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It was an interesting way of hearing the views of the key figures in the Williams team - each would take their seat with us for one of four small courses of brunch, then be whisked off to another table for the next, to be replaced by someone else. Sir Frank arrived at the table and, asked of his opinions on the forthcoming season, replied: "It's looking like a rerun of last year, isn't it?" Which was not to say that the team isn't giving its all in trying to improve, but that the realistic picture - as can be seen from the pre- season test 'grid' at the front of this week's issue - shows Ferrari/McLaren out front fighting only each other, well clear of the same tight upper midfield group as last year. But however similar the competitive hierarchy turns out to be, the hope is that the off-track politics don't spill over into the championship the way they did in '07. The ramifications of the espionage case are still very much in Frank's thoughts. "One hundred million dollars!" he says. "That has got to hurt [McLaren]. I think it was calculated very carefully so as to badly hurt but not quite cripple them." Someone then asked if he thought the penalty was justified, and he tellingly said he was frightened to answer that question. "Max [Mosley] has cast himself as the avenger and now stands victorious with his sword bloodied. And we, the teams, are all cowed." © 2021 Autosport
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Abu Dhabi / Results
Pos | Driver | Time |
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1 | Max Verstappen | 1h36m28.645s |
2 | Valtteri Bottas | 1h36m44.621s |
3 | Lewis Hamilton | 1h36m47.060s |
4 | Alexander Albon | 1h36m48.632s |
5 | Lando Norris | 1h37m29.374s |
Standings / After 17 races
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | Lewis Hamilton | 347 |
2 | Valtteri Bottas | 223 |
3 | Max Verstappen | 214 |
4 | Sergio Perez | 125 |
5 | Daniel Ricciardo | 119 |
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Coming up
Race | Circuit | Date |
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Bahrain | Bahrain | 28 Mar |
Emilia Romagna | Imola | 18 Apr |
? | ? | 2 May |
Spain | Catalunya | 9 May |
Monaco | Monte Carlo | 23 May |
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Berlin / Results
Pos | Driver | Time |
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1 | Stoffel Vandoorne | 47m22.107s |
2 | Nyck de Vries | 47m23.447s |
3 | Sebastien Buemi | 47m24.948s |
4 | Rene Rast | 47m25.687s |
5 | Sam Bird | 47m30.817s |
Standings / After 11 races
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | Antonio Felix da Costa | 158 |
2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | 87 |
3 | Jean-Eric Vergne | 86 |
4 | Sebastien Buemi | 84 |
5 | Oliver Rowland | 83 |
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Coming up
Race | Circuit | Date |
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Diriyah | Diriyah | 26 Feb 2021 |
Diriyah | Diriyah | 27 Feb 2021 |
Santiago | Parque O'Higgins | |
Santiago | Parque O'Higgins | |
Sanya | Sanya | |
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