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Boring race with almost no overtakes.

Disaster race for Ferrari, very bad start with problems for Vettel and no grip with the 1st set ot tires on LeCreck.

"hail to the king"

Hamilton can aim now the Schumacher record.

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[1982dre]

Also finally a good race from Verstappen. Now he had a good start and too bad for him there were the yellow flags in the end, otherwise you maybe good even try to attack Hamilton in the last rounds.

[swogerino]

Hamilton has now the chance to become the first F1 driver to become World Champion more than 7 times which is Schumacher.He needs to win to other Championships and this does not look difficult to achieve.Mercedes showed superiority in almost every aspect of the car during the Championship and I doubt this is about to change soon.

[Juggy777]

So, Lewis is World Champion officially for the 6th time in total and 3rd time in a row. Congrats for him, but it's getting boring, I hope to see someone giving him better competition, maybe not next year, but in 2021...
Bottas won the race in style and also because Lewis 1 pit strategy didn't worked and he had to change tyres again.
Alex Albon - another great performance, from P20 after start accident to P5, I think it's obvious who will be 2nd Red Bull driver next year.
And Kvyat - this lad got time penalty on last lap second race in a row. But I don't what exactly did happened, because it wasn't shown on TV...

@LTU_btc when the season started we all were wishing here that a new champion should be crowned, but it seems fate had different ideas and Hamilton is once again the champion. Now I’m sincerely hoping in the next season we see a new champion crowned, otherwise F1 will completely loose it’s charm.

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Today can be a big day for the MOTOGP.
Jorge Lorenzo called a press call for Today.

He will probably announce his retirement from MOTOGP!

The press call will be at 15.00 CET.

[Naida_BR]

Today can be a big day for the MOTOGP.
Jorge Lorenzo called a press call for Today.

He will probably announce his retirement from MOTOGP!

The press call will be at 15.00 CET.

Now that I read this that Lorenzo is going to retire I feel very old.
I still remember the day when he made his debut and watching this race on TV.
Time flies so fast and we are so lucky to see drivers like Jorge Lorenzo racing.

[swogerino]

Today can be a big day for the MOTOGP.
Jorge Lorenzo called a press call for Today.

He will probably announce his retirement from MOTOGP!

The press call will be at 15.00 CET.

One of the greatest riders of MotoGp and one of the funniest in my opinion.He used to place a flag called Lorenzo’s land in every track where he won and that was something very funny to do.It also means a lot in meaning besides being a lot of fun.I know though that Lorenzo since the death of Simoncelli is not the same,he was really shocked during that time so I can understand his retirement although I don’t like it.

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Now it is official.
Lorenzo will retire after the Valencia GP.

The next question it will be...

Who will take his spot with Marc Marquez at Honda?
Does Honda will take is brother? It could be the best thing to do.

Alex Marques is the GP2 Champion and he will have a good mentor 

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New F1 Gp this week, everything is done for the championship but this one it should be a fun GP for the history of the track.

Thise are results for 2018

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Brazilian_Grand_Prix

Qualifying

1    44    United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton    Mercedes    1:08.464    1:07.795    1:07.281    1
2    5    Germany Sebastian Vettel    Ferrari    1:08.452    1:07.776    1:07.374    2
3    77    Finland Valtteri Bottas    Mercedes    1:08.492    1:07.727    1:07.441    3
4    7    Finland Kimi Räikkönen    Ferrari    1:08.452    1:08.028    1:07.456    4
5    33    Netherlands Max Verstappen    Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer    1:08.205    1:08.017    1:07.778    5
6    3    Australia Daniel Ricciardo    Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer    1:08.544    1:08.055    1:07.780    111

Race

1    44    United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton    Mercedes    71    1:27:09.066    1    25
2    33    Netherlands Max Verstappen    Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer    71    +1.469    5    18
3    7    Finland Kimi Räikkönen    Ferrari    71    +4.764    4    15
4    3    Australia Daniel Ricciardo    Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer    71    +5.193    11    12


As we can see this is a close race.

[LTU_btc]

It sucks that Brazil GP isn't last race of season, because there was so many amazing historical races. But season will end in boring Abu Dhabi :/
There will be some interesting things in this race because not all questions is already answered, like we don't know who will end season 3rd.
Few days ago Red Bull announced that Alex Albon will stay in team for upcoming season. Well, it was logical decision and I can't imagine something different.

[Juggy777]

There will be some interesting things in this race because not all questions is already answered, like we don't know who will end season 3rd.

@LTU_btc I won’t watch the full race because Hamilton has already been crowned as the champion, and as for the third spot is concerned I feel Leclerc will occupy the third spot. In my opinion Ferrari should part ways with Vettle now as he’s disappointed this entire season, and has failed to finish in top 3 too what do you’ll think about this?.

[swogerino]

I think Redbull decision was the best regarding Albon and in fact he topped the Fp1 qualifying practice before hitting the walls in this practice.I think he has got great potential and together with Max they are a great duo for Redbull.

I think is too early for Ferrari to part ways with a 4 time World Champion.He can win,he just needs a better car and a bit of more focus on the race.

[Naida_BR]

I think Redbull decision was the best regarding Albon and in fact he topped the Fp1 qualifying practice before hitting the walls in this practice.I think he has got great potential and together with Max they are a great duo for Redbull.

I think is too early for Ferrari to part ways with a 4 time World Champion.He can win,he just needs a better car and a bit of more focus on the race.

When I season started I had a lot of faith for Gasly.
But when the two drivers changed positions, Albon has perform by far better than Gasly. Too sad for the French driver as he maybe lost his best opportunity to be a driver in a bigger team.

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Your opinion guys...  Fastest lap for Brazil, Leclerc or Hamilton?  And how's the weather forecast?  Rain could mean Verstappen. 

[Maotezi]

Spanish motorcyclist and former world champion Jorge Lorenzo announced at 3pm in Valencia that he would end his career in the MotoGP Championship. The conference will feature boss Dorne Carmelo Espeleta as well as all Spanish drivers in the championship.

I am very sad about his withdrawal, i am emotionally devastated. We are similar years, and whenever I imagine myself in motogp, I see it in Lorenzo, I have watched it for many years, him and Rosie, although Rosie is much older, this destroyed me, I hope he has a good time in the rest of his life, he deserves it is.

Gone is the legend

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Pole position for Max Verstappen.
Second, place for Seb Vettel.
Third position Hamilton.

Fourth LeClerc but he will have 10 position penalty for the change of the engine and he will start from 14th.

Big news?? Hamilton without position for 9 GPs.

[Naida_BR]

Pole position for Max Verstappen.
Second, place for Seb Vettel.
Third position Hamilton.

Fourth LeClerc but he will have 10 position penalty for the change of the engine and he will start from 14th.

Big news?? Hamilton without position for 9 GPs.

Even with the penalty Leclerc is going to reach the top 5 I think.
He has bigger advantage over other cars on the track so he is going to climb the ladder fast even in the first turns we are going to see him in the top 10.

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Even with the penalty Leclerc is going to reach the top 5 I think.
He has bigger advantage over other cars on the track so he is going to climb the ladder fast even in the first turns we are going to see him in the top 10.

He is the only one of the bigs who will start with the medium tires, the others all of them will start with the red tires.
For sure he will do a crazy race, he also can have a safety car on his advantage.

The weather seems to be sunny for the whole duration of the race

[tokeweed]

Pole position for Max Verstappen.
Second, place for Seb Vettel.
Third position Hamilton.

Fourth LeClerc but he will have 10 position penalty for the change of the engine and he will start from 14th.

Big news?? Hamilton without position for 9 GPs.

Even with the penalty Leclerc is going to reach the top 5 I think.
He has bigger advantage over other cars on the track so he is going to climb the ladder fast even in the first turns we are going to see him in the top 10.

Even top three (he's faster than Vettel in more races this year).  And he could even get the fastest lap.  

Anyway...  Just wondering, how much are you guys up (or down) betting on F1?  I think I'm doing it wrong.  Lol.

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I suggest you be quickly turn on the Formula 1 GP for the last 10  laps THIS WILL be one of the best moment of this championship.

Why all tracks can be like this, I love the Brazilian GP.

IMHO will win verstappen but if they will touch with Hamilton Leclrec can do the miracle from 14th position and new tires.

See you after the safity car.