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@guilherme @lateralus Testing times tend to be faster than qualifying times for two reasons:

1) Softer compounds are available during testing than during race weekends – for example Rosberg set a 22.7 on […]

It’s ironic that the best possible eventuality for the career of Stoffel Vandoorne is if McLaren-Honda arrive at Melbourne having made no perceivable progress whatsoever, because have no doubt, despite eight […]

In case you were wondering, Force India, he is not the next Sergio Perez. Being the next Gutierrez would look to be beyond Alfonso’s abilities…

Frustrating is probably too small a word for Ollie Rowland’s […]

I need that t-shirt, it’s quite applicable to me…

This is not simply unreasonable, it is simply untrue to characterize Mercedes and Ferrari as afraid of the RB12’s downforce. Remember, Mercedes offered Red Bull an engine, they simply required the Red Bull brand […]

I have been a touch disappointed with the amount of negative remarks doing the rounds before this venue even gets the opportunity to make its bow. Yes, loosing Peraltada is a shame, and yes, it does appear only […]

@klon And why is it that the teams you mention aren’t willing to let go of their aged stars? Because there is no room further down the grid to bed in their junior drivers. Vandoorne, Lynn and Ocon should all be […]

@keithcollantine He’s a nice chap, but he has just killed the long term F1 prospects of an extremely talented young Dane. Or rather the elitist rewards scheme, that necessitates drivers like Maldonado, Ericsson […]

My four point plan for a better F1:

1) More support for the smaller teams
2) More mechanical grip
3) Less aerodynamic grip
4) Less Bernie

Simple as…

We have seen Saxo Bank decals on the side of a Lotus car before – when Marco Sørensen was competing (and winning) in FR3.5 with the Lotus Team. I certainly hope we see that ensemble again, because Jenson is right, […]

I know that there is plenty wrong with DTM – DRS, team orders and the immense lobbying power of the manufacturers to name just a few issues – but there is something about it. Yesterday’s race was a lesson in […]

@fullcoursecaution Yep. GP3, British F3, German F3, Italian F3 and FR2.0 Eurocup will soon follow.

I think the real question is whether Mercedes or Ferrari have any codified obligation or indeed semantic responsibility to uphold the health of F1. Is this “Prisoner’s Dilemma” scenario at all […]

@deidunxf1 Magnussen was a second year driver in 2013 and was driving for the DAMS powerhouse. But despite that it was the Belgian that won the first race of the season and found himself leading the championship […]

@craig-o …or if Vandoorne defected to the Ferrari Driver Academy and found himself next to Vettel in 2017.

So Mercedes are prepared to blissfully ignore the FIA superlicense points system in their campaign to put Wehrlein in an F1 car. Good on them. Ocon would be a great alternative if the FIA are not tempted by […]

Wow, so John Locke and three-hundred years of pluralism, toleration and liberal compassion apparently aren’t welcome in the “piranha club”.

Ecclestone is right: democracies possess a sense of the common good – […]

This announcement has three key inferences:

a) That McLaren believe Vandoorne to be the team’s best chance for the future – something that most of the paddock would agree with.

b) Magnussen stands a decent […]

Perez does owe his established F1 career to his Telmex backing, his junior career notably transects those of drivers who looked to be similarly talented but never got the same opportunity. Oliver Turvey, Álvaro […]