Dave

@davewillisporter I agree it’s one possible interpretation of what the stewards implied (or imply) by ‘predominantly,’ but they were unlikely to cite Verstappen in their explanation of the penalty because if they […]

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That is true for Toto as well of course. Why wouldn’t either be allowed to be biased, just like fans have the right to be biased?

@davewillisporter I couldn’t agree more.

@davewillisporter They will only be allowed to change the clutch if they can show it has suffered significant wear.

Teams had asked to be allowed to shim the clutch which is something they usually do before […]

@davewillisporter So if we hear nothing it will be Bottas?

@davewillisporter Thanks Dave, confirms what I imagined the situation to be (and had heard described elsewhere), including the question of the different return of development on this year’s car for the respective […]

@davewillisporter Good stuff. Thanks for chiming in.

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Alonso has the belief that he himself is the best!
I’m sure he has a solid case for that. I’ve never seen any driver after Schumacher – Hamilton and Verstappen included – mounting a solid […]

@davewillisporter You obviously don’t have to meet and talk to someone to know, you just need to see a history of statements that turn out to be false, and here was yet another. He’s even made his team boss do it […]

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Alonso has called Verstappen the outright best driver on the grid before, he did after Brazil 2019.

Alonso has the belief that he himself is the best! I’ll leave it to others to surmise w […]

@davewillisporter Fair comment, we are talking about small margins here. It was actually quite interesting how the different setups played out in the race. It’s probably right to say that the low downforce setup […]

@davewillisporter @f1osaurus @scbriml It’s not about the first corner, it’s about driving for 2 laps without the team telling him it was on, and him not noticing. It just doesn’t add up.

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In China 2007, the team left him with the wrong tyres. However, Hamilton was running in 2nd place and needed a 6th place finish in two races to become a world champion. In that particular lap, […]

@davewillisporter “There is no way he did 2 laps with it on!!” That’s my whole point but there was no message from the team to switch it off, and he obviously didn’t even notice until the race was over.

@davewillisporter – You are wrong. Read 3.9 of the REGULATIONS. The tests, as spelled out in clear language in the REGULATIONS, are what determines whether something is compliant or not. They provide the rules […]

@davewillisporter But is it non-conformity when a team meets the FIA’s own standards via their own tests? If FIA says you pass, your wing meets our test parameters, how does that team then think they aren’t […]

@davewillisporter Good spot, the tyre degradation on inters was definitely a factor in play at the end of that stint. It could be that Verstappen eased off in the early race after pulling out an early advantage […]

@davewillisporter Yes, that’s pretty much how I see it too. The prospect of a first championship could be seen as a motivator boost for Verstappen, but then being in an actual title fight again could just as well […]

@davewillisporter Regarding Alonso, I think I too heard him say he thought 2012 was his best season. We often hear of drivers highlighting certain seasons as to when they thought they were really gelling with the […]

@davewillisporter Thanks for that link below. I just wonder though, and maybe this is detailed further in the podcast you speak of, but in the written article you link, I don’t get the impression the diff issue […]