F1 - General discussion and 2017

Follow up on the Kvyat story.

Toro Rosso Formula 1 team principal Franz Tost says a loss of confidence in Daniil Kvyat and poor results led to Red Bull releasing him.

Kvyat scored a point in last weekend's United States Grand Prix on his return to the team after a two-race absence, but following discussions with Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko and Toro Rosso team boss Tost, it was agreed he would be let go.

Tost conceded Kvyat had endured several technical problems this season but added he also made mistakes and scored just four points to team-mate Carlos Sainz Jr's tally of 48 during the time they were team-mates.

"The season from Daniil this year was very unfortunate," Tost told Autosport.

"There were a lot of technical problems which were not in the hands of Daniil, he couldn't do anything. But he also made some driver errors.

"Both parties lost confidence in each other.

"In such a situation, it's better to say OK, we stop the cooperation and this gives Daniil the chance to look for another team and to look for his future.
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https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/132702/tost-explains-why-red-bull-dropped-kvyat
 
Max doesn’t learn about running his mouth off on TV.

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It hardly needs reminding that Verstappen has history with the stewards. Very recent stewards.

And, when asked what he thought if a penalty was imposed, the Red Bull driver has told American TV: "That would be really stupid. You know my comment already."
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http://www.skysports.com/f1/live-blog
 
think they deliberately needed to do that to show they are the "good guys" and dont just give out penaltys for nothing so they will let this one slide, perfect timing, almost ANC timing level perfect
 
It’ll be funny if Max goes gung-ho from 2nd and takes Vettel out at the first corner as he tries to outbreak him :p
 
Personally I thought they would give him a penalty, just to show that they were consistent, he did insult a fellow Steward last time.
But I guess that as the penalty would not have helped a Ferrari this time there was no need to apply it.
 
caroper said:
Personally I thought they would give him a penalty, just to show that they were consistent, he did insult a fellow Steward last time.
But I guess that as the penalty would not have helped a Ferrari this time there was no need to apply it.
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Unless he takes out a Ferrari at the first corner, they just might regret leaving him next to the Ferrari at the start ;)
 
I'm looking forward to tonight's race. I think F1 fans are in for a treat with both drivers at the front row desperate for a win. It's a pity Lewis might not wanna involve himself in the action for T1. Gonna be a great race nonetheless.
 
Spotja said:
I'm looking forward to tonight's race. I think F1 fans are in for a treat with both drivers at the front row desperate for a win. It's a pity Lewis might not wanna involve himself in the action for T1. Gonna be a great race nonetheless.
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Lewis is planning to hit corner 1 in the lead. I reckon Seb is planning a sandbagged start in hopes of Lewis retiring lol.
 
Sky Coverage starts just now (6:30PM SAT) and lights out is 8:00PM SAT.

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Now can I go back to Fanning you and watching the build up :)

Just looked again and FOM have changed the web site times, it now says:

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So they have moved it back an hour, probably because England ended Daylight savings last night.

Someone needs to tell them that SA is GMT +2 not BST +2
 
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Well Sky is currently showing the Porsche Super cup, so the build up show will be 7:30 our time and as it is 90Min long the race will be 9PM our time.
The fact that FOM updated the F1.COM web site to show 21:00 I would think that is now correct.

The Confusion was that F1.com had it wrong until they updated today.
 
caroper said:
Well Sky is currently showing the Porsche Super cup, so the build up show will be 7:30 our time and as it is 90Min long the race will be 9PM our time.
The fact that FOM updated the F1.COM web site to show 21:00 I would think that is now correct.

The Confusion was that F1.com had it wrong until they updated today.
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I bet they were working on UK+1 having forgotten about the time change today.

You’d better send you butler to tell Iceman :p
 
Dave said:
I bet they were working on UK+1 having forgotten about the time change today.

You’d better send you butler to tell Iceman :p
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No need, when he gets the reply from a Hamilton Fan its his own fault if he trusts the info :)

Seeing as it is a Global sport they should base all times of GMT or UST.

Now that FoM is American rather than British we can only expect the time confusion to get worse.

Especially as England, Europe and America all have Daylight saving time but cannot agree on what date it starts or ends.

Trying to sort out a VT conference with members from all 3 plus South Africa is a nightmare at this time of year :) Believe me I had to do it for 5 or 6 years before I retired.

We could always clear up the confusion by stating that it is Stardate 95429.51 ;>)
 
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