DC colliding with MS in Belgium 98 was also payback for Argentina where MS took DC out and stopped DC winning that race. Had DC won there and then after DC won back-to-back at Imola 98 it could have been a momentum shift towards DC and away from Mika in that year's championship, (particularly as Da...

DC colliding with MS in Belgium 98 was also payback for Argentina where MS took DC out and stopped DC winning that race. Had DC won there and then after DC won back-to-back at Imola 98 it could have been a momentum shift towards DC and away from Mika in that year's championship, (particularly as Da...

DC colliding with MS in Belgium 98 was also payback for Argentina where MS took DC out and stopped DC winning that race. Had DC won there and then after DC won back-to-back at Imola 98 it could have been a momentum shift towards DC and away from Mika in that year's championship, (particularly as Dav...

You're making a bunch of assumptions, including your premise around the time in hand. You think if it was possible to go significantly faster (seconds is an order of magnitude in F1 timing), nobody would try? Car characteristics, changing weight distribution as fuel burns off, engine mgmt. at heavi...

Not sure you can block off the inside comprehensively nowadays as quite often track limits are ignored with only two wheels staying on tack, I would much prefer zero tolerance on track limits, then at least you can tell which line to defend. Vettel blocked off the inside comprehensively at turn 1 i...

Depending on the corner, if you take the inside line too early then surely you don't have the optimal line for the corner. You cannot really defend a well timed "dive bomb", I fully agree with Toby's post. Yes, taking the inside line for a corner is pretty much always sub-optimal and you wouldn't d...

He basically helped Hakkinen win the title by doing that, so he absolutely should have done it as a cunning competitor that was trying to find a way to help his team. Seriously? He 'should have' wrecked an opponent to help his teammate win? That's not being a cunning competitor, that's being a chea...

A few years ago Force India wrestled with the decision to either keep on doing as before, or open up the piggy bank in the hope they can climb to the top tier. They did spend more, and they did improve their position in Formula One. But the cost was too much. The team (racing operation) itself did ...

I think in most seasons there is indeed a considerable gap between the top teams to the leading tier two ones. Are you saying there is always a tier two and always a tier of top teams? Where did tier two start in 1997? The gap between Benetton and Jordan? The gap between Jordan and Prost? The gap b...

He basically helped Hakkinen win the title by doing that, so he absolutely should have done it as a cunning competitor that was trying to find a way to help his team. Seriously? He 'should have' wrecked an opponent to help his teammate win? That's not being a cunning competitor, that's being a chea...

If everything about this maneuver went down the same with one exception: At turn 2, Max instead maintains a wider, slower trajectory and drifts to the left curb to give Ocon space, then Ocon gets round turn 2 unscathed and accelerates round the long left handed turn 3 alongside Max, and then eventu...

What the OP severely missed was how the real world works and when a business requires such substantial finances in order the operate, mich of the raw materials and equipment is acquired via financing which means a lump sum of cash up front, and then its pay as you go. Eventually, if you’re not earn...

In qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix Hamilton set a 96.0 second lap with low fuel on hypersoft tyres. Vettel set a 96.6 second lap with low fuel on hypersoft tyres. Then in the early part of the race, Hamilton and Vettel were lapping about 11 seconds a lap slower than this, and the extra fuel ...

So in the end he finished 88 points clear. That is 35 points in old money and would normally be considered a very comfortable championship victory. Yes the points table was close up to the summer break, but then so was the 2013 F1 championship before Vettel finished the season with 9 straight wins. ...

I am looking forward to this match up, it's going to be fascinating.

I could argue that Schumacher should of won the title in 98. If not for couthard in the McLaren at spa that year. That 10 point swing would of given Schumacher a probable 4 point advantage going into Suzuki instead of the 4 points I think it was. The same would have been true if Schumacher had been...

Did they spend more money than claimed or just didn't earn enough on sponsorships, prize money and FIA payouts to cover costs. FIA payouts and finishing mid pack won't cover the costs without other sources of income. You can be tremendously efficient and still go belly up if you don't bring in enou...

Did they spend more money than claimed or just didn't earn enough on sponsorships, prize money and FIA payouts to cover costs. FIA payouts and finishing mid pack won't cover the costs without other sources of income. You can be tremendously efficient and still go belly up if you don't bring in enou...

He hasn't lacked pace exactly in the last 2 races. His tyre management is the problem. Aren't tyre management and race pace one and the same though? For example Bottas should theoretically be faster than the other leading drivers if he is taking more life and grip out of the tyres. So lets say that...

It depends. A well-timed one is pretty hard to defend against, as is any good overtaking move. If it's a case of a driver flying up the inside and missing his/her braking point, then hanging onto the racing line and being ready to swoop back by when they go too deep is pretty traditional. Really it...

If everything about this maneuver went down the same with one exception: At turn 2, Max instead maintains a wider, slower trajectory and drifts to the left curb to give Ocon space, then Ocon gets round turn 2 unscathed and accelerates round the long left handed turn 3 alongside Max, and then eventua...

It was often believed that the old Force India team achieved the most bang for their buck, coming 4th in the WCC on a small budget and garnering the most value from their supposedly meager spend. I remember them receiving a lot of plaudits for this. However with them going busto this season, it seem...

I noticed this idea in the driver's responsibility during overtaking thread, and there didn't seem to be any resolution on this particular part of the discussion. Isn't the way to defend against a divebomb to simply block fully up the inside of the corner? It's when you don't cover the inside line t...

Look back 20 years to the 1998 season and I don't believe anyone from the rest of the field scored a podium without some mishap befalling the Ferrari or McLaren drivers, and all but 2 of the race wins (one of which being the bizarre race in Belgium) were taken by Schumacher and Hakkinen. If anythin...

I think in most seasons there is indeed a considerable gap between the top teams to the leading tier two ones. Are you saying there is always a tier two and always a tier of top teams? Where did tier two start in 1997? The gap between Benetton and Jordan? The gap between Jordan and Prost? The gap b...

I thought it was a reasonable season, but it wasn't close points-wise in either championship yet again, and there were only a handful of genuinely exciting races. Off the top of my head only China, Germany, Italy, USA and Brazil were really decent fights for the lead, with possibly another one or tw...

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