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[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Hamilton has had the best car for the last couple of seasons. He has been in F1 for fourteen years. 

Nah....it's the car. 

Apparently it can't be him or the car as both are 'British'...

Mercedes engines are British? I think people can see how little you know now. I rest my case. 

Yes they are. Built by Ilmor engineering in Northants apparently. 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Im not at work though. 
Im trying to watch Corrie. 

Yeah...Jeff finally got what was coming. Yay! 

You too eh ? 

Bloody took long enough. 

[Doctor Gollum]

The team is based in Brackers, ergo, it is 'British'.

Fact check that

[STEMO]

Yeah, just like Toyota, Nissan and Tata...all British.

[henryd]

A lot of F1 teams are UK based as its something this country is good at

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Afaik the only one that isnt is Ferrari. Not sure about Alfa / Ferrari B team though. They could be Italian I suppose.

[STEMO]

A lot of F1 teams are UK based as its something this country is good at

I wonder what brexit might do to that 

[STEMO]

The team is based in Brackers, ergo, it is 'British'.

Fact check that

Can't get away from the fickin place, on bargain hunt now.

[Doctor Gollum]

A lot of F1 teams are UK based as its something this country is good at

I wonder what brexit might do to that 

Probably nothing... There's barely one race a year here as it is

[STEMO]

A lot of F1 teams are UK based as its something this country is good at

I wonder what brexit might do to that 

Probably nothing... There's barely one race a year here as it is

Ok...but don't the team return to base during, say, a two week layoff? Don't they have to ship parts from there? 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Yes, and it wasnt a very competitive car. Particularly against the Newey designed Red bull, which was untouchable. Hence Vettels four titles during that time. 

You keep reinforcing my argument. Vettel won because he was in the best car, so does Hamilton. 

......and so did Button.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Button just used to plod around in about 12th place.

He then gets the best car and...........

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

A lot of F1 teams are UK based as its something this country is good at

I wonder what brexit might do to that 

Most F1 teams were based here pre EU, for the same reasons they are now, so.......
Its like all those luvvie celebs who joined a campaign to ensure the entertainment industry wasnt destroyed because we arent in the EU.
We werent in the EU in the 60,s and I think British entertainment was reasonably popular then.

[LC0112G]

A lot of F1 teams are UK based as its something this country is good at

I wonder what brexit might do to that 

Probably nothing... There's barely one race a year here as it is

Ok...but don't the team return to base during, say, a two week layoff? Don't they have to ship parts from there? 

Depends. Less than half the races are in the EU/Europe at the moment. They do tend to return to base between Euro races if there is a long enough gap, but for the fly-aways by the time they've packed everything away, loaded it onto airliners, flown it to the next place, and unloaded and unpacked it - it's time for the next race anyway.

AIUI teams typically start to arrive on the Wednesday before a race, and leave the following Monday. So with the profusion of back to back races this season they haven't really got back to base at all.

Flying out of parts is done on commercial airliners - often as hand baggage where possible. That tends to be reserved for urgent stuff where someone has stuffed it into the Arnco - twice.

The real 'brains' behind an F1 team (excluding top management obvs!) often don't actually attend the races. They're at the factory working on upgrades or next years car.  The factory will be where they can get the best engineering staff.

[Keith ABS]

A lot of F1 teams are UK based as its something this country is good at

I think Toyota motorsport was based in Germany