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2019 Formula One Season ***Possible Spoilers***

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  1. Aircon

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    ga jezelf neuken
     
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  2. Horse

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    Rot op.
     
  3. FazzerPorscheman

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    You saying PeePee has had a rotten op?
     
  4. Its328

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    I’d tend to agree.
    Don’t really like the guy but he is fast.
     
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  6. Aircon

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    Ferrari put two roosters in the same henhouse when they paired veteran Sebastian Vettel with young gun Charles Leclerc and now they are facing the fallout.
    Vettel, a four-times Formula One champion once seen as the successor to Michael Schumacher, would have expected to be the main man in his fifth year in red overalls but Leclerc, Ferrari’s youngest winner, has made short work of that.
    The 21-year-old Monegasque has made his presence felt and the pressure cooker is starting to whistle, as heard in ‘team orders’ radio exchanges relayed to a global audience in Singapore two weeks ago and Sunday’s Russian Grand Prix.
    Leclerc has more points, more podiums, poles and wins in 2019 than Vettel, who is on the brink of being mathematically ruled out of the title chase and whose future has been questioned.
    The youngster has out-qualified his teammate for nine races in a row, taking four consecutive poles – the first Ferrari driver to do so since Schumacher – and winning in Belgium and Ferrari’s home race at Monza.
    On Sunday, the commotion came when Vettel was instructed to hand back the lead gained through slipstreaming Leclerc as part of a pre-race pact.
    The German’s immediate response was to speed up, point out that Leclerc was too far behind and say he would have passed him anyway.
    Leclerc’s response, emphasising that he had been ‘put behind’ and expected redress, suggested the gloves were coming off.
    More flare-ups can be expected, even if Ferrari publicly doused the flames this time, as the elder statesman contends with a self-assured youngster who has plenty of pace and threatens to steal his throne.
    “It shows you that it’s not trivial at all to manage two drivers that have the aspiration to win,” commented Mercedes boss Toto Wolff, who had to manage the fallout of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg battling for wins and titles from 2013-16.
    “As a team we have been through these situations and it’s certainly not easy,” added Wolff.
    Hamilton and Rosberg got on well until the championship battle became real and the relationship froze, and animosity festered. The wounds are still open on that one.
    In Schumacher’s day, Ferrari had a clear number one while Fernando Alonso left no doubt about who held sway during his years at Maranello before Vettel slotted into the role.
    “I’ve always said that I don’t want two roosters in the henhouse,” former Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo said in 2012 when speculation ran wild that Vettel would leave Red Bull to partner Alonso. I don’t like that and it creates instability in the team.”
    Vettel did eventually arrive in 2015, but joining 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen who rarely rocked the boat at a time of Mercedes domination.
    Even if this year’s championships are out of reach, with Vettel retiring in Sochi and Leclerc third behind a Mercedes one-two led by Hamilton, Ferrari’s pace and progress have their rivals on notice for 2020.
    Leclerc and Vettel could be truly in the mix next season for the team’s first title in more than a decade. The stakes are rising and it is abundantly clear that neither is about to stand back and wave the other through with a smile on their face.
     
  7. moretti

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  8. Aircon

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  9. moretti

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  10. Aircon

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  11. Its328

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    That typhoon looks like it might spoil the party:(
     
  13. Aircon

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  14. Its328

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    Too right
    I’m about to sit down and watch today’s action!!
    I hope everything is still standing on Sunday
     
  15. moretti

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    It's ok, Niki won't be driving this weekend
     
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    Yeeeeeeeeeah...........let's see what happens. :eek:
     
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    Anyone have an idea as to what time Qualifying is on today?
     

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