Gary

That’s not universally thought to be the case. Besides, if you have a faster car you don’t have to push it quite as hard which means the tyres are better looked after. In the first stint Max clearly had to push […]

Hamilton drove brilliantly, but it’s ominous that Max – with his exceptional speed – couldn’t pull a gap to Lewis who was running in dirty air. The Mercedes was superior around this track by some margin in racing […]

‘Barcelona’ and ‘interesting race’… they really are a combination that rarely go together. Let’s hope Sunday brings something different!

Max was two tenths or so down from his FP1 time, albeit on the mediums I think. There’s plenty of pace left in that Red Bull. I expect Merc to be ahead tomorrow, but only by a tenth or two at most.

He and Ocon were very evenly matched throughout practice, with Alonso even having slightly superior long run pace I believe. Strange how it kind of fell away. The windy conditions didn’t help (supposedly), but […]

A very good driver, but a few drivers as you say could have taken that spot and become multiple world champions, namely Alonso, Vettel, Button, and perhaps even Ricciardo given his solid form in 2014.

I guess […]

More diversity nonsense. As if having someone with opposite genitalia would make a significant difference. So frequently seems to be an issue in the top roles across the workforce, but rarely an interest in […]

At the moment, I think in terms of outright talent I’d say Leclerc is practically on par with my top 3. I think he’s marginally less consistent but that will come as he matures even further as a driver. It’s all […]

Yeah, in fairness we don’t know the exact level Fernando will come back at. If he remains in the kind of form he left F1 in, then I stand by my comment. We’ll know in a few races! Agree about Leclerc and […]

In my view there are 3 drivers on that grid that could be put into equal machinery and you couldn’t reliably pick a winner week on week. Max is certainly one of them, alongside Lewis and Fernando. Hopefully Red […]

Folded? He drove exceptionally throughout the race, with a damaged car that was costing him 0.3s a lap. He was immediately ordered to give the place back, so he responded to a command, so it was hardly like he […]

They enjoyed a c. 20hp-25hp advantage over Mercedes as I understand it, but lost 65hp as a result of the technical directive, meaning they ended up being around 40hp down in 2020.

The Red Bull and Racing Points were the best earlier in the race, but once it started to dry out the Merc came into its own once again. Hamilton drove superbly, but let’s not act like the race didn’t come to the […]

Ok I see your logic, fair point. Personally I think female-only championships would be superfluous if motorsport was open enough to equal competition. We’ll have to see how it progresses.

I believe boys/men are on average more inclined to want to be involved in motorsports in some capacity. That said, I also believe that we should be ensuring that anyone who wishes to compete/join in (and has the […]

That’s just further encouragement for unnecessary forms of segregation. Women are either capable of competing with men in motorsport, or they are not. I believe they are, and in that light, believe we should be […]

Perhaps karting, for whatever reason, is a sport that appeals to young boys more so than young girls, and as a result to figures represent this?

There is no right or wrong here in terms of outcome, the right […]

Girls and boys should have equal opportunity to work their way up the ranks, with talent being the determining factor to success. Unfortunately it’s not that simple (pay drivers etc.) but it would be good to see. […]

@jerseyf1 Ferrari do require a better second driver, absolutely. However the Mercedes was rarely the second fastest car last year. Difficult to set up for the first few races of course, but still very fast when […]

They deserve their dominance, but it sure is a bit boring (for a non-Mercedes fan!). I want to see close racing with multiple teams in with a chance of a win. It’s up to the others to catch up to Mercedes’ brilliance.