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Yes they’re the same for each team but they’re still crap. Like Keith said, no driver used it for more than 7 laps in the Chinese GP. SEVEN!

For sure it’s a massive conspiracy.

I can only imagine the response if Hamilton had been the driver who called him that. The internet would possibly collapse under all the vitriol.

*sigh*

Why do you say this?

Seconded. Thank you Keith. This site is my first port of call for F1 stuff.

Maldonado going off the track then veering back into Hamilton’s car was Hamilton’s fault?

Hamilton was the only driver with two sets of fresh primes going into Q3 seeing as he PRESERVED an extra set by using only mediums in Q1 which nobody else could do. How this becomes a basis for criticism is beyond me.

Both Vettel and Lewis pulled it out of the bag there. Lewis wrestled that car and dragged it into 2nd, but hats off to Vettel, what a lap!

@Gridl0k TURBO BOOST! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcDztfFXPww

Thanks @keithcollantine

That strikes me as an unreliable way of doing it though. Unless it comes through their headsets.

The rules state that DRS can only be used if the driver is 1 second, or less, behind another driver at the DRS detection zone. Okay, my question is, how does the driver know he is within that 1 second gap? Is it […]

This is a very mean-spirited exercise.

but as we have distinctive drivers’ and constructors’ championship I think it would be useful to distinguish between a driver error and a constructor error

This is a very good point and something you rarely see discussed.

“I hope after this Mclaren will not make that mistake again.”

Should individual incidents be judged on their own merits or should previous incidents have an effect on the steward’s thinking?

The car did not fail scrutineering. They were able to collect the amount of fuel they needed for testing. The rule they broke was the one that states that the car should get back to the pits under its own power.

Is the penalty for breaking the “drive back under own power” rule specified anywhere in the regulations? Going through the hundreds of comments yesterday there seemed to be a consensus that the penalty is […]

You’re not alone, I found it dissapointing too. A lot of people did. I was really looking forward to Q3. But at least a couple of drivers went for it.

Who says that he had less fuel than the others? Is that the only reason a car might stop on track? Don’t jump to conclusions based solely on your irrational hatred of a driver or team.

Calm down, these are […]

He has a point, he just didn’t articulate it well. When top drivers are doing sight-seeing laps in what is supposed to be the most intense qualifying session because they want to preserve tyres then surely that’s […]