Paul A

Why not this, that, or everything? Above all, why not Formula1 motor racing?_ As a fan[atic], that’s why, over the last seventy years, I have traveled to nearly 300 GPs, and why now I pay to watch it on TV

Excellent? Interesting? yes — but it misses the most important point in the “Round-up”. Ferrari, forgetting Bernie, Concorde, whatever, are most likely going to have to miss the Australian GP — the province of […]

Nearly gave it to Hamilton, who had a very quick car, and a very good, untroubled drive at the front. Finally gave it to Bottas who quietly made up fifteen places and might have done better If the FIA hadn’t […]

Have you read the specs of the fuel flow meter? They all come sealed from Calibra (sole source supplier for all teams), accurate to 0.25%, tamper-proof sealed, and the regs are clear that “any device, system or […]

I hope so, but in today’s news “Daimler, the German carmaker that owns Mercedes-Benz, has said it will shed at least 10,000 jobs worldwide as it seeks to fund the switch to electric cars.” (BBC) They want to save […]

Rediculous, boring, deadly dull. The lawyers take Verstapen out, Ferrari prove that they are clueless, so Mercedes “win” — well not actually win my heart as a racing fan, but Toto proves that he’s got a higher IQ […]

Gave it to Bottas — good grid under odd-ball qualy, very good start, kept his nose clean, helped get the constructors’ championship. Sainz was obviously top of the rest of the pack. Ferrari again self-implode, […]

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Why? Because it is the team’s fault — the driver cannot see a thing. I might have been much happier to see a million euro fine, probably peanuts to a “bigger” team but it could wake them up…

Anon: You write “the car is only a matter of tenths off the pace” — no it isn’t. It should have been “a matter of tenths” either ahead of, or off the pace, from the numbers in FP. It wasn’t — it was a dollar […]

Mr Symonds is pushing his luck. Ten years ago he was banned from F1. Now he’s a politician, playing to “public opinion.” He claims that “green” is the future; it might be, but then why isn’t he talking about […]

You write “Of course just taking away the hybrid unit is nonsense”. I disagree. Small teams have cost problems, the [mostly] winning team has “party mode”.
Do away completely with “minimum weight” (maybe some […]

It’s not a “threat”. Please allow me to quote Mr Martin Grundle of Pie-in-the-SkySports in 2024: “The leaders have just rounded Saint Paul’s cathedral and are heading back to Trafalgar Square. Oh no! one of the […]

Congratulations to both of the young drivers. I only find it regrettable that there was physical contact on the overtake (comparisons with Vettel/Hamilton are inevitable, but those two more experienced drivers did […]

Agreed. Voted 1 (zero is not an allowed choice.) Grid 1,2,3,4 = results 1,2,3,4. Boring. Sad for Norris… but now more lawyer/bureaucratic squabbling.

Apologies — I did not answer your question about Spa 2008. But you can probably guess, and I can confirm, that I have never been happy with stewards acting as “back-seat drivers.” Mr Räikkönen did not finish. M […]

Yes, I wrote “controversial.” When I heard the stewards’ decision, I was in the “paddock club” (some sort of VIP area at the Montreal GP) and thought instantly “scandal”, said instantly “scandal” and heard […]

Yes — I watched them all, Montreal trackside, the others on TV (Sky via TSN.) My original comment was about Mercedes technical dominance. All GPs this year have been won by Mercedes. In fact Mercedes have had […]

Good point — I agree “paramount” is etymologically far, far better.
However, my “turn of phrase” caught your attention, which subliminally might explain my aberration.
Thanks…

OK, your right to disagree, but why? Ferrari dominated recently with Schumacher (plus Ascari, Fangio, Hawthorn, Hill and Lauda in older days); RBR with Vettel; Williams with Prost, Mansell, Villeneuve; McLaren […]

Mercedes technical dominance is getting silly. Over the last seventy years, “dominance” was not unknown, but was most often a mix of brilliant driver plus good car. This is no longer the case; now it’s a car that […]