F1 - General discussion and 2017

[Dave]

Another Merc out front race. Quite boring.

Just because the Merc won (especially as it wasn’t supposed to be a track for them) doesn’t make it boring, the race was anything but boring...

 

[Willie Trombone]

Have to lay the first lap incident at the feet of Vettel I reckon. Yeah, he didn't know that Raikkonen had made such an electrifying start and so didn't think that squeezing Max would have such adverse consequences. Still, I can't see it being deemed anything more than a racing incident really...

So did Vettel do any different than any other driver would given the opportunity? I don't think so. Agree it was a racing incident. All 3 drivers behaved as expected from racing drivers under the circumstances IMO.

Seeing Shoey on the podium again was awesome.
As for Merc getting a 1-2-3, that's a new record

 

[Willie Trombone]

I bet R5 that Ferrari would retire from this race first, won R61.

:crylaugh:

 

[ScottulusMaximus]

^^All of ours were. Max in the wet would've been a sight to behold. That being said, the Mercs were uncharacteristically quick and it would have been a great scrap!

I actually said at the start that I wanted a nice boring race with vettel waltzing off into the distance and if max drove into him again I'd be furious...

 

[Dave]

I actually said at the start that I wanted a nice boring race with vettel waltzing off into the distance and if max drove into him again I'd be furious...

I actually joked I thought it would be funny if Max banzai’ed off the line and took Vettel out, and 5 minutes later I laughed as it happened :crylaugh:.

 

[Dave]

I actually said at the start that I wanted a nice boring race with vettel waltzing off into the distance and if max drove into him again I'd be furious...

I actually joked I thought it would be funny if Max banzai’ed off the line and took Vettel out, and 5 minutes later I laughed as it happened :crylaugh:.

 

[Fox1]

Red Bull were flying in the practice sessions but were sand bagging in the race

The rain at the start of the race was totally unexpected. Did the "groundsman" put the wrong seeds in the clouds?

 

[Polish]

Lekker fark up at the beginning, felt sorry for Max.

Lewis got lucky.

Don't think anyone considered a wet night race.

 

[Fox1]

Lekker fark up at the beginning, felt sorry for Max.

Lewis got lucky.

Don't think anyone considered a wet night race.

I don't remember having a wet night race in F1. In MotoGP they wait for the rain to stop and the track to dry out a bit if it's a night race.

 

[Wall]

Missed the race - can't believe Hamilton won

/need to catch the highlights tonight

 

[Agent_Smith]

Hamilton's constant whinging about the safety car is getting long in the tooth now. Race control know what they're doing and he should let them get on with it. There was no way they were recovering the stricken Sauber under VSC so the SC was right call.

 

[Dave]

Hamilton's constant whinging about the safety car is getting long in the tooth now. Race control know what they're doing and he should let them get on with it. There was no way they were recovering the stricken Sauber under VSC so the SC was right call.

The Sauber SC was a justified call by Charlie but LH probably hadn’t seen it when he complained, but look from his perspective, he outdrives Danny Ric to a >20 sec lead (probably taking some risks in doing so on the greasy track) only for the SC to come out and promptly remove the entire advantage, on one of them Ric even dived in and got new tyres to give him an extra bit of advantage.

 

[azharlaher]

Aston Martin considering a return to F1 next year as engine supplier. McLaren perhaps?

 

[ScottulusMaximus]

Aston Martin considering a return to F1 next year as engine supplier. McLaren perhaps?

lol no... You don't build an F1 engine in 3 months.

They may take over the engine branding like Red Bull and Tag Heuer though, will still be a POS Renault under the hood.

 

[caroper]

Aston Martin considering a return to F1 next year as engine supplier. McLaren perhaps?

Redbull already carry the Aston Martin Logo on the nose and are collaborating with them on a road going hypercar.
I can't see them jumping ship to McLaren now.

As for power units they have indicated an interest in the 2021 redesign, as have McLaren and Porsche, but no one is committed because the design criteria has not been finalised.

 

[Fox1]

Aston Martin have reworked the Ford Mondeo engine many times. Won't be surprised if it makes its way to F1

 

[Dave]

Nice pic to make into a wallpaper or screensaver

 

[Willie Trombone]

Nice pic to make into a wallpaper or screensaver

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Kimi's car....

 

[Zyraz]

F1 week

 

[ChocolateBadger]

Aston Martin considering a return to F1 next year as engine supplier. McLaren perhaps?

McLaren are set on Renault for now. AM said they would be a title sponsor for Redbull but if they do start to build engines, it most probably only be in 2020 and jump in with Porches as there's no point spending all that R&D just for engine regulations to change 2 years later.