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Thanks for COTD of the Day Keith :) Lovely surprise!

Not as miffed as I was yesterday, now that I’ve vented. It was therapeutic ;)

@tmax – What you describe would be the best case scenario given that the tire change has been decided. If all of the teams benefit fairly equally, so be it. But I would counter with, when have you ever seen a rule […]

@jimscreechy – To your points.. if tire wear is down to car construction then it is the constructors who are to blame. All teams had the same info, only Lotus and maybe Ferrari seem to be able to make their […]

@dragon88 – Could not agree more. Well put.

@jcost (@joshua-mesh) The knock-on effect to what Joshua is describing is the strategy options that Lotus has given itself that no other team seems to have. Lotus designed their car in such a way that they can […]

I haven’t been the biggest fan of the racing thus far in 2013 and I’m certainly not unbiased when approaching the tyre issue (Ferrari fan) but I feel like this is such an unfair development. I felt the same way […]

@alexf1man – Regarding #2, Schumacher’s record is much better than a 24-race top 10 finish record. It was 24 races in the top 6. Even if the 2003 season hadn’t changed the scoring formula to the top 8 finishers, […]

@jarvf150 That’s like never buying Michelin because they had problems at Indy. The two tires (F1 race tire and street tire, even UHP) have nothing in common except color. Pirelli have done exactly what they were […]

I hate to leave a comment with no value added but..

Not. a. chance.

Not this season. Maybe not ever.

Fix the aero issues that is the root cause. DRS is a bandage on a pulsing wound. The problem is still there and they are just moving the problems about, decompressing certain areas while compressing others, but […]

@prisoner-monkeys – If I could edit I would. Apologies on the name.

@priosoner-monkeys – Don’t move the goalposts. You didn’t ask for proof, you asked for reasons (or an explanation) as to why Raikkonen might leave Lotus for Red Bull. Aside from the reasons you provided (but were […]

@prisoner-monkeys – I’m not trying to speak for @tophercheese21, who already said it was just one possibility of many, but I’ll give it a shot.

What team has won the last three drivers and team championships? […]

@hohum – Maybe a better car on harder tyres, yes. But not on softer tyres, which appears to be @lifew12 ‘s point. Everyone was given tyre specs and testing time, and RBR was not as nice to the softer compounds. […]

Ha! He’d be better off in the F2002 or pretty much any of his Ferraris. Surely he owns at least a few of his cars from his first career.

@robbie – All fair points. I think I may have been too vague in spots and so will address a few points but I think we’ll probably just have to agree to disagree.

Regarding Red Bull, figuring out the tyres and […]

@robbie – While I see your point on tiptoeing vs jumping to conclusions, I think that Red Bull can win and still complain shows how hellbent they are about complaining when they clearly have the tyres sorted. Merc […]

Unless HAM said something about the tyres that was not included here (very possible, just saying that I didn’t see it), he didn’t blame the tyres and I think you may be jumping to conclusions.

You make a better […]

Agreed. Prefer no DRS, but this is the best possible setup; two detection points and two non-sequential track points.