mmertens commented on the post, 2021 F1 driver salaries: Top earner Hamilton takes pay cut in one-year Mercedes deal 2 days, 19 hours ago
And dont forget Tsunoda; 5% of Lance salary only; but probably will score twice the points than him. Absolute bargain
mmertens commented on the post, Age no concern for Alonso on return to F1: "I'm not that old" 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Agree with all comments, and also I could add that Alonso had a lot of time of karting practice in his circuit during all this period, which is known as a great way of keeping reflexes sharp on a driver. In […]
mmertens commented on the post, Risk of sandstorms again during Bahrain GP weekend 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Ops winds, not wins
mmertens commented on the post, Risk of sandstorms again during Bahrain GP weekend 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Great, the more wins the less settled the Mercs will be! Good for us.
mmertens commented on the post, Does Hamilton finally have a fight on his hands? Six talking points for the 2021 Bahrain GP 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Well, I still think Mercedes spent the last 2 weeks with full resources back in the factory to try to solve the rear end “unbalance”, so they will be probably on pole for first race. I just hope that Red Bull cou […]
mmertens commented on the post, First pictures: Ferrari presents its new SF21 F1 car for 2021 1 month ago
Fully agree with you, this one is horrendous, worst Ferrari livery ever.
mmertens commented on the post, Alpine car development disrupted by border closures between Britain and France 1 month ago
I tend to agree with you S, winning machinery and opposition from teammates are very important in the equation. I would also add reliability and circuits on that too. With the passing years, it’s much easier to n […]
mmertens commented on the post, Pictures: New Aston Martin F1 Safety Car and Medical Car revealed 1 month ago
It’s a beautiful safety car, that’s for sure
mmertens commented on the post, "The Boy" – Stirling Moss biography by Richard Williams reviewed 1 month ago
One of the all time greats, looking forward to read this one! Thanks for the review!
mmertens commented on the post, My F1 Cars: Pirro on his behind-the-scenes role refining Senna's dominant McLarens 1 month ago
Great and detailed interview again Dieter, well done! It’s really great to have all the detailed information regarding 80s and 90s cars and the driver accounts from this era. It’s also great to know the ins […]
mmertens commented on the post, No 'number one' between Alonso and Ocon at Alpine 1 month ago
I like that maybe Ricciardo will be able to drive a car from Dale Sr, his childhood hero, I wish I had the chance to drive any of Zak’s race car collection. I believe he has all of my dream cars in any race c […]
mmertens commented on the post, Aston Martin correct 2020 "mistakes" as they follow Mercedes' design philosophy again 1 month, 1 week ago
It’s not exactly a new strategy in F1 , teams were copied countless times, I remember that Prost was dubbed blue Benetton back in 1997 (Flavio Briatore was on the deal), this is a somehow safe bet for quick r […]
mmertens commented on the post, F1's sprint race proposal "makes no sense" – Vettel 1 month, 1 week ago
What I really like is that Vettel is the first driver to openly speak that he disliked the idea of sprint races. Most of drivers are too. PR oriented on their responses, so it’s refreshing to hear him saying t […]
mmertens commented on the post, Signing Hamilton "definitely tempting" for Aston Martin boss 1 month, 1 week ago
Thanks Tifoso for the extensive reply on Schumacher. I understand it was a major undertake for him to come back to F1, and all of the aforementioned factors from your post explain it really well. On my end, I also […]
mmertens commented on the post, Sprint races will 'update the format but preserve the DNA' of F1 1 month, 1 week ago
Qualifying never been broke, they are trying to react to boredom caused by Mercedes, and also to please the shareholders who wanted to increase revenues, and promoters etc. This has nothing to do with preserve F1 […]
mmertens commented on the post, Perez aims to "over-deliver" on Red Bull's potential in first year at team 1 month, 1 week ago
It’s a thin line between over delivering vs over driving the car. A less experienced driver would overdrive the car trying to over deliver ( a bit what Charles Leclerc did sometimes due to lack of experience, he t […]
mmertens commented on the post, Signing Hamilton "definitely tempting" for Aston Martin boss 1 month, 1 week ago
Hamilton would never take this risk, why leave the most dominant Mercedes where his track record show him as an all time great and switch to a “normal” team and fight for podiums only? He can keep racking wins and […]
mmertens commented on the post, Full crowd for British Grand Prix "absolutely on the table" 1 month, 2 weeks ago
I agree, if we consider that most of Tilke old track revamps are a disaster or just kills the flow and character of the circuits (ex Barcelona, or worse, Hockemheim) with hairpins or off camber corners, the […]
mmertens commented on the post, Catalunya's new turn 10 has more gravel run-off and "historical" shape 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Let’s hope this trend of undoing the “Tilkeism” in the circuits keep spreading! Dropping that horrible chicane would be awesome.
mmertens commented on the post, Horner downplays link to "mightily impressive" Cowell 1 month, 3 weeks ago
One could say the same about Interlagos 2008 , a flawless race by Massa with a very convincing win, and a subpar race by Hamilton, so it goes both ways.
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