It was quite obvious from the onboard shot already in Q1 that Button's car was absolutely planted on the track. Whereas other drivers cars were obviously twitchy and oversteering all over the place, Jenson never had to make the slightest counter steer correction. That's not to take away from JB's dr...

How is the man. His rules are second to none.

Crashtor Smelldonado sure isn't making any friends out there. His excuse that the tires were cold does not hold water because this race featured dozens of side by side overtaking moves and drivers were able to make it work on various compounds and various degrees of wear. He should just own up to th...

It does look like Red Bull put some NOS in the tank. If Vettel's Valencia pace can be reproduced consistently then it's game over. RBR can be crowned double champions at the next race. I am really surprised though that with all of the strategy fumbles this year on account of the tire wear, the teams...

First of all, fantastic race today with close battles, great driving, proverbial fender rubbing, and many heartbreaks. Aside from any emotional judgements regarding Ham-Mal incident, as I am rather ambivalent in regards to both, it was a very interesting study in the new reality of F1. It's easy to ...

If there is one thing that I have learned after following F1 for more than a decade is that there is not a perfect set of rules that will fulfill all expectations. Even a cursory analysis will show that it's not possible to account for as many variables as there are, including safety provisions, cha...

I feel for you guys. Sounds like an appalling way to cover a race. And here we arguing about Sky and BBC coverage when you guys are putting up with that. :thumbup: Fox was indeed horrible in their coverage. There were brief interludes of racing somewhere between the commercials, product placement, ...

Good job, great viewing but simply another random tyre result. You can kid yourself all you want, but this is the new F1 where the field of 16 cars is riding the same 2-person sled. You have to be at the top of your game to succeed. Grosjean and Perez have shown to be formidable drivers since the b...

I am not unhappy with the overall state of F1 as I am enjoying this season very much, but I would change a few things: - Remove the rule mandating top 10 qualifiers to start races on used tires, this is an unnecessary penalty for drivers that did well in qualifying and it causes people to sit out Q3...

As I said in my other post, the only reason what happened to Kimi was as dramatic as it was was because the field is so close together this year. Plenty of people lost similar amounts of pace last year but because the field was so spread out, they didn't lose as many places. Sums it up. The field i...

Aus- Schumacher had a mechanical fault that led to a DNF, not his fault Didn't Schumi go off track in turn 1 in Melbourne while under pressure from Vettel? It was quite a violent one too so I would think that that caused the gear failure. I know Ferrari say otherwise, but looking at Michael's lap t...

Aus- Schumacher had a mechanical fault that led to a DNF, not his fault Didn't Schumi go off track in turn 1 in Melbourne while under pressure from Vettel? It was quite a violent one too so I would think that that caused the gear failure. I know Ferrari say otherwise, but looking at Michael's lap t...

I am no expert in construction, but it seems that it's rather late for the track to be as unfinished as it looks in the recent pictures. Couple that with the overall indolence prevalent in the US in just about anything involving legal wrangling and there is serious danger that Austin GP will not hap...

The stewards obviously found a problem. That problem was 'allegedly' something a mechanic screwed up on. So why the drakonian punishment on the driver? Ok, I looked into it a little bit further. McLaren was punished under rule regulation 6.6.2 of the FIA technical regulations rule book, which state...

I have a simple question for the Pirelli supporters: After 5 races or 25% of the season, which team has understood the Pirellis better than the other teams? We keep hearing the tires are the same for all, which is fine and dandy. We keep hearing that whoever understands the tires better will win th...

The stewards obviously found a problem. That problem was 'allegedly' something a mechanic screwed up on. So why the drakonian punishment on the driver? Ok, I looked into it a little bit further. McLaren was punished under rule regulation 6.6.2 of the FIA technical regulations rule book, which state...

Massa was partially gifted the 2010 seat because of his accident. Ferrari would have come off as a bunch of total bastards if they didn't (barring Massa losing sight or otherwise saying he couldn't compete). However, he also did fully deserve that seat. He'd have got it even if his 2009 performance...

Spain: Qualifying - 1 out lap, 1 fast lap, 1 in lap Race - 66 racing laps In the end there is no excuse to under fill a car in qualifying to produce the required amount and make it back to parc ferme when it's only doing 3 laps, and in qualifying weight is very important and it can be deemed gainin...

shows how much they really aren't pushing if anything What is it with the short memories around here? How is it the notion of drivers not pushing all out anything new in the F1 races. If you look back on the 2008 season, one of the best in recent years, you will see that Kimi made a complete mocker...

Lol. It's formula 1 'fans' like you that are most happy with the new tyres. No idea what F1 is about. At least thats what your post alludes to anyway. I don't think there's one 'correct' thing that Formula 1 is about - there are different aspects and I happen to like the majority of changes that th...

How about we take a look at the fastest times from Barcelona set in pre-season testing, thus giving us something to think about come Saturday afternoon? Don't have them myself. Anyone? This season's been so close in terms of performance that preseason times are even more meaningless than usual. Tha...

This thread is one of the funniest ones I've ever seen around here. It's visceral proof that people simply cannot be pleased. This season has produced the best racing going back as far as I can remember watching F1 and I've been following closely for more than a decade. To answer the main gripe that...