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@smokinjoe Yeah I found the blue flag incident strange too…although I doubt it distracted Sutil.

@smokinjoe I’m not sure the Ferrari drivers have as much input into car design as the McLaren drivers. Ferrari certainly don’t have a simulator anywhere near as good as McLaren’s, and as far as I can tell, the […]

@smokinjoe @f1fannl they also stopped development midway though the season in 2010 and 2011, so I’d not put too much hope in them just yet. I mean, it’s the same recipe that didn’t work 3 times already xD it’s […]

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They started 2012 in similar fashion. I hope they can keep up with the rest and not end 2013 like they did 2012.

@smokinjoe , @hohum Vettel is starting from the pit lane . Whether that will mean he avoids contact/punctures remains to be seen (I personally hope he doesn’t since this is a great opportunity to prove he can race […]

as you can check below, @smokinjoe, I gave the race just a 3. And I am a Vettel fan

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I agree completely with your comment. Without bringing into this my own opinion of the DRS overtaking situation, circuits, or the domination currently on display, however, I don’t think people […]

@smokinjoe no it wasn’t. The ddrs was introduced here in Japan

@smokinjoe – The only problem is though that Red Bull are much quicker in qualifying…Vettel could have a big lead over Alonso by the time he’s in the right position to chase him down.

@smokinjoe, That’s what MW said in a recent interview, saying McLaren offered him the highest pay in current grid. Current top is 25mil Alonso of course.

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That is how it is all the time. If the leader is out in front, we don’t see him. And why should we? With a big lead they will just cruise it home, so they wont drive particularily fast, nor will they […]

@smokinjoe – I wouldn’t worry too much yet; Spa and Monza are very high speed circuits and traditionally Red Bull don’t perform so well on them (2011 being an exception). Come the Asian rounds we’ll see what their […]

@smokinjoe – yep but even if he’s not in contention, that strategy still ruined his race.

@smokinjoe, yes but who was to know that the HARD tyre would be faster than the SOFT. Maybe something to do with being set-up for a wet race ?

@smokinjoe his alternator will fail.

And to make it worse @smokinjoe, in addition to what @guilherme says about Vettel showing he was racing, having DRS open in a yellow flagged area, Button behind him did close his DRS in response to the yellow […]

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You also have to slow down in yellow flag zones. Vettel was using his DRS there which shows he was pushing as hard as ever. He probably posted a similar sector time to his other laps (although that […]

@smokinjoe – I think it’s far too soon to comment on Raikkonen’s commitment.