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RIP to the Pampas Bull. A great driver in his own right, who could’ve accomplished so much more had he stayed in Europe after 1954

@taurus I’m kind of split up on this issue. While I’d like to see the number 27 live again, i think it’s fitting that the last ever number 27 was Alesi as he really was the last Gilles-like driver, if there’s such […]

@mouse_nightshirt hh yeah I remember. I was furious with him. But much later, I understood. It’s just the other side of the coin. If you want to get the kind of performance as Suzuka 1995, sliding at every corner, […]

@vettel1 Should we count the incidents at Montreal turn 4 over the years and see how many of them ended up “minor”? I’ll spare you the search-vast majority of them ended up badly(it’s a 100mph corner with wall on […]

@dragoll Thanks! The lap time that he managed to do with the slide is impressive. Hardly lost anything, because he never lifted!

@prisoner-monkeys Such a beautiful looking tanker it was though!

@vettel1 It didn’t amount to anything but it was serious,and unnecessary. It doesn’t make his weekend anything less than great though. I’m even willing to put him joint second with Bottas and Alonso :) But JEV’s […]

@dragoll Great comment but with one exception: With Alesi the car-control was as natural as breathing but it never LOOKED effortless :)

Happy birthday to my all time favorite driver! I was 10 years old when he won the Canadian Grand Prix, and even 18 years on I still count it as one of the happiest days of my life. Those who haven’t seen Alesi […]

@kazinho Yep, both Monza races, Spa 1995 at least. Maybe others like Suzuka 1995 as well.

@gwenouille Sorry to hear that. Hoped that by now, they’d understand that even if Alesi crashed relatively a lot this was because he was always pushing and trying to overcome the limitations of his cars, never […]

@vettel1 Your definiton of “class of one” sounds to me more like a “classy one”. So be it. I’ll call Vergne’s drive “classy six” then!

Well, I have the race recorded and I can tell you that Vettel has also lost […]

@vettel1 check out this video. This brush with that wall was only slightly heavier than Vettel’s yet it forced none other than Alonso to retire from the 2005 race: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBA6QpW-FFk I rest […]

@vettel1 The fact that this error didn’t amount to him exiting the race only means he was lucky, not that it wasn’t serious. I’ll give you an example: in Monza 1996 they’d put stacks of tires on the inside of the […]

@vettel1 Minor mistake? Toying with the limits?!!! You can search up youtube for numerous extremely dangerous crashes of people like Massa, Barichello or Montoya etc. who were “toying with the limits” there over […]

Vergne. 10 out of 10 race couldn’t have done any better whatsoever.

Then Bottas, Alonso,Vettel in that order. I put Vettel as 4th best because he made 2 major mistakes in the race, each of which could’ve […]

@andae23 Totally agree about Pirelli. After F1 brought them nothing but misery they’re still seriously considering supplying tires in 2014?! Sounds crazy to me. And when F1 is left without tires for 2014 I’ll be […]

@ivano Not good for cost saving unless Merc pay for it. But that would create even more problems

FIA I hope your comment is sarcastic?!! KR got poached from FRenault after winning 13 of 23 races, having a successful test, and then keeping his super-license based on talent with no money involved. I was […]

@dvc I don’t believe you have met my “terms”. Since Pedro Diniz hadn’t raced in FRenault and it’s a lower category than F3, I don’t believe you could say those podiums are in her favor. And same thing you said […]