The reason Newey is a reliable source is because he'll have ALL data over the season. Also when the season is over, why would he have any angle or point to make otherwise. My issue is with the many comments over the season, and especially since Sunday, that try to justify that Max deserved the title...

Max beating Lewis with a weaker car and worse luck has certainly done wonders for Lewis’ legacy Fed up of hearing this dog fairy cakes about Lewis having the better car. There was a little quote most people missed in the after race interviews. “But I think on balance we’ve probably had the quicker ...

I reckon they'd go for Ocon, but if Alonso got a stiff of a proper chance in a Mercedes (or a Red Bull for that matter) he would break his Renault/Alpine contract without a seconds thought

Unsurprisingly Bottas was usually better than Perez in qualifying (not because he had the better car, Perez is close to useless getting the best out of a car over one lap). But for me, during races, Checo was stronger and had a bigger impact on the driver's championship over the course of the season

Farce, making the rules up as they go. Race should never have been restarted that way

There's only one word for that....cheating

Never known an individual or team embarrass themselves so much over a racing incident before. Just sad for the sport really.

https://www.planetf1.com/news/christian ... statement/

No he turned in too sharply. Had plenty of room to his outside to do the 'constant sweep' https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/f1/grandprix/great-britain/11430358/sainz-grosjean-crash/more/8 Interesting video. Not only was the Sainz/Grosjean crash classed as racing incident, a certain Max V...

Given the overhead frame which showed Hamilton more than one car width away from the apex when colliding with Verstappen and Leclerc right on the apex in the same shot it's actually hard for me to think that the collision was anything other than with intent. I have always held respect for Hamiton a...

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That line he took with Leclerc was a perfect exemplification of how he SHOULD've done in the first instance with Max.
Hamilton winning this one with his main rival out of the race, due mainly to his mistake, doesn't do justice to F1.

Maybe Max should have taken Leclerc's line too!

If this was two midfield cars, you would all be saying racing incident. Max didn't give an inch, Lewis didn't either so was always going to end in an accident

Slightly off topic, but it will be interesting to see how many penalty points Sainz gets for his stupidity today. Not only did he endanger himself but all of the cars behind him too, while Hamilton gets 2 points and 10 secs for practice starts before the race has even started!

It would be great to see Albon’s onboard footage which for whatever reason hasn’t been produced yet. It seems to me Albon had more room on his left to use which he didn’t. I think it’s a clear cut racing incident which considering the new mantra was meant to be ‘let them race’ I’m surprised that wa...

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jiminwatford wrote:Incredibly mature interviews from Daniel and Max

Yeah, hugely impressed. Both very professional, both not blaming the other.

Yeah in front of the cameras.
Oh to be a fly on the wall in the debrief & steward rooms though!

4 mistakes in 4 races now too

Attack on Vettel came too late. I’ve said it before but I think Mercedes are strategically vulnerable when the pressure is on. Governed entirely by timing screens and not what’s actually observable on track. The race was there to be won today and they dropped it. I've thought this for a couple of y...

Despite winning the race I'm not sure how anyone can seriously vote for Vettel. Would have been a distant third if it wasn't for the VSC!

Such a stupid piece of music. We're not watching Tom Cruise land a spaceship in the middle of New York. Please go away. When I listened to it last night I kept expecting Johnny Depp to pop up doing his pirate Keith Richards impression! It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be during qualify...

http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/10787341/pat-symonds-joins-sky-sports-f1-ahead-of-the-2017-season For me I think this a great appointment. I used to enjoy his insights in F1 Racing magazine and that was while he was still tied to Williams F1 team. Now he doesn't have that involvement he can f...

Case1906 wrote:They missed again. Too much black.

How about this...
http://i.imgur.com/LiTA9Zc.jpg

If you switched the orange and white I think it would have looked so much better.
Could anyone mock that up?

One concern I have is there is going to be more fuel saving going on, even with the increased fuel allowance. The new compound & bigger tyres should allow the drivers to push harder for longer (although knowing Pirelli I'll believe it when I see it) but if the cars are at full throttle for longer wi...

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There's been plenty of examples of this over the last 5-6 years (Rosberg in Russia a clear example) and no penalty has been given so why the big debate now. Everyone knows more leniency is given on the first lap especially the first corner. The fact that Rosberg and Max then collided makes it even l...

What if the driver is forced off the track by another driver (like Rosberg by Max in Mexico) surely that driver then gets penalised twice for someone else's error.

I think it was right on the edge of acceptable so would not have given the penalty. Although Vettel moved under braking he had a car in front to deal with and it was not a sudden lunge, like Max had done in other races, but quite gradual leaving a width of a car too. They both made it around the cor...

fairy cakes happens, look at today's race where a genuine effort to help Lewis onto the podium nearly cost Nico the race. They very nearly turned a 13 point gain into a 3 but they're not doing it deliberately or anything, it's just what can happen in motor racing. I've thought since 2014 they need ...

That silly season over then before it usually starts!
It's a shame because we could have ended up with some interesting pairings.
The only person who will be happy about this are Kimi & Seb!

I hope not!

I'm a long time reader of this forum but have never signed up before. After watching the incident live I knew straight away there would a multi page thread on it. On first viewing I also thought it was racing incident but before making a decision on who was more to blame I wanted to see the analysis...