Magnussen to Haas all but confirmed. Could be good for Palmer at Renault...
http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/magnussen-agrees-haas-switch-for-2017-847812/
And Renault to use whole new engine for next season. With the removal of tokens, and now essentially a free-for-all I wonder what the rest have planned...
http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/revealed-renault-to-produce-all-new-engine-for-f1-2017-847738/
Reasonably good call by Renault to keep Palmer. He's got the financial backing and will provide a good benchmark for any upgrades/changes. Hulkenberg should get the best out of the car so that will be a good barometer to judge Palmer against when looking forward to 2018 too.
Yep, good to see some movement on the driver seats, always makes thigs a bit more interesting!
Ocon to Force India looks like a done deal now too.
[url= http://www.gptoday.com/full_story/view/587197/BREAKING_Force_India_confirm_Ocon_for_2017/ ]http://www.gptoday.com/full_story/view/587197/BREAKING_Force_India_confirm_Ocon_for_2017/[/url]
Good conference earlier too.
Charlie Whiting sat in and explained why Max got a penalty and Lewis didn't. Made a good call too about putting kerbs etc to guide drivers back onto track in a way that would avoid this issue in future.
And managed to avoid calling Vettel a *ing ***.
Ron Dennis suspened by McLaren. 😯
Sauce?
[url= http://www.skysports.com/f1/live-blog/30104/10034948/f1-gossip-column ]http://www.skysports.com/f1/live-blog/30104/10034948/f1-gossip-column[/url]
If Ron goes, which is looking likely, will they keep the "P4" bit of their car naming convention? Project 4 was Ron's baby so dropping it would be another corporate kick in the smalls for him.
It's raining in Interlagos! Really looking forward to this. It could make the last race interesting if any upsets happen today.
It could make the last race interesting if any upsets happen today.
I wonder what the script writers have got planned.
Go Lewis.
1. Lewis
2. Verstappen
3. Ricciardo
Grosjean out and we're still 25 mins from the start. 😯
#Awkward
😆 at Grosjean
Looks like the rain will clear
http://www.accuweather.com/en/br/sao-paulo/45881/satellite/45881
So, will be a case of who times the tyre switch at the right time, plenty of scope for carnage on the first couple of laps
Britney's has put it in the wall where Grosjean did.
Britney copying Lewis set up at the last minute. Nice
Proper really really really wet, or "ffs you've get wet tyres for a reason, stop being a bunch of pussies" wet?
Britney copying Lewis set up at the last minute. Nice
But this is how world champions are made, isn't it?
bit of a lottery in these conditions.
they are getting bored 🙂
Can we have Vettel's radio for that, please?
Vettel dodged a biggie! That could've been horrendous
F me that was close
Fresh nappy for Mr Verstappen, please?
That was very close and well done Max for avoiding.
I can see a red flag coming out soon
oops
Well at least I can now go do my washing...!
..and there it is
carnage
I thought Slash was an Aston Martin man.
F1 elimination race, I'm starting to like this new format.
Absolutely bamboozled there are so many cars on inters!! Loved Magnussen's comment after being asked if it was too wet for inters: "it's too wet for both types of tyre!"
What the hell goes through your mind when you spin like Vettel and are suddenly in the middle of the track looking at cars coming at you?
Balls of steel.
what's going on with rosbergs car ? some bolt on a set of scales beside the car 😕
rosberg has got mad max right behind him on this start !
Another red flag.
Booing crowd.
Farce.
I feel for Massa.
What's gannin on here then?! Another red flag!
How come with all the millions spent neither pit lane or drivers have wet weather kit?
Clear plastic roady style capes and bags all over the place and sodden drivers...
wtf?
can race in that
scriptwriters obviously decided that Rosberg should win?
are they they "carrying" enough wing for the conditions ? get the feeling some maybe trying to "steal" a bit.
Formula dung.
Comedy of errors and mis-decision at present. Cars won't be happy with all this stop start as well.
#Fairweather1
Safety car getting a bit squirrely there.
do you reckon they'll manage 1 incident free lap on the restart?
Fair play to all of them, I wouldn't want to be driving in that let alone racing.
Max! 😯
ballsy move that!
Oof
"Just leave me alone for a bit!"
Magnussen's on form th day
you really need to have faith in the "bottle" of your fellow drivers 😀
Second fresh nappy for Max!! 😯
Do you think he can walk on water too?
Incredible save!!
Inters seem mad
They're earning their money in this race!
Nightmare for Massa.
Obrigado!
oops!
get on with it !
hang on watching a f1 driver walking up the pit lane.. i can hear the cars going in the background..
Nice touch by Ferrari and Williams there.
hang on watching a f1 driver walking up the pit lane.. i can hear the cars going in the background..
Pit lane was closed as said driver had parked his car in the entrance.
Is Rosberg really asking to stop the race now it's on full points?
Sportsmanship and will be a worthy world champ.
no surprise that a certain someone wants the race stopped
Does Verstappen mean unstoppable in some language or other?
Nico won't be a worthy champion if he can't race/win in the rain.
2016 Wibble champion Nico Secondberg.
Max is like that bald kiddie in the matrix, "consider the spoon" etc. Awesome talent!
That was pretty flipping awesome.
yeah, not bad considering I only started watching it 3 3/4 hours ago 😯
Well, the difference between a good driver and a great driver becomes plainly apparent.
If you take away all the safety car time wipeouts, Hamilton would've been over half a lap ahead...Same car, same conditions, [b][u]different driver[/u][/b] - HALF A LAP!
Gutted that Redbull didn't at least split strategies, putting Max on another set of wets after they sent Ric out on inters. If they both had taken wets that pit stop, Rosberg would have finished no better than 4th IMO and things could have been an awful lot tighter between Rosberg and Hamilton for the final race.
So Hamilton needs to win and Rosberg finish no better than 4th at Abu Dharbi, to win the championship. I can't see Redbull or Ferrari being strong enough there to challenge the Mercedes. So for me, it means Rosberg needs a repeat of his 2014 troubles at Abu Dharbi, for Lewis to take it.
Yes, but one who has to win to have any chance and one who is content with second today having already racked up a sack load of points.
Both did what they needed to.
Vettel saw his arse in complaining about Verstappen pushing him off.
I agree that it's nearly impossible for Lewis to win now, but if he finishes 1st on the last 3 GPs of the season, it'll put him in a good mindset for next year.
It just goes to show, Nico is as good/better than Lewis when Lewis isn't really trying (too busy jetting around and partying), but when Hamilton focuses on the business at hand, he's on another level to Nico even when Nico tries his best.
It just goes to show, Nico is as good/better than Lewis when Lewis isn't really trying (too busy jetting around and partying), but when Hamilton focuses on the business at hand, he's on another level to Nico even when Nico tries his best.
Shame about those reliability issues that knackered Lewis too.
Max produced one of the best drives I've seen in over 10 years of watching Formula 1,I've not seen anything like that since early Schumacher, was no one else watching?
His CV is amazing and that was a masterclass in wet weather driving!
Reminiscent of Donington.
Hamilton has always been good in the wet. Rosberg just needed to get around the track behind him - job done. It will be the same in AD, qualify 1 and 2 and get round in what is clearly the best car.
In a positive note it'll give something for Lewis to aim for again.
Max said in his post race interview that he thinks he could've taken Nico, but not Lewis as Lewis was using the same Karting lines that he was and that he couldn't get close.
Max was fantastic to watch, that half spin was amazing. I rally like Christian Horner on the radio after it happened, cool as a cucumber "well held, Max, well held"
"That raised my heart rate a bit"
Cool as, that teenager
I liked LH saying he had seen MV's spin on the TV as he was driving. Not sure if true or not but that's one way to play mindgames.
I'm really enjoying Vettel's troubles at the minute!
And it seems Alonso is no fan...
http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/alonso-ready-to-drive-into-vettel-next-time-849974/
Any I might stick £20 on Max for 2017 World Champion
Impressive as Hamilton's performance was it was really the wrong approach imo. His win is essentially irrelevant given that Rosberg finished 2nd, what he should have done, once he knew he was much faster, was back the pack up to give 3rd/4th a chance to better pressure Rosberg into making a mistake or losing position and do just enough for the win himself.
It would have been riskier but the potential benefits would have been worth it.