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There are a heck of a lot more drivers who should be penalised if you’re going to do that. In fact, probably most of the drivers on the grid, especially where English is not their first language…

@justrhysism You’re not the only one. It was appalling! It still boiled my blood when I rewatched the race with my wife when she got home!

The problem is that nobody will take it seriously as a non-championship event. The only way to get even a semi-accurate picture of how it works work is to do what they are doing and make it part of a live event. […]

Apologies if I wasn’t clear. When I said “competitive F1 action”, I meant F1 cars on track as part of the competition. Practice is great in and of itself, but it is not part of the competition and has no direct […]

@robbie
Liberty and Brawn’s main priority… was to fix all the root problems in F1. They have already done that

I would beg to differ. They have brought in some changes which may fix some of the root p […]

*complain about it

While I think this was the wrong hill to die on, he has a very good point when applied to other incidents. There is a large group who will jump on anything Hamilton did and compassion about it. For either a […]

Remember that, considering the influence of the car on their performance, part of the skillset of being an F1 driver is to be in the right car at the right time. So many drivers have come unstuck on that. […]

Also, remember that hydrogen is not best used to just replace petrol. Feeding existing ICEs with hydrogen is wasteful. The best way to use it is in a fuel cell, generating electricity and using that to power […]

Also, this is based on all else being equal. If you make a car lighter but keep everything else the same, the car will perform better. So, taking an extreme example, if you replace a steel chassis with an […]

I don’t think active aero is a bad idea at all. However, it’s all going to be in the details.

Having movable aerodynamic parts to optimise downforce and drag throughout the lap is a logical idea. You need […]

I think the difference in familiarity is probably the main difference.

However, we also shouldn’t forget that Max has been hailed as a Wunderkind, a future world champion. He is certainly one of the best […]

Why not the same engine from a sole supplier for all teams?

If you’re going to go that far, you may as well just make it a spec series.

I can’t understand how it would benefit either party?

While I don’t believe a contract is already signed, I can certainly see how it could be advantageous to do so. They are getting mentioned almost daily in t […]

when I hear the German one I automatically expect the upbeat Italian one to follow.

When I see that Ferrari have won, I quietly groan and roll my eyes… Not because I dislike Ferrari, but because the Italian […]

we can’t get to a situation where the promoter fees are paid wholly by a third party sponsor and then having the GP named after them instead

I hope this never happens, but I expect it will. Just look at all t […]

a fairer comparator of Bottas & Max would be to exclude Lewis from the statistics.

Even if all you say is true, you would also have to factor in Bottas’ team mate. If they were roughly evenly matched then […]

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Whatever the reason behind peoples’ hatred of him, it’s plainly ridiculous. He’s one of the best drivers the support has ever seen, and this is acknowledged by drivers up and down the grid, as well as […]

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I’m not sure if there is any leeway available to the stewards in this. If there is, I really hope they show some leniency. They’ve already been dropped from 1-2 to 8-9 by this mistake, it would seem very harsh to […]