1%er
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F1 2019
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1%er
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iirc Vettel has won the last two races here, but last year was because Mercedes stopped twice while Ferrari only stopped once.
a_chap
When the world came apart, where were you?
Move to where I wonder.
In the days when the British Grand Prix used to alternate between Brands Hatch and Silverstone I much preferred the Kent track (despite it being a hundred miles further away from where I lived)
I went to the one-off GP at Castle Donnington which was awful on so many levels - this despite me desperately wanting it to be amazing. I had a quick chat with Tom Wheatcroft on the Friday (ok, slight exaggeration it was little more than a "Well done, Tom") and he could not have looked happier.
Anyway, my vote for the location of a new British F1 Grand Prix: Mallory Park!
Let's see how that all get 'round Gerard's Bend on the first lap 
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
To be fair, the Donnington GP did feature what is arguably the finest opening lap in the entire history of the sport.Move to where I wonder.
In the days when the British Grand Prix used to alternate between Brands Hatch and Silverstone I much preferred the Kent track (despite it being a hundred miles further away from where I lived)
I went to the one-off GP at Castle Donnington which was awful on so many levels - this despite me desperately wanting it to be amazing. I had a quick chat with Tom Wheatcroft on the Friday (ok, slight exaggeration it was little more than a "Well done, Tom") and he could not have looked happier.
Anyway, my vote for the location of a new British F1 Grand Prix: Mallory Park!
1%er
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You must be talking about the 1993 European GP, when the great Senna came from 4th on the grid to first in the wet.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Limejuice
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beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Yes, I know they’re a lot faster round there nowadays.
But fuck me. Just look at him. One handed into Tabac at roughly 120 miles an hour
Limejuice
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Yes, I know they’re a lot faster round there nowadays.
But fuck me. Just look at him. One handed into Tabac at roughly 120 miles an hour
He could drive a bit...
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
Yes, I know they’re a lot faster round there nowadays.
But fuck me. Just look at him. One handed into Tabac at roughly 120 miles an hour
Now I get it.
Limejuice
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Now you mention it, that sounds like my daughter down our driveway in her Corsa.But fuck me. Just look at him. One handed into Tabac at roughly 120 miles an hour
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
1%er
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Leclerc must stand his ground
Charles Leclerc was almost 3/10 of a second faster than Vettel during Q3, which is a significant gap between the two Ferrari drivers and he must be left to race without team orders in my view. Heading into the Bahrain Grand Prix, there is no clear top driver at Ferrari despite the fact that they used team orders to prevent Leclerc from challenging, and likely passing Vettel for fourth place in the season opener. Vettel currently sits in fourth place in the driver standings with 12 points while Leclerc sits right behind him in fifth with 10 points. Vettel was prioritized at Ferrari quite often from his first season driving for the team, the 2015 season, through the 2018 season, which is the final season during which Kimi Raikkonen drove for the team.
But with Leclerc set to make the first pole position start of his Formula 1 career in only the 2019 season’s second race, Ferrari cannot afford to screw up by prioritizing Vettel, especially not to the extent of making Leclerc move aside to allow Vettel to win the race like Mercedes did to Valtteri Bottas to allow Hamilton to win last year’s Russian Grand Prix. Vettel has had a great chance to defeat Hamilton with Ferrari at their current strength, yet he has thrown away a boatload of points through a plethora of unforced errors in each of these two seasons, potentially costing himself two championships in the process. Why prioritize a driver who has demonstrated time and time again that he cannot put together a full 21-race season that is superior to that of Hamilton?
The 2019 season is young enough that it is still anything but clear when it comes to determining who Ferrari’s top driver is. I am certainly not saying that Ferrari need to prioritize Leclerc, but the last thing they need to be doing with one race down and 20 remaining on this year’s schedule is prioritizing Vettel, especially after Leclerc was clearly faster than him in the season opener and after Leclerc took the pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix over him by a sizable margin.
Steiner pissed at Grosjean penalty
The Frenchman was given a three-place grid drop and a penalty point on his superlicence for blocking Lando Norris at the final corner in Q1. In their conclusion, race officials said that while Grosjean hadn't been warned about the approaching McLaren, it should have been his prerogative to watch those around him. "He did not do anything wrong,” Steiner argued “There was no radio call. Why should he get a point? That is just like having it out at somebody. It is completely inappropriate. It is completely the wrong decision. The three grid positions we can discuss, but to give him a penalty point, come on guys? Where are we living”?
Steiner was even more incoherent as the ruling came mere hours after drivers had met with Garry Connelly, the chairman of the stewards, to discuss a "let them race" approach to decisions. “You try to chat with them [the stewards], but if you don’t get it you don’t get it. If you don’t want to get it you won’t get it. I don’t know," he ranted. “They had a meeting with the drivers yesterday where they had a good talk with them, but I don’t know what they talked about because it looks like they wasted a lot of daylight. They talk and they talk and then they do what they feel like without considering any factors”.
Steiner was so mad he couldn't string a coherent sentence together
KKKKKKK
Charles Leclerc was almost 3/10 of a second faster than Vettel during Q3, which is a significant gap between the two Ferrari drivers and he must be left to race without team orders in my view. Heading into the Bahrain Grand Prix, there is no clear top driver at Ferrari despite the fact that they used team orders to prevent Leclerc from challenging, and likely passing Vettel for fourth place in the season opener. Vettel currently sits in fourth place in the driver standings with 12 points while Leclerc sits right behind him in fifth with 10 points. Vettel was prioritized at Ferrari quite often from his first season driving for the team, the 2015 season, through the 2018 season, which is the final season during which Kimi Raikkonen drove for the team.
But with Leclerc set to make the first pole position start of his Formula 1 career in only the 2019 season’s second race, Ferrari cannot afford to screw up by prioritizing Vettel, especially not to the extent of making Leclerc move aside to allow Vettel to win the race like Mercedes did to Valtteri Bottas to allow Hamilton to win last year’s Russian Grand Prix. Vettel has had a great chance to defeat Hamilton with Ferrari at their current strength, yet he has thrown away a boatload of points through a plethora of unforced errors in each of these two seasons, potentially costing himself two championships in the process. Why prioritize a driver who has demonstrated time and time again that he cannot put together a full 21-race season that is superior to that of Hamilton?
The 2019 season is young enough that it is still anything but clear when it comes to determining who Ferrari’s top driver is. I am certainly not saying that Ferrari need to prioritize Leclerc, but the last thing they need to be doing with one race down and 20 remaining on this year’s schedule is prioritizing Vettel, especially after Leclerc was clearly faster than him in the season opener and after Leclerc took the pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix over him by a sizable margin.
Steiner pissed at Grosjean penalty
The Frenchman was given a three-place grid drop and a penalty point on his superlicence for blocking Lando Norris at the final corner in Q1. In their conclusion, race officials said that while Grosjean hadn't been warned about the approaching McLaren, it should have been his prerogative to watch those around him. "He did not do anything wrong,” Steiner argued “There was no radio call. Why should he get a point? That is just like having it out at somebody. It is completely inappropriate. It is completely the wrong decision. The three grid positions we can discuss, but to give him a penalty point, come on guys? Where are we living”?
Steiner was even more incoherent as the ruling came mere hours after drivers had met with Garry Connelly, the chairman of the stewards, to discuss a "let them race" approach to decisions. “You try to chat with them [the stewards], but if you don’t get it you don’t get it. If you don’t want to get it you won’t get it. I don’t know," he ranted. “They had a meeting with the drivers yesterday where they had a good talk with them, but I don’t know what they talked about because it looks like they wasted a lot of daylight. They talk and they talk and then they do what they feel like without considering any factors”.
Steiner was so mad he couldn't string a coherent sentence together
KKKKKKK
Ax^
Silly Rabbit
aye but the lap of life was in 1988
Splinting hairs like .. only one team had on boards in Monaco 1988 and that was Brabham
MrCurry
right after this urgent rest
It’s going to be very interesting to see how Vettel handles it if he’s beaten by LEC. If it happens a few races in a row and it starts to look like the young gun can mount a title challenge, then the pressure on Vettel might produce some mistakes, like we saw last year.
I would still put money on Vettel if I were into that kind of thing, but I see he’s gone straight to 7/4 from the 3/1 the bookies were offering after last race.
I would still put money on Vettel if I were into that kind of thing, but I see he’s gone straight to 7/4 from the 3/1 the bookies were offering after last race.
