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I hesitate to call him ‘spineless,’ but yeah, I was kind of disappointed how quickly he obeyed. I rather doubt Lewis, Seb or Max would have so meekly complied in a similar situation. There is a selfish killer […]

My crazy theory is that they will keep Räikkönen for the season and sign Rosberg for 2018. Nico will miss the F1 circus but not Hamilton.

Toto was visibly angry post-Abu Dhabi

I didn’t catch that at all. I thought he looked ecstatic.

Don’t be too hard on Briatore. Remember, his job is to take care of his drivers, not give information to the public.

Is this accurate? Alonso finished sixth but the table says he has zero points.

I don’t understand Ben Hunt’s tweet. What’s wrong with that photo?

If they want to stop track abuse they should stop replacing gravel traps with giant runoff areas.

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From what I understand about the contract, they only get their prize money from last year if they participate this year. That’s why they are participating this year. So yes, it is okay for him to […]

It looks like Manor showed up in Australia just to be a “participant” and be eligible for the prize money. Bernie was more than accommodating, even paying for their freight, but got swindled. I strongly suspect […]

Yes, I think identifying with a number of merchandising is a big part of this. In NASCAR drivers are inextricably linked with their numbers and it is a huge draw for the fans.

I read somewhere that the pit crew will be “contractors”, not “employees”. But I have no idea who these people will be. Possibly some former Caterham employees will be given a contract for this one race.

I don’t know about cheapest, unless they can just buy the entry. The physical assets seem to have tens of millions of liabilities against them with the assets as collateral. They would have to spend an enormous […]

I’ve heard 20 cars, but I’ve also heard 22 cars. Do you happen to have a source on how many cars Bernie has to provide?

But with one less car on the grid that makes it easier for Caterham and Sauber.

I think Alonso was the source of this. If he had wanted to stay at Ferrari, they never would have went after Vettel.

Someone (Buxton?) asked and they said that it was friendly rivalry between team mates. The pit crew compete against each other by some measure or something.

Alonso has a point about Räikkönen. This has gone on long enough and Kimi is showing no signs of improvement that I can see. Ferrari should bite the bullet, pay off Räikkönen, and call up Bianchi.

He knows nothing about F1.

Well, that’s not true. Yes, he is a lying cheat, but the guy knows F1. He managed successful drivers and was team principal for winning teams.

Supposedly it is private money. I can’t remember the last time a new race wasn’t supported by taxpayers, but as far as I understand in Greece it is supposed to be all private.