Formula One | 2018 Season

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Hamilton and Verstappen getting bottled up with all the back markers!

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Drive through pelanty for Perez.

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Hamilton wins, Verstappen second, Vettel third. Bottas, Raikkonen, Ricciardo, Alonso, Sainz, Leclerc and Hulkenberg follow.

That was mostly bobbins.

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Russian GP qualifying.

Ferrari seem to be miles behind Mercedes.

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Bottas on pole! Congrats to him. Hamilton second, Vettel third. Raikkonen, Magnussen, Ocon, Leclerc, Perez, Grosjean and Ericcson follow

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Formation lap under way.

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Verstappen carving his way through the field, in 9th from 19th, after four laps. :lol:

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Gasly and Hartley are out.

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Hamilton pits and comes out behind Vettel!

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Hamilton nearly planted it in to Vettel, overtakes at the next opportunity though.

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Lewis :bow:

He is great

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Vettel, Hamilton and then Raikkonen all post the fastest lap in short order. :lol:

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Hamilton ahem 'passes' Bottas.

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Blistering on Hamilton's tyres.

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Putin turns up casually late.

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Hamilton wins, Bottas second. Vettel third. Raikkonen, Verstappen, Ricciardo, Leclerc, Magnussen, Ocon and Perez follow.

[Özim]

Bet Ferrari regret not letting Vettel past Raikonen earlier in the season now, Raikonen was never going to challenge!

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Japanese qualifying

Ericcson crashes in Q1 in qualifying. :doh:

Session Red Flagged.

Vettel had a spin too, though it doesn't look like he did anything wrong to make that happen. :lol:

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Raining at the end of Q2. :popcorn:

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Q3 under way.

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Ferrari put intermediates on for some reason.

Berks.

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Ferrari. :haha:

Intermediates when it is dry, softs when it is wet. Absolute bellends.

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Hamilton on pole, Bottas second, Verstappen third. Raikkonen, Grosjean, Hartley, Gasly, Ocon, Vettel and Perez.

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https://streamable.com/91d9p

:lol:

Same, Danny, same.

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He blew his voice out with that scream. :lol:

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Vettel starts in 8th, so not as bad.

Realistically though he needs a Hamilton DNF which just isn't going to happen.

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Formation lap under way.

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Clean start for once, Vettel up to sixth.

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Vettel passes Grosjean!

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Verstappen goes wide, then comes back on and pushes Raikkonen off the track!

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Vettel ahead of Raikkonen now.

Magnussen with a puncture.

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Safety Car out!

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Five second time pelanty for Verstappen. :lol:

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Verstappen and Vettel collide!

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Vettel has lost his mind, or he wasn't told Verstappen already had a pelanty.

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Vettel in to the points again.

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VSC out as Leclerc is out.

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Hamilton wins, Bottas second, Verstappen third. Ricciardo, Raikkonen, Vettel, Perez, Grosjean, Ocon and Sainz follow.

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US Qualifying is on now.

Verstappens's supension has died.

Vettel has a three place grid pelanty for not slowing down sufficient in a red flagged practice.

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Hamilton on pole. Raikkonen, Bottas, Vettel, Ricciardo, Ocon, Hulkenberg, Grosjean, Leclerc and Perez follow.

[Mac76]

US Qualifying is on now.

Verstappens's supension has died.

Vettel has a three place grid pelanty for not slowing down sufficient in a red flagged practice.

Sums up Ferrari's season though it's still possible we might have wait one more race for Lewis to seal it

[Globalgunner]

Dallas Cowgirls. Yummy!

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Formation lap under way.

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Raikkonen takes the lead!

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Vettel and Ricciardo hit each other!

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Vettel back in to the points. :lol:

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Alonso and Grosjean crashed out earlier, Stroll has a drive through pelanty.

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Stroll is really shit. He's lucky daddy is rich.

Honestly, Williams need to stop hiring shit rich kids.

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I'd rather hear what Hamilton is saying about the race than Di Resta.

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That guy doing the car noises better stop soon.

Just like Ricciardo has now!

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VSC is out!

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Looks like a Ferrari Strategy Fuckup. ™

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Looks like a Ferrari Strategy Fuckup. ™

Somebody senior there needs to go after this season, total fail

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Ferrari think Hamilton is on a two stop. Not sure how they can be so certain when Hamilton has the softs on.

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Five second time pelanty for Sainz.

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Not a good enough stint from Verstappen on the softs I'd think.

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Bottas comes out of the pits behind Verstappen.

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Vettel pits for softs, crap pitstop.

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I don't think Vettel's rear right has been nailed in properly.

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Leclerc retires from the race.

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Hamilton does pit again for new softs.

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A Verstappen special to keep the title alive?

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Hamilton goes wide nearly passing Verstappen.

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Vettel passes Bottas!

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Raikkonen wins!!!! :bow: After 113 races, Raikkonen wins!!!! :bow:

Verstappen second, Hamilton third. Vettel, Bottas, Hulkenberg, Sainz, Ocon, Magnussen and Perez follow.

[Globalgunner]

Kimi the man!

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Very close finish, good for Raikonnen and for Verstappen

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Hamilton has to finish only 7th next weekend to win it.

Given it rarely matters how far the top six cars fall back at the start of the race and they'll still finish sixth at least, I think it's quite assured.

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A very good chance of wet qualifying in Mexico.

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Or not. :rolleyes:

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Q3 underway.

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Ricciardo on pole, Verstappen second, Hamilton third. Vettel, Bottas, Raikkonen, Hulkenberg, Sainz, Leclerc and Ericsson follow.

[Globalgunner]

Now just wait for Ricciardos car to blow up after 20 laps

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https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/live-experience/cps/624/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2018/10/28/4d833f34-69c8-49f6-a3b5-5c39667a175a.jpg

:lol:

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Formation lap under way.

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Alonso goes wide, Verstappen leads, Hamilton second.

Bottas goes wide!

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Alonso is out.

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VSC out!

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Though not for long.

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Hamilton pitting already.

Tyre management is going to be massive here, not that it's an insignificant part these days anywhere else.

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Nobody knows what tyres they're going to need later on. :lol:

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Sainz is out.

VSC out to deny the fight between Ricciardo amd Vettel.

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Vettel passes Ricciardo!

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Hulkenberg is 7th, 59 seconds behind Raikkonen. :haha:

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Hamilton's tyres are a little bit fucked. :lol:

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Vettel passes Hamilton!

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Perez is out.

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Hamilton goes off roading!

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Vettel pits for the Ultras. :popcorn:

As does Hamilton but they're used tyres.

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Bottas does an Action Replay of Hamilton's adventures!

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Ricciardo DNF again! :lol:

How much of is that letting him stay out there just to stop Vettel though?

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VSC time again.

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Now just wait for Ricciardos car to blow up after 20 laps

61 actually.

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Verstappen wins, Vettel second, Raikkonen third. Hamilton, Bottas, Hulkenberg, Leclerc, Vandoorne, Ericsson and Gasly follow.

Hamilton is the World Champion again. Well done to him.

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Five times!!

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Is he actually any good? I mean, he's obviously not rubbish but doesn't he just have a faster car than anyone else?
Admittedly I don't follow the sport

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He's a five time world champion. He's the best driver of his generation by miles.

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OK, but...doesn't he have a faster car than everyone else?

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OK, but...doesn't he have a faster car than everyone else?

Where did he finish today?

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Dude. Come on. You’re smarter than that.
Was the Arsenal side circa 2002-2004 the best side in the country at that time?
Does that mean they won every game?

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Dude. Come on. You’re smarter than that.


Ditto

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This is a really simple fucking question :doh:
OK, let me try this. Parlour won a lot of trophies. I have a lot of respect for Parlour, he did a job and worked really hard. But is he one of the GOATs? No, he just happened to be in an amazing team. He played his part in that but he wasn't a stand out player in that team.
My issue with F1 is it's as much a constructor's competition as it is a drivers one.
Give 'em all the same car and let God sort them out, I say.

I don't think it's an unreasonable question to ask people who actually follow F1 how they rate Hamilton against other drivers who have achieved similar things.
The cars they have been in is part of that assessment.

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My issue with F1 is it's as much a constructor's competition as it is a drivers one.


That's literally the point of it. Always has been.

Hamilton is driving the exact same car as his teammate.

Lewis has 9 wins this season. Bottas has 0.
The Ferrari was considered a faster car for much of the season, yet he has the title wrapped up with races to spare.

Yes, he is 'any good'

[Letters]

Fair enough.
You could have said that the first time :p

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/formula1/46076323

Well, shut my mouth!

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Brazilian qualifying is on.

It's a little bit wet at the moment but not massively.

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Hamilton nearly wiped Sirotkin out.

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Q3 underway.

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Hamilton, Vettel, Bottas, Raikkonen, Verstappen, Ricciardo, Ericsson, Leclerc, Grosjean and Gasly follow.

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Formation lap under way.

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Botttas ahead of Vettel, Verstappen ahead of Raikkonen, albeit briefly.

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Verstappen now ahead of Raikkonen again.

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Verstappen passes Vettel!

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Raikkonen ahead of him too.

Vettel. :rose:

His head is mangled.

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Verstappen passes Bottas!

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Bottas, Raikkonen, Vettel and Ricciardo on a train. :lol:

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Ericsson spins out temporarily.

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Verstappen and Perez collide!

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Hamilton wins. Verstappen, Ricciardo, Bottas, Vettel, Leclerc, Grosjean, Magnussen and Perez follow.

Vettel needs to see a psychologist or something.

[GP]

Still laughing at Max.

[Globalgunner]

Still laughing at Max.

Little shit got a taste of his own medicine. Behaving like a punk at the weigh in after the race too

[GP]

The guy is a dick, just like his father.

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Absolutely horrific crash at the Macau GP.

https://streamable.com/iau1e

The driver suffered a spinal fracture

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Fucking hell.

She has tweeted at least but still due surgery, which presumably will be a taxing one.

Only 17. :(

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Kubica is back. Racing for Williams next year. :bow:

[Globalgunner]

Kubica is back. Racing for Williams next year. :bow:

One armed racing drivers:bow:

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Ricciardo's engine has gone again. :lol:

What do they run it on, Red Bull?

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Abu Dhabi GP qualifying is on now.

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Slash is there. :bow:

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Hamilton, Bottas, Vettel, Raikkonen, Ricciardo, Verstappen, Grosjean, Leclerc, Ocon and Hulkenberg

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Race starts at 13:10, clashes mainly with the Arsenal match. :doh:

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Alonso's last race!

He could and should have been so much more, no F1 title since 2006 with his talent is bonkers.

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Formation lap well under way.

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Verstappen drops back. :lol:

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Hulkenberg's car is flipped over!

Fuck me!

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Halo seems to be blocking from getting out, the car is upside down..

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They finally get Hulkenberg out.

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Glad he`s ok. these cars with open tyres are a hazard whenever they touch. Sam Smith almost in tears

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Back racing again now.

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Verstappen gets past Ocon but not before giving him a knock.

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Raikkonen's car dies. :rose:

[Globalgunner]

Kimi finished in more ways than 1

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Hamilton pits under VSC.

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Hartley nearly splatted the wall.

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Down comes the rain!

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Vettel passes Bottas!

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Contact with Verstappen and Bottas, Verstappen passes.

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Ricciardo passes Bottas.

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Vettel is closing in on Hamilton significantly.

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Gasly and Ocon are out.

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Hamilton wins, Vettel second, Verstappen third. Ricciardo, Bottas, Sainz, Leclerc, Perez, Grosjean and Magnussen.