As Jimmy said, prestige and prominence. Nobody watches Formula E, or Le Mans for that matter.
As Jimmy said, prestige and prominence. Nobody watches Formula E, or Le Mans for that matter.
Yeah, that goes for Mercedes, whose motorsport record was previously synonymous with Nazi backing and killing spectators, but Porsche don't need it.
They do if they want anyone to see what they're doing, F1 offers exponentially more exposure.
A fair bit happened today.
McLaren have dropped Honda for 2018 and moved to Renault
Toro Rosso have switched to Honda engines, which has apparently always been the plan. However the senior team wanted to stay with Renault. But all their bitching has caused Renault to pull the plug. The only solution is Honda or a new engine partner to F1.
Toro Rosso have announced Sainz is going to Renault for 2018 "on loan."
But you imagine now that Ricciardo and Verstappen will both be looking at moving away to a non-Honda powered team. Given we already know they are thinking of pulling the plug altogether, this certainly wont help.
It's all part of the same (supposed) phased withdrawal, Honda will inevitably be cheaper to offset the fact that they're still very obviously developing their engine. Where Ricciardo and Verstappen go is anyone's guess, will one or both fancy waiting it out to see who might be running the new team (Horner and Newey staying on might be a big factor)? Decent teams looking for a lead driver might include McLaren if they get their shit together, Ferrari are out while Vettel is there as I suspect would be Mercedes.
So what is McLaren the focus of Renault now? I thought they were starting up a works team again? Sorry I guess I can just google this information.
I think Hamilton would take one of those as his team mate, even if in Max's case it would result in an almighty toy-throwing exercise on both sides.
It's the other way around, Mclaren wanted Renault engines but you're only allowed to supply three teams so Toro Rosso (who are basically up for sale so happy to take a cheaper deal with Honda) had to be dropped. McLaren are supposed to be developing their own engine in time for the new regs (whatever they are) but that's been a story for about a decade so who knows how much truth there is to it.
I thought that too, but I think management would be happier with the current line up. Bottas is good enough to score decent points but isn't likely to be close enough to Hamilton to give the kind of issues they've had in recent years. I suppose you could look at Verstappen as a long term replacement for Hamilton but you're asking for a few years of inter-team ructions.
Coventry Climax is long defunct. Honda could probably have had the branding for a fiver.
They can have it if they can pronounce it.
'Lads, just pay the fi...'
*suicides*
Can you hear the drums Alonso is driving the dick off that McLaren.
Vandorne as well. When they announced the split, did they immediately slap new engines in?
No, the track just favours chassis over engine, hence the front of the grid looking like it does.
Yet another fashion war they've won.
Sorry, I should have posted the link in case anyone wants a thousand quid Mercedes-branded leather jacket. I saw Lewis 'Lewis' Hamilton at their HYPERCAR (which looks crap) launch the other day and thought that he looked like a wally these days.
Alain Prost was just giving Sky his 'thoughts', not sure what rock he has crawled out from to be the chief barb-spitter for Renault but jesus he must be even more of a corrupt shithead than Niki Lauda.
Sounded like he wanted to fire Jolyon Palmer asap as well.
Palmer is already gone, they wanted Sainz to take over mid season but I don't think TR would allow it. Palmer to Williams in the most undeserved promotion ever?
I mean it sounded like he wanted to walk over to the grid and haul him out of the car right now.
Why don't Williams go and get Di Resta back from Sky or something. In fact Brundle's probably still quicker than Palmer.
Wet night race
Wow, is it actually raining in Singapore? I've been waiting years for this, it could be utter carnage.
Shitting it down and they're all moaning about visibility on the parade lap. Come on Charlie, don't bottle it.
I'm blaming Vettel for that. Idiotic move across.
Be nice to see Ricciardo win this.
Hamilton just needs to make sure of a finish here. Let the Bull have the win and stroll it home in 2nd, unless he's much much faster.
Both Ferraris at fault for that for me.
I'd be doing the same if I were Hamilton, all sorts of dangers out here, get that car home in 2nd or even 3rd. He is godlike in the wet though so he may have the pace.
Was Vettel fucked from the first incident or did he bin it Massa style on his own?
Kimi did nothing wrong, Vettel moved across (legitimately) to cover Verstappen but just didn't know how little space there was or that his teammate was there. Vettel technically at fault but it was unfortunate more than anything.
This has Monaco '96 written all over it. Palmer to win.
Looks like Vettels was a car problem. He's spun it on a straight from what I saw.
Fluid from the max collision was pouring out the middle of vettels car. They claim it probably caused his spin
This is waiting for someone(Grosjean) to massively bin it and cause the red flag.
Some absolutely classic French strategic might there.
Bloody hell. The first time I miss the start of a GP, and all hell breaks loose.
Going back to the Williams drive, on this evidence literally anyone with a pulse and a licence would be an improvement.
Wet races were never his strong point, but he's gone full René Arnoux here.
On Motorbike news, Ana Carrasco became the first woman to win a World Championship race. Supersport 300. Sounds like something worth a watch seeing as the winning margin was 0.053 seconds.
Hamilton gets handed a lead and the piece of cunt hasn't stopped moaning since.
My first thought when I came home and saw Hamilton was leading was how happy you'd be at such events.
With that banker gone hopefully the red menace can fuck off for another year.
It's not over yet.
The one thing going for Hamilton is the swap he did at Hungary. You may well see him calling back that favour before the season is out.
The one time I wanted to watch the highlights the things on Channel 4...
Do they still do a package or no?
Just seen the start.
lol