Srdjan Mandic

@bascb
How would Bottas come out behind Ricciardo, Sainz and Alonso?!
Although Sainz was starting to lap quicker than Bottas, he was still 11.7 behind the Mercedes when Bottas made his stop on lap 22. Had Bottas […]

Definitely a tough one to decide. On the one hand, Max was in front and on the faster outside line coming into Copse and Lewis was on the tighter slower line. So the Mercedes was always going to understeer a bit […]

It depends on what Mercedes would have done with Bottas, had Norris had a normal pit stop. I think Mercedes would have likely extended his stint on the mediums, to have fresher tires available and a better chance […]

The conditions were vastly differnet from the one in Paul Ricard: the track was rubbered in and track temperatures were very high (complete opposite to the French GP)
They won’t know if they solved their issues […]

It’s funny. When Leclerc hit Gasly on the rear tire at the Styrian GP everyone was crying for a penalty, but when Hamilton does it it’s fair and should be treated as a racing incident?! Leclerc got massive […]

No, Carlos was about 7 seconds ahead of Bottas and 11 ahead of Norris. He would have probably hunted down Norris in the closing stages of the race, but probably remained behind him.
His slow pit stop didn’t […]

What a shame for Charles! It was nearly the perfect weekend for him: Best of the rest (and beating Perez) in qualifying on Friday, then 4th again in the sprint, passing Bottas at the start and capitalizing on the […]

@carbon_fibre
I did too :( Really gutted for him, as he lead basically the whole race. It seemed like Charles never managed to get them into their optimal operating window, as he also lost time in those corners, […]

So gutted for Charles, losing the win just 2.5 laps from finish! If only the Ferrari had 0.2 or 0.3 more pace on the Hards ;(
But a fantastic comeback from Lewis to seal the win!

But did Mercedes really need […]

Great drives by Zhou and Ticktum! A well deserved win for Zhou and Ticktum finally shows what he is capable of, if he doesn’t behave like a total lunatic.
For some reason both Prema drivers seemed to struggle […]

Sainz did nothing wrong there. In fact, he already completed the move around the outside in Brooklands and then Russell locked up. The Williams had more than enough room to easily make the corner, but he didn’t […]

Maybe a slightly harsh decision, given it was a frist-lap-incident, but Russell is clearly to blame for that collision. He probably got a little bit distracted by the McLaren locking up in front of him, but that […]

@gt-racer
I don’t think it will take action away from the main race, but rather add some for Sunday (get fans excited).
Yes, the drivers will be very cautious on overtaking moves they aren’t 100% sure about. […]

Considering none of the top-10 runners have any fresh softs left, I expect them to all start on the mediums. From Alonso down, a fresh set of softs is definitely an option, as the degredation doesn’t seem too bad […]

Pretty much what I expected from this practice session. Just teams doing long runs for the sprint qualifying and the race itself. They could’ve just added another 30 minutes for FP1 instead of this pointless […]

The times are from the last race weekend lol

It was really odd that Max only improved by 0.5 from his first lap in Q1 to his final one in Q3. Maybe RB struggled with the cooling track temperatures or they simply set up the car more for the race/sacrificed a […]

@aapje
Yes, Kimi is a good example. I also admire Kimi, because he is who he is and doesn’t care what other people think. That made me want to be just like him, even though I’m not really :)
I didn’t exclusively […]

Yes, I feel that way. Especially as a kid, you are looking for someone to identify with. You are either similar to this person or want to be like him/her.
I don’t know if that applies to all people (probably […]

@aapje
It’s not as easy as you suggest it is. You won’t admire somebody that isn’t in some way similar to you, i.e. looks similar to you, comes from the same country/city, has a similar cultural background, etc. […]