Agreed on this point, although I do think it’s an excellent subject worthy of James’ analysis. I suspect the only way forward is to have more people like John Stevens available and the teams being prepared to pay them. But ultimately, as ‘unscientific’ the driver’s note taking is as James criticises – I think the engineer is the coach and if it’s down to the driver – I’m totally fine with it. Why would Alonso want his team employed coach talking to Massa about Alonso’s weaknesses? The top drivers remain top because they are that great and can resolve problems to find time. World champions like Hamilton, Schumi, Alonso, Button managed to do it without coaches thanks to their experience. So I think there’s more of business case for coaches for No. 2 drivers like Massa and Petrov!
Category: Formula 1
What a storming race! Fernando Alonso jumped the start only to be give a drive through penalty which resulted in him being put down the order. Still he managed to regain places to make up 4th and retain 3rd in the championship. Meanwhile Jenson and Lewis brought home a dream 1-2 for Mclaren. May all races be wet!
Its good to see Ferrari and Red Bull fighting each other this weekend for pole – I’m certainly looking forward to the race tomorrow morning and I hoping either Fernando Alonso or Sebastian Vettel wins. It was a surprise to see Hamilton not reach the top 10 but there you go, and good for Button. Roll on Sunday and Roll on the Australian GP Formula 1 race!
