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hoping to catch some highlights of the race somewhere (24h that is)....
Lowe's officially gone from Williams
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/williams-lowe-steps-down/4481967/
Quite an achievement there in being part of the most dominant team ever seen and then sending another formerly dominant team into a death spiral. I do hope Williams can survive this, sad to see them like this.
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Quite an achievement there in being part of the most dominant team ever seen and then sending another formerly dominant team into a death spiral. I do hope Williams can survive this, sad to see them like this.
I just hope Williams keep him on gardening leave for a long time. Would hate to see them lose their advantage.
I think the problems there go far beyond Paddy. It wouldn't surprise me at all to learn that Frank was controlling Claire like a puppet behind the scenes. Who could replace her though? Adam Parr maybe? Wonder what he's up to now Bernie's gone.
I think we might end up hearing more from Paddy's side now he's out of the contract with Williams - i suspect he wanted root and branch changes and/or big financial input from somewhere (most likely they would have to sell part of the team - perhaps even to him) and they said "no" (they being frank williams via claire williams).
How someone can take a team like Williams and run it into the ground and still be in her post i dont know. (well i do, Frank wants her there and he is a stubborn so and so)
I imagine Lowe has signed a none disclosure agreement about his time at Williams.
How someone can take a team like Williams and run it into the ground and still be in her post i dont know.
As the boss, she does bear responsibility. However, she's not an engineer and the fundamental problem is that they produced two horribly slow cars in consecutive years. Paddy Lowe bears responsibility for that. It's really hard to comprehend how they could have gone so badly wrong on the car design (same applies to McLaren, but at least they seem to have bounced back quite well).
Paddy bears no responsibility for the 2018 car. He arrived after it was designed and it was, by all accounts, a dog with no chance of development.
For 2019 he bears some responsibility, but the methods, tools and people that made the 2018 dog were still there...
The Beyond The Grid podcast interviewed Claire Williams last year - interestingly, she was shoehorned into the job kind of whether she wanted it or not, IIRC. It's a great series, long interviews with interesting people. 🙂
Speaking of Beyond The Grid, did anyone manage to count the number of times Jody Scheckter said the phrase “best tasting, healthiest food” in his episode? I confess I turned it off after a while 😀
Beyond the Grid is fantastic. I started from the top again having dipped into a couple of ones i initially fancied. Interesting how people come across; the Ross Brawn ones were great.
The Kubica return really isn't going as well as I'd hoped - another FP session and nearly a second slower than Russell again. I know the car is a dog, but I can't see another team picking him up for next season now, even with a bucket-full of money. 🙁
Max in the wall, red flag
edit: session resumed, now bottas is in the wall turn 6
looks like a new gearbox....
Vettel spins now. It's more eventful than the entire french GP already!
Looking forward to watching all this when I get home!
And LOL at the teams moaning about the kerbs - if you've lost £250k in front wing damage reprimand your driver. Don't ask for the kerbs to be removed.
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And LOL at the teams moaning about the kerbs – if you’ve lost £250k in front wing damage reprimand your driver. Don’t ask for the kerbs to be removed.
Yep, hard to argue with that!
Now Kubica 1.3s slower than Russell this session.
But Russell only .4s behind Stroll! 🙂
He might be in a slow car but George is proving himself worthy of something more zippy if he continues not to bungle it.
Fingerboy won't be happy, seeing Leclerc on pole while he couldn't even start Q3.
0.25s on a track that short - he properly spanked them there
Still waiting on the Hamilton penalty. Should be a fun race tomorrow.
3 place grid penalty for lewis
Harsh, but he fudged Kimis lap.
Ooffff, does that put him behind K Mag?? Could be interesting.
He might be in a slow car but George is proving himself worthy of something more zippy if he continues not to bungle it.
Nice
At least Lewis has took the penalty on the chin. Could be a good one tomorrow the way the grid is. Quite looking forward to it 🙂
and cos of the order in which penalties are applied, Lewis's is effectively only a 2 place grid penalty
Leclerc and Verstappen into the first corners could be a bit intense 😁
Leclerc and Verstappen into the first corners could be a bit intense
Yes, and Bottas will be desperate to close the points gap to Hamilton, so he'll likely lunge for any gap he sees, plus Norris will be keen to show he can go wheel-to-wheel with the big boys, so first lap might be messy.
So after KMag’s penalty - Leclerc, Verstappen, Bottas and Lewis. Could be a tasty start!
Oooh! Vettel will be spitting feathers. Nice one Ferrari pit crew...
Well this is more like it, hope the RB can stay together!
Wow what a race!
They had better not penalize Max for that!!!
Great stuff.
Some of the best f1 I can recall seeing for a few years.
Racing incident for me, and Vettel did the same to Norris early in the race.
Yep that was a fun one. 👌😎
I think Ferrari ****ed up the strategy again as well, I would have expected Vettal to catch Bottas if they hadn't brought him in for the soft tyres. They had the fastest car, but were out raced and out thought again.
Well done Honda! #thealonsoeffect
Yes! Good race Max.
So how long for Binotti at Ferrari?
Ruled a racing incident, as no single driver wholly to blame/at fault. Max wins.
Right decision imho
What a race! Superb