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2014 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix
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It's just been confirmed that it's one car.
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Magnussen has "done a Chris Brown", he thinks. For non-Brits... he's hit a bird.
Better than hitting a horse with horns I guess.
Better than hitting a horse with horns I guess.
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I see people on the Autosport forums are already whinging about the empty grandstands ... in the middle of a workday. As if every session needs to be sold out and the stands packed for the event to be remotely considered "successful".
Which begs the question of why I went into that cesspit in the first place.
Which begs the question of why I went into that cesspit in the first place.
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That's because in Russia the race drives you, or something.
More on-topic; there's a drain cover inside the apex of Turn 2 (where the drivers are cutting the corner). Things like that make me very nervous since the underneath of Montoya's car was ripped out at...Istanbul's inaugural race? China 2005.
Fortunately in that case he hit it square-on with his enormous testicles and popped it back out of the other side of the world.
More on-topic; there's a drain cover inside the apex of Turn 2 (where the drivers are cutting the corner). Things like that make me very nervous since the underneath of Montoya's car was ripped out at...
Fortunately in that case he hit it square-on with his enormous testicles and popped it back out of the other side of the world.
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In Russia, the race watches you.
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Grosjean is angry with Renault, 'e 'as no poo-er.
Presumably it's a kind of Lotus-constipation (having trouble passing other cars).
Presumably it's a kind of Lotus-constipation (having trouble passing other cars).
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They have been quite disappointing this year out of the Mercedes powered cars but some of that has to be as a result of a poor car design but I wouldn't go as far as blaming the whole season on the design team.
Hopefully next year with McLaren reuniting with Honda we could see McLaren get back to that 2008-10 form they had, although I'd prefer the late 80's - early 90's form.
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Hopefully, though I am even more confident about 2016 when engine has had a while, and Prodromou's aero work starts to show.
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I don't think many of the drivers got clean laps together judging by the sector times and someone is always quite close to Merc to begin with, usually it's Alonso.
EDIT: Button is actually faster than Rosberg in FP1 if you go by best sector times.
EDIT: Button is actually faster than Rosberg in FP1 if you go by best sector times.
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I'm waiting until the race to have a full verdict on the track, from what I've seen the surrounding area is better than Valencia eventhough the track looks similar to it.
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Yes,the circuit doesn't look exciting at all...but nor does Valencia...but we have seen some great racing there.
Who knows,we could see a great race sunday...surely it will be close between the Mercs,behind them we could see a great fight with ferrari,Mclaren,williams etc etc...
Or,it we be a parade the whole race..
Lets see...i do think the straights are long enough for lots of (artificial drs)overtaking ...
Spy.
Who knows,we could see a great race sunday...surely it will be close between the Mercs,behind them we could see a great fight with ferrari,Mclaren,williams etc etc...
Or,it we be a parade the whole race..
Lets see...i do think the straights are long enough for lots of (artificial drs)overtaking ...
Spy.
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There are so few decent tracks in F1 nowadays... Spa, Suzuka, Monza, maybe Canada.
The rest are mainly...
1) Once great tracks that have been ruined; Silverstone, Hockenhiem
2) Tracks that simply don't work with modern F1 cars; Monaco, Hungaroring
3) Newly designed 'commercial' circuits
Sepang is about the only modern track I rate.
The rest are mainly...
1) Once great tracks that have been ruined; Silverstone, Hockenhiem
2) Tracks that simply don't work with modern F1 cars; Monaco, Hungaroring
3) Newly designed 'commercial' circuits
Sepang is about the only modern track I rate.
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Mclaren looks good, also I have decided after 30 mins of watching the track that I don't like it and my opinion is unquestionable.
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Say what you want but Hockenhiem worked well this year, and Melbourne is definitely one of the best races of the year consistently. Nurburgring when used always seems to provide an excellent race and is a better track then Hockenhiem.
then you have Interlagos which like Melbourne brings alot of unpredictability and is usually one of the best tracks on the calendar race wise.
As much as people might like monza reality is its not really a difficult track and most of the time provides a boring spectacle.
