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One team (Ferrari) is able to go faster and another team (Lotus) do one pitstop less than the competition to cover the same distance faster than everyone else with the same tires provided to everybody.

What is […]

A brilliant race with a few brilliant overtakes from Alonso and others. Alonso will be very happy with the car and in overtaking Vettel twice in the same race:)

But I got some new found respect for Vettel. To […]

Somebody tell Marko that the race isn’t over in one lap. Their car is not the best if they cannot make it last the whole race.

And if another team has managed to do it (read Lotus), I don’t see a reason why […]

As impressive as Bianchi has been in Australia, we mustn’t forget the pitstop times for Chilton.

Bianchi had 22.669, 23.371, 23.387 second pitstops whereas Chilton’s were 22.948, 30.838, 36.564. Not saying this […]

Paul Hembrey seems to have almost given away Lotus’ strategy before the race. I would pay close attention to what he says regarding the tires/team in the future.

rule out rule this

So RedBull lock the front row again. But Ferrari and Merc have started strong for a change and Lotus seems to be there too. We haven’t found the race pace of the teams and the tire wear.

Too early to rule out a […]

Sorry; but it would be stupid of Ferrari to not use his expertise when a new change of rules are going to be implemented. It doesn’t mean that Tombazis is not good enough, it just means he has got a chance to work […]

+1. I thought of it too, but in the hindsight, we do not know how much of a damage that increased pace would have caused to the tires. There was a .4 sec (I Believe) advantage whenever DRS was used in that zone […]

Nothing to take away from his brilliant win, but you do know that he was in Fresh air for pretty much the whole race? It does play a factor in determining tire wear.

It was an interesting race because of the strategies and even though there weren’t many overtakes, it was good to see some alternative strategy being tried out in the race. Vettel, Webber won’t be happy. They lost […]

@tmcs88, I for one would have been happy to see the back of Ferrari post 2010. They would have hired Heikke or someone else with a clear ‘No:2′ pasted on helmet and he would have still gladly driven the […]

@Fer no.65, I am not talking about you at all in my post. I am talking about some people’s perception in general. I accept your view points.

Of course Ferrari improved the car in the second half, but it […]

Massa got 67 points before Germany in 10 races and got 59 in 8 races since Germany. If anything, his performance seems to have improved and not deteriorated even in that particular year.

So how can the current […]

Can’t believe that some people believe that Hochenheim 2010 was the reason that broke Massa’s confidence. The very fact that he was asked to move over was because he was being beaten comprehensively by his […]

The man just got two consecutive poles for Pete’s sake, so he is the fastest driver when required. The wet weather specialist Hammy was nowhere to be see in the Wet races this season and Alonso won Malaysia in a […]

You forgot his HRT days:) I think he has more to offer than Maldonado, atleast in the races.

Also Massa said he ran into some traffic during the lap and lost some time in it. in FP1 he was much closer to Alonso […]

Untested parts doesn’t necessarily mean the driver will be at a risk. Unless they are totally changing the car upside down and leaving a couple of screws loose, I really don’t see an issue with testing in […]

So I expect Petrov not to race in Montreal, Monaco, Singapore and Valencia? Since they have walls much closer to the track than other circuits. Maybe racing on the new circuits have made the drivers a little too […]