F1 Fanatic

Yeah, but I guess it’s all about where the crossover is between the team’s priority and the drivers’, and how far one wants to take good-honest racing before pragmatism is allowed to take over. For example I think […]

I presume you mean “so that they would finish ahead of the mercs”?

In Silverstone they could have raced each other and finished claiming the same positions for the team anyway; in Malaysia they could have raced, knacked the tyres up and finished behind the Mercedes. That’s the difference.

Was a 7/10, but the “talking points” at the end made it a 9/10. I’m not really bothered by what happened in the grand scheme. I think Rosberg’s position is made less sour because no-one’s pretending that it […]

I did a double-take when I saw an exclaimation mark in Kimi’s quote. Must have been a hell of a good interviewer.

Schumi: “Real men eat the fork”

“Auto Motor und Sport reports Mercedes’ W04 has passed its crash test for 2013 – and ‘resembles the Red Bull’.”

Was that before or after it got smashed up?

I’m wondering if a woman has ever been on the podium as a team representative. Obviously there’s been no drivers for a while, but have women been up there receiving anything by any other means?

I’m voting for Kobayashi over Vettel for the same reason that I voted for Perez over Hamilton: One driver turned up in the best car and did a thoroughly professional job all weekend, and the other driver maximised […]

More heroic drives in a single grand prix than any other this season I reckon. 4 at least.

Well I’m enjoying this year’s WEC and looking forward to next year already, so if Shumi decides to have a crack at that then I think I might just wet myself a little bit.

Valencia – Best race of the season. I’m still chuckling.

Madness! And have have chocolate and vanilla? Wouldn’t that be like any generic chocolate-coated lolly?

P.S. I like Neapolitan ice-cream.

I think that Singapore is one of the best tracks currently on the calendar. And not just for the nighttime or the uniquely coloured walls of which I’m a fan.

The 2hour marathon races it produces are something […]

I’m pleased for them too; it’s good to see Caterham and Marussia improving and getting rewards*. But I was praying that a pair ahead didn’t take each other out. I definately want Caterham to get the first […]

It’s a custom that’s caught-on recently in Britain as a show of appreciation to a person when it’s appropriate, i.e. only when the circumstances of death aren’t tragic. In this case, Sid has had a full life and […]

I love fans videos. They always give a much better impression of the guttural power and speed of the cars than the TV feed. I’ve never been to an F1 race so these videos are the nearest I get.

One knackered fuel-pump away from getting the podium right. I share Jenson’s pain!

such a good giant-killing race

I think soon Perez will have got too “big” to be classed as a giant killer, but I too am partial to giving DOTW to someone who shines rather than strictly the best […]