Formula 1 2019 - General Discussion Thread

pjohnson

Official 2019 Entry List is OUT!


44 Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport)
77 Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport)
5 Sebastian Vettel (Scuderia Ferrari Mission Minnnow)
16 Charles Leclerc (Scuderia Ferrari Mission Minnnow)
33 Max Verstappen (Aston Martin Red Bull Racing)
10 Pierre Gasly (Aston Martin Red Bull Racing)
3 Daniel Ricciardo (Renault F1 Team)
27 Nico Hulkenberg (Renault F1 Team)
8 Romain Grosjean (Rich Energy Haas F1 Team)
20 Kevin Magnussen (Rich Energy Haas F1 Team)
55 Carlos Sainz Jnr (McLaren F1 Team)
4 Lando Norris (McLaren F1 Team)
11 Sergio Perez (Racing Point F1 Team)
18 Lance Stroll (Racing Point F1 Team)
7 Kimi Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team)
99 Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team)
26 Daniil Kvyat (Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda)
TBA Alexander Albon (Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda)
63 George Russell (Williams Racing)
88 Robert Kubica (Williams Racing)



Only Albon needs to confirm his Race Number, Force India IS gone replaced by just Racing Point. Haas F1 Team is now Rich Energy Haas F1 Team

AMKC

Very sad to see the the Force India name is now gone but what is worse is the name that replaces it is just terrible. Such a lack of innovation.

pjohnson

Wehrlein being linked with Ferrari as Simulator driver.

Speaking of which - 2019 Test Drivers


Mercedes: Esteban Ocon, Stoffel Vandoorne
Ferrari: TBC
Red Bull: Sebastien Buemi
Renault: Artem Markelov, Jack Aitken
Racing Point: Esteban Ocon
Haas: Pietro Fitipaldi, Louis Deletraz
Toro Rosso Sean Gelael, Sebastien Buemi
McLaren: Sergio Cette Camara, Oliver Turvey
Sauber: Marcus Ericsson, Tata Calderon
Williams: Nicolas Latifi

Faugheen

I'd love to see Markelov in an F1 car one day. The man is plain nuts but loves to race.

I wouldn't be surprised if Antonio Fuoco is one of the Ferrari test drivers.

flazio

Isn't Dan Ticktum the RBR reserve?

ayux4rj6zql2ph

Here’s a strange sequence of events.

When Rio Haryanto raced in F1 he used #88

Robert Kubica will use #88 as his car number next season.

The odd thing is that their respective national flags are the same color.

Curious was this part of the reason for selecting that particular number as it was previously linked to identical colonies of the polish national flag just a different angle.

pjohnson

I thought Fuoco had left Ferrari?

Ticktum will probably get runs with TR eventually next year. I actually forgot Buemi; I'm 90% sure he is still on RB's books as their reserve for both team. Lord knows why :pac:

Infoanon

flazio wrote: »

Isn't Dan Ticktum the RBR reserve?

Dan Ticktum does not have the requisite points for a super licence

flazio

Infoanon wrote: »

Dan Ticktum does not have the requisite points for a super licence

Which means he can't take part in a race but it wouldn't rule him out of a Friday run out would it?

Infoanon

flazio wrote: »

Which means he can't take part in a race but it wouldn't rule him out of a Friday run out would it?

From 2019 there is a Free Practice Only Super Licence which Dan would qualify for.
A reserve driver is normally taken as meaning the reserve driver for race weekends.

If Dan races over the winter season and wins those championships he will have enough points for a Super Licence - pressure on Albon already !

This was doing the rounds on Facebook today.

The twitchiness of the cars then was just so good.

flazio

[Deleted User] wrote: »

This was doing the rounds on Facebook today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l_RsIr1nbE

The twitchiness of the cars then was just so good.

Fixed your post

pjohnson

Latifi is moving from Racing Point to Williams where he will be reserve driver and get 6 FP1 outings next year.

HighLine

Don't think I've ever seen Kimi as engaged in a conversation
https://twitter.com/FiftyBuckss/status/1071112642843066368

skipper_G

Two things stand out immediately, 1) Seb is rocking the sh1t out of his tache, if he keeps that up it'll be a full Mansell in no time. And 2) how hammered is Kimi

HighLine

Another few clips. Must have been a free bar :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydVszJQX9Rk

PopePalpatine

skipper_G wrote: »

Two things stand out immediately, 1) Seb is rocking the sh1t out of his tache, if he keeps that up it'll be a full Mansell in no time. And 2) how hammered is Kimi

Seb must have taken good ol' "Red 5" to heart in his quest for a 5th title.

pjohnson

skipper_G wrote: »

Two things stand out immediately, 1) Seb is rocking the sh1t out of his tache, if he keeps that up it'll be a full Mansell in no time. And 2) how hammered is Kimi

The look on his wifes face as he is coming onstage :pac:

pjohnson

Rossi IRL

https://twitter.com/SkySportsF1/status/1073148719049134085?s=19

muckwarrior

Ah shite. That means he won't be on whatever coverage that channel 4 manage to put together.

ayux4rj6zql2ph

Who will Sky ditch for him? John Paul?

skipper_G

Great that he's joining Sky, because he will improve the quality of the broadcast endlessly. I hope they ditch Herbert, he's a clown

muckwarrior

skipper_G wrote: »

Great that he's joining Sky, because he will improve the quality of the broadcast endlessly. I hope they ditch Herbert, he's a clown

Different roles though so I doubt it. But yeah, Herbert epitomises what's wrong with the Sky team.

skipper_G

muckwarrior wrote: »

Different roles though so I doubt it. But yeah, Herbert epitomises what's wrong with the Sky team.

Yeah I know you're right about the roles but a man can dream & I really hate Herbert as a pundit. Nothing against him personally - he acts like an unprofessional buffoon though and that takes away from the coverage.

But with Ted Kravitz owning that pitlane reporter role at Sky, will be interesting to see what they actually do with Karun. Probably they'll find a way to waste him

Charlie-Bravo

Karun is so much better than Ted at pit lane reporting. And he doesn't have any smugness about him. He is always genuinely exciting as events unfold in the pitlane.

As an aside, Kuran is also a good co-commentator. I enjoy watching FP2 when he's tag-teaming with Ben Edwards. It'll be interesting if Ben turns up somewhere good?!

Inviere

With C4 relegated to showing highlights, I'm ok with this. More Karun is a good thing, he's brilliant. Puts Ted and that fool Herbert to absolute shame.

Jordan 199

astrofluff wrote: »

It'll be interesting if Ben turns up somewhere good?!

I wouldn't mind an Edwards and Brundle pairing on Sky.

ayux4rj6zql2ph

Jordan 199 wrote: »

I wouldn't mind an Edwards and Brundle pairing on Sky.

Not many would object I think

GarIT

Rossi IRL wrote: »

https://twitter.com/SkySportsF1/status/1073148719049134085?s=19

Noooooooo! What a way to make Sky even worse.

Jordan 199

New Ferrari to launch on the 15th of February 2019.

ayux4rj6zql2ph

Stroll as good as Ocon? Utter tripe!

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.stroll-as-quick-as-ocon-in-simulator-szafnauer.3msKUgrklWk08ww8esEcWI.html

Jordan 199

Racing Point will show its new livery on the 13th of February 2019 at the Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto.

2019 Launch Dates so far:

Racing Point: 13th of February.

Ferrari: 15th of February.

Burkie1203

Oh Lewis

https://twitter.com/BBCSport/status/1074922111188250624?s=19

Charlie-Bravo

I'm not a big Schumacher fan nor a Ferrari fan, just an F1 fan, but it would be amazing to go see this.

https://twitter.com/schumacher/status/1074663092586459136?s=19

Andrew76

Not sure if this has been posted already, I thought it was very good.

https://twitter.com/F1/status/1074766180764827651

Jordan 199

Article about how much teams spent in F1 this year.

pjohnson

Albon is #23

AMKC

Jordan 199 wrote: »

Racing Point will show its new livery on the 13th of February 2019 at the Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto.

2019 Launch Dates so far:

Racing Point: 13th of February.

Ferrari: 15th of February.

Renault: 12th of February.

elperello

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/bryan-brophy-first-irishman-to-be-appointed-fia-steward-for-f1-world-races-1.3739621

From today's paper.

flazio

May he Rest in peace

Santan

flazio wrote: »

May he Rest in peace

Who?

elperello

Bryan Brophy, who was born in Dublin on September 9th, 1949, became the first (and so far, only) Irishman to be appointed an FIA steward for F1 World Championship races.

see link in my post above.

Jordan 199

I predict that Bottas won't last the whole season at Mercedes. I think he will be gone before the summer break.

GarIT

Jordan 199 wrote: »

I predict that Bottas won't last the whole season at Mercedes. I think he will be gone before the summer break.

I had a dream last night that Rosberg will be announced as replacing Hamilton when Mercedes don't win next year. Hamilton will retire when Mercedes stop winning and Rosberg would be happy to race in F1 if Hamilton wasn't around, especially against a junior partner instead of an equal.

I assumed it was Ferrari winning but with the new aero to gain an advantage from and the 50 horsepower boost and reliability RBR are getting from switching to Honda from Renault they could be in with a chance.

Rossi IRL

Jordan 199 wrote: »

I predict that Bottas won't last the whole season at Mercedes. I think he will be gone before the summer break.

I reckon if he is asked to move over once or twice he could walk away.

Seemed very demotivated at end of last season

Inviere

Rossi IRL wrote: »

I reckon if he is asked to move over once or twice he could walk away.

Seemed very demotivated at end of last season

He'd be a bit mad to walk away, they could buy him out though. Pretty much the end of his career in a front running team too, and possibly full stop.

Jordan 199

Rossi IRL wrote: »

I reckon if he is asked to move over once or twice he could walk away.

Seemed very demotivated at end of last season

I don't think he would walk. He would probably reach an agreement with Mercedes before parting ways.

If he leaves F1, I think he will end up in FE or WEC.

AMKC

GarIT wrote: »

I had a dream last night that Rosberg will be announced as replacing Hamilton when Mercedes don't win next year. Hamilton will retire when Mercedes stop winning and Rosberg would be happy to race in F1 if Hamilton wasn't around, especially against a junior partner instead of an equal.

I assumed it was Ferrari winning but with the new aero to gain an advantage from and the 50 horsepower boost and reliability RBR are getting from switching to Honda from Renault they could be in with a chance.

I can't see Hamilton retiring as long as he has a competitive car or if Ferrari have one and he has a chance to go there.

Jordan 199

Launch dates so far this year:

12th of February: Renault.

13th of February: Racing Point.

14th of February: McLaren.

15th of February: Ferrari.

Cool_CM

Reports from Italy that Arrivabene could be gone

https://www.gazzetta.it/Formula-1/06-01-2019/ferrari-arrivabene-binotto-comando-320153883448.shtml