More than the halo, I really REALLY dislike these weird rear wings. I like the car's overall concept, but these rear wings looks so cheap and goofy, almost like some Hot Wheels thing. So weird...Not bad. Looks very Wipeout.
But I think you want a less busy livery when the car itself is very busy.
If I was Felipe I would confirm that. I mean, the boy is and awful driver. I wouldn't want to have my good name related to that kind of performance.So, Felipe Massa (not) reacting to Stroll's "I never needed guidance from Massa" produces comedic gold in the comments...
https://twitter.com/MassaFelipe19/status/959793717027790849
Did anyone see the Bathurst 12 hour? There was an incident with a fire Marshall that triggered me big time. Paul Morris was in a car that was literally on fire, cleverly knew where the fire marshalls were stationed, and pulled his car up right next to them. Then the fuckit fire marshall must have spent 10-15 seconds figuring out what to do. It's a car on fire. You're a fire marshall. WTF do you think you're supposed to do?
It looked like they'd never fucking operated a fire extinguisher before. Morris was thankfully fine, but he was just really, really fucking lucky that the flames died out on their own.
I hope a clip goes up on YouTube! Watching her fumble with the fire extinguishers right next to her was so painful. It was like that scene in the godfather where Fredo is fumbling with his gun while the Don gets shot lol.Pretty sure she was just a flag marshall and there was no way, and rightly so, she was going to enter the track to get to the far side of the car until it was neutralised. The Dude had it under controlish...!
I hope a clip goes up on YouTube! Watching her fumble with the fire extinguishers right next to her was so painful. It was like that scene in the godfather where Fredo is fumbling with his gun while the Don gets shot lol.
If the flames hadn't gone out and Morris had gotten out of the car on fire, I'm pretty sure he would've had to climb the barriers and use an extinguisher to put himself out.
Also, for next year, the race organisers should invest in a broom. Very handy.
Wow, he's too young for that. Get well Rubens!Shit, Rubens had a small stroke yesterday. He's in the hospital, and according to his father, he's fine.
And looks like Ocon is one of the prime candidates for 2019 seatAccording to Toto Wolff, Mercedes F1 is backing a 12-year old Italian karter. Italian motorsport.com is reporting that the karter is Andrea Kimi Antonelli.
Makes the most sense.And looks like Ocon is one of the prime candidates for 2019 seat
Leclerc isn't getting into a Ferrari without a couple of years under his belt. That's not how Ferrari works.Makes the most sense.
My guess is Danny Ric stays with RBR, Leclerc moves to FER and Ocon gets the Merc seat for 2019.
Bottas is going to end up getting screwed, isn't he? (it's not that I blame Mercedes for wanting to have someone faster) I can't really see him coming back to Williams or switching to any of the top teams.And looks like Ocon is one of the prime candidates for 2019 seat
Getting a driver from your own junior program into the works car and winning a title is probably the only driver-related thing left to achieve for Mercedes. Red Bull and McLaren did it.Lets be honest, Bottas is a good number 2 driver. At some stage Mercedes will need to figure out who to replace Hamilton with.
Billy Monger has completed his first day testing single-seaters as he plans to return to racing after his horrific British Formula 4 crash last April.
Monger suffered amputations to both of his legs following his collision with Patrik Pasma in the final F4 race of the Donington Park weekend.
The 18-year-old has now begun a testing programme with Carlin in BRDC British F3 machinery, with the first day of testing taking place at Oulton Park on Tuesday.
I imagine it wouldn't be any different from the hand controls used in touring cars or GT cars.How does this work? I mean you can obviously fully control a vehicle with just your hands but what kind of setup are they using to allow him to race a formula car?
Children will be chosen by local motorsport clubs on merit or by lottery, and they will accompany and stand alongside the drivers on the grid at every grand prix
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The grid kids, who will be accompanied by their immediate family, will be chosen at every F1 event and also Formula 2 and GP3 races where possible.
It was mentioned in the grid girls thread but most posters dismiss it as catering to the privileged.Surprised there nothing about the Grid Kids considering the massive thread about model unemployment.
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/134227/f1-replaces-grid-girls-with-grid-kids-for-2018
Surprised there nothing about the Grid Kids considering the massive thread about model unemployment.
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/134227/f1-replaces-grid-girls-with-grid-kids-for-2018
Grandson of Formula 1 and IndyCar champion Emerson Fittipladi, Pietro will drive part time in IndyCar including the Indy 500.
https://www.autosport.com/indycar/news/134251/fittipaldi-seals-partseason-coyne-deal
He's the final Formula 3.5 V8 champion, but that season's grid never exceeded 12 drivers and those drivers are all scrubs. He basically won a glorified club racing series.
So he got a Mercedes seat after all. ;) But yeah, even there he won't be safe since Mercedes is leaving after the 2018 season.
I heard people mentioning Massa and Rosberg. There's even this theory saying that Felix Rosenqvist uses the tag "FRO" because the "ROS" might be already reserved.