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Its more that I don’t think that they would have helped in this situation, and to therefore deliver up closed cockpits up as a solution here is wrong. Its also that it does nothing to alleviate the danger to the […]

Closed cockpits also may have increased the time it took for Jules to have received medical help however, they’re good for deflecting small object, but a whole tractor? Also there is an issue of marshal safety […]

On hearing this news I was disappointed that Kobayashi is missing this race, but even more excited at seeing the prospect of Lotterer in a Grand Prix, and Spa to boot! A lot of peoples nostalgia for 70s/80s era F1 […]

Low profile tyres do provide a net performance benefit however – its why all performance cars and road cars have moved to the huge rims.

The biggest reason being that low profile tyres reduce rolling […]

I forgot to metion the advertising revenue that FOM gets all at the expense of the circuits as well.

The eternal issue of the cost cap. The problem with it is, the techinical reglation simply dont allow for it, the technology demands a high turnover. The sad thing is, F1 should be sustainable, the sports turnover […]

I dont think so, its all done by race officials and race marshals. And F1 doesnt have a white flag, it doesnt have a meaning as far as I can remember in any FIA sanctioned race.

Sounds like a recipe for mediocrity – buying in technology will mean that he will be at the mercy of the suppliers, weve seen just such an example with Mercedes turbo packaging. None of the customer teams got wind […]

I think hes implying that if the hardcore fans hald only one veto of a sporting or techinical rule in F1, the unianimous vote would be to repeal the idiotic double points rule.

Whats astounding about this is the stewards knew about this potential infringement as the race was unfolding. It wasnt a discovery in Parc ferme a- la McLarens second brake pedal.

Unfortunately for Ricciardo, […]

Like spaceships!

I was only listening on Five Live but the crowd going crazy when Ricciado took pole was great, and you could hear the dissapointment when Hamilton snatched it off him. This could be a massive uninteded consequence […]

I think the rules needed refreshing. The engine formula was utterly archaic and consigning the sport to irrelavance for manufacturers, with the Endurance prototypes picking up all that slack. Without changing, F1 […]

Yeah, but there something truly engrosssing about sheer brutal speed as well. We have gotten used to watching cars where aero is king, and with the engine a non factor. Im sure that Its going to be a stonker this […]

I suspect Inoue is more on the button that he realises!

In all seriousness however, I hope the times in testing that are being acheived do finally put the rest the fear of an overly slow formula that seems to […]

Still does doesnt he? And Im sure Massa stays back in Brazil.

To be fair, the difference betweeen Fangio, Clark, Senna and Schumacher is also widely regarded to be much of a muchness. Its really down to the induvidual, and Id personally would say Clark. He was the one which […]

I dunno, maybe implement the proposed 2013 aerodynamic regulations? The thing is DRS was only ever a stop gap – a sticking plaster if you will – and the root cause of the problems would have been highly mitigated […]

Thats why F1 doent need a Danica Patrick. F1 needs a Michele Mouton.
Patrick, despite her background in Europe just didnt cut it at the sharp end in Indycar on the road courses, and putting her forward as someone […]

On a technicality. Meaning its still legal.