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@timi, the engines will be identical in size to the centimetre, Honda will not be catching up, they will be developing against a known benchmark. What I don’t understand is how the FIA intend to equalise the […]

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The departures of Hamilton and Paddy Lowe, but the latter is far far more important. McLaren have had a few seasons in recent memory where they start off poorly but develop their way back. Lowe was always […]

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They might be at a disadvantage but how do we know that they (Honda) don’t already have an engine developed? It would be a big gamble for McLaren if Honda don’t already have a prototype in test to […]

@timi yes!! i was beginning to think i was the only one irritated by this, whats the point of stewards even being there when everything is investigated after the race, what else are they busy doing that they can’t […]

@timi – I noticed that too: I wonder if it’s got some connection with the broken telemetry link?

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I find it amusing that in Bahrain the driver’s steward was Mika Salo, who is the commentator of the Finnish Formula One broadcaster MTV3, and he’s always complaining about how the stewards investigate the […]

@timi Based on form, I’d say Williams are suffering and Toro Rosso are thriving. Tyres are not impact-neutral – they can only make your car better or worse.

@timi http://www.pirelli.com/corporate/en/press/2013/04/15/bahrain-grand-prix-preview-sakhir-19-21-april-2013/

I am very late on my reading, but I couldn’t help:

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They go on and on about “the show”, yet have the silly rule that dictates the top 10 must start on the tyre they set their fastest qualy lap […]

@timi I fully agree with your point and in fact this was something that was in my mind as well. The whole issue for me was not that Vettel defied team orders to take a win. However, if Mark Webber were in the same […]

@timi so you say that Nico must obbey what is said in favor of Lewis because he has never won a championshp? If for any reason Nico finishes this year with some possibility to win the championship (and loses it), […]

@timi i think that was said to be their best 2 car result since joining in 2010.

@timi Rosberg might have won just 1 GP but he’s been wiith the team since its latest incarnation was born. He should be the one Lewis gotta beat, not the other way around.

It’s like Vettel moving to Ferrari and […]

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Good point.

+1 @timi, it’s all part of the cost saving ” reliability” regulations plus tyre management, we can’t have team members racing each other all race long under this regime, so get used to it.

@timi – I apologise for the italics and blockquote fail; no idea what happened there!

I think we’re on a similar page now: I don’t believe it is correct to enforce team orders at such an early stage (when the […]

@timi I was pointing out a situation in which team orders may be understandable

I accept that: there are situations where although I may not like team orders I could understand why they were imposed (such as […]

@timi Re-reading it, you’re right it doesn’t change things. A team can still be under huge money pressure at the second race of the season.. Do you think Marussia and Caterham are care-free with regards to money […]

@timi – I don’t see how it really chnages things: you were replying to the issue of double standards through an annecdote that proposed a situation towards the end of the season, in stark contrast to this issue of […]

@timi – another huge flaw also is that your proposed scenario is towards the endof the season, not the second race. That is where my major gripe with team orders is – both drivers are able to win the title, so why […]