Jeanrien

Probably that maximum exposure for a sponsor is reached by being on the car 75% of the time, and mentioned continuously the 25% it’s not.

With the budget cap coming into play, it’s definitely a good thing to focus some attention on the teams that brings good performance for money (AlphaTauri and Aston in particular). They might be interesting to […]

Was going to comment in line with Mark above. Even if it is a puncture, the tyre should not behave that way. Loss of pressure can be quick but not sudden and the car would remain (relatively) controllable.

Good point about deployment and timing. But with a big shunt on the main straight, they still had pretty poor reaction time to throw in something else than double waved yellows.

I don’t get it, with yellow (or double waved yellows), they are still in racing conditions, no driver will slow more than any other just for the sake of it. They introduced VSC after Bianchi to have a relatively […]

@jerejj @bascb
I get the argument of we look only at crashing but it bothers me if we consider impeding for which drivers are penalized. Crash, red flag, double yellow is some form of impeding other drivers.

A […]

I was going to comment along the same line.

Funnily nobody complains that a driver not getting out of the way gets a penalty for impeding. In a way a crash or causing double wave yellows is exactly the same, […]

I don’t get that wheel guns are not more sofisticated. Why not have rotating self aligning head and gun trigger when correctly in place (triggered by an outer ring pushing against the rim for instance). Is there […]

@bascb I think it underlines how well Hamilton is understanding and exploiting his car to get close and pass without losing much time and/or tire life.

Actually in previous years, it might have been worth for […]

Yes that and the cars have become so unique that they require a very specific type of driving to extract the most out of them. Not like you can drive one, you can drive them all by the look of things. It takes […]

Focus of the article is on Perez, but this is a trend that get me concerned about fresh blood getting into F1. We are at risk to have experience more valuable than skills or capabilities as young drivers won’t […]

I’m a bit puzzled by Williams strategy, it felt like a good idea to pit their cars and gain position but the freaked out when other cars pitted around them and were faster than them. That was a really short second […]

It is currently showing that of this year rookies, Mick is clearly doing the best on and off the track.
One could argue that Mazepin is doing the most out of the track, but not in the intended […]

@john-h They have 3 warnings before being penalized, so if they keep it on track rest of the time, it’s not an issue. Lap time deleted which shouldn’t matter as probably won’t set fastest lap without front […]

@peartree They mentioned that wind was very strong and gusty, that should play for something and I’m surprised teams haven’t gone for more time laps. Obviously depending where and what you catch for wind, it might […]

@keithedin I haven’t said it were and that is the “magic thing” about social media, snowball effect is fast and some messages can spread fast (for good and bad). And it’s apparently happening as @hazelsouthwell […]

Too small*

It would have even more impact if journalists and teams were to follow. Basically no F1 news on social media for the whole weekend. Fans that rely exclusively on those might discover new sources and be driven […]

@coldfly a true politician, make a statement that sounds positive and engaging and can be read both ways (as them might either be the critics or the mouvement).

This is my point, they won’t take risk but if you have a Mercedes or RedBull at the back, they can get close and use DRS to regain a lot of positions and have a much improved position come Sunday.
Except for […]