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Without Daddy Stroll no Junior Stroll in F1, but also no front running AM. At first, I was very critical of the Stroll/AM project, but they are doing something right. Let’s appreciate of how old Stroll […]

The strategy didn’t make sense, because it guaranteed them to finish behind Verstappen. They could have followed their original plan, kept going round and round until Verstappen pits and hope for the rain to hit […]

You’re certainly not wrong about the advantages of having a second team. Red Bull takes everything and probably a little bit more from that partnership, but sadly that’s how it is all around the field with the […]

Ferrari are a mystery and have been for several years now. They do great on Saturdays with a tendency to fall backwards in the race pretty much since they hired Leclerc. While 2019 could to an extent be […]

Last time he was lucky, no doubt about that. This year, however, he had the pace over Verstappen. Yes the safty car helped, but if Pérez hadn’t caught Verstappen so quickly, they wouldn’t have pitted him early in […]

I’m ok with the (second) red flag, because it’s nice to finish a race under green. However I do think standing starts are a bad idea. They are one of the highlights of the weekend and shouldn’t be used […]

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I think it’s actually a good idea. FP2 is absolutely meaningless in parc fermé conditions and I’d prefer to have the grid for the race decided by a (proper) qualifying.

That’s still a seven and probably what he deserves:)

It’s interesting you mention 2002 because I was thinking about that year as well but in a completely different way. For me that’s one of those could-have seasons and a perfect example of how uneven reliability […]

Once (20 years ago or so), the penalty had to be handed out within 25 minutes of the infringement otherwise it had to be dropped. I don’t know when or why that changed but that rule would have prevented the farce […]

Thanks for that. I knew about the Williams win, but ignored the BRM 1-2. But it’s an awfully long time ago.

I don’t think the 1998 season is comparable at all with the current situation. Back than we had the Bridgestone – Goodyear tyre “war”. Bridgestone started off with a considerable advantage but got caught and […]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but in my memory the only team ever that started the season with a 1-2 and did not end up winning the championship is Ferrari. And they managed to do it twice (2010 and 2022).

I think what also did play a role is that after cutting the corner he absolutely floored it and went after Leclerc instead of letting Sainz catching up again.
Marginal decision, but I think for once the Stewards […]

It was a little bit of an Ocon moment. I didn’t think the penalty was correct back then an I don’t think it was correct today.
A bit stubborn not to back out, but still a racing incident for what Verstappen was […]

With balanced solution I do of course not mean that they should decide on a case by case basis, because that is what we have now apparently.
So we need a reasonable rule that is valid for all cars. But also you […]

Yes, please. And find a balanced solution and not a crazy one that will result in 10 meatball flags per race.
The amount of damage a flying end plate can cause should be checked in the wind tunnel or the […]

Me two. But I’d like to know…

This weekend shows a lot of the problems F1 is facing at the moment and it’s not the racing. It’s all rules, procedures and gouvernance.
1. With the three hour rules (and the late starting time of course) they’ve […]

They really can’t do it right, can they?
I have no problem with the penalty, because in my opinion mistakes should be punished. But it’s also important to be consistent and clear when you hand out penalties. And […]