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TV commentators here in Latin America were saying…

@mantresx they were saying it. I report only.

@mantresx – agreed. The people who are complaining that they’ll never buy Pirelli tires for their road car because of how the company has “ruined” F1, or b/c their F1 tires aren’t durable so the road tires must […]

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It’s no different to how Ferrari claims that this and that on their road cars are derived from their F1 team. And most people eat that raw.
I don’t think that it’s unlikely that a lot of people could […]

@mantresx I don’t believe there is any prize money from the FIA directly to drivers, however, many drivers have performance bonuses, that they negotiate with their teams. I remember Senna had a very good package […]

@mantresx, I thought it was March 14th. but my memory is far from infallible.

@bascb If you don´t think he is the wrong is your right, I don´t like it and is my right too…

@maroonjack I think @mantresx explained better that I could have

@mike you are right, even if e has won a world […]

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The reason that they added the second DRS zone after banning free use in qualifying, was because they wanted DRS to still be interesting and useful for the teams to set the cars up to use it […]

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DRS alone does stop teams from spending money on aero parts just because it is easier to overtake. Those “incremental AND special upgrades” would give them benefits if DRS didn’t exist, just as much […]

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DRS also exists to stop teams spending more on race-specific aero packages

I don’t remember that explanation ever being put forward by those in charge. And the top teams bring aero changes to every […]

“So we’ve refused to sign certain things we could have done because we believe we shouldn’t undersell ourselves.

Agreed with @mantresx and Mr Lopez. They’re hinting at Honeywell here, I know because I know this […]

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Gerard López made the right decision not to have a title sponsor this year

His comments read more like spin to me. They were tipped to bring Coca-Cola into the sport, but had to settle for minimal […]

@mantresx To be honest I think Mercedes had to get the basics right before spending as much time on that as they did…and it certainly seems to be doing them some good.

They can still have their 3rd driver run on those tyres @mantresx

@mantresx – respectfully, you are completely wrong! Read this article on push-rod vs pull-rod.

@mantresx pull rod suspension works much better in a lower chassis, just look at the ground effect cars, most used pull rods and their chassis were much much lower in the front than the 2014 cars will be.

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But it was a race when Ferrari was suddenly up there after moaning long enough to have Red Bull’s engine mapping banned. That made their exhaust, around which the whole car was built useless. Vettel did […]

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More downforce reduces tyre degradation. Understeer/oversteer, wheel locking and wheelspin are the biggest problems.

@mantresx spot on.

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Interesting read indeed.

@mantresx Not so sure about that. McLaren have two technical teams that alternate working on cars. Paddy Lowe is technical director and oversees both teams, rather than having a direct role in creating specific […]