable to check before the restart, but rules is rules.
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4th April 2017, 10:59
Thread: Maldonado to Sauber
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I initially dismissed it as such, but it was...
I initially dismissed it as such, but it was published on March 31... Anyway, I can't see a year out of racing having done anything to improve Maldonado's erratic ways. Giovinazzi's in for one more...
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14th March 2017, 22:04
Thread: Pink F1 car - Force India 2017
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At least it's a nice restrained pink. After...
At least it's a nice restrained pink. After seeing this story break earlier I did a Google Images search for "pink NASCAR", knowing they've done a few cancer awareness specials over the years. The...
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3rd February 2017, 12:35
Thread: Project 4 No More
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I was hoping they might restart the numbering now...
I was hoping they might restart the numbering now the MP4 is stopping. After all, when MP4 came in they started the count again, after the M29 and M30 had proven not to be that great. It seemed to...
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5th December 2016, 10:42
Thread: Whatever happened to?
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Blimey, some of those names take me back. I'm...
Blimey, some of those names take me back. I'm still here, needless to say :)
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3rd November 2016, 22:11
Thread: Gravel Traps
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One possible compromise that has been suggested...
One possible compromise that has been suggested (by Karun Chandhok, among others) has been a gravel "strip" not far off the track - not big enough to completely trap a car or flip it over, but just...
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1st September 2016, 23:17
Thread: Top Gear!
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UKTV channel Dave have now started repeating the...
UKTV channel Dave have now started repeating the latest series. I saw the first episode again at the weekend - and the funny thing was, their cut-down version, critically without most of the...
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12th August 2016, 10:24
Thread: Ocon Replaces Haryanto at Manor
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Useless stat department: Ocon becomes the first...
Useless stat department: Ocon becomes the first Formula 1 driver with a surname beginning with O since Danny Ongais last appeared in 1978. Feel free to use that stat yourself, on the off-chance...
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6th August 2016, 22:00
Thread: Formula 1 live
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Hmm. If I'm honest, the badly translated website...
Hmm. If I'm honest, the badly translated website doesn't fill me with confidence...
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1st August 2016, 11:55
Thread: Btcc 2016
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Taller barriers would help, but perhaps the...
Taller barriers would help, but perhaps the positioning of the camera stand needs to be considered too. It's an MSV circuit, and they do tend to be pretty hot on these things, so if there need to be...
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30th July 2016, 10:37
Thread: Red flags in qualifying
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Perfectly sensible rule change. Why on earth were...
Perfectly sensible rule change. Why on earth were double yellows used in qualifying, which is for the sole purpose of going quickly, in the first place? Either you have an advisory yellow flag or a...
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18th June 2016, 10:16
Thread: Top Gear!
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Tomorrow night's edition could be the acid test -...
Tomorrow night's edition could be the acid test - it's a Cheap Car Challenge, which was always one of the best parts of TG v2.0. But they've combined it with one of the epic races, which could either...
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12th June 2016, 09:34
Thread: Top Gear!
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They just need to fine-tune the studio sections,...
They just need to fine-tune the studio sections, otherwise it's been problem-free for me so far. Well, that and the fact that Chris couldn't pronounce Porsche properly and Matt couldn't say Jaguar...
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9th May 2016, 10:22
Thread: Mercedes cover their back
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Lewis said he wanted a competitive car......
Lewis said he wanted a competitive car... Mercedes delivered
Lewis said he wanted another championship... Mercedes delivered
Lewis said he thrived on adversity... Mercedes are currently delivering...
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Did Jan Solans get 3 points for his 8th place at the end of saturday? Wikipedia and WRC site shows he didn't, eWRC shows he did.
[WRC] Vodafone Rally de Portugal...