Formula 1 2020 - General Discussion Thread (See MOD warning on first post)

Harika · 19-03-2020 6:08pm

So we are looking at a Baku crash derby as season opener

dublinman1990 · 19-03-2020 6:47pm

New F1 opening titles have been leaked a week ago on Twitter.

SquireD · 19-03-2020 10:25pm

I'm sure most have seen this but here for those who haven't, from start to finish it's very good!

TCP/IP · 19-03-2020 10:33pm

God I really hate the theme tune nowadays

SureYWouldntYa · 19-03-2020 11:07pm

TCP/IP wrote: »

God I really hate the theme tune nowadays

I think its great, great bit of hype before it leads into Crofty telling you random useless facts about the country and 17 corners 6 to the right and 10 to the left

This years one is a different beat to last 2 years, dont enjoy it as much

SquireD · 19-03-2020 11:07pm

TCP/IP wrote: »

God I really hate the theme tune nowadays

Hard to beat the old stuff

TCP/IP · 19-03-2020 11:14pm

Now that's F1

Charlie-Bravo · 19-03-2020 11:48pm

Interesting now that we have technical regulations delayed for year so will put key emphasis on all these drivers who are out of contract at the end of the year. Would they do one year extensions or signed for longer? And with the year being so disjointed, we might have have a very difficult 'silly season'. Time will only tell how this year shakes out.

El_Duderino 09 · 20-03-2020 10:36am

astrofluff wrote: »

Interesting now that we have technical regulations delayed for year so will put key emphasis on all these drivers who are out of contract at the end of the year. Would they do one year extensions or signed for longer? And with the year being so disjointed, we might have have a very difficult 'silly season'. Time will only tell how this year shakes out.

When you consider the sponsors who aren't getting the exposure they've paid for, I wouldn't be surprised if the best solution would just be to carry on all the contracts until next year. So I think there light be very few driver changes and few changes in general. Just play next season as if it were 2020 and carry on from there.

All sports are in that same boat. Listening to Keith wood yesterday and he reckons lots of rugby clubs would collapse if the TV channels refuse to pay for this year (which isn't in the TV channel's interest either). So I imagine a lot of deals will need to be reworked.

pjohnson · 20-03-2020 10:49am

Kimi possibly retiring would be the only doubt to keeping things as is.

Cork Trucker · 20-03-2020 11:04am

pjohnson wrote: »

Kimi possibly retiring would be the only doubt to keeping things as is.

Can he now break Barrichello’s record for starts in 2020?

eviltimeban · 20-03-2020 12:13pm

I always liked this one, the archive footage was great:

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

flazio · 20-03-2020 6:59pm

Nobody can do a weekend introduction like Ben.
https://vimeo.com/261644421

Jordan 199 · 21-03-2020 4:08am

To all my fellow F1 homies here - I hope you are all staying safe and doing well. We are going through strange and uncertain times. Stay strong

AMKC · 21-03-2020 3:04pm

The great and legendary Ayrton Senna would have been 60 today if he was still alive.

Burkie1203 · 22-03-2020 9:01pm

Azerbaijan next to go

Cool_CM · 22-03-2020 9:02pm

Fookit, might as well watch the virtual grand prix. The worst it'll be is ****e

On Sky F1 and their YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/BbjC4ODWV30

Harika · 22-03-2020 9:11pm

German expert expects no mass gathering like Bundesliga, concerts or Motorsport till march 2021

johnnysmack · 22-03-2020 9:57pm

Cool_CM wrote: »

Fookit, might as well watch the virtual grand prix. The worst it'll be is ****e

On Sky F1 and their YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/BbjC4ODWV30

Nothing but morons talking absolute ****e. What a waste of time.

bennyx_o · 22-03-2020 10:32pm

Landos Twitch stream was the highlight for me

This is it · 22-03-2020 10:33pm

bennyx_o wrote: »

Landos Twitch stream was the highlight for me

Will watch him next time. It's fun for a few minutes but the commentary gets old fast. The start with all the crashes was good

Ghost Train · 22-03-2020 10:37pm

They seemed to focus too much on Hulkenberg battle. Messy first lap, Norris was unlucky to be taken out and lose a place at the end, but considering he only drove half a race he was lucky to be in that position any way

flazio · 22-03-2020 10:57pm

What time are the channel 4 highlights? :P

GarIT · 23-03-2020 7:20pm

They should do 100% race distances with the real drivers, strategists and stewards and use the leaderboard at the end of the series of races to award one race worth of championship points. Equal power on all cars.

donspeekinglesh · 23-03-2020 8:07pm

The IMSA race was well worth watching - 90 minute race with plenty of top level drivers. The F1 race looked completely amateur in comparison.

Harika · 23-03-2020 8:14pm

Carey says expectation is now an F1 season of 15-18 races. Run through summer and finish of championship likely extended beyond the end of November. Exact calendar subject to significant change.