The 2013 Season

[Greenlantern101]

ah more gimmicks just what F1 needs.

 

[Hamberg]

How is that a gimmick?

 

[FB]

I bet it wouldn't reduce ticket prices Hamberg. You do realise who runs F1 don't you?

 

[rufus_mcdufus]

I think there should be more in-season testing but not at the expense of free practice sessions.

 

[FB]

Yup, more in-season testing like we had in the first decade of this century. That worked out well in terms of a competitive field didn't it.

 

[Hamberg]

Aren't we getting that?

 

[Bill Boddy]

When I go to a race weekend I expect to get just that. Free practice is part of the interest, removing it would only lose those of us who travel.

 

[Westy]

I liked Steve Matchett's ideas of using Friday for a test session. Don't limit running to two 90 minute sessions, let the tea run all day. Tyre allocations would need to change but this would give teams plenty of track time to make sure updates are working properly.

 

[sushifiesta]

The problem with that is you'd have to get rid of the other race series that follow F1 to most of the races (Porsche, GP3, GP2).

 

[KekeTheKing]

I know I mentioned this a couple months ago, but is it not the height of irony that the F1 circus gets sent on a mandatory 1 month holiday with the Championship completely up for grabs, only to come back with one team having advanced by leaps and bounds, going on to win the final 9 contests. Red Bull always move ahead during "breaks", but 2013 was all-time effort. Mr Newey, you've done it again Sir.

 

[Blog Zbod]

The Renault V-8's swan song:

 

[Blog Zbod]

I know I mentioned this a couple months ago, but is it not the height of irony that the F1 circus gets sent on a mandatory 1 month holiday with the Championship completely up for grabs, only to come back with one team having advanced by leaps and bounds, going on to win the final 9 contests. Red Bull always move ahead during "breaks", but 2013 was all-time effort. Mr Newey, you've done it again Sir.

Is it your contention that the other F1 teams all spend summer holiday sitting on their hands?

 

[Hamberg]

Or that Red Bull don't spend any of the month sitting on their hands...

 

[Jos the Boss]

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2013/nov/25/f1-2013-alternative-driver-rankings
Chilton is better than Alonso

 

[Olivier]

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2013/nov/25/f1-2013-alternative-driver-rankings
Chilton is better than Alonso

I wonder how did they come up with this ranking. As per Alonso, not entirely his fault to end up below Chilton:

"... and he didn't have a good enough car"

If he had had a good enough car, he would still end up 2nd, only a lot closer to Vettel ... now I he had had a superb car ...

 

[RasputinLives]

....he'd come second behind Vettel as he'd have qualified so far down the grid Vettel would be forty seconds clear by the time he got into clear air to use it.

 

[sushifiesta]

Can I just say that for what turned out to be a very one sided and pretty dull season it seemed to pass by extremely quickly. Can't believe it's over already. And no more V8s - in less than two decades we've lost half the cylinders in the engines.

 

[Mika's Italian Tears]

I found this quite a good feature for the season review. Nice coverage (in addition to the races) and the Webber-Jessica pic is epic

 

[Josephiah]

I found this quite a good feature for the season review. Nice coverage (in addition to the races) and the Webber-Jessica pic is epic

Very good. Very swish web design, and some fantastic pics. Love the big shot of the Ferrari in the dark (September).