F1 Fanatic

The sooner Pirelli leave the sport the better in my opinion. – tell me, would you like the F1 teams to then have to buy their tyres in their local shop, or would we all start hoping someone has thought about what […]

In the past it was often the supplier paying for the tyres (that was one of the things Bridgestone mentioned being the reason of not wanting to continue), but nowadays the teams do pay Pirelli for the tyres.

They haven’t even been able to ask Pirelli to continue so far, possibly for lack of the Concorde Agreement @timothykatz!

I did read that Pirelli do already have contracts with the likes of Red Bull, Ferrari and […]

Not all that sure I would like that kind of racing, but on the other hand, it would certainly be good if they could have such an option, go for it and either fail (still to slow, crash, pit stop errors, or just […]

Its a bit of a surprise, and I am curious to learn about all the politics going on in the background of it, but it certainly seems very sensible!

Well, the COTD did a great job of getting the debate rolling on then. I must say I do not agree with it though.

Yes, we had some very memorable races that year. But don’t we have several of those almost every […]

Its in the rules actually @nick-uk!

They are mentioned in the part about Honda keeping ties with the sport through Mugen @lustigson

A good reason would be to make sure he can end his 6 months gardening leave in time to be able to work on the final details of next years aero package for his new employer (it would give him part of the second […]

off course for Monaco their relatively weak qualifying pace might be a slight worry. On the other hand, they did outqualify Ferrari and at least one Red Bull lately, so its not all bad.

Yes, you wouldn’t imagine that one guy leaving would have them shouting to the world that they are in trouble, would you?
Sure enough development for the next 2-3 months was already set in motion by about the […]

Lets show it Hulk, Sauber badly needs to get on top of the season!

No Notme, the F1 engines will be developed by Honda itself in Japan, unlike the Honda badged IndyCar engines.

It reads almost like a comment from a completely sane person now, is this the same person?

Sure enough Niki Lauda has joined in the voices being happy about the change (surprise, surprise?).

Maybe not if we compare it to Red Bull saying about Webber that its his seat as long as he wants to contionue @john-h!

Talking about Honda coming back, this is a nice parallel between the founder of Honda and that icon of motor racing Enzo Ferrari – both men with a hear for racing, a nice read for a coffee brake/lunch brake

sorry that was meant to be @seahorse

Actually I did understand it that way @seehorse, so in answer to that question – yes it will definitely influence their cooperation.

I have seen several reports in German AMuS, that Mercedes have already taken […]

Oh, and it could help a race like Valencia if they would have these great sailing yachts moor there during the race too! And Abu dhabi, Singapore, even Korea (hm, would anyone go out there, even if they actually […]

I must say that the most I had thought about Gascoyne going ocean sailing was about mimicking what that other, more famous, and successful, F1 designer was planning to do after he first quit McLaren.

But after […]