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  1. jgonzalesm6

    jgonzalesm6 Two Time F1 World Champ Rossa Subscribed

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    I've never seen either--> crushed or offered for sale.

    Maybe Mercedes keeps them in storage for a possible museum??
     
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    Are they replaced every season?
     
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    Not every season. Most likely every 2 possibly 3 years.
     
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  6. Mitch Alsup

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    As models change they get updated. Mercedes sees them as advertisements, and wants potential customers (watching fans) to be interested in the present line of vehicles..
     
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    So - They will not need Vettel to sell these if he fails at Aston lol :)
     
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    jgonzalesm6 - Thanks for starting this thread. So far its not about LH..................yet lol :)
     
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    Right, better go see if I can find my enthusiasm.........
     
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    Ditto.

    That said, Sochi just doesn't intrigue me. I love the fact that we have a Russian GP and it being on Olympic grounds sounds good. The reality however is a rather bleak track, no elevation changes and all contained between concrete walls. Sterile.

    Oh well, at least another race. And just maybe Bottas will challenge Lewis as he is normally good at this track.
     
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  16. william

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    Sochi is better than Baku though ...
     
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    Sochi is a bore, Baku has character.
     
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    I disagree. Baku has a pretty and historic city. And that insane narrow passage around the fortress then followed by one of the widest, longest and fastest pieces of track in all of F1.

    Sochi is really the wrong place. Russia does have some interesting tracks.
     
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    Welcome back @william!!!
     
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    Thanks, but aren't you sarcastic by any chance?

    I am not complaining about the ban, BTW, I simply didn't realise I was on the wrong side of the law with my last post.
    I didn't think that my innocent comment would put me in the dock, but here you are ...
     
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    You should propose Macau for a F1 GP then.

    As well as wide straights where you could land a Boeing, they have several of these narrow passages that guaranty crashes every year !

    Racing there is mental though ...
     
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    Yes, definitely.

    Another one of my favorites is Pau in France. Makes Monaco look big and spacious.
     
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    Not at all, I wasn't involved in your ban, and I've personally enjoyed your posts. I was heavily involved afterward.
     
    paulchua, Sep 22, 2020
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    You are alright then ! :)

    I'm not bitter anyway, and I can appreciate the work the moderators do.
     
    william, Sep 22, 2020
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    Let me take a look at what got you banned. We've had to get more strict in F1 vis a vis politics.
     
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