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Yeah, the Renault looks much better out in the sunlight than it did in the dark studio shots which made it look like there was too much black. 
Not a fan of the shark fins, but i think all the cars look good. With Sauber's livery being the least good :P I particularly like the Williams, but it's hard to go wrong with Martini colours. The new cars are certainly much better proportioned than they have been for years.

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On ‎6‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 11:16 AM, Roy said:

This thread shows the popularity of F1 at the moment

Probably shows what happens when sports go to Foxtel and few people have access.  To be fair there has been some actual competition this year and atleast Ferrari are taking it up to Mercedes.  Shame everyone else is dropping off the pace.  Force it India and Torro Rosso are going well but other than that it is pretty dire.  McLaren are embarrassing.  Williams are going backwards, Renault have no race pace and RedBull cant lay a glove on MB.

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Yes Ferrari have been winning races and fighting the mercs when they aren't in front, but the 'racing' is still a procession. If a car does make a pass, 99% of the time that's the end of the battle.

Compare it to MotoGP, even Fp1 is more exciting to watch than 95% of f1 races.

So that was a big stupid that dany got two penalties for the one crime and it was race controls fault from what i can see...

I usually try and watch the canadian gp as it always seems to be one of the better races but just couldnt this year

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Surely not?  Nothing wrong with ramming someone then pulling alongside them to do it again.  If Hamilton wasn't there he wouldn't have hit him, so clearly the blame should be 50-50.

Mean while at Force it India things are all sweetness and light.

Is there a decent story anywhere about Ferrari supposedly burning oil as fuel?  Horner was pretty straight forward about that on the grid.

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