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@randommallard Agree. I have liked them from day one of their appearance on an F1 car. I think the new cars are going to look amazing.

@f1mre Well that’s very interesting. Certainly if these covers indeed make it harder for cars to follow then I don’t expect to see them on the new cars. As to why they are on Kubica’s test car, I cannot say but c […]

@f1mre Interesting observation. I notice that it is not there on most of the other shots though. So here’s a total speculation on my part. Perhaps the new cars may have these covers on the rears as a measure to […]

Of course they need to maintain some degradation, but please make it through tread wear, and not through some minute thermal window that takes over from the art of racing and makes it all about just getting tires […]

@tommy-c Were they actually saying that with AA and PG? Actually ‘desperate?’ I wouldn’t think so given that they were clearly on their own in second in the WCC, unable to do anything about Mercedes, and nobody […]

What went wrong is that in Spain Mercedes were still the benchmark that they have been for 7+ seasons, and all Max could do was a bit more, briefly, with a bit less. But at least for the season they are close, […]

There is no more evidence that the RBR car is built for Max than there is that the Merc is built for LH. Unless you have some. SP is already performing like he is in the best car he has ever had, and will only get […]

@thegianthogweed Fair comment. It is interesting that most seem to be assuming that GR will be more of a thorn in LH’s side, but I think of it in terms of LH mentoring GR while LH is still in F1, GR being placed t […]

@asanator Yeah well said. I do think there is one driver that did have a designer car and that was Schumacher at Ferrari, for his teammates were contracted to not compete, and that would have given them the go […]

@rocketpanda Fair enough but it is like you are tossing the coin and expecting it to land on both sides. If it is early days and he in fairness needs more time, which is simply a fact of F1, then it is not like he […]

@rocketpanda No it is not time. Perez deserves more time, and will get it of course, and will only gain more confidence. That is a simple fact of F1 and drivers new to teams. To already be trying to compare SP to […]

@thegianthogweed I’m aware of the stats and they only reveal that in all of VB’s seasons at Mercedes including very possibly this one he has had the WCC car, and could have been more of a factor in making Fer […]

@qeki For one thing there are a lot of LH fans around here who would disagree with you and insist LH does not have that advantage, that being a car built for him. What has VB said on this that would indicate he […]

@thegianthogweed I disagree. It takes a full season and you only need look at the margins LH has won by as well as those that Mercedes has won by in the WCC in all years since 2013. The point being for this […]

@f1fan-2000 Because VB is in his 5th season of having the dominant car. SP has done 4 races in a car and team new to him, and a car that is not proving to be dominant, nor even equal to the Mercedes dynasty car.

“I’m here to race!”

Lol, then race. Look at the car you have. And the team you have.

@kbdavies I couldn’t disagree more on several fronts with your silly argument.

@freelittlebirds I certainly wasn’t suggesting Max has no pressure on him, and of course they’re going for it. I haven’t and wouldn’t suggest otherwise. To say LH can afford to lose a Championship is to be quite […]

@freelittlebirds I don’t think LH has said anything Horner and Max haven’t already said publicly themselves. And at the same time while some may call Max’s track limit breaches mistakes, to Max he was just going […]

Can’t believe this copycat is still whining about this. I go back to the coverage of Ted Kravitz and James Allison walking around the new Mercedes after it’s reveal and before pre-season testing, and Ted asked him […]