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Disregarding 1999 on the basis that Hill wasn't at his best yet counting 1994 against a 41 year old Nigel Mansell who had just come out of retirement and barely fit in the car seems a little like clutching at straws to me. The only real fair comparisons here are vs Coulthard and Villeneuve, both of...

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I think had Damon started in F1 in his early 20s, instead of spending so much time racing bikes, his career would have been remembered very differently. His championship season was pretty decent anyway. Never qualified off the front row. Team errors and tech issues cost him wins in Monaco, Spa and ...

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Hill was good enough for two titles, which in my estimation he indeed won. Would he have been stronger in 1995, had the FIA acted in a way that honoured the rules that governed F1? I believe only Hill himself could have answered that question in 1995, and I can't help wondering what he thinks about...

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Damon wasn't horrible but I have the feeling that some of the number 2 drivers to seasoned champions like Schumacher could've done better than Hill if they ever ended in the position he was in after Senna's death. Barrichello, Fisichella and Webber would've easily achieved more with that Williams. D...

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This will become a big mess... Most (all?) of the teams are based in the UK and, with Brexit, I'm not sure the EU will be able to do anything. I also disagree that the small teams are of little importance... The grid fillers are vital to F1 as they make the bulk of the grid. F1 is not DTM where each...

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Absolutely. People have short memories if they don't recall that before 2014, everyone was talking about the 'Big 4' of F1: Alonso, Hamilton, Vettel and Raikkonen. Kimi was widely expected to provide a stiff challenge to Alonso, and many people even tapped him to come out on top. Fast forward to 20...

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Haven't seen that before. That's much more dramatic than I expected, maybe teams have been taking advantage of everyone being focused on the front wing flexing and have found a much more efficient way to do it in the rear. As for Ferrari's protest and the TD it is true that without a doubt the syst...

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You are quite correct that teams supplying differing equipment usually does not make a big difference. In my explantory vol I devote some pages to this, with examples. :thumbup: Pleased to see you recognise how well Benetton and Schumacher did in 1992. I think the media were all about Mansell/Willi...

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To be fair, the leaf spring in the 'Vette is transverse and had been for a while. Yeah IIRC it's just a running joke, it's actually a bespoke design introduced with the C4 that GM insists to be the best thing ever but in general is neither better nor worse than coil springs. It ends up being a crap...

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I was just at Palm Beach raceway and let me tell you that today's "Supercar" is a far, FAR Cry from those of yesteryear. they have all the creature comforts you can ever want. Radio, AC, power everything and are actually quite comfortable and easy to drive. They don't generate any audible annoyance...

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I don't think anyone wants into F1 right now... BMW has stated multiple times that they're interested in Formula E and weren't even considering endurance racing with LMP1 prototypes. The Honda story will make manufacturers think twice about entering. The original McLaren F1 road car did have a BMW e...

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You are looking at package results only. My separating driver and car gives another view. In 2001 the Ferrari was not the fastest car, but Michael was much faster than the other drivers so more than made up the car difference. In 2002 the Ferrari was the fastest car and Michael still faster than th...

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Rally accident was really unfortunate, Kubica was one of the more exciting drivers to watch in the late 2000s/early 2010s.

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F1 is an elitist sport and throughout it's rich history there have been as many countless displays of sportsmanship as there have been displays poor sportsmanship. In eras past drivers who found themselves out of the race ended up taking their teammate's car in a bid to finish the race int he best ...

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It was unsporting but in the end it was such a feeble attempt by Hamilton that perhaps it shouldn't have been attempted. With Hamilton being Hamilton, I have no doubt he would've gone to extreme levels to beat his opponent, and it's a good thing he wasn't in a position to do more damage than he was ...

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IMO Vettel should be very concerned at a closely contested season against an aging Raikkonen who was also hampered by several botched strategy calls, but that's just me...

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The interesting thing in it all is that if Hamilton was going so snail pace slow, why didn't Rosberg pounce and stick it to Lewis, leaving him finishing second and punctuating his championship? Because if Hamilton was capable of that, then why wouldn't he try to pull a Schumacher on Rosberg as a la...

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It's impossible not to chuckle at the absolute mayhem Nico's victory has caused in the BBC F1 crew. Andrew Benson is beside himself, and the whole bunch has belted out a handful of not-so-subtle and a few downright insulting put-downs of the recently crowned champion. There isn't a news item on the...

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stevey wrote:Love all commentators including nicos win stats from 2015 because this year the stats don't equate to a champion worthy driver.

Nico Rosberg 385 points
Lewis Hamilton 380 points

That's the only stat that matters.

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LOL this is free ad to Codemasters. I mean, you can buy a PS4, their game and learn to drive as Hamilton in it...

He does have a point, though. The basics can be learned in a video game. But, never having driven anything on a real track, I'd expect there's stuff you can only learn in the flesh.

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I really don't know. I'd like to see him in the WEC but only in a good trio, even then his talent would be diluted. Indy 500 would be cool, though.

If Alonso had a cooler head he would've been one of the greatest champions in F1 history... But it wasn't meant to be.

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Well that's a different concept again. Going back to this 1400hp figure that Berger mentions, this I believe was only managed in qualifying when special qualifying engines were used. For the race these engines had to be greatly reduced in power for the fuel they had to use and for reliability and h...

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They need to make F1 less "politically correct" (not make it bigoted but less greenhouse-ish). Right now, a slight rub in your opponent's car, 10 place grid penalty. Need to replace engine/transmission? 5, 10, even 20 place grid penalty. Drivers are PR bots. The current best drivers (Vettel, Hamilto...

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I feel very uncertain when someone speaks of Schumacher. I have a great deal of respect for him and his unquestionable talent. IMO he really is the best F1 driver ever and would've beaten Senna had the Brazilian survived the Imola GP in 1994. Of course, Benetton were blatant cheaters that season but...

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Michael Schumacher's talent with Stirling Moss' sportsmanship.

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Personally I think the 2014 Mercedes car has a greater car-speed advantage than the 1988 McLaren-Honda had. And imo Senna-Prost were probably a stronger pair? Of course there is no direct comparison, but coincidentally the domination stats are close. Don't underestimate the MP4/4. That car was incr...

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Any Irish prospect who wants to make it big needs to move to England, but it's much easier for them than for others because England is right around the corner for them. Native motorsport in the Republic of Ireland is very limited because of very few large tracks and competition.

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Voted 2006, not for talent but charisma. And we actually had a title fight (Alonso vs Schumi) compared to last year.

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I love F1 since I was a kid but now it sucks. It's become too "politically correct" (not in the anti-bigot way but other meaning). The product has become so "sanitized" that everything is horribly plastic. Mercedes won't let open fight between Hamilton and Rosberg, Vettel has an unfortunate deficit ...

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I tend to stay out of these type of irrational arguments/debates - but I have to stick my oar in on this one. Mostly because I have been on the receiving end of vile 'feminist' propaganda way back in 1980. There's no point in me elaborating but suffice to say that in my opinion the feminist 'moveme...

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WEC should probably work on making the championship itself more relevant rather than concern themselves with petty things. They're enjoying a degree of success right now with four manufacturers in P1 class, but everyone knows that all the absolute majority of the followers, drivers and teams care ab...

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Keep them. If people are bothered, add boys too. Next thing you'll see is people wanting to get rid of cheerleaders in American sports. In the past there used to be male cheerleaders, but, as Blake said, sex sells, and the audience was predominantly male. Nowadays the cheerleaders do a lot more than...

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I doubt it would be that well watched. With the exception perhaps of women's tennis, most of the real mainstream sports that have a male and female split have the male side get a lot more viewers and prestige. Tennis is really the only exception I can think of. Football - £5 billion for Premier Lea...

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"Failing miserably" would imply he never had a shot at the title, which he did multiple times Only in 2010 and 2012. That's two years out of five. In 2012 he shouldn't have had a chance, but Vettel and Red Bull made multiple blunders/DNFs in the first half of the season, and Alonso himself got a ge...

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No... Please, just no. Women's sports shouldn't exist just to boost men's sports, they should be their own thing. Still, in motorsports it's never really been proven that women are "inferior", so they get to compete with the men, although physically demanding events such as the Dakar rally seem to ...

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"Failing miserably" would imply he never had a shot at the title, which he did multiple times Only in 2010 and 2012. That's two years out of five. In 2012 he shouldn't have had a chance, but Vettel and Red Bull made multiple blunders/DNFs in the first half of the season, and Alonso himself got a ge...

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Laia Sanz finished 9th in this years Dakar, the idea that women can't match men physically in motorsport is absolute nonsense. What I said was based on a quote from Sanz herself. She said women have a lower physical limit than men, which makes it impossible for a woman to win Dakar. I believe she m...

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Alonso has been setting up drives his entire career after Renault and failing miserably. He'll stick at McLaren just long enough until a seat opens up at Mercedes and when he switches they won't be competing for a title. He'll retire soon after. Just an outlandish prediction. I like Alonso but some...

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Even if McLaren somehow manages to reach Mercedes' level this season, it's no guarantee they'll maintain a high level next season, but I hope they go back to the front of the grid, McLaren doesn't deserve to be at the back with teams that can barely pay their bills.

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No... Please, just no. Women's sports shouldn't exist just to boost men's sports, they should be their own thing. Still, in motorsports it's never really been proven that women are "inferior", so they get to compete with the men, although physically demanding events such as the Dakar rally seem to f...

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