The Official F1 2019 silly season *contains speculation*
Discussion
thegreenhell said:
Vaud said:
My take is that they didn't swap them because of Austria 2002 - I think it was to avoid bad PR.
When has that ever held them back from following their own agenda?Team orders were "banned" because of the quite remarkable behaviour of ferrari in using them.
Team orders were re-permitted because the fia felt ferraris blatant breaking their rule was quite embarrassing.
Did I miss anything?
hairyben said:
precisely.
Team orders were "banned" because of the quite remarkable behaviour of ferrari in using them.
Team orders were re-permitted because the fia felt ferraris blatant breaking their rule was quite embarrassing.
Did I miss anything?
Other than lots of teams have used team orders in blatant ways, yes... Team orders were "banned" because of the quite remarkable behaviour of ferrari in using them.
Team orders were re-permitted because the fia felt ferraris blatant breaking their rule was quite embarrassing.
Did I miss anything?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_orders
https://www.crash.net/f1/news/900416/1/assen-would...
How to ruin a brilliant track.
Please Assen don't do it.
How to ruin a brilliant track.
Please Assen don't do it.
ELUSIVEJIM said:
https://www.crash.net/f1/news/900416/1/assen-would...
How to ruin a brilliant track.
Please Assen don't do it.
I have to agree. it wouldn't make a very good F1 track as it's designed as a bike track first and foremost. Sweeping curves and changing radii. Circuits designed for cars initially are all 'stop/start' with straights and constant radius corners. For that reason alone much of Assen would be single file in an F1 car which very little scope to get alongside at all.How to ruin a brilliant track.
Please Assen don't do it.
Assen really isn't wide enough either. Some places you'd be lucky to get two cars wide. And I remember much of Assen certainly used to have a 'crown' on it to help with drainage. I know it's been changed and resurfaced quite a bit since then but I don't know if it's uniformly flat now.
Assen would be ruined by F1.
Vaud said:
My take is that they didn't swap them because of Austria 2002 - I think it was to avoid bad PR.
Kimi's points total is such that if Vettel were to have a couple of DNFs, then Ferrari might have to spread their eggs across 2 baskets.I think if we were 4 or 5 races further into the season then things might have been different.
oyster said:
Vaud said:
My take is that they didn't swap them because of Austria 2002 - I think it was to avoid bad PR.
Kimi's points total is such that if Vettel were to have a couple of DNFs, then Ferrari might have to spread their eggs across 2 baskets.I think if we were 4 or 5 races further into the season then things might have been different.
If they would have swapped them over, all the post race PR would have been focused on that action rather than the Mercedes double retirement plus I don't think Vettel woukd want to win the championship in that manner. In the same way, if Bottas was leading and Hamilton was behind him, he wouldn't want Bottas to move over.
Do we think McLaren appointing Andrea Stella to manage track operations and Gil de Ferran as Sporting Director means Alonso is likely to stay at McLaren for another year or two?
It was good to see them using him effectively as a test driver all of Friday at Austria. He is a huge asset to the team precisely because they can lean a bit more on his vast talents like this and still expect him to deliver on a Saturday & Sunday. By contrast, I doubt they can do this with a Vandoorne or another rookie (potentially Norris).
It was good to see them using him effectively as a test driver all of Friday at Austria. He is a huge asset to the team precisely because they can lean a bit more on his vast talents like this and still expect him to deliver on a Saturday & Sunday. By contrast, I doubt they can do this with a Vandoorne or another rookie (potentially Norris).
Dr Z said:
Do we think McLaren appointing Andrea Stella to manage track operations and Gil de Ferran as Sporting Director means Alonso is likely to stay at McLaren for another year or two?
Having read that Brown 'consulted extensively' with Alonso around this latest shakeup, along with the rumour that McLaren have put their Indycar plans on hold, makes it almost certain that Alonso must be staying on in F1. Despite his obvious frustrations, he surely feels that he has unfinished business with the sport, and may be hoping they can get their act together for the new aero rules next season.Andrew Benson, contributing to the BBC Radio 5 live sports extra, has been very strong this morning on Kimi Raikkonen's future in F1.
"Charles Leclerc will be in the Ferrari next year," Benson says. "They've decided that. Raikkonen will be out. That was decided in Austria. I've had further conformation of it this morning."
"It's because Leclerc has proved after nine races this season that he is a megastar in the making. They've decided that now's the time. And Raikkonen's been a bit lukewarm and inconsistent as usual."
"Charles Leclerc will be in the Ferrari next year," Benson says. "They've decided that. Raikkonen will be out. That was decided in Austria. I've had further conformation of it this morning."
"It's because Leclerc has proved after nine races this season that he is a megastar in the making. They've decided that now's the time. And Raikkonen's been a bit lukewarm and inconsistent as usual."
On top of the news about the F1 season being extended to include '10%' more races comes a possibility of extending the points structure down to 20th place.
Personally I think this is a good idea, giving incentive for lower placed drivers to keep racing rather than settling for where they are or retiring.
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-considers-aw...
Personally I think this is a good idea, giving incentive for lower placed drivers to keep racing rather than settling for where they are or retiring.
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-considers-aw...
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