September 27, 20177 yr Kvyat's deadwood. If he's not slow, he's crashing. He had his chance with in a Red Bull and just wasn't good enough. Regarding the Williams sitch, I know the rumours are that they're deciding between Massa, di Resta and Kubica, but I honestly do believe that they're waiting to see how Jo performs in the next few races following on from his decent performance in Singapore. Yes, only 12 cars finished - but it was in quite challenging conditions (if the first corner incident wasn't enough to prove that, then Kvyat and Ericsson walling their cars surely does?). I seriously do think he's still in the running, plus his dad's chopper was spotted at Williams' HQ a week or so ago which leads me to believe discussions are being made.
September 27, 20177 yr Id rather have Kvyat than 50,000,000 Palmers. He only got a drive in the first place because Renault weren’t quick enough to do the deal before his daddy’s cheque bought Lotus another 3 weeks of operations at the end of 2015. Renault didn’t want either driver they inherited and for good reason
September 27, 20177 yr I'm sorry (well not really ha), but if they really didn't want Jo in 2015, Renault would not have re-signed him at the end of 2016 in a billion years. He was the GP2 champion in 2014 and really improved towards the end of last season. If they didn't want him, they'd have taken on another Maldonado or something. He has shown this year that he's been quite capable of reaching Q3 and has done well in the races, but has also been hit by poor reliability more often than Hulk. Yes, he's not as quick as Hülkenberg, but he's also a lot less experienced in F1. I actually believe he's getting there and I think (whether this is me being deluded or not, I don't know) Williams haven't made a decision yet, purely because they want to see how he reacts to the Singapore result.
September 27, 20177 yr Author On Formula One's official YouTube channel, the 2001 Malaysian Grand Prix is available to watch with commentary from Murray Walker and Martin Brundle. I hope Liberty Media do more full races available on YouTube.
September 28, 20177 yr I'm sorry (well not really ha), but if they really didn't want Jo in 2015, Renault would not have re-signed him at the end of 2016 in a billion years. He was the GP2 champion in 2014 and really improved towards the end of last season. If they didn't want him, they'd have taken on another Maldonado or something. He has shown this year that he's been quite capable of reaching Q3 and has done well in the races, but has also been hit by poor reliability more often than Hulk. Yes, he's not as quick as Hülkenberg, but he's also a lot less experienced in F1. I actually believe he's getting there and I think (whether this is me being deluded or not, I don't know) Williams haven't made a decision yet, purely because they want to see how he reacts to the Singapore result. They offered the seat to literally half the grid before they settled. They only resigned him over a rookie because he improved at the end of the year. Renault have tried to buy him out of his contract this year. Mate honestly, delusional is exactly the word I’d use. If he wasn’t British he’d have no supporters at all. Don’t see Eriksson getting this kind of support and they’re both shite pay drivers who deserve their P45s. He’s made Q3 what? Twice? That car is now the 4th fastest on the grid and he still fails to make it out of Q2. That’s indefensible. (Half his unreliability issues can probably be related to him ditching it into the wall earlier in the weekend. Funny how his reliability has picked up now he’s no longer driving into the barriers 3 times a weekend) If he ends up at Williams then I think it’d truly be fitting for their decline. He’s not good enough for a 2018 Manor drive.
September 29, 20177 yr Sirotkin was faster in FP1 yesterday than Palmer :manson: Gasly was P9 so a good start from him!
September 29, 20177 yr Author A revised calendar for 2018: 2018 F1 calendar March 25 Melbourne, Australia April 8 Sakhir, Bahrain April 15 Shanghai, China April 29 Baku, Azerbaijan May 13 Barcelona, Spain May 27 Monaco June 10 Montreal, Canada June 24 Paul Ricard, France July 1 Red Bull Ring, Austria July 8 Silverstone, Great Britain July 22 Hockenheim, Germany July 29 Hungaroring, Hungary August 26 Spa, Belgium September 2 Monza, Italy September 16 Singapore September 30 Sochi, Russia October 7 Suzuka, Japan October 21 Austin, USA October 28 Mexico City, Mexico November 11 Interlagos, Brazil November 25 Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi That sees China and Bahrain swap places.
September 29, 20177 yr i'm stoked for gasley bein given a test run for rosso and P9 is a great result to kick off with. rly hoping for a kubica return tho tbh tho it's not lookin likely 🙁
September 29, 20177 yr Author He did very well in practice today, did Pierre Gasley. Still not sure whether he's only in the seat for 2 races or taken over Kvyat's seat for the rest of the season. I would again love to see Kubica back on the grid next year it depends how he does on his test drive with Williams. A possibility that rain will play a part during this weekend. If it doesn't just rain in Malaysia does it? It chucks down with rain. Will anyone miss Malaysia on the calendar?
October 1, 20177 yr Yeah Sepang is most certainly Tilks'e best ever work^ sad to see this one go! Very happy for Max winning today, especially after the misfortune he's had previously this season - and this one fully on merit! Not a vintage Malaysian GP but an interesting watch. The highlight was most definitely after the race with Vettel & Stroll :rofl: This title race is by no means over, Merc looked well off the pace today. Sets it up very well for Suzuka!
October 1, 20177 yr Author Was very pleased that Verstappen won after all the bad luck he has had this season. An average race really. Weird incident between Stroll & Vettel. Don't think I've ever seen someone hit each other on the slowing down lap. YTz5jb0a7ek
October 3, 20177 yr ^ loved vettel getting a lift at the end ☺️ waking up at 6am hungover to watch live was definitely worth it with max winning. without a doubt my fav current driver and 2 red bulls on podium was the icing on the cake. vettel coming 20th to 4th was nice to see too. really hoping for gasly 2018 torro rosso
October 3, 20177 yr I think Gasly did a solid job this weekend! Should be a lock for 2018 I'd hope. Especially as the RBR Jnr Drivers programme is a little sparse of other talent at the moment. Di Resta and Kubica are to test the 2014 Williams this month as part of the battle for that seat. Massa also in the frame and Weherlin is apparently 4th in the order. Distant 4th but still on their radar. No news on Palmer which I assume means they've rightly discounted him.
October 3, 20177 yr i'm looking forward to leclarc's imminent f1 debut.... 🤞 not sure who id want in out of di resta and kubica... kibica would be such a good comeback story however
October 5, 20177 yr rosberg to commentate in japan 😍 tho a 5am start 😵 think it'll be catch up for me this time
October 5, 20177 yr Author Rumours that they'll be an Danish Grand Prix in 2020 possibly. An great coup for Sky Sports F1 in getting Nico Rosberg to commentate on the Japanese Grand Prix.
October 7, 20177 yr Author Palmer set to be dropped after the Japanese Grand Prix with Sainz Jr taking over his drive and Kvyat is back in the wheel for Toro Rosso with Gasly for USA.
October 7, 20177 yr DING DONG PALMERS GONE!!!!!!!!! 18 months later than when he should have gone tbh but I’m so glad he’s finally gone. Never deserved a factory drive but tbf it’s not as if the 2016 car was up to anything
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