Simon

“There is no such situation that you turn back an engine just to have regulations tweaked in your direction.”

Based on his wording, I take that to mean “there were also other reasons we did it”. Unless he sai […]

Russell still has some maturing to do. He’s not entitled to that Mercedes seat, even if he has the talent for it, and I suspect his attempted overtake and immediate reaction to it was fuelled by that desire to […]

Are you suggesting its ok to overtake someone with all 4 wheels off the track?

The inconsistency in policing track limits is stupid, but it doesn’t negate the fact you can’t overtake someone with all 4 wheels […]

I doubt the veto rumour has any truth to it. There’s nothing in Hamilton’s history that suggests he’d be scared of any opponent, and has always seemed to welcome a challenge to push himself forward. Bottas hasn’t […]

This is quite a simplistic analysis though. You’ve taken one data point (a single race weekend) and extrapolated from it that Russell would perform better than Bottas over a season and would likely win the […]

The bit I find odd is many people seem to assume Hamilton would be the one at risk if Mercedes decided to promote Russell sooner. Hamilton will leave when he is ready to. It won’t be dictated by a race or two from […]

Sergio to Red Bull. George to Mercedes.

That should now be abundantly clear to both teams, as far as 2021 is concerned. Red Bull need a fast, consistent, experienced driver to help with car development. Albon […]

Russell did very well. I think he will be the perfect under-study to Hamilton and hopefully ensure a smooth transition for both Mercedes and British driving talent.

Easy to see why Bottas is disappointed he […]

Christian does love to stir the pot. There is also a flip side to his point, which is if Max were to win this race and maybe even the next one, Lewis would have a stronger negotiating position.

Regardless, I […]

I very much doubt Mercedes values Hamilton’s association with them as less than his salary. If this was only about running a team profitably (purely the racing operation, with no thought of marketing effect), then […]

A drive befitting a 7-time world champion. Never had the fastest car all weekend, took a contrary strategy that only one other driver made work (and Perez is famous for being good on his tyres), mastered both the […]

In fairness, he probably isn’t out of the equation at all. The reasons I personally think he isn’t the most likely choice is (a) being out of F1 at the moment – his performance coming back at short notice have […]

If it’s really Perez vs Albon for the seat, then I think he’s making the right choice in waiting it out. Being stuck at Haas isn’t a great move for him at this stage of his career and he may not even be interested […]

I went for Schumacher because even if he isn’t the most talented, he seems to have the right mindset and be able to work hard to achieve success. Rightly or wrongly, his dad’s legacy makes him an even more […]

He’s obviously right there’s no way to know who is GOAT. There’s just a collection of drivers who are in the conversation, and that’s as far as it will ever get.

One thing I would like to see is putting current […]

The new Indycar engine sounds rather similar to the current F1 engine (without the MGU-H). I presume they’re going to try and use what they learned in F1 to get a head-start with the new Indy engine.

The Honda […]

I think it’s positive they recognised the rule was unclear and updated before the next race, to avoid similar incidents in the future. Rules will never cover all eventualities, so it’s reasonable to expect they […]

Whilst I think its good they re-visited their decision, since I’m not sure there’s actually a rule written down anywhere that states what Hamilton did was incorrect, I’m not sure this particular adjustment makes […]

If you read what he said about the incident, his “complaint” about the penalty was that he’s been doing the same thing for years (going further down the pit-exit compared to most drivers) with no penalty, and […]