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Looking at some videos of the Massa crash, did he just brake too late?

¿¿¿flatulence???

And it shows in the video – look how much MSC is sliding around!

On the one hand, it is fair that the tyres are not changed – everybody had the same opportunity to get their cars working with the material at hand.

On the other hand, I feel that the tyres are really […]

Tyre COTD!

In relative terms, Alonso could push compared to Raikkonen. But compared to qualifying pace, they were both far away from pushing!

I don’t really understand why Hulkenberg didn’t back off after being released – there was the space and time. Only once the Toro Rosso turned into its pit did they touch. Did he expect the Toro Rosso to drive past his box??

Don’t think so – they have to use some tyres that were used in qualifying anyway (mostly for 1 or 2 hot laps only) so not sure why the last set of tyres could not be used either?

But it is because of the nature of the tyres that most teams seem to get it wrong. And yes, there were huge gaps between the leaders – after the second stop, it had all been played out if you take into account the […]

I actually have no problem with 4 stops at such. However, with 4 stops, there should really only be a minimal amount of saving tyres.

and he had to change it whe he realized that to Alonso was not going to stop driving qualification laps…

Watch a qualifying lap of one of the top qualifiers this weekend. Then watch Alonso’s (or anybody else’s) […]

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One point for each noteworthy non-DRS overtake I remember: Alonso on Raikkonen and Hamilton, and Vettel on Rosberg.

Really, I don’t mind “strategic” races. But there was no strategy here – huge gaps […]

I can see the entertainment value but I did not really like the random results of the beginning of last year where teams went up and down the ladder just because they randomly got the setup right for the […]

@scuderia29

its good for tyres to be unpredictable

No it’s not. Predictable wear is what we should have, and differences in wear between compounds.

Weird to do it on a Thursday!

Actually, I think blue flags is one where it makes sense. If you give a back-marker a drive-through, this does not hurt much. Points towards a race ban might be a much more effective deterrent.

My preference would be to have a material off-track that slows you down significantly if you run wide (maybe 5 seconds or so) but not more than that. It could also be a material that sticks to the tyres for a […]

Oh, I got censored :) This was just meant tongue-in-cheek!

I’d love to have all team radio available; ideally live. About the swearing, who gives a ****? ;)