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Post by René on Jan 10, 2019 16:54:23 GMT
Only a month to go til the first team presentation and two month until the first race in Melbourne! First testing will start on the 18th of february in Barcelona. Team presentation dates so far:
- 12 feb. Renault F1 Team
- 13 feb. Racing Point F1
- 14 feb. McLaren F1 Team
- 15 feb. Scuderia Ferrari
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Post by chrisb on Jan 11, 2019 9:02:05 GMT
Rene, there seems to be more of a buzz this year, lots of internal changes, McLaren bringing in a Porsche engineer to run things sounds good and whilst I would like a conspiracy theory I can't see Porsche wanting another involvement with F1
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Post by mikael on Jan 12, 2019 11:38:58 GMT
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Post by René on Jan 14, 2019 19:31:15 GMT
Yes, let's wait and see how this goes. Should be interesting but I have the feeling they could actually be a very good match. They're both way too smart to let this burst. And with Mattia Binotto running the team things look good for the Scuderia. It's time to give Mercedes a good spanking! |
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Post by Carl on Jan 15, 2019 0:07:03 GMT
"It's time to give Mercedes a good spanking!" - Rene "He hit me! He hit me!!" - Lewis Hamilton after being spanked. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2019 11:12:09 GMT
Will Kubica handle Russell?
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Post by mikael on Jan 15, 2019 13:14:07 GMT
I must excuse just citing news-snippets from www.grandprix.com, but I can't resist to comment on this one:
You may recall that Max Verstappen received a "community service sentence" to hit out at (or just push) Ocon at the Brazilian GP. Now it is told that the punishment was to be served in the harshest way one can imagine: by having him to attend a Formula E race, formally as an observer.
Accordingly, one of the drivers was highly offended by the fact that the FIA apparently consider it a punishment to send an F1-driver out to watch a Formula E race.
I found this to be among the most amusing I have read in a long time ...  |
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Post by charleselan on Jan 15, 2019 13:45:41 GMT
Will Kubica handle Russell? All will be revealed in the fullness of time  . |
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Post by charleselan on Jan 15, 2019 13:47:17 GMT
I must excuse just citing news-snippets from www.grandprix.com, but I can't resist to comment on this one:
You may recall that Max Verstappen received a "community service sentence" to hit out at (or just push) Ocon at the Brazilian GP. Now it is told that the punishment was to be served in the harshest way one can imagine: by having him to attend a Formula E race, formally as an observer.
Accordingly, one of the drivers was highly offended by the fact that the FIA apparently consider it a punishment to send an F1 out to watch a Formula E race.
I found this to be among the most amusing I have read in a long time ... Maybe he should have been made to race in the event, would have been great seeing him get hammered by JEV  . |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2019 15:50:25 GMT
Yes, let's wait and see how this goes. Should be interesting but I have the feeling they could actually be a very good match. They're both way too smart to let this burst. And with Mattia Binotto running the team things look good for the Scuderia. It's time to give Mercedes a good spanking! Mikael, thanks for sharing that piece. Rene, I don't agree with the 'wait and see' approach. Too boring. Best to make predictions based on your own observations and thoughts and then laugh at yourself as those predictions fall flat. So, what I think is that it will be quite close, but that Vettel will prevail and Leclerc at the end of the season will know that he will have been vanquished by a Demon driver the likes of which he has never been matched with before. Leclerc, in effect, will be spanked. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2019 15:54:52 GMT
Will Kubica handle Russell? All will be revealed in the fullness of time . Yes but Charles, we must stir peoples' pots by making wild predictions. I suspect Russell will fare well, but that Kubica will shade him. Kubica will be fired up to fever pitch and it will be glorious to see. |
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Post by Carl on Jan 15, 2019 17:17:03 GMT
Will Kubica handle Russell? More to his only weakness, will he comfortably handle the wheel? If yes, then yes. |
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Post by chrisb on Jan 15, 2019 18:10:59 GMT
Bill, greetings - tell me are you a cricket fan? I ask as I have already bought my tickets for this years Ashes....
Kubica will prevail, I sense he will be a bit Niki to Russel's Alain and use his brain far more effectively than Russell can at this stage but I suspect Russell will be quick if not quicker at some stages
again with Vettel I see him trying to accumulate more points than wins this year but Leclerc will edge him on wins,
Mikael, I saw that and did smile, although this year the FE are a bit more like racing cars - trouble is I just don't get that sense of speed, would be good to see them at a proper track mind but yea Vers punishment says a great deal about the thinking behind FE and F1
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Post by charleselan on Jan 15, 2019 20:26:58 GMT
Wild predictions Eh! Bill  . I stand completely behind my initial assertion and that is Charles Leclerc being 2019 WC, my one caveat being Ferrari producing a strong and consistent car capable of challenging the UK Panzer Waggons. Nico Rosberg is correct, Vettel will struggle against this new phenomena from Monte Carlo. Russell will shine even if the Williams is carp, and if Robert has 90% of his previous ability then he will be great. The team just need to build a car at least comparable with that of the 2016 model. What else? McLaren now at the very least have a guy running the race team who knows what he is doing, but can they design even a half reasonable vehicle. Renault and RBR-Honda are two variables for many different reasons. Those who think that MB will carry on the steam roller and win more championships, a pretty good guess, but F1 cannot really afford for this to happen, and on many commercial fronts. F1 is in decline as a spectator sport and the cumulative effect of one team dominating and Tv hidden by a very expensive pay wall in so many countries is a disaster waiting to complete; not to mention the big divide of this current formula between the haves and have nots. |
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Post by Carl on Jan 16, 2019 3:19:38 GMT
The likelihood that drivers with an inflated sense of entitlement will behave unselfishly is nil. Despite annual rumors of newfound maturity and false assurances that teammates are allowed to race, the two most prominent champions consistently act like spoiled children, punting even teammates out of the way. It's undeniable that the most ruthless are sometimes successful and admired. I'll never understand why bloody hell wasn't raised after Michael Schumacher lurched onto the track at Adelaide with the full intention of colliding with Damon Hill, a ruthlessness that pleased Bernie Ecclestone to no end and guaranteed more of the same down the road. There's a fine line, clear to most drivers, that disappears in red mist conditions. Poor Max has to reflect in silence... |
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