@gt-racer Agree with all the downsides you pointed out except this part: The opposite is actually true. The rear pods created a lot more turbulence which on road/street circuits made overtaking harder.
Magny-Cours provided real drama, on the opening kinks, at the hairpin, on the back straight and at the final chicane. Paul Ricard is even worse than Caesar's Palace car park - remember that dud? it has zero character.
Closed football matches have been held in Brazil for many months, and the stadiums are starting to reopen to spectators in October. Even music concerts are slowly coming back. Vaccination rates in Brazil are high, more than 70% of the…
@kerrymaxwell Very good point and I think you're spot on. Looking at that video and seeing the percentage of completion is pretty low with only 60 days left to FP1. While their driving around I'm only seeing shell and core under…
Upon first looks, @erikjes 'matter of perspective' seems valid here too, in a way. We know (Zandvoort was quite blatant, for example) Pirelli are peeing in their pants for fear of having tyre troubles yet again, so for a circuit they do…
If drivers are spinning or flying off the track at what looks like 5mph, then it shows that maybe they are overhyped and not up to the challenge. They need to refine their skills and learn from their mistakes.
I'm against having a race in Saudi Arabia as well. I have expressed myself about this subject many times. Saudi Arabia has been funding terrorist groups as well. I think you have misinterpreted my comments as I'm supportive of the F1 race…
Particularly liked these 2 sentences, very true and good to see: "And again, with everything that I’m seeing, the team, I’m very, very happy and very confident that once we have everything in place that we need on our journey we will be in…
China leaving the calendar would be great but adding Qatar is not the solution. F1 should now allow countries that persecute their own citizens to hold races. It implies that F1 and its fans are okay with treating people badly as long as a…
@freelittlebirds More blah blah blah and as to your last paragraph, as to defending NR in 2016 what I have always said is that one cannot point the finger at one DNF for LH, for example, as the reason LH lost that year. One cannot boil it…
@esploratore1 yeah, but he did have pole until the rain came out. Sure, it would have been nice if he had gotten pole twice but changing conditions tend to do exactly what they mean "change things". He got it right on Sunday and Norris…
I think that's ungenerous. These kind of articles frame a debate and seem primarily intended for btl discussion. It's a totally valid question - do other teams or drivers assist the title-fighting teams? If so, how and in exchange for what…
@rodewulf Ferrari's strategy is awful as always, but Sainz had a big role to play as well. Even I could see that an early stop would be very costly and the key was to stretch out the first stint, and that graining is a phase that can be…
Totally agree, the 10pm starts are perfect. 11pm not so much as I'm barely able to keep my eyes open by the end of the race, not to mention actually follow what's happening.
@fish123 Hamilton did NOT judge the weather well. Mercedes did. They called him in twice. First time Hamilton ignored the call and stayed out. Second time he still wanted to stay out, said the rain had stopped, but Mercedes insisted it…
I seem to remember most everyone's biggest complaint about hybrid car era was lack of overtaking, so is it any wonder they'd create this award when we finally get to see more of it?