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I’m guessing it makes no difference for the race. T9 is so fast that it is near impossible to overtake into T10, no matter the shape of the latter corner. Usually we had a few pieces of front wings in the air on […]

COTD: Yup. It’s creating “artificial” excitement, but you can see who is going to get the fastest lap by simply looking at the gaps between the Mercedes and Red Bull drivers. I hope the FIA will introduce a rule […]

Weird mistake from Kimi, but I can’t understand how Giovinazzi did not suffer a puncture.

Yup. After the first dozen or so laps Schumacher and Mazepin were running nose to tail, and the next time I looked at that duo the gap was a minute between them.

Great news! While not the best track for racing with the modern cars, Suzuka should always have a place on the calendar – fast and unforgiving, like it should be.

I gave it a 7/10. While not overly exciting, it had a pretty clear narrative (i.e. Verstappen v Hamilton; can Hamilton climb back to P2 at the end) that made it quite fun to watch. Some more rain after the track […]

Hmm. If you lose so much time in the dirty air now, would getting slightly closer with the DRS before the Rivazza corners improve anything?

As much as I like trying out new ideas, qualifying is not one of the things that should be changed.

I hope the round in Brazil goes ahead, and the championship will be decided on Saturday. That would be a […]

Interesting, I though they would simply use the existing road at the T9-10 chicane instead of redoing everything.

There also seems to be a recent trend of introducing higher speeds at tracks: Baku was hailed as […]

Good points in the article. I watched some of the races, and simply gave up trying to understand the format and instead just watched the action.

“But [Vettel] never reacted very well on pressure.” Yeah, I don’t remember him winning two of his four championships at the last round. If that is not driving under pressure, I don’t know what is.

With a 4-tenth advantage, I can’t see Mercedes catching Verstappen. No matter what kind of strategy they try, there is no overturning that kind of pace differential. But I hope I’m proven wrong.

Ah, the usual F1 thing of overcomplicating things. Based on this, they will change the track from quali to race as the “natural” limits change.

“Is this actually going to power the whole circuit requirements, or just the lighting?” I think the official F1 site said that they would power all the functions of the track.

To my eye, there seems to be three categories this year: the good, the “meh”, and the uninspired or just poor design choices. The last one contains Alpine (you could have done much more with those colours!), Haas […]

Agree with COTD. The novelty value of seeing someone lap 5 seconds a lap faster than anyone else and hence passing everyone wears thin quite quickly.

Then again, if the job of GP2/F2 is to prepare the drivers […]

It’s like Macao except with the walls in the style of Valencia’s “street” circuit, hence removing most of the challenge. Also reminds me of Baku, in terms of the same hype and length of the track.

And if this […]

I thought the title was a bit click-baity, but after reading the explanation for the change, I have no idea how you would condense that into a brief title.

Hopefully we wont be seeing that green thing on the […]

I sense some contradiction in these two sentences: “[t]he WADA restrictions forbid Mazepin and other Russian athletes from displaying the Russian flag and related symbols on their sports equipment for two years.” […]

Regarding the quote from Leclerc, how does the sprint race allow attacking more? Surely the tyres will go away just as badly in a shorter race, and the dirty aero is still present.