Steve Rogers

Rereading it I can see why’d you think that. But if that was the case my top 10 would be a mirror of the bottom and trust me it isn’t . I admit for Albon and Vettel I got lazy just putting in a reference to their […]

Normally don’t do my own lists because I mostly agree with Keith, but this year I have some big differences so why not, here’s my bottom half of the rankings:
11-Grosjean
12-Magnussen
I couldn’t split the Haas […]

Thanks Robert, exactly my point.

Also @tonymansell this wouldn’t be new for F1. At the end of the 80’s we had Turbo V6’s, naturally aspirated V8′ and in-line 4’s all racing against each other. possible because […]

I can get behind the argument that F1 can be used to speed up the development of cleaner engine technology through competition, but that is completely undermined by the rules specifying what those solutions will […]

Decent driver and nice chap but never a world champion
Until this year I would of disagreed with this, just because if Hamilton retired he would be the experienced driver at Mercedes. But based on this year I […]

Similar to the COTD, the formula1 youtube channel now has a video of the post race radio messages from all drivers. For those interested pay close attention to Albon’s, to me it doesn’t sound like someone getting […]

*Thursday Morning in Abu Dhabi*
TW: C’mon Bottas tell me what’s wrong
VB: You know what’s wrong you been going behind my back spending all that time with George
TW: We’ve been over this, it was just for work. Y […]

I think Bottas deserves to be in the strugglers for both. In Bahrain he failed to make the progress through the field you’d expect after the puncture especially compared to Perez who a week later Having fallen to […]

Yes @f1osaurus, but stay ahead of him he did. And he managed despite the disadvantages of having older medium tyres, a Racing Point that in qualifying was 0.4s a lap slower than Mercedes and being Lance […]

Wait, Bottas’ tyres were fresher than Perez’s, 8 newer than Ocon’s and 7 laps newer than the mediums on Stroll?! What possible excuse does he have for dropping down the order so rapidly after the safety car!!

Ah, but say there are 3-4 drivers in a league of their own (often the case these days) Then using pole to try and get a win while they’re back in traffic makes more sense point wise than maximising your potential […]

Honestly I was assuming this was the case which is why I suggested the heat system. Otherwise I’d just say leave it as it is, if it ain’t broke, and use the extra time to showcase a national series, the W series or similiar

I hate it. Overly complicated and just asking for competitors to “game the system” such as targeting 8-12th in qualifying or holding place in 12th in Race 1 instead of attacking as pole would be more beneficial […]

However the crucial difference to last year is their share of points. By this decisive metric Bottas is doing slightly better.

Umm… am I missing something? Using the numbers in the article last year he scored […]

Drivers I believe would comfortly beat Bottas (same car same reliability score 50% more points than him over the season):
Leclerc, Verstappen, Riccardo, Hamilton (I know some seasons they’ve been closer than this […]

This pretty much confirms to me that Red Bull believe Gasly and Albon’s issues are not just down to the driver, otherwise why not promote Gasly again he’s been consistently one of the stand out drivers this year […]

If Racing Point/Aston Martin believe they can build a car within 0.1-0.2s of the quickest out there in the next 2 years, then they should go with Seb. For all his faults Vettel can be very quick and in this […]

For a slightly different take on these discussion, where would this leave Ocon. He is still managed by Mercedes, loaned out to Renault to continue his development as a possible replacement for Bottas or Hamilton. […]

I believe these moves make a lot of sense and will result in some good driver pairings, a win-win all round (except for Renault). However I’m disappointed how quickly silly season seems to have resolved itself, so […]

I feel its quite common to reflect on driver’s careers and say they deserved better or with better luck they could have been race winners. But this article reminded me it could also be said for some teams like […]