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Great race by Button, helped enormously by the wrong strategy by Toyota. That's been their achilles heel throughout their time in F1 - wrong strategy and dodgy pit-wall calls. Vettel looks like the main challenger against Button, but it's still early days.

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One thing I would like to see is the use of KERS outlawed for the start of the race - as a system designed to store braking energy for later use in acceleration it doesn't seem 'fair' to use at the start, when arguably there hasn't been any braking happened, yet?

Great win for Button, though - it will be interesting to see if some of the other teams can catch up with all their planned improvements for Barcelona.

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Y'know the parade lap when they warm up the brakes and tyres by braking and accelerating? That'd count as use. :)

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So would Friday free practice, but I still don't agree with it being used for the start - just my opinion, of course :)

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My OPINION ;)is that it should be allowed at the start. You have the weight and complexity penalties so you should get all the benefit you can. I like the idea of a boost button and think KERS should be encouraged more than it is.

The flipside.....I really doubt the green credentials of KERS. How much natural resource goes in to the batteries? How easy are they to recycle etc?
I wish Williams would hurry up with their flywheel system.

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Anybody spot the feature Martin Brundle did on McLaren's KERS? http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/8019577.stm

I was amazed how compact the battery pack was!

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Great to see Button win. I hope he goes all the way.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/8024661.stm

Three race suspended ban.

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Surprised they didn't get longer. As much as I don't want them to be suspended, they deserve it imo. It comes off the back of the spy scandal. Unsportsmanlike conduct should never be tolerated.

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I think the reaction to the lack of punishment would have been a lot different if it was ferrari as oppposed to Mclaren (and Hamilton) getting the same judgement. There'd be people screaming blue murder how Pro Ferarri the FIA are, etc etc etc.

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New rules for 2010 and a budget of £40m preferred: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/8025566.stm

By new rules, I mean the following:

• No rev limit on engines and teams allowed movable front and rear wings for those under £40m,
• Unlimited out-of-season testing,
• A ban on refuelling to stop teams freighting heavy refuelling equipment, and to encourage engine manufacturers to make them economical,
• Number of allowed cars on the grid to increase from 24 to 26, paving the way for 3 new 2-car teams to enter next year.

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am glad refueling has gone but we still have the tyre stops, I wish we had all the action taking place on the track then there is only one way to pass, overtaking on track, rather than in the pits

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Wider tracks would be good too, plus drivers not penalised for cutting across chicanes. You might gain an advantage but think of the risk to the car going off road as such.

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The whole point of a chicane is to stop the cars taking a particular area of the track in a straight line, if they can cut the chicane without penalty then it might as well not be there :rolleyes: and we'd end up with an oval track where the cars go round and round and round for 500 miles.... (why does that sound familiar!!! ;))

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I'm confused about this McLaren ban. So they aren't banned unless they break the rules again, or more facts come to light? Or is their ban later on in the season?