markie t

Well hamilton has already won the championship as now he has a second rate team mate along side him in cars that are in a class of their own , time to turn off i think before they take it off tv next year.

lee2cossies

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Everyone thought the same with rosberg but he did much better than we thought and gave Hamilton a good run for his money, red bulls will be quicker this year too so it may not be as easy a run to the title for him as we think.

It's Czech Mate

Red Bull will win IMO

STeve

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bottas is a good driver I think many will be surprised, and other teams with new car alterations will be way closer than last few years

cossynut2

All I hope is that Red Bull and Ferrari can get their cars more competitive so its not as boring as the 2016 season was. Hamilton /Rosberg winning nearly every race was not exciting for me.

James Porter

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Ain't about the drivers anymore it's about the cars..... best car wins .

lee2cossies

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It hasn't been confirmed yet who will replace Bottas, although it looks like massa, would have liked to have seen button in the Williams one last time.

MONSTER

2nd rate?

How do you reach that conclusion?

It's Czech Mate

Struggled to beat a mediocre Massa

It's Czech Mate

Massa confirmed

Button under contract at Macca till 2018, he wont race again unless Alonso quits

It's Czech Mate

Its always been about the car, the championship has never been won in anything other than the best car, if you think otherwise it would be good to know when that was, arguably 2009, the Brawn was only the best for 8-9 races then Red Bull developed ahead as Brawn ran out of budget, cant think of any other time though

Jay,

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Bottas is a good driver and is capable but like chez says redbull this year with vestapen me thinks

It's Czech Mate

I think the battle with DR and MV will be titanic if they have a winning car

nigel b

williams should of gone for an lmp1 driver

Rod-Tarry

Never Um!!. Vanwall was the best race pace car back in 1957/8 then you had 1point for fastest lap. Hawthorn/Ferrari won title by a point winning only one race all season but picked up all the Fastest laps.
Czech Mate are you aware the World started before 2005.

3i Jim

The new regulations will suit Red Bull. I'm predicting a Mercedes/Red Bull battle with Mercedes being strong as usual on the high speed circuits and Red Bull being much stronger on slower 'technical' circuits. Ferrari will still be Ferrari and produce a turd as always, hopefully McLaren and Honda have got their act together and can be competitive. It's going to be an interesting season.

Bottas has got the talent, I think he goes off the boil and looses momentum. If he can keep up the momentum and keep pushing then I think he's capable of giving Hamilton a run for his money. This is his lucky break and he must make the most of it, if not he'll be out at the end of the year (he's only got one year deal) and possibly the end of his F1 career.

It's Czech Mate

Debatable as to which was the best car then isn't it if the title winner was the fastest.......
Even if it was, 1 year out of over 60 is hardly a precedent is it?

Ask someone inside the sport if the best car has never won the title.....

markie t

Williams would of got a lot of money for the only driver available but i dont no why they put a decent driver in their car any more like prost, mansell, senna, jones, piquet, to name a few, as for massa he was shit and then had that smack on the head which made him double shit, i wouldn't let him loose on my fcuking lawn mower!

ajamesc

TT starts in a while and guy is confirmed racing again with Honda! My money is on Michael Dunlop if he has everything dialed in that mans skill on a super bike is un real. Proper racing

Wessa

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Im looking forward to the MotoGP starting again.. Stuff the F1..

It's Czech Mate

Wrong thread.

Why post on F1 thread if you clearly hate it.

ajamesc

Snap! I think Rossi's team mate will be trouble for a few lol

Fullflush

Hamilton is not all that, I'd be expecting Bottas to be better than him by mid-season

Wessa

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Yeah i reckon.. He's a bloody good rider, i like him.
I think Lorenzo will go well on the Ducati.. I'd love to see him win a championship on it just to piss Rossi off.

nick46

Definitley! I like Maverick and it's gonna be interesting to see just how well he does, and also how well he gets on with Valentino.

nick46

I think in the F1 this year there could be a few surprises. The cars this year should hopefully be a lot more physical to drive given the higher cornering speeds that should be achieved due to the rule changes. I think Max is gonna be the one to watch. Got a feeling he is going to do very well this season. Could be a good bet for the title?

Jay,

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It's defo going to be a lot more interesting this year since the hybrid engines have been in its been quite boring