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@x303 it would be refreshing but this was his 5th year in GP3/F3 machinery, he has been driving single seaters since 2012

ok in fact he started karting a bit later at 14

but his career progress has been […]

AT the time when Vettel won, that STR was faster than the mother team at some tracks, because their Ferrari engine was, for a while during that year, the better engine @mattds, @x303, @ivan-vinitskyy

@x303 I’m not the one saying it was a “limping dog”, but it was not a competitive car either.

@x303 the STR did not have the exact same aero, it had a less advanced version. Aside from that the Red Bull was not a great car, and I do not understand why, to this day, people still imply that the STR was a […]

@x303 It was broadcast live on cable. Wallace was under a contract because the sponsorship was on the vehicle that was representing him as a driver in the game. It very much was a poor reflection of the driver, […]

@x303 – I know, right? It must have been quite an egregious quit for them to pull sponsorship due to quitting an video game.

@x303 …no word is illegal.

@x303, Bulletproof reliability is no more a product of improved engineering than it is a product of the rules, without the penalties for engine part breakages teams and drivers would use their highest power […]

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Yes I think you’re right they are not included in F1.5. But look at the last 2 races, they clearly rely on Verstappen to be able to compete with any of the top 4 cars with only Vettel struggling.

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Because their cars are 5th and 6th best.

@x303 – the cars are under parc ferme conditions once qualifying starts, so you can’t put a new design/spec to replace an older/broken part. Within limits and with FIA approval, you can change parts like-for-like. […]

@x303 that was some time ago, the current situation is the way i described it. At least thats what Ocon himself said.

@x303 Crashing during a race, or even in practice, is somewhat different from crashing in the warming up lap ;)

@x303 that’s not Ocon’s goal, that’s Toto’s

@x303, as does “Irish” in a joke.

@x303: Ok, then. It’s official. Ocon’s points & FI’s points in Bahrain don’t count.

by taking Force India’s only points finish of the year so far.

@x303 indeed. However, it looks like Vettel has some momentum from these last few races, whereas Hamilton seems to be making some mistakes (the start in Silverstone, the excursions over the kerbs in Q1).

@x303 improvement is to be expected, he gains experience after all.

“A slow safe pair of hands” F1 can’t have drivers that have this sentence as their best compliment.

The comparison with his team-mate, we […]

@x303 Precisely!

@x303 As it happens, one of my local parks has one – but it’s about 15 m, there’s not much difference between pole height and it’s not especially impressive as a result. It does see quite a bit of use from […]