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Straight Talk - Of Schadenfreude and Commiseration
While everybody working for the ten Formula One teams is really busy during Grand Prix weekends, focusing on their own issues rather than looking at what's happening with the others, there's always a bit of time, at the end of an exhausting working day, to look around, see what certain teams have done and, between friends, to express your feelings.Full Story
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Straight Talk - A key season for the class of 2008
Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel were already established Formula One drivers when Valtteri Bottas and Daniel Ricciardo arrived in Formula Renault 2.0 to completely dominate the 2008 season. At the end of a very entertaining year, where their on-track battles have remained on everyone's minds, the two drivers quickly moved up the junior formulas ladder, but as they followed different routes, they only met again after reaching Formula One, a few years later.Full Story
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Feature - Williams facing a tough challenge
Williams, the third oldest Formula 1 team, and which has the youngest and most inexperienced driver lineup on the grid this season, is facing a tough fight in 2018. Full Story
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Straight Talk - What an ugly divorce
When relationships between teams and engine manufacturers come to an end, it's not always easy for the two parties to see through their last few races together. Williams and BMW had a tense relationship at the best of times and struggled to keep things civilised at the end of 2005, and it's well know the relationship between McLaren and Honda has gone down the drain, but what is happening between Renault and Toro Rosso has descended into a new level.Full Story
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Straight Talk - So close, yet so far
The contrast between Sebastian Vettel and all other members of the Ferrari team at the end of the Mexican Grand Prix was striking. Obviously everyone at the Scuderia was disappointed with the loss of the Drivers' Championship to Lewis Hamilton, but the German driver looked completely distraught.Full Story
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Sideview Cartoon - Ferrari's Sepang Debrief
Ferrari's Sepang DebriefFull Story
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Straight Talk - The pros and cons of having team orders
Team orders have been part of motor racing since the sport was born more than one century ago. In the aftermath of yesterday's Belgian Grand Prix there are two teams that are seriously considering imposing team orders from Monza until the end of the season, but for completely different reasons and with completely different purposes.Full Story
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Sideview Cartoon - Kubica's return in Hungary
Kubica's return in HungaryFull Story
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Straight Talk - The difference between a manager and a racer
The Hungarian Grand Prix was an intriguing race, with a lot happening on the pit walls and garages of the two top teams. While the way Ferrari managed the fact its leading driver was in trouble, the Mercedes team's actions created a lot of controversy and may come back to haunt Toto Wolff by the end of the season.Full Story
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Straight Talk - So much talent but nowhere to go!
In the space of just two weeks, Fernando Alonso saw the doors at Mercedes and Ferrari firmly shut in his face. With Red Bull never intending to take top drivers from other teams, preferring to breed its own stars, this means the Spaniard's chances of getting his hands on a winning car for 2018 are next to zero.Full Story
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Straight Talk - A penalty that fits the crime
The FIA decided to hand no further sporting penalties to Sebastian Vettel after Monday's hearing, following his sudden burst of road rage in the streets of Baku the previous week. He won't lose any points in this year's championship, won't be suspended for a race or two or take any other penalty that could seriously undermine his chances of winning this year's Formula One World Championship.Full Story
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Sideview Cartoon - Vettel vs. Hamilton: Carey's Solution
Vettel vs. Hamilton: Carey's SolutionFull Story
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Sideview Cartoon - McLaren-Honda Briefing
McLaren-Honda BriefingFull Story
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Sideview Cartoon - Hamilton's silver lining
Hamilton's silver liningFull Story
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Sideview Cartoon - Spanish strategies
Spanish strategiesFull Story
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Straight Talk - Two against one - is it 2007 all over again?
Kimi Raikkonen had his best performance of the season last weekend in Russia, scoring his first podium finish of 2017, closing on Valtteri Bottas and Sebastian Vettel in the second part of the Sochi race, after just missing out on his first pole position to his team mate. But that didn't stop Ferrari from using the veteran Finn as help for Vettel's battle for victory, giving yet another hint Raikkonen is seen very much as the Number Two driver at Maranello.Full Story
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Straight Talk - Would you miss the Monaco Grand Prix?
If one of the things McLaren targeted when it was decided Fernando Alonso would give the Monaco Grand Prix a miss to try his hands in the Indy 500 was media exposure, then well done to Zak Brown and his staff. From Wednesday to Friday in Bahrain, the Spaniard's decision was the focal point of the paddock but, of course, when qualifying started, no one thought about it anymore.Full Story
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Straight Talk - The dangers of playing hardball
"People in Formula One have very short memories", I was told a couple of weeks ago by Christian Horner when I asked him if the relationship between his team and Renault could ever fully recover from the very public fallout from 2014.Full Story
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Straight Talk - Finding the right balance
News that both the Russian and the Canadian Grand Prix have extended their current deals for very long periods of time are a clear sign Liberty Media didn't come to Formula One to spend time looking around at how the business has been run and then come up with a long-term plan on how to proceed. Full Story
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Sideview Cartoon - Christmas at Mercedes
Christmas at MercedesFull Story
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