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I hope Sutil’s luck changes.

I am one of the few Di Resta fans out there, mainly to see another Brit do well, but I agree that Sutil has been effective on par with or better than Di Resta at most races, albeit […]

@verstappen
This is coming from a non-tyre expert… But what would the potential be for, say, a two-layered tyre?
The first layer would be strong but degraded with distance, which means drivers could go flat […]

@m77 Completely agreed.
Let’s not also forget how in 2011 Button was the last title contender to fight Vettel, and notably outscored Hamilton by the end due to his inconsistent form.
A similar thing in reverse […]

Indeed.
Di Resta has been a bit better than Sutil in Quali, but Sutil’s racecraft has been expert for the most part. He should have similar points-levels to Di Resta, quite easily, if it weren’t for all the bad luck.

I can just see it now… Grosjean and Maldonado line up 19th and 20th, with VDG and Chilton behind.
GRO and MAL fight each other ruthlessly ’til the first corner, where they forget to brake and plow into the 18 […]

Agreed. It reminds me of what Bernie said a short while ago, saying he’d prefer 10 Teams (if I recall correctly) and that’s it, as long as Ferrari remain in the sport.

I’d imagine that $10 million will […]

I recon all the drivers should make a pact to break the rules this race.

But Caterham and Marussia make a deal to be good boys behind their back, so everyone else will get disqualified and those two teams can […]

I don’t get the logic behind the “spectators will find it hard to understand why Mr X has more tyres” being hard to understand.
It’s as simple as “Mr X is new, and needs more practice.” End of.

TBH I prefer […]

Completely agreed.
I’m not surprised to see Monisha Kaltenborn fighting for Rookie’s rights, as it were. She’s been vocal about this a lot in the past.

She’s quickly becoming one of my favourite principals […]

Are we talking about the same team here?
Mercedes are a team that are generally great in qualifying, but poorer in the race… Even if Lewis and Nico are good race drivers.

I don’t think he’ll get Pole, because Vettel, Webber, Raikkonen, Alonso and perhaps Massa all have decent cars, and pose a big threat to him in quali.

I thought it was in the race where they lost the most time.

Put it this way, Hamilton got Pole in China, but went backwards during the race, and couldn’t keep up with an injured Lotus.

Although early days, I […]

I think the main reason some teams, at least, don’t want a tyre change is because the season is already in full swing; the fourth race is up this weekend, and so teams will have already invested a lot of this […]

Waaa Waaa… I’m telling Charlie Whiting on you!

“I went to see them in Australia.”
You also went to see them in Malaysia… During the race :P

Agreed!
It’s nice to see a driver clearly content with where he is, both in mind and car.

Thumbs up to you in my opinion.
You’re making a good point…

Whilst it gives drivers in midfield teams a chance to do better, it, by no means, disadvantages the top teams and top drivers, in comparison.

Apparently this is only applicable for driving in the Alps :P
Obviously meant Lap Times XD

I think, in itself, it wasn’t particularly unsafe…
But the potential to push the use of the DRS too much, using it mid-corner etc. to super-maximise alp times is where the risk was.

Maybe they could make […]

About the COTD…
I agree completely with the use of the DRS being cut short during the Race, especially at Tacks like China…

But I can’t see why they don’t introduce a Qualifying DRS Zones.
This allows […]