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Post by Wß on Sept 13, 2016 21:26:09 GMT
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Post by Hammer on Sept 14, 2016 4:55:31 GMT
If Mercedes can't win here, Redbull Racing has my full support.
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Post by Frontrunner on Sept 14, 2016 11:48:56 GMT
Oh yes! Singapore, been looking forward to this one. Hopefully Merc won't be on the pace just like last year, I have to admit i did enjoy seeing Merc struggle for genuine pace for once, but I do think they have learnt their lesson from 2015 and will be quite competitive for the race win, or possibly yet dominate the weekend perhaps, Anyways hoping for a good fight between the top 3 teams. Should be a good weekend.
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Post by Wß on Sept 14, 2016 12:12:00 GMT
Here's why I think it might turn out to be a two team race...  This will be won by two stopping, and some teams are going the three stop route for sure. |
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Post by Frontrunner on Sept 14, 2016 12:48:42 GMT
depends how long the ultra's go for, 2 stop would be a stretch too far wouldn't it? unless of course Merc and Red Bull get away with doing Q2 on supersofts and avoid the ultrasoft during the race. All too interesting.
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Post by Wß on Sept 14, 2016 12:59:24 GMT
Two stop was last year's winning strategy. This year's tires are supposed to be more "resilient" for lack of a better word. It's all down to getting the tires to work, that's why Merc got caught out last year, they just couldn't do that at every race they got caught out. They say they fixed it, but IMO this is a Red Bull circuit to lose. With their raky car and all.  |
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Post by Wß on Sept 14, 2016 13:04:04 GMT
I don't have F1 betting here but if I did, it would be so worth dropping a tenner on Verstappen and Raikkonen making contact.
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Post by Wß on Sept 14, 2016 20:48:04 GMT
Some interesting fodder here regarding the cumulative positions lost/gained by each driver over the last fourteen races.  |
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Post by RyRy on Sept 16, 2016 7:38:38 GMT
Well... storms are expected this weekend.
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Post by racechick on Sept 16, 2016 11:14:43 GMT
Lewis tested the halo in FP1 and was half a second faster than Rosberg without a halo . Both on super Softs. Button had a fuel issues and had to get pushed back to the pits. He also said this...... 12:58 Button's report to McLaren: "Very, very low grip and too much understeer"  |
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Post by RyRy on Sept 16, 2016 11:59:33 GMT
Mercedes look decent, on soft tyres they're only 6 tenths away from Red Bull who are on ultrasofts.
Rosbergs crash looked odd, I personally think the front left had an issue rather than the rear as sky seem to think.
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Post by dogued on Sept 16, 2016 12:04:37 GMT
Mercedes look decent, on soft tyres they're only 6 tenths away from Red Bull who are on ultrasofts. Rosbergs crash looked odd, I personally think the front left had an issue rather than the rear as sky seem to think. It's ok, only practice. He will make his race crash look much less odd for you  |
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Post by Wß on Sept 16, 2016 12:13:25 GMT
it was odd... and yeah, the fact that the Mercs set their time on the Soft compound is interesting. The ferrari looked very solid here and no need to mention the Red Bull chassis is pristine already. Interesting that Nico lost it on the infamous turn 18, that corner takes one out every race, interesting that it's already claimed a victim in FP1.
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Post by racechick on Sept 16, 2016 12:57:36 GMT
I read he locked both fronts? But only getting Twitter feeds.
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Post by Wß on Sept 17, 2016 2:36:43 GMT
Completely missed FP@ but I'm glad I tweaked my order a bit in the forum league. Qualifying is going to be interesting tomorrow, I think Mercedes is back dominating one lap pace here but the race result is going to be determined after lap one. Turn 18 is always good for a safety car or three.  |
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Post by Hammer on Sept 17, 2016 11:47:55 GMT
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Post by Hammer on Sept 17, 2016 13:18:09 GMT
Looking already like Ricciardo's race to lose!
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Post by Wß on Sept 17, 2016 13:23:26 GMT
Interesting that no one went out on Soft or Super Soft in Q1. I think it's a Red Bull race to lose, hopefully there will be a real fight for the podium tomorrow, maybe only room for one Merc on it too from the looks of things.
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Post by Liam Catterson on Sept 17, 2016 13:24:55 GMT
Well, looks like today's beverage will be bleach tonight.
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Post by Hammer on Sept 17, 2016 13:33:27 GMT
Oh...Merc cranked it up.
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