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I got involved because neither of the “issues” Webber had, really affected his ability to win the championship. In Brazil, he wasn’t challenging Vettel anyway. In UAE, as I’ve already said, MW’s performance caused […]

@klaas

As I mentioned above, there was no way they could execute the strategies since they were flawed from the beginning. They only could work if the other cars went for another pit-stop which never […]

@klaas – The technical failure MW suffered are dwarfed by Vettel’s, and didn’t even cost him anything. The strategy issue you cite cropped up due to a lack of driver performance, which forced a gamble. Whether the […]

@lebesset
Seriously? There were more overtakes in 2010 than there were in any year since 1993, without refueling, mostly without undercutting with tyres, and without highway DRS passes.

@klaas –
For me, you’re fishing for excuses when you blame the team for Webber losing the championship and citing these so-called “troubled races”.

In Abu Dhabi, yes, Webber could have won the title, but his […]

@klaas

No really, leaving the b-as apart, the main reason Alonso or Webber lost that championship was due to that poor strategy their respective teams chose for tham and it had nothing to do with driving.

As […]

@klaas – Do you really believe Webber would have won Brazil? Why ignore his inability to qualify better than any of the other frontrunners (except Massa) in Abu Dhabi in the first place?

@davef1 – The crash kid nickname wasn’t exactly fair though, looking back at it. He had 2 crashes in that season. Even his mid-30s teammate had more than that.

I also assume “anon” was referring exclusively to […]

@klaas

No really, leaving the bias apart, the main reason Alonso or Webber lost that championship was due to that poor strategy their respective teams chose for tham and it had nothing to do with driving.

As […]

Exactly, the 2010 regulations, minus DDDs, EBDs and possibly F-ducts, were fine. If anything, these ridiculous tyres just negate the refuelling ban. Before they stayed out on light fuel when others pitted to […]

Sorry, I read the second bit the wrong way, that Ferrari and Lotus took the blow, rather than that it was a blow that supported their side.

First Ecclestone weighed in on the side of Pirelli. Now the FIA has struck a blow for Ferrari and Lotus

I thought Ecclestone weighed in against Pirelli, and that the announcement that only changes for safety can […]

I always hated the raised front wings from 2005 on. I got used to it soon enough, but thought it looked wrong when compared to the earlier cars.

What I didn’t like last week was seeing even the drivers on 4 stops not being able to push 100%. But I don’t actually see any issue with there being 4 stops- clearly that’s happened before without so much […]

@freelittlebirds – Had to point out how hilarious that post of yours is. Good one.