Ross

Haha

Was typing my reply when Ed posted.

9.81 is an approximation, it varies depending on your location on the planet and distance from it but we digress. g-force is related to gravity only in that the forces are using it as an equivalent to provide […]

Engaging pedant mode: a phone dropping from 30cm could potentially experience g-forces in the thousands on impact. g-Force from an impact from a fall can be simply calculated by dividing the height by the stopping […]

Indeed, the teams need to take a significant share of the blame too. There have been many opportunities to resolve the tyre problem but as long as some of the teams believe that they can exploit what is currently […]

@black, spot on.
One thing, the points in 2014 Abu Dhabi were double where Hamilton won and Rosberg had the ERS issue. So a more representative comparison would be 317::359

Rosberg dropped the ball in the […]

[Quote]Vettel did not disobey team orders (as some have claimed)[/Quote]
Ordinarily your posts are spot on, but this is daft. Whether you agree with the decision or not, being instructed to do something and then […]

It’s only my personal experience and Spa is the only race I attend regularly but to my mind it could be renamed to be the Dutch GP such are the number of Dutch spectators and this was true before Max Verstappen […]

+1

Cracking lap from Lewis.
To be fair to Bottas, it was old softs that he switched onto. The best they had to offer was taken from them during qualifying.

:D

That might have explained year one, even two. But year three was a clean slate opportunity and they went backwards. Performance and reliability did not improve. Only Honda was to blame for that. Last year, freed […]

If you want a good demonstration of his talent, take a look at the stint stats from LeMans as @phylyp alluded to in an earlier comment. Over a single lap he was 4th quickest of the Toyota drivers, over a full […]

Nobody can ‘outdrive’ a car, they can only extract closer to the maximum.

1. Alonso is IMO one of the few drivers who does not need a teammate to push him to extract his maximum. Even Lewis who is close to […]

So Leclerc is in the top 3. In a car that was quicker than the Mclaren for most of the year, he often found himself racing Alonso and occasionally being beaten by Ericsson who on his best day isn’t talented enough […]

+1

I’ve loved the more in-depth coverage, well worth a contribution.

Bellof and Senna would both have passed him had the race been allowed to finish, leaving him even fewer points.

@kingshark, using Webber as a yardstick is tenuous at best, in 2012 he finished 6th in the championship, in 2013 he did a little better but scored no wins to 13 by Vettel.

Anyhow, back to the races in question […]

@kingshark, in 2012 Raikkonen closed to within potential overtaking distance approx for 5 laps, attempted a move once and that was it. Both pitted for new tires and thereafter a comfortable 2-3 second gap was […]