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    Mike Dee commented on the post, FIA wades into tyre row with safety ruling 1 day, 3 hours ago

    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 […]

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    Mike Dee commented on the post, Pirelli keen to avoid claim of Red Bull favouritism 6 days, 2 hours ago

    Tyre COTD!

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    Mike Dee commented on the post, Four-stop races “is too much”, says Horner 6 days, 7 hours ago

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

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    Mike Dee commented on the post, Caterham fined after Van der Garde loses wheel 6 days, 7 hours ago

    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??

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    Mike Dee commented on the post, Rate the race: 2013 Spanish Grand Prix 6 days, 7 hours ago

    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?

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    Mike Dee commented on the post, Rate the race: 2013 Spanish Grand Prix 6 days, 7 hours ago

    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 […]

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    Mike Dee commented on the post, Rate the race: 2013 Spanish Grand Prix 6 days, 7 hours ago

    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.

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    Mike Dee commented on the post, Rate the race: 2013 Spanish Grand Prix 6 days, 7 hours ago

    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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    Mike Dee commented on the post, Rate the race: 2013 Spanish Grand Prix 6 days, 18 hours ago

    2.
    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 […]

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    Mike Dee commented on the post, Pirelli considering change to tyres after latest failure 1 week, 1 day ago

    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 […]

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    Mike Dee commented on the post, Pirelli considering change to tyres after latest failure 1 week, 1 day ago

    @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.

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    Mike Dee commented on the post, McLaren break curfew on Thursday in Spain 1 week, 2 days ago

    Weird to do it on a Thursday!

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    Mike Dee commented on the post, Penalty points system for drivers moves a step closer 1 week, 2 days ago

    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.

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    Mike Dee commented on the post, Ferrari: ‘Six out of ten’ for season so far 1 week, 3 days ago

    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 […]

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    Mike Dee commented on the post, Button’s complaint shows we need more team radio 1 week, 4 days ago

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

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    Mike Dee commented on the post, Button’s complaint shows we need more team radio 1 week, 4 days ago

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

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    Mike Dee commented on the post, Bahrain rated best race of the year so far 1 week, 5 days ago

    2005 US?

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    Mike Dee commented on the post, Thailand GP track route confirmed for 2015 race 3 weeks, 2 days ago

    I doubt that Spa, Spain or even Germany will go because there are world champions who compete for those that represent those countries.

    Jérôme d’Ambrosio is coming back? And he will be a world champion by 2015? Hmmmmm.

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    Mike Dee commented on the post, Pirelli to make hard tyre more durable 3 weeks, 2 days ago

    perhaps decided two weeks prior to the race

    No, this would be too much of a lottery. Before qualifying would be better as then everybody would have had a chance to test the tyres.

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    Mike Dee commented on the post, Schumacher to drive F1 car on Nordschleife 3 weeks, 2 days ago

    Yes, you can drive on it with your road car. €26 per lap.

    So a correctly set up F1 car should be able to manage as well.

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