Neil

Sigh, another silly penalty point.

Obviously it’s incredibly unlikely to ever happen, but imagine someone getting a race ban and losing the championship because they parked their car a few inches from where […]

In general terms… a 5.

For this circuit, probably an 8. Had a horrible sinking feeling for the first half and thought more or less nothing was going to happen, then the strategy stuff kicked off and made the […]

@roger-ayles I’ve noticed the same, but I don’t think they ever sound convincing. They deliver their own natural lines in a totally different way… when they’re peddling whatever they’ve been fed by Liberty, via […]

Doesn’t sound too ‘out there’… I imagine Gio and Mick think exactly the same way towards Ferrari, and the four Red Bull drivers are all working for the same company too. They’re part of teams that go beyond […]

I’m interpreting this differently to some others… he’s not suggesting Russell should treat a Mercedes differently to other cars because it’s a Mercedes.

He’s suggesting there’s little point going full-on and […]

F1: Following in another car’s dirty air is such a problem for us, no other series has it this bad.

Extreme E: Hold my beer…

F1 should certainly aim to remove it at some point, but that point sadly isn’t now.

“Red Bull were actually given an instruction immediately by myself,” he added. “I suggested that they relinquish that position as listed in the sporting regulations, which they did.”

“It wasn’t for exceeding t […]

Great way to start the season. Close racing everywhere you looked, a genuine fight for the lead all the way to the end, a bit of interesting strategy and more or less constant uncertainty.

Wouldn’t be sad if […]

I’d much prefer that approach to the current one. Provides a lot more incentive to immediately give back the position and carry on the battle.

The idea that a driver can in theory ‘cheat pass’ someone, then just trundle off and pull out the necessary gap, is something I really dislike about the standard five second penalty for that offence. So I’m glad […]

Went with Alpine.

I think Aston Martin looks better, but only in certain light… whereas the Alpine looks beautiful all the time.

@skipgamer As far as I understand them, NFTs are digital collectibles. Like buying a painting, but… you don’t have a physical painting, you have a digital certificate that says you own a digital picture.

This […]

I like that, apart from the green and the driver numbers.

More nice looking cars this year than for a while.

I’ve mentally parked the VW/Audi/Porsche/etc F1 entry in the same part of my brain as the end of poverty, world peace, time travel and the second coming of Christ.

Lots and lots and lots and lots of words […]

Great read, thanks for this!

Ugh.

I think ‘Barrier-Creating Time-Sink #2’ would be a better name. Currently you can watch all the competitive sessions live and only drop a maximum three hours out of your weekend. Three and a half if it’s […]

Not really bothered – if anyone can tell me they can see the difference between a car going round a corner at 200kph and the same car going round the same corner at 201 kph, they have far better eyes than I […]

For the usual end of season looking back…

Hamilton
Verstappen
Ricciardo
Vettel
Alonso
Leclerc
Gasly
Giovinazzi
Schumacher
Russell

Very much want this setup, though I’d probably go with a different wheel – probably standard CSL Elite bundle + LC to start… just wish I’d got one last year before shipping to the UK became so unpredictable, […]