Carl Parker

There are specific regulations around weight distribution so it’s not like it was 10+ years ago, but yes there’s still some small benefit.

IIRC the driver weight is a minimum of 80Kg, so drivers can’t be lighter than that (their seat gets ballasted if they are).

It is worth remembering though that both the hybrid engines/batteries and the strength […]

Just leave it as it is, it’s a minimum weight after all. It’ll add another consideration for the teams when they’re trying to add the million aero bits they want if nothing else! Pick and choose what is worth the weight.

Yeah, as others have said, Lewis has caused more issues over the last couple of years than Max. It’s the pressure Merc are under I think, loss of judgement. Both teams need sitting down and told to keep it […]

Totally agree, these political statements from Merc and RBR need to be toned down. We enjoy the racing, not the childish finger pointing!

Except Max had much more grip, and Lewis was just out of the pits. He’s almost fully along-side around turn 1 so that doesn’t really hold up. Plenty of others gave room for that kind of side by side manoeuvre […]

When they made contact Perez still had room, so I don’t see how that’s just Lando’s fault. In fact, when the second harder hit came in, Perez wasn’t even on the kerb, so again he definitely had more room.

If […]

I think they just need to unhook the auto penalty points thing, and only give those as well if there is a genuine case for requiring them.

Take the Norris red flag ‘incident’ where he didn’t immediately pit […]

@Jere It’s not a Merc specific thing, I’m sure they all have these modes.

@Jere It would eliminate a driver being worried about being overtaken by the car behind immediately after the yellow, because he would be able to freely accelerate out of the corner after the incident

Also generally, just leave Masi alone – venting anti-fan boy rhetoric really isn’t necessary, and claiming opinions as facts and saying things like he’s going to kill someone is very juvenile. I don’t know if he […]

It might be an idea to always extend the yellow flag zone to the following corner under all circumstances, even if the waved yellows go after the incident. That way nobody should have to worry about getting […]

I’d add the brake bias control override being a safety issue potentially – If LH had been mid-pack and done that we’d have had a France ’89 issue, let alone if that sort of thing happened somewhere like […]

At least that puts to bed the FIAs intentions, that evidence of breaking the existing regulation can lead to punishment this weekend.

Non linearity of deflection/rotation is an intentional thing to have, you […]

Nice – I remember the podium at Monaco with him in a cape, possibly the only time a grand prix podium finisher is dressed as a superhero?
Didn’t realise he won at Macau either.

@robbie I haven’t decided they are illegal, the FIA have already, and they’ve given the teams affected special dispensation to race with these wings that break the rules until after Baku. I’m not acting as some […]

Agreed – it was the same for the fuel flow issue – the sensor was there to enforce the regulation, not be the regulation. When they knew people were cheating the regulation, they changed the testing to make it […]

They are not legal. The tests always evolve when they understand how the teams are getting around regulations. The wings must remain rigid and not flex. The tests are there to enforce the regulation, they are […]

They did make changes to Bottas car setup that they didn’t do for Lewis which helped turn the tyres on, but they can’t have been too sure they’d work or they’d have done it to both cars for quali. Still, it’s […]

Yeah, not sure why – people are generally constructive when disagreeing but not so much above! Shame really as seeing two teams actually competing at the front close to each other should leave plenty to discuss […]