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Indeed, thanks @elliotwood!

I think a win at Zandvoort was possible under normal circumstances. The W13 was flying on those hard tires. Verstappen would have had to catch the Mercedes and then passe them. At that point, I think his medium […]

I totally get your points @slowmo. I think Verstappen’s results in other races are irrelevant as this is a rating for the Abu Dhabi GP.
I probably would have been less surprised with a 7, as I understand it, it […]

That’s possible Bojangles. Hard to tell from outside of the team.

I’m surprised Verstappen got a 8, given Will’s scale. It didn’t look difficult from the outside, maybe in qualy but it was just a walk in the park on sunday.

I don’t want to sound salty, just that we didn’t see […]

I’m surprised as well. Seems like Salmeda is paid by RB and not Gasly.

You’re absolutely right @johnbeak, but it seems – looking at the comments – that Ferrari fans are ungrateful when they should be celebrating. The leap from 2021 is huge and bods very well for 2023.

Common sense is just arbitrariness shared by the greatest number.
If you have a good idea, you don’t need common sense to justify it.

In turn 4 Alonso rode the kerb and lost grip. He is the one colliding with Ocon.
As for the other incidents, I don’t recall them so Ocon may very well be at fault.

My point is Ocon is a valuable driver, I […]

@neiana I see your point, but there is no way Verstappen would have keep the inside of the corner. From his onboard camera, we see he is drifting to the outside – colliding with Hamilton in the process. I think – […]

Over the radio Verstappen said he has reasons. I’d love to know what they are.

Oh man, it was heartbreaking to see those extra pit stops in Sakhir in 2020. Indeed, the redemption race.

That was a reply to Sviat .

Alpine finally understood that Ocon is doing badly

Ocon finished 4th in Suzuka – no less – in front of Hamilton. I don’t know how that is bad. And Alonso was totally responsible for the clash during the sprint.

Oh Jim. Alonso has been very vocal recently, I can’t wait to see how he will react at Stroll’s Sr team. I expect fireworks for sure. But hey, the pay is better at Aston Martin.

Absolutely the best sprint. 8/10.

Absolutely, I don’t put the ‘fan car’ in the same group as the others because it did not participate in a full season.

This was an interesting read, thank you @f1frog!
I’d have a cheeky pick with the only car that did better than the mighty MP4/4: the legendary Brabham BT46B with its record win ratio. It won 100% of the races it […]

I suppose the one thing we’ve seen this year is that if a team gets their base design wrong, they’re unable to rectify that until the next season, because they, like the lower budget teams can’t just throw money […]

People are critical but it makes sense on the long run. Last year was the last allowing for engine development. Now, only fixes for reliability or cost issues are permitted. So it was the last time to push for […]