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Toby.

Not so much to construct a desired outcome, but to deliver a punishment equivalent to the act. But the act was a brief lock-up. It was minor, and unintentional. For sure. I don't think it's representative of Vettel's ability. Just because an accident wasn't intentional doesn't mean it shouldn't be ...

Toby.

Not so much to construct a desired outcome, but to deliver a punishment equivalent to the act. I wouldn't go so far as to say disqualification (except in extreme circumstances I'm sure we'd agree on), but a stop-go would be a better punishment for the crime. I think a lot of contention around these...

Toby.

Ignoring circumstance will allow situations like this occur, though. That's nonsense. The risk of hitting someone from behind is at least as big for the one behind as the one in front, possibly even bigger. To say that a penalty that is being seen as lenient will invite drivers to plow into the bac...

Toby.

All of us are partially blind in both eyes, but we go through life without being aware of it. The area we cannot see is an oval shaped area to the right of where we are looking with our right eye and to the left of where we are looking with our left eye. Your brain fills in the area you cannot see ...

Toby.

Plucky underdog?? He's topped a 4x WC, is widely regarded a the best overtaker in the field and is always in discussions when it comes to who is the best driver on the grid. I wouldn't exactly describe that as the characteristics of the stereotypical underdog. Webber would fit into that category. B...

Toby.

I voted for a drive-through. Five seconds, especially given how much faster the top six cars are to everybody else , was an inadequate. So now a driver for a top team should be punished harder than a driver for a mid-grid team because the car is faster anyway? Slippery slope if we're going to have ...

Toby.

That's a fair point, but surely every other driver that was behind the third row on the grid lives with the same sight limitation and didn't go straight into the back of the car.

Toby.

Watched it several times shortly after it happened. Couldn't believe a driver would be so clumsy.

Toby.

Clumsy driving and took out one of the top-three drivers. I'm surprised at the result of the poll, I agreed with Hamilton's opinion that it was a slap on the wrist really. I voted for a drive-through. Five seconds, especially given how much faster the top six cars are to everybody else, was an inade...

Toby.

F1 is just lucky a lot of its fans only watch it. If more people started watching sportscars they'd see how consistently entertaining top-level motor racing can be. I've watched six hour WEC races that have barely had a period where there wasn't some close racing to follow. Also possible, a lot of ...

Toby.

With Grosjean on zero points to his team-mate's 27, it's surprising there's not more talk of Leclerc going to Haas in 2019. Ferrari is a bold bet, but a Ferrari customer team would be a step up from Sauber without risking an unknown quantity in a top seat. Why would Ferrari do that? Alfa Romeo Saub...

Toby.

F1 is just lucky a lot of its fans only watch it. If more people started watching sportscars they'd see how consistently entertaining top-level motor racing can be. I've watched six hour WEC races that have barely had a period where there wasn't some close racing to follow.

Toby.

With Grosjean on zero points to his team-mate's 27, it's surprising there's not more talk of Leclerc going to Haas in 2019. Ferrari is a bold bet, but a Ferrari customer team would be a step up from Sauber without risking an unknown quantity in a top seat.

Toby.

With the pendulum between who is faster out of Mercedes and Ferrari swinging a different way each race, who is likely to be quicker here?

Toby.

From the wrong thread.. I'm not sure if it's been explained here yet, but could somebody try explain to me: I've been trying to understand the thought pattern of Red Bull around the pit-stop period. When they called Max in, Ricciardo was about two seconds behind him after closing down a ~7 second g...

Toby.

The difference, of course, being that Vettel is a 4x World Champion who has shown an ability to fight toe-to-toe without making clumsy mistakes such as he did in France. T1 for him was the exception, not the rule. It's a bit different with Verstappen.

Toby.

From the wrong thread.. I'm not sure if it's been explained here yet, but could somebody try explain to me: I've been trying to understand the thought pattern of Red Bull around the pit-stop period. When they called Max in, Ricciardo was about two seconds behind him after closing down a ~7 second ga...

Toby.

I'm not sure if it's been explained here yet, but could somebody try explain to me: I've been trying to understand the thought pattern of Red Bull around the pit-stop period. When they called Max in, Ricciardo was about two seconds behind him after closing down a ~7 second gap. When Verstappen emerg...

Toby.

Any word on the if it's expected to rain during qualifying?

Toby.

Maybe it's wishful thinking by me but it would seem to me to make more sense for Ferrari to not risk it, sign Ricciardo on a two-year contract and then review which way to go with drivers when both Ricciardo and Vettel's contracts are up at the end of 2020. Leclerc is still an unknown quantity at th...

Toby.

What do we think of them? Both of them have solid reputations as reliable drivers, and Sainz was an obvious step up over Palmer when he moved from STR to Renault last year. This far into the season the pair seem closely matched, with Nico slightly ahead. Importantly, they've both been very consisten...

Toby.

Hopefully that means Ricciardo goes to Ferrari or Mercedes. If true, and the Honda doesn't match Ferrari or Mercedes, Max is going to be frustrated at having such a long contract.

Toby.

I’m with you, just disappointed that the LMP1 field is down to one team. That's not entirely true, though in a practical sense it is. I can't imagine any of the other LMP1 teams are going to give Toyota much of a challenge. Looking forward to a great race. WEC is consistently an entertaining specta...

Toby.

For years I've heard about the run-off at Paul Ricard having been made to deliberately damage tyres if cars go off the track. Is that still the case, and what should fans expect?

Toby.

The top three.

Special mention to Gasly going from 19th to 11th in a race with zero overtaking.

Half mention to Ricciardo who, allegedly struggling with the new engine, managed to provide just about the only excitement of the race in the pit stops with Lewis Hamilton.

Toby.

I still don't think their race pace is as good as either Ferrari or Mercedes on most normal tracks. They pump in fastest laps because their drivers are highly motivated. Red Bull apparently pay $200,000 in bonus if their drivers sets the fastest lap of the race. That would explain Ricciardo's disap...

Toby.

I'm not sure that can be put down entirely to Hamilton's lack of inspiration. Albert Park is every year a crap racetrack for close racing, and I'm pretty sure the whole event passed without much on-track action. Hell Verstappen spun and then couldn't do a thing despite looking pretty quick before th...

Toby.

The 2018 Canadian Grand Prix marked the fifth time in seven races this year's Red Bull has set the fastest lap of the race. Verstappen ended up picking up the quickest lap in Canada after team-mate Ricciardo's quicker lap was invalidated by the chequered flag mishap. So in Canada the two Red Bulls t...

Toby.

What a

race.

Toby.

My god there's been a lot of traffic this race.

Toby.

Ricciardo must be driving with an issue. He's consistently losing time each lap.

Toby.

Toby.

"Comftorbility"

Crofty coming up new words.

Toby.

Stroll can afford to create those sorts of accidents while Dad keeps funding the Williams operation. Hartley doesn't have such luxury.

Toby.

Surely they could talk about the racing without divulging secret team info. Soccer personalities get involved in shows such as this regularly, do they not, and are able to maintain an interesting conversation with journalists without compromising team secrets. Honestly I think a bit of personality, ...

Toby.

Drivers and key personnel*. The only real discussion between commentators and journalists and the F1 paddock seems to be on Thursdays-Sundays of race weekends. So many major sports target that market, it seems a shame for F1 and its fans to be missing out on it. It's a format that seems to draw larg...

Toby.

Pretty big performance differences between all team-mates in Monaco according to the votes.

Toby.

Racing drivers are not the same as other "athletes" and their abilities do not wain over time the way athletes who play physical sports (don't be smarty pasts guys) do because in those other sports the body is wearing down. Drivers' bodies do not wear down anywhere near to the level of those guys. ...

Toby.

I read today that the top MotoGP riders (Rossi and Marquez) get paid about €11 million each ; NASCAR's top-paid driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr, is allegedly only on $14.5 million (plus about $22 million in prize money and endorsements); top IndyCar drivers earn about USD$1.5M a year from their team; and ...

Toby.

“If a driver is constantly making mistakes, he must calm down and slow down. But to beat Ricciardo’s level, he has to take more risks. It can only mean one thing: Max is not as good as Daniel. Full stop,” Villeneuve said. Source: https://sportstalk24.com/1997-world-champion-make-claim-about-ricciar...

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