2020 Formula One

[skam85]

Vettel in talks with Racing Point/Aston Martin.

Obviously Lance is going nowhere, Perez would be incredibly stiff to get ditched considering he was a big part of the team getting saved.
On the flip side, Perez would be an upgrade on Albon at RBR.

https://au.motorsport.com/f1/news/v...-widget&ic_medium=widget&ic_campaign=widget-6

 

[DamoESP]

Anyone gotten the new F1 video game?

Looks decent, it has F2 and you can create your own team/car.

Last one I got was F1 2013 (Which was gifted to me by Marussia after I won a fan contest via their Twitter ) and I still play it to this day. Running with a few of the realism mods + every few years I'll throw on the latest season mod and give it a burn. Other than missing a few of the newer tracks, the guys have done a great job with the 2020 mod

 

[DamoESP]

So, quite a bit of murmuring that VET is very close to signing with Aston Martin for 2021, which then would mean Perez would be looking for a new seat. Apparently RP have until July 31st to break Perez contract (while paying him out compensation)

Be interesting to see if it eventuates

 

[DamoESP]

Also lol:

F1: Williams Alleges Ferrari Stole Design, Seeks Money

Bryan Firebrand | Chief Editor | CONTACT In a shocking turn of events, Williams F1 has apparently noticed similarities between it’s cars of the last few years and the 2020 Ferrari, and put two and …

watertonchronicle.com

 

[Skull Face]

So, quite a bit of murmuring that VET is very close to signing with Aston Martin for 2021, which then would mean Perez would be looking for a new seat. Apparently RP have until July 31st to break Perez contract (while paying him out compensation)

Be interesting to see if it eventuates

Wonder where Perez would end up, could he be the next Hulkenberg?

 

[Noobz0r]

I know that there isn't much that can be done because of daddy, but Perez getting turfed over Stroll isn't a good decision at all.

 

[Skull Face]

I know that there isn't much that can be done because of daddy, but Perez getting turfed over Stroll isn't a good decision at all.

Stroll having an f1 drive full stop is a blight on the entire sport, he is genuinely the slowest driver in the field by some margin.

 

[DamoESP]

Where there is smoke, there is fire. I think its now only a matter of time until VET is announced as signing to Aston Martin for 2021.

[ESPN Mexico] Sources close to the team confirmed to ESPN that Perez is aware of the deals between team owner Lawrence Stroll and Germany's Vettel, so his agent Julian Jacobi has been working for weeks on the best option for Checo Perez.

¿Qué sigue? Checo Pérez tiene opciones limitadas

Seguir en la Fórmula 1 con un equipo menor, emigrar a Indycar o resistencia, tal vez parar es lo que podría seguir para el mexicano

www.espn.com.mx

 

[DamoESP]

Good read RE: Lawrence Stroll involvement with F1. Plenty more info the comments as well (such as how Lawrence Stroll still owns a share of Perma racing)

 

[Skull Face]

Good read RE: Lawrence Stroll involvement with F1. Plenty more info the comments as well (such as how Lawrence Stroll still owns a share of Perma racing)

Except when Aston Martin goes down the toilet anyway and he loses it all.

 

[skam85]

Stroll having an f1 drive full stop is a blight on the entire sport, he is genuinely the slowest driver in the field by some margin.

I'm in the camp of that he's not actually as bad as everything thinks he is.
This year will make or break him. In a good car, teammate at the top of his form. He should be in Q3 almost all races and in the top 7 as well.

There's definitely slower drivers out there on the grid.

 

[Skull Face]

I'm in the camp of that he's not actually as bad as everything thinks he is.
This year will make or break him. In a good car, teammate at the top of his form. He should be in Q3 almost all races and in the top 7 as well.

There's definitely slower drivers out there on the grid.

Perez came from behind him and gapped him by 15 seconds last week and Perez is a good driver but not the best, he is ordinary

 

[skam85]

Perez came from behind him and gapped him by 15 seconds last week and Perez is a good driver but not the best, he is ordinary

He's not a world beater or really even that great.

I just don't think he's abysmally bad.

 

[skam85]

Where there is smoke, there is fire. I think its now only a matter of time until VET is announced as signing to Aston Martin for 2021.

¿Qué sigue? Checo Pérez tiene opciones limitadas

Seguir en la Fórmula 1 con un equipo menor, emigrar a Indycar o resistencia, tal vez parar es lo que podría seguir para el mexicano

www.espn.com.mx

Maybe where it all gets revealed is in his tell-all with Brundle this weekend.

 

[DamoESP]

Maybe where it all gets revealed is in his tell-all with Brundle this weekend.

Found out some more info about that, apparently it was just a regular scheduled media appearance that was meant to happen last week, but VET requested to move it back a week so he could complete some other media obligations with ORF. So it might not be as exciting as we were originally led to believe haha

Vettel downplays significance of Brundle interview | PlanetF1

Sebastian Vettel says it is "not true" that he will announce his retirement from F1 when he speaks with Martin Brundle next week.

www.planetf1.com

“Not true,” he told Autobild when asked if the interview was to announce something big.

He added: “An interview with Sky in Austria was actually planned. We had to postpone that in favor of ORF to Hungary. That was what the conversation with Brundle was about and nothing else.

“This has been a little exaggerated.”

 

[Skull Face]

He's not a world beater or really even that great.

I just don't think he's abysmally bad.

He wouldn't have a seat without his dad though would he?

 

[DamoESP]

He wouldn't have a seat without his dad though would he?

You could say that about some other drivers as well "He wouldn't have his seat without X sponsorship dollars".
Of course having the financial backing that he does from his Dad obviously affords him opportunities that other drivers don't get, but then that's been the nature of Formula 1 for many years.

I wouldn't call Stroll the worst driver on the grid. He has shown that he can race in feeder series, as well as admit his mistakes and take on criticism. In 2015 when he first entered Euro F3 he was pretty reckless, but after copping a race ban at Spa, he took on the criticism, put his head down, and managed to finish the rest of the season with a strong 5th overall (behind Giovinazzi and Leclerc but ahead of Russell and Albon). He obviously has some talent as he did win 3 titles in 3 years (Italian F4, TRS, Euro F3) and no amount of money can buy talent.

Do I think he is WDC hopeful? At this stage, not at all, but he has shown that he has the tools to grow and mature as a driver.

 

[happy_eagle]

No change at Williams, so Russell not getting the Mercedes call up just yet.

 

[darth_timon]

I'll be curious to hear the conversations at Renault regarding team orders and the like. Ocon is good and racey, but he was very aggressive in his offensive and defensive driving at Force India, and it seems he hasn't mellowed at all. I mean, if he and Ricciardo were on the same strategy, then fine, let them race. As it stands... well, did the team even ask Ocon to move over?

Perez was a lot better than Stroll until the very end. Got by Ricciardo easily, unlike Stroll, who couldn't extract the same performance from the Merc engine.

Hamilton was utterly dominant on Sunday. Always looked in control.

Renault's protest against Racing Point is a joke. Racing Point will have already shown all their workings to the FIA before the season began, who found there was no case to answer. This smacks of sour grapes.

 

[DamoESP]

haha, gonna have to get up earlier than that to trick the old Sebmeister I would think

 

[drd23]

The video of that exchange

 

[DamoESP]

The video of that exchange

hahaha, you can just tell he has a massive smirk on his face just as the guy asked that question as well

 

[DamoESP]

haha seems the PR training is paying off for Max

 

[Klyntonius]

FIA FORMULA 3 CHAMPIONSHIP - HUNGARY - QUALIFYING RESULTS

1	Aleksandr Smolyar	RUS	ART Grand Prix	1m 51.348
2	Logan Sargeant	USA	Prema Racing	1m 51.606
3	Theo Pourchaire	FRA	ART Grand Prix	1m 51.714
4	Frederik Vesti	DEN	Prema Racing	1m 52.228
5	Calan Williams	AUS	Jenzer Motorsport	1m 52.252
6	Oscar Piastri	AUS	Prema Racing	1m 52.278
7	Sebastian Fernandez	SPA	ART Grand Prix	1m 52.288
8	Richard Verschoor	NED	MP Motorsport	1m 52.352
9	Bent Viscaal	NED	MP Motorsport	1m 52.460
10	Dennis Hauger	NOR	Hitech Grand Prix	1m 52.471
11	Liam Lawson	NZL	Hitech Grand Prix	1m 52.638
12	Olli Caldwell	GBR	Trident	1m 52.919
13	Max Fewtrell	GBR	Hitech Grand Prix	1m 53.001
14	David Beckmann	GER	Trident	1m 53.101
15	Alex Peroni	AUS	Campos Racing	1m 53.231
16	David Schumacher	GER	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	1m 53.283
17	Frederico Malvestiti	ITA	Jenzer Motorsport	1m 53.296
18	Igor Fraga	BRA	Charouz Racing System	1m 53.333
19	Enzo Fittipaldi	BRA	HWA Racelab	1m 53.432
20	Lukas Dunner	AUS	MP Motorsport	1m 53.479
21	Jake Hughes	GBR	HWA Racelab	1m 53.501
22	Jack Doohan	AUS	HWA Racelab	1m 53.648
23	Enaam Ahmed	GBR	Carlin Buzz Racing	1m 53.751
24	Sophia Flörsch	GER	Campos Racing	1m 53.855
25	Lirim Zendeli	GER	Trident	1m 53.937
26	Clement Novalak	GBR	Carlin Buzz Racing	1m 53.991
27	Cameron Das	USA	Carlin Buzz Racing	1m 54.000
28	Roman Stanek	CZE	Charouz Racing System	1m 54.234
29	Matteo Nannini	ITA	Jenzer Motorsport	1m 54.780
30	Alessio Deledda	ITA	Campos Racing	1m 57.455

 

[drd23]

That's a pretty specific allegation