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Ferrari can jump them tomorrow, we'd have to see if they are more gentel on their tyre than Redbull.

The undercut isn't going to work at all with the delta to the ultrasoft, we've seen that with mercedes in Q2, si Vettel should nurse his tyre without letting Riccardo create a big gap and hopefully, the Redbull will pit first. let's hope ferrai doesn't mess up the strategy like always!
 

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Okay, so nothing illegal about the car, Allison (Jumped ship, from Ferrari to Mercedes), Sassy (fired by Ferrari) and Mercedes in General creating rumours in the media can go do one.

Monaco GP: Ferrari car deemed legal by FIA after rival concerns
Sport's governing body "satisfied" about legality of Ferrari's ERS system; Whiting claims Mercedes raised engine concerns

The shitty part, that the FIA didn't like, is the manipulation of the media by the above mentionned, instead of going directly to the FIA with their allegation:

FIA president Jean Todt has also had his say on the rumours about the Ferrari, telling The Sun: "If a team has some doubts, they could have made a protest. It would be much more healthy, rather than to manipulate to the press the problem."



"We are now satisfied everything is in order," FIA technical delegate Charlie Whiting told The Mail on Sunday.

"The matter was exacerbated by unsubstantiated allegations that went through the paddock like wildfire. It came from a Ferrari engine man now at Mercedes, but his information would be the length of his gardening leave old."

According to the Mail, 'Whiting identified the 'Ferrari engine man' as Lorenzo Sassi, and, more explosively, revealed that the matter was brought to the FIA's attention by Mercedes' technical director James Allison prior to the fourth race of the season in Baku.'

Link to the article: http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12...-car-deemed-legal-by-fia-after-rival-concerns
 

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Surprise surprise! Sneaky Mercedes at it again ;)
wondered how long it would be before you posted , looks like it is a ex employee with a grudge trying to cause shit, I doubt very much that it was Mercedes doing something underhand.
If Merc had a problem , they would go straight to the FIA , has they did after the 4th race,not fanny around with whispers round the garages.
 

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Surprise surprise! Sneaky Mercedes at it again ;)
wondered how long it would be before you posted , looks like it is a ex employee with a grudge trying to cause shit, I doubt very much that it was Mercedes doing something underhand.
If Merc had a problem , they would go straight to the FIA , has they did after the 4th race,not fanny around with whispers round the garages.
Well, Allison is an official employee of Mercedes ... so.
 

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So a bitter ex-employee spread a rumour, James Allison asked for clarification from the FIA and the FIA investigated and said everything was fine. The ex-employee is a dick but otherwise, not really much of an issue.

Raining now... This could get messy.
 

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still think Danny's race could be fecked up by Max, even from the back of the grid , I am sure he is going to cause 1 or 2 SC's, maybe even a red flag and how the teams handle those will be massive, even more so after some rain Max will be wanting to get up the field , he will take chances