Jon Sandor

Jon Sandor commented on the post, Why Webber's greatest misfortune was to be Vettel's team mate 7 years, 6 months ago
there’s no explanation to the fact that he turned his engine down by request of the team
There’s no evidence at all that Webber ever “turned his engine down”. He racked up by far his fastest lap of the entire […]
Jon Sandor commented on the post, Why Webber's greatest misfortune was to be Vettel's team mate 7 years, 6 months ago
Does the Silverstone wing decision reflect badly on Red Bull? Yes.
Why? Decisions like that are completely normal in F1. If a team has one new part the default position is to give it to the driver with the most […]
Jon Sandor replied to the forum topic What should the FIA do to tackle the dominance of Red Bull? in the group F1 7 years, 6 months ago
What is truly a shame though is that Vettel broke all time records set by men who deserved those records using more driver skill then car advantage.
Let’s look at Ascari’s results in his nine race winning […]
Jon Sandor replied to the forum topic Lack of racing incidents this season in the group F1 7 years, 7 months ago
I don’t agree that there’s been fewer incidents. There have been fewer spectacular incidents I suppose.
We saw Sutil and Maldonado crashing a few days ago. But maybe what is meant is incidents involving the […]
Jon Sandor replied to the topic Lack of racing incidents this season in the forum Formula One 7 years, 7 months ago
I don’t agree that there’s been fewer incidents. There have been fewer spectacular incidents I suppose.
We saw Sutil and Maldonado crashing a few days ago. But maybe what is meant is incidents involving the big guns? Then off the top of my head, we had Alonso crash out against Vettel in Malaysia, Kimi crash out against VDG in Abu Dhabi, Alonso…[Read more]
Jon Sandor replied to the forum topic "F1 Should Stay Focused In Europe" – Where Else Do They Go? in the group F1 7 years, 7 months ago
None of the above, any European country wanting to host f1 would have to build a new track for the purpose. Kingshark has pointed out the defects in the existing contenders. Even the Red Bull Ring (note the […]
Jon Sandor commented on the post, Vettel ranks alongside Senna & Schumacher – Massa 7 years, 7 months ago
Prior to Vettel arriving at Red Bull the standard brief summation of Mark Webber everywhere in F1 was that he was a “qualifying expert” or “one lap specialist”. He had out-qualified all his previous teammates, […]
Jon Sandor replied to the forum topic Am I right to say Hamilton can easily give up? in the group F1 7 years, 7 months ago
I expected more from Hamilton this year than he’s shown so far. Rosberg had a win and a second place last year, so at the start of this season I expected two or three wins for Lewis. The downside of being an […]
Jon Sandor replied to the forum topic Marquez, Vettel and exceeding track limits in the group F1 7 years, 8 months ago
I don’t blame them, but I just cannot buy into the argument that it isn’t an advantage
How can it be an advantage if everyone does it? By definition any advantage one driver gains is cancelled out by other […]
Jon Sandor replied to the topic Senna vs Prost in the forum Formula One 7 years, 8 months ago
Based on their two seasons together I have to rate this a draw. They were equally good, though they had different ways of getting their very similar results. I’m partial to the Senna style of winning but I can understand why some favor Prost. We see the same split today over whether it reflects better on a driver to win from pole or from further…[Read more]
Jon Sandor replied to the forum topic Senna vs Prost in the group F1 7 years, 8 months ago
Based on their two seasons together I have to rate this a draw. They were equally good, though they had different ways of getting their very similar results. I’m partial to the Senna style of winning but I can […]
Jon Sandor replied to the forum topic Name the F1 world champions' best years in the group F1 7 years, 8 months ago
Of course it all depends on how you want to define “best”. Some seasons a driver is dominant , other seasons he displays a lot of grit and has to fight through adversity. 2012 was a great season for both Alonso […]
Jon Sandor replied to the forum topic Hamilton on Vettel: "He is not unbeatable, his car is" in the group F1 7 years, 8 months ago
This inability to engage Vettel after turn 1 must be driving all the other drivers nuts.
Along with a sizable slice of the fan base!
It’s always been this way in F1 though. One team, and usually one driver, […]
Jon Sandor replied to the forum topic Hamilton on Vettel: "He is not unbeatable, his car is" in the group F1 7 years, 8 months ago
Lewis wants to be in the race. He doesn’t want to accidentally win by some strategic call or because his car is just way faster.
Come on now, it’s obvious that he would give his eye teeth for any win of any […]
Jon Sandor commented on the post, Vettel on verge of fourth title after dominant win 7 years, 8 months ago
I have a feeling this may go done as the first time a driver has achieved a grand Chelem and not received driver of the weekend in the site’s history.
Vettel had a grand chelem in last years Japanese GP, and […]
Jon Sandor replied to the forum topic Hamilton on Vettel: "He is not unbeatable, his car is" in the group F1 7 years, 8 months ago
Everyone thought Villeneuve was the next big thing
It’s funny you should mention Villeneuve, as the parallels between him and Hamilton are uncanny. Both were thought of as the next big thing. Both had […]
Jon Sandor commented on the post, "Podium was guaranteed – for one second" – Rosberg 7 years, 8 months ago
Didn’t Mercedes let Lewis out too long with degraded tyres
No, I see a lot of people repeating this but Hamilton’s race would have been ruined if he had pitted when he wanted to and the safety car had not come […]
Jon Sandor commented on the post, Pirelli hit back at Alonso over tyre complaints 7 years, 8 months ago
I didn’t hear him saying to Vettel: “go ask current WDC leader how to get the best from the same tyres”
That would have sounded pretty odd, as Vettel was the then current WDC leader.
I do recall Hembery […]
Jon Sandor replied to the forum topic Hamilton on Vettel: "He is not unbeatable, his car is" in the group F1 7 years, 8 months ago

he is in the top 15 greatest f1 drivers in history
He was ranked 15th on a BBC list of the 20 greatest F1 drivers a few years ago. Of course that list also had Alonso tenth and Vettel eighth.
Jon Sandor replied to the forum topic Hamilton on Vettel: "He is not unbeatable, his car is" in the group F1 7 years, 8 months ago
I can’t fault Hamilton for believing that. As a top F1 driver, he has to believe that he’s at least as good as (and hopefully better than) any other driver.
I can fault him for not shutting up about it […]
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