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@todfod
If you think that Red Bull’s last three seasons were easy, then we can only disagree on what is “easy”. I also think that we have some fundamental disagreement on the meaning of the word “dominance” – I […]

@todfod

Look at the number of poles that Red Bull drivers had amongst themselves.

Just like Mercedes this season. Have they had an easy season so far? Qualifying isn’t everything, teams and drivers get […]

Everyone is expecting Mercedes to claim pole position this weekend and then fight for the victory due to the characteristics of the Monaco track. I think it’s quite possible, but we should also remember that […]

Massa 2nd with 11%? Ridiculous. When was the last time someone with the best car and no technical difficulties or harm from other drivers finished third in the race and yet managed to take 2nd position in DotW […]

I don’t have a problem with Pirelli’s decision favoring some teams over others, if it’s good for F1 and genuinely made in order to make racing better. The problem is that (judging from the comments RBR has made […]

Surprisingly good analysis from a driver – taking both sides into account and not being provocative. Had Vettel posted this on F1Fanatic, I bet he would’ve had CotD!

@timi
I find it amusing that in Bahrain the driver’s steward was Mika Salo, who is the commentator of the Finnish Formula One broadcaster MTV3, and he’s always complaining about how the stewards investigate the […]

@prisoner-monkeys
I also think directing has been awful this year. They’re losing a lot of important battles and pit stops and the battles are often from a very peculiar camera angle. I have been literally […]

@thepostalserviceisbroke
We have discussed a lot about this subject on this site:

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/09/18/drivers-penalised-gearbox-changes/

The problem is that teams care about WDC points only […]

So hitting another driver, deciding not to change your front wing and thus crashing out is unlucky? Guys, I think we have just redefined misfortune…

How is this possible? I mean, even if there has been some major update for this season that isn’t working, can’t they just go back to the system that was used last year?

Yes, if marshalls show them a green flag…

@jochenrindt78
That depends on the definition of a top driver. In my books only Vettel, Alonso, Hamilton and Räikkönen are the sharpest top and Button is in the next group. I wouldn’t say that “clearly” all their […]

@beneboy
It’s of course always hard to predict how teams will succeed in the future. I would’ve picked McLaren over Renault after 2004 and RBR after 2008 and I would’ve been wrong in both occasions. But I think […]

Not really. I’m one of those, who thought leaving McLaren was a bad idea and while I’m genuinely surprised about Mercedes’ pace so far, I still think that in the long run McLaren is a better option for any […]

Why? Are you suggesting that Kamui is a better driver than Hülkenberg?

That’s certainly not the result I expected from Kovalainen. Was he running a completely different spec or something like that?

Will be interesting to see his demeanor when he’s not winning 6 or 7 races a year.

Apart from 2011, that would be his every season so far.

Just out of curiosity: Assuming that Caterham will make Kovalainen their race driver after Barcelona, are there other cases (in recent history) where a team has dropped their race driver only to take him back a […]