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Posted by: MvG501 8th January 2018, 12:47 PM

2018 F1 TESTING DATES

PRE-SEASON TESTING
February 26-March 1: Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona
March 6-9: Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona

IN-SEASON TESTING
May 15-May 16: Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona
July 31-August 1: Hungaroring, Budapest



2018 F1 RACE CALENDAR

March 25 - Australian GP, Melbourne
April 8 - Bahrain GP, Sakhir
April 15 - Chinese GP, Shanghai
April 29 - Azerbaijan GP, Baku
May 13 - Spanish GP, Barcelona
May 27 - Monaco GP, Monaco
June 10 - Canadian GP, Montreal
June 24 - French GP, Le Castellet
July 1 - Austrian GP, Spielberg
July 8 - British GP, Silverstone
July 22 - German GP, Hockenheim
July 29 - Hungarian GP, Budapest
August 26 - Belgian GP, Spa-Francorchamps
September 2 - Italian GP, Monza
September 16 - Singapore GP, Marina Bay
September 30 - Russian GP, Sochi
October 7 - Japanese GP, Suzuka
October 21 - United States GP, Austin
October 28 - Mexican GP, Mexico City
November 11 - Brazilian GP, Sao Paulo
November 25 - Abu Dhabi GP, Yas Marina



2018 F1 DRIVER LINE-UPS

Mercedes - Lewis Hamilton/Valtteri Bottas
Ferrari - Sebastian Vettel/Kimi Raikkonen
Red Bull - Daniel Ricciardo/Max Verstappen
Force India - Sergio Perez/Esteban Ocon
Williams - Lance Stroll/ TBC
Renault - Nico Hulkenberg/Carlos Sainz
Toro Rosso - Pierre Gasly/Brendon Hartley
Haas - Romain Grosjean/Kevin Magnussen
McLaren - Fernando Alonso/Stoffel Vandoorne
Sauber - Marcus Ericsson /Charles Leclerc

Posted by: Midge 8th January 2018, 01:07 PM

Sooo looking forward to this season - I think it's going to be the most exciting since 2009.

Williams look likely to confirm Renault test-driver Sergey Sirotkin in that 2nd seat after all the speculation over whether it'll be Robert Kubica, Paul di Resta, Pascal Wehrlein or Daniil Kvyat

Posted by: MvG501 16th January 2018, 12:57 PM

Williams have confirmed Sirotkin for the second seat with Robert Kubica as their reserve driver.

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 17th January 2018, 07:20 PM

Looks like we're on the hunt for a new 3rd driver then!! Not surprised this is how it played out. Kubica is fab for PR for them, and their Martini sponsorship, and then it does appear that Sirotkin was genuinely quicker on the data - does explain why Renault hesitated and pushed for Sainz as part of the deal to allow TR out of their supply deal.

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 17th January 2018, 07:33 PM

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mclaren-renault-engine-packaging-2018-car-996655/?s=1

Interesting there from motorsport.com on the McRenault adaptation that reveals a little more detail about the differences in packaging between the different manufacturers and then the impact that has on the car itself. Also explains why the Merc had to run with a long wheelbase last year compared to the Ferrari/Renault cars

Posted by: MvG501 26th January 2018, 08:40 AM

Following proposals Liberty Media have made to broadcasters to make F1 coverage more exciting...

1. Making the start time of European races an hour later in the hope of attracting a bigger audience - so a typical start would be 2pm in the UK, rather than 1pm
2. Races to start at 10-past the hour rather than on it
3. Bahrain to become a full night race rather than start at twilight
4. Improved engine sound from repositioned on-board microphones
5. Make the cars look faster with different camera angles and static cameras
6. Playing a soundtrack of music at occasional parts of the race
7. A highlights reel to play at regular intervals during the live broadcast
8. A potential deal with Netflix for behind-the-scenes footage

Posted by: Dobbo 26th January 2018, 10:12 PM

QUOTE(MvG501 @ Jan 26 2018, 08:40 AM)

Posted by: jakewild 26th January 2018, 11:02 PM

QUOTE(Dobbo @ Jan 26 2018, 10:12 PM)

Surely not?

Posted by: MvG501 26th January 2018, 11:43 PM

Coping Formula E with soundtrack in the middle of the race, really?

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 26th January 2018, 11:51 PM

QUOTE(MvG501 @ Jan 26 2018, 08:40 AM)

Posted by: MvG501 29th January 2018, 12:55 PM

List of the races that will be broadcast on Sky and Channel 4

Australian Grand Prix- March 23-25 Sky
Bahrain Grand Prix- April 6-8 Sky/Channel 4
Chinese Grand Prix - April 13-15 Sky
Azerbaijan Grand Prix- April 27-29 Sky/Channel 4
Spanish Grand Prix- May 11-13 Sky
Monaco Grand Prix- May 25-27 Sky/Channel 4
Canadian Grand Prix- June 8-10 Sky
French Grand Prix- June 22-24 Sky
Austrian Grand Prix- June 29-July 1 Sky/Channel 4
British Grand Prix- July 6-8 Sky/Channel 4
German Grand Prix- July 20-22 Sky
Hungarian Grand Prix- July 27-29 Sky
Belgian Grand Prix- August 24-26 Sky/Channel 4
Italian Grand Prix- August 31-September 2 Sky
Singapore Grand Prix- September 14-16 Sky/Channel 4
Russian Grand Prix- September 28-30 Sky
Japanese Grand Prix- October 5-7 Sky/Channel 4
United States Grand Prix- October 19-21 Sky/Channel 4
Mexican Grand Prix- October 26-28 Sky
Brazilian Grand Prix- November 9-11 Sky
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix- November 23-25 Sky/Channel 4

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 29th January 2018, 06:06 PM

Bahrain and Baku?! Baffling choices. Both should be wiped from the calendar as soon as possible

Posted by: Dobbo 29th January 2018, 06:28 PM

Tbf Baku was the best race by a country mile last year although time will tell whether that was the exception rather than the norm (see Valencia 2012 as another example).

Barhain is usually a bore but the worst offender is still abu Dhabi, shocking that gets the season finale.

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 29th January 2018, 06:33 PM

The year before was such a disappointment. Qualifying was more exciting than the race which is why I’m inclined to think it’s more a Valencia than a Canada

Posted by: MvG501 29th January 2018, 10:40 PM

I just think its sad that in all the years of "the picks" i.e. BBC/Sky and C4/Sky sharing, the Australian GP has never been live on the terrestrial broadcaster.

Posted by: jakewild 29th January 2018, 11:43 PM

QUOTE(MvG501 @ Jan 29 2018, 10:40 PM)

Posted by: MvG501 30th January 2018, 11:00 PM

Alonso confirmed to be competing in WEC for Toyota this year and next due to the shift of the season to a summer to summer format meaning he'll get two shots at Le Mans.

Posted by: Dobbo 31st January 2018, 07:31 PM

So grid girls are no longer. Whilst I can see why this has inevitably happened I can't help but think the powers that be really should have been looking into about a million other things with the Sport first...

Posted by: Brokarucci 31st January 2018, 08:40 PM

All dates in one place, great, thank you!

Posted by: MvG501 31st January 2018, 09:02 PM

Not too sure what to think regarding grid girls. Interesting to see if other series get rid of them. First dart walk on girls and now the grid girls. F1 has always had glamour.

Posted by: Brett-Butler 31st January 2018, 09:02 PM

QUOTE(Dobbo @ Jan 31 2018, 08:31 PM)

Posted by: MvG501 31st January 2018, 09:06 PM

My enjoyment in F1 has hasn't hinged on pit girls either, probably was going to happen at some point.

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 1st February 2018, 07:12 PM

I agree with stopping the practice. They are there for no other reason for creepy old men to have a perv at some attractive young women. It’s creepy and exploitative and belongs in the trash.

However. I think Liberty have missed the mark here. Don’t see why they couldn’t announce a global fan lottery (F1 is hardly a povo sport) where fans can be the ones to hold the marker for their hero. What F1 fab wouldn’t want to do that? Get paddock club access for the race weekend and spend build up in the thick of the action?

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 1st February 2018, 08:02 PM

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/formula-1-confirms-later-start-time-races-2018-1001266/?s=1

Revised schedules for the race weekends has been confirmed. The 10 past the hour shite is here to stay. Why is it Liberty gotta mess with shit that don't need fixing

Posted by: ukchartstatsfan 1st February 2018, 09:46 PM

Get young fans to meet their heroes would work.

Stupid with the race starting at 10 past the hour, pointless as anything.

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 1st February 2018, 10:25 PM

Formula E replaced Grid Girls with Grid Kids and they seem happy with the results

Posted by: Mack. 4th February 2018, 05:18 PM

A list of dates for car launches and where they'll take place:

15 February Williams Online
20 February Renault Online
20 February Sauber Online
22 February Ferrari Maranello
22 February Mercedes Silverstone
23 February McLaren Online
26 February Toro Rosso Barcelona

Posted by: Mack. 5th February 2018, 11:03 PM

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 7th February 2018, 06:35 AM

Shame it’s not fans

Posted by: Mack. 19th February 2018, 12:55 PM

Red Bull has launched their car for 2018:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/43111042

Posted by: Juranamo 19th February 2018, 01:41 PM

As have Haas and Williams! The halo doesn’t actually look too out of place imo.

Posted by: Midge 23rd February 2018, 10:45 AM

The new McLaren looks radical!

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 23rd February 2018, 05:32 PM

It looks like a bottle of Irn Bru

Posted by: Mack. 26th February 2018, 12:56 PM

With 6 laps into testing, Fernando Alonso crashed his McLaren in the first hour of winter testing.

Posted by: Dobbo 26th February 2018, 06:47 PM

Well it makes a change from an engine failure at least.

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 26th February 2018, 09:23 PM

It looks like for the first time since the hybrids appeared, Renault are leading the engine mileage chart!!!

Looked like a strong day for Renault F1 too which is encouraging for me.



I love that there’s new helmet cams! There’s some fab footage around. Being able to actually see where they’re looking is pretty cool as you can see them looking for the apex and the when they switch from apex to apex in combinations of corners

Posted by: Mack. 27th February 2018, 08:43 AM

Hoping this season although unlikely that there at least five teams going for the win this season. What would you like the order to be on bases of how competitive teams are?

Myself:

Red Bull
Ferrari
Mercedes
McLaren
Renault

Force India

Williams
Toro Rosso
Haas

Sauber

Posted by: Mack. 28th February 2018, 09:57 AM

The third day of testing in Barcelona has been delayed to snowy conditions.

Posted by: Juranamo 28th February 2018, 10:37 AM

I reckon:

Mercedes
Ferrari
McLaren (Stoffel did well yesterday!)
Red Bull
Renault
Force India - or whatever they rename themselves as before Australia!
Williams
Toro Rosso
Sauber
Haas

Still early days ofc, and tough to gauge really due to the current conditions in Cataluña!

Posted by: Mack. 2nd March 2018, 08:54 PM

And once again it appears Mercedes will be amongst the front again.

Posted by: Mack. 12th March 2018, 11:35 PM

No mention so far of Pat Symonds in any of Sky’s tweets/articles talking about the coverage of the upcoming season. Is it safe to assume that means he won’t be part of Sky’s coverage this year?

Posted by: Mack. 15th March 2018, 10:33 PM

Channel 4 schedule for the first three races - no show lengths.
Source channel4.com/f1

Australian Grand Prix

24th Mar
13:00 - Qualifying
25th Mar
14:00 - Race

Bahrain Grand Prix
6th Apr
12:00 - Practice 1
16:00 - Practice 2
7th Apr
13:00 - Practice 3
16:00 - Qualifying
8th Apr
16:10 - Race

Chinese Grand Prix
14th Apr
13:00 - Qualifying
15th Apr
14:30 - Race

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 15th March 2018, 10:59 PM

10 past the hour for race starts is f***ing stupid.

Posted by: Mack. 20th March 2018, 12:51 PM

Brace yourself. the Formula One theme music:

Posted by: Severin 20th March 2018, 05:41 PM

Aside from the engine noises it sounds like the music for the montage sequence in a Rocky film

Posted by: Midge 23rd March 2018, 02:42 AM

We're underway, FP1 has finished! We can't jump to too many conclusions after one FP session but at the top as usual Hamilton reigns supreme; Red Bull and Ferrari look on a par a few tenths down the road; and the midfield battle is once again a further second back - albeit a lot tighter than last year which will be incredibly exciting.




I'm liking the new-look graphics this year!

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 23rd March 2018, 07:59 AM

Mercedes sandbagging in testing?! I never would have guessed it


Sport would be so much better without them

Posted by: Mack. 23rd March 2018, 12:47 PM

Hopefully the weather will play a part this weekend in qualifying and the race.

Posted by: Midge 25th March 2018, 03:27 AM

Nobody bothered about the new season starting?

That was some shunt for Bottas, and some lap for Lewis! I think the gap is a case of Lewis pulling it out of the bag and the others not doing so - but I think the real gap was still about 3-4 tenths of a second (given Raikkonen has qualified 2nd of the next lot). Love how close the Ferrari and Red Bulls were - within 0.1s of each other on their best qualifying laps. Haas look like a surprise package but I expect them to fall back through the grid as the year goes on. Force India seem to have dropped from 4th to 7th best team at the moment, while Sauber have made leaps up to the back of the grid - they have managed to occupy the 9th row of the grid, beating the Williams of Sirotkin and the Toro Rosso of Gasly!

Danny Ric has received a 3 place grid penalty for 'driving too fast under red flag conditions'. For me it should've been a warning and a fine at most. They haven't got the fans best interests at heart by throwing out such a harsh penalty this early. Ridiculous. Mercedes have had to change Bottas' gearbox, so he has received a 5 place grid penalty.

Expected Australian GP grid:

1. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
2. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari
3. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari
4. Max Verstappen, Red Bull
5. Kevin Magnussen, Haas
6. Romain Grosjean, Haas
7. Nico Hulkenberg, Renault
8. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull
9. Carlos Sainz, Renault
10. Fernando Alonso, McLaren

11. Stoffel Vandoorne, McLaren
12. Sergio Perez, Force India
13. Lance Stroll, Williams
14. Esteban Ocon, Force India
15. Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes
16. Brendon Hartley, Toro Rosso
17. Marcus Ericsson, Sauber
18. Charles Leclerc, Sauber
19. Sergey Sirotkin, Williams
20. Pierre Gasly, Toro Rosso

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 25th March 2018, 11:30 AM

Missed quali as I was busy. Planning on catching the 5pm replay of the race but I already know the results

Fantastic to see every single Renault engine in the points for the first time in the hybrid era

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 25th March 2018, 04:06 PM

QUOTE(Mack. @ Mar 20 2018, 01:51 PM)

Posted by: Severin 25th March 2018, 10:44 PM

Really glad Vettel won but let's face it, that was another dull race. Compare that with the opening Indycar race which featured 366 on track passes, 11 lead changes and a rookie driver about to win the race until he got taken out with a couple of laps to go.

Still, hopefully Ferrari can build on that win and not blow their own chances prematurely for the second year in a row. Nice to see Alonso back in a car capable of a (lucky?) podium this year

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 25th March 2018, 11:12 PM

More overtakes than last year but yeah Australia is never the most thrilling of tracks for racing.

Posted by: Mack. 26th March 2018, 07:40 AM

Apart from the two Haas stopping, who were desperately unlucky. It was a very boring race. Hardly any overtaking. I think the first legitimate overtake was Ricciardo on Lap 5.

Good to see Ferrari win the first race of the season, the Haas cars look quick they look the best of the midfield at the moment. A solid effort from Renault with both drivers in the points.

Great effort from Alonso to hold off Verstappen for 5th.

I find it bizarre that a car stopping near the track surface was considered a 'major incident' from the graphics.

Posted by: Mack. 26th March 2018, 10:46 PM

I know it's all about regulations nowadays, but or the life of me I honestly cannot see how somebody in second place, "desperate" for a win and his 5th world championship can ease off to save engines, fuel and tyres.
If I was in 2nd place looking for a win, I'd be looking to put the fear of Christ up the geezer in front.
It's not racing anymore.

Posted by: Midge 27th March 2018, 03:08 AM

It does feel a lot more about tactics and careful mathematical planning and constant recalculation. Which is okay with me. But there is a huge flaw in the virtual safety car ruling with regards to the pit lane speed - Vettel should NOT have been able to come in and get out ahead of Hamilton given the gap prior to Hamilton's stop.

Posted by: Mack. 27th March 2018, 10:43 PM

Liberty chiefs are set to reveal their full blueprint for the series' future to teams and manufacturers in Bahrain next week.

Posted by: Mack. 28th March 2018, 12:38 PM

So there have been some complaints about Haas in regards to their car:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula-one/43568043

Posted by: Mack. 30th March 2018, 10:50 PM

Which F1 graphics set did you prefer or were your favourite?

Posted by: Mack. 31st March 2018, 11:24 PM

Hopefully that was just a one-off in Australia with the borefest.

Posted by: Dobbo 1st April 2018, 03:49 AM

I know for a fact it won't be We're on for a long old season on evidence - only 4 drivers ever likely to win a race.

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 1st April 2018, 09:56 AM

Bahrain is a horrendous circuit and Grand Prix imo

I think we might see some variation on the early non-power circuits but this is just gonna be a 4th year of boring processions that any Tom dick or Harry could win as long as they were in the merc. Red Bull won 4 in a row but it was never like this

QUOTE(Mack. @ Mar 30 2018, 11:50 PM)

Posted by: Mack. 3rd April 2018, 02:27 PM

For me, I prefer the 1994-2003 graphics such as this:

Posted by: Mack. 5th April 2018, 11:07 AM

More overtaking in the Bahrain Grand Prix please. Less of the borefest.

Posted by: Midge 6th April 2018, 12:41 PM

FP1 has concluded:


Ricciardo
Bottas
Raikkonen
Vettel
Hamilton
Grosjean
Gasly
Sainz
Magnussen
Hulkenberg

Posted by: Mack. 6th April 2018, 01:56 PM

Liberty Media's proposals:

Posted by: Midge 6th April 2018, 03:47 PM

I think it's a good proposal but I can see Mercedes and Ferrari kicking off about a cost cap.

Posted by: Dobbo 6th April 2018, 04:41 PM

I mean yes it sounds great in theory but in practice it's a mere pipedream. The thing is it was going in the right direction as a spectacle a while back when they brought in KERS & DRS and all the on-track overtaking records tumbled but season after season now we're going backwards. The whole hybrid era has been a terrible idea & we won't see races full of overtakes for the foreseeable future. Ok, at least Lewis has got 3 titles out of it but for those not fans of Merc they ain't going anywhere.

And cost caps? Don't make me laugh Ferrari & Mercedes stick 2 fingers up to that & Liberty sit RIGHT back down again.

Posted by: Mack. 7th April 2018, 12:10 AM

Look what happened in 2009, the last time cost caps were mentioned.

Hamilton faces a five place grid penalty for a gearbox change.

Posted by: Dobbo 8th April 2018, 04:58 PM

Fair play, an actual semi-interesting Bahrain GP. I knew Vettel was never under threat at the end as we've seen many times in recent seasons overtaking at the front is nigh-on impossible. Track position is absolutely everything.

Decent show for Gasly though! Honda-power getting a top 4 after McLaren ditch them Bit of a stinker for parent team RBR! Can't see Danny Ric taking much more of this...

Also can whatever is stretching this page plz be fixed?

Posted by: Mack. 8th April 2018, 06:45 PM

What has happened to Williams? Only team not to score a single point yet.

Stroll and Sirotkin were the last two today too.

What a inspiring duo for Williams. Hardly.

Posted by: Mack. 8th April 2018, 07:01 PM

Terrific result and weekend for Gasly with finishing fourth.

Posted by: Midge 8th April 2018, 08:49 PM

WHAT A RACE today, seriously, I was gripped from start to finish! Proper nailbiter. I think that Hamilton, Ricciardo or Verstappen in Bottas's shoes would've won that in the same situation, I'm afraid.

Williams are looking like facing a potential last place this season. They've been going backwards and now they've lost the experience of Massa. I think both Williams and Force India will struggle this year. Sauber are going to make leaps and bounds with their new Alfa Romeo partnership.

Incredible for Gasly and Toro Rosso Honda - what a shocker that has been this weekend.

Posted by: Midge 9th April 2018, 12:14 PM

Given the field behind the big 3 look ready to have a pretty exciting scrap, I decided to look at how the 2017 season would look if we erased Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull from the results.

Across the 20 races, we'd have seen victories for:

Felipe Massa (Williams) - Australia, Bahrain, Brazil (3)
Carlos Sainz Jr. (Toro Rosso) - China, Monaco, Singapore (3)
Sergio Pérez (Force India) - Russia, Spain, Canada, Malaysia (4)
Lance Stroll (Williams) - Azerbaijan (1)
Romain Grosjean (Haas) - Austria (1)
Nico Hulkenburg (Renault) - GB, Belgium, UAE (3)
Fernando Alonso (McLaren) - Hungary (1)
Esteban Ocon (Force India) - Italy, Japan, USA, Mexico (4)

That's 8 different drivers across 6 different teams, quite a spread! Only Sauber would've failed to win a race.

In the championship, Force India were run away winners, with a few 1-2s. Sergio Pérez led the championship for the most part, with Esteban Ocon nipping ahead after Italy and USA only to lose out. (In brackets were their overall finish in the championship)

1 (7) Sergio PÉREZ - Force India - Mercedes - 317
2 (8) Esteban OCON - Force India - Mercedes - 300
3 (11) Felipe MASSA - Williams - Mercedes - 217
4 (9) Carlos SAINZ JR. - Toro Rosso - Ferrari / Renault - 184
5 (10) Nico HÜLKENBURG - Renault - 170
6 (13) Romain GROSJEAN - Haas - Ferrari - 149
7 (12) Lance STROLL - Williams - Mercedes - 138
8 (14) Kevin MAGNUSSEN - Haas - Ferrari - 117
9 (15) Fernando ALONSO - McLaren - Honda - 99
10 (16) Stoffel VANDOORNE - McLaren - Honda - 91

11 (19) Daniil KVYAT - Toro Rosso - Ferrari - 70
12 (17) Jolyon PALMER - Renault - 68
13 (18) Pascal WEHRLEIN - Sauber - Ferrari - 41
14 (20) Marcus ERICSSON - Sauber - Ferrari - 30
15 (21) Pierre GASLY - Toro Rosso - Ferrari - 18
16 (22) Antonio GIOVINAZZI - Sauber - Ferrari - 6
17 (23) Brendon HARTLEY - Toro Rosso - Ferrari - 5
18 (24) Jenson BUTTON - McLaren - Honda - 0
19 (25) Paul DI RESTA - Williams - Mercedes - 0

And in the constructors championship...

1 Force India - Mercedes - 617
2 Williams - Mercedes - 355
3 Renault - 266
4 Haas - Ferrari - 266
5 Toro Rosso - Ferrari - 249
6 McLaren - Honda - 190
7 Sauber - Ferrari - 77

It got me thinking, perhaps having a 'B-League' championship would be fun. So we'd have the overall championship like normal, and then a B-League system for the rest of the teams to fight for honours. Though that would only work under the current circumstances. I'll post an update on how the B-league would be shaping up after the Chinese GP this weekend. Thus far we've had victories for Fernando Alonso (McLaren) and Pierre Gasly (Toro Rosso) and it looks as though it will be much tighter this season.

Posted by: Mack. 10th April 2018, 01:18 PM

QUOTE(Midge @ Apr 9 2018, 01:14 PM)

Posted by: Midge 11th April 2018, 10:45 AM

Yes - also I thought it was interesting as to just how far ahead of Lance Stroll that Felipe Massa pulled. One place and 3 points apart with the big 3 included, but with them excluded Felipe was absolutely miles ahead.

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 15th April 2018, 08:34 AM

Excellent race today. Always enjoy seeing Hamilton being put back in the box marked “thoroughly average, flattered by dominant car”

Posted by: Strombae 15th April 2018, 09:49 AM

QUOTE(5 Silas Frøkner @ Apr 15 2018, 09:34 AM)

Posted by: Midge 15th April 2018, 10:10 AM

Another incredible race; thoroughly enjoyed that. Was enjoying it enough at the point Bottas managed to undercut Vettel and then pass Raikkonen without losing his lead over Seb, let alone the rest.

Always delightful when Danny Ric manages to win the race.

Max is continuing to show his immaturity this season. Though he can win races and is obviously fast, he must've cost the team so many points by now. I'd say he lost a couple of points today but Red Bull would've been on for a certain 1-2 without his collision with Vettel, and in fact he would likely have won without the needless overtake manoeuvre on Lewis that went wrong.

I'll update the B-league results and standings shortly!

Posted by: Midge 15th April 2018, 10:22 AM

B-LEAGUE RESULTS - CHINESE GRAND PRIX 2018

DRIVERS

1. Nico HÜLKENBURG (Renault) [6]
2. Fernando ALONSO (McLaren) [7]
3. Carlos SAINZ JR. (Renault) [9]
4. Kevin MAGNUSSEN (Haas) [10]
5. Esteban OCON (Force India) [11]
6. Sergio PÉREZ (Force India) [12]
7. Stoffel VANDOORNE (McLaren) [13]
8. Lance STROLL (Williams) [14]
9. Sergey SIROTKIN (Williams [15]
10. Marcus ERICSSON (Sauber) [16]
--
11. Romain GROSJEAN (Haas) [17]
12. Pierre GASLY (Toro Rosso) [18]
13. Charles LECLERC (Sauber) [19]
14. Brendon HARTLEY (Toro Rosso) [20]

STANDINGS - AFTER 3 ROUNDS

1 (2) Nico HÜLKENBURG (Renault) - 58
2 (1) Fernando ALONSO (McLaren) - 55
3 (4) Stoffel VANDOORNE (McLaren) - 31
4 (6) Carlos SAINZ JR. (Renault) - 31
5 (5) Kevin MAGNUSSEN (Haas) - 30
6 (3) Pierre GASLY (Toro Rosso) - 25
7 (7) Esteban OCON (Force India) - 24
8 (8) Sergio PÉREZ (Force India) - 18
9 (10) Marcus ERICSSON (Sauber) - 9
10 (9) Charles LECLERC (Sauber) - 8
11 (11) Lance STROLL (Williams) - 8
12 (12) Brendon HARTLEY (Toro Rosso) - 2
13 (14) Sergey SIROTKIN (Williams) - 2
14 (13) Romain GROSJEAN (Haas) - 2

CONSTRUCTORS

1 (2) Renault - 89
2 (1) McLaren - Renault - 86
3 (4) Force India - Mercedes - 42
4 (5) Haas - Ferrari - 32
5 (3) Toro Rosso - Honda - 27
6 (6) Sauber - Ferrari - 17
7 (7) Williams - Mercedes - 10

Posted by: Mack. 15th April 2018, 12:27 PM

I'll ask before knowing the result, but is it worth watching?

Posted by: Dobbo 15th April 2018, 12:45 PM

100%^

I unfortunately found out the winner before watching the race but it didn't make it any less enthralling. In fact I was mulling over how the f*** has he won from back in sixth? But a Toro Rosso collision sparking a Safety Car which massively benefited the 2 RBRs I smell a conspiracy (I'm joking btw).

Absolutely delighted Danny Ric pulled it off - he ALWAYS wins the exciting races, he absolutely schooled Verstappen in the art of overtaking today, but a big thank you to him for taking Vettel out!

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 15th April 2018, 01:15 PM

Danny Ric is the overtake master. Putting one in on turn 6 was a special move.

Defo worth the watch Mack! It’s not often I’ve said that this past 4 years!!!


Funny how when merc struggle and are on par with Ferrari and RBR the races are always more exciting. Hamilton also throws a massive strop which is entertaining as hell. I just cackle every time he cries on team radio when he’s not in the lead. Vettels team radio meltdown tho I timed to perfection. I counted down to the start of that we all knew that was coming when max lunged. Fair play tho, Vettel took it well after and his comments to the media were tame and fair

Thanks Lenny/Midge for the B-League! Great to see Renault firmly on top. It’s fab to have them back as a constructor. Rooting for lotus wasn’t the same and I had to take RBR in 2015 when Enstone betrayed the cause for a year

Posted by: Severin 15th April 2018, 03:11 PM

Can we all just take moment to appreciate Alonso's great move on Vettel

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 15th April 2018, 03:54 PM

YES!!!

Alonso’s move on anyone is worth watching. He must be enjoying have a car capable of overtaking rather than being overtaken again

Posted by: Mack. 15th April 2018, 05:31 PM

Fantastic race, some quality moves from Ricciardo there, deserved to win. Max once again taking a risk too many with his overtaking moves.

Posted by: Strombae 15th April 2018, 06:16 PM

QUOTE(5 Silas Frøkner @ Apr 15 2018, 04:54 PM)

Posted by: Dobbo 15th April 2018, 07:56 PM

Well let's just give this some context. As nice a move it was vettel had a damaged car. And it was a bit cheeky, had max pulled that move everyone would be up in arms.

Posted by: Severin 15th April 2018, 08:11 PM

Not certain that Vettel's car was particularly damaged but he was definitely struggling with his tyres near the end. I agree it was... a forceful move but as far as I'm concerned we need more of that from the drivers.

Posted by: Mack. 17th April 2018, 11:24 AM

It was quite a brilliant move from Alonso on Vettel. Verstappen could have won the race possibly if he haven't had made those two mistakes. A weird incident with the Toro Rosso guys there. Gasly the hero from Bahrain trying a risky move on Hartley.

Posted by: Mack. 17th April 2018, 10:31 PM

I think once again Raikkonen missed out on a potential victory there in China.

Posted by: Mack. 18th April 2018, 08:04 AM

Max has had an iffy start to the season but he's clearly a huge talent.

Posted by: Dobbo 18th April 2018, 08:46 AM

QUOTE(Mack. @ Apr 17 2018, 11:31 PM)

Posted by: Midge 18th April 2018, 08:55 AM

I'd have liked to have seen Max 2nd in a Red Bull 1-2... but that'd have meant Vettel not spinning and moving down as far as 8th... I'd like to see a Kimi win again as much as I don't like him in the Ferrari; he's such a legend. Loved Alonso's move on Vettel as well - BOTH showed skill in that one really, Vettel to avoid a collision whilst still fighting for it.

Posted by: Mack. 21st April 2018, 10:43 PM

There is plans to change how much full each car can carry, with the amount being increased in 2019 by 5kg to 110 in the bid to try and stop cars fuel saving during a race, allowing drivers to press more.

Also next year the driver's weight will be counted separately to that of the car and plans that drivers should weigh a minimum weight (expected t be 80kg) Any driver under that weight will have to carry ballast.

In addition, drivers will be using biometric gloves to give medical teams info on a drivers condition after a crash.

Posted by: Mack. 28th April 2018, 01:21 PM

What is Hartley doing slowing down in the middle of the track could have been a nasty incident with Gasly in qualifying.

Posted by: Dobbo 28th April 2018, 01:25 PM

I've never thought of Hartley as anything but a completely incompetent driver. Kyvat was a million times better than he is which says it all...

Posted by: Mack. 28th April 2018, 03:33 PM

Another pole for Vettel then with Hamilton second.

Posted by: Mack. 28th April 2018, 03:38 PM

Hartley slowing down in the middle of the track was dangerous. Will he get reprimanded?

Posted by: Dobbo 28th April 2018, 03:40 PM

Should have been Kimi's pole today but as usual he bottled it. Wouldn't have made a jot of difference as he'd be given the worse strategy anyway...

Let's hope we get a race even half as interesting as last year's!

Posted by: Mack. 28th April 2018, 04:55 PM

Timing tower still a shambles with the "no time" error still present.

Posted by: Midge 28th April 2018, 10:32 PM

I'm looking forward to another exciting race tomorrow. It surely will be; there's something about this track. I'd love to see another Red Bull victory or even something more strange. Lance Stroll wasn't too far off last year for instance!! Surely at least one safety car to come. Maybe Max can take out the top lot for us. Who knows

I am getting a bit concerned that Ferrari are literally going to storm it though without things like safety cars coming into play. Vettel on pole thrice in a row now...

Posted by: Dobbo 29th April 2018, 02:02 PM

Bloody hell WHAT a race! Absolutely loving this track, drama all the way through. Who'd have called that top 3?

LOL at the Red Bulls, another Max howler moving twice in the breaking zone. Grosjean also rolling back the years with his gaffe

A bit gutted for Bottas there as he had a great strategy but great to see Lewis with his first win of the year

What an outstanding drive from Leclerc too. I'm sure at the start of the season I was touting Sirotkin for rookie of the year but he's been anonymous in contrast.

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 29th April 2018, 02:26 PM

Major ew at the cuntrag winning. Was praying for a year without that team getting on the top step coz lord knows we need the f***ing variation.

Sainz getting 5th was so pleasing. Heartbroken for Hulk, perfect chance for him today to snag that maiden podium

Posted by: Mack. 29th April 2018, 02:55 PM

Perez has been summoned to the stewards about alleged illegal DRS use apparently. Don't take the podium from him.

Posted by: Midge 29th April 2018, 04:33 PM

Another great race! Summed up well already by Dobbo. I'll post up the B-League results once it's all confirmed whether Perez and Stroll got penalties.

Posted by: Mack. 29th April 2018, 04:36 PM

What a race that was, a crazy start and a crazy final 11 laps. Baku has to stay as a track.

Posted by: Mack. 29th April 2018, 04:56 PM

No further action on any DRS illegal use meaning Sergio Perez's third place stands.

Posted by: Dobbo 29th April 2018, 06:08 PM

Great to see Perez pick up another podium of course, the only driver to have 2 podiums so far at Baku!

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 2nd May 2018, 08:52 PM

QUOTE(Mack. @ Apr 29 2018, 05:56 PM)

Posted by: Mack. 11th May 2018, 10:39 PM

Great to see Kubica back in the wheel for first practice for Williams, faster than Stroll.

Posted by: Dobbo 13th May 2018, 02:50 PM

Bar the first lap pile-up (surely Grosjean's days are becoming increasingly numbered) this race was a relative snoozefest compared the 3 before.

Had to laugh at Ferrari's flop during the VSC.

Posted by: Mack. 13th May 2018, 06:52 PM

And some strange driving from Sirotkin. Not a great race with the invisible rain.

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 13th May 2018, 11:58 PM

Only a 3 place grid penalty for Grosjean :/

Should be a one race ban. 0 cars would have retired had he not planted his foot on the floor. His 'excuse' to the stewards was pathetic.

Posted by: Mack. 17th May 2018, 10:43 AM

Shame to see how Williams have fallen again.

Posted by: Mack. 26th May 2018, 09:33 PM

Story of Verstappen's season:

Posted by: Mack. 27th May 2018, 06:49 PM

TV direction was absolutely shocking today from what I heard. In a dull Monaco race.

Posted by: Mack. 27th May 2018, 07:38 PM

Posted by: Severin 27th May 2018, 07:40 PM

Monaco delivered only as a warm up race for the Indy 500.

Although fair play to Leclerc's brakes for trying to liven things up

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 27th May 2018, 09:12 PM

I really felt for Leclerc, bless him. Although he did good taking Hartley with him. Torro Roso can get in the sea.



Thrilled to bits for Dani Ric. He really deserved that, he's dominated the whole weekend and it was the perfect redemption for 2016.

Posted by: Severin 28th May 2018, 11:22 AM

Alonso has described yesterday's race as -

"Extremely boring. I mean, this is probably the most boring race ever.

"Without a safety car, without yellow flags, the sport needs to think a little bit about the show because this is very disappointing.

"Probably the most boring race ever in Formula 1.

"We probably need to give something to the fans at the end of the race just to pay the ticket back a little."


Is he right or being a bit harsh?

I'm sure there must have been one but I've been watching since the late 70s and really can't remember one that dull

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 28th May 2018, 11:25 AM

Monaco has been dull for years. The only exciting thing that ever happens at Monaco is when someone f***s their braking point for the chicane coming out the tunnel and wipes out the car they've been stuck behind for the past 65 laps.

Posted by: Severin 28th May 2018, 11:43 AM

Agreed, it's been dull for a while but used to throw up some real classics - '92, '82, '84, '96 all stick well in the mind and Senna's race in 1988 is one of the most amazing drives I've ever seen.

But back to the point. It's still not usually this dull

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 28th May 2018, 02:54 PM

Arguably we’ve got to the point where the aero crew are king and it really should be mechanical grip that rules.

I love seeing innovation but I think the previous aero restrictions have back fired because they’ve pushed all developments into areas of the car that make it impossible to follow another car.

I’d love to see a team scratch their current aero plans and go for a clean sheet 2019 design that’s built to follow another car closely. That way we might see a midfield team pulling off amazing overtakes and everyone scrambling to copy them. It’s a pipe dream but we all know how much the merc suffers in traffic. It’s not a follower at all!!

Posted by: Mack. 28th May 2018, 04:05 PM

2002 Hungarian Grand Prix that was the worst until today. What do you do with Monaco? I don't think that it is harsh.

2008, 2016 when it was wet was exciting to some extent.

Posted by: Dobbo 29th May 2018, 12:06 PM

I think there's been a slight overexaggeration to this, yes it was dull but hasn't that been the case for a good few years now? Monaco is only ever really exciting when its a wet race and those are few & far between.

The blame should lie on the bright spark who thought hyper soft tyres were a good idea. What is the bloody point of designing a faster, gripper compound if drivers have to nurse their car practically the entire race distance anyway? Stupid, should have set the available compounds as medium to super soft (or at least soft to ultra soft).

Posted by: Mack. 3rd June 2018, 03:42 PM

Can we really see Alonso staying in Formula One next year?

Posted by: Severin 3rd June 2018, 07:48 PM

QUOTE(Mack. @ Jun 3 2018, 04:42 PM)

Posted by: Mack. 4th June 2018, 06:51 PM

Who is Hamiton to talk about where Riccirado will be driving next year? No need to whatsoever.

Perhaps in Canada, Verstappen will hit the "Wall of Champions" with how his season has gone so far.

Posted by: Mack. 6th June 2018, 02:02 PM

McLaren have rejected an approach for their reserve driver Lando Norris to race for Toro Rosso this season and replace Hartley for Austria.

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 7th June 2018, 06:10 PM

Oft! Has he really done that badly?

Cant see Sainz staying at Renault past the end of the year then if Toro Rosso are that desperate. Tho the question is would Sainz wanna go back

Posted by: Mack. 7th June 2018, 09:30 PM

Posted by: Dobbo 10th June 2018, 07:49 PM

The most boring Canadian GP I've ever watched.

Posted by: Severin 10th June 2018, 09:30 PM

Yeah that was pretty dull. The highlight was Jacques taking his father's old car out for a spin. A lovely reminder of one of the sport's greatest ever talents.
Although it was a little awkward when Damon Hill and Nico Rosberg were discussing father son title winners and they had to dance around how Keke came to win after Gilles was killed and Pironi crippled.

Posted by: Mack. 10th June 2018, 09:47 PM

Hopefully this is worth staying up for if not it will help me sleep.

Posted by: Dobbo 10th June 2018, 10:10 PM

It's such a shame. After the thrillers of China & Azerbaijan I thought we were on for a classic season but all the problems with the Sport have reared their ugly heads in these past 2 races. I suppose at least the title race is unpredictable at present but whoever gets pole each race is pretty much nailed on for the win. Get rid of these hideous hypersofts that force the drivers to nurse their car the entire GP, this is not motor sport in my book.

The ending was hilarious though, 2 laps missed out due to an early chequered flag. Nothing of real note (luckily) but means Danny Ric lost his fastest lap!

Posted by: Severin 10th June 2018, 10:56 PM

QUOTE(Dobbo @ Jun 10 2018, 11:10 PM)

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 11th June 2018, 05:12 AM

After the opening few laps I thought we were in for a classic Canadian GP and then it turned into a boring pile of crap again. At least we took home 7th & 8th even if we were almost 70secs behind 6th 🙃

Posted by: Mack. 11th June 2018, 09:32 PM

It helped me sleep after about 10 laps. Whoever was the bright spark who thought of hyper soft tyres. What the hell were you thinking?

Posted by: Mack. 19th June 2018, 01:22 PM

Red Bull will be switching to Honda engines next year.

Posted by: Dobbo 19th June 2018, 08:49 PM

Thus proving Alonso was talking BS about having "the best chassis on the grid" & the Honda engine was the problem.

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 21st June 2018, 10:13 PM

We’ve seen their Chassis is shit but I’m not sure that’s proven the Honda engine is any good. After all they spend 2015 and 2017 blowing up at a rate of about 1.7 engines per race.

Good riddance to RBR, I look forward to the curse of the odd years smacking them very firmly in the face next year

Posted by: Mack. 21st June 2018, 10:40 PM

Why bring back Paul Ricard? Not sure if this race will be exciting.

Posted by: Severin 22nd June 2018, 06:21 AM

Paul Ricard used to be great but since they've neutered the circuit who knows how it'll be. France deserves a race though and Magny-Cours was never anything but terrible.

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 22nd June 2018, 09:14 AM

It looks like someone saw a massive car park and thought, what happens if I let an 8 year old loose with a spray can to design a racing track, the decided to put the barriers around the 4 edges of the track while the kid was painting just in case they went a little wild and changed their mind about the layout so then they wouldn’t need to do the barriers again

We need to bring back gravel. I don’t mind a large concrete run off area but directly adjacent to the circuit needs to be like 5m of gravel. Mistakes aren’t punished and we don’t see people f***ing up and getting beached in the gravel any more and that’s a detriment to F1. At least Australia, Monaco, Baku and Canada punish f*** ups with their close walls

Posted by: Dobbo 23rd June 2018, 02:38 PM

Oh wow it really just gets worse & worse for McLaren doesn't it. What an absolute pig of a car, no excuses now with the Renault engine. Boullier needs to go, absolutely clueless.

Posted by: Dobbo 23rd June 2018, 04:24 PM

Wow wow wow Charles Leclerc, this guy is the next Alonso for sure. That Sauber has absolutely no right whatsoever to be in the top 8 on the grid, this kid is a special talent!

Posted by: Mack. 23rd June 2018, 05:51 PM

Rumours that Leclerc could be joining Ferrari next season. Bloody hell pushing that Sauber into the Top8 of the grid that's impressive.

Posted by: Severin 24th June 2018, 04:40 PM

At least the football was exciting. Maybe they should make each Grand Prix a series of 20 separate 2 lap races with an aggregate score as that's the only exciting part! Mind you there be no cars left pretty quickly.

Seriously though much better than Canada and it's nice to welcome France back but I'm expecting Road America to provide today's racing excitement

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 25th June 2018, 03:28 AM

I didn’t stay up for the race, didn’t want to watch Hamilton win on my birthday. Sounds like I missed a fun opening lap and a Renault briefly running in P3! I’m sure it got pretty dull thereafter.

Posted by: Mack. 26th June 2018, 12:07 PM

Horrible looking track with all those blue and white lines, Vettel was very lucky to only get a 5 second penalty he could serve as part of a pit stop. It all went a bit boring after the first lap accidents.

Posted by: Mack. 30th June 2018, 06:53 PM

3 place grid penalty for Vettel for impeding Sainz Jr during qualifying. Starts sixth instead of third.

Posted by: Mack. 30th June 2018, 10:13 PM

Could Grosjean save his season and seat tomorrow if he picks up points?

Posted by: Mack. 1st July 2018, 02:26 PM

A double non finish for Mercedes then. Hamilton out of the race.

Posted by: nickthenoodle 1st July 2018, 09:37 PM

I was at the GP today and I have to say the cheer from the crowd when both Mercs broke down was quite something! So pleased to see Vettel and Ferrari back on top

Posted by: nickthenoodle 1st July 2018, 09:37 PM

I was at the GP today and I have to say the cheer from the crowd when both Mercs broke down was quite something! So pleased to see Vettel and Ferrari back on top

Posted by: Dobbo 1st July 2018, 09:38 PM

Literally unheard of for a double Mercedes retirement both through car issues! Just goes to show this season is at least keeping things interesting in a race to race perspective if the races themselves haven't all been that special.

But today's was a good one! The initial Merc strategy f*** up opened things right up & I'm happy for Max to have a good run of results under his belt this season, caught right up to Ric in the standings! Plus I had money on him winning today at long odds

Posted by: Midge 2nd July 2018, 09:12 AM

Literally all drivers from 4th-13th up 3 places today when discounting the A-league teams Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull:

B-LEAGUE RESULTS - AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX

1 (4) Romain GROSJEAN - Haas - 25 pts
2 (5) Kevin MAGNUSSEN - Haas - 18 pts
3 (6) Esteban OCON - Force India - 15 pts
4 (7) Sergio PÉREZ - Force India - 12 pts
5 (8) Fernando ALONSO - McLaren - 10 pts
6 (9) Charles LECLERC - Sauber - 8 pts
7 (10) Marcus ERICSSON - Sauber - 6 pts
8 (11) Pierre GASLY - Toro Rosso - 4 pts
9 (12) Carlos SAINZ JR - Renault - 2 pts
10 (13) Lance STROLL - Williams - 1 pt

DRIVERS STANDINGS - AFTER 10 ROUNDS

1 (1) Carlos SAINZ JR. - Renault - 117 pts
2 (2) Nico HÜLKENBURG - Renault - 113 pts
3 (3) Kevin MAGNUSSEN - Haas - 113 pts
4 (4) Fernando ALONSO - McLaren - 93 pts
5 (5) Sergio PÉREZ - Force India - 81 pts
6 (6) Esteban OCON - Force India - 79 pts
7 (7) Charles LECLERC - Sauber - 65 pts
8 (8) Pierre GASLY - Toro Rosso - 59 pts
9 (9) Stoffel VANDOORNE - McLaren - 55 pts
10 (12) Romain GROSJEAN - Haas - 49 pts
11 (10) Marcus ERICSSON - Sauber - 41 pts
12 (11) Lance STROLL - Williams - 28 pts
13 (13) Brendon HARTLEY - Toro Rosso - 18 pts
14 (14) Sergey SIROTKIN - Williams - 8 pts

CONSTRUCTORS STANDINGS - AFTER 10 ROUNDS

1 (1) Renault - 230 pts
2 (4) Haas - Ferrari - 162 pts
3 (3) Force India - Mercedes - 160 pts
4 (2) McLaren - Renault - 148 pts
5 (5) Sauber - Ferrari - 106 pts
6 (6) Toro Rosso - Honda - 77 pts
7 (7) Williams - Mercedes - 36 pts

Renault comfortably ahead... Force India interestingly overtaking McLaren here - they're currently just behind them in the real championship. Also Sauber ahead of Toro Rosso comfortably yet behind them in the real championship.

Posted by: Mack. 2nd July 2018, 09:12 AM

QUOTE(nickthenoodle @ Jul 1 2018, 10:37 PM)

Posted by: Mack. 4th July 2018, 07:35 PM

Eric Boullier resigned today from McLaren. Yet another round of changes going in there. They are in a right mess on and off the track.

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 6th July 2018, 12:13 AM

McLaren admitted that this years car has less downforce and is generally worse than last years car. I think people have been waiting for Eric to go for a while now

Posted by: Mack. 6th July 2018, 05:27 AM

How the mighty have fallen with McLaren and Williams.

Posted by: Mack. 6th July 2018, 11:28 AM

European Formula 3 title challenger Dan Ticktum is said to be contender for a Toro Rosso Formula 1 drive next season as a replacement for Brendon Hartley.

Posted by: Dobbo 8th July 2018, 02:45 PM

What a cracking race! Can always rely on Silverstone to serve up the goods.

Not the win but what a superb fightback from Lewis (btw, why did Kimi get a 10s penalty today but Vettel only a 5s for a MUCH more blatant error in France - inconsistent much?) couldn't quite bring it home but I was loving those last 10 or so laps with the Mercs & Ferraris in such close tandem!

Posted by: Severin 8th July 2018, 03:19 PM

Yep. British Grand Prix delivers yet again. Good question on the length of penalty for Kimi. Felt harsh compared to previous ones for similar incidents.

Sadly, Hamilton continues to behave like a ungracious spoilt child and his behaviour at parc ferme was rude and disrespectful to the public. I don't care how much it hurts, suck it up and speak to the fans.

Posted by: Mack. 8th July 2018, 04:08 PM

Not a fan of Hamilton's comments. Hopefully it's just a heat of the moment thing and he walks it back at the next race cos there is no way that was deliberate from Kimi.

Posted by: Mack. 8th July 2018, 04:19 PM

Apparently it will be Channel 4 that will show free to air highlights of F1 next year when Sky Sports show it exclusively.

Posted by: Mack. 8th July 2018, 06:07 PM

Gasly has lost tenth place following his clash with Perez.

Posted by: Midge 8th July 2018, 10:57 PM

QUOTE(Mack. @ Jul 8 2018, 05:19 PM)

Posted by: Midge 8th July 2018, 11:05 PM

B-LEAGUE RESULTS - BRITISH GRAND PRIX

1. Nico HÜLKENBURG - Renault - 25 pts
2. Esteban OCON - Force India - 18 pts
3. Fernando ALONSO - McLaren - 15 pts
4. Kevin MAGNUSSEN - Haas - 12 pts
5. Sergio PÉREZ - Force India - 10 pts
6. Stoffel VANDOORNE - McLaren - 8 pts
7. Lance STROLL - Williams - 6 pts
8. Pierre GASLY - Toro Rosso - 4 pts
9. Sergey SIROTKIN - Williams - 2 pts
10. Carlos SAINZ JR. - Renault - 1 pt
11. Romain GROSJEAN - Haas
12. Marcus ERICSSON - Sauber
13. Charles LECLERC - Sauber
14. Brendon HARTLEY - Toro Rosso

DRIVER'S STANDINGS - AFTER 10 ROUNDS

1 (2) Nico HÜLKENBURG - Renault - 138 pts
2 (3) Kevin MAGNUSSEN - Haas - Ferrari - 125 pts
3 (1) Carlos SAINZ JR. - Renault - 118 pts
4 (4) Fernando ALONSO - McLaren - Renault - 108 pts
5 (6) Esteban OCON - Force India - Mercedes - 97 pts
6 (5) Sergio PÉREZ - Force India - Mercedes - 91 pts
7 (7) Charles LECLERC - Sauber - Ferrari - 65 pts
8 (8) Pierre GASLY - Toro Rosso - Honda - 63 pts
9 (9) Stoffel VANDOORNE - McLaren - Renault - 63 pts
10 (10) Romain GROSJEAN - Haas - Ferrari - 49 pts
11 (11) Marcus ERICSSON - Sauber - Ferrari - 41 pts
12 (12) Lance STROLL - Williams - Mercedes - 34 pts
13 (13) Brendon HARTLEY - Toro Rosso - Honda - 18 pts
14 (14) Sergey SIROTKIN - Williams - Mercedes - 10 pts

CONSTRUCTORS STANDINGS - AFTER 10 ROUNDS

1 (1) Renault - 256 pts
2 (3) Force India - Mercedes - 188 pts
3 (2) Haas - Ferrari - 174 pts
4 (4) McLaren - Renault - 171 pts
5 (5) Sauber - Ferrari - 106 pts
6 (6) Toro Rosso - Honda - 81 pts
7 (7) Williams - Mercedes - 44 pts

Posted by: Mack. 9th July 2018, 08:07 AM

What Gasly thought about his penalty:

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 22nd July 2018, 11:48 AM

Hydrolics failure was 24hrs too early

Posted by: Dobbo 22nd July 2018, 02:49 PM

Waheeeey, nice one Sebby!

Another great race this season, be gutted if the German GP is scrapped.

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 22nd July 2018, 05:27 PM

I got bored and abandoned after lap 17. Appear to have made the correct choice with douchebag cheating his way to a provisional win. Hope the stewards have the balls to do what’s right

Posted by: Mack. 25th July 2018, 03:19 PM

Stoffel Vandoorne-

Dead last in qualifying (Alonso 11th) and dead last in the race (even slower than the Williams!) before the end race madness. Okay, he didn't finish last and actually finished the race despite having problems at one point but at no point was he competitive, challenging for points or even close to Fernando's speed.

Posted by: Juranamo 26th July 2018, 06:32 AM

QUOTE(Mack. @ Jul 25 2018, 04:19 PM)

Posted by: Mack. 26th July 2018, 10:03 AM

2019 Grid Predictions:

Ferrari: Sebastian Vettel & Kimi Raikkonen
Mercedes: Lewis Hamilton & Valtteri Bottas
Red Bull: Daniel Ricciardo & Max Verstappen
Renault: Nico Hulkenberg & Esteban Ocon
Haas: Kevin Magnussen & Charles Leclerc
Force India: Sergio Perez & Lance Stroll
McLaren: Fernando Alonso & Carlos Sainz
Toro Rosso: Pierre Gasly & Brendon Hartley
Sauber: Antonio Giovinazzi & Marcus Ericsson
Williams: Pascal Wehrlein & George Russell

Posted by: Dobbo 26th July 2018, 11:28 AM

Would be great to see Wehrlein back! Have absolutely no idea why Ericsson was favoured over him.

Would be a shame for Grosjean to be dumped, having a weak season but he's better than a third of those drivers above, even if he had to downgrade teams once again.

Not all that thrilled on the prospect of Giovinazzi back on the grid...

Posted by: Juranamo 26th July 2018, 12:23 PM

Mercedes: Lewis Hamilton & Valtteri Bottas
Ferrari: Sebastian Vettel & Kimi Räikkönen
Red Bull: Daniel Ricciardo & Max Verstappen
Renault: Nico Hülkenberg & Jack Aitken
Force India: Sergio Pérez & Esteban Ocon
Haas: Kevin Magnussen & Antonio Giovinazzi
McLaren: Stoffel Vandoorne & Lando Norris
Toro Rosso: Carlos Sainz & Pierre Gasly
Sauber: Charles Leclerc & Marcus Ericsson
Williams: Sergey Sirotkin & George Russell

Wehrlein will not be seen in F1 again, I’m sure of it. He barely did better than Ericsson in that Sauber.
Ericsson is only still in F1 because, well... money talks.

It makes sense for Ferrari to try to get Leclerc into a slightly faster car, but I reckon they’ll decide on leaving him in the Sauber for stability.

Stroll’s backers won’t be able to get him a seat with Force India as Mercedes are still giving such a benefit for Ocon’s seat and Pérez won’t be moving anywhere. Stroll doesn’t want to continue with Williams so that frees up a spot for Mercedes to plonk Russell in.

I can see Alonso moving into a different McLaren operation (I know he is contracted to race for McLaren, but not explicitly F1, think he might move to IndyCar in search of his triple), making room for Norris.

Sainz will head back to Toro Rosso after his loan finishes, with the view to moving him to Red Bull in 2020. The final spot at Renault will go to one of their development drivers (presumably Jack Aitken).

Bye bye Stroll, Grosjean and Hartley 👋

Posted by: Mack. 27th July 2018, 08:11 AM

I heard rumourings that Stroll's dad was looking to put money into Force India.

Posted by: Mack. 27th July 2018, 10:36 PM

Force India have gone into administration:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/44984140

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 27th July 2018, 11:58 PM

Nooooooo I don't want Ocon. Get a grip Renault, French nationality is not the be all and end all when choosing drivers

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 28th July 2018, 01:16 PM

This might be the most exciting Q1 session ever

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 28th July 2018, 02:03 PM

Most exciting quali ever, ended somewhat anti climatically but a Renault in 5th I will take

Posted by: Dobbo 28th July 2018, 02:13 PM

Brazil '09 was my personal favourite but this was super exciting too - hopefully the race carries the same excitement. Even if it's dry having the much faster Ferraris behind the Mercs makes things interesting.

Danny Ric can't catch a break right now!

Posted by: Mack. 30th July 2018, 12:53 PM

From a neutral perspective, shame Ferrari screwed up the pitstop. Could have had a good scrap at the end between Hamilton & Vettel.

Posted by: Mack. 2nd August 2018, 06:57 PM

I don't think you can put all the blame on Bottas from his clashes with Vettel and Ricciardo in the final laps in Hungary. Mercedes should share some of the blame as well. With Kimi having a slow pit stop and being behind the Haas car, they could have left Bottas out for a few more laps and, by shortening the length of that stint on the softs, given him a better chance of holding off Vettel and Kimi.

Leclerc- He had a quieter race than usual.

For Sky viewers- What is Martin Brundle like now as a commentator?

Posted by: Hans 3rd August 2018, 09:55 AM

QUOTE(5 Silas Frøkner @ Jul 28 2018, 12:58 AM)

Posted by: Mack. 3rd August 2018, 11:19 AM

Apparently Daniel Ricciardo is set to leave Red Bull at the end of the season with him joining Renault.

http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/11459194/daniel-ricciardo-to-leave-red-bull

Posted by: Hans 3rd August 2018, 11:24 AM

Was about to post - I’m completely shocked given the Mercedes and Ferrari seats are filled but Renault are that wildcard who could build back to glory days so it’s an interesting gamble!

What will this mean for the drivers market? Sainz has been rumoured for McLaren recently but you’d think this is his seat to fill at Red Bull. Gasly has impressed on occasions but surely it’s too soon for him? Hulkenberg deserves a chance in a top 3 team but he’s in the Renault who could join those ranks soon. Alonso surely won’t be Red Bull bound with Sainz going to McLaren?

Edit: wait, the second Ferrari seat isn’t filled is it - that’s certainly an option! Though Renault is strongly rumoured. But given all the Renault related Red Bull breakdowns it is a little surprising in that respect if true.

Posted by: Mack. 3rd August 2018, 11:31 AM

I think I would say Gasly it is a season too early for him to join Red Bull. Sainz to go to Red Bull, I would think. I'm shocked about this too.

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 3rd August 2018, 11:43 AM

Who do I need to ritually sacrifice to the F1 gods for this to happen????????

I would kill to have a Hülkcciardo pairing at Renault. I think Dani can smell the winds at RBR and knows that if they were fighting for a WDC then Max would be supported by the team more. It’s telling that Dani has mostly maintained a dignified silence in respect to the engine issues he’s had this year compared to Max. As an aside the incidents happen at a remarkably lower rate to both the Factory and McLaren so either Red Bull aren’t operating it in the correct conditions, or Renault have been so determined to get them to f*** off to Honda that they deliberately gave them dodgy bits. We do have form when it comes to unsportsmanlike conduct and RBR deserve it tbh.

I am fiercely against Ocon. I’m not a fan of either Force India driver or the team in general tbh. So as long as he’s not income I’m happy. Sainz and Hülk are a strong pairing so if we can secure Sainz longer term I’d be thrilled.

Posted by: Dobbo 3rd August 2018, 11:54 AM

That's a bold move for Danny, the big 3 have such a pace advantage over the rest of the field it's actually inconceivable that any other team could even think about race victories in the near future.

Mind you i said that about Merc back in 2012 & Lewis hasn't done too badly there. We need either Renault or McLaren back up at the business end anyway!

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 3rd August 2018, 12:01 PM

I’m shook. Literally yesterday ESPN reported Dani Ric saying his contract would be signed by Belgium, guess he meant Renault and they assumed RBR!

What a coup this would be.

I know there’s a Ferrari seat available but given Vettel fled their because he couldn’t cope with Dani Ric beating him in 2014 I’d imagine that Kimi or Leclerc will take that seat even with Dani Ric availabile.

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 3rd August 2018, 12:20 PM

f*** me it’s confirmed!!! Hülkcciardo is a go go go

Posted by: Hans 3rd August 2018, 01:26 PM

When you say "we", do you work for Renault or something?

What is it about Ocon you don't like? He seems so lovely

I'm stoked about this bit of F1 news anyhow, it really spices things up. It's as much as a gamble for Danny Ric as it was Red Bull jumping ship for Honda.

Allegedly, Red Bull have been having more issues with the engine as they've been avoiding upgrades or possibly have a refined version of the engine because the one on offer compromised their aerodynamics?

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 3rd August 2018, 02:06 PM

I wish I worked for them. No, we as in how any fan talks about a team that they support and are loyal too. It’s quite a common phrase.

I don’t rate either FI driver, I find them petulant and stroppy and arrogant. Neither have the skills to back their ego.

You look at the aero and cooling on that RBR and compare it to Renault and McLaren (who had packaging and cooling issues in testing) and it’s a reasonable conclusion to make. There’s some reason why they have a higher failure rate and I think claims of “overdriving” are less about factual reality and more of a hatred of Max

Posted by: Mack. 3rd August 2018, 02:17 PM

Fantastic coup for Renault. Still quite shocked about this.

Posted by: Mack. 3rd August 2018, 03:15 PM

QUOTE(Mack. @ Jul 26 2018, 11:03 AM)

Posted by: Hans 3rd August 2018, 05:10 PM

QUOTE(5 Silas Frøkner @ Aug 3 2018, 03:06 PM)

Posted by: Severin 4th August 2018, 11:02 PM

Am I missing something because I was under the impression Leclerc was confirmed in the Ferrari next year?

Posted by: Severin 4th August 2018, 11:04 PM

On a more important subject - wishing Niki all the best

Posted by: Mack. 5th August 2018, 05:36 PM

QUOTE(Severin @ Aug 5 2018, 12:02 AM)

Posted by: Mack. 7th August 2018, 10:33 AM

A Ricciardo/Sainz direct swap to happen then?

Posted by: Juranamo 7th August 2018, 10:03 PM

Administrators have accepted an offer led by Lawrence Stroll (Lance’s daddy) for Force India, so I’d say it is now extremely likely that he’ll be driving there next year...

Posted by: Mack. 8th August 2018, 11:57 AM

Unfortunately it does look like that will be the case.

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 8th August 2018, 02:28 PM

I hope Renault veto them keeping their prize money tbh

This was the bid most likely to result in a merc b team and this a/b team trend is threatening to kill off the sport for good

Posted by: Mack. 9th August 2018, 11:27 AM

If the Channel 4 F1 highlights deal was off it'll certainly be interesting to know why, and what happens next...

Posted by: Mack. 14th August 2018, 10:16 AM

Can't believe it is 20 years since that incident-packed Belgian Grand Prix. One of the most incredible races I've ever seen.

Posted by: Mack. 14th August 2018, 12:38 PM

Channel 4 has been in trouble with OFCOM over the famous Rolex clock at the Singapore GP two years ago. Sky have been cleared over it.

https://f1broadcasting.co/2018/08/14/f1-broadcasters-raised-serious-concerns-about-superimposed-rolex-clock-to-fom/

Posted by: Dobbo 14th August 2018, 01:46 PM

QUOTE(Mack. @ Aug 14 2018, 11:16 AM)

Posted by: Mack. 14th August 2018, 03:25 PM

Fernando Alonso has announced his retirement from Formula 1.

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 14th August 2018, 03:29 PM

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo I am so sad at that

Posted by: Mack. 14th August 2018, 03:36 PM

Shame to hear about this and the way his career has ended with that McLaren car. I strongly suspect he'll join IndyCar next year.

Should have been a four-time World Champion. One of very few who could beat Schumacher (first era) in a straight fight.

Posted by: Dobbo 14th August 2018, 03:40 PM

I'll miss his team radios more than anything!

Right decision, he was never getting back into a top team & as much as it would have been good to see him in competitive McLaren it wasn't meant to be - I bet they'll be super competitive next season now tho!

Posted by: Mack. 15th August 2018, 01:16 PM

QUOTE(Mack. @ Aug 3 2018, 04:15 PM)

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 15th August 2018, 05:44 PM

I think Seb is contracted to Ferrari through the end of the 2020 season Mack

QUOTE(Dobbo @ Aug 14 2018, 05:40 PM)

Posted by: Severin 16th August 2018, 11:43 AM

QUOTE(Mack. @ Aug 14 2018, 11:16 AM)

Posted by: Severin 16th August 2018, 11:57 AM

I would say I'm gonna miss Alonso but as it seems likely he'll be in Indycar next year I really won't but it's a sad day for F1 when its best driver leaves because he can't get a decent seat. I know part of that is Alonso fault as well but the tragedy is we end up with him being regarded as one of the greatest drivers in the sports history and equally probably its greatest ever underachiever as well (sorry Stirling).

And what we're left with is a grid with a bunch or mostly average journeymen drivers being dominated by 2 very good drivers that somehow managed to gain 8 championships between them simple because of all conquering cars and a lack of genuine competition. Whenever either have a genuine challenger things start to go pair shaped for them
Thankfully we still have Ricciardo and Verstappen to keeps things interesting and Leclerc to offer hope for the future.

But if Alonso is going to Indycar I strongly recommend you watch because it's yet another reason to watch a truly competitve and exciting series

Posted by: Mack. 16th August 2018, 11:57 AM

That's fantastic. Not sure there hasn't been a Grand Prix like that since then. It's one of the best races I've seen.

Posted by: Mack. 16th August 2018, 02:36 PM

It has been confirmed that Carlos Sainz will be driving for McLaren for next year.

Posted by: Mack. 17th August 2018, 08:29 AM

Inevitable now that Gasly will move to Red Bull next year, I'll be surprised if he wasn't announced.

Posted by: Juranamo 17th August 2018, 10:00 AM

Ferrari: Sebastian Vettel & Kimi Räikkönen
Mercedes: Lewis Hamilton & Valtteri Bottas
Red Bull: Max Verstappen & Pierre Gasly
Renault: Daniel Ricciardo & Nico Hülkenberg
Haas: Kevin Magnussen & Sergio Pérez
Force India: Esteban Ocon & Lance Stroll
McLaren: Carlos Sainz & Stoffel Vandoorne
Toro Rosso: Brendon Hartley & Lando Norris
Sauber: Charles Leclerc & Marcus Ericsson
Williams: Sergey Sirotkin & George Russell

Revised Predix

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 17th August 2018, 06:13 PM

Pleased that Sainz is staying within the Renault family

Posted by: Juranamo 20th August 2018, 09:54 PM

Red Bull have, unsurprisingly, confirmed Pierre Gasly for 2019!

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 21st August 2018, 05:24 PM

They didn’t really have much of a choice. Interesting to see if this gives Hartley a repreive given that he’s completely shit

Posted by: Mack. 22nd August 2018, 12:42 PM

Somehow it may be the case that Hartley stays at Toro Rosso next year. Who would they put? Norris or Markelov

Posted by: Mack. 22nd August 2018, 01:32 PM

A look at a preferred F1 Calendar that the BBC Sport did before the summer break

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/45269826

Posted by: Mack. 23rd August 2018, 06:01 PM

Force India have changed their name to Racing Point.

Posted by: Mack. 23rd August 2018, 06:22 PM

It means that the team have had all of their points stripped off which leaves them in last place but Perez and Ocon will retain their points they've scored this season.

Posted by: Mack. 24th August 2018, 09:55 AM

Bottas set to start Belgian GP at back due to a engine penalty.

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 24th August 2018, 10:48 AM

QUOTE(Mack. @ Aug 23 2018, 08:22 PM)

Posted by: Juranamo 25th August 2018, 05:02 PM

I didn’t watch the qualifying, so didn’t see this footage (if it was broadcast). But Ocon has pretty much confirmed that both Racing Point seats have been filled next year, by Stroll and Pérez, no surprises there.

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/ocon-uncertainty-shows-f1-structure-probably-wrong-hamilton/3164700/?nrt=54

Posted by: Mack. 25th August 2018, 08:31 PM

I think for Ocon, where would go now? Williams maybe, that would a back step for him, McLaren? Doesn't seem right that he could be without a drive for next year after his best qualifying.

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 25th August 2018, 08:36 PM

Ocon is a Merc driver so a move to Williams might make sense.

I watched Q1 the jumped ship when it was clear we weren’t taking any further part

Posted by: Mack. 25th August 2018, 09:15 PM

So are we going to have some mad swap between Stroll/Ocon/Vandoorne for Italy?

Posted by: Mack. 27th August 2018, 05:57 PM

Glad that the halo managed to protect Leclerc's head after that crash which was too similar to 2012 with Alonso at the first corner.

Apart from that, it wasn't the best race to watch.

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 28th August 2018, 09:31 AM

Hülkie really f***ed that one up

Posted by: Mack. 28th August 2018, 10:46 AM

Do we see Renault keeping Hulkenberg in 2020 if he doesn't get a podium next season? He has the record for the most races without a podium doesn't he?

Posted by: Mack. 28th August 2018, 09:48 PM

Might be a social media rep not having the right info, but C4 confirming they don’t have highlights next season.

https://www.twitter.com/4Viewers/status/1034010442648219648

Posted by: Mack. 29th August 2018, 11:54 AM

Sergio Perez apparently in talks with McLaren according to Sky Sports.

Posted by: Dobbo 29th August 2018, 12:15 PM

Well that didn't exactly go well for him last time so i can't see it being any different again sadly.

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 29th August 2018, 07:55 PM

QUOTE(Mack. @ Aug 29 2018, 01:54 PM)

Posted by: Mack. 31st August 2018, 06:53 PM

Very lucky escape for Ericsson and the marshals in that big crash in second practice.

Posted by: Severin 1st September 2018, 12:44 AM

QUOTE(Mack. @ Aug 31 2018, 07:53 PM)

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 1st September 2018, 09:58 PM

Massive crash, very pleased to see him walk away with no issues. Two weekends in a row we've seen the benefits of the halo in full force.



Did have a minor giggle at it being Ericsson tho. Keeping that meme alive

Posted by: Juranamo 2nd September 2018, 01:17 AM

QUOTE(5 Silas Frøkner @ Sep 1 2018, 10:58 PM)

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 2nd September 2018, 04:42 PM

It’s that twitter meme where whenever there’s a crash everyone “blames” Ericsson.



Renault today are out for blood. They’ve protested the Haas over an Illegal floor and now have just come for Red Bull on twitter saying that Dani Ric was a DNF because of a clutch failure, and his Renault PU was perfectly fine

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 2nd September 2018, 08:20 PM

Haas knowingly raced an illegal floor in contrary to Technical Directives and thusly Renault’s complaint has upheld and Romain Grosjean has been disqualified from the Italian Grand Prix. (Provisionally of course Haas can still mount a pointless appeal)

Posted by: Mack. 2nd September 2018, 08:40 PM

That will be crucial for the fourth place in the.constructors championship.

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 2nd September 2018, 09:05 PM

Haas are indeed launching a pointless appeal

The FIA warned them if they raced this illegal floor they’d be open to this so I can’t imagine the appeal will succeed

Posted by: Dobbo 2nd September 2018, 10:24 PM

Definitely one of the most thrilling & exciting Italian GPs I can ever remember (they're usually drab affairs aren't they?) Looks like that last hurrah victory for Kimi is not going to happen.

Anyways, absolutely buzzing for the next GP as I will in fact be there in attendance!

Posted by: Juranamo 3rd September 2018, 12:08 PM

Absolutely disgusted at 1) the stewards decision and 2) the C4 arselicking commentary over the Hamilton / Vettel incident. I’m hardly Vettel’s biggest fan (and it even gave Kimi his best shot at the win as Ferrari clearly would have played swapsies ), but to me Hamilton did not leave Vettel anywhere near enough room in his extremely heavy car. I feel like Hamilton deserved a penalty at least as I felt that was pretty dangerous and sure others have been penalised for similar...

Posted by: Dobbo 3rd September 2018, 12:29 PM

Really? Hamilton went round the outside cleanly and vettel understeered into him - even his biggest enemy Rosberg said it was 100% vettels fault! To be honest I don't think either were to blame was just one of those incidents, certainly not as blatant as verstappens swivel into bottas for example.

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 3rd September 2018, 01:23 PM

I f***ing hate Hamilton and am literally counting down the days until he finally retires so he can f*** off and look like a blind person dressed him on a red carpet, but I’m not so sure that he was to fault here

Posted by: Severin 3rd September 2018, 03:35 PM

Not Hamilton's fault at all. Vettel had understeer through the corner causing the contact. Racing incident

Actually a really good race throughout despite a disappointing end result. Both major races yesterday were genuinely exciting all the way through.

Posted by: Mack. 3rd September 2018, 03:42 PM

QUOTE(Mack. @ Aug 15 2018, 02:16 PM)

Posted by: Mack. 4th September 2018, 10:59 AM

It was an better Italian Grand Prix compared to recent years, shame that Kimi didn't get that win though.

Posted by: Dobbo 4th September 2018, 10:31 PM

That's brilliant news about Lando btw, nice to see a kid working his way through the ranks into the Sport & get such an opportunity! Now just hoping McLaren don't produce yet another pig of a car.

Posted by: Juranamo 5th September 2018, 07:36 AM

I guess I watched a different incident to everyone else then, I still look back on it and can’t see any way that Vettel could have made it through without contact. Oh well, stewards made their decision, on to the next one!

Good on Norris stepping up to McLaren next year, let’s hope they can provide him with a decent car to at least match the Renaults!

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 5th September 2018, 08:41 AM

Applying Fernandos law..... I reckon that next years McLaren will be a car that Nando could have put on the podium and maybe even won with at the Monaco Grand ProcessionPrix

Posted by: Good Old Days 5th September 2018, 10:28 AM

QUOTE(5 Silas Frøkner @ Sep 3 2018, 01:23 PM)

Posted by: Mack. 7th September 2018, 10:52 AM

Which team would you put Ocon in for next year?

Posted by: Mack. 11th September 2018, 08:49 AM

Charles Leclerc is set to join Ferrari next year with Kimi Raikkonen returning to Sauber. A pleasant surprise for Sauber? Never saw this swap happen, thought Kimi would retire.

Posted by: Dobbo 11th September 2018, 09:10 AM

Yeah that is a surprise I was sure Kimi would just retire. Glad he's staying in the sport though as we need his witty banter!

Super pleased for leclerc - very rare Ferrari take a chance on a driver with such inexperience, I hope he runs vettel raged next year like Danny Ric did to him at RBR.

Posted by: Mack. 11th September 2018, 03:10 PM

Updated predictions:

Mercedes - Hamilton and Bottas
Ferrari - Vettel and Leclerc
Red Bull - Verstappen and Gasly
Renault - Hülkenberg and Ricciardo
Force India - Stroll and Perez
McLaren - Norris and Sainz
Haas - Grosjean and Magnussen
Toro Rosso - Hartley and Kvyat
Sauber - Raikkonen and Ericsson
Williams - Kubica and Russell

Posted by: Bjork 12th September 2018, 10:08 AM

surprised cos Ferrari hardly ever take a chance
think there a better pilots out there (Sanz, o'con etc), not sure if Leclerc has proved anything yet

Posted by: Dobbo 12th September 2018, 11:40 AM

He has been driving the wheels of that sauber tbf, getting into q3 in a weak car on so many occasions is very impressive, he's had some rotten luck in the last few races too unfortunately. But I am surprised still after only one season by Ferraris move.

Posted by: Mack. 12th September 2018, 12:23 PM

Channel 4 will continue to show highlights and the British Grand Prix live for 2019 only at the moment.

Posted by: Dobbo 15th September 2018, 04:33 PM

What an incredible lap that was from Lewis! Anything can happen off the start line here tho so not getting ahead of myself.

I have a great spot on the bay grandstand. Hyped for the race but what worries me is the dreaded return of the hypersofts - the only 2 races they've been used this season (Monaco & Canada) were 2 of the worst Grands Prix in the history of the Sport but I'm holding out hope Singapore can turn that around somewhat.

Posted by: Mack. 16th September 2018, 12:08 PM

Hope you enjoy the race, Dobbo.

Posted by: Bjork 16th September 2018, 02:09 PM

not the best race

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 16th September 2018, 03:32 PM

Checo’s Horrific driving the only thing keeping that race from being a total snooze fest.

Only a drive through penalty for that move on Sirotkin was an utter joke. Bitch should have been black flagged and banned from the next race. That was a deliberate accident at full racing speed

Posted by: Mack. 16th September 2018, 04:15 PM

Lucky Perez offered some excitement in an otherwise dull processional race. But he should have banned for that dangerous move on Sirotkin.

Posted by: Dobbo 16th September 2018, 04:32 PM

That Perez incident happened right below where I was sat!

Yeah can imagine if I was sat at home that would have been pretty dull but even a boring race turns 10x more exciting when you're there. Fab weekend!

Posted by: Bjork 17th September 2018, 06:56 AM

will be totally unfair if next season Ocon doesn't have a seat but Perez does

Posted by: Mack. 18th September 2018, 10:39 AM

Britain's George Russell said to be the favourite in the race to drive for Williams for next year.

Posted by: Mack. 18th September 2018, 12:49 PM

Quite a decent summary of the almighty disaster which was the F1 app revamp - https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/138796/f1-improving-app-live-timing-a-priority

Posted by: Mack. 19th September 2018, 12:55 PM

in-play betting and on-screen graphics coming to F1

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/45558975

Posted by: Mack. 21st September 2018, 09:27 PM

https://f1broadcasting.co/

Further details emerge about Channel 4’s 2019 Formula 1 coverage,

Posted by: Mack. 25th September 2018, 04:00 PM

Sauber have signed Antonio Giovinazzi as their second driver for next year driving alongside Raikkonen.

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 25th September 2018, 07:32 PM

The terrible Eriksson finally gone!!!

Posted by: Mack. 26th September 2018, 12:29 PM

Great to see, I was worried a space would never open up for Antonio. And it's just more exciting than another year of Ericsson.... Marcus's F1 career reminds me of a driver from the mid 90s to early 00's, name has gone.

Posted by: Mack. 27th September 2018, 10:10 AM

Things to look out for in Russia:
- Daniil Kvyat is expected to formalise his return to Toro Rosso next season.
- Rumours abound that Marcus Ericsson might be cut loose from Sauber, as Giovinazzi takes his place for FP1.
- Norris is also doing FP1, along with Artem Markelov and Nicholas Latifi.

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 27th September 2018, 11:36 AM

Who’d have thought Kvyat would be back!!! He owes a lot to Sainz and Dani Ric leaving as well as the junior programme looking sparse.

I don’t buy the second one though as Ericsson is remaining the third driver and general marketing slave for next year. I think his people have a stake in the team so can see him getting Kimi’s seat if he retires midway through the deal (as many expect)

Posted by: Juranamo 27th September 2018, 05:00 PM

QUOTE(Mack. @ Sep 26 2018, 01:29 PM)

Posted by: Mack. 28th September 2018, 07:20 AM

QUOTE(Juranamo @ Sep 27 2018, 06:00 PM)

Posted by: Mack. 28th September 2018, 07:29 AM

Haas have announced that they will retain their line-up of Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean for next year, only the second after Mercedes to retain their existing line-up.

Posted by: Mack. 28th September 2018, 09:32 AM

Magnussen has probably done just about enough to warrant another year but Grosjean can consider himself a bit lucky.

Posted by: Mack. 29th September 2018, 08:32 AM

Confirmed that Kvyat will return to Toro Rosso next season, his third stint there after being dropped last year. What do you make of this?

Posted by: Dobbo 29th September 2018, 09:57 AM

It's surprising but he's really not as bad as everyone makes out, remember he actually beat Ricciardo in his first year at Red Bull. He had a rough time after being dropped back to Toro Rosso with far too many mistakes but he's definitely got some raw speed. Besides, there's really not a lot of choice otherwise is there? (Shockingly) Even the terrible Hartley may end up retaining his seat.

Posted by: Severin 29th September 2018, 04:52 PM

QUOTE(Mack. @ Sep 28 2018, 08:20 AM)

Posted by: Bjork 30th September 2018, 06:15 AM

but don't tell me that crap drivers like Grossjean and Kyviat and gonna get a seat, but Ocon is not, thats not fair
Kyviat is not that bad but he did cause some accident or something, right?

Posted by: Dobbo 30th September 2018, 03:56 PM

I'm not saying Kyvat is better than Ocon at all but Toro Rosso are only ever gonna pick drivers with Red Bull ties or from their driver programme. In the long run I don't think this is too bad news for Ocon though as I believe he'll be Merc reserve next season with a view to a potential permanent seat perhaps the year after in place of Bottas.

As for today it is a bit of a shame Bottas wasn't allowed that win at a track he's clearly very strong at but I never understand the level of vitriol. This sort of stuff has happened for EVER in the Sport, it's especially rich coming from Ferrari fans.

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 30th September 2018, 04:32 PM

I can’t stand team orders. I think if you’re not good enough to overtake then on your head be it. This is supposed to be about talent at the end of the day and if you’ve not enough talent to get past your team mate then you should sit there.

I’d make it illegal again personally.


Brb finding some incriminating photos of Haas to have them disqualified again

Posted by: Mack. 30th September 2018, 07:43 PM

Shame to see team orders decide the win, bit of a dull race to be honest.

Posted by: Severin 1st October 2018, 04:29 PM

Yesterday was one of the few occasions where Hamilton came across quite well post race. I thought he looked genuinely conflicted and uncomfortable at being gifted the win like that.
One can only hope that later in the season, with the title sown up, he has a chance to emulate Senna giving payback to Gerhard Berger at Suzuka '91 and moves over for Bottas at some point.
Team orders always leave a bitter taste but banning them is really difficult to enforce, and it's not always a case of not being good enough to make the move. Hamilton is clearly a far better driver than Bottas but with F1 set up in such a way that cars lose so much downforce as to make overtaking such a rare event, that becomes the real problem.

Posted by: HeadlessJockey 2nd October 2018, 09:22 AM

A possible change to qualifying:

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/formula-1-could-have-new-qualifying-format-in-2019/3186895/

Posted by: Dobbo 2nd October 2018, 04:42 PM

NO. We all know what happened the last time they tinkered with the format.

Posted by: HeadlessJockey 5th October 2018, 10:00 AM

Mercedes 1-2, Ferrari 3-4, Red Bull 5-6, it probably will be this weekend...... So predictable at times.

Posted by: HannibalLetcher 7th October 2018, 05:44 PM

After today's 2 incidents with both Ferraris, can we safely assume Verstappen will never drive for this team in the future?

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 7th October 2018, 08:11 PM

He's a bit of a gobby twat an all. I can't see that going down well with the Ferrari bosses either.

Renault are now clapping back at him whenever he chats shite about them, Cyril has had enough and it's quite funny to watch.

Posted by: HannibalLetcher 8th October 2018, 01:01 PM

Vietnam looks set to join the calendar for 2020.

Posted by: Bjork 9th October 2018, 08:49 AM

how can Magnussen have a seat in F1 is beyond my comprehension

Posted by: HannibalLetcher 9th October 2018, 03:14 PM

I don't think Leclerc should've gotten a penalty, but I do think he did not give himself enough time/room to respond to a defensive move in regards to the clash with Magnussen.

Posted by: HannibalLetcher 10th October 2018, 01:57 PM

Apparently the final seat at Toro Rosso has been narrowed down to Albon and Wehrlein:



https://www.formulap...bon-404253.html

Posted by: HannibalLetcher 12th October 2018, 10:20 AM

Britain's George Russell has been announced as a Williams driver for next season.

Posted by: HannibalLetcher 16th October 2018, 09:26 PM

QUOTE(HannibalLetcher @ Oct 10 2018, 02:57 PM)

Posted by: Juranamo 17th October 2018, 09:41 PM

QUOTE(HannibalLetcher @ Oct 16 2018, 10:26 PM)

Posted by: Juranamo 17th October 2018, 09:42 PM

QUOTE(Juranamo @ Oct 17 2018, 10:41 PM)

Posted by: HannibalLetcher 18th October 2018, 03:21 PM

As expected, Perez has extended his contract at Force India for next year.

Posted by: HannibalLetcher 19th October 2018, 06:21 PM

Vettel has been summoned to the stewards over allegedly failing to slow sufficiently for the red flag in first practice. If found guilty, it could be a three-place grid penalty.

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 20th October 2018, 02:16 PM

And he was found guilty

Posted by: HannibalLetcher 21st October 2018, 08:02 PM

Great to see Kimi winning again and an fantastic drive from Max to finish second from starting 18th.

Posted by: Severin 21st October 2018, 08:07 PM

Once in a while F1 delivers a result that puts a smile on everyone's face - even Kimi Raikkonen's - today was one of those days

Posted by: Dob Geldof 21st October 2018, 08:31 PM

Cracking race, super happy that Kimi did manage to get that win (at last!) before his departure. Makes a chance for Ferrari to out-strategy Merc!

Posted by: HannibalLetcher 21st October 2018, 09:56 PM

Absolute rotten luck, Ricciardo has had recently. He apparently punched a wall after his retirement.

Both Magnussen and Ocon facing the stewards over fuel issues.

Posted by: Severin 21st October 2018, 10:32 PM

During the race there was a moment that inspired much discussion in my house. Alonso basically suggested there was a lack of quality in the field. Personally I agree, and I challenged my mates to name one truly great passing move by anyone not driving a Merc, Ferrari or Red Bull, or with the name Fernando. At any race ever... in F1. We drew a blank.

We all remembered great ones from years back - not just the champions but less celebrated people like Berger, Frentzen, Alesi, Patrese, Montoya, Irvine, Barrichello, Herbert, Webber et al but nothng from the current field. There was a niggling thought that Sainz might have done something but no actual recollection.

Is Fernando right? Did my mates and I have poor memories? I'm sure we did but any ideas?

Posted by: Bjork 22nd October 2018, 10:34 AM

Alonso wasn't talking in general about everybody but mostly about the same ones that are always involved in accidents, week in week out,
Stroll had already crushed into Alonso a while ago, and he did apologise to Alonso, but thats not the solution, learn to drive man
I agree with Alonso 1000%, this is F1, it's not a cart rise for kids age 16, Stroll, Magnussen, Grosjean, Hartley, even Hulkenberg, they are not professional enough, they're a danger to the others, to the real professionals, they shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a F1 car, especially Stroll and Magnussen

Posted by: HannibalLetcher 22nd October 2018, 10:35 AM

Can't think of any on the top of my head either of a great passing move outside Alonso and the three teams.

Posted by: HannibalLetcher 22nd October 2018, 10:42 AM

We could potentially see a new first time winner next season. Leclerc or even Gasly.

Posted by: Dob Geldof 22nd October 2018, 11:28 AM

Leclerc has pulled off some outstanding moves this season, most recently against Magnussen in Sochi so I can't agree with you there.

Hulk & Perez have had flashes of brilliance in their careers but admittedly not had great seasons this year. So you do have a point in the sense that I couldn't make a case for many of the current crop warranting a seat in a top team.

Posted by: HannibalLetcher 22nd October 2018, 12:28 PM

QUOTE(Dob Geldof @ Oct 22 2018, 12:28 PM)

Posted by: Severin 22nd October 2018, 03:56 PM

Yeah I agree, looking back, that Leclerc has done some great moves and Bianchi was full of promise. I knew we'd have missed something.
Having said that I think he's an anomaly and that the field in general is fairly poor.
The top six drivers - Hamilton, Vettel, Alonso, Raikkonen, Verstappen and Ricciardo are among the best in the world.

The next bunch - Bottas, Hulkenberg, Sainz, Ocon and Perez are all good and like someone said momentarily great, and therefore deserves drives in F1.

I'd also place Leclerc in this group as it's really too soon to see if he'll maintain this level. I remember great drivers like Martin Brundle, who wasn't far behind Senna in the lower formula and impressed greatly until an accident messed up his ankles and robbed him of a glittering career, or Karl Wendlinger whose huge crash at Monaco put him in a coma for a month and broke his career. Frentzen, Johansson, Irvine and others all started brightly and never kept it up.

As for the rest of the pack I personally wouldn't care if none of them ever raced F1 again

Posted by: HannibalLetcher 22nd October 2018, 04:01 PM

Montoya on his day was.good in his Williams days, that pass on Schumacher in Brazil 2001.

Posted by: HannibalLetcher 22nd October 2018, 09:53 PM

Anyone spotted this during the race?

Posted by: Dob Geldof 22nd October 2018, 10:39 PM

Yeah lol, I was thinking they had invited some crazy fan into the com box.

Posted by: HannibalLetcher 23rd October 2018, 09:11 AM

Lance Stroll set to get his first outing in a Force India in the post-season Abu Dhabi test at the Yas Marina circuit.

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 23rd October 2018, 09:34 AM

Nice of Williams to release him to allow that to happen. Red Bull refuse to release Dani Ric and also refuse to let him drive the RBR

Posted by: HannibalLetcher 23rd October 2018, 01:05 PM

If things don't work out with Ocon for Williams, surely Williams must go for Kubica now. Sirotkin's money is no excuse anymore, because apparently Kubica now brings the same amount of backing as Sirotkin.

Posted by: HannibalLetcher 25th October 2018, 04:07 PM

Will we see Hamilton claim his fifth title? Or will there be a miracle for Vettel to keep it alive for yet another round?

Posted by: Dob Geldof 28th October 2018, 09:21 PM

YES

Posted by: HannibalLetcher 28th October 2018, 11:43 PM

Awful luck continued for Ricciardo, the engine yet again.

Posted by: HannibalLetcher 29th October 2018, 12:17 PM

Somehow in only Gutierrez's mind, he is aiming for a seat at Williams for next year.

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 29th October 2018, 07:05 PM

QUOTE(HannibalLetcher @ Oct 29 2018, 01:43 AM)

Posted by: HannibalLetcher 29th October 2018, 07:26 PM

My mistake sorry.

Well done to Hulkenberg on winning the B race Mexican Grand Prix.

Unfortunately yes the winner was a footnote on Hamilton winning his world title matching Fangio on five.

Posted by: Severin 29th October 2018, 09:03 PM

Gotta admit Hamilton deserves it this year and there have even been moments where he seemed quite likeable.

If he drives as well next year as he has done this year I'll probably rate him in the 10 best drivers of all time

Posted by: Mack'sXmasSack 1st November 2018, 11:51 PM

QUOTE(HannibalLetcher @ Oct 22 2018, 10:53 PM)

Posted by: Mack'sXmasSack 2nd November 2018, 12:10 AM

Swiss driver Louis Deletraz will have his first F1 test for Haas at the post-season Pirelli sessions in Abu Dhabi, surely he's better this Dad who raced in three Grand Prix in 1994 and 1995.

Posted by: Mack. 2nd November 2018, 12:56 PM

Ten years to the day since ITV last showed a Grand Prix where Lewis Hamilton won the world title for the first time. A peak of 13m viewers in the UK watched the race.




Ten years on, how things have changed with Sky Sports having exclusive F1 rights from season, Sky and F1 can only dream of those viewing figures now.

Posted by: Dob Geldof 2nd November 2018, 01:00 PM

Agreed, although tbf that was his first title ending a 12 year drought for a British champion and the race was at a prime time tv slot for the audience so a combination of all those things played some part.

Admittedly sky sports is an expensive luxury but can't deny they go a fantastic job with their coverage and dedicated channel. Get what you pay for that's for sure!

Posted by: Mack. 2nd November 2018, 01:28 PM

True, I haven't seen Sky Sports coverage, but it is good to see a dedicated F1 channel which is something that I thought I'll never see.

Away from that-

Haas have had their appeal against Romain Grosjean's disqualification of 6th place in the Italian Grand Prix thrown out.

Also it has agreed apparently that Vietnam will host a Grand Prix in 2020.

Posted by: Dob Geldof 2nd November 2018, 01:30 PM

I just hope it's not yet another one of those soulless Tilke tracks that have plagued Asia this decade.

Posted by: coi 2nd November 2018, 01:35 PM

That closing montage from ITV though!!

Posted by: Mack. 2nd November 2018, 01:40 PM

QUOTE(Dob Geldof @ Nov 2 2018, 02:30 PM)

Posted by: jakewild 4th November 2018, 05:47 PM

i’m looking forward to this 10 episode docuseries that netflix have in the works. it’s being produced by the guy who gave us Senna so i’ve got high hopes. the insights we’ve been treated to since liberty took over is v appreciated 🙌

Posted by: Mack. 7th November 2018, 03:19 PM

This weekend will be Kimi Raikkonen's 150th start for Ferrari, which will see him become only the third driver to reach that total with a single team.

Posted by: Mack. 7th November 2018, 11:15 PM

Confirmed that Vietnam will host a race in April 2020.

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-vietnam-street-circuit.2BvFoOV82kcqi88y0mMsUU.html

Posted by: Mack. 9th November 2018, 11:05 PM

Yet another engine penalty for Ricciardo.

Posted by: jakewild 10th November 2018, 06:56 PM

100th pole for mercedes

shame about ricciardo

Posted by: Mack. 10th November 2018, 10:39 PM

Lewis Hamilton should have got a grid penalty for blocking and almost colliding with Sirotkin.

Posted by: Mack. 11th November 2018, 10:21 AM

Fernando Alonso will have another chance at clinching the Triple Crown next season when he returns to the Indy 500 next year.

Posted by: Dob Geldof 11th November 2018, 09:01 PM

It's not often you see a driver confront another in the manner Max did to Ocon! Straight from the football pitch that.

No idea what the hell Ocon was doing there - Max 100% deserved the win today.

Posted by: Mack. 12th November 2018, 12:24 AM

No certainly not, a stupid move from Ocon.

Posted by: Mack. 12th November 2018, 01:18 AM

Ocon was in the wrong on-track, I can understand Max's disappointment but I don't think pushing Ocon was wise, I think that the first physical altercation that we've seen since Piquet vs Salazar in 1982 of course you had Senna punch Irvine in Japan 1993 when Irvine unlapped himself, Schumacher v Coulthard Spa 1998, Hamilton v Massa 2011 although that was.more collisions, Trulli v Sutil Brazil 2009, those are feuds in F1 that have confrontational that I can think of.

Brazil 2001- Montoya gets taken out of the race when in the lead by an Arrows
Brazil 2018- Max loses the win after Ocon collides with him when trying to unlap himself.

Coincidence?

I've read that there are theories that Ocon was told by Mercedes to take out Max like rife on social media.

This from Helment Marko:

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 12th November 2018, 06:19 PM

I cannot believe I am about to say this. Dear god.......but I think Hamilton was right. Max had more to lose and should have just let Ocon pass. Max shut the door on him very firmly knowing that he was there and I think that he unnecessarily fought for it instead of having the wisdom to just let him go through and not f*** up your race.

Don't think Ocon should be banned, he was a passenger the moment Max shut the door on him

Posted by: Mack. 14th November 2018, 01:38 PM

The FIA will not seek further talks with Max Verstappen and Esteban Ocon over their post-Brazilian Grand Prix physical confrontation following Verstappen's punishment.

Posted by: Bjork 15th November 2018, 10:35 AM

Ocon should have gotten a 1-race ban minimum

he was 1 lap behind and crashed into the leading car, there was a blue flag, the leading car shouldn't have to bother about cars that are 1 lap behind

lost all respect for ocon

Posted by: Juranamo 15th November 2018, 05:51 PM

I’m not a fan of blue flag rules, it would make racing much more interesting if the leaders actually had to overtake / occasionally defend from backmarkers on merit. Who cares if “the leaders are having their own race”? Backmarkers should be an obstacle just as much as hairpins / chicanes / animals crossing the road!

I’m not saying Ocon was in the right, I feel that was a risky move based on current rules.

Posted by: Mack. 15th November 2018, 11:34 PM

Vettel will he ever win a world title in a Ferrari? Or set not to be like Alonso's stint at Ferrari hence without the mistakes Vettel has made.

Posted by: Mack. 17th November 2018, 11:35 PM

Liberty expects to "replace a few existing" Grand Prix venues in future – what do you think of that?

Posted by: Mack. 20th November 2018, 02:55 PM

Regarding Max he is extremely talented, but his confrontation with Ocon has made me think twice as to whether I can still warm to him. Let's see what happens next year.

Posted by: Mack. 21st November 2018, 10:38 AM

An announcement that could happen in Abu Dhabi, would be that Robert Kubica is set to make a remarkable comeback by agreeing a deal to join Williams for next year.

Posted by: dobbo 21st November 2018, 11:35 AM

Fantastic news if so, one of the most naturally talented drivers since I've followed the sport. Gave Hamilton, Alonso et al a run for their money on plenty of occasions whist at Sauber.

Posted by: Mack. 21st November 2018, 11:44 PM

As we approach the final race of his second stint at Ferrari, Kimi Raikkonen is currently Ferrari's most recent world champion, race winner, pole position and podium sitter, a little stat for you.

Posted by: jakewild 22nd November 2018, 09:19 AM

welcome back kubica! 👏

Posted by: Mack. 22nd November 2018, 11:06 AM

So Kubica confirmed as Williams driver for next year, this is one of the most remarkable sporting comebacks I can think of. It is fantastic to see Kubica back in F1 for next year, never did I think that this would happen after his horrific rally crash back in 2011.

Posted by: Mack. 22nd November 2018, 12:06 PM

Sergey Sirotkin's F1 backer SMP Racing says it has decided to split with Williams after being "unpleasantly surprised" by the team's poor performance and development.

Posted by: Mack. 22nd November 2018, 02:50 PM

Haas have protested to the FIA about both Force India cars ahead of the Abu Dhabi GP.

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 24th November 2018, 06:53 PM

QUOTE(Mack. @ Nov 22 2018, 02:06 PM)

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 25th November 2018, 01:21 PM

Grosjean banned for life please

Posted by: Bjork 25th November 2018, 08:38 PM

this time it wasn't his fault (for once)

sad that it was Alonso's final race

Posted by: Severin 25th November 2018, 11:23 PM

We need more of this side of Lewis

Posted by: Mack. 27th November 2018, 12:24 AM

Didn't see the race finale.

Alexander Albion has joined Toro Rosso as their second driver for next season, the grid is full with the likelihood that Stroll 'joins' Force India based on $$$.

Posted by: Mack. 30th November 2018, 02:16 PM

Force India aka Stroll's Daddy daycare have confirmed that son Lance 'undeservely ' confirmed as driver for next year.

Posted by: jakewild 30th November 2018, 02:27 PM

^ ugh. and while ocon gets nothing (p.s. I really don't get why he got 2 days public service for what happened with max. I get that he pushed back a bit but max was right in his face) (p.p.s. what even was their public service? I read that it was at the "discretion of the FIA'... probably nothing and they had to make it look like they took a stance..)

hamilton and vettel doing donuts with alonso at the end was such a nice touch. sad to see him go

Posted by: Mack. 30th November 2018, 04:45 PM

It's sad to see Alonso go, just a shame that he didn't have that final hurrah in a McLaren.

Regarding Stroll, I do wonder how long he'll be in the seat for.

Posted by: Mack'sXmasSack 2nd December 2018, 12:55 AM

Force India becomes Racing Point for next year.

Posted by: 5 Silas Frøkner 2nd December 2018, 09:22 AM

Stroll will be there for as long as his daddy bank rolls the team

It’s disappointing to see him retain a seat when people like Stoff and hell even Ericsson lose their drives despite being better drivers. That’s before you get onto people who are actually fairly talented.

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 2nd December 2018, 10:22 AM

Seems to be a slightly bigger than usual driver clear out for next year. Ocon is the only dropped driver that will be remotely missed

Posted by: dobbo 2nd December 2018, 01:13 PM

They have cleared a lot of the deadwood at least & there's no doubt Ocon will be back in a seat in the future it's just an unfortunate set of circumstances.

Posted by: CaptainMackmas 3rd December 2018, 03:29 PM

Charles Leclerc was named Rookie of the Year award yesterday at the Autosport Awards. and Lewis Hamilton was named International Driver of the Year.

Posted by: CaptainMackmas 7th December 2018, 11:56 PM

Kimi clearly.enjoyed the FIA Prize Giving Ceremony tonight after having a few drinks.

https://www.twitter.com/lightsovt/status/1071146016500539393

Posted by: jakewild 8th December 2018, 12:18 AM

QUOTE(CaptainMackmas @ Dec 7 2018, 11:56 PM)

Posted by: Voltage501 31st December 2018, 08:26 PM

Crash damage from this season cost Toro Rosso more than €2m.

Posted by: dobbo 1st January 2019, 11:13 AM

Guess that's what happens when you put Hartley in one of your cars...