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I think your are right on that @robbie, one only has to look at others doing a better job to see its not the tyres that do not work at all, but Mercedes having gotten something wrong (but not as wrong as McLaren, […]

@robbie – I think the only possible benefit of this weekend for Mercedes (win or not) is that it provides more time for the engineers to work on solutions for the rest of the season. Monaco is a known entity, more […]

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1. Delamination and tire wear are two separate problems. Don’t confuse them.

2. What the teams say is good for the sport isn’t necessarily what’s good for the sport.

3. Neither of us can know […]

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I completely agree. Barcelona is notable in that we have had a similar situation every year. This year wasn’t out of the ordinary as Red Bull’s side are saying.

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I haven’t seen any […]

@robbie delamination is a problem that can be fixed. But the compounds? midway through the season?

As for your observation about the Spain GP, I agree with most of it. But so what if there are teams that could […]

@robbie no that point still stands, that is just a sub-point ;) Basically manufacturers didn’t really have a dominant spell until the early 2000′s, where Ferrari won the 1999-2004 championship’s and Renault the 2005/6 titles.

@robbie I was just clarifying that I actually do care about manufacturer involvement, as the subsequent comment could make it appear otherwise!

Bascially I don’t define Rothmans Williams etc. as sponsor teams […]

@robbie don’t get me wrong, I’d also like to see more manufacturer involvement but the drinks company argument is as outdated as the sport itself. I count manufacturers as teams which compete with their own […]

@matt90, @robbie With an announcement in a post later today that Force India were testing a FRIC, or interconnected suspension it would not surprise me at all if they were putting unexpected forces in to the tires […]

@Robbie You may be right, but I always tend to take it with a grain of salt when anyone speaks of values and respect having been greater at some point in the past – that was already quite a popular attitude among […]

Re COTD – gotta say that the hockey @Robbie describes was indeed played that way – right up until about the 1940s. No offence, but hockey today is likely cleaner than it’s ever been in the modern era. That’s not […]

@robbie You’re comment is making a lot of sense to me: indeed the ‘danger’ aspect of the sport has been erased almost completely now – which is great, but there are drawbacks. And like most ‘hot topics’ in F1 (pay […]

@robbie a very valid point with the team orders: that slipped by my mind! They just really need to hope then that Vettel doesn’t require any team orders at key points in the championship (cause lets be honest, […]

@robbie. Thanks for that. I understand what you are saying, and the question of who these penalties would be awarded by and when is a concern too. Are the Stewards good enough, or are these penalty points going to […]

wow @robbie, for once I agree with (most of) what you say! :-)

@robbie I think the best way to curtail dirty air is to use ground effects and then simply remove front wings, and limit the rear wings to single elements. That way, we don’t have the stupid aero-sensitive, […]

@robbie – Okay, in fairness, I doubt Vettel did that all by himself- I was just a bit miffed at the “scumbag” comment from Breezy.

But still, for me, the team order didn’t entirely make sense either. Vettel was […]

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In SV’s words above it sounds like success to him can only come in the form of doing it the right way and not being handed it, and yet somehow he can justify passing a teammate against team orders who has […]

@robbie – All fair points. I think I may have been too vague in spots and so will address a few points but I think we’ll probably just have to agree to disagree.

Regarding Red Bull, figuring out the tyres and […]

@robbie – While I see your point on tiptoeing vs jumping to conclusions, I think that Red Bull can win and still complain shows how hellbent they are about complaining when they clearly have the tyres sorted. Merc […]