Recent content by Audax

Yeah but ... not really. The larger cars of today don't help, but there are plenty of historic examples of Monaco not facilitating overtaking. For example a much, much faster David Coulthard getting stuck behind a rather slow Bernoldi. More recently, in 2018 (not historically small cars, but...

I would assume it was preemptive in case both teams qualified again (thus giving them plenty of time to put in place extended bans to cover next season fully). Having said that, they could easily have had the ban end mid-window once everything was settled - so they've taken easy street instead...

From the sounds of it, I didn't miss much not playing with Uckfield on the weekend. Both 1st XI and 2nd XI well beaten (both teams played short ... early season availability struggles). I'll be missing my second weekend on the bounce, as I'm away holidaying with the family this weekend.

They were also 2nd in the Formula E race. So a hattrick. In other news ... apparently Alpine are seriously considering benching Ocon for the Canada race, as punishment for ignoring pre race instructions to not race Gasly for position. Ocon made contact with Gasly twice on the first lap ...

Forget who it was, but one of the commentary team on the C4 highlights suggested a Monaco-only rule that they have to use all 3 compounds during the race. I think that might be the simplest solution and would create interest via variable strategies.

Cracks appearing in the Red Bull dominance? Third race on the bounce they're in trouble...

A lot of the automatic "no thanks" to green policy from Conservatives is thanks to the historic situation of green policy being the preserve of the Green party, which around most of the world has generally been positioned on the left fringe when you take into account their full policy profiles...

Think this is worth a bookmark as well: https://sotn.newstatesman.com/2024/05/britainpredicts Zoomed in on East Grinstead and Uckfield - their model predicts Conservative hold currently, but Lib Dems are within range. Beware any tactical voting site that doesn't match up to what this modelling...

This is where, to a large extent, the FPTP-promoted "two party" political system breaks down. When it comes to who forms government, we are faced with two choices: the Conservatives on the right, and Labour on the left. For an awful lot of us who vote, however, it's not that simple. Take me for...

Tactical Lib Dem most likely. Whatever it takes to help get rid of this totally Sunak-ered government.

2025 drivers market is heating up again. The latest is that Tsunoda may be interested in a seat at Haas, as he sees no prospect of being promoted to Red Bull.

It's not been said yet, but I suspect he won't drive for Williams now. I think the FIA refused an exemption on super licence. That being the case, it makes more sense for Mercedes to invest in giving him as much testing time as possible.

A day later... Rumour floating around that Perez has turned down a 1 year extensions and asked for 2 years. While I'm here, two new nuggets of news relating to the Andretti effort to enter Formula 1 in 2026. During the Miami race weekend, all the news was about how several members of the US...

Don't know whether I'll be playing this weekend. Mrs tested positive for covid Sunday morning and has been pretty rotten with it. I'm clear for now, but suspect it's only a matter of time.

Yup. Don't think we need to be bringing any other names into it. Keep Caicedo and Alexis for 1 more season, giving us more time to source and bed in their replacements. I would suggest also that having those two in the squad would have meant fewer injuries (better options for squad rotation, no...