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On the same topic, that was quite funny to see Bianchi holding behind the leaders for some laps just after being lapped … Quite used to see backmarkers disapear very quickly behind the leading guys

@bascb I think a ban based on the 12 points won’t give any more point but it is for someone receiving a race ban for something else …

@bascb Audi is so performant in LMP1 they don’t really have to come to F1, and it’s best for them not to … if they are not up front, there will be comparaison between series and a very successfull brand which is […]

@xjr15jaaag Yes in a way you’re right, a mechanical failure could be considered as unlucky (particulary for this one) … Now it happens at a “great” time for the team, the first pit was almost at the time where […]

@xjr15jaaag I don’t see how this is unlucky either … He got the flap stuck on open at a time around the first window of pit stop, so no real harm done. He got it fixed and changed tyres. Why did he have to try […]

@lajo agree on that … If they wanted to try it anyway they should have done so before a planned pit. Running a stint without DRS then trying it before changing tyres for the second time, this way they won’t have […]

@akshay depends what is listed … Force India has a quicker car than McLaren at the moment but I don’t feel their drivers make the most of it while Button quite manage his car (compared to Perez).
On car alone, […]

Forgot about Ricciardo, not the guy I’m used to think off … I already vote or it would be his.
Nothing to chose from on the front, Button doing a nice job with the McLaren but quite some way off pace. […]

Great addition as usual, Keith should rename the section stats, facts and andae …

About COTD, that’s quite difficult to compare era’s even with corrected. We would have to add that as cars were less reliable they were more likely to finish high in the ranking as less car would finish the race. […]

@andae23 At the end it’s the time stop/released that counts anyway. It’s quite interesting to compare those number with the pit stop time. For example the stop of Webber on lap 43 is 21 hundredths slower than his […]

@bascb Yep, not sure Bianchi will stay at Marussia in the first place so why provide them some ferrari engines ?

they had to take it quickly to have the spec for next year’s car I guess …

Had the same kind of reflexion. After that kind of race, difficult to pick one of the 4 guys up front and for the rest Button and Bianchi did the best job with the car they had (with a mention to Hulkenberg which […]

What if a driver loses his radio during the race … He could still see the flags around the track but he won’t know if DRS is enabled/disabled for example

@adrianmorse Unfortunately they lost their camecorder (see here). But indeed, long time we didn’t have any caption ;)

But is the detection at turn 15 before or after pit’s entry ? That was quite strange to have people with DRS available when leaving the pit at Melbourne, that’s not really the point of it …

@bascb They could find a way by bringing a car from last year for one driver and the 2013 car being develop by the other …

@darak Agree … And to be complete, in fact higher floor do cause a drop in downforce as you mentionned which mean they will aquaplane, so no point going higher.

Some people talk about monsoon tyres. There is […]

@adrianmorse Nice thoughts (start from P11* but doesn’t change much to your point)

If we take 1 sec lost every 5 laps (which was about the degradation seen in testing), that mean that a quali lap take out […]