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John Surtees deep in conversation with the son of Aon’s former vice-chairman Grahame Chilton.

I wonder how exciting Hill would have found it in ’96 if double points had been implemented then? Had it been, then a 2nd in Suzuka for polesitter JV coupled with a 6th or lower for Hill would have unjustly […]

You had me at ‘I’d prefer Kimi’.

Further proof that you should be careful what you wish for, as Mercedes take Lewis Hamilton’s request to simplify his steering wheel a bit too far.

It’s almost criminal that Button finds himself only 12 points behind Hamilton. Lewis has obliterated him this year in both qualifying and the races and has shown beyond doubt who is the superior driver. It’s just […]

I wonder if Vettel’s problem was something gearbox related due to the brush with the wall at turn 19?

I agree that he attempted to get back at Vettel into turn 3 but the damage was already done by then. If the leader positions themselves properly into turn 3 on lap 1 (as Vettel did) the car behind shouldn’t have a […]

+1. I agree with pretty much all of this.

Not really. Team orders are legal now and if the Massa-releasing experiment didn’t work, they could have always dropped him back behind Alonso again. It was clear though that mid-race, Massa had more pace than […]

3. I thought it was a horrible race- Webber putting up no fight at the start; Kobay-bashi taking out two potential points-scoring cars amateurishly on lap 1; Vettel taking a dominant car to the chequered flag then […]

I appreciate he has a killer instinct. For me though, that has showed itself in his ability throughout his title years to pull brilliant Q3 laps out of the bag, to control races from the front and to refocus […]

Vettel does seem to have a genuinely unpleasant side to him, in spite of the best efforts of his PR team. There was today’s bizarre lashing out at Rocky, as well as the ‘but I want to win’ and ‘do something’ […]

If we’re having a misfortune-off, Hamilton would win by miles. Actually, scrap that- McLaren would probably find some way to lose that for him too.

I wonder how much of an effect Ron Dennis’ clumsy post race Sky interview in Canada had on Hamilton’s decision? It should have been an atmosphere of euphoria, with Lewis finally getting his first win of the year […]

+1. Each time I’ve been to a grand prix it’s occurred to me that the experience would have been slightly enhanced if I hadn’t have needed earplugs to stop my eardrums exploding! I agree with S.J.M- the 2014 cars […]

I’m not sure I see Perez as potential WDC material- yet anyway. He’s had some standout drives this season, but is quite inconsistent and his qualifying pace isn’t brilliant. Perez is flavour of the season, but the […]

I love the Japanese Grand Prix. I started watching F1 in 1997 so for me it always felt normal for the denouement to a championship battle to come at Suzuka. My personal favourite was 1998- having to video the race […]

RIP Sid. Horrible news to wake up to. I’d like to see a corner named after him or memorial created so his vast contribution to motorsport is never forgotten.

Since when has a driver’s points tally been the truest barometer of their raw pace? Senna was indisputably faster than Prost, yet the latter scored more points during their two years as team mates. Hamilton’s five […]

As a Hamilton fan I’m gutted obviously but can understand the need for a penalty. But to demote him to the back of the grid? It’s draconian. I can’t recall a precedent for this offence or penalty since the rules […]