MazdaChris

Maybe I’m nitpicking here but I’m surprised that course cars like these would be such a dark colour. I’d have thought they should be nice and bright so they’re very visible even when it’s dark or in bad conditions.

I totally take the point you’re making but I would be pedantic and point out that the Cosworth V8 you’re referring to only came into existence thanks to Ford.

I think the question you need to ask is what you […]

@coldfly I did wonder whether anyone would make this point. It’s true that there have been very successful teams which you’d consider ‘independent’ by the definition of manufacturers in F1. My point is more that […]

@balue We may end up having to agree to disagree on this one. I think you need to consider F1 in the broader context of societal attitudes towards cars, motorsports, and technology as a whole. The undeniable fact […]

I think it’s almost impossible at this point to predict what direction F1 is going to go in – or whether it’s even going to still exist in a recognisable form in 30 years’ time.

Whatever the future state of […]

@Robbie I reckon both will look great either in the bright sunshine or, perhaps especially, under floodlights. I really like the Alpine as well – I’ve been a fan of the Signatech Alpine LMP cars over the years and […]

I really hope we get a better model as viewers in the future. I’ve been left out in the cold in recent years because the cost of Sky is too high and NowTV isn’t a heck of a lot better. I’ve ended up having to pay […]

I think that’s absolutely stunning. Gorgeous green, really glad they didn’t go with drab old BRG. Looks like they’ve spent a lot of time (and one assumes money) developing the aero concept as well. I’ve always […]

Not going to critique the livery because, let’s face it, that’s just a paintjob and you could paint it brown with pink pokadots and it would go just as fast.

What I do like is that there’s been some nice […]

Relieved it’s nothing too serious, although I suspect he’ll be in quite a lot of pain. The big worry with those kind of accidents is head or spinal injuries, most else you can make a full recovery. Sending […]

This is potentially very good news, not just for RBR but for the whole of F1 with the engine freeze. Coming as it does at a point where performance has more or less equalised between manufacturers. Except Ferrari. […]

I can see what you’re saying but I don’t think it’s quite correct. Looking at some of the tracks that are most popular for trackdays in the UK, Silverstone aside, basically all of them are surrounded by grass and […]

Sponsor logos like Pirelli and Rolex wouldn’t be permanent since they’re only there for the F1. Clearly they wouldn’t be there all the time, but that doesn’t mean that it’s not useful advertising space – certainly […]

Thing is, when F1 goes to circuits which have gravel traps, you don’t see the drivers constantly going off and getting beached. They simply stay on the track. Same as when you go to Monaco – suddenly nobody seems […]

The only part I’d agree with is that it’s fairly futile comparing drivers from different eras. But I don’t think that diminishes everything that Hamilton has achieved. You can only drive the car you have. You can […]

This is an absolute disaster for RBR. I know it’s a way off at the minute but with a massive rules change in 2022 they must surely have been eyeing up going all-in on development of the 2022 concept. Having an […]

Re the CotD; I think sometimes you have to just stop and take stock of the scale of the challenge that Pirrelli have to deal with. I’m not saying they’re doing a brilliant job, but you have to acknowledge that the […]

I can see how you can use machine learning to analyse a driver’s overall performance level when they’re competing in more or less the same era. Where I think this likely falls down is in comparing drivers who […]

It’d be fascinating to see how Racing Point went about copying the W10. I imagine they used a lot of photogrammetry, and possibly deep learning AI to produce extremely high resolution 3D models which they were […]