F1 Fanatic

The Senna quotation here is very interesting. The fact is that conserving tyres always used to be an important component of F1, and would have been part of any great driver’s skill set. Now we have a generation of […]

It seems that time and time again we see front wings and noses getting bashed without any appreciable impact on the performance of the car. All these intricate aero parts on the end plate must do something in the […]

There are some seriously generous scores being awarded here. We just saw a race with no real battle for the lead, and few real (i.e. non-DRS assisted) overtakes. Vettel and Button adopting a different strategy […]

I’m starting to wonder about Webber’s “grasp of the sport and education of where the sport was”. The era of indestructible tyres is a recent one. Until the 1990s tyre management was every bit as important as it is […]

@jonsan

The inference that Webber had turned his engine down is based on numerous allusions to this that he made in post-race interviews, and on his ‘Multi 21′ comment prior to the podium ceremony. The […]

I don’t see the need for (a) the time limit or (b) not telling us the answers at the end… this is just for fun, right?

It seems everyone who watched on Sky has come away with a head full of conspiracy theories. I guess Brundle’s commentary style was shaped in the Schumacher era, when coming up with theories about yellow flags etc. […]

I think Vettel deserved to win the WDC this year. I’ve added up the numbers and I’m 99% sure he scored more World Championship points than anyone else.

If there was also a ‘Driver of the Year’ award, I guess it […]

Keith, the BBC is reporting that Vettel already has a ‘pre-contract’ with Ferrari for 2014, which allows either party to activate the contract if certain conditions are met.

I notice that other F1 sites, […]

Maybe Button’s plight should give us a different perspective on Massa’s. When the car’s development proceeds in a direction that doesn’t suit your driving style, you can be made to look very bad very quickly.

“Please vote based on how entertaining and exciting you thought the race was, not on how your preferred driver or team performed.”

This is what every race used to be like.

BE: “I’ve arranged a birthday surprise for you, but you’ll have to wait till Sunday to see what it is…” *wink*

Rather disturbing to see so many mechanics attempt to fight the flames with no protective gear whatsoever.

Unless they had reason to think that people were trapped inside, they should have got out of there.

Well deserved. I expected Schumacher to show a bit more humility in his post race interviews.

You’re right, we shouldn’t hold grands prix in China or Bahrain. But holding the race this year — during serious civil unrest in which people have been killed — was taking things to a new level of moral bankruptcy.

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“To care about Serious Problem X would be hypocritical when Serious Problem Y is just as bad. But no one has enough time care about all of the world’s problems. Therefore I will be consistent by not caring […]

You’re right — it was in bad taste. It was also juvenile and disrespectful.

Still, I think that people in F1 who have quietly gone to Bahrain and won’t speak out against the regime deserve to get mocked for […]

@mw It was meant to be a satire on how drivers are ignorant of the political turmoil surrounding them. I expect that Private Eye will be ringing any minute to offer me a contract.

Petrov: Hey man, what are you doing back there? I thought we were all walking in a line.

Man at back: Didn’t you hear about Force India? If it’s all the same to you mate, I’m staying behind this fat […]