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Discussion in 'Formula 1' started by Big Ern, Mar 22, 2022.

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Who's getting the big bottle of Rose Water

Poll closed Mar 26, 2022.
  1. Charles leClerc

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  2. Carlos Sainz

    38.5%
  3. Lewis Hamilton

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  4. George Russell

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  5. Max Verstappen

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  6. Sergio Perez

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  7. Kevin Magnusson

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  8. Pierre Gasly

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  9. West Ham are MASSIVE

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  10. Other (specified)

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  1. DHCanary

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    Given its less than 24 hours to FP1 and Vettel is still stuck in a Bahrain hotel room, Hulk surely gets the Friday running. Is it worth replacing him on Saturday for an underprepared Vettel?

    Might give Stroll a chance to pad his stats in the teammate comparison, which is probably a key motivation...
     
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    I like to think if , as seems likely Hulk gets picked , that they would keep him in the car for the entire weekend .
     
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    Probably deserves to be Vettels team mate to be fair!
     
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    Vettel probably glad he's missing it as that car looks awful
     
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    I have Covid at the moment. Sadly, it's the only thing the millionaire racing driver and I have in common.
     
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    Get well soon!!! Had it in Jan and still getting over the mental fog of it. Made a proper mess off the upstairs.
     
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    Hope all okay bud- had it myself in Feb having seemingly avoided it for two years!
     
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    Hope it's as mild as possible an no lasting symptoms. Get well soon.
     
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    Thanks everyone. It’s just like quite a nasty cold really, but I’m bored with how long it’s been going on for. Plus I really want to go out.
     
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    I feel that... Took over 10 days for me to test negative. You lose sense of taste and smell?
     
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    Thankfully no. That’s one of the things I worried about. A guy at work got one of the earlier strains and still can’t smell anything months later.
     
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    Ouch! I lost it for about a week. It left fast, and then suddenly came back when I had literally tasted everything in the house..... Wasabi was the key to finally tasting something again. As soon as I tasted that, bam! Taste back!

    Which is odd, English mustard was literally nothing in a previous taste test. :)
     
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    Ah, English mustard, or as one of the Johns from They Might be Giants called it "Anglo wasabi". I'm surprised that hadn't done the trick.
     
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    Hope it’s not to bad , take care !
     
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    Bloke over the road got it , only symptom was coffee tasted so foul , he was nearly sick .

    He still can’t stand the stuff .

    A real shame as is a real coffee nut !
     
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    I did some wings on the smoker while sick... I could taste those, but it was exactly like burned rubber. Not had them since.

    Couldn't taste the meat part, and the texture of chicken is awful when you can't taste it... Bloody terrible!!!
     
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    <laugh>
     
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    upload_2022-3-24_23-3-56.jpeg

    Some early rear wing comparisons.

    Haven’t got a photo yet but Merc have apparantly trimmed some off theirs manually!

    Alpine looks low drag- McLaren and Red Bull looks a bit bigger.
     
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    I have a pic..just can't attach it
     
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    Here we go. Top flap by all accounts.
     

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