Formula 1 2015

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Sahara Force India

Nico Hulkenberg
Sergio Perez

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Mercedes engine this year.

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Sauber

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Sauber and Ferrari little bit identical, apart from the paint job. I'm guessing Sauber are praying the performance isn't quite so identical.

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I have a feeling Sauber will be propping up the grid.

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Red Bull test car.

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Fernando Alonso airlifted to hospital after McLaren driver crashes in F1 testing
Fernando Alonso crashes on exit of turn three at Circuit de Catalunya
Spaniard was driving McLaren on the final day of testing in Barcelona
Alonso airlifted to hospital but said to be 'OK and conscious'

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It's a weird one because it was a minor crash. The car is barely damaged.

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Lotus' new development driver. He's called Boh-B and has a woman's hands I'll wager have never weighed anchor in a storm.

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Fernando Alonso has been given a clean bill of health. Is completely uninjured.

And yet he will not take part in the Australian GP under doctors orders.

Really, really weird.

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Fernando Alonso has been given a clean bill of health. Is completely uninjured.

And yet he will not take part in the Australian GP under doctors orders.

Really, really weird.

???

Health and safety gone mad? This is another sport that has been turned into a political money machine. Money ruins everything it touches, some day sports fans are going to figure that out.

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What a mess Sauber are in.

They are properly fucked.

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And Caterham too unfortunately.

Soon it will only be Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull, Man City and the chavs who can afford to race.

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Well Caterham no longer exist. No loss really.

But Sauber are a team with a long history. What they are trying to get away with here is criminal.

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Still all about money in the end and if teams like Sauber have to pull shit like this then what hope is there for a smaller team to come in and survive? All of F1 is a mess, due to the greed of a few cunts like Ecclestone and the gang at Ferrari. They are too greedy and short-sighted to understand that grabbing every bit they can to the point where nothing is left for anyone else will ultimately kill the golden goose. The sport as a whole is in a shit state, like football living on the memories and hijacked by mobsters.

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Only 11 cars are left running. :sarcy:

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Hamilton wins. Well done to him. Rosberg second, Vettel third. Then Massa, Nasr, Ricciardo, Hulkenberg, Sainz, Ericsson and Perez.

Oh and then Button is next. Or last as we should call it really.

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MEH with bells on.

Mercs cruise to a 30 second 1, 2 ahead of a fuel saving Ferrari and a weaker looking Williams. Been there, seen that. Cars sound like tractors, drivers with chipped fingernails aren't allowed to race, some of the teams can't even make it to the grid for want of a few quid.

If they changed the rules to stop Red Bull then all the idiots have done is create a Red Bull on steroids in the shape of the unbeatable Mercedes team. No one else can get within a mile, literally. Literally.

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Red Bull threatening to pull out because of Merc's dominance.

I guess 2010-2013 are easily forgotten.

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Hockenheim cut from 2015 schedule, first time there is no German GP since 1960. Attendances not high enough enough to stuff Ecclestone's wallet with enough cash. F1 supremo greed merchant still very much alive and well despite everyone in F1 wishing he was dead.

#f1farce

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Qualifying for Malaysia in half an hour.

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There was a bit of lightning around but Q1 has finally finished.

Nasr, Button, Alonso, Merhi and Stevens drop out.

:haha:

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Vettel's car sparking around all lap long in Q2.

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And down comes the rain. :bow:

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Monsoon in fact.

Dropped out of Q2:

11) Raikkonen 12) Maldonado 13) Hulkenberg 14) Perez 15) Sainz

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Halfway through Q3 now.

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Hamilton takes Pole. Vettel second, Rosberg third. Ricciardo, Kvyat, Verstappen, Massa, Grosjean, Bottas and Eriksen follow.

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Piece of shit Bernie Ecclestone speaks:

On Hamilton:


‘He’s the best world champion we’ve had,’ said Ecclestone.

‘As a driver he is absolutely outstanding — as good as there’s ever been. Apart from the talent, he’s a good guy, he gets out on the street and supports and promotes Formula One. He is box office, 100 per cent.

‘It doesn’t matter what comes out of Lewis’s mouth, it’s good — even if it’s silly. It’s great for the sport. I told Sebastian (Vettel) he should do what Lewis is doing — put himself out there. He won four titles but went to ground.

‘He should have done the job of world champion. He got paid money for being champion. These guys think their only job is racing a car. It goes a bit further than that.

Bernie just can't understand why everyone isn't a shameless publicity whore like himself.

On his own unbearable and insatiable greed:


Ecclestone said that even Monza, the track central to Italy’s love affair with motor racing, could be another victim.

‘It would be terrible, but if it goes, it goes,’ he said. ‘It’s funny how these people dig up money for things like the Olympics, European athletics and God knows what else. People say we charge too much for a race, and they are probably right, but teams get 62 per cent of the profit the company makes, so if we make less money, the teams make less money.’

Monza FFS. The man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

On his total disregard for the traditions and integrity of the sport and his desire to reintroduce and extend the farcical double points nonsense:


‘Last year we didn’t know who the world champion was until the last corner of the last race,’ he said. ‘It was exciting. I’d like to extend it to the last three races.’ And then there are the sprinklers to create artificially wet races. Ecclestone said: ‘We should do that. Why not have six races where there’s something different?

‘I also suggested that we give 20 points over a weekend. Ten points for pole and 10 for winning the race. Then the one on pole starts maybe 12th on the grid, so you get a bunch of decent guys starting in the middle of the field.’

I know, why not have an auction for the points? Get rid of the stupid cars and drivers and we could have the teams bidding for points. And to place their bids they have to run the wrong way up a treadmill that was sprayed with oil while clowns threw wet sponges at them. All proceeds go to Bernie.

On how low he's prepared to sink to stuff his wallet:


Ecclestone, 84, is criticised for selling the sport’s soul to ever higher bidders, with Baku in Azerbaijan due to be added to the calendar next year and the German Grand Prix off for this season, with no guarantee of a return.

The Azerbaijan Grand Prix :haha:

Only the good die young.

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Malaysian GP under way.

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Raikkonen has a puncture!

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Ericsson crashes!

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Vettel leads, Rosberg and Hamilton both fitted with the Safety Car out.

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Hamilton is back up to second.

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Think this is the biggest gap Vettel is going to get on Hamilton from this stint. Time to pit I say.

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Vettel pits and is down in third now.

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Vettel passes Rosberg!

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Vettel is closing in on Hamilton, Hamilton's tyres losing grips significantly.

Only a second behind!

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Vettel had the lead but Hamilton breaks off the pass and goes to pit anyway.

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Kyvat and Hulkenberg touch!

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Big spin for Grosjean, somehow keeps it on track.

So close to needing the Safety Car, Vettel a bit lucky. :lol:

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Perez has a problem in the pitlane says Ben Edwards.

He's not wrong, it was a ten second pelanty you berk.

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Vettel pits. :popcorn:

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Vettel comes back out in second, just ahead of Rosberg. Hamilton has to floor it to come back out in first after his pitstop.

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Hamilton pits also. Vettel back in the lead and probably gained a couple of seconds in the process.

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Verstappen goes in to the pits like I do, all across the gravel. :bow:

Button out. Alonso went out earlier. What have McLaren built? :haha:

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Hamilton is really giving it back to the pitwall. :lol:

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Grosjean out.

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Vettel possibly lapping the Red Bulls. :haha:

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Vettel does lap them both.

Horner. :lol:

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Bottas passes Massa on the last lap!

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Vettel wins! Congrats to him on his first win for Ferrari.

Hamilton second, Rosberg third. Raikkonen somehow fourth! Then Bottas, Massa, Verstappen, Sainz, Ricciardo, Kyvat.

[adzzzbatch]

GET THE FUCK IN!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

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Vettel says he wants to get pissed tonight. :haha:

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It didn't even register that the two Toro Rossos finished ahead of the Red Bulls. :lol:

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Great from both the Toro Rossos but Ferrari wins it fair and square. So strange watching them execute flawless strategy while Mercedes fucked up.

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The old fart lets out another stinker:


Bernie Ecclestone is considering a women’s Formula One championship to give fans extra value for money during grand prix weekends.

Ecclestone, the sport’s chief executive, floated the idea at a meeting with team bosses before Sunday’s Malaysian Grand Prix.

If he manages to get his way, the likes of Williams test driver Susie Wolff, her counterpart at Lotus Carmen Jorda, IndyCar’s Danica Patrick and emerging British talent Alice Powell could all be handed drives.

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Chinese Qualifying at the end of Q2.

Hamilton, Rosberg, Vettel, Raikkonen, Massa, Bottas, Ricciardo, Nasr, Grosjean and Ericsson make it through.

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Fernando Alonso on Twitter: Fantastic work of the whole team to get the car ready for the Qualy! Again, big progress on the car from Malaysia! #GoodTimesComing

:sarcy:

He must be taking the piss.

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Hamilton on pole, well done to him. Rosberg and Vettel follow. Then Massa, Bottas, Raikkonen, Ricciardo, Grosjean, Nasr and Ericsson

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:sarcy:

He must be taking the piss.

No he's right. The deficit is about half what it was in Australia. Long way to go, though.

[LDG]

Well that was....boring.

[GP]

Well that was....boring.

I dunno, watching Rosberg have a meltdown is quite entertaining.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1 Hamilton, 2 Bottas, 3 Rosberg, 4 Massa, 5 Raikkonen, 6 Ricciardo, 7 Vettel, 8 Grosjean, 9 Alonso, 10 Nasr, 11 Sainz, 12 Ericsson, 13 Perez, 14 Verstappen, 15 Hulkenberg

Q2 under way for Bahrain.

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Perez, Nasr, Ericsson, Alonso and Verstappen knocked out of Q2.

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Hamilton got pole, well done to him. Vettel second, Rosberg third.

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Formula 1 supremocunt Bernie Ecclestone says Monza "must pay" if it wants to secure the future of the Italian Grand Prix.

The Italian circuit, which has only been absent from the Formula 1 calendar once since 1950, unveiled plans to secure a contract extension that would secure the grand prix at least until 2020.

Ecclestone has cast doubt over the future of the race several times, saying the financial conditions of the current contract are not good enough.

Despite Monza's confidence that it can now secure the future of the event, Ecclestone insisted the circuit will have to meet the financial conditions if it wants to stay on the calendar.

"It's a very simple situation. Two years ago I made a deal with one of the people who are no longer involved," Ecclestone told Gazzetta dello Sport.

"For Monza we applied the same economic conditions of the other European circuits [€20M for every GP]. All done, all good, we shook hands, but after that meeting nothing happened.

"There is a contract for the 2015 race, but not for future seasons.

"Yes, Monza is a part of F1 history, but they must pay."

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/no-italian-gp-future-without-more-money-ecclestone/


So he's not dead yet?

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The Hamilton and Vettel interview on BBC. :bow:

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Button won't take part today.

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Massa has a problem, can't get off the grid. :doh:

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The amount of sparking on the cars this year. :lol:

Raikkonen passes Rosberg!

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Rosberg gets the place back on Raikkonen.

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Maldonado under investigation
Posted at 16:08

The Lotus man being investigated for being out of position on the starting grid.

:haha:

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Rosberg ahead of Vettel now.

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Vettel gets the undercut on Rosberg from the first round of pit stops!

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Rosberg back ahead of Vettel now.

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Button reduced to doing commentary on Twitter. :lol:

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Sainz has beached his car.

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Felipe Massa and Felipe Nasr is really confusing.

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Vettel pits and again undercuts Rosberg. :lol:

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But Vettel fucks it up. :lol:

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Vettel has to pit for a front wing. :rose:

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Maldonado is out.

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Rosberg. :lol:

Here comes the meltdown.

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Vettel can't see in the dark, nearly Maldonado'd Bottas.

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Raikkonen passes Rosberg!

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Hamilton wins, well done to him. Raikkonen second, Rosberg third. Bottas, Vettel, Ricciardo, Grosjean, Perez, Kyvat and Massa follow.

Ricciardo's finish. :haha:

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Great effort from Kimi, good to see the last legitimate world champion back in business.

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Formula One supremo cunt Bernie Ecclestone has given Azerbaijan the all-clear ahead of its debut next season despite serious concerns over the country's human rights record.

Human Rights Watch's 2015 report on the former Soviet republic stated there had been 'a dramatic deterioration in its already poor rights record' particularly in its treatment of opponents of the political regime.

However, tosser Ecclestone maintains F1 has conducted its due diligence on Azerbaijan. The capital, Baku, will host a street race to be known as the European Grand Prix.

European Grand Prix :haha:

Due diligence was provided in a large brown envelope.

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Meanwhile, we have no race in France or Germany, countries with actual racing heritage.

Bernie needs to die soon.

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He is F1's version of Mr. Burns sadly.

[Niall_Quinn]

Meanwhile, we have no race in France or Germany, countries with actual racing heritage.

Bernie needs to die soon.

And Italy gone next year if he gets his way. Spa too. Replaced by the Mongolian GP or the Islamic State GP where they'll have to keep moving the track depending on battle lines - no DRS allowed when mortar rounds are coming in.

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Meanwhile:


In April 2015, to again acknowledge the support his family has been receiving, Bianchi's father, Philippe, released an interview to the French newspaper, Nice-Matin. Apart from reconfirming that his son remains in a coma and is medically stable, Philippe described Bianchi's plight as a daily marathon. He referred to the stark medical advice by Japanese doctors of irreversible damage, contrasting this with the hope brought by seeing Bianchi more active through occasional body movements. Philippe emphasised that although there is no specific therapy, the importance of ongoing support is provided by the daily vigil shared amongst Bianchi's parents, siblings and German girlfriend, Gina.

For all their tears and hair pulling back in October 2014, Bernie and the BBC haven't mentioned this. Just be honest in the first place and say you don't give a fuck provided the cash keeps rolling in. Accidents will happen but they are only made worse by grubby cunts wiping their crocodile tears on live TV. Business is business and Bernie wants Manor Marussia out. Not enough wonga, init?

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Spanish GP qualifying on now. Nearing the end of Q1.

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OUT

16) Marcus Ericsson 17) Nico Hulkenberg 18) Sergio Perez 19) Will Stevens 20) Roberto Merhi

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Grosjean, Maldonado, Alonso, Buttton and Nasr drop out from Q2.

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Q3 under way.

:popcorn:

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Rosberg gets pole! Congrats to him. Hamilton second, Vettel thid. Then Bottas, Sainz, Verstappen, Raikkonen, Kvyat, Massa and Ricciardo.

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Formation lap under way.

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Vettel ahead of Hamilton!

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Ricciado overdoing it quite a lot this season so far.

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It's hammer time. :bow:

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Hamilton pits, going for the undercut but they fucked the tyre change up!

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2.3 second stop for Vettel. Wow.

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Maldonado looking good for another non-finish.

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Hamilton is on Vettel's arse now.

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Alonso nearly wipes out his pit crew!

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Another retirement for Maldonado!

:haha:

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Sainz and Kvyat collide! Though both keep it on the track.

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Rosberg wins. Well done to him. Then Hamilton and Vettel.

Bottas, Raikkonen, Massa, Ricciardo, Grosjean, Sainz and Kvyat follow.

[Niall_Quinn]

Your spoiler is about as effective as Maldonado's, tbf.

[Niall_Quinn]

Story of the race?

Shit, shit, track. They're trying to get rid of Spa and Monza and have tried to get rid of Silverstone for years, but they want a shit track like this on the calendar.

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Monaco GP qualifying starts at 1pm.

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Lotus have Microsoft on their car. :lol:

It'll stop for updates on the last lap.

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Maldonado has performed an illegal operation.

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Nasr, Bottas, Ericsson, Stevens and Merhi drop out from Q1.

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Vettel and Hamilton currently posted the same time. :wacko:

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Rosberg locks up and goes off track. :lol:

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Rosberg fastest in Q2.

Grosjean, Button, Hulkenberg, Massa and Alonso fail to make Q3.

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Did Croft just call Hamilton Russian? :unsure:

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Hamilton on pole. Well done to him. Then Rosberg, Vettel, Ricciardo, Kvyat, Raikkonen, Perez, Sainz, Maldonado and Verstappen.

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Qualifying was boring and predictable - shocker!

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The GP starts soon.

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Sainz has to start from the pitlane.

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Formation lap underway.

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Massa back of the field.

Hulkenberg and Alonso collide, Hulk crashed the car.

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Well I think that's that for another year.

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Five second pelanty for Alonso.

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Verstappen passes Maldonado!

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Another retirement for Maldonado. :haha:

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Finally some pit action!

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Raikkonen got ahead of Ricciardo but not much else other than that.

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Alonso is out!

Just put McLaren down

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Ferrari just need to do a 2.2 pitstop like they've been doing all season to give them a chance of getting Vettel ahead of Rosberg.

Hamilton is gone unless his breaks conk out.

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Raikkonen. :haha:

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Verstappen smashes in to the back of Grosjean!

(Virtual) Safety Car coing out without question.

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Now the Safety Car proper is out.

Hamilton's gap wiped out.

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Rosberg, Hamilton and Vettel all together.

Rosberg leads, Vettel second, Hamilton third! Safety Car yet to go in.

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Why did Hamilton pit? WTF?

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Why have Mercedes done that? :wacko:

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What a way to celebrate a new contract. :bow:

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Wouldn't be surprised if Hamilton takes Vettel out.

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Hamilton should be taking the team strategists out tbf.

[Niall_Quinn]

That's a deeply, deeply suspicious pit stop. Can't think of a any legitimate reason why they needed to bring him in, he was on the same tyres as the two behind and even if his tyres were going off he had 21 seconds and a handful of laps to go. That race was won with time to spare. Good for the season that he hasn't won again, but something crazy going on there. Time to make up some bullshit excuse.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Alongside Sebastian. :lol:

Sorry Hamilton, you weren't.

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Safety Car is in this lap. Vettel could be a sitting duck with his cold tyres though initially.

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Ricciardo ahead of Raikkonen, not sure if legitimately.

[Niall_Quinn]

Fucking stream was pristine for every boring lap up to the SC. Now it's shit. Joy.

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Hamilton can only rely on a mistake from Vettel.

Agent Mercedes. :bow:

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Ricciardo is right on Hamilton. :wacko:

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Rosberg wins. Can hardly offer him congrats for that. Vettel second, Hamilton third. Then Kvyat, Ricciardo, Raikkonen, Perez, Button, Nasr and Sainz.

Mercedes. :doh:

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Hamilton needs to go Scarface on all of them.

[Niall_Quinn]

Clever by Red Bull. Soaked up a pen by sending Ricciardo past his teammate.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Niki Lauda doesn't know what the fuck happened either. :lol:

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How can he celebrate that? :haha:

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Full heel turn from Rosberg today.

[Niall_Quinn]

How can he celebrate that? :haha:

You still have to finish 72 laps of Monaco - an achievement in itself.

Excuse is Mercedes didn't judge the gap accurately. That's total bullshit. That race was rigged to keep the title close. No other explanation fits the facts, unless the most competent team in F1 is suddenly the least competent. You can't trust anything about F1 any more.

[Niall_Quinn]

Anyway, over to the footie thread for some genuine incompetence.

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Rosberg has no shame. :haha:

Impressive in itself.

[GP]

Indy 500 is here if anyone's interested.

http://m.ustream.tv/channel/besweeet87

[GP]

6 laps to go.

Power, Dixon and Montoya battling for the lead.

[GP]

JUAN PABLO MONTOYA WINS THE INDY 500!!

The mad bastard!

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Qualifying for Canada...

Vettel amd Massa out of Q1!

:wacko:

[GP]

Vettel :lol:

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I think Ferrari have brought a Skoda to this race, it sounds dreadful. :lol:

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Out from Q2: 11 Sainz, 12 Verstappen, 13 Ericsson, 14 Alonso, 15 Nasr

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Hamilton on pole! Congrats to him. Then Rosberg, Raikkonen, Bottas, Grosjean, Maldonado, Hulkenberg, Kvyat, Ricciardo and then Perez.

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Formation lap under way.

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Clean getaway.

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Vettel up to 13th. It's sad seeing Alonso in a complete dog of a car.

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Vettel pits but had a slow stop. Back to last for him. :lol:

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Ericsson and Massa so nearly touch!

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Al Pacino. :bow:

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And Michael Douglas. :bow:

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Vettel is driving like he is drunk. :lol:

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Raikkonen spins! Oh dear.

Got the car going again.

Raikkonen sounds like an evil doctor.

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Beaver on the racetrack. :haha:

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Hulkenberg and Vettel make contact!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Or does he? Hulk span out anyway.

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Alonso is out. The beaver has probably had a better race.

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How did Grosjean manage contact with Stevens driving towards the pit lane?

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Five second time pelanty for Grosjean. :lol:

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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CG631LiWQAAvzMp.jpg:large

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Vettel up to fifth now.

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Button has to retire the car.

McLaren. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hamilton wins, congrats to him. Rosberg second, Bottas third. Then Raikkonen, Vettel, Massa, Maldonado, Hulkenberg, Kvyvat and Grosjean.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

That man's moustache was the most entertaining part of the race.

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Q3 for Austria is not far away.

IN: Rosberg, Hamilton, Vettel, Bottas, Hulkenberg, Verstappen, Nasr, Massa, Grosjean, Kvyat.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hamilton on pole. He span out before his last lap. Then so did Rosberg. :haha:

Vettel third.

[Niall_Quinn]

Formula Mercedes - Yawn

What is it with Ferrari? Why do they insist on doing the opposite to everyone else? It's not as if their weirdness ever yields a result. When they have an advantage they blow it, when they need to get on the track they sit in the pits, when they have 2 minutes left on the clock they waste a minute watching monitors. It's like they have Wenger in charge.

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Formation lap under way.

Rain does seem as though it could be a factor. :popcorn:

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Rosberg has the lead!

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Big crash. Alonso on top of Raikkonen! :yikes:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

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Stevens is out too.

[Niall_Quinn]

Rain is the only thing that can save this race.

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Button is out too.

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Some very exciting fuel efficiency going on. Excellent carbon emissions duel between Ferrari and Williams.

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What have Ferrari done to Vettel's tyre? :doh:

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Ferrari again :doh:

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5 second penalty for Hamilton.

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Five second time pelanty for Hamilton.

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Five second time pelanty for Hamilton.

It all adds to the relentless excitement.

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This has been really poor.

What GP was given up for this nonsense?

[Niall_Quinn]

This has been really poor.

What GP was given up for this nonsense?

Not sure. At least next year we'll have the Djibouti GP instead.

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Djibouti. :bow:

My favourite retort to the "only Denmark is a country that begins with a letter D" stupidity.

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Vettel is close to Massa now, until the tyre management kicks in again.

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Rosberg wins, Hamilton second. Massa third after a donation from Ferrari.

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Max :bow:
Massa :bow:
Vettel :bow:

How did they manage to drag some entertainment into this farce?

[GP]

This has been really poor.

What GP was given up for this nonsense?

India? Maybe Korea?

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Guess what? Mercedes 1/ 2

Amazing

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Track isn't that bad. It's the stupid cars and regulations.

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If I was hosting a GP I'd have a huge 10,000 gallon tank of fuel set on fire for gratuitous entertainment, a V8 muscle car parade, a running tap left on all night, a demonstration of women cooking in a kitchen and, of course, the Red Arrows.

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India? Maybe Korea?

Korea wasn't much of a miss I suppose.

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Sky apologising because Berger said "shit"

Now they are apologising because everyone is tweeting how "shit" the race was.

[GP]

You can't put Gerhard Berger on TV and expect him not to swear.

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Out from Q1 at Silverstone: Nasr, Alonso, Button, Stevens, Merhi.

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Raikkonen manages to get his time deleted. :haha:

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Out from Q2: Perez, Grosjean, Verstappen, Maldonado, Ericsson.

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Q3 underway.

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Hamilton on pole, Rosberg second. Massa third. Then Bottas, Raikkonen, Vettel, Kvyat, Sainz, Hulkenberg and Ricciardo.

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Shocker

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Needs more Mark Webber. He kept things interesting in a dominant car.

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George Lucas is there. :bow:

Formation lap under way.

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Massa in the lead! :haha:

Bottas ahead of Rosberg, in third.

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Button is off. Both the Lotus' went off, not sure if they are still racing.

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Safety Car out!

Grosjean is indeed out.

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Maldonado told to switch the car off. :rose:

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Grosjean and Maldonado collided.

So did Button and Alonso. :doh:

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Hamilton goes off, Bottas in to second!

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Grosjean and Maldonado are such a waste of space. How many accidents have they caused now?

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Raikkonen nearly crashed in to everyone. :haha:

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Verstappen out! Is everyone drunk?

[GP]

Williams 1-2 what is happeneng??

[GP]

Verstappen out! Is everyone drunk?

He isn't old enough to drink.

[Niall_Quinn]

Proper racetrack :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

He isn't old enough to drink.

Meaning yes tbf.

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The screen has Vettel with a big old 8 next to it, safe to say he has overtaken Perez.

Coulthard and Edwards. :lol:

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Multi 21 Val, Multi 21.

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Mercedes trying to troll Williams with the dummy pit-stop.

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Hamilton with the undercut puts him in second.

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Hamilton now leads, Bottas behind Massa.

Williams fucked it with letting Captain Slow lead the race.

[GP]

Hamilton will now drive off into the distance.

Nice one, Williams.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ricciardo is out.

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Sainz out. :rose:

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Virtual Safety Car deployed.

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Down comes the rain!

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Cars struggling on one part of the track specifically.