F1 2019 season discussion and chat.

[Naks]

seen on FB, unverified source :

Mercedes' Normal Lap Vs Lift and coast lap in Austria. (Blue - normal. Pink- lift n coast)
X axis - lap length (4km and off metres)
Y axis - speed in kph(0 - 300+ kph)

 

[Agent_Smith]

Silverstone has agreed a new 5 year deal to host the British round of the F1 championship. Good for the sport.

 

[caroper]

Silverstone has agreed a new 5 year deal to host the British round of the F1 championship. Good for the sport.

https://www.pitpass.com/65135/Silverstone-agrees-new-5-year-deal

Link added for full story

 

[Yats]

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/rich-ends-haas-sponsorship-twitter/4492155/

Haas sponsor terminated their deal. Wonder how it will affect the team. They haven't been doing that well this year. But kinda glad that RE are gone. They seemed to be quite dodgy. They were also requested to reveal all their finances by a British judge after they were accused (and found guilty) of copying their logo.

I wonder if the team will get a new livery for the rest of the season.

 

[thestaggy]

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/rich-ends-haas-sponsorship-twitter/4492155/

Haas sponsor terminated their deal. Wonder how it will affect the team. They haven't been doing that well this year. But kinda glad that RE are gone. They seemed to be quite dodgy. They were also requested to reveal all their finances by a British judge after they were accused (and found guilty) of copying their logo.

I wonder if the team will get a new livery for the rest of the season.

I questioned this company earlier in the year when it surfaced...

Anybody taken note of Haas' title sponsor? 'Rich Energy', some obscure energy drink. They're not an established brand, seemingly confined to London and they suddenly have the money to do what Red Bull and Monster do; sponsor an F1 team.

This is either some scam similar to T-Minus and Arrows or the venture capitalists behind it are banking on Haas getting them the publicity to launch the drink.

Their website is pretty vague in terms of talking about the actual product.

https://richenergy.com/

 

[thestaggy]

Williams dodged a bullet by not linking up with Rich Energy.

Williams extends F1 deal with title sponsor ROKiT until end of 2023

The Williams Formula 1 team has extended its title sponsorship deal with telecommunications company ROKiT from three years to five, taking the relationship to the end of the 2023 season.

The news represents a major vote of confidence in the outfit from ROKiT owner Jonathan Kendrick, at a time when Williams's performance on track has been poor.

ROKiT's primary business is mobile phones and wifi services, but the company is involved in other markets, such as the drinks industry.

Despite Robert Kubica and George Russell regularly being slowest at grands prix in 2019, Kendrick has been encouraged by the exposure his company has received since the start of the season.

"I'm happy with my brand recognition and what it's done for me," Kendrick told Autosport.

"I sponsored the team to get my brand out there, and it's got my brand out there big time, all over the world. It's even better than I expected.

"Our phones are going into 4000 Walmart stores in the US, and in every car park ROKiT Williams has a banner.

"In India ROKiT Williams is going to be in every one of our wifi cities. So there's masses of potential for Williams to leverage their brand in a way that they've never done before.

Great to see that Williams still has brand recognition as well.

 

[thestaggy]

Great channel for raw sounds. Watch your volume if you are using ear phones, she's a screamer.

 

[Naks]

The weekend is off to a funny start!

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1149329520807284737

 

[caroper]

DSTV keep advertising the race with the line"
Watch the Silverstone GP "One Last Time"
Are they saying they are dropping F1 coverage from next year or are they just to damn lazy or incompetent to know that this is not the last Silverstone GP and change the jingle?

 

[daveza]

DSTV keep advertising the race with the line"
Watch the Silverstone GP "One Last Time"
Are they saying they are dropping F1 coverage from next year or are they just to damn lazy or incompetent to know that this is not the last Silverstone GP and change the jingle?

Probably the latter.

 

[caroper]

 

[mubeend]

The weekend is off to a funny start!

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1149329520807284737

I vote for a driver being overtaken comms Channel between drivers. Then we can have moments like this throughout the race. Lando will be parked on the side of every race and danny would win the championship.

 

[caroper]

if you need it:
acestream://e3a6cc9e6f6a683dec96c54960e4e000912f1ca4 [SD] [SKY] [EN]

or

Acestream://110d95cc1e31159fa59657ed13a621ae238c13af / SKY F1 / HD

Same content as DSTv but without the buffering issues and TWT shrinking the screen ever 5 min to advertise.

 

[Naks]

pubegate 2019 #lol

 

[voldoverse]

watching qualy i realized im gonna struggle this weekend with these commentators clutching at their privates because silverstone this and silverstone that

 

[dw...]

Silverstone must be one of the best F1 tracks in the world, it looks like a real drivers track when compared to some of the newer tracks.

Silverstone and Monza, I think

 

[voldoverse]

wow just realized how much better the merc and ferarri sounds onboard compared to the renault and hondas

the merc and fez sounds more screamy and the other 2 sounds more lawnmowery

 

[Agent_Smith]

So a Merc front row lockout but I think they're going to have Le Clerc and Verstappen hounding them all way tomorrow. Should be a great race.

 

[daveza]

I see rain clouds.

 

[caroper]

I see rain clouds.

It's Silverstone there are always rain Clouds but on average only 20% chance of rain.
Or more correctly 80% chance of a minor drizzle that will wet a camera lense but not the track surface.