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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 […]

I can agree that it may be seen as an overreaction.

However, how would you react if you were seeing replays over and over again of a car just like the one you are about to get back into, which was doing the […]

I think this is really downplaying the seriousness of the incident, and how bad it could have been.

Yes, Grosjean escaped with only minor injuries. However, I am pretty sure that being in a fireball and having […]

This is so lovely to hear, as was the post from Vandoorne. These guys are all rivals, but top hear how happy everyone is for Russel to be having a chance in a top car is really heartwarming. Kudos to them all!

Note I am not criticising showing the replays. Once it was known that neither Grosjean nor anyone else was seriously hurt, I think it was right to show the audience what happened, and to analyse multiple times […]

the other drivers can decide not to look

I didn’t want to see it that often, but couldn’t look away. I’m pretty sure that, even as a spectator, I was in shock. It was horrific, and every replay hit home again […]

If the same impact was into a properly constructed tire barrier instead of the armco barrier the car would not have split in half and caught fire.

This is my thinking, too. A large amount of the impact energy […]

Everything to lose for Bottas. He needs to drive off into the distance right from lap 1.

I agree he has everything to loose.

Bottas has a huge advantage, in that he has been driving that car all season. He […]

Personally, I wish they would “streamline” the red flag procedure and use it more often. 10 laps under the safety car is 10 fewer racing laps, whereas the same time under red flags doesn’t reduce the race length. […]