Badger74

With the major design challenge of the 2022 car, Otmar already knows he can’t put enough resource into this season’s car to tackle the challenge. He knows he’s only going to stay where he is or drop further […]

How long into the future is Mercedes committed to F1? With the sums of money we’re talking about here, if you were on the Mercedes Board wouldn’t you want clarity on longer term F1 rules (particularly around PUs) […]

Jack & Jones has always gone along with Magnussen, in the same way that Estrella (until this forthcoming season it seems) has supported Sainz. They were always going to leave Haas when left. Much easier for Jack & […]

Looking at the charts it seems the McLarens had some serious pace on Sunday once they got into clear air

The decision making around the right time to come in for slicks is a great example, even in drying conditions, of the fact that the driver is often in the worst possible place to make such decisions

Much cooler this year

Setting aside whether one agrees or disagrees on the specific subject, I think it is good to see Lewis feeling increasingly comfortable in the ‘senior driver’ role. My feeling is that the more he does this, the […]

I don’t agree with it but I think there will be a penalty. It is however almost worth it to annoy Helmut Marko!

The colder temperatures are interesting. Am I right in thinking Red Bull struggled to get heat into the soft tyre in Bahrain?

Wait. There’s a FormulaE race on in Rome this weekend? I’m sat here in Rome right now. Been here for a few days. Not seen any sign at all of this

One wonders why Red Bull persist with Helmut Mario. Mclaren second last eh?

Because they start the season with large chunks of last year’s Ferrari, and are able to spend the winter focusing their constrained resources therefore on developing other aspects of the car. They also have the […]

I know it’s speculation. But I can’t help but think what a difference Alonso’s extra few tenths could have made to McLaren in a midfield that tight

Does anyone have any spectator or viewership numbers for FormulaE? I’m wondering if I’m the odd one here, but it just leaves me cold. Seems to be going on in a vacuum and is unexciting. None of which seems to […]

I have personal experience of Paddy ‘manning up’ and admitting his mistakes to his and the wider team in the past. I would be surprised if we hasn’t done so already at Grove, and will likely do so in public in […]

I am also interested to see whether Ocon or Alonso, with tyre choice can jump either Renaults or Saubers who will be on disadvantageous tyres through the stops

Did Fernando make it through Q1 on Mediums?

Button’s run looks promising in comparison, although of course we don’t know how long that pace would last or the tyres it was done on from the chart.

I’m not sure. If it were the case, then why would Vodafone agree to a quote in the anouncement and look forward to winning with Checo? Seems odd.

Interesting to note the words in the McLaren announcement re Vodafone looking forward to success with him. Does that suggest Voda will continue with McLaren? I would have thought that would be mutually exclusive […]