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I got involved because neither of the “issues” Webber had, really affected his ability to win the championship. In Brazil, he wasn’t challenging Vettel anyway. In UAE, as I’ve already said, MW’s performance caused […]

@klaas

As I mentioned above, there was no way they could execute the strategies since they were flawed from the beginning. They only could work if the other cars went for another pit-stop which never […]

@klaas – The technical failure MW suffered are dwarfed by Vettel’s, and didn’t even cost him anything. The strategy issue you cite cropped up due to a lack of driver performance, which forced a gamble. Whether the […]

Not to mention their cosy relationship with the Renault team

Is that supposed to be a bad thing? If so I don’t see how its relevant to the topic.

Michelin were pushing the limits of the rules but not actually […]

@lebesset
Seriously? There were more overtakes in 2010 than there were in any year since 1993, without refueling, mostly without undercutting with tyres, and without highway DRS passes.

@klaas –
For me, you’re fishing for excuses when you blame the team for Webber losing the championship and citing these so-called “troubled races”.

In Abu Dhabi, yes, Webber could have won the title, but his […]

@klaas

No really, leaving the b-as apart, the main reason Alonso or Webber lost that championship was due to that poor strategy their respective teams chose for tham and it had nothing to do with driving.

As […]

@klaas – Do you really believe Webber would have won Brazil? Why ignore his inability to qualify better than any of the other frontrunners (except Massa) in Abu Dhabi in the first place?

@davef1 – The crash kid nickname wasn’t exactly fair though, looking back at it. He had 2 crashes in that season. Even his mid-30s teammate had more than that.

I also assume “anon” was referring exclusively to […]

@klaas

No really, leaving the bias apart, the main reason Alonso or Webber lost that championship was due to that poor strategy their respective teams chose for tham and it had nothing to do with driving.

As […]

@xjr15jaaag
You’re completely ignoring just how difficult it was to overtake in F1 before DRS.

Hamilton couldn’t overtake Kubica for some 20 laps either. Does Hamilton lack talent too?

I guess, maybe, […]

@vettel1
That’s exactly my point. Make F1 cars faster through slow corners and slower through the fast corners, if that makes any sense, lol.

@dragoll Thanks, glad you liked it.

I think changing the tyres because the number of pit stops had risen to four was a valid reason because it supported by two years’ worth of precedent. You may not agree with […]

I’ve never found Dernie’s view – that aerodynamics are not impeding overtaking – particularly persuasive. Partly because it’s an aerodynamicist defending aerodynamics. Partly because we know aerodynamicists […]

@xjr15jaaag

I disagree; it was Alonso and Webbers failures to make their strategies work.

There was no way they were going to overtake the Renault unless he made a mistake of some sort. Petrov was too fast in a […]

I’m not saying that Pirelli don’t have a case to answer for. I’d like them to make changes to the tyres, if only to shut everyone up about their durability for half an hour. But the problem is that when they start […]

@nick101 – You don’t think that engines that weigh less than a hundred kilograms are of any value to the manufacturers or road cars? You don’t think energy recovery systems have any practical […]