Formula 1 Thread

It’s getting better - young karter was presented his trophy by Max Verstappen and was asked which driver be most admired.

His answer.

Lewis Hamilton!

 Saw three lorries driving down the A14 and M11 with F1 cargo (or at least officially branded)

Where Hamilton could retire is if the Merc is not up to speed but I doubt that will be the case. In the long term, Hamilton's legacy could easily be strengthened by this.

I admit i got it wrong, Jean Todt has handed the whitewash brush over to Ben Suleyman and  Bernie Ecclestone's wife (new FIA vice president). He  (Ben Suleyman) is considering penalising Lewis for not turning up at the FIA gala. You couldn't make these bunch of clowns up. Toto was right, it should be about Sport first and entertainment second.

This is getting FIFA esque now - unbelievable.

Alwaysneil said:

How would he punish Mercedes’ for not turning up to the results jamboree? Make them use a Honda engine?

Have to admit not really been watching the FIA recently,  anyone else know anything about the (fairly) new president Ben Sulayman?

must admit I thought FIA was administered out of Switzerland rather than Paris

Fines, I presume

eaststandmike said:

FIA outlines the process for inquiry into last year's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. - BBC Sport

"Final decisions will be announced on the eve of the new season."

That'll make the fight with Lewis Hamilton interesting, as imagine he'd consider retirement if he's not happy with the outcome of the Abu Dhabi GP - Cant blame him either, if Masi keeps his job now, then whats to stop F1 just becoming a fixed drama rather than a sport.

That's a big commitment from McLaren and Lando. Wonder if there might be something to those Audi rumours of last season?

Also takes one of the main contenders for any potential Mercedes seat for 2023 off the table. 

ForeverAddickted said:

MarcusH26 said:

That's a big commitment from McLaren and Lando. Wonder if there might be something to those Audi rumours of last season?

Also takes one of the main contenders for any potential Mercedes seat for 2023 off the table. 

Going by the likes of Chris Medland and Will Buxton on twitter, looks like its also been done to keep Red Bull and Mercedes at bay, as seems there has been serious interest at the very least from the former - Not good for Gasly really.

I'm not surprised there was legit interest from Red Bull in Lando, although it would have curtailed any chance of Gasly getting back to the main team from AT. Think the frontrunners would always have their eye on someone like Lando even with their own internal options. 

Much nicer from Aston Martin, although didnt we get this colour scheme last year, only for it to be replaced by pink?

MarcusH26 said:

Yeah BWT was a last minute addition. Rumours them and Otmar are off to Alpine. 

That Aston livery looks lovely and apparently that's the actual car too. 

Yeah fully expecting to see pink on the Alpine this year. 

Wouldnt be surprised either if it is the actual car, its the first one I've seen with what look like air vents on the sides. 

eaststandmike said:

New messages appearing apparently.

Formula 1: FIA aware of new Michael Masi title-decider radio messages - BBC Sport

They also said that these aren't new, they already have the entire transcript of the race with all the messages from all sides. It's just "new" to the public

ForeverAddickted said:

Lovely from McLaren... Nice to see they've changed it up a bit. 

Too busy and too much black IMO