Think Pirelli may have gone a bit too extreme with this soft compound, Medium compound doesn't seem too bad but the soft's

Tyres that can't maintain performance over 1 lap & fall to pieces in only 5-6 laps with a 4-5 second performance loss is too much in my view.

this seems like the first weekend in which Autosport's theory for qualifying might materialise: drivers deliberately missing out on Q3 in order to have a fresh set of tyres available for the start. Although starting in the middle of the pack, they would find themselves in a better position than the top 10 which have already worn their tyres in their Q3 effort.

I like this.

If this theory proves to be correct, I can see drivers gunning for Q3 but not driving in that session. Which would be less to my liking.

Gillieston is near Shepparton isn't it? Know how big Shepparton is, that's about it. I'm from Yea, town which has a population of 1500. 1500 people could occupy one of those buildings in the background!

I know this is OT but fuck it, I don't care. How is working in China? A trucking company in China have offered me a career there in the future, but it doesn't seem like a place I'd want to build a career.

I believe you are talking about the post about Perez, right? Perez crashed into the tyre barrier of the pit entry, the same place Lewis got stucked in the gravel in 2007 race.

2 million people is a town? There's 300 people where I live. Our nearest town has 8,000 residents!

2 million people is a town? There's 300 people where I live. Our nearest town has 8,000 residents!

One of our cities has 3,440 people, another 1,600. Strange how meaningless a pop is towards status.

Please. I come from 50km north of the Arctic Circle from a municipality that has roughly 4000 people - on a 60km radius. The most remote village of the area only got the electricity in the 70s. Mobile phone doesn't work everywhere, there's no 4G at all and 3G only works on some areas. This is in the middle of nowhere (that's actually the tourism slogan). During the winter tourism season the population doubles up. Still the closes cities Kuusamo and Rovaniemi are over 100km away.

Please. I come from 50km north of the Arctic Circle from a municipality that has roughly 4000 people - on a 60km radius. The most remote village of the area only got the electricity in the 70s. Mobile phone doesn't work everywhere, there's no 4G at all and 3G only works on some areas. This is in the middle of nowhere (that's actually the tourism slogan). During the winter tourism season the population doubles up. Still the closes cities Kuusamo and Rovaniemi are over 100km away.

please remind me again how many tyre sets the teams have available for Qualifyng + Race and how much of each compound.

I believe you are talking about the post about Perez, right? Perez crashed into the tyre barrier of the pit entry, the same place Lewis got stucked in the gravel in 2007 race.

Eddie Jordan, stylish as ever