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“why break that up? I think that that’s been made clear to him”

“his future has always laid with AlphaTauri simply because of the evolving nature of that team and the aspirations of that team”

Obviously R […]

Must feel weird having your teammate’s dad own the team though.

It’s clear that nothing about this is technically necessary, as long as it’s clear at the design stage that the teams (or the cars) need to be more self-sufficient. The technology obviously exists to let a car […]

Agreed. It’s just so very lame.

If there’s anyone for whom it was stupid to be so aggressive at the start of Singapore, it was Raikkonen. If he hadn’t been diving down the inside of both of the others then most likely there would have been no […]

You could clearly see from the onboard camera shots that he released the clutch while the lights were on. There was just barely enough lag in the car from that action, and enough margin in the rules, that he got […]

They can bring in Alonso. :)

They are loyal to their drivers in that they give their young drivers a chance and in fact are only putting their junior program drivers into their cars. They have more drivers than seats, so they obviously can’t […]

Amazing that Palmer can be so bad and still be in the top 10. Shows the dire state of the field.

Yeah, this would be a true virtual wall. I think it could also be acceptable, but it might be considered harmful to spectators to remove cars altogether from the race they paid to see. Also, if going off track was […]

^^^ Yes, this. It’s not necessary to avoid punishing “innocents”; bad luck happens. Consistency is more important.

It would work if it’s not designed to have exceptions. Treat the track limit as a virtual barrier which inflicts an automatic penalty for crossing it (too far), regardless of why it happened. Brake too late? Too […]

Yes, exactly. Going four wheels off track should be an absolute penalty with no human judgement about whether advantage was gained. Assume advantage was always gained, which is generally true, or else the driver […]

But Hamilton drove Rosberg off the track in Montreal and you said nothing.

It’s factually obvious that Lewis could have left the track and avoided a collision, and still retained 2nd place. I guess it’s Rosberg’s own stupidity for not crashing into Hamilton “the right way” to avoid wing damage.

The only thing I don’t like is the inconsistency in the stewardship about going off track. Drivers go off track all the time but it’s only a problem if it happens “too much” or you “gained advantage” which is left […]

He “earned it” in the second fastest car, and only needed to earn it because of his own crash.

Perez’s race pace was better than the Ferrari so I agree he might have had 2nd place without his practice crash. RAI had a penalty and HAM had a problem so he’s on the podium.

Rosberg had a grand slam and a […]

F1 needs to realize that this sort of thing damages the brand and taints the sport.

To be a credible sport worth watching demands that the best talent get their chances.

Plus, when a backmarker team does […]

I said slightly negative due primarly to:
1. Slow cars
2. Fanboost
3. Lack of sound, or worse: annoying high pitched sound on TV.

That’s not to say the series is worthless. The use of unconventional […]