[Patrick]

The thing about Schumacher is that he can perform consistently during a whole testing day, he can put lap after lap after lap with only a 0.1s difference between each. That’s invaluable for a team who wants to evaluate the difference between two setups.

Here’s an article about it in French : http://fr.motorsport.com/f1/news/michael-schumacher-le-testeur-minutieux-803130/

[Patrick]

AUSTRALIA: Taken out in multi-car, first-corner accident
Verdict: Innocent

MALAYSIA: Exceeds safety car time
Verdict: Guilty, 10-second penalty

CHINA: Retires after contact with Jenson Button
Verdict: Innocent, Button penalised

BAHRAIN: Starts from the wrong grid position
Verdict: Guilty, five-second penalty

SPAIN: Suffers rear wing damage when hit by team-mate Romain Grosjean
Verdict: Innocent

MONACO: Contact with Felipe Massa at Ste Devote on lap one
Verdict: Innocent (racing incident)

BRITAIN: Retires on the spot when Grosjean spins into him
Verdict: Innocent

HUNGARY: Collides with Sergio Perez
Verdict: Guilty, gets two penalty points and a drive-through

BELGIUM: Crashes in practice at Les Combes, retires in the race in part due to excessive use of kerbs
Verdict: Guilty, self-inflicted retirement

ITALY: Out on lap one in another multi-car incident
Verdict: Innocent, typical Monza chicane shunt

SINGAPORE: Contact with Button
Verdict: Jury out, Button heavily critical but no penalty

BRAZIL: Tags Marcus Ericsson into a spin
Verdict: Guilty, handed five-second penalty

ABU DHABI: Wiped out by Fernando Alonso at the start
Verdict: Innocent, Alonso penalised

To be fair, he was somewhat decent this year. I think he would have done just fine but Magnussen is definitely a better driver. I’d have preferred a Magnussen-Maldonado line-up to a Magnussen-Palmer one.

I’m happy Magnussen landed a drive after the comments made by Ron Dennis. I hope Renault will destroy McLaren next year, that’ll show them.

[Patrick]

I don’t think a general rule can be made for this, I think a case-by-case analysis is what works best.

I agree the stewards are inconsistent, but they could begin by enforcing rules who already exist. Verstappen’s overtake on Nasr at Spa was fantastic … but also illegal. I don’t understand why the stewards didn’t ask him to return the place.

And holy macaroni that 2004 video of Montoya and Schumacher is awesome! On most circuits nowadays Montoya would have just kept on on some tarmac run off and pulled off the overtake.

[Patrick]

I don’t think Red Bull will let Gasly go. He does a lot of simulator work and deserves another shot at GP2.

[Patrick]

Around 0:15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9BrUHKWWKM

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/94/18/e7/9418e717e4d422d87d280d2c4e48f67d.jpg

I think Raikkonen is the current driver who does this the most, what do you think?

[Patrick]

I thought it was a bit childish of Seb but Rosberg’s comments afterwards were even more sillier.

Anyway, at least there’s a driver who speaks bid mind.

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