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    I had similar thoughts. I was genuinely surprised by that act and decided maybe he finally left his petulant years behind. Then I remembered that last year at RB when he seemed to gradually accept his fate and stop making excuses and laying blame and you could see him appearing to mature in the space of a season.
     
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    Renault bids for Lotus F1 Team… (joesaward.wordpress.com)
     
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    So much for the rumors of Red Bull becoming the Renault Works team.
     
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    That got tossed when Red Bull tossed Renault under one of their own trucks...

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    The Suzuka track is dry for the start of FP3. Given all the rain yesterday it's likely to be a very busy session.
     
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    Quali ended short. Be interesting to see how the race plays out.
     
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    #1047 Steve, Sep 26, 2015
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    It did, because Verstappen lost power and parked it...if I remember correctly.

    As bad as that is for Verstappen who, depending on what actually happened and the remedy required, could end up starting well back because of a penalty (yet again) Kvyat's day was worse.

    "I’ve never rolled a racing car before and they say there’s a first time for everything. I’m feeling more disappointment than pain. I put two wheels on the grass and there was not much run off area at that point so it put me straight into the wall. I was pushing hard after a messy FP3 and this is the consequence of going over the limit. The car looks really bad and I’m sorry for the guys who have already had a tough couple of weeks and now they have even more work to do."

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    Yeah, that's gonna need a little work...

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    Danny is a very lucky boy that could have been much worse. Bet his physio has a lot of work to do. He's got to be one sore puppy.
     
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    Wow. Very lucky to walk away from that.
     
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    [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwcSaayPy7w"]Your Favourite Japanese Grand Prix - 2005 Raikkonen's Suzuka Masterclass - YouTube[/ame]
     
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    I guess the broadcasters thought the race at the front was boring too. Most of the TV coverage was in the middle to back of the pack.
     
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    The less I see of Lewis during the race the better...usually means he is on his way to another victory!
     
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    There were some great fights in the back, I'm glad they covered them. After Lewis' power move in turn one the race was done. Good job Lewis!
     
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    Is the last race worth double points again this season?
     
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    I don't know, but I do know that I hate that concept.
     
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    No, they dropped that ridiculous idea....

    Some say the reason you didn't see any of the front runners is that Bernie is mad at MBZ for not supplying engines to Red Bull, so he refuses to show their cars on his broadcast.
     
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    Then those people must be idiots because it was the same story when Seb was running away with races in previous years.
     
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    It seemed odd that they were so focused on the battle for 10th and below, but after looking at the final results, there weren't many battles for position from 1 through 9 (2 and 3 separated by 2 seconds, 4 and 5 by 3 seconds, and 7 and 8 by 1.5 seconds).
     
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    There's speculation Ferrari clarified Red Bull's option re Ferrari engines by offering them only modified 2015 engines for 2016. Ferrari won't comment but Horner says things just got critical because RB now have no engine and no prospect for an engine for 2016...and it's already very late for them to not know what they're designing for next season.

    The Renault bridge is likely well and truly burned, Merc won't give them a deal, Ferrari will only give them "customer" engines (apparently) and you know they won't accept the Honda solution.

    I honestly think that unless they decide they can live with the lesser Ferrari solution there's a better than 50:50 chance Red Bull will pull out of F1 after this season, and that includes Toro Rosso.

    Here's the $64,000 question (that's a call back only some of you will understand). Red Bull and Toro Rosso combined have more than 1K people and a lot of resources and investment. What will they do with all that if they drop out of F1? I've seen a bit of speculation elsewhere but I'm wondering what the fascinatingly disparate minds of M/A think.
     

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