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This is definitely the most boring year of F1 I've watched, Mercedes dominance aside. Hopefully they can sort it out sooner rather than later

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The off season is getting to me. I just bought a new Tamiya car...SICK I was looking for the P34 Tyrell but oh well. I will get the next P34 that pops up NOw to just find the Jordan, Lotus, A

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Lol...but they cant do as good a job. Combination of money and technical resources....the limited opportunity to develop, test and implement due to testing restrictions and homologation of parts etc.

No doubt Mercedes gave done a good job. If they were miles ahead in an area of the car other teams could develop like aero or composite materials/weight...wheel or brake rech etc ..then get lifting boys.

But the engine freeze sinks that as an option.

They get a bandaid and have to develop an engine they only get 4 of for the season....its BS

If a team that were nowhere last year is now passing the Mercedes works cars up the straights, I think the others just need to lift their game. Clearly, it is possible to develop a winning engine, even if you had one of the slowest engines last year... Williams have just been stagnant by the looks of it, and if you do that you go backwards. The other big players have actually gone backwards witht htier development.

Clearly RedBull has bigger issues than just the engine when the budget STR's with rookie drivers are giving the big team a touch up on the track with the same donk! Renault were right.

Great to see Ferrari taking the fight to Mercedes! And also great to hear Hamilton sooking on the radio again hehe I might fkn have to get Fox.. Those commentators were hopeless though - are they Fox or Sky? What happened to Brundle? Coulthard is a hopeless commentator by comparison. But he's miles better than the other joker. No technical insights. No discussion of strategy that might be unfolding. Maybe the highlights package missed some of that. but it seemed they were simply describing what they see on the screens in front of them. And not very well most of the time either. They clearly don't know how the stewards judge incidents.

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Have to agree. Watching the sky coverage on foxtel uninteruppted is well worth it, but I did already have foxtel.

Only problem I have nowis there are no add breaks to quickly run and do something if I need to, but I do have foxtel IQ so can pause. Minor issues lol

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I discovered last night I hat Homo more than Vettel...and actually was rather happy for Vettel.

Loved hearing Homo sook on the radio...Skysports jump on Rosberg everytime he talks on the radio

I hate rosberg more than hamo, and hamo more than vettel. I stopped hating vettel last year.

Felt bad for alonso. Having to retire from a points scoring position.

The rbr cars really have some problems, and the engine definitely isn't it. Sure it isn't helping things getting down on power, but even if they had the power they wouldn't be able to get it to the ground anyway. They can't go, they can't stop and they can't turn. All the things they used to have sorted are out the arse with the new rules

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Let's not forget RBR also lost their 2 lead aerodynamicists at the end of 2013 to Honduh McLaren. Last years Red Bull would have basically been designed by him and was good apart from the engine, but not this year's... And coincidentally, by all accounts this year's McLaren is pretty good in the corners...

Sport package is only $50 a month anyway, $10 extra if you want it in HD...

yeah that's one of the things that really shits me about pay TV. If I'm paying for TV in the first place, it should damn well be HD! Not an extra $120 a year on top!

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Did Newey play any part in this years car? I know he is focusing elsewhere but cant remember when that all happened.

Youd think this years Red Bull would just be an evolution of last years but seems like they have tried to re-design more than they should have. Both drivers complain about stability, dont recall it being a problem last year

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Update on jules.

Philippe Bianchi, father of Jules, confided to Nice-Matin on saturday's print to update the people who keep showing support for the former Marussia driver and his family during this difficult time. Being first cared for in Japan, Jules Bianchi was brought back to Nice, France, at the Saint Roch hospital. Phillipe Bianchi reveals today that he no longer is there, however Jules remains in Nice.

Jules' father re-affirms that his son is fighting, but that he is still in a coma: "From a medical point of view, he is stable. He's autonomous enough. No physical problems. All his organs are working properly, without assistance. But, for now, he remains unconscious, in a coma."

However, there are signs of improvement. In Japan, the young Frenchman's parents received very bad news, without hope. Since, things have changed, and in France doctors are more positive. But we have to be patient, and Philippe Bianchi explains that "neurologically, doctors explained to us that there is no particular intervention needed".

The family can only wait and support Jules in his fight. There are at times encouraging signs: "From time to time, at his bedside, we see that things are happening. At moments, he is more active, he moves more, his hands tightens around ours... But is it just reflexes or a genuine reaction? Hard to tell."

Philippe Bianchi doesn't forget all of Jules' friends, his colleagues, but also the supporters all around the world, who keep sending messages of support, and he wishes to thank them, adding that he will give news of Jules' health when something changes.

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