Reader Rights: Lift and coast

Will ‘Lift and Coast’ be a new technique that junior drivers will learn only when they debut in Formula 1?

I can only wonder, after all, we’re forced to aggressively save fuel and tyres in this era. But does anyone want to save Formula 1?

On that note, why not reduce the number of laps or increase the fuel tank capacity?

At 50 metres and 100 metres, you and I could possibly ‘lift and coast’ to a corner on most Formula 1 circuits! And this isn’t what junior drivers are taught while climbing the ladder to Formula1. ‘Push, Push, Push’ has been replaced by ‘Lift and Coast’ – what I label as transition from a racing technique to road car driving technique!

Does this mean that the 2015 Canadian Grand Prix was boring? I think not! If no one else, I hope a certain groundhog that had trackside view of the race will agree with me. We had two drivers (one a multiple World Champion and the other an almost!) charge through the pack from the bottom with some fine overtaking and strategy. Aren’t these the usual ingredients to an exciting Formula1 race?

Even if the fans weren’t bored much, I do suspect the drivers were. One way of assuming that they weren’t ‘driving the wheels off their car’ is by looking at the state of the ‘Wall of Champions’.

Is Mercedes controlling the outcome of the race too much?

Post race reports indicate that Mercedes managed a splendid 1-2 via strategic racing, but what’s the point of this hard work if fans are unable to understand it all. And the larger question here is, do fans want such racing anyway?

My previous post ‘Mercedes Should Reconsider Nico Rosberg For 2016’ has created much ripples and interestingly a lot of the readers want Rosberg to remain with Mercedes as that’s the only way Hamilton can win more races and championships!

The only upside of the downtime that Alonso and Button face at Mclaren-Honda is them revealing their humourous personality on social media. Alonso’s post-race tweet went as viral as his radio message.

Is this his way of signaling his intentions to take to commenting once he retires? But I have Alonso to thank for inspiring the title of our latest episode of the Inside Line F1 Podcast.

Lastly, thanks to Manor’s reliability issues, I now know how Roberto Merhi looks. The three point something second camera focus on him helped, of course.