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@davef1 – The crash kid nickname wasn’t exactly fair though, looking back at it. He had 2 crashes in that season. Even his mid-30s teammate had more than that.

I also assume “anon” was referring exclusively to […]

@davef1 if in reply to me, I’ve now highlighted that was something I didn’t agree with.

@davef1 no they weren’t: Alonso himself has said he was at 90%. He was 7 seconds slower than Maldonado’s race-winning time despite the cars being around a second a lap faster: that doesn’t sound like “pushing” to me…

@davef1 right I see, my mistake (I thought it was referring to both the aforementioned teams)!

I think the very fact Red Bull aren’t suffering all that much is telling of how bad these tyres really are: I’ve […]

@davef1 Now that I reread your post above I have to disagree that ‘everyone knew what the tires were going to be like.’ If that was the case the teams would be on top of the tires and we wouldn’t be having this […]

@davef1 and I reckon he would’ve beaten Räikkönen had it not been for the grid penalty. That was a very good performance indeed also and I agree with the fact it’s better to vote for someone who put in a top 3 […]

@davef1 We only didn’t get them here because Santander is not the race’s title sponsor (despite the podium logos). We’ll see them again soon, methinks.

@davef1 not it isn’t: the point is slower drivers (on out/in laps) are supposed to get out of the way of drivers on flying laps. It doesn’t matter if it was their fastest effort or if they were doing it on used […]

@davef1 that’s not the point. They should’ve moved out of the way and didn’t, so the penalties were justified. Webber showed how it was supposed to be done when he let Massa (ironically) by into turn 3: get off […]

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You seem to be forgetting that common sense isn’t applied when making such decisions in F1.

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Seeing as how the Ferrari is now the best overall package that could very well be the case.
Alonso doesn’t even need Vettel to hit trouble. 3 victories will cut down Alonso’s points deficit […]

@davef1 the general situation does yes, but the circumstances of the events don’t. Vettel wasn’t at fault for his collision with Katthikeyan in Malaysia, Alonso was with Vettel. His retirement in Malayasia was […]

@davef1 well he did have a strong qualifying and a good race result I’ll grant him that much, but he should’ve been challenging for the win really. I kind of get the impression as well that his popularly sometimes […]

(@jonsan) (@davef1) *correction* back in a Newey car.

@davef1 – me too! Alonso for the fact he was very “Vettel-esque “(except from qualifying) and Ricciardo for the surprise result. I’ve gone for the latter though, purely because I feel Alonso will get the bulk of […]

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Or a bottle of Champagne from Marko for finishing the job the garage so clearly started.

I wasn’t a conspiracy theorist yesterday, but the evidence has become too compelling, simply too many […]

@davef1 +1!! Bit of a trait of his, I posted earlier saying it too! Looks good and as fast as Hamilton in practice but cant do it in Q3 when it matters!

@Davef1 I think 4th undermines his actual lap though – he was effectively only a whisker away from 2nd, and a tenth covers three cars.