2019 Formula One Season

[happy_eagle]

Anyone care about the race tonight ?

Hope Albon can get a podium.

 

[Black_White]

Anyone care about the race tonight ?

Hope Albon can get a podium.

It’s very late.
I’m very sick.
Ive got to work at 7am.
So no, don’t really care and will watch it back later. If it’s exciting enough.

 

[drd23]

Anyone care about the race tonight ?

Nope. Inconsequential race at a largely forgettable track, and it starts later because of daylight savings

 

[Doc_]

Anyone care about the race tonight ?

Hope Albon can get a podium.

Looking forward to it.
The 3 teams at the top are a lot closer than they were. Ferrari just keep ******* up.

 

[happy_eagle]

Looking forward to it.
The 3 teams at the top are a lot closer than they were. Ferrari just keep ******* up.

Only 1 season in, but the Red Bull Honda experiment seems to have paid off.
Big test will be 2021

 

[imadodgyumpire]

If Verstappen doesn't win, it'll mean RB have won less races than they did last season. They need to pick up 39pts tonight to beat their score from last season. 2 poles in each season.

 

[Doc_]

If Verstappen doesn't win, it'll mean RB have won less races than they did last season. They need to pick up 39pts tonight to beat their score from last season. 2 poles in each season.

That Honda engine seems like its got serious power and drive-ability now. Honda have come on leaps and bounds this year.

 

[happy_eagle]

‘Let’s see what opportunity comes’ – Alonso not ruling out 2021 F1 return | Formula 1®

One year on from his last F1 race at the 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso has reiterated that a return to the sport in 2021 is still potentially on the cards for him.

www.formula1.com

As much as I'd love to see Fernando return, I don't want him messing up the Sainz/Norris combo at McLaren.

 

[imadodgyumpire]

One of them are just warming the seat if he wants to come back.

That Honda engine seems like its got serious power and drive-ability now. Honda have come on leaps and bounds this year.

That's why it was the 4th best engine at Monza.

 

[happy_eagle]

That's why it was the 4th best engine at Monza.

Was it ?

Hamilton: Honda F1 engine now more powerful than Mercedes in places

World champion Lewis Hamilton believes Honda's gains in Formula 1 have given Red Bull an engine that is now more powerful than Mercedes' in some places

www.autosport.com

 

[imadodgyumpire]

Didn't you watch Monza? Ricciardo a clear 4th. With Hulkenberg's 5th, it was their most successful race. Distinctly ahead of any Honda car.

 

[imadodgyumpire]

Also, more powerful "in some places" doesn't meant more powerful.

 

[Admiral Byng]

Well, that was that. Not really a memorable season for mine. We got 22 rounds of it next year, before the rules change for 2021.

 

[Cadaver]

Random quick question re: scoring

If there are less than 10 finishers, the points still go 25-18-15 etc right?

I have some weird notion that if there's, say 8 finishers, it would go 15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1. 6 finishers would go 10-8-6-4-2-1

 

[DamoESP]

Random quick question re: scoring

If there are less than 10 finishers, the points still go 25-18-15 etc right?

Correct.

The only time the points totals are adjusted is if a race has to be abandoned before 75% of the planned distance has been completed, then all points are halved, so it becomes 12.5, 9, 7.5, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0.5.

 

[DamoESP]

hahaha how can you not love this guy??

 

[happy_eagle]

hahaha how can you not love this guy??

Norris has just about become my favourite driver this year.

 

[skam85]

If Verstappen doesn't win, it'll mean RB have won less races than they did last season. They need to pick up 39pts tonight to beat their score from last season. 2 poles in each season.

To be fair they had a race winner in the other seat last year.
There was no stability in the second seat in 2019.

 

[DamoESP]

Really interesting read

The untold stories of Brawn GP: How close the fairy tale came to never happening

Ten years on from Brawn GP's fairy-tale success, ESPN tracked down some of its original team members to tell the behind-the-scenes story of one of the most unlikely championship successes in F1 history.

www.espn.co.uk

 

[Black_White]

Really interesting read

The untold stories of Brawn GP: How close the fairy tale came to never happening

Ten years on from Brawn GP's fairy-tale success, ESPN tracked down some of its original team members to tell the behind-the-scenes story of one of the most unlikely championship successes in F1 history.

www.espn.co.uk

Thank you for that. What a great read. Told by those on the inside, not the press friendly auto bots.

 

[DamoESP]

Thank you for that. What a great read. Told by those on the inside, not the press friendly auto bots.

Yeah, the stuff about carrying around a 3rd chassis that was fake just to bluff to the other teams because they couldn't afford to repair the 2 they had was pretty insane

 

[happy_eagle]