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I agree the debris theory doesn’t make much sense. It doesn’t explain Stroll’s failure, for example.

However, it seems the tire failures weren’t really wear-related it seems. The inner structure just failed on […]

Nearing the end of lap two, the leaders encountered a branch on the track at turn 15. Leclerc, who had crashed at the very corner in second practice, cut across the inside.

Ok, didn’t know that. I only remember […]

Ok, thanks. I wondered how a different ERS mode could give you any real performance advantage, as the total energy available for a lap is limited and drivers naturally choose the setting that gives them the best […]

@alec-glen Mercedes generally do a good job with the strategy I think, although it’s easy to be brilliant when the car is good. In Monaco the car was slow and apparently eating the tires, which limited their […]

Out of interest: what are those different PU modes? How are they different from the party modes?

“I think it would have done better in qualifying, we would have suffered more in the race,” he explained. “The direction that we were thinking of was heating the tyres more, which we then finally did in quali […]

I feel there might be a very untimely safety car period, which can completely turn the race on its head.
In earlier races, the safety car didn’t affect the outcome of the race too much. For example, in 2013 and […]

@trib4udi The Mercedes is one of the longest cars, which is a disadvantage in Monaco. That, doesn’t explain why Bottas was still 3rd. Hamilton probably under-performed, just as he did here in 2017. I don’t think […]

@trib4udi No way Hamilton set his car up for the race, track position is king in Monaco. Perhaps it’s just age; Räikkönen and Alonso were pretty poor as well.

Sebastian Vettel was leading the points standings halfway through both the 2017 and 2018 championships, yet a resurgent Hamilton and Mercedes took the titles. Many victory opportunities squandered by Ferrari were […]

I wouldn’t be surprised if most attempted a one-stop strategy because of overtaking difficulty.

True. Last year the most successful strategy in the midfield was doing just 1 stop. The leaders usually have m […]

While the Mercedes drivers switched to the harder medium tyres for their final runs, Verstappen was confident he could beat them to pole position.

But why? His deleted time was faster than the eventual pole […]

It’s up to Kimi and Max basically to not lose control in the first place.

True, but why should drivers be penalized if they lose a position? If they illegally gain places I fully agree there should be a p […]

@jackisthestig True, the speed differential was huge. It seems this year there was a headwind on the start/finish straight, which made DRS much more powerful. Last year, there was a tailwind, which resulted in […]

The problem is that the field is very close, so pitting early means you lose a lot of positions, which isn’t ideal, especially as overtaking is very hard and tire wear is low. The opening stint will be very much […]

@jerejj I’m a bit less optimistic.
Will Perez beat Verstappen to the first win of 2021? – Depends on the start, but under normal circumstances Hamilton will win quite easily.
Is the soft tyre as close to the p […]

@f1osaurus Verstappen lost track position at the first stops and he couldn’t regain it because Mercedes pitted Hamilton early the second time as well. The only thing he could do was to pit much later and give […]

@f1osaurus Well, this was a bit of a weird discussion, don’t you think? I agreed (and still agree) with your first statement (“Still overall [Verstappen] had the fastest strategy, he simply lacked the track […]

@f1osaurus You’re obsessed with Verstappen’s second stint and the color of the sidewall of his tires, which is not the whole picture. Verstappen was always going to drop behind Hamilton. It doesn’t really matter […]

@f1osaurus After all of your points have been debunked I think that’s a bit of a strange comment.