Author Archives: Alex Andronov

Monaco has lots of things that are funny about it. One is the way that the residents don’t pay income tax. Another is that there is a street market every Friday. That doesn’t seem odd you might be saying, lots … Continue reading →

So at the Monaco grand prix you want to have your tires really soft. And you don’t really want to have to use your hard tires very much at all. But the rules say you have to use them at … Continue reading →

Formula 1 cars are so aerodynamically tuned that they could drive upside down. Being this aerodynamically advanced has made the cars faster but the problem is that it is almost impossible to overtake one. Several people have suggested a ban … Continue reading →

So we’re not keen on a change to the F1 race weekend, SofaF1 wants to stick with one race per weekend: It seems that on raw pace and when everything is going well for all of the drivers and if … Continue reading →

There was only one question for Michael Schumacher during the Spanish Grand Prix and that was, “What are you going to do next”? He was asked it hundreds of times and usually gave wishywashy answers. But one time he gave … Continue reading →

I was reading this post on F1Fanatic about Ross Brawn’s dislike of the Formula 1 coverage when I was motivated to write the following comment. As it was quite long I thought I’d repeat it here: The problem is that … Continue reading →

So Lewis Hamilton is leading the world championship after his fourth race in Formula One. You don’t even need to know any statistics to know that this is the greatest Rookie debut of all time. I bet my bold claim … Continue reading →

The beginning of the European season has always been a bit like the season properly getting underway but with this years four week gap it’s almost like the seasons beginning again, this is especially true because it’s almost as though … Continue reading →

#38, has commented back on Three times a driver about how he feels De La Rosa would have been as good as Hamilton. I thought I’d drag my reply up to the top. I think that Hamilton is very good, … Continue reading →

Well the new tires seem to have the resounding backing of the SofaF1 readers. Clearly we think that there are still ways that Formula 1 can be improved. And it is on that topic that we focus for this week’s … Continue reading →