F1 Fanatic

I had to wade in, as I am sick of all of these allegorical comparisons with football, where people are saying you can’t change the goal size, or the size of the pitch, etc. but find them all to be terribly thought […]

Maldonado won’t be bringing in money for long methinks, as that was almost certainly a presidential order, and there is no guarantee that will be renewed.

I think Christian Horner (and Martin Whitmarsh also) are the worst team principals I’ve ever known in some ways. I can only assume that they have a very appeasing public face, whereas behind closed doors they are […]

@bendana I’ve just burst out laughing at this in work.

@bernard That’s exactly the points I was making, but kudos on the quotes. I can never be bothered to go and track them down. :-) It’s one of the best posts I’ve ever read. many thanks.

RE: Comment of the day, and some people saying the team is more than just Newey. I agree completely, that it is a team effort, but Newey is the differing factor. He is also no longer, if he ever was, solely a […]

Actually, I’m going to re-iterate one of my former points for people talking about team orders. What get’s me is that in this race, they seem intrinsically linked to tyre performance (With mercedes, please note […]

I’ve awarded this race an 8, because of the team orders, and the absolute polarisation it has shown. The juxtaposition of the RBR and Merc’ orders, with one being followed and one not is exactly the kind of […]

I don’t know what to think about this. I think it’s very, very odd that he’s back in F1 at all when you consider who was involved and how it panned out.

I don’t know if I should be massively impressed by the lap, or or concerned for the rest of the season (with respects to a walkover by Seb).

The only silver lining for non-Seb fans, and for impartial viewers, […]

Why not split the season into four phases. Europe | Asia | Europe | Americas

This would give multiple advantages.

Firstly, European testing would be more directly relevant for the start of season races, and […]

American football, Rugby, baseball and perhaps cricket are all more inherently dangerous than current F1 racing.

On what basis do you make this assumption? I agree that all of those sports offer more […]

Lot’s of interesting comments, and I admit here to being a massive Lewis fan, and not much of a Button lover, but there does seem to be a leaning toward saying Hamilton is such a big loss relevant to the new car’s […]

thanks @ivano. I’m guessing you are italian/have italian heritage and can speak/read Italian. That’s got to be a good thing for an F1 fan to have… :-)

@nickfrog, you never know. The joke at the time was that if Mansell’s moustache somehow made him a half a second quicker, than his two eye moustaches must make him a full second quicker overall….. Perhaps […]

LoL. Or perhaps just bring a pile of metal and carbon fibre and wiring. Whitmarsh: “This pile of metal and carbon fibre may not be as quick as last year’s car, but it is something we can improve for the rest of […]

:-) Excellent. I love a Byrne fan. I think he doesn’t get the recognition he deserves generally. Everyone knows Newey, and Brawn, and even Sam Michael’s name is probably more well known amongst F1 fans than […]

Sorry. on my laptop, and I occasionally knock the trackpad and then hit enter which posts early…

The upshot to the above of course, being that the design process is more comittee led with different design […]

What a hilarious start to the season. And by hilarious I mean ironic. The RBR looks incredibly planted, and the McLaren looks worse than the Ferrari last year, and suddenly the mercedes looks second or third […]