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There is no way the FIA knew for a fact that the rule change would effect Mercedes more than any other team. They’re just not that reliable in their judgment. It may be the change did hurt them most but I doubt […]

@jureo I think staying would have been a huge mistake, they’ve made no progress in 3 years at Renault. McLaren were the only option for hi really and it feels a Good fit.

The McLarens were both on Soft rubber and Gasly was on Medium I believe so the pace offset at the start was likely just down to McLaren’s tyres being up to speed. That’s why they were also mauling LeClerc. After […]

It does highlight just how much of the fast pitstops are down to muscle memory and pure process. As soon as a human has to think to resolve something you start adding thinking time into the mix and very quickly […]

@balue I think given the issue Perez had on the formation lap it’s worth giving him a free pass this week. You’re right that if you have nobody to pressure Mercedes from behind they can roll the dice with no […]

@chimaera2003 it did indeed turn out perfect in the end. I actually think their strategy was even better than most people realised but was wrecked by the bad stop for Bottas. Had Bottas not lost all that time on […]

The strategy seemed fine to me, Verstappen just messed up the chance they had. Mercedes gambled big with their strategy thinking the tyres could last that long and it paid off this time but only just.

Judging anyone on one race weekend is not fair anyway, by and large there were more positives than negatives for me though. The failure to get into Q3 was unfortunate and that was compounded with the gremlins on […]

@aiii He didn’t narrowly miss the corner, he was over half a cars width past the edge of the curb, no way he was past Hamilton on entry to the corner if he had to slow to make it and then he would have been side […]

Went with Lando but Hamilton was my alternative vote.

@robbie it’s quite funny to see ground effects being touted as the solution so much after all the efforts the FIA made to eradicate them from cars in the early nineties in order to slow them down. I remember in […]

I think Vettel probably needs a sports psychologist to help him rework his race weekends as clearly he’s making more unforced errors and as a consequence under pressure. He hasn’t suddenly lost his driving […]

@robbie teams cannot unlearn aero after all these years. There will never not be cars that perform better in clean air, the only hope is to reduce the impact of dirty air.

Given so little testing this year that was a stupid mistake to make. Maybe a harsh First weekend will encourage him to better things in future.

@mg1982 bit early in the year to start with the excuses. The best driver won on the day today.

This is just manifestly wrong and something needs to be done about it. If drivers can just overtake off track and only get a 5s penalty then why bother having a tight battle in Monaco, just cut the chicane and […]

Worth saying I was wrong and there was no space left but Verstappen was actually in front off track before Hamilton hit the exit curb so he didn’t run him wide. Verstappen just planted it and went for the off track speed.

Well it wasn’t until the stewards said it was and then he wasn’t the one who ran wide. Maybe Red Bull shouldn’t have whined about it earlier in the race and that move would have stuck.

I think you’ll find Hamilton didn’t force him wide. he left enough space for 1 car so the penalty was a slam dunk if he didn’t give it back.

I wish they’d get rid of the fastest lap extra point, it’ll be a free point for the last Mercedes/Red Bull in most races this year. It has also meant a grand slam is almost impossible now.