F1 Fanatic

@vettel1 – When Red Bull used a version of a blown diffuser last year, you defended the decision not to take action against them as there was nothing in the rules prohibiting their solution.

Now that Mercedes […]

Personally I feel Mercedes deserve a multiple race ban, and a reprimand. And Ross Brawn to get the sack.

I disagree completely. What Mercedes did might have bene unethical, but it makes no sense unless they had […]

Well, at least the snap judgements will be made by people with actual access to all of the evidence supporting every viewpoint.

I depict Bernie as a vampire sucking the lifeblood out of F1, that “lifeblood” of course is money

So why isn’t Formula 1 dead yet?

the answers from the fans is pretty illustrative of that viewpoint and […]

@beneboy – That doesn’t prove anything, except that Pirelli are aware of the variables they can play with to affect tyre behaviour. They’ll still wait for the teams to make specific requests of how the tyres […]

@hohum

none of my comments about Bernie are untrue

Except for the fact that they hinge on Bernie trying to suck the sport dry at every opportunity. If that was the case, why is Formula 1 stronger than ever? […]

IF they get the contract for 2014 the 2014 tyres are almost certainly going to be extremely durable.

I disagree with that. Pirelli haven’t backed down in the face of criticism before, so why start now? If they […]

@tmf42

Pirelli messed up this year’s tires

I think that’s deeply unfair. Pirelli built te 2013 mtyres the way they have always done: in accordance with a design brief that was approved by the teams. Furthermore, […]

That doesn’t prove hohum’s point by any means. @hohum likes to portray Bernie Ecclestone as an evil vampire who feeds on money rather than blood, and whose fondest desire is to suck Formula 1 dry. He knows […]

“The lap was great … right up to the moment this came off.”

Except that testing wouldn’t be broadcast. It never has been, and as far as I’m aware, there are no plans to brodcast any in-season testing next year. So how does Bernie “take his cut” from something that earns no […]

@hohum – Was is greed that led to the high price, or was the high price necessary to cover the costs of establishing the channel? I know you like to think of Bernie as being Scrooge McDuck, swimming around in a […]

At the end of last year, Sauber was considerably more competitive than Force India. The move certainly made sense at the time; how was Hulkenberg supposed to know that the C32 would be a dud? Plus, Sauber is a […]

Man up, princess!

Everybody else will have to deal with those tyre choices. The winner will be the person who handles them best. Not the person who complains the loudest.

I don’t think it’s a lack of confidence in the team’s ability to solve the tyre problems, but rather a fear that someone else will solve the same problem faster and better than Red Bull and win the […]