F1 Fanatic

Apart from Vettel actually making his way to the front quickly and then leading on his own, it was very refreshing to watch a race where drivers raced. Lots of battles all the way down, passing, repassing wheel to […]

4 launches, and McLaren are top of the bill for presentation again.
Ferrari feed was poor and grainy, Force India : never got in to it because a great big panel to sign in to Force India filled the screen, also […]

Depends which rule book they’re using, the alls fair in F1 or the prancing horse exempt version, usually the latter.

Well, after all the armchair professionals have had their say, the real stewards agree with the rule book. Herr Vettel was out of order passing outside the track limits. Mr. Button should be quite pleased.
I […]

Strange, I thought the S shape of a chicane was designed to drop speed a little, limit the width to 1 car, and that the lines were there to keep cars in, not to guide overenthusiastic Germans to the short cut past […]

der, you must have a different rule book.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edroqJZO9u8 video link.

Schumacher passed Button at Monza in a chicane, putting all 4 wheels marginally outside the white lines, quite aggressive and almost dangerous, with no inquest. It seems to depend where you are in the pecking […]

And a little further down the actual article it even admits Sky have only averaged 1m viewers per race. What a load of dribble Bernie speaks.
On the subject of Bernie: am I correct in my memeory that Bernie […]

I’ve gone for Heikki, the only driver who apparently actually had to race for his finish. Brought the Caterham home for a good result. All the other drivers were just involved in the traditional follow the leader procession.

Which only goes to prove the point that the man in front stays in front. There is no passing option in Monaco.

A 3, whilst Monaco has its glitzy reputation, and from a drivers viewpoint is a tricky circuit to master, the main spectator aspect is for the people actually there. The atmosphere, noise, smell etc all play its […]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/107%25_rule#List_of_107.25_rule_violations

Notable inclusions:
’99 french, Damon Hill
’01 Belgian, Alonso
several Jordan cars were excluded over the years. In those days the rule […]

It appears the remark, which had tones of anti Vettel remarks due to him being German, and comparing Hamiltons quoted outburst, was removed.

A touch of racism creeping in there, not justified. I think people will always take the side of the underdog when the bullying tactics of Ex-world champions is brought to question. Looking back, I agree, Hamilton […]

And again we see, as often happens, an ego damaged by a silly mistake and major finger pointing. How Johnny and the other stewards reached their decision is beyond me. I watched the race and immediately commented […]

I s’pose ya think that Oz was super exciting then seeing as how JB led from the first lap and passing was reduced to some backmarkers, but it at least was hell for leather without weather or safety cars […]

It would be interesting to have seen the result if McL had not fluffed 2 pitstops for Hamilton, or Jenson had actually seen an HRT race car in front of him, Perez would have been fighting it out with them. Would […]