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I think the Williams -Mercedes partnership is excellent news. Williams have struggled since (and shortly before) they split from BMW. Their suppliers since have been: Cosworth, Renault and Toyota.

Whilst much […]

I also prefer to remember May 1st 1988 to 1994. Not to say we should ever neglect what happened that tragic weekend but instead embrace the magical time in between these races. After the bitter blow of being […]

What makes you say this @hellotraverse. Most races especially at Imola in the late 1980′s were fuel conservation runs and as this article shows there was a huge field spread. As technology advanced, it was […]

I see a number of fanatics complaining about the financial side of the sport declaring that F1 needs to let the poor teams get out and let the richest teams prosper. Yet, most fans also complain whenever a driver […]

@girts While I agree with 90% of what you write here, I think that there was obviously a lot more to Hunt than just drinking and womanising etc. I love the idea of him because he believed in himself and didn’t […]

What interests me about the team-mates battle is that for the top 5 five teams the points total neatly reflects the results ie the McLaren poll was very tight and so it proved.

Another thing I found extremely […]

@girts yes, I agree, he’s done a great job with the teams and I imagine he is a great deal stricter behind closed doors. Competitive teams don’t happen by accident so I would definitely put him on a short list at […]

Would you do your job for free? I highly doubt it.

Bernie is an old man with incredible wealth and a long legacy, if he wanted to retire, he would. The fact is that formula 1 has been improving in almost every […]

I think we all agree that whoever takes over must have a history in the sport and a deep political knowledge of it.

So if Bernie died tomorrow, who would you replace him with?

Names mentioned previously […]

No doubt some Ecclestone bashing will follow this round-up but, without sounding like I fear change, surely it’s better the devil you know, than the devil you don’t. I agree Ecclestone has his flaws, but I can’t […]

I agree and think that would be extremely dangerous for the sport.

@prisoner-monkeys I’m agreeing with you, re-read it.

I understand where you are coming from, @mhop but I feel you are over-playing Di Resta’s part in all of this. As early as 2006, McLaren were rumoured to be buying Spyker with money from Abu Dhabi. The move never […]

I happen to agree with @prisoner-monkeys on this one @mhop. You appear to be very certain that Paul Di Resta has been done out of move which he should have had. The fact is that he performed well against Sutil and […]

I began watching Formula 1 in 1997, supporting Mika Hakkinen as I found his personality to be the most endearing of that crop of drivers. Upon realising that Mika’s career was coming to a close I searched for a […]

I want to make clear at the outset that I think that Vettel is a worthy champion and has already established himself as an all-time great. However, I am becoming increasingly frustrated by the continual “F2012 […]

@jorgelardone I have only seen you post the exact same thing on all topics concerning Fernando Alonso. Never do you credit him, only bringing up the 2008 Singapore GP. As I pointed out to you three times before: […]

Alosno was fully expected to fight for the win in Signapore and the car broke down in Qualifying. If you qualify lower then expected you have to break the strategy from the norm and, ironically, hope for a SC. I […]

@vettel1 Hopefully! But I think towards the end of the season Ferrari were lucky to fall into 3rd place undisputedly. They could compromise qualifying and know they would only really end up 5th or 6th. That […]

I would suggest they are more guilty of exaggerating than lying. It’s not as if they are making up facts that are not true. Likewise no-one has ever done anything perfectly so any comment with the word perfect […]