Limejuice
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Well, stacking both cars, given the magnetic attraction those Ferraris seem to exert on each other.
F1 2020
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MrCurry
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Above taken from Skysports page. Hard not to read that as Albon’s race engineer getting booted out / blamed for some of his woes so far this season. I don’t recall what the problems have been, other than Alex bemoaning the fact he was released into traffic during quali in Hungary.
Let’s hope Simon Rennie helps Albon fulfill some more of his potential, because he’s definitely showing good pace and seems to do well in scraps during the races, but hasn’t been getting results close to Max’s level just yet.
Excellent newsI've just noticed that this weekend's GP action is also being shown live on Channel 4 in the UK.
So there's no need to chip into Ol' Man Murdoch's Viagra fund.
can watch on the big telly! Anyone else think that Mercedes might whitewash the season?
MrCurry
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Excellent news
Anyone else think that Mercedes might whitewash the season?
It’s looking that way! I think they got a fright at the start of last year when Ferrari were looking dangerous, and pulled all the toys out of the Merc “go faster ideas” bin for this year.
I do hope Lewis can get the title and match Schumacher’s WDC record, because as much as I respected Schuey’s ability, his ethics have never sat right with me. Lewis matching or exceeding his achievements would make a statement that you can succeed while playing fair.
Yup. Hamilton has his faults but rarely ever as a driver. Schumacher was a great driver but a massive cunt (get well soon Michael of course) to boot. It seems obvious that Ferrari have already written this season off and Red Bull with Verstappen are the only racing threat to total Merc dominance.
Obviously anything can happen and usually does
Valerie is good but not great like Lewis for sure.
What I am hoping for is a strong season for McLaren and Renault.
Think there is some good battles to be enjoyed this year.
1%er
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Brundle on Max wanting Mercedes drive
Martin Brundle thinks Max Verstappen will be pondering how he can get himself into a Mercedes seat if he continues to not win titles with Red Bull. The youngest-ever driver to make a start in Formula 1 and the youngest-ever race winner, Verstappen has made no secret of the fact that he wanted to complete the trifecta by becoming the youngest-ever Formula 1 World Champion. But time is running out on achieving that particular feat and, regardless of the record, it appears Red Bull and Verstappen still have quite a lot of catching up to do if they are to be the ones to knock Mercedes off their perch any time soon.
However, Brundle feels there will become a point where Verstappen will try and move to Mercedes in the future to realise his title dreams if Red Bull are ultimately unable to deliver the goods for him. “I think we’re going to hear more frustrated radio messages,” Brundle told Motorsport.com. “But his team have been really great at the pit stops and did a great job getting him to the start in Hungary. And I think he really appreciates that, to some extent, as a sort of ‘one for all, all for one’. But Max will also look around and think ‘how am I going to win a World Championship?’ If Mercedes continues to participate, he’ll also be thinking: ‘how do I get into that Mercedes at some point?'”
Even though the 2020 season is just three races old, Brundle believes the frustration will already be growing with Verstappen 30 points behind World Championship leader Lewis Hamilton heading into the double header at Silverstone.
“I think he is very frustrated. I mean, already after a couple of laps this season he dropped out, and what did we say? DNFs are not an option, and he has one,” Brundle added. “Normally Red Bull appears with a package that seems to have all the ingredients, and about halfway through the season they let it coincide in the most impressive way. Once again the car seems to have a lot of potential, but they really need to pull it out. We will see it at Silverstone. I think the chassis is strong enough and Honda looks strong too, but let’s wait and see. Let’s wait and see what the long turns at Silverstone bring them and what things they have found. They’ll master the car, but the question is when?”
Verstappen extended his Red Bull contract back in January 2020 until the end of the 2023 season.
Brazil and Mexico may sue F1
Formula race promoters in Brazil and Mexico are considering suing Liberty Media over their canceled 2020 races. Tamas Rohonyi, promoter for the race at Interlagos near Sao Paulo, Brazil, told O Estado de S.Paulo newspaper that F1's owner canceled for unjust reasons. "The contract can only be cancelled for reasons of force majeure*," he said. "That is something that is out of the control of the parties involved, like a plane falling on the cars or that we are all a meter under water."
F1, however, said it canceled all races on the American continents, including the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin and the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, because of the coronavirus pandemic. Rohonyi told the newspaper that promoters in Mexico could join Brazil in seeking legal redress in British courts. But Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport believes the conflict between Liberty and Rohonyi could be because Rio de Janeiro is shaping up to take over the hosting rights. As for the 2020 cancellation, Rohonyi says Formula 1's decision will cost the Interlagos race organizers millions. "It is a major economic loss," Rohoni said. "We hadn't started selling tickets yet, but there are commitments with sponsors, suppliers and employees." He also slammed five teams for writing a letter expressing their fears about traveling from Europe to Brazil amid the pandemic. "Ridiculous," said Rohonyi. "Whoever wrote that letter to us does not know the rules of the championship. "The contract does not say that there will be a race only if the teams want it. Whoever does not want to come should not come. It is not mandatory."
*I think Tamas Rohonyi should have spent 30 seconds looking at what "force majeure" means in the legal dictionary. If a global pandemic isn't considered an "unforeseeable circumstances that prevent someone from fulfilling a contract" I don't know what is. I can see some argument in him saying "if its a force majeure for Brazil them it is a force majeure for every race". But F1 have cancelled races in the 3 countries that have the highest rate of infection and have agreed with other countries with a high rate to cancel. I don't see he has a case, were he to take this to court in Brazil I could see him winning as the legal system here would favor him, what with him being Brazilian, as that is how the system works here, but he is taking the case in the UK so I'm not sure the case will ever go ahead. What he wants is for F1 to pay him some dosh to go away, as he has little to lose if the race really moves to Rio.
Adrian Sutil smashes his McLaren Senna LM in Monaco
The former Force India and Sauber F1 driver appears to have been driving his exclusive ride around the sovereign city-state when he crashed right into a light pole, according to reports on social media. While it’s not yet clear what caused the crash, the car’s front seems to have gotten the worst of it. Photos show the front of the vehicle turned to a jagged mess of shattered glass, torn up fiberglass and squashed mechanical bits. One piece of good news, though: The passenger capsule looks undamaged, suggesting that Sutil escaped without serious injury. He has yet to make any public comments since the accident.
Martin Brundle thinks Max Verstappen will be pondering how he can get himself into a Mercedes seat if he continues to not win titles with Red Bull. The youngest-ever driver to make a start in Formula 1 and the youngest-ever race winner, Verstappen has made no secret of the fact that he wanted to complete the trifecta by becoming the youngest-ever Formula 1 World Champion. But time is running out on achieving that particular feat and, regardless of the record, it appears Red Bull and Verstappen still have quite a lot of catching up to do if they are to be the ones to knock Mercedes off their perch any time soon.
However, Brundle feels there will become a point where Verstappen will try and move to Mercedes in the future to realise his title dreams if Red Bull are ultimately unable to deliver the goods for him. “I think we’re going to hear more frustrated radio messages,” Brundle told Motorsport.com. “But his team have been really great at the pit stops and did a great job getting him to the start in Hungary. And I think he really appreciates that, to some extent, as a sort of ‘one for all, all for one’. But Max will also look around and think ‘how am I going to win a World Championship?’ If Mercedes continues to participate, he’ll also be thinking: ‘how do I get into that Mercedes at some point?'”
Even though the 2020 season is just three races old, Brundle believes the frustration will already be growing with Verstappen 30 points behind World Championship leader Lewis Hamilton heading into the double header at Silverstone.
“I think he is very frustrated. I mean, already after a couple of laps this season he dropped out, and what did we say? DNFs are not an option, and he has one,” Brundle added. “Normally Red Bull appears with a package that seems to have all the ingredients, and about halfway through the season they let it coincide in the most impressive way. Once again the car seems to have a lot of potential, but they really need to pull it out. We will see it at Silverstone. I think the chassis is strong enough and Honda looks strong too, but let’s wait and see. Let’s wait and see what the long turns at Silverstone bring them and what things they have found. They’ll master the car, but the question is when?”
Verstappen extended his Red Bull contract back in January 2020 until the end of the 2023 season.
Brazil and Mexico may sue F1
Formula race promoters in Brazil and Mexico are considering suing Liberty Media over their canceled 2020 races. Tamas Rohonyi, promoter for the race at Interlagos near Sao Paulo, Brazil, told O Estado de S.Paulo newspaper that F1's owner canceled for unjust reasons. "The contract can only be cancelled for reasons of force majeure*," he said. "That is something that is out of the control of the parties involved, like a plane falling on the cars or that we are all a meter under water."
F1, however, said it canceled all races on the American continents, including the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin and the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, because of the coronavirus pandemic. Rohonyi told the newspaper that promoters in Mexico could join Brazil in seeking legal redress in British courts. But Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport believes the conflict between Liberty and Rohonyi could be because Rio de Janeiro is shaping up to take over the hosting rights. As for the 2020 cancellation, Rohonyi says Formula 1's decision will cost the Interlagos race organizers millions. "It is a major economic loss," Rohoni said. "We hadn't started selling tickets yet, but there are commitments with sponsors, suppliers and employees." He also slammed five teams for writing a letter expressing their fears about traveling from Europe to Brazil amid the pandemic. "Ridiculous," said Rohonyi. "Whoever wrote that letter to us does not know the rules of the championship. "The contract does not say that there will be a race only if the teams want it. Whoever does not want to come should not come. It is not mandatory."
*I think Tamas Rohonyi should have spent 30 seconds looking at what "force majeure" means in the legal dictionary. If a global pandemic isn't considered an "unforeseeable circumstances that prevent someone from fulfilling a contract" I don't know what is. I can see some argument in him saying "if its a force majeure for Brazil them it is a force majeure for every race". But F1 have cancelled races in the 3 countries that have the highest rate of infection and have agreed with other countries with a high rate to cancel. I don't see he has a case, were he to take this to court in Brazil I could see him winning as the legal system here would favor him, what with him being Brazilian, as that is how the system works here, but he is taking the case in the UK so I'm not sure the case will ever go ahead. What he wants is for F1 to pay him some dosh to go away, as he has little to lose if the race really moves to Rio.
Adrian Sutil smashes his McLaren Senna LM in Monaco
The former Force India and Sauber F1 driver appears to have been driving his exclusive ride around the sovereign city-state when he crashed right into a light pole, according to reports on social media. While it’s not yet clear what caused the crash, the car’s front seems to have gotten the worst of it. Photos show the front of the vehicle turned to a jagged mess of shattered glass, torn up fiberglass and squashed mechanical bits. One piece of good news, though: The passenger capsule looks undamaged, suggesting that Sutil escaped without serious injury. He has yet to make any public comments since the accident.
MrCurry
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Limejuice
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Oh, poor bloody Perez. Hope everyone else in the team is okay.Perez out the British GP after testing positive for C-19
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
Aye, hope the whole bubble thing has panned out as it should.
Would hope and expect F1 has more than adequate testing and protocol to manage this. Would be gutting if Racing Point had to pull out.
Sergio Perez self-isolating after inconclusive Covid-19 test ahead of the British Grand Prix | Formula 1®
The Racing Point driver missed the pre-race weekend press conference and is now awaiting a retest.
amp.formula1.com
Self isolating
Further tests due
Driver line up to be announced
Perez’ physically well’ despite positive Covid-19 test, say Racing Point | Formula 1®
Racing Point say Sergio Perez is “physically well and in good spirits” after the Mexican was announced as having recorded a positive test result for Covid-19.
www.formula1.com
Limejuice
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Well, some good news.Perez’ physically well’ despite positive Covid-19 test, say Racing Point | Formula 1®
Racing Point say Sergio Perez is “physically well and in good spirits” after the Mexican was announced as having recorded a positive test result for Covid-19.
The last thing you want is for a driver to be borked for several of the few races this season.
MrCurry
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Will it be the one of the official Merc reserve drivers Gutierrez or Vandoorne, or will someone with generous sponsors buy their way into that seat? Twitter is going half crazy over the possibility of Hulk finally getting his podium...
And I guess we found out what an “inconclusive“ test result really means. It means he tested positive and they were awaiting the results of a repeat test before confirming it.
And I guess we found out what an “inconclusive“ test result really means. It means he tested positive and they were awaiting the results of a repeat test before confirming it.
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BRITISH GRAND PRIX on C4I've just noticed that this weekend's GP action is also being shown live on Channel 4 in the UK.
So there's no need to chip into Ol' Man Murdoch's Viagra fund.
Friday 31 July
Practice 1 at 10.55am
Practice 2 at 2.55pm
Saturday 1 August
Practice 3 at 10.55am
Qualifying at 1pm
Sunday 2 August
Grand Prix coverage from 1pm
dessiato
4 years and I still cry sometimes
I think he'll quit. There's nothing for him at the back just making up numbers.Kimi
He does not sound like a happy bunny
Get him into Vettels car for the rest of the season
dessiato
4 years and I still cry sometimes
That's what he needs. A good car and he'll be back.
So not the Ferrari?
