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Old Apr 12, 2015 | 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Steviebe
Is this how it's going to be this season. Every other race a bit boring. Granted further down the field it was interesting. Burton had a great battle. Shame he cocked up in the end.
Who knows, but it is the nature of F1 that a team dominates ... happened with Ferrari, Williams, RBR, Maclaren .... etc etc.
Old Apr 12, 2015 | 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by soulcrew
Was kimi laughing about getting the cars out of his way .


And the bit with the Marshalls destroying the front wing of the STR was amusing.
He definitely sounded like he was chuckling when he said 'get that McLaren out of the way' the McLaren at the time I believe was Alonso.
Old Apr 13, 2015 | 06:08 AM
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Renault saying they will be looking at reliability again instead of pursuing maximum power, after two engine failures on sunday.
Can only imagine the sort of pressure RBR is putting on them, now that Ferrari has gotten their engine so close to Merc.
Old Apr 13, 2015 | 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by LeMoose
Renault saying they will be looking at reliability again instead of pursuing maximum power, after two engine failures on sunday.
Can only imagine the sort of pressure RBR is putting on them, now that Ferrari has gotten their engine so close to Merc.
Given they don't need to use development tokens for reliability it shows what limited resources they must have that they can't work on both.

If they don't sort their act out never mind catching Mercedes and Ferrari, Honda will pass them this season.

Performance wise Red Bull are currently 5th at best. Put McLaren back up there and they are out of the points.
Old Apr 14, 2015 | 12:52 AM
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Originally Posted by PhilipGB
Originally Posted by LeMoose' timestamp='1428934129' post='23575780
Renault saying they will be looking at reliability again instead of pursuing maximum power, after two engine failures on sunday.
Can only imagine the sort of pressure RBR is putting on them, now that Ferrari has gotten their engine so close to Merc.
Given they don't need to use development tokens for reliability it shows what limited resources they must have that they can't work on both.

If they don't sort their act out never mind catching Mercedes and Ferrari, Honda will pass them this season.

Performance wise Red Bull are currently 5th at best. Put McLaren back up there and they are out of the points.
I think HONDA will anyway, I think they will become a top force by the end of this season, maybe even sooner. I base this assumption/opinion on Button and Alonso' feedback on the car in general and the big steps from race to race. Speaking of Button he is going to take a 5 second penalty and 2 points on his license as a result of his coming together last weekend, harsh?
Old Apr 14, 2015 | 02:16 AM
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Assuming Maldonado didn't brake at a different point on the track then it was Button's fault and you can't have one rule for the rookies and Maldonado and another rule for everyone else.
Old Apr 14, 2015 | 03:21 AM
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Originally Posted by chilled
Assuming Maldonado didn't brake at a different point on the track then it was Button's fault and you can't have one rule for the rookies and Maldonado and another rule for everyone else.
True, he did cause an accident ........ but it's JB !
Old Apr 14, 2015 | 04:07 AM
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JB apologized to Crashtor on twitter. It was pretty funny.
Old Apr 14, 2015 | 04:25 AM
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Not often a driver quickly admits to making a mistake. One of the many reasons I hold JB in higher regard than some of the other plebs out on track. It did look like they both went for the same bit of track at the same time, but as JB was behind, it has to be his fault as much as I don't think Crashtor should even be on the track.
Old Apr 14, 2015 | 04:35 AM
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Originally Posted by MR.CLIFFORD
JB apologized to Crashtor on twitter. It was pretty funny.
He did? well for someone who doesn't use Twatter, could you post it here ?



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