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I'm wondering who will bin it first at Turn 8 - Vettel or Grosjean? And will Albon try to pass someone round the outside there?
Im really looking forward to all the interesting circuits coming up.
Grosjean in FP1, Vettel in the race!
Of course he will, and it'll be the other guy's fault when they crash.
i was actually refering to the “he that should not be named” as the other knobber that steals bike logo’s, though wont be behind this.
Weirdy Beardy is currently making a lot of noise about buying Sunderland FC.
WTF....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/53947251
What a boring race the second Bahrain race will be - it looks flat out for almost the entire lap. They may as well go to America and race an IndyCar circuit.
What a boring race the second Bahrain race will be – it looks flat out for almost the entire lap. They may as well go to America and race an IndyCar circuit.
Q1 us going to be chaos with everyone trying to get a quick lap with no traffic, and then pit stop strategy in the race could be tricky as there won't be many clear gaps to drop back into, so even with blue flags for traffic there will be a few more variables to get right. In some ways it'll be a bit like a high speed version of Monaco, but hopefully more interesting as a race.
Haas could be saying bye bye to Grosjean and hello to Hulkenberg for 2021
https://www.planetf1.com/news/nico-hulkenberg-haas-2021/
BTW the outer Bahrain loop is nothing like an oval. Its got a right handed hairpin after the start finish straight, and there are another 2 fairly heavy braking zones, alongwith the flat out twisty bit along the back straight. Hopefully it'll be a Monza downforce style circuit. It'll be a quick lap but DRS might make it fairly interesting if they end up with passing and repassing on the same straight.
Ferrari forgot their...
With this sort of performance, if spectators were allowed at Monza...
BTW the outer Bahrain loop is nothing like an oval. Its got a right handed hairpin after the start finish straight
Like , err, yes I know it isn’t an oval but there are precious few corners. It’s just flat out > corner > flat out > corner. It just looks spectacularly boring. I’d rather they do the same (original) circuit on both weekends .
It’s just flat out > corner > flat out > corner.
Erm, isn’t that how most of them work?
Vettel is going to go crazy in Quali! Last in FP3.
I am laughing so hard.
My God, wtf is with Ferrari?
Been caught stealing cheating.
Anyone else think vettel might not show up at all next week at Monza, if he continues in this rich vein of form? Definitely can’t see him seeing out the season
It just looks spectacularly boring.
I dunno about that, everyone see to enjoy seeing them go full chat at Hockenheim, and still do at Monza
I was thinking he might not even show up for qualifying
blimey.... where the **** did that lap come from !
2 secs and a tyre behind the mercs wtf has happened to ferrari
Been caught stealing cheating.
Slower than the customer teams though?
They probably didn’t have the interesting engine software.
the in car with lewis is just mind blowing.
jesus
Blimey. Yeah best driver / best car and all that but still. Lewis is driving as well as anyone I’ve ever seen. Absolute perfection. Shaping up to be a special season for him.
f1 drivers are nuts.... keeping the foot buried through Eau Rouge on warn tyres that only last month decided in similar circumstances failed catastrophically.
A different surface, but still, yes.
Clair Williams stepping down
https://www.williamsf1.com/news/2020/09/claire-williams-steps-down-as-deputy-team-principal
Not just Claire but the whole Williams family will step away from the Williams F1 team!
That's quicker than I expected - I thought they'd see out the season
Noooo! I’m sad.
Sad but they need a shake up if they're to get back to midfield.
Wonder if there will be a name change in the future?
Its no great surprise is it? I mean Claire Williams was on a shoogly peg when her Dad still owned the company!
I must confess to being somewhat shallow with regard to Claire Williams. She has expressed an admiration for Margaret Thatcher, which would ordinarily be right up there with uncontrollable flatulence and halitosis in my book but I daresay that she's probably not too keen on me either.
On less flippant matters, I too am surprised that she's stepping down so soon. The fortunes of her family's team have waxed and waned since she became deputy team principal, I am sympathetic to the view that the wrong sibling was hired to lead the team.
I wonder what the atmosphere at Grove is like right now?
@richmtb Can I just say that 'on a shoogly peg' is a great expression! I shall use that in performance management conversations!!
George Russell in the press conference:
“I’m not sure if it has been announced yet but I’m going to be taking on a driver/manager role, becoming team principal!”
😏
sad in a way, but needed doing. Can't imagine what Frank will do now..Williams F1 has been his whole life practically - didn't he live in the factory?
I would expect the team to disappear from F1 within a year or 2.
Wonder if there will be a name change in the future?
It's an iconic brand. The new owners paid to own the brand because it's valuable. They seem serious about keeping it.
Lando is walking away with the best helmet design championship!... 🙂
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https://twitter.com/LandoNorris/status/1301583138670415873
I would really like to see Lando succeed long term - he seems like a really quick driver, and pretty down to earth with it
Yes, Frank had a flat above the design offices.
I think the rot set in when Adrian Newey left and there was a bit to much style over substance from the replacements. They also had an awful lot of other activity going on in that period. As well as the normal race team and test team (which ran constantly back then) they designed and ran the Renault Laguna touring car teams, designed and built the BMW LMR and LMP cars with its own brand new office and factory on the F1 site (now the conference centre I think), and also ran a test team for Michelin who were returning to F1 at the time.
Busy times led to wavering focus that they don’t seemed to have recovered from.
peterno51
I think the rot set in when Adrian Newey left
Yeah it seems that they never really recognised how much top people are worth, both drivers and factory staff.
Yeah it seems that they never really recognised how much top people are worth, both drivers and factory staff.
Agreed. Spoiler alert, I used to work there. There was certainly an approach that the team was the priority and perhaps that led to complacency with regard to people that had opportunities that could be explored outside of Williams.
That said it was brilliant working there.
I miss it.
Good article here about the structure of the new owners - and even after paying their debts Frank and family walk away with a nice sum...
https://www.racefans.net/2020/08/30/who-are-the-mystery-buyers-now-in-charge-at-williams/
who is going to be the new team principle?