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FIA says return to 2015 qualifying format has been formally approved

A pretty horrible clip, but yes, amazing bit of driving.

they focus only on the first lap, but the race as whole was a great display of driving by Ayrton Senna on changing conditions

he had also a great start on Canadian GP from 8th to 3rd I guess, but it wasn't that remembered because he didn't got the lead

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Paddy Lowe explaining some of his concerns about the 2017 regulations & going into some detail about the OWG findings:
http://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/151 ... means-2017

Let's pray Mercedes can keep vetoing those rules.

No surprise the Red Bull clowns are pushing these retarded aerodynamic increases.

And no wonder that Mercedes. They are both self serving. The biggest thing against decreasing aero is simply all tje investments every team has done in wind tunnels. It will never happen.

A ridiculous argument in there about not wanting to go back to old ideas. As if going back is bad. As if just by being new is good. Ridonkeylous.

If Red Bull are pushing the aero increase, their driver is publicly against it: http://flip.it/PQu6D

And as far as future F1 concepts that will never happen, this one has my vote.
[tweet]https://twitter.com/ChrisDuffBeatty/status/707999933954179073[/tweet]

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4 wheel drifting with that. Cornering like GPL, that would at least be awesome to watch. They would probably consider it too dangerous though. But as a side series, this would be awesome.

They're idiots for wanting more DF, they have to take it away.

Increase tyre size and take 40% of aero away.

Haven't read it yet but here you go:

University research reveals greatest Formula One driver of all time

“Our statistical model allows us to find a ranking and assess the relative importance of team and driver effects, and there are some surprising results. For example the relatively unknown Christian Fittipaldi is in the top 20, whilst three time champion Niki Lauda doesn’t even make the top 100. Had these drivers raced for different teams, their legacies might have been rather different.”

So, the model is NOT flawed, you're saying?

Top 50 drivers according to their model:

1 Juan Manuel Fangio
2 Alain Prost
3 Michael Schumacher (pre-2006)
4 Jim Clark
5 Ayrton Senna
6 Fernando Alonso
7 Nelson Piquet
8 Jackie Stewart
9 Emerson Fittipaldi
10 Sebastian Vettel
11 Christian Fittipaldi
12 Lewis Hamilton
13 Graham Hill
14 Dan Gurney
15 Jody Scheckter
16 Jenson Button
17 Marc Surer
18 Damon Hill
19 Louis Rosier
20 Elio de Angelis
21 Ronnie Peterson
22 Nino Farina
23 Nick Heidfeld
24 Pedro Rodríguez
25 John Watson
26 Robert Kubica
27 Carlos Reutemann
28 Tom Pryce
29 Stirling Moss
30 Martin Brundle
31 Rubens Barrichello
32 Daniel Ricciardo
33 Alan Jones
34 Kimi Raikkonen
35 Patrick Depailler
36 Carlos Pace
37 Richie Ginther
38 Denny Hulme
39 Thierry Boutsen
40 Mike Hawthorn
41 Jean-Pierre Beltoise
42 Heinz-Harald Frentzen
43 Prince Bira
44 Keke Rosberg
45 Clay Regazzoni
46 Luigi Fagioli
47 Jack Brabham
48 Jacques Villeneuve
49 Nico Rosberg
50 Phil Hill

Well done, Prince Bira!

Also, page 43: Jenson Button McClaren, Fernando Alonso McClaren.

https://www.researchgate.net/publicatio ... _1950-2014

The biggest problem is the reliability of cars. If you have dnf's this year, it will have a huge impact. But before, it was very normal to have a wc leader with 20 points after half a season. Imagine what Jim Clark would have done if the Lotus didn't break down every race. Or if Fangio had made different team choices.

There is too much difference in eras to ever make a comparison on anything other then pure statistics, if they've incorporated everything. We have double the amount of races, big manufacturers vs small teams.

When Williams was dominating, people used to say that even Diniz would win. It's a team sport. If the car is crap, nobody would win. It's as simple as that. And making the right choice is also huge, ask Alesi.

Let's just forget about this and pretend like it never happened, ok?

And Ascari 76th?

Ah yes, the often forgotten Champion.

italian F1 fans like Ferrari so much that they don't even bother to have a 63 year drought without an italian world champion

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Hungarian GP contract extended to 2026

didn't think I'd say this in the nineties, but happy to read that. For some reason, races in the last couple of years have been entertaining to watch.