F1 Fanatic

Well, there was one team that never quite figured out the 2012 tyres, and Lewis Hamilton is now driving one of their cars.

Anyone can hold a lead in Monaco, even Marc Webber.

Looks like Mr DiResta fancies himself a carrier as a stand-up comic.

Guys, if you truly think that WEB at no point during the roughly twelve minutes between VET moving into second place and his final pass became wise to the fact that he was in a racing situation, you’re insulting […]

It’s not being talked about because it is silly.

Do you really think RBR would have any issue adequately filling the quickest car on the grid? You can’t think of at least half a dozen out-of-work and 19 1/2 […]

WEB didn’t go pink during his third stint, in fact, his quickest lap, and the only one in which he managed to meet the “high 47″ target, was still slower than VET went a couple of laps prior, before he got stuck […]

Did you watch the race?

VET moved into second behind WEB in lap 39, and started gaining on him.

VET pitted at the end of lap 42, WEB one lap later.

After WEB’s stop, both cars were neck and neck.

VET […]

Yes, I’m serious about the route cause of the final, catastrophic failure (the wing was stable for almost a lap in clean air and had held on at higher speeds, it disintegrated the very moment WEB moved his car to […]

I actually thought that was a brilliant move by WEB, having his wake finish ALO’s wing (and race).

Ah, that’s right, RBR’s only been running one of those for the past few years.

Seriously, even if they had the dominant car, Vettel still soundly beat that grumpy dude next to him on the podium today. Which […]

Vettel won three championships without help from Webber, I think he’s plenty fast to make it four by October.

+1

Are you arguing for slower drivers coming in ahead of their team mates thanks to team orders?

It’s code for “hold position”.

Indeed. I have to say, it’s a clever way to phrase things, surely, if one would see the numbers on paper, signing such contract would seem less sensible. But a mere 5% – that’s harmless enough, right?

Oh the […]

If you take the US-$38 million the race is reportedly costing in 2015, the 5% annual increase currently part of the contract, and extrapolate out to 2063, you can see just why Mr E would gladly sign such […]

And then there’s the scuttlebutt that what eventually became the BGP001 started life as a project of the Super Aguri group in Leafield, and was essentially Honda’s plan B after their own design bureau produced two […]

That’s DIR, not PDR, of course. My bad.

I understand what you’re getting at, but you have to remember that Sutil went out in 2011 being 9th in the WDC, directly behind the top teams, which I consider the best anyone could do in a FI. And he managed to […]

It’s probably way oversimplified, but look at the history of the team. They had a really good car once, in 2004, but it got overshadowed by a fully dominant Ferrari that year. They also found themselves with a […]