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It'll look good on his tv CV.
What, like "three times Le Mans winner Allan McNish" to give him his full name 😉
Perhaps Im a bit cynical but I do smell the long arm of Bernie wanting to make sure the championship goes to the last race to keep the TV and sponsor money happy.
Looks like someone in Michelin's F1 department is a mountain biker. [url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/34313145 ]According to the BBC[/url] they want to switch from 26" wheels to 28.3" Yeah they'll really bring the track to life...
FWIW I hope Bernie does keep the title going until the last race - I'm going 😉
@chrimac has it 🙂 i wonder if the super secret "concorde agreement" up to 2020 states that no one team can win more then 3 races in a row, and the championship cannot be decided before 3 races from the end - would not surprise me after bernies popped his cloggs a lot of skeletons come out of the cupboard
more bad news for bernie trying to sell tv rights....
[url= http://thejudge13.com/2015/09/21/uk-television-audience-collapses-for-singapore-gp/? ]figures collapse[/url]
the less popular the "stars" of the show the less you get people wanting to see them.
formula E final had 1.2m viewers in comparison. Bring it on !
more bad news for bernie trying to sell tv rights....
Not surprising when you sell it to Sky who then lock it behind closed doors. Needs to be back on BBC full time.
Not surprising when you sell it to Sky who then lock it behind closed doors. Needs to be back on BBC full time.
As long as the money keeps rolling in Bernie doesn't give a monkeys about viewing figures. Boxing seems to be awash with money at the to end but hardly anyone watches that now.
And F1 could be good for Audi now - after their US diesel scandal they may need to develop some new alternative technology!
VW Audi using dodgy hidden technology to get an advantage, yep they'll fit right in to F1 😉
Right now VW need as much money in the bank as they can, as the US might be about to take them to the cleaners. So I think that pretty much kills their investment in F1 if it was ever going to happen. But what will be the wider fall out as allegedly Renault may have similar issues so we'll have to see if that impacts on their F1 involvement.
In a world where the BBC are being squeezed for money by the government then the F1 deal looks bad. I'm not sure I can see them re-bidding in future.
If Bernie doesn't care about viewing figures then the teams should make him aware.
I'm fairly sure the sponsors are interested in viewing figures 😉
futon river crossing - Member
I'm fairly sure the sponsors are interested in viewing figures
Quite!
I'm fairly sure the sponsors are interested in viewing figures
I don't think that's always the case, F1 is a global brand, with the associated press coverage that this brings. If I was a multi-national company sponsoring F1 I'd be more interested in getting my brand on as many multi platform / country reports that hit as many eyes as possible (be it news reports / press coverage etc) rather than trying to appeal to a snapshot of a countries population who will watch the race live.
Its all a marketing tool, the actual race is just a very small part of it.
Latest driver gossip (and it is gossip so...)
Grosjean to Haas (not really new gossip)
Checo to Renault
Magnussen to FI
Kind of makes sense. KM would be better at a team that will hopefully allow him to prove himself but FI does seem to be a bit of a dead end for drivers
Magnussen to FI
...so Vandoorne to McLaren?
And Grosjean hoping to get Kimi's place in 2017.
Checo to Renault
This would be a shame, I was hoping to see Jean-Éric Vergne at Renault
Grosjean has signed for Haas
Grosjean has signed for Haas
Is that official now then?
Wouldnt surprise me if Button doesnt see out the season with McLaren - knowing Ron he'll let him escape, subject to a payment, to go off and do a WEC and he can put in a youngster to get up to speed with the car , due to limiting testing in season.
not sure why, but everyone in F1 is saying audi are in, and everyone in audi are saying no we are not....
is F1 trying to talk up their arrival to try and bluff others into looking into F1.
is that official now then
Think I jumped the gun slightly.
Reading the article back, it's not officially been confirmed yet
Winterkorns resigned from VW. That'll put F1 on the back burner I'd imagine. Wonder what Mr Horner's thinking at the moment
Wonder what Mr Horner's thinking at the moment
Time to polish up the CV!
Wow. This is big news! I guess VW were never meant to be in F1!
Wonder what Mr Horner's thinking at the moment
Don't trust a German or an Austrian?
It's not looking great for the caffiene sellers.
I was away so had a delayed catchup with Singapore - watched most of the race on fast forward. I hate to say it, but I'm starting to agree with the moaners who say it's got too boring and nothing much happens, I want to keep loving it, but that race was so dull.
toby1 watch any race from the Bridgestone Schumacher era and tell me it was better then. F1 fans always seem to believe there was a golden age where anyone on the grid could win and there was a fight for the lead until the last corner of the last lap. That never happened, but we all edit together our own personal highlights reel and think we'll get another Bahrain 14 with buttons win in Canada and hakkinen and schumi going toe to toe at spa, then finish off with arnoux v villeneuve. Being an f1 fan has, for me, been about watching strategy slowly unfold, or the ebb and flow of technical development over the season. Each race is like a chapter in a book, some set the scene, some are full of action and some are just a sub plot, but the overall story is what I enjoy.
Red Bull are after engine parity from the Ferrari deal. If I was Ferrari I'd walk away from this. If they supply RBR with a slower engine Horner will spend all next season blaming the 'slow engine' if their not winning!
Or are RBR just trying to make it harder for themselves to stay?
And why would Ferrari care about that when the "same" engine in their own car is further up the grid? If anything it just makes their car look better.
Checo to Renault
Wrong! Staying at FI.
And Jens has demurred slightly on all the retirement talk. It goes on.
RBR are the bully of the playground, when everyone else has a growth spurt. Suddenly they can't swan around like they own the place and they don't like it much.
I wouldn't be sad to see them leave.
F1 fans always seem to believe there was a golden age where anyone on the grid could win and there was a fight for the lead until the last corner of the last lap. That never happened, but we all edit together our own personal highlights reel and think we'll get another Bahrain 14 with buttons win in Canada and hakkinen and schumi going toe to toe at spa, then finish off with arnoux v villeneuve. Being an f1 fan has, for me, been about watching strategy slowly unfold, or the ebb and flow of technical development over the season. Each race is like a chapter in a book, some set the scene, some are full of action and some are just a sub plot, but the overall story is what I enjoy.
This is a great point very well made.
Yeah, agreed. I'm pretty sure I sat through plenty of tedious processions in the 80s and 90s.
It's just that you (obviously) never see those on the highlights that appear on the BBC F1 page or wherever, and no-one really remembers them.
2014 was as good a season as any I've seen, I think.
Or are RBR just trying to make it harder for themselves to stay?
Maybe they are trying to put the blame for quitting on somebody else - 'we can't get a competitive engine so we are off'. Easier to make it someone else's fault, standard for RBR.
What the @purist said. Fundamentally F1 is mostly about the car, same as any design lead sport. The objective is to make a car in which any decent driver can win
Honer is involved in the British Americas Cup sailing team with Ainslee, he's not doing that for the money relative to F1 but I'm sure it's technically fascinating and a useful distraction. He can take a break from F1 and be back st any time
Honer is involved in the British Americas Cup sailing team with Ainslee
It's Adrian Newey, unless you're thinking of this bloke:
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Autosport report Grosjean to Haas is a done deal - and they don't usually report unless there is some truth behind a story...
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/120977
Re the future Renault engine upgrade - I would laugh so much I might let out a little wee if it proves to be good! Would serve Red Bull right.
Horner has said the expected VW deal has "gone up in smoke"
Lovely pun for a man wondering who'll be paying his mortgage in 18 months
well qualifying was fun.. hmm I have huge respect for Kvyat for getting out of the car and acknowledging the mistake. My stomach dropped when watching the crash. I hope tomorrow goes smoothly..Looks like its going to be a straight fight between the mercs.
Yep, good qualifying, shame Verstappen's car died though. I was looking forward to seeing how he'd do! 🙂
ScottChegg - Member
Horner has said the expected VW deal has "gone up in smoke"Lovely pun for a man wondering who'll be paying his mortgage in 18 months
I very much doubt that he's either wondering or worried.
Hamo was surely going to pip the pole? Can nico ever do it without some outside intervention?
...and again in a one on one Rosberg loses out.
Go Lewis!
I was expecting to hear a radio clip of him complaining.
I'm sure there'll be one before the end
Yes
Enjoyed that. Especially Alonso's messages back to the team.