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How to Lose a Championship

Perhaps it’s unfair (to both drivers) to say that Hamilton lost rather than Raikkonen won the title. After all, it’s generally agreed that it was McLaren’s mistake not to call Lewis in earlier for tyres in China, and it was … Continue reading

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Brazil Pole Poll

So this, very much, is it. It’s Alonso’s to win and Lewis’s to loose. Kimi can still win the championship and it’s not impossible, but it will require at least one of the drivers from a team other than McLaren … Continue reading

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Hold your horses

Stew and I were wondering how much of an advantage having a fresh engine would really give in modern rev limited F1. James Allen reckons this: Because Alonso retired in Japan and took a fresh engine for China, his unit … Continue reading

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Rumour Redux

So the latest rumours are that: 1) Alonso and Heikki swap. 2) Alonso goes to Renualt, Rosberg goes to McLaren 3) (One that seems to be growing in favour recently) Alonso stays at McLaren, and there is no change to … Continue reading

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Big Dave…

At the pub last night conversation turned to Formula 1. It hasn’t been possible to talk about F1 in a pub for years, but these days things are a little bit different. One of the guys there, Big Dave, said … Continue reading

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The problem with predictions…

…is that they can really come back to bite. I just remembered the other day that we all have extra points coming at the end of the season in terms of double points for whoever is winning the championship, but … Continue reading

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Spanish Practices

It’s been obvious for some time that the British media have been a tad on the biased side towards Lewis Hamilton. It’s no surprise to find that the Spanish Media are similarly biased towards their man. I was surprised to … Continue reading

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SofaF1 Championship – Round 16

“Anything can happen in Formula 1 and it usually does!” I must admit I was beginning to think that the whole championship was over when Hamilton zoomed around to capture pole and then led the field from the start. With … Continue reading

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"The championship was decided off of the track"

Alonso has sour grapes. He said after qualifying that he felt that the championship had been decided off of the track because they hadn’t disqualified Hamilton. The championship was decided off of the track Fernando, it was was decided when … Continue reading

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Risk it for the biscuit

Lewis on Poll! Absolutely awesome lap from him. It all seems to be within his grasp. He’s got a pretty good win record from pole as well (He’s only failed to secure one). But is he flattering to deceive? That … Continue reading

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