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I think we’ve seen a couple of occasions this year where, I don’t want to talk bad about people, but they have to do a better job on safety grounds

This quote should read ” I think we’ve seen a couple of […]

@prisoner-monkeys

The idea of banning off-throttle blown diffusers was fairly sound. It had no practical application

Yeah, as opposed to 2.4L V8′s that rev to 18,000rpm, produce circa 750hp and weigh less than […]

@timi

The departures of Hamilton and Paddy Lowe, but the latter is far far more important. McLaren have had a few seasons in recent memory where they start off poorly but develop their way back. Lowe was always […]

Do I think he is a good #1 driver in terms of leading a team forward in car development? – I think he’s terrible

As opposed to Hamilton who’s doing a bang up job leading Mercedes forward in development! lol

@todfod

Not sure I’ve ever seen someone contradict themselves so strongly in one post.

a ridiculous decision to create a fresh design to suit Jenson better. That was the lack of direction or poor choice made […]

@atticus-2

I’m a Ricciardo fan and I agree with you. JEV has had some really bad luck and as far as I can see they’ve been pretty close performance wise since being team mates.

But for whatever reason, […]

@todfod

2009 was a total fresh design

And what is this years McLaren then?

Problem is that not binning the car is not the same thing as finding out where the limit of the car performance is so you can evaluate the effect of your updates and the general quality of your design.

Yes, […]

@sgt-pepper

I think we should start a petition to bring back Ron Dennis

Really? And why is that exactly?

Oh, I know! Is it because when he handed the job of team principal to Whitmarsh it had only been […]

@ginola14

Lewis’s superiority over Jenson in 2012 was evident for all to see.

And Jenon’s superiority over Hamilton in 2011 was evident for all to see!

@todfod

I think a poor driver line up, and the lack of a driver who can take the car development forward is whats really ‘embarrassing’ .

Do you think it’s more or less embarrassing for McLaren than […]

@AdrianMorse

and it is at days like these I wish I could view F1 without having a clear favourite driver, as a Sunday like this ruins my whole day

Mate, I know EXACTLY what you mean! I’m a huge Button fan and […]

Agreed, the tyres need sorting out, but that’s got absolutely nothing to do with the pole sitter losing a second per lap and everything to do with Mercedes car setup.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.

Performance on Saturday means precisely NOTHING in this day and age of F1!

Like I said, which you don’t seem to have quite picked up on, they have had 2 other pole positions so far this season which have translated into exactly zero wins.

How you can conclude that they have made […]

I’m sorry, but how is this a fantastic performance? It’s the 3rd pole for Merc so far this season and we’ve only at race 5.

If they actually manage to not lose 3-6 places during the race as has been the norm, […]

Why? Because his team mate has out qualified him once in 5 races? Yeah, I’m sure he’s shaking in his boots!

Hamilton’s race results for the first 9 rounds of 2009 before the car was finally sorted;

Aus -DSQ
MAL- 7
CHN – 6
BHR – 4
ESP – 9
MON – 12
TUR – 13
GBR – 16
GER – 18

I suggest everyone […]

I love all the comments about needing to get other drivers in to see what the car is really like cause Button is no benchmark. The reason given is that last year they had the best car and Button had setup […]

Can someone please tell me how or why single lap pace is even relevant in F1? Last time I checked F1 GP’s were usually longer than 1 lap.

YAY! Mercedes are the fastest over 1 lap but only 3rd or 4th best […]