Rafael

Well said @rafael-o felt that way to me too.

Nice comment, @rafael-o

It’s amusing how the sequence of events that were triggered by Vettel not signing again with Ferrari might now be causing Liberty anxiety, at the thought of Renault’s board pulling them […]

@rafael-o What’s wrong with YOU? It’s clear from the stewards reading that that Hamilton was given two to three extra laps of fuel which he was not allowed to use.

So McLaren was ballasting Hamilton’s car with […]

@rafael-o That says nothing at all. What is wrong with you?

1) Hamilton was slowed down by McLaren for 5 to 6 tenths a lap compared to Alonso
2) Hamilton did not know this
3) Hamilton only ended up 2 tenths […]

@rafael-o How did Hamilton have the more favorable fuel strategy? He was carrying two to three more laps of fuel and he was NEVER allowed to use those laps.

Hamilton was effectively penalized with 5 to 6 tenths […]

@rafael-o This is not about holding station. The point is that McLaren were making Hamilton 0.6 seconds a lap slower by giving him more fuel. Yet instead of letting him actually use that fuel to overtake Alonso, […]

@rafael-o BMW were unwilling to have the budget available needed to fight for the WDC. They insisted on a budget cap and if that didn’t happen they would leave. The budget cap didn’t pan out and thus they left.

Good points in that comment @rafael-o. Arrivabene was clearly a man who knew the backrooms of F1 for years, and was well versed in both the politicing and the revenues of things.

It will be interesing to see […]

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Ah the wisdom of alleged ‘insiders’

@rafael-o Nice observations. The fact that the racing nerd is also the most risk-taking driver, and the fast but careful race plotter isn’t (he implies) into the technical side is a strange reversal in some ways.

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I think McLaren’s decline started when Ron handed over the reins to Martin Whitmarsh in 2009. From there the team seemed to have relaxed more and its employees appeared to be happier overall, but s […]

@fw11b They didn’t leave f1, they kept going as mugen-honda. I don’t think you can compare the current formula to any other but the original turbo era. Like @rafael-o Honda was never the top engine as they were in […]

@rafael-o You are too kind with McLaren’s responsibility: a broken suspension and a broken dash. The car’s reliability has been awful this weekend and both engine and car failed. loss of power, reboots, dashes, […]

@rafael-o Alonso will never be WDC again. Mercedes don’t want a ‘black mailer’ in their team lol

@rafael-o Before the move to mclaren montoya was indeed widelyconsidered most naturally gifted/fastest Driver on the Grid. A lot of People expected him to Wipe the Floor with Räikkönen.
You have to remember h […]

@rafael-o oh man, I totally forgot the underwater Lotus from “The Spy Who Loved Me” – submersible sports vehicles with gorgeous women are 100% approved and allowed by everyone in any sport!!! Was Roger Moore a […]

@rafael-o Isn’t Vin Diesel riding motorcycles in the sea in his new movie? Ask any racer, any real racer- it doesn’t matter if you are wearing a Speedo or not or look like Yul Brynner, you simply never drive your […]

@rafael-o There is quite a bit of your post that I don’t agree with, however I have only one question.

On what basis does Nico Rosberg deserve to win this years WDC?

Cheers.