F1 Fanatic

What does it say about McLaren’s organization that they are using up one of their two chances to do this straight after a 3-week break? Surely that’s enough time to have the cars ready, no matter how significant […]

I think that those who scrape into Q3 but aren’t in competition for the top 6 places or so will still skip Q3, as they did last year. Why wouldn’t they? If you make Q3 but expect to start 9th or 10th anyway, […]

Keith correctly attributes this to the departure of several multiple champions during the early nineties. But the other important factor was Schumacher’s years of domination – for 13 years from 1992 to 2004, he […]

I wonder, is 655km a record distance for an F1 car to have covered in a single day?

If that’s not a 10, I don’t know what is. I would vote it a Spinal Tap 11 if it let me!

It was so close though – if Hamilton hadn’t had that lockup whilst chasing down Webber at the end…

I should add that I considered voting for Kimi, but he made very heavy weather of passing Hamilton and lost the chance to pressurize Massa later in the race as a consequence. Both Toro Rosso drivers impressed me […]

Vettel lead the whole way but didn’t have a convincing dominance over Webber this weekend, who asserted himself against Vettel by taking ‘his’ pole and fastest lap. Hamilton drove with tenacity and resilience but […]

Like the choice of photo – Grosjean will be hoping the sponsorship is apt at the end of Lap 1!

Vettel did absolutely everything right – he made it look effortless. In fact, I suspect it virtually was effortless for him! But sorry Seb, I voted for Kamui, who under pressure for his drive next year, drove […]

you’ll notice that it has a nose step, and that the tip of the nose is actually higher than the step itself

No it isn’t, it’s a flat plane, as led by the rules the drawing exists to illustrate.

I know a lot of them were behind the safety car, but it’s still impressive on this circuit known for being tough on tyres that Glock managed 34 laps on a single set of softs. I guess the Marussia not having KERS […]

But the safety car closed all the gaps up until 15 laps before the end, so it’s not a fair comparison between the two figures really. In fact it says more about Di Resta’s pace that the gap stretched out that far […]

A hero of the sport, in the truest sense of the word. The Prof has a legacy of who knows how many lives saved, and that legacy will continue and increase even after his death. Every time an F1 driver steps out […]

Who are British, Brazilian and Brazilian respectively…

I reckon MAQ. Sort of like the RSC/MSC convention, but with the family name first, as is the Chinese way.