Ian Tommins commented on the post, Mercedes understood Russell's "natural reaction" to check on Zhou 1 month ago
By encouraging I mean those who after the event have said he did the right thing. That means that a future driver who finds themselves in a similar situation will be more likely to stop and attempt to […]
Ian Tommins commented on the post, Mercedes understood Russell's "natural reaction" to check on Zhou 1 month ago
What else was he doing when he got out of his car and walked towards Zhou? The article headline describes it as “checking on Zhou”. I’m making the assumption that he was also looking to see if there was anything […]
Ian Tommins commented on the post, Mercedes understood Russell's "natural reaction" to check on Zhou 1 month ago
To clarify and in response to all three of the comments above, I was not intending to criticise Russell’s actions in this specific case.
Rather, it was a comment on the general culture. I’d like the FIA to […]
Ian Tommins commented on the post, Mercedes understood Russell's "natural reaction" to check on Zhou 1 month ago
I understand why drivers want to help when they see one of their colleagues in danger, but I don’t think it’s something we want to be encouraging.
Looking specifically at this incident, Russell stood on the […]
Ian Tommins commented on the post, Hamilton "had no rear end" and may start from pits after shock Q1 elimination 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Any new engines or parts at this time of the season would just use up his allowance. He wouldn’t be given a penalty, so it would not give him the tactical advantage that it would later in the season.
Ian Tommins commented on the post, McLaren put Google brand logo on wheel covers in new sponsorship deal 5 months ago
Interesting that they’ve removed the tobacco sponsorship, at least for that image (which I assume is a photoshoped picture from the recent testing).
Ian Tommins commented on the post, Ricciardo tests positive for Covid, Norris to continue testing for McLaren 5 months ago
They said he’d tested negative for covid. Which I took to mean that he had symptoms consistent with covid (otherwise why bother mentioning it).
Hopefully we all know by now that the lateral flow/antigen tests […]
Ian Tommins commented on the post, Haas allowed to extend test days to make up for lost running 5 months ago
When he says “We need to make up now every day, we can make up four hours of testing,” he must mean that they will be running late every evening, and in total they will run for four hours in the evening. The […]
Ian Tommins commented on the post, How a sustainable alternative to carbon fibre could offer other benefits to motorsport 5 months, 1 week ago
F1 isn’t likely to implement a communal parts bin like Formula E, where rivals would also have far too much opportunity to check out each others’ work.
A communal parts bin doesn’t need to mean a literal ski […]
Ian Tommins commented on the post, Porpoising could become safety concern if solution not found – Russell 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Whenever there’s a trade-off between safety and performance, top-level competitors in any sport will choose the more dangerous, faster option. If they choose the safe option they become a mid-level competitor, […]
Ian Tommins commented on the post, F1 tweaks Safety Car un-lapping procedure following Abu Dhabi controversy 5 months, 3 weeks ago
No exceptions unless agreed by all teams (e.g. race was red flagged while it was dry and by the time it’s ready to restart it’s full-wet weather). By making the exception you propose you give an advantage to those […]
Ian Tommins commented on the post, F1 tweaks Safety Car un-lapping procedure following Abu Dhabi controversy 5 months, 3 weeks ago
That gives a huge disadvantage to the first car that has been lapped. Let’s say that’s the car in P8, who quite likely only has P1 between themselves and P7. If they are forced to drop to the back then they will […]
Ian Tommins commented on the post, Mercedes didn't tell Bottas not to beat Hamilton's lap time 10 months, 1 week ago
He didn’t need to slow down by exactly a tenth to finish ahead of Verstappen. His earlier lap was already good enough for that (and Verstappen had no opportunity to set a faster lap) so Bottas would have just […]
Ian Tommins commented on the post, Hamilton expects F1's first Sprint race will be a procession 1 year, 1 month ago
What happens if someone retires from the Sprint race? I think they’d be allowed to start from the back of the grid (or possibly pit lane), so you would see them coming through the field. Probably quite rare, but […]
Ian Tommins commented on the post, Baku crashes led to Red Bull's request to salvage lost front wing part 1 year, 1 month ago
COTD:
Point is, there’s an extremely small percentage of people who fall into this ‘casual’ category.It’s not an extremely small percentage – it’s 100%. At some point every formula 1 fan watched their first […]
Ian Tommins commented on the post, Bottas leads Mercedes one-two in first practice 1 year, 1 month ago
“Those yellow rumble strips on the exit of turn two have done an awful lot of damage to our car” he complained, saying that running two or three feet wide would cost them “tens of thousands” of dollars […]
Ian Tommins commented on the post, Hamilton and Bottas swap chassis ahead of French Grand Prix 1 year, 1 month ago
What is the history of chassis four?
Is that the one Bottas is currently using, and therefore each driver is just getting the chassis of the other driver? If so, why?
Or is it a brand new chassis for their No […]Ian Tommins commented on the post, Latifi given three penalty points for "dangerous" error after Verstappen crash 1 year, 2 months ago
The wording in the article includes the quote “his team asked [Latifi] to box”. That is contradicted by the radio that was played out where the team told him to “stay out”. Sounds like the stewards weren’t aware […]
Ian Tommins commented on the post, New engines fitted to all 14 Mercedes and Ferrari-powered cars 1 year, 2 months ago
All 14 drivers powered by Mercedes and Ferrari power units will have engines for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Now there’s a surprise! Always impressive when a car wins without an engine. ;)
Ian Tommins commented on the post, McLaren debuts new, more sustainable 'Team Hub' motorhome in Monaco 1 year, 2 months ago
How have they managed to go from 18 trucks to 8? Is it smaller? Or does it just pack tighter because of straight lines rather than curves.
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