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Err, you would be right if it was not Verstappen, who commented on the curbs. So what worms?

@lateralus
They probably wont use it ever again, maybe just in small patches, as the main ingredient of those abrasive runoffs (IIRC) is tungsten. It is a very expensive way of slowing the cars down, with the […]

I think the composition is different for each track, but I’m not sure if a resurfacing is always a good thing. I mean there are some cases when it is absolutely neccessary, but it can take away a lot of the […]

@dubsix
Yes, I know. I said: “I know his stats in lower formula are impressive, but F1 is a different kind of ballgame. Previous success doesn’t neccessarily translate to success in F1.” Let me bring you a few e […]

@lockup @robbie
Maybe you are right, it depends on the timing. If they can have at least one driver they can rely on, they could drop one WDC, but its still a bit risky. Eversince Hamilton left the team, they try […]

@montreal95
He did a good job at qualy, I give you that, but the fact he gave a tenth to JB only one time the whole weekend is not that much (considering JB was up half a sec in most sessions, and I suspect he […]

@lockup
I really dont get the hype around VAN and I dont think he should be driving for McLaren next year. I know his stats in lower formula are impressive, but F1 is a different kind of ballgame. Previous […]

Max agrees

@Kgn11

He brings experience, racecraft and excitement. It is still better watching him and Alonso defending ruthlessly in a POS, than watching Maldonado crashing out every other race, or seeing young Magnussen […]

@dam00r
Lets be fair! IIRC Button got yellows in his FL in qualy, so he started out of position. At the start Hamilton had some PU issues, Magnussen went past the ill Merc and finished 3rd on track, while Button […]

@lockup
Im not sure what kind of pedal sensor they use, but potentiometer would be one of the safer types. The problem with contactless sensors is you have to transmit the information somehow. Be it a magnetic, […]

@kingshark
Let me ask you this:
If you clone a driver, the clone is exact copy of the original, and you give the two the same car, they have the same pace, and none of them makes a mistake, but they start from […]

Well, it is possible, but I’m not so sure about the near future part. With the current technology, they could make a FE car that lasts maybe 5-10 Km and as fast as a F1 car. But for long distance, for the huge […]

@ivan-vinitskyy

starting on the left side with first turn going right is a disadvantage for pole sitter

No, it isn’t. The racingline goes on the left side, and drivers lay on more rubber on the course of the […]

@evered7

Exactly what I was thinking. They have used 2 tokens which IIRC can be used for changing the MGU-K, MGU-H, and some other stuff. Given that they had problems with the recovery (see their fuel usage), I […]

As I read through the Whithmarsh ‘interview’, I was looking for what Ron said to him.
What the hell could Dennis say, that makes a man with more than 20 years in F1 walk away in 5 minutes? (Apart from: you are […]

@gt-racer

there’s usually big crowds in China of over 1000,000 for race day

You are joking, right?
Have you seen those empty grandstands each year? I think the track could bare 200k people at most, but in […]

Don’t lot the deer hat you in the way eat ???

I wonder what would happen if a driver change his helmet design only a bit (so not substantially) race by race, and by the end of the season he has a completely different design.

@reiter @bascb @optimaximal

I think you misunderstood me. I dont mind if they have social media presence, but this kind of stuff is for the yellow press (and IMO yellow press is for those who dont have a life […]