IJW commented on the post, Why Agag's repeated calls for a Formula 1-Formula E merger fail to persuade 1 year, 5 months ago
The commercial rights are owned by Liberty Media for F1 and Liberty Global for FE.
Yes, they are sister companies owned by the same man (John Malone I think).
So, if F1 wants the right to use electric […]IJW commented on the post, F1 drivers don't want their radio being broadcast? That's exactly why it should be 1 year, 9 months ago
“Leave me alone, I know what I am doing!” is reason enough to keep broadcasting the drivers’ radio messages.
IJW commented on the post, 'The devil's in the detail' in FIA's plan to ban clone cars 2 years ago
A mind experiment for everyone to consider.
IMO, there is always an optimum solution to an engineering problem, (in this case, building an F1 car).
So, for stake of argument lets say Mercedes have come up with […]IJW commented on the post, FIA vows to ban Racing Point-style copying in 2021 2 years ago
A mind experiment for everyone to consider.
IMO, there is always an optimum solution to a problem, (in this case, building an F1 car).
So, for stake of argument lets say Mercedes have come up with that optimum […]IJW commented on the post, Hamilton takes over as Mercedes continue test at damp Silverstone 2 years, 2 months ago
@drycrust You would of thought Racing Point would be doing this as well, since they are just across the road from the track? Unless they are doing it later in the month.
IJW commented on the post, F1 will not cancel races if a driver tests positive for Covid-19 2 years, 2 months ago
@leonardodicappucino I wonder who’s list the Hulk is on?
IJW commented on the post, Why the FIA has 're-banned' Mercedes' DAS for 2021 2 years, 4 months ago
I can also see the new Technical changes being held back until the new Engine regs come in around 2024/5 when they finally decide what they are going to be.
IJW commented on the post, Why the FIA has 're-banned' Mercedes' DAS for 2021 2 years, 4 months ago
Assuming that a 2020 season actually happens, Mercedes will probably not bother running it. Assuming they still win the WCC/WDC, I hope they run at least one race at the end of the season with DAS just so they can.
IJW commented on the post, F1 teams ready to produce 1,000 breathing aids per day 2 years, 4 months ago
I don’t mind admitting that the story brought tears to my eyes. Well done everyone involved!
IJW commented on the post, Engine cost cuts "vital" to keep manufacturers in F1 2 years, 5 months ago
@gechichan F1 didn’t do too badly when most of the field used the Cosworth DFV.
IJW commented on the post, "Unfair" to start F1 season if Coronavirus stops some teams racing – Tost 2 years, 5 months ago
Doesn’t there have to be a minimum numbers of cars for a race to be valid? Isn’t it 16? So basically, if 3 teams are not allowed to complete then the race can’t go ahead anyway (at least officially). The […]
IJW commented on the post, Formula E not a rival to Formula 1 – Carey 2 years, 7 months ago
@antznz Whilst it is true that FE have a “monopoly” with regards to a full electric race cars from the FIA; I should point out that the commercial owner of FE is Liberty Global which is the sister company of F1 […]
IJW commented on the post, Honda's Guerrieri "robbed of title" in controversial WTCR finale 2 years, 8 months ago
@slotopen Toto, Lewis and a few others could always buy the team off Mercedes, if Mercedes decided to leave. Since Toto already owns 30%, it shouldn’t be too much of a strech for interested parties to get hold of […]
IJW commented on the post, Official: Toro Rosso's name change to Alpha Tauri confirmed 2 years, 8 months ago
It’s the name of the main star in the consellation of the Bull (Taurus).
IJW commented on the post, Hamilton concerned Mercedes "could go the wrong way" without Wolff 2 years, 8 months ago
@pinakghosh Isn’t his wife Susie Team Principal of one of the other teams (Venturi?)? That would be a good reason to be there.
IJW commented on the post, Bird wins season opener as Porsche and Mercedes claim debut podiums 2 years, 8 months ago
@paeschli Even worst, the darn thing is mandatory (i.e. you have to use it).
IJW commented on the post, Ocon to make Renault test debut at Yas Marina 2 years, 8 months ago
AFAIK, the current contracts for practically all of the drivers run to the end of 2020. Not surprising, since that it when the current commercial agreements come to their end with FOM. There may be a few […]
IJW commented on the post, The drivers are right: F1's helmet restrictions are silly 2 years, 9 months ago
@gobert I would suggest painting the halos in the same colour as the drivers numbers are painted in. Hopefully, none of the drivers driving for the same team have the same colour.
IJW commented on the post, Verstappen's comments did not cause yellow flag penalty investigation – Masi 2 years, 9 months ago
@maisch They do, but it has to be activated by Race Control which might take a few seconds after an incident.
IJW commented on the post, Hamilton believes one stop would have worked after strategy "f***-up" 2 years, 10 months ago
@huhhii When Hamilton came in for the 2nd stop, the tyre graphics showed that he had 70% left on all 4 tyres. He had already done 20 odd laps, so doing the remaining 11 would of been OK, IMHO.
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