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From Le Mans comes the news today that Lotus LMP2 might not make to the race because some essential items from the team have been seized due to the failure in meeting some conditions on the contracts with a […]

Team Enstone really are intent on confusing us as much as possible. First the ‘Lotus’ debacle, and now a new major stakeholder has a near identical name to Red Bull’s main sponsor.

That doesn’t mean you don’t also have outdated views.

@jeff1s Smart competitors don’t quit in reaction to being punished for breaking the rules – even car manufacturers. Consider the example of Toyota in the WRC a few years ago. Or even Renault in F1 post-Crashgate: […]

What about all the times the didn’t drop back before the test then? They have done well recently largely because they have been at tracks where they were predicted to do well.

I think that risks reading too much into the result of two races at tracks where tyre degradation is far less of a factor than it is at Bahrain or Catalunya. And oversimplifying the nature of Mercedes’ tyre […]

Not after their investment in the new engines, surely.

I am pretty sure none have a positive balance (if you count out state subventions) and the best of them run at about break-even level.

So you would change artificially making stops from the tyres going off for having a stop to refuel? I really fail to see the added value of that @nemo87.
Drivers will still be told to hold position, to slow or to […]

Lotus mentioned that they went from the data supplied by Pirelli before september 1st last year @hohum, I do not think its just luck, but rather making the right choices (you could say that is luck, but then being […]

Only Murray does not have US health insurance, so he will be turned down by all and every hospital Harper. It might be amongst the countries that have the best facilities, but its incredibly expensive.
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What you say there does not make any sense at all @vettel1. The car is built for this year and to optimize the car for one of the things that will be stable during the season can be a viable strategy. Lets not […]

I think I agree with that.

That is much the same as saying Brawn should not have relied on a diffusor interpretation not everyone had @vettel1. Or saying Red Bull was wrong to assume that focusing on outright downforce would be good, or […]

Fully agree, its a shame the FIA made rules to keep people from celebrating.