F1 Fanatic

If any F1 driver can be expected to drive into a wall, it’s Pastor Maldonado

So unfair! ;-)

I’m with you, @infernikus. It quite simply looks crap. One mid- to high-speed corner and a shed load of straights and right(ish)-angles . There is space for tracks like that, but only limited space. I’m quite […]

I agree that Grosjean run really leaps out for its consistency (and length). Also Heikki’s run gave the impression that out of the tail-enders Caterham may be ahead again, relative to Marussia. But perhaps that’s just him.

…but presumably without a repeat of the spygate scandal that kind of spoiled things for his team for a while. I doubt he’d want that a Merc as well, it’s probably quite distracting

:D yeah I went and checked my facts after posting (always the correct order ;)) and realised that they’d have missed out by 1 point anyway. I also realised that whilst Wiliams, BAR/Honda and so on had high placing […]

If you asked that about the WDC I’d be more confident of the answer. The WCC? I’m not too sure many drivers would take that over half a season of race wins

People always point to the lack of a constructors’ championship in over a decade, and yes, of course the record books show that. But frankly they did win one, in Hamilton’s very first season, and it was taken away […]

Great news I think. Whether it’s a good move for Hamilton or not, who knows? Enough people thought it was unwise for Button to leave Brawn/Mercedes and head to McLaren, well perhaps it really is a fair time for […]

That onboard footage from 1989 is just breathtaking stuff, so raw

I pretty much agree, although I don’t think Hamilton is a great example to make your point with: he was “swept up” by McLaren pretty early in his career!
I agree it’s a shame that they don’t take risks with […]

or think of it as a disincentive for the FIA to strip constructors of point. Perhaps it has an upside

DC: “Weehawken Police? Well I’m hawkin’ a fizzy drink, beat that!”

thanks PM, it’s fascinating stuff. The merry-go-round of names is almost as frantic and incestuous as the merry-go-round of staff.
So in short there is a (somewhat slim) case to say that ’83 Renault is an […]

having said I was surprised Brabham wasn’t bought out, clearly they were rubbish in the later years and it looks like there wasn’t a market for team entries as there is now. Not such a surprise then

that’s perfect, thank you. I’m surprised no-one bought out Brabham, the rest confirms what I thought I knew. Shame though, I was hoping there might be one or two more hidden parallels between the recent run of 5 […]

I’m rusty on my lineages, anyone care to say who Brabham sort-of-became now, and who Red Bull sort-of-came from in 1983? Renault, too, for that matter: did the ’83 team go through various generations and turn back […]

but the gap is measured in races not time, so yes :)

Agree with a lot of this. I would say that McLaren’s argument of “force majeure” was not a lie, it was an argument, such as one would make in court. It can be accepted or not without prejudice. Had McLaren claimed […]

The right move, Keith