Formula 1 2017 - Round 16 - Suzuka

Harika

The good morning round from Japan.


TV Times with lights out
Friday Grand Prix first practice live Sky Sports F1 02:00
Friday Grand Prix second practice live Sky Sports F1 06:00
Saturday Grand Prix third practice live Sky Sports F1 04:00
Saturday Grand Prix qualifying live Sky Sports F1 07:00
Sunday Grand Prix live Sky Sports F1 06:00

Channel 4 with highlights only

flazio

Are those times start of the sessions or the start of the Sky coverage?

All live on Eirsport as well.

Ferrari really need to pull something out of this weekend or surely it's going to be game over.

Harika

flazio wrote: »

Are those times start of the sessions or the start of the Sky coverage?

All live on Eirsport as well.

Ferrari really need to pull something out of this weekend or surely it's going to be game over.

Session start time from Google calendar.
Yeah Ferrari need some miracles. Btw saw some statistics and if Lewis scores in all remaining races he will put up a record here for most point scoring races in succession.

skipper_G

Nico Rosberg is on the Sky F1 team this weekend, how will he survive all the talking about Hamilton

christy c

skipper_G wrote: »

Nico Rosberg is on the Sky F1 team this weekend, how will he survive all the talking about Hamilton

Looking forward to seeing what he's like. Saw him interviewed in Monaco and seemed like he had potential, wasn't the usual bland stuff he used to come out with when he was a driver

Sparks43

Mr boomshakalaka has had a hefty bloody smaka

Ghost Train

Shame for fans at track that P2 was so wet

MuddyDog

Yeah wet session was a damp squid. Merc's looking much better and should be decent favorites around here considering it's very Silverstone-esque. I think the bookies have Hamilton too big. 6/4 available! Should be odds on IMO.

boardsuser1

Amazing how it's always Bottas and never Hamilton :rolleyes:

http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/11068955/japanese-gp-mercedes-valtteri-bottas-to-be-hit-with-grid-penalty

skipper_G

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

Amazing how it's always Bottas and never Hamilton :rolleyes:

http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/11068955/japanese-gp-mercedes-valtteri-bottas-to-be-hit-with-grid-penalty

That's just racing, no reason to read more into it. It's not some kind of elaborate conspiracy by Mercedes

boardsuser1

OSI wrote: »

Hamilton got a penalty for a gearbox in Austria, no?

over the course of the whole season Bottas has been unlucky more than once.

even when Hamilton faltered in Austria Bottas got the victory, so Mercedes still won.

Somehow i don't see Hamilton retiring from any of the remaining races.

boardsuser1

skipper_G wrote: »

That's just racing, no reason to read more into it. It's not some kind of elaborate conspiracy by Mercedes

Only Ferrari are capable of that.

Massa's gearbox seal in Austin comes to mind.

skipper_G

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

Only Ferrari are capable of that.

Massa's gearbox seal in Austin comes to mind.

That I do agree with

kopite386

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

Somehow i don't see Hamilton retiring from any of the remaining races.

I read that if Vettel wins all the remaining races he wins the championship and therefore it wouldn't matter if Hamilton was to retire from races or not. Although staying that I don't see Vettel winning all the remaining races.

boardsuser1

kopite386 wrote: »

I read that if Vettel wins all the remaining races he wins the championship and therefore it wouldn't matter if Hamilton was to retire from races or not. Although staying that I don't see Vettel winning all the remaining races.

If Vettel was first with Hamilton second each time Seb would win it by 1 point if i done the maths right.

boardsuser1

skipper_G wrote: »

That I do agree with

:pac::pac::pac:

Charlie-Bravo

Hamilton has had some really decent reliability lately. Hasn't he had a points run nearing a record?

Not intentionally saying something negative, but this streak will come to an end. But hopefully before the end of this season to spice things up.

boardsuser1

astrofluff wrote: »

Hamilton has had some really decent reliability lately. Hasn't he had a points run nearing a record?

Not intentionally saying something negative, but this streak will come to an end. But hopefully before the end of this season to spice things up.

Last retirement was Malaysia 2016.

The points record is around 27 consecutive races, Kimi holds it i think.

Charlie-Bravo

Oh yeah, Malaysia 2016. "No, no, noooo!"

boardsuser1

astrofluff wrote: »

Oh yeah, Malaysia 2016. "No, no, noooo!"

How I’d dearly love to hear that again in the coming races.

kopite386

FP3 on at 4am … anyone planning on staying up/getting up to watch it - I certainly am not, I'm not even sure if I want to get up at 7am to watch qualifying so I definitely won't be getting up to watch the final practice session.

Jordan 199

kopite386 wrote: »

FP3 on at 4am … anyone planning on staying up/getting up to watch it - I certainly am not, I'm not even sure if I want to get up at 7am to watch qualifying so I definitely won't be getting up to watch the final practice session.

I'm just going to watch a replay of qualifying and the race. I won't watch anything live.

MuddyDog

Kimi gerabox change. 5 grid place penalty for the race.

MuddyDog

Nobody near Lewis for Pole. Vettel will start 2nd though as Bottas' penalty means he starts 7th.

Ghost Train

These cars really suit the circuit. Good job from Mercedes, cool track conditions worked for them.

Good to see Button there and Nico too.

Mammapinkbear

Hamilton now has pole for every current F1 circuit - love him or hate him is hard not to admire that.

HighLine

All about the first corner now... if Vettel doesn't get by on the run down to 1, Hamilton will cruise off and turn engine down shortly after. Fingers crossed he has a bad start.

kopite386

This will be Palmer's last race for Renault
https://twitter.com/SkySportsNews/status/916630180164263936

MuddyDog

Never really got going him. I can see why they've ditched him tbh.

kopite386

MuddyDog wrote: »

Never really got going him. I can see why they've ditched him tbh.

I agree I just thought they would have kept him for the rest of the season and then just release him when his contract finished after the race in Abu Dhabi

MuddyDog

Assuming Gasly drives all remaining races and doesn't do well there may be 2 open seats at Torro Rosso considering Kyvat isn't favoured there anymore.

skipper_G

kopite386 wrote: »

I agree I just thought they would have kept him for the rest of the season and then just release him when his contract finished after the race in Abu Dhabi

I thought it was clear they wanted rid of him as soon as possible, I'm more surprised he agreed to it. If he wants any chance for a drive anywhere (even outside of F1) surely this does more damage to his prospects than his driving.

Anyway I'm glad to see him gone, I don't rate him at all. He has the personality of a disinterested cat, not once did it ever appear to me that he was enjoying being an F1 driver

skipper_G

I had to laugh at Grosjean's crash in qualy, "something went seriously wrong with the car"

Yeah mate you were driving it, he ran out of talent and blamed the car as he always does.

Sparks43

MuddyDog wrote: »

Assuming Gasly drives all remaining races and doesn't do well there may be 2 open seats at Torro Rosso considering Kyvat isn't favoured there anymore.

I wonder could leclerc get a seat for the last three races. Assuming he wraps the F2 title up that is

kopite386

skipper_G wrote: »

I thought it was clear they wanted rid of him as soon as possible, I'm more surprised he agreed to it. If he wants any chance for a drive anywhere (even outside of F1) surely this does more damage to his prospects than his driving.

More so I didn't think red bull would release Sainz early and getting rid of Palmer was subject to getting Sainz early. I'm guessing Renault offered them more money not just to release him early but for the length of the loan.

AMKC

Well that was an exciting qualifying season. Should be a good race. Some lap by Hamilton. Jenson doing a good job on the commenting and interviews.

Faugheen

Anyone see the F2 race earlier?

Who was the co-commentator? It wasn't Valsecchi it was someone else.

Whoever it was, he was very good, and a welcome change from the over-excitement of Valsecchi

skipper_G

Faugheen wrote: »

Anyone see the F2 race earlier?

Who was the co-commentator? It wasn't Valsecchi it was someone else.

Whoever it was, he was very good, and a welcome change from the over-excitement of Valsecchi

It was Giedo van der Garde

boardsuser1

skipper_G wrote: »

It was Giedo van der Garde

Sauber’s loss is F2’s gain :pac:

skipper_G

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

Sauber’s loss is F2’s gain :pac:

He was actually quite good and his twitter feed is always good for a laugh. Hoping they keep him around, much better than Captain Excitable Valsecchi. He is a right pain in the hole

HigginsJ

skipper_G wrote: »

I had to laugh at Grosjean's crash in qualy, "something went seriously wrong with the car"

Yeah mate you were driving it, he ran out of talent and blamed the car as he always does.

I have been very disappointed in Grosjean this year. He has been one of my favourite drivers for some time & despite comfortably outscoring Magnussen he has badly left himself down on more than one occasion.

The constant whinging about brakes has grown very tiresome & it is clear his reputation among teams is poor. I think it was the Toro Rosso boss in the last race or two (cant remember the incident) who said that Grosjean is always whinging so take no notice.

The guy has talent to succeed at a top team IMO but I reckon his window has came & gone.

kopite386

skipper_G wrote: »

He was actually quite good and his twitter feed is always good for a laugh. Hoping they keep him around, much better than Captain Excitable Valsecchi. He is a right pain in the hole

Couldn't agree more Valsecchi drives me demented

sword1

Not looking forward to seeing another procession tomorrow, the gap in the cars performance is too much with the driver and constructors championships over already.

Itssoeasy

Lads what ungodly hour was qualy on at this morning ? I clearly blanked on it.

MuddyDog

Vettel issue on the grid it seems...

Cool_CM

Fup sake, Ferrari with Seb's engine cover off on the grid just before the anthem, hope it's not too serious!

Charlie-Bravo

What is eir up to. No sign of the race coverage.

Cool_CM

astrofluff wrote: »

What is eir up to. No sign of the race coverage.

They're still on the formation lap at the moment, there's still time!

PukkaStukka

Oh FFS.... Thanks Eir

Charlie-Bravo

This is not good. I bother to get out of bed for nothing?!

Cool_CM

What an overtake by Max!