Daniel Akerman

One thing that would be great to see is F1 LOWER the price it charges venues to hold events. If it changes its current business model, it can easily make up the lost revenue and then some in other ways. Bernie’s […]

The cars in GP2 are demonstrably closer in performance than the Red Bull and Merc F1 cars. Perhaps the difference comes from…. wait for it…. THE DRIVERS. In a spec series, a dominant driver can and will […]

No question that budget makes a difference. Nobody can dispute that. But budget is not “the car.” And, just so we’re clear, engineers, engineering departments, strategists, data, and car setup, are NOT “the car.” […]

Down to the car?? GP2 is a spec car series, with the same chassis, engine, and tire used by all teams… The whole point of GP2 as conceived is to make it a true proving ground of DRIVER ability, not the car’s…

Sure would be fun to see Vettel in the seat… It’ll never happen because Vettel loves being at Ferrari, and I’m not convinced either Vettel or Hamilton would like to be teammates, but they are each other’s […]

Sorry, but you’re completely backwards on this.
1) In the video you shared, Rosberg is attacking. In the incident with Hamilton he is defending.
2) In the video you shared, in the braking zone and turn in […]

Bernie’s statements are reprehensible. He’s an embarrassment and, quite honestly, more than a little disgusting. His hypocrisy and willful blindness are staggering. He’s voiced support more than once for some of […]

The answer to whether it was the right thing to do or not depends entirely upon one’s own values and whether you feel the team is more important, or individual effort. In terms of individual effort, then the […]

The only thing that is absolute lunacy about this incident is the fact that everyone is still discussing it!!! It’s ridiculous. It happened, move on. Was Hamilton too aggressive given it was the first lap? YES — […]

Bunch of people here crying — including Rosberg. It’s RACING, people. Now, I know these aren’t bumper cars and that it’s not supposed to be a demolition derby, but it’s RACING. It’s supposed to be aggressive. We […]

I want to be clear in saying that I despise Monisha Kaltenborn. I think she’s utterly incompetent and highly irritating, to boot (I would have chosen different words, but don’t want my post censored). That being […]

spelling error — “writing.” Or, wait…. maybe “righting” isn’t quite such an error after all….

If you needed any further proof that the rules in F1 are just ridiculous, then this headline should do it. 55 place grid penalty. But not really because it doesn’t carry over after this race. So really, it’s not. […]

If one goes simply by numbers, as the above article does, then one cannot deny Hamilton’s place among the greats. Plenty of great drivers have cocked up lots and lots of times. Prost had some pretty miserable […]

I’m sure someone else has pointed this out already, but if you go by number of races COMPLETED, then Senna still comes out ahead: 41 wins in 128 races finished, VS 41 wins in 135 races finished for Vettel. All […]

Amazing how you continue to harp on that aspect and ignore the rest. Let’s say you’re right. As I already mentioned before, even if I concede that point to you, it doesn’t solve the basic issue. The basic problem […]

Let’s, for the sake of argument, assume that’s true (although there is clear video of flags waving green at the corner, but never mind). Even if I concede that flags were waving yellow, it doesn’t change the rest […]

The solution to this sort of problem is so simple and so obvious that the fact nobody is talking about it points to the stultifying stupidity of the FIA and FOM, and the willful blindness of F1 fans. American […]

Everyone seems to overlook a few things:
1) The flags in this corner were waving GREEN
2) Waving flags at a corner or just before means drivers will drive rapidly the rest of the time and then decelerate as […]

Yes, I’m familiar with that data. It’s true NASCAR is far cheaper. And I mentioned in a previous post that i wouldn’t expect a team fielding multiple cars would be able to do so at the current levels of spending. […]