F1 2021 Season Thread
 

Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has signed a new one-year contract with Mercedes for the 2021 season.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/55380710

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Fernando Alonso has been involved in a cycling accident in Switzerland, he is said to be conscious but indications are he has sustained a jaw fracture.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/56034657

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/56040612

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Portugal to take the vacant 3rd race

https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/36...ula-1-calendar


Teams looking at a sprint race on Saturday instead of qualifying.

https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12...1-set-for-vote

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Starting to look like the Indy Car series, they have a similar system for some races.

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Sad news, Murray Walker has just passed away.:(

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Truly the greatest Formula 1 commentator there ever was..:(

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Qualifying starts at 3pm for the first race of the season in Bahrain, so far it looks like the Red Bull have the fastest car on the grid, this season should hopefully be interesting.

High Rake cars so far look to have the advantage with the new regulation changes.

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Great race from Lewis. Look out for Max the rest of the season.

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:tu:

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...3&d=1616952413

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Good analysis pip.

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Not exactly an analysis den.

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Sky Sport F1 quoted the late great Murray Walker

"catching up is easy, overtaking is a different matter"

It was definitely an edge of the seat finish for Sir Lewis fans.

Every time Sky Sports had Lewis on the screen they had "Sir Lewis Hamilton"
BBC "Lewis Hamilton" thus no respect.

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I was a little ironic that it was Red Bull who had complained to the stewards early in the race about Mercedes going wide at turn 4. :rolleyes:

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The FIA/stewards don't help themselves in situations like this. You can either leave the track or you can't, why was there an in-between.

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Chaos the race at Imola so far, cars going off all over the place!

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Its a miracle that Hamilton finished at all.

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Red flagging the race saved Lewis, he was a lap behind until then. Drove well afterwrds tough. Max crushed it from the start.

This year is going to see some good racing.

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Well two things are for shore.


Lewis will get his 100th pole (currently on 99) and 100th victory (currently on 96).

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Yes it did, big time.


He made a very rare mistake.


Bottas and Russell were both very lucky after that smash

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Turkey to replace GP in Canada (June 11 - 13)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/56915817

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Great comeback for Sir Lewis to claim his 97th win.

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That was a monumental cock up by Hamilton, could have cruised round in second place.:rolleyes:

Apparently he accidentally hit the ‘magic’ button.

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I've seen this mentioned plenty of times on social media and it seems so many F1 fans just don't seem to understand racing. You can't just cruise in 2nd place from a standing start, that could be potentially dangerous. Hamilton got a great start from 2nd with clear track infront of him. By the time Perez had moved over to cover Hamilton, they were side by side. At that point, from what I understand is were Hamilton made a mistake by hitting the button by accident.

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When I said ‘cruise’ I didn’t mean it in the literal sense of the word, it was obvious from the clouds of smoke rising from Hamiltons car that his brakes were under stress, he could have eased into second place with two full laps to attempt a pass (very unlikely) but second place would have been far better than he could have hoped for before Verstappen blew up.

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The smoke from the tyres/brakes is pretty normal and you see it often and as far as I'm aware, had nothing to do with the problem. The problem wasn't Hamilton going for first place, it was accidentally hitting a button. Again you don't cruise or ease into 2nd place from a standing start.

I think what people can't look past is that 2nd place is better than 15th. Of course that is true, but that isn't what caused the problem.

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Bar the cock up Hamilton could have easily won the race, he had the major advantage of being 2nd as he could have used Perez to draft then overtake with DRS, plus Lewis has 7 Titles under his belt and knows all the tricks to overtake

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You also have to hand to Stroll for keeping his crippled car of the racing line, as he would likely only have had one wheel to steer.

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Seems like a mistake to have not split strategy.

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It would appear so.

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New qualifying for this weekends British GP.

Qualify today for a 100Km sprint race tomorrow. The result of the sprint determines poll for Sunday.

Top 3 in sprint also get championship points.

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Thoughts on whos fault the Max Hamilton crash was?

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Personally l thought it was a racing incident and no ones fault.

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Racing incident. Start penalising these things and it's pointless racing.

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Well going by the cry babies on FB Lewis should be banned, yet Max Crasappen as he was called early in his f1 days was blameless.


CH can do one and get off his pedestal

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Agreed,. If it had been the other way Horner would be shouting racing incident.

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And how many times has Hamilton claimed innocence on the basis that the car he shoved off the track had plenty of room to move across out of his way?
Verstappen was more than half a car length ahead and therefore had "right of way". The stewards seemed to agree with that.

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How much space did Max have to his left on the outside?

F1 and F1 fans are so stupid sometimes, it makes me want to stop watching. We all call for more action, as soon as we get it, this happens. There was space on the outside as well as the inside and going into the corner, they were almost level. If you don't want a F1 driver to go for that pass, what's the point in the sport?

Interestingly he pulled the same move on Leclerc, who managed to move out the way.

Should be classed as a racing incident and a 50/50 blame.

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Verstappen had "right of way", he had passed Hamilton. It was incumbent on Hamilton to brake and/or move across, just as in the other instances where Hamilton insists that the other driver should've moved across for him.

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Hamilton was turning into the corner. They were side by side at one point going into the corner. If you don't want Hamilton to break or move across, what do you want him to do? Think you might be watching the wrong sport. No wonder people think F1 is boring. Hamilton and Leclerc showed how that corner can be done without crashing.

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I see Red Bull are stoking the flames again from this first lap incident.

Quote from Max........ Again taken out by a Mercedes..... Pure **** Red Bull is lately.

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F1 is now becoming a joke

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Becoming? It's been dull, uneventful and boring since Schumacher started to dominate, just a procession everytime pretty much

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Vettel has been disqualified because the stewards couldn't draw the required 1litre of fuel from the car, only managing 0.3.

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100Kg of fuel is put into each car before race. What does it matter at end of race.

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But Aston Martin said there was 1.4 litres left in the tank.

IIRC it to control fuel consumption.

Back in the day when there were no engine controls, teams had FP engines, qualifying engines and race engines.

They could use a brand-new engine per race, and the perfect engine would break at the finish line, otherwise it carried too much weight and could cost them the race.

The Qualifying engines had little or no cooling to save on weight.

Back then an engine was easily £100,000

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There is a chance the Belgium GP may get cancelled due to appalling weather which isn't letting up.

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What a farce the Belgium GP was as the full official result was decided after only 2 laps of the track.

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Spa should be axed, but as Sir Lewis said "money talks"

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Valtteri Bottas confirmed for Alfa Romeo for 2022 in a multi year deal.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/58457384

George Russell confirmed for Mercedes for 2022.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/58474646

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Well the latest crash wasn't Hamilton's fault and he gave space in my opinion, let's see how Horner spins it!

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Fantastic to see the McLaren's winning again

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And Hamilton didn't have plenty of space on Lap 1, when he bumped front tyres with Verstappen? Hamilton claimed that "he pushed me wide", yet Verstappen was tight up near the inside kerb when contact was made.

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Verstappen given three place grid penalty by race stewards for the next race.

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Many are saying 3 positions is a joke, Bottas got 10, they say he should get a few races watching from the pits, but maFIA wouldn't dare do that.



Then there is the fact that maxident didn't go and check the Lewis was OK

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I'm looking forward to today's race, with Lando on pole I hope he gets the win with Russell 2nd and hope Max screws up again, hoping he doesn't crash with Lewis.

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Has anyone got any good free streaming browser links without a million ads and popups that I can use via Silk Browser on a Firestick?

Currently using Hesgoal but would like a better link.

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Lewis win his 100th race

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No good build for Kodi that you could use?

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For some reason I can never get Kodi working with live sports events.

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Lewis has been disqualified from Quali, so handed Maxident the 2021 title, bye f1.


off to cancel sky sports F1

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The car broke the rules, same as for everybody else.
So he's still in the race itself. He just starts at the back for the sprint to decide grid order. He's not going to be on pole because of the penalty for using a new engine.

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But punish the team, not gift the title to Redbully and Crystain horner.

But as I say, my F1 for 2021 its over, and will do other things instead.

I may even cancel my F1 subscription as maFIA don't want Lewis to win the 8th.

Maxident should have been banned for the Imola crash, rather than the disgusting 3 place penalty.

MaFIA have one rule for one team and another for others.

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And how else do you punish the team? The car and it's performance were illegal during the qualifying phase. Any other sort of punishment would give rise to all sorts of illegal changes that would be brushed aside.
If in a horse race, the horse was found to have been doped, the horse's place in that race is removed from any result. The jockey benefited from any improvement in the horse's performance.
If anything, Hamilton should be banned from the race itself, as the car didn't complete the qualifying phase in a lawful manner.

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Brilliant sprint by Lewis 20th -> 5th so starts 10th on the gid. Still doable.

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Clearly you're not a f1 fan with all those names flying about.

Why should the team get punished and not the driver? The driver as well as the team both gained from the mistake.

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Well that was awesome. :cool:

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One of the greatest drives in the history of the sport.

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And Hom3r missed it by throwing his toys out the pram :D

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I didn't watch on a principle that the governing body is doing anything to stop a black driver getting an 8th title.


Look at the grief they gave when LH loosened his belt, on FB people are saying that Red Bull are running the FIA.

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The the racist card is out. :(

The grief? It's dangerous, even at the lower speeds. The rule is there for safety.

I'll say it again, you're clearly not a F1 fan and by your own ignorance, you missed a very good race.

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There is some news circulating that Audi has bought the McLaren group.

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McLaren have said this is false and calling for the posts to be removed.

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Max receives 5 place grid penalty for ignoring yellow flags in qualifying, Bottas receives a 3 place penalty also.

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Its not over for Hamilton until the fat lady sings.

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Horner warned over language regarding marshalls

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RIP Sir Frank Williams.:)

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Terrible News.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/59453378

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Sad news indeed. RIP Sir Frank.

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A life well lived in spite of circumstances

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Oh dear, looks like Lewis messed up and will be hit with a grid penalty for ignoring double yellow flags, so this maybe a 5 place penalty just like Max got in the previous race.

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Cleared of yellow flag issue but still the ‘impeding’ charge being investigated.

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Marshalls messed up on the Yellow flag so that's a fair result.

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Max has hit a wall, do has to settle for 3rd on the grid.

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He ran out of talent;)

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Session stopped, Lewis pitted for tyres during the safety car and Max didn't, cars are now lined up in the pit lane where Max can change tyres putting him in first place, this doesn't seem fair but rules are rules.

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You really can't make this up!

After the restart Lewis passed Max to take the lead but then Max cut the corner to retake the lead where Ocon moved into second place and Lewis third.

Seconds later another red flag due to a crash behind them.

Max gets demouted to Third, Ocon is now on pole with Lewis second for the next restart!

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Hamilton wins!

What a bizarre race!!!

At least 2 instances of dirty racing from Max where he got penalised for both.

Bottas takes 3rd on the finish line.

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https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...1&d=1638733777

All on the last race…

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God knows how Max got driver of the day, should be worst driver of the day with his antics.

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Down to the last race, I hope it's decided on the track and not the Stewards office.

I think Hamilton will win now though.

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Interesting comment in the BBC website report.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/59542219

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Well, people of F1 FB pages are spitting feathers and that MaFIA is doing anything to help Maxident Crashtappen win his first title.


Max is a dangerous and reckless driver, and meany people say he would take out Lewis in the last race, much like Senna & Schumacher did to win their titles.


The additional 10-second penalty Max got was a farce as he ended up with a 15 seconds in total, yer Bottas was 22 seconds behind, so no punishemt in the end,

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Yes, those really crap reckless and dangerous drivers Senna and Schumacher.

Max is a top top driver and thank god he is here and in a half decent car, otherwise it would be another F1 snooze fest.

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Well in 1997 Michael Schumacher was disqualified for dangerous driving in the last race.


Also Max's dad scored zero points, having retired from 9 of the 17 races,

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C4 will be (maybe) showing the Abu Dhabi GP live on Sunday.

https://apple.news/ASAtBKVhyQj6BSWya2a3bJQ

Here’s hoping…

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Fingers crossed.

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Confirmed now
https://www.skygroup.sky/en-gb/artic...ith-the-nation

Will also be showing on Sky Showcase aswell.

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I hope it's a clean race and not like the last but I don't trust Max or RedBull.

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The race director Michael Masi has said that he will deduct points if there are any incidents, but some are saying he cant do that as the rules don't allow it.


some people still think MaFIA want Maxident Crashtrappen to win.

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Apparently Maxes opinion of Lewis and Mercedes has changed and it's not in a good way.

Jesus Christ this Max guy is crazy, how can he think that after all the crap he pulls!

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/formula-...nd-prix-press/

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I'm no mod here so I can't really tell you what you can or can't post, but your posts are childish and embarrassing when you use "MaFIA" and the likes.

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The words used by others.

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And they are just as ridiculous and they aren't true fans. You also used them, so goes for you too. Anyway, didn't you say you wouldn't be watching any more.

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Getting bad vibes about this race, just got a feeling that if it looks like Lewis is half a car ahead they will collide..... Because if Lewis gets ahead Max won't be able to recover the lead unless it's done through pit stop timings and safety cars.

I just want a clean race unlike last week's.