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F1 Coverage - The Verdict: 2016 Season |
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I've love to be a fly on the wall of Bernie's office when he found out. Theres one thing worse than a boring champion.. and that's a sport with no champion at all.
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Don't think Bernie will mind too much, this has generated more interest in F1 than Nico winning it.
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Maybe it's also a middle finger to Bernie after his comments about Nico being a bad champion if he won it.
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FOM Fam making stuff up again.
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Wasn't just Bernie, the media was all over it. IMO Hamilton's would have been a worse champion, cos he's complained all through the season. Nico's just got on with it.
That is what Bernie was concerned about. |
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Could be disastrous for F1 - if Wehrlein isn't up to speed and Merc dominate, the last thing the sport needs is another 2002/2004.
Merc might go for the 'team' man Wehrlein rather than two #1s to save aggro. |
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FOM Fam making stuff up again.
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2016/11/2...orld-champion/ http://www.eurosport.co.uk/formula-1...48/story.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/37813595 http://www.autosport.com/premium/fea...world-champion I could go on. But rarely after a driver has won a world championship do we see articles questioning whether they deserved it or not... |
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https://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2016/...orld-champion/
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2016/11/2...orld-champion/ http://www.eurosport.co.uk/formula-1...48/story.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/37813595 http://www.autosport.com/premium/fea...world-champion I could go on. But rarely after a driver has won a world championship do we see articles questioning whether they deserved it or not... |
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Merc might go for the 'team' man Wehrlein rather than two #1s to save aggro.
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Aye- British centric press articles...
It doesn't help that the F1 Media by & large is British of course, with the exception of a few publications of note. |
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The Autosport awards will be streamed live on Autosport.com, Motorsport.com & broadcast live on Motors TV. No mention whether this affects the highlights show on Sky later. Interestingly it says that the ceremony starts at 10PM UK time, has it always started this late?
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So is this what Bernie was getting edgy about in the pre-podium room when Rosberg was talking to him?
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The Autosport awards will be streamed live on Autosport.com, Motorsport.com & broadcast live on Motors TV. No mention whether this affects the highlights show on Sky later. Interestingly it says that the ceremony starts at 10PM UK time, has it always started this late?
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It starts at 6.30pm this year, 30 minutes earlier than usual, so expect the stream to be run on a substantial delay. (which obviously is necessary to avoid the swearing and other bits that are not suitable for TV).
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Is there a dinner at 6:30 followed by the awards afterwards?
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So is this what Bernie was getting edgy about in the pre-podium room when Rosberg was talking to him?
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Massa is talking to Sky Italia about being a pundit there for 5/6 races on 2017.
http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns35407.html |
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Wowser, shock news with Rosberg.
Be ironic if Werhlein got the second Mercedes after being passed over by Force India in favour of Ocon, and as Joe Saward says Hulkenberg may be cursing loudly at having chosen Renault already. I hope they go for a big name replacement. In a way I'd not be surprised if they went the obvious no. 2 route, but it would be much easier to do that if the regs were stable and they were confident of being the dominant team - with a reg change you may need two really strong drivers to win a WCC from e.g. Red Bull so hopefully that means going for a big name or at least a well-established name. I wonder how many drivers have already got in touch to say "I'm available"
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Juan Pablo Montoya.
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Wasn't expecting that news today, i have to say.
I get his reasons though and he didn't drag it out either. Id fully expect Merc to fill the seat with Wehrlein. I think he has some talent but, can he race at the top end of the grid? BBC reckon Danni Ric may be in with a chance? That would be awesome! |
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Wasn't expecting that news today, i have to say.
I get his reasons though and he didn't drag it out either. Id fully expect Merc to fill the seat with Wehrlein. I think he has some talent but, can he race at the top end of the grid? BBC reckon Danni Ric may be in with a chance? That would be awesome! |
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Wasn't expecting that news today, i have to say.
I get his reasons though and he didn't drag it out either. Id fully expect Merc to fill the seat with Wehrlein. I think he has some talent but, can he race at the top end of the grid? BBC reckon Danni Ric may be in with a chance? That would be awesome! http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/38185491 |
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At the end of the day, no-one outside the team or those involved are doing anything more than speculating. Their opinions hold as much weight as ours.
So I'm going to throw a curveball and say Alex Rossi
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Really?? Andrew Benson reckons Wehrlein, Ocon, Vettel or Bottas are all more likely choices.
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