F1 Fanatic

I wonder if Ferrari will get a new customer for next year then. I’m sure plenty of teams would be interested in having the new Ferrari engine in their cars for 2014, on the basis that it will be expected to be as […]

Regarding the COTD, in both 2009 and 2011 Ferrari gave up on developing their car to focus on the next season, and both times the car was at best underwhelming and in 2012 was a complete dog until mid-season. […]

While Honda’s return to F1 as an engine supplier would be great news for many reasons, where does that put the relationship between Mercedes and McLaren for the important first year of the new regulations? […]

Despite being only fifth in qualifying and just pipping his team mate, I have to give this to Alonso. He’s shown once again that talent in F1 can come in many forms, and although he’s not the best qualifier or […]

Idiotic that something as Alonso showing pride and unity with his home country, with his fans, after winning his home race was even considered as something worthy of investigation. Thankfully the stewards probably […]

We all know what talent Hamilton has, so it’s quite interesting to see how massively he suffered today for whatever reason, especially when his team-mate was so far up ahead of him at the end. Funny how one race […]

The race may show the overall pattern of the coming season. Considering how unchanged the pecking order is, and how McLaren appear to still be stuck in the midfield, we may see where each team will stay for the […]

You’re right, but McLaren can’t be near the performance maximum of this car, unless it’s fundamentally flawed. The Red Bulls and Ferrari’s may not get any significant gains this year as you’ve said, but McLaren […]

I wouldn’t rule out McLaren winning just yet. Looking at how they transformed their dog of a car in 2009 in a mere 10 races, it’s still highly possible (and with their resources almost probable) for them to get […]

We definitely need more team radio on the tv, but more importantly for me I think we need the quality, not the volume of what we hear to increase first. Several times FOM have broadcast snippets of the […]

Complete rubbish, where to begin in cutting through your clear hatred for Schumacher?

The FIA conspiracy to hand him dominance? That he had no brilliant performances but was merely a ‘boor’ and a bully? That […]

Hamilton in his six full seasons in F1 has averaged 3.5 wins per season. Alonso in 11 has averaged 2.81. Vettel has in his first 5 full seasons averaged 5.2 wins (excluding 2007 and anything so far in 2013). In […]

Sadly I think you’re right. For the teams, sponsors and any gay drivers out there it doesn’t make a lot of business sense to have an ‘out’ gay driver in such a sponsor driven, global sport.

Fair play and great comment. I think it’s unfortunate that while rights for gay people have come a long way in many countries in the past 20 years,(though still not far enough) if a gay driver were to come out […]

Bar the hideous X-wings, I really love the look of cars from that era, the wings and bodywork are so clean and simple compared to the busy intricate designs of today. Maybe it’s nostalgia clouding my judgment!

That’s why I said most. 2012 was great. 2011 was nothing exciting even though Vettel went out at the second corner, so that throws your theory out the window.

2010 was painful to watch, such was the […]

The Sochi track reminds me of Abu Dhabi, especially with a slow right hander leading onto a straight-kink-straight, before the interesting semi-circle of a corner. Hopefully it won’t be as woefully boring to watch […]

@sgt-pepper He has such a huge advantage he’s driving on different tyres or driving in a different formula to everyone else. Right.

He had probably the best car on the day (although I think the Ferraris would […]

@vettel1 They must be swamped with all the double standards applied to Vettel lately! It’s easy to hate a winner, I was a Schumacher fan since the 90′s and have seen it all before…or maybe it’s an anti-German […]

The finger-boy with lady luck on his side

It’s incredibly reductive to state that Vettel’s victory was purely down to luck. Alonso running into problems and possibly missing out on victory does not mean that […]