Formula 1 2018: General Discussion Thread

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meeeeh

Anyway whatever happens I doubt it will be straight swap with Sainz. Him and Verstappen caused enough hassle to be split up in Toro Rosso so I doubt Red Bull will relish the two of them in the same team again.

strawdog

official according to this:

https://www.gpfans.com/en/articles/2191/official-ricciardo-is-leaving-red-bull/

up on RB website:

https://redbullracing.redbull.com/article/daniel-leave-team

JPF82

Bbc running a breaking story that he is leaving Red Bull, but no other details. Wow, hope it works for him. Verstappen has time in his side to waste a few Honda years getting it right. Danny RIC doesn't and I believe he would have a title in him, just not sure its with Renault though??

ELM327

strawdog wrote: »

official according to this:

https://www.gpfans.com/en/articles/2191/official-ricciardo-is-leaving-red-bull/

up on RB website:

https://redbullracing.redbull.com/article/daniel-leave-team

See that second link is the first one from anything credible.

carloscorreia

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2018/8/ricciardo-to-leave-red-bull-at-the-end-of-2018.html

Jordan 199

JPF82 wrote: »

Bbc running a breaking story that he is leaving Red Bull, but no other details. Wow, hope it works for him. Verstappen has time in his side to waste a few Honda years getting it right. Danny RIC doesn't and I believe he would have a title in him, just not sure its with Renault though??

No. 1 status at a works team is appealing.

strawdog

Jordan 199 wrote: »

No. 1 status at a works team is appealing.

Probably better for both drivers. Two equal status drivers just never works for a title challenge. Renualt not ideal but only decent alternative, with Honda going RB next year its probably 50-50 which team will finish ahead next year. Signing of RIC also gives Renault an impetus to push themselves, they seemed to respond back when Kimi signed

JPF82

strawdog wrote: »

Probably better for both drivers. Two equal status drivers just never works for a title challenge. Renualt not ideal but only decent alternative, with Honda going RB next year its probably 50-50 which team will finish ahead next year. Signing of RIC also gives Renault an impetus to push themselves, they seemed to respond back when Kimi signed

Well if they aren't winning races with Ricciardo, there is no place to hide for the car design anyway.

skipper_G

That's a bold move by Danny Ric, but more importantly what a move by Renault! How's that a sign of their intentions to be back at the front.

ELM327

skipper_G wrote: »

That's a bold move by Danny Ric, but more importantly what a move by Renault! How's that a sign of their intentions to be back at the front.

They must have known.
The tone of the guy's voice when Sky asked him "do you think you could sign a lewis hamilton" was slightly refrained on reflection.

Cool_CM

skipper_G wrote: »

That's a bold move by Danny Ric, but more importantly what a move by Renault! How's that a sign of their intentions to be back at the front.

Yeah, that looks like a major vote of confidence in Renault's plans and progress from Danny - I hope he knows something that we don't!

vectra

I think it is a good move for Dani.
He was never going to get priority over Max at RBR.
Renault when it was Lotus did not such a bad job when Kimi was with them.

SlicedBread19

Could be a savvy move, Renault have the budget and have made huge strides forward over the last few seasons. If they can continue their trajectory it's not inconceivable they could break into the top 3. Certainly with Red Bull having Honda engines next year its not that much of a stretch to imagine Renault finishing ahead of them.

kopite386

Joeface wrote: »

Dani K ... Ferrari Driver now so Move into Sauber if leclerc moving up does happen and Kimi goes , Cheap point scoring solution for Sauber .

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Only catching up on the thread now hence the reply 2 weeks later but
I say Antonio Giovanzzi will be given the sauber seat when LeClerc moves up.

vectra

kopite386 wrote: »

Only catching up on the thread now hence the reply 2 weeks later but
I say Antonio Giovanzzi will be given the sauber seat when LeClerc moves up.

Or when LeClerc moves to Haas and ship Roman out the gap.

flazio

Question now is, if you are Christian Horner. Who do you sign? Gasly or Sainz?
Personally I'd like it to be Sainz but he's been a bit too quiet at Renault.

vectra

flazio wrote: »

Question now is, if you are Christian Horner. Who do you sign? Gasly or Sainz?
Personally I'd like it to be Sainz but he's been a bit too quiet at Renault.

Would it matter?
Max will be the Hamilton there so a chicken would do just as well.

AMKC

Thats a very bold move by both Riccardo and Renault if true. I hope it works out for him and that Renault can be fighting at the front in the next few years. It's a big loss for Red Bull do. I actually thought Max and Daniel made a good team and worked well together. It's not like say Lewis and Rosberg where there was mind games and they were not getting on together.

Frank Bullitt

Amazing move and coup by Renault. They have been on the up in recent years, this just adds to it with adding a top driver like Daniel.

Shaping up nicely for 2019.

SlicedBread19

flazio wrote: »

Question now is, if you are Christian Horner. Who do you sign? Gasly or Sainz?
Personally I'd like it to be Sainz but he's been a bit too quiet at Renault.

I would say Sainz, just to keep him under contract if nothing else. Gasly will be fine doing another season at Toro Rosso, Sainz won't. Give him one year and if he doesn't perform promote Gasly for 2020. Whereas if you drop Sainz and put Gasly in there for 2019 and he doesn't perform you've got a problem for 2020.

Frank Bullitt

Gintonious wrote: »

This is why I think Renault could be a big enough player in the driver market. Their car is really improving, and while not a top 3 team (yet), they are a works team and are playing catch up at a reasonable rate to the top teams.

IF...IF Ricciardo leaves RB, then he could easily a seat there, and RB can then pull Sainz back to fill in. OR, if Alonso wants out of McLaren, he would always go back there (this one is the joker in the pack though).

Silly season could get silly.

Knew I mentioned it, although I did was it was am IF. BOOM! HAHAHAHA!

kopite386

I didn't expect that news at all. I thought he would end up staying with Red Bull. I'm a big Danny Ric fan so I hope this works out well for him. It would be nice to see a Renault win again ala Alonso 05/06.

I wonder what this means for both Gasly/Sainz as to who gets the seat and also what happens to Ocon now.

AMKC

Prisoner 6753 wrote: »

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Maybe but maybe now that they have seen he is faster than the other two by 1.5 seconds they might chance there minds and realise that they need more than just a pay driver in there car. He would have sponsorship as well does he not.

Do you think he would end up at Sauber? I fancy Giovinazzi for that if Leclerc moves elsewhere other than Ferrari.
Well if the Riccardo rumour is true and Giovinazzi goes to Red Bull maybe Vandoorne might get a drive with Sauber now.
I think Leclerc could move to Haas and maybe move to Ferrari in 2020 or 2021 depending on Kimis form and if he retires first or Ferreri decide to replace him.

kopite386

These are my predictions for the 2019 Driver Line-Up I know some are a bit out there but I had to try fit Russell and Ocon in somewhere.

Merc: Hamilton, Bottas
Ferrari: Seb, Kimi
Red Bull: Max, Sainz
Renault: Hulkenberg, Danny Ric
Torro Rosso: Gasly, Norris(on loan from McLaren)
Williams: Stroll, Siroktin (possibly Russell/Ocon if Vandoorne stays)
McLaren: Alonso, Ocon
Force India: Perez, Russell
Haas: KMag, LeClerc
Sauber: Eriksen, Giovanzzi

PopePalpatine

I don't see Alonso sticking it out in the midfield for another year, especially with his asking price. At least the Indy 500 doesn't clash with any WEC events.

Inviere

OSI wrote: »

You stick with Red Bull and you're stuck as a guaranteed 2nd class citizen to Max, with the uncertainty of Honda engines next year and even more uncertainty as to Red Bull's commitment to stay in the sport medium term, I say it's a wise move to head to Renault where you can focus on building something around you.

Yeah pretty much how I see it too. I reckon at the very least, it’s a good short term move.

Harika

Red bull had the issue with sainz and verstappen so might not be an option for them. Verstappen was promoted and Kyvat demoted to solve that. So we might see a surprise here.
And Alonso Honda is no love story.

Harika

https://mobile.twitter.com/GvanderGarde/status/1025298365867851781

On the funny side lol

Harika

https://mobile.twitter.com/FormulaMoney/status/1025373721685630976

And on the serious side. Legal action for the F1 logo begins