F1 Fanatic

Why do people constantly bash DRS… It does what it was intended to do, it allows cars that are noticeably faster to get to the position they should be in. It prevents the Trulli-train effect that allowed drivers […]

If Red Bull didn’t focus on ensuring they were able to adapt their car set-up to deal with this years tyre characteristics then they have no one else to blame, as other teams obviously have.

Blaming the tyres […]

I don’t understand Whitmash’s argument. I just don’t see how having rookies in top teams in feeder formula’s would get them in to f1 any quicker when the spots in F1 are being filled by pay drivers […]

real testing is no doubt better than simulators so it would neutralise the advantage of having a more sophisticated simulator pretty much.

Not really, all it would mean is that everyone would have to spend money […]

I can bet that work on simulator’s hardware and software will cost Ferrari as much money as running the car around the track would

How can you even compare the cost of testing to having a simulator program. The […]

The way I see it, Mark knows Vettel is quicker, and understands that he is #2 at the team, which is why despite being upset at times about it in the heat of a moment, in general he acts cordially and is thankful […]

I don’t think Webber should ever be the go to man to speak to about tyres, he’s always clearly struggled with them more than most since the Pirelli switch. I can’t say this head line (webber unsure about tyres) is […]

Downforce is pretty much the single thing that differentiates one car from another, with the fastest car being the one with the most, and slowest being the one with the least.

Riiiight, because it’s not like the […]

I can’t imagine the 60fps 3d cameras being able to capture good results for fast-moving shots such as the scenery from the in-car camera, or low-fov shots following a car. Worth a try though, I’m sure they’ll be […]

McConville was just doing the driving. Chelsea Scanlan is the ambassador for the F1 event and Winterbottom the abassador for the V8s as far as I can tell. It’s a pretty pointless role either way, couldn’t give two […]

I think the W03 and in turn the W04, is under-estimated by most, remember, Schumacher threw away a LOT of points last year, and had a decent amount taken from him. Especially at the start of the season they were […]

Every year when I see Red Bull’s car I think… “Wow, there’s no way they can make a tighter package than this.”

And every year I’m proven wrong. There must be no doubt that they are the masters of squeezing […]

I don’t know how this got on to DRS, but people seem to under-estimate it’s efficiency. From what I see from comments, people only think about the passes that help a driver gain position easily when it should be […]

I’ve always wondered how much of STR’s lack of performance was down to the car, and how much was down to the driver. I think they’ve gone the wrong way pairing up two inexperienced drivers, how can you judge a […]

@andrewtanner fair point, but one could say in motorsports, we will eventually reach the point where this is also true.

The reliance of money in motorsport will always be a problem, it’s nothing new. It’s is the number one reason I see sim-racing being the (distant) future of true competition. You can see in iRacing some of the […]

Still get tears in my eyes thinking about that night watching the GP. All Webber fans would I think. Glad he rates it as his favourite.

never mind, just re-read the chart and realised Vettel won in Bahrain on the mediums… apologies, still the trend is there I think.

Those tyre stats are really interesting. A more telling way of putting it is Red Bull haven’t been successful with the medium compound at all, and with that compound featuring in 3 of the remaining 4 races, no […]

Quite saddened to hear about the removal of the Full Weekend mode, it was my favourite way to play through the last 2 games.

Fortunately I decided not to purchase the game at its current price simply because of […]