It is highly unlikely that a contract won't be signed off between Mercedes and Hamilton. Mercedes are about winning and not change for change 's sake.OFSO wrote: ↑Sat Dec 12, 2020 2:08 pmThe Board of Daimler Benz have not agreed to Hamilton's demand for £40,000,000 for 2021. Given that firstly they have a good reliable driver in Bottas, and secondly George Russell's availability for signing, I would not even offer Hamilton a contract. Time for a change...
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When you consider the millions and millions that Mercedes spends on F1 - with thousands of employees at several factories as well as numerous support workers for each race, I cannot imagine that the odd £million would be a stumbling block - unless they wanted to make a point and see a possibility of shaking things up.
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Honda on pole - and scheduled to withdraw at the end of next year.
Will RBR be gifted the design and manufacturing rights to continue?
Will RBR be gifted the design and manufacturing rights to continue?
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Overtake is noted for it's difficulty.
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Utterly boring and tedious race. Mercedes made usual mistake bringing Hamilton in when it wasn't necessary, lap 11 FFS. Considering Riccardo did 39 laps on his tires, H could have stayed out longer and got a second.
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I nodded off to sleep just after the safety car and woke up when they played the Cloggie national anthem. I don't think I missed anything.
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When was the safety car ?
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Fairly early on - when Hamilton changed his tyres. Perez lost power and parked the car beside the track. Safety car deployed whilst Perez's car was removed.
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As a Ferrari fan I am disappointed to see how far they are off the pace...
Enzo must be rolling in his grave!
Enzo must be rolling in his grave!
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BBC described the race as "soporific". 4mastacker will no doubt agree!
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There is a special place in hell for Hermann Tilke .
Mr Popov was right...
Mr Popov was right...
Russian Formula One commentator Alexey Popov even coined in a term "Tilkedrome" to emphasize the characteristic ennui of tracks designed by Tilke.
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Absolutely!! Watching that particular race should be on prescription as a cure for insomnia.
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Sir Frank Williams has been admitted to hospital! One wishes him the best.
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/arti ... EsDAy.html
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Anyone know when the Netflix 2020 F1 season documentary series will air ?
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Assuming he survives the sword accident at the knighting ceremony;
Lewis Hamilton credits the “inspiration” provided by Black Lives Matter for his seventh Grand Prix win. I wonder how much of his £210 million fortune Hamilton will be allowed to keep if the “trained Marxists” who run BLM ever succeed in overthrowing the capitalist system?
Lewis Hamilton credits the “inspiration” provided by Black Lives Matter for his seventh Grand Prix win. I wonder how much of his £210 million fortune Hamilton will be allowed to keep if the “trained Marxists” who run BLM ever succeed in overthrowing the capitalist system?
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Can't you be more gracious? Did you expect Sir Jackie Stewart to donate part of his sizeable fortune to your favoured charity "Curmudgeons R Us" when he was knighted, for example.barkingmad wrote: ↑Sun Dec 27, 2020 12:09 pmAssuming he survives the sword accident at the knighting ceremony;
Lewis Hamilton credits the “inspiration” provided by Black Lives Matter for his seventh Grand Prix win. I wonder how much of his £210 million fortune Hamilton will be allowed to keep if the “trained Marxists” who run BLM ever succeed in overthrowing the capitalist system?
Do you really suppose that all people that think Black Lives Matter, are Marxists. Do you think I am a Marxist?
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Sunday afternoon reading for you, TGG, as my utterances are causing you some distress?
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/rev ... stands-for
And this article takes me straight back to the glorious daze of summer 1968 when the youngsters obviously at that time had the solution to the World's problems;
https://www.workers.org/2020/09/51504/
And then they grew up, married, got a mortgage, had kids and became as capitalist as the rest of their ghastly unthinking parents, who'd NEVER lived though such a dreadful time as those new aware children of the 60s.
"Do you think I am a Marxist?" My opinion of your politics doesn't count as my ramblings are completely inconsequential...
P S. How does one pronounce this new exciting 21st Century word from the 'workers' link: "cisheteronormative"? Does it sound like the late Sshean Connery or is it "sis het" as in 'my sibling is tuning in the Home Service on the valve wireless'?
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/rev ... stands-for
And this article takes me straight back to the glorious daze of summer 1968 when the youngsters obviously at that time had the solution to the World's problems;
https://www.workers.org/2020/09/51504/
And then they grew up, married, got a mortgage, had kids and became as capitalist as the rest of their ghastly unthinking parents, who'd NEVER lived though such a dreadful time as those new aware children of the 60s.
"Do you think I am a Marxist?" My opinion of your politics doesn't count as my ramblings are completely inconsequential...
P S. How does one pronounce this new exciting 21st Century word from the 'workers' link: "cisheteronormative"? Does it sound like the late Sshean Connery or is it "sis het" as in 'my sibling is tuning in the Home Service on the valve wireless'?
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I will not contaminate this motor racing thread with any more ideological twaddle barkingmad.
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First three months of 2021 is the answer to my question.
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Post #619, wish Hamilton felt the same way..