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@Keithcollantine
Yeah, but this is all opinion, not necessarily fact. If Alonso screws up, people will blame the car and put him in the top 5 anyway. I remember last year a lot of people subscribing to the idea […]

@poul I think the blind side of Kimi’s fans is that they think he is universally liked. This is not the case. To me, for instance, he comes out as grumpy, disinterested in the whole thing (I know it passes as cool […]

Vettel would have the upper hand over Kimi even if they were driving for a Finn team of snowmobils – Kimi vs Webber would be more of a match though.

Kimi should not change teams because he is in one of the […]

made a mess with the block quote… sorry about that

Ricciardo is now running in the slow originally designated for Webber

@keithcollantine You probably meant “slot”, didn’t you – but one would understand the Freudian slip ;)

Lower pressure does create more grip and traction – you increase the contact area with the ground. Simple as that. It has drawbacks though: the car becomes less responsive to changes in direction (as you […]

I fail to see why. Webber has been beaten by his team mate in the last 5 years as crushingly as has Massa – however, Ferrari does run a 1st/2nd driver policy, which RedBull does not, so Webber’s performance is […]

You touched the exact issue with this decision. If I were a team boss, I’d run a two days test this weekend and I wouldn’t even bother to hide it. The moment the FIA came up complaining, I would point to the just […]

But @BasCB, it still beats cattering for a drinks company ;)

Just to make it clear, I am not saying that this was their motivation -who knows, perhaps nobody else was readily available to run this test with them.

But this is all beside the point – whatever the reason why […]

I don’t know @robbie, you tell me: If you were a big tyre manufacturer and were given the opportunity to ingratiate yourself with one of the largest car producers worldwide (with whom you have a long and large […]

Someone help me out with this one. Did Mark mean that the teams can run in-season tests with a 2011 car and there is nothing in the rules estipulating what parts of a 2013 car you can or cannot bolt onto that 2011 […]

If Red Bull weren’t holding Sebastian and Mark back all race then I reckon we’d have seen Mercedes dropping back through the field as they had in previous races this season

You seem to be arguing that RedBull […]

Well, that would turn the regulations into a complete farse – just imagine: “you are not allowed to run in-season tests, but in case you do, you must use of of the allocated engines….” ;)

I think you are underestimating the effect of this test…. in any case, they did break the rules. I hope that the penalty is not open to discretion (why should it be, given that the infringiment does not involve […]

The problem with Mercedes’ test is that it did give them an unfair and lasting advantage. Many people have been pointing out at how tyre degradation is spoiling the sport, but those who have been watching F1 for […]

Raikkonen wouldn’t qualify as a top-rate team mate – not being able to string three words together doesn’t make him a top driver. He is only the master of the house when his team mates are the likes of Coultard […]

1988 was by no means the norm pre-2005. Sure, there were years in which a single team dominated (84, 87 88, 92, 93, 02 and 04), but most of years one had at least two teams with real chances to get to top spot […]

The talent was by no means sparser in the 80’s and the first half of the 90’s. Senna got his poles against the likes of Prost, Piquet, Mansel, Lauda and Schumacher – just to cite those that are in all lists of all […]

One can just imagine what a legend Prost would have been had he adimited to what he did in Suzuka 89 to deserve what came his way the following year…. but sadly, to this day he denies the fact…. and don’t even […]