2018 Formula One thread

[PittsburghTiger 6129]

Mercedes told Bottas to give back the spot. But Bottas did not give it easily.

[PittsburghTiger 6129]

Hamilton by 17 seconds at the checkered. Stupid pit stop.

Vettel/Ferrari has pissed away a great opportunity/season.

Edited July 29, 2018 by PittsburghTiger

[PittsburghTiger 6129]

Hamilton, Vettel, Kimi, Riccardo, Bottas.

[PittsburghTiger 6129]

So now Hamilton is 213 to 189 for Vettel.

[PittsburghTiger 6129]

I love Formula 1. I hate tracks where its is almost impossible to pass. I hate that there are only six competitive cars that can win a race. 

[wood 11090]

7 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said:

So now Hamilton is 213 to 189 for Vettel.

Isn't it 213 - 186?

[PittsburghTiger 6129]

2 minutes ago, wood said:

Isn't it 213 - 186?

Nope, 189.

https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/drivers.html

[PittsburghTiger 6129]

Well, time to hit the store.

Germans coming tomorrow. Time to get to the store for some grilling meat and ingredients to make the gazpacho.

[PittsburghTiger 6129]

Interesting interview with Bottas. Being called a wingman hurts he says.

[wood 11090]

11 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said:

Nope, 189.

https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/drivers.html

Oh that's right. It was 186 before Bottas lost P2.

[elfenix 34161]

Google gave me a got-damn notification of the result. Right there between the Astros score and the weather in the notification tray. Fuck!

[wood 11090]

6 hours ago, elfenix said:

Google gave me a got-damn notification of the result. Right there between the Astros score and the weather in the notification tray. Fuck!

Yeah I was successfully avoiding all the German GP news for several days during my Mexico trip. Didn't think I'd get a spoiler in the title of an email, from F1 of all people ... but I did. FML.

[Goofyboy 3103]

Botas is the wingman at this point in the year. Bring home the constructors cup and help Hamilton win another drivers cup. He’s the second driver at this point. He is behind in points.

How about Gasley finishing 6 in a Honda power ToroRoso?? Kid had a good day and beat the Renault power McLaren.

I felt bad for Vandorn. He was running well.

[wood 11090]

14 hours ago, Goofyboy said:

Botas is the wingman at this point in the year. Bring home the constructors cup and help Hamilton win another drivers cup. He’s the second driver at this point. He is behind in points.

How about Gasley finishing 6 in a Honda power ToroRoso?? Kid had a good day and beat the Renault power McLaren.

I felt bad for Vandorn. He was running well.
 

Bottas was always going to be Lewis's wingman and was never going to be anything more than a second driver. He's naive if he really believes otherwise. After the way Nico got under Lewis's skin, Mercedes only ever wanted someone to support Lewis and not make waves, not someone who can compete with him.

Re: STR v McLaren, STR had a good strategy & Gasly did have a very nice day. McLaren had a pretty nice day overall too, minus the gearbox failure for SV. STR can beat McLaren on some tracks, esp when the McLaren gearbox keeps breaking, but it's not because of Renault power sucking or Honda power being better. It's because the 33 is fundamentally compromised and flawed. Alonso said a couple days ago that they're spending 70% of their FP time now just testing 2019 stuff. Watching them in practice, I believe him.

Edited July 30, 2018 by wood

[Goofyboy 3103]

Alonso has to be staying then. No way he’s just a test car driver for McLaren.

[wood 11090]

21 minutes ago, Goofyboy said:

Alonso has to be staying then. No way he’s just a test car driver for McLaren.

Yeah, that makes me wonder, too. I think if he's in F1 next year for any team, and I think he will be, it likely means he's in at least through 2021.

[Anton Chigurh 3318]

Example of what a 2019 wing will look like.

[wood 11090]

Big improvement.

[52-80 19047]

I thought you might enjoy seeing Discount Bernie Ecclestone

 

[Prepuce of Doom 20954]

I've been constantly behind lately so I haven't been able to follow or participate in the thread out of fear for spoilers, but I got a kick out of this pairing in my Twitter feed.

[52-80 19047]

#blessed

[wood 11090]

 

[utee94 15733]

Looks cool, but that big hunk of metal behind the left front tire is bound to slow them down considerably.  They might want to re-think that new bit of aero.

 

 

 

 

[wood 11090]

I don't mind losing some top speed if the cars can follow and pass better.

[utee94 15733]

Uhhhhhh...

[wood 11090]

Ha! Oh, I see the smiley now & figgered out what you meant. Oops...

Is it just me, or does that simpler, graceful-looking wing look pretty sexy?

Edited August 1, 2018 by wood

[utee94 15733]

Looks great, totally agree.

 

[wood 11090]

Oof.

Lauda in Critical Condition after successful lung transplant: https://www.yahoo.com/news/formula-one-legend-niki-lauda-undergoes-successful-lung-194759484--spt.html?soc_src=hl-viewer&soc_trk=tw

[ConferenceRoom 6123]

Danny leaving Red Bull at the end of 2018. Rumor mill says he's going to Renault with Sainz to McLaren and Lando Norris to Toro Rosso. 

[Hawndoh 2378]

Red Bull to Renault, huh. You'd think he could do better than that.

[ConferenceRoom 6123]

Daniel Ricciardo to Renault confirmed. 

Yeah, I dunno. It's possible they presented him with a road map to a championship a la Mercedes with Lewis. However, in 2012 Mercedes had already won in China and should have won Monaco so they were in a much better position. Change of scenery and a money offer he couldn't refuse might have been enough. I guess I'm a Renault fan now. 

[utee94 15733]

I'll root for Ricciardo no matter where he is, but I don't have much hope we'll be seeing him on the podium with Renault.  Hope I'm wrong.

[Anton Chigurh 3318]

Well that’s interesting.

[Anton Chigurh 3318]

What about Sainz to RBR? They still have his rights, I believe. They could trade them for Lando Norris, but then who gets the RBR seat?

Ocon? Vandoorne? Gasly? Sainz is the most qualified at this point out of all those guys.

[ConferenceRoom 6123]

Silly season confirmed.

[ConferenceRoom 6123]

[52-80 19047]

Ocons decent isn't he

[wood 11090]

Wow.

[utee94 15733]

Sure would have loved seeing him in red, no offense intended to the iceman of course.

[Anton Chigurh 3318]

This is cool.

[PittsburghTiger 6129]

AUGUST 3, 2018

Daniel Ricciardo is leaving Red Bull for Renault at the end of the 2018 Formula 1 season.

Red Bull announced the departure of Ricciardo and Renault announced its signing of Ricciardo in separate Friday announcements. The 29-year-old Australian joins Renault on a two-year contract and is more than familiar with the setup, having climbed the Formula Renault ladder on his journey to F1. Ricciardo has been racing with Renault power at Red Bull from 2014.

Read more: http://autoweek.com/article/formula-one/daniel-ricciardo-bolting-red-bull-renault-f1-team#ixzz5N8WV8kGK

[elfenix 34161]

Finally got around to watching Hungary, Kimi at the end cracked me up, "yeah, he's always happy"

[Bill Brasky 1438]

Hungray was a dogshit race.  Boring as fuck

[ConferenceRoom 6123]

7 hours ago, Bill Brasky said:

Hungray was a dogshit race.  Boring as fuck

Losing Max at the beginning pretty much ruined it. 

[wood 11090]

FML...

F1 planning return to 2011-style high tyre degradation https://www.racefans.net/2018/08/06/f1-planning-return-2011-style-high-tyre-degradation/

Edited August 6, 2018 by wood

[wood 11090]

Stroll-backed consortium saves Force India https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/force-india-bid-stroll-consortium-administration/3155471/

[utee94 15733]

On 8/7/2018 at 12:42 PM, wood said:

Stroll-backed consortium saves Force India https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/force-india-bid-stroll-consortium-administration/3155471/

Silly season indeed.  So I'm assuming Lance takes one of those seats, neither are signed right now I believe?  Which of the two stays, which goes?

 

 

Edited August 8, 2018 by utee94

[wood 11090]

 

Fox Sports Brazil guy says he's headed to Ganassi. But we'll see...

Edited August 13, 2018 by wood

[wood 11090]

48 minutes ago, wood said:

 

Fox Sports Brazil guy says he's headed to Ganassi. But we'll see... I think if he's doing IndyCar next year at all, it'll just be the 500.

 

Edited August 13, 2018 by wood

[wood 11090]

Alonso not racing in F1 next year.  

https://www.mclaren.com/formula1/team/fernando-alonso/mclaren-confirms-fernando-alonso-decision/

 

Edited August 14, 2018 by wood