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Maybe it’s also the time to talk about how “easy”, prescriptive and predictable the cars and the tracks are ?
People able to do the exact same thing for 50+ laps on layouts where no differentiation is possible is […]

I wouldn’t change qualifying either. They could just introduce local rules, for example closing the pitlane exit 3’30 before the end of each session on that racetrack specifically.

@red-andy very nice idea! Maybe with their own third cars, or by having the sprint race after the main race ? Otherwise rookie crashes could play a bit much if F1 drivers can’t race.

Some people seem upset by Mercedes’ position, I for one absolutely understand it. There is probably enormous benefits Red Bull can have from having a contracted driver on a Mercedes engine. Even race by race, […]

Faster, slower, difficult to say. At the moment Alonso was in front he was managing, and Ocon never got close enough to try a pass. On lap 5-6 or something Ocon’s engineer said to him Alonso was managing his pace. […]

A real shame for Cordeel, I was looking for him but his weekend is ruined.

Hauger is definitely the one that pulls something special every weekend, that battle with Martins was so tight!

I worry though for […]

Though Lewis (like probably all of them) only teamplays until the wins are at stake. We saw that back in the days with Alonso, or more recently with the 2016 finale.

@frood19 Even if indeed there have been serious floods in Belgium in the previous weeks, most probably linked to climate change, I can very much say that Sunday’s weather had nothing special for the place, being […]

This pointsgate is the only really annoying thing about the (non) race.

I’m still hoping the 2022 project will be a success and that all those sacrifices, chassis- and engine-wise were not in vain, and that they will put something great out of the bag. Fingers crossed.

@hazelsouthwell I guess TECPRO barriers are not an answer there otherwise it would be an easy fix, but one has to wonder though why there isn’t any around the circuit? We saw in Sotchi turn 3 for example how […]

If that could work it would be a nice solution indeed!

I’m a quite torn about this. While I entirely agree that it is a dangerous corner, it always has been no matter the numerous configuration changes it had. A truly safer corner would involve extensive work, […]

@fer-no65 They could do a coup at the beginning though, with the engineering power of Dallara. But they still have to prove they can develop a car in-season. Also it will depend of the Ferrari components, I guess […]

@jerejj I hope he can turn his form around, I may be more worried by Red Bull’s bad habits actually. With time he can surely improve and he already showed good speed, he has now to get close to Gasly on a consistent basis.

COTD is spot on in my opinion. F1 should be a race of champions, and the absolute top of motorsport. And while Tsunoda showed something in the second half of his F2 campaign, it all feels a bit too rushed and his […]

@milesy-jam exactly this! I had high expectations for Schwartzman after that stellar F3 campaign, but ultimately his F2 one went short. In the meantime, Piastri was doing the same in F3, albeit I will always have […]

A 60G load test (only) on the driver’s belts ?

I am a bit surprised about how close we are from the limit actually as Grosjean’s crash for example recorded a 58G deceleration, or JM Correa and Hubert recorded […]

Very much this. So far it seems to work quite well, it may require some further adjustments but it looks to have the intended effect.

A worrying pattern indeed. It’s a bit too often “overwhelmingly positive”, without any numbers to back it up.