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I mean that the prevailing conditions in Bahrain are towards some of the extremes for the season, mostly wind, heat and sand. Other ‘non-representative’ tracks might be Monza and Monaco, given their need for […]

Far too early to tell – any one race is not enough information, and Bahrain is perhaps less representative than most.

For now, what we know is that (averaging both drivers) they were the third fastest team in […]

We’re not voting on the car shape, just the livery.

I’m not as bothered by the Alpine shape as I would have expected were it just described to me. In isolation it’s not great, but I think the overall shape of […]

I like the 2020 Alfa Romeo more than this year. I think the changes this year are not so good. While my initial reaction to the 2021 AT was that I preferred last year’s effort, I’ve changed my mind, and voted for […]

Nigh on 50,000 spectators in a stadium last night for the footy. There’s got to be a point where they say ‘this is what you can plan for’ while still reserving the right to make changes to those guidelines if the […]

It’s hard to know from the outside, but certainly circumstantially his leaving RBR coincided with a sustained period of instability in the RBR car and them being very slow to address the issue. Maybe it was his […]

There’s a lot of components and some of them operate in a very hot environment, so yes. This became a thing Haas were talking about in late October last year, though presumably it had been an issue on the car all […]

I think this livery is underwhelming, though perhaps it’ll look better in motion, but that DC Graphics livery is far too visually busy for me.

Aston Martin could have benefited from his concept for them though.

That was a very interesting video. So many little details, so many areas where you need people with experience. All these little places where margins of a couple of mm might make the difference between a […]

Don’t think so. Don’t care all that much to go trawling tabloids to find out either, but I’m pretty sure he’s had a couple of girlfriends.

Launch-to-launch makes for a poor comparison of some parts, but the front wing looks less draggy; bargeboards very different, and I think more complex and less outwash focused; downforce shaping on the front […]

They might close the gap a little, but I think they’ll likely make less improvements on the chassis than Ferrari customer teams will make on the PU. Won’t be surprised to see Russell make Q2 fairly often, but I’ll […]

One other significant factor is that Perez is at the tail end of a long career. If he drives for RBR for a year and is then passed over for younger talent, it will likely still be nothing but good for his chances […]

Comfortable fourth (Mercedes along the bottom axis is almost invisible). Definitely shows that Renault and Force India underperformed and McLaren overperformed. I don’t think any of those teams were substantially […]

When you qualify as far down as Latifi, it’s pretty hard not to do relatively better to that grid position than your teammate who’s several places up the road. Russell was always going to have a problem holding […]

I think it’s hard to say if Perez has outright better pace than Albon in comparable cars they both felt confident in but I do think he’s a more adaptable driver, will provide better feedback, and is very unlikely […]

Agree. Also think that when George says it’s not even in the back of his mind he is either deceiving us or himself. More power to him though – I hope he does really well, puts Valtteri on notice, and goes back to […]

What he’s said is that he can do nothing now about the events of the past. He hasn’t said he can’t do better in the future, just that continuing to dwell on the past will not achieve anything. He’s saying he has […]

I think if reduced grip was what you wanted to achieve, it’ll be easier, cheaper, and a lot more environmentally friendly to just modify the tyres than to resurface tracks every year.

If you want variability in […]

Dismal race for Albon. Nowhere near it from start to finish. I think he’s a decent driver, and if he was to go back to AT then he might be able to recover form – I’m sure Gasly will be able to help him with some […]