David BR

@todfod Mercedes seem to have a similar habit of pitting early when the driver says they can go longer and the times seem fine. I often don’t get the logic. Not pitting when you don’t need to can either give an […]

Can Ferrari ever match the technical and strategic level of professionalism of Red Bull? No.
Can Leclerc ever match Verstappen’s consistency? No.
Ferrari built a good car this year. But they need a better car […]

@ccpbioweapon Staying at a team where you not wanted and you’re already performing poorly? Just sounds an unlikely scenario, they’ll come to some arrangement for Ricciardo to leave surely. If he insists on […]

That does make a lot of sense.

I was referring to this comment @psynrg

This is why it’s difficult to ever take Alonso seriously whenever he implies that other drivers have had more luck with teams. Alpine to Aston Martin means Alonso dropping from racing alongside McLaren and getting […]

I get the review focusing on the top 3 teams. It was quite a complicated race to disentangle. Starting with Russell in the lead from Sainz and Leclerc, finishing VER, HAM, RUS and only really a lot of pit […]

@jerejj So back to what I’d presumed…

Ah OK, thanks.

At this rate I expect Russell and Hamilton to come second and third in the drivers championship. Do Mercedes want to be ahead of Ferrari in the WCC?! Less wind tunnel time…

Any drivers suing FIA down the line for introducing regulations that caused repetitive injury and did nothing about it, despite warnings, would have a strong case surely. Drivers – as teams love to remind us – are […]

So new regulations, flaws in them that don’t allow teams to remove potentially harmful side effects, but one team is OK so these regulations should now be frozen in time? No.

@tifoso1989 Hamilton stayed quiet – for months – after congratulating Verstappen immediately after the race and told Mercedes not to fight the FIA decision in the courts. The fact you include him as culpable for […]

@esploratore1 Well, the same for Lewis too in that case.

Bad luck for Hamilton but fantastic for George Russell getting his first poll, absolutely buzzing. Hopefully the start of many more to come. Ferrari, poor performance from their drivers, Red Bull, what?! Perez […]

Hamilton restarting alone off the grid last year must be one of the most memorably bizarre sights I’ve seen in Formula 1! Like the ‘ultimate reverse grid’ with one person on track, the rest queued in the pitlane.

Nicely put @bernasaurus I felt a bit sad too. When Vettel arrived in Formula 1, I was still watching practices and races on free-to-air Brazilian TV, meaning commentary by a Globo presenter who insisted on […]

@neilosjames The Verstappen retirement discussion officially starts with your post! XD

They are all valid points Alan and I wouldn’t underestimate the physical exertion and basic physical fitness and strength needed today, especially the G forces like you say. I guess I would also factor in the […]

@uneedafinn2win Why? The reality is that the technical team is solely responsible for the car. Good or bad. What’s the point in ducking the reality? The drivers have delivered, the engineering team hasn’t.