F1 Fanatic

The sooner Pirelli leave the sport the better in my opinion. – tell me, would you like the F1 teams to then have to buy their tyres in their local shop, or would we all start hoping someone has thought about what […]

In the past it was often the supplier paying for the tyres (that was one of the things Bridgestone mentioned being the reason of not wanting to continue), but nowadays the teams do pay Pirelli for the tyres.

They haven’t even been able to ask Pirelli to continue so far, possibly for lack of the Concorde Agreement @timothykatz!

I did read that Pirelli do already have contracts with the likes of Red Bull, Ferrari and […]

Not all that sure I would like that kind of racing, but on the other hand, it would certainly be good if they could have such an option, go for it and either fail (still to slow, crash, pit stop errors, or just […]

Its a bit of a surprise, and I am curious to learn about all the politics going on in the background of it, but it certainly seems very sensible!

Well, the COTD did a great job of getting the debate rolling on then. I must say I do not agree with it though.

Yes, we had some very memorable races that year. But don’t we have several of those almost every […]

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 […]

Its in the rules actually @nick-uk!

@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 […]

@vettel1 4 stops with a hard(er) compound two years ago was Ok with RedBull, 4 stops on tyres that were ordered to be less durable this year is unacceptable. Hmmm, interesting logic. Personally I think it has to […]

Whether the latter performance was psychological or not isn’t my problem

That’s the reason why I answered the original post.
Why did you get into this argument in the first place if you don’t care about it? […]

@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 […]

@vettel1 I’m glad I could make you see that tweet in a different way. Nerve cells must be spared and not wasted on false assumptions.

Imagine if Perez wasn’t a 3rd year driver not a first year driver and started matching Button immediately.

I’m sorry but the logic of your stament is beyond my intellect.

You’re running away from the point. The fact that Hamilton is an exceptional driver doesn’t make Alonso a poor qualifier.

Oh, come on @vettel1 you’re reaction is becoming a bit paranoid. The Horse Whisperer didn’t call the fans stupid, he was clearly talking about some team members who complained about too many pit-stops at […]

I’m not fishing for any excuses I was pointing out why Webber’s poor performances in the last 2 races could have been determined (more or less) by technical and strategic issues and I brough facts while I didn’t […]

I didn’t find Ferrari’s tweet stupid just like I didn’t find myself among the fans that the Horse Whisperer mentioned. Ferrari are stating their position concerning a problem that is on the entire F1 community’s […]

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 […]