Formula 1 2018: General Discussion Thread

Probably late to the party but saw those quotes of Hamilton regarding Seb and how he feels the media and fans need to show him more respect. Thought it was nice to see.

I've never been a huge fan of either, used to despise Vettel until he became the lesser of two evils in terms of drivers I don't like (funny how both are the most successful ones). But have to give them credit, this year they have both publicly defended eachother many times.

Yes in a battle they have some back and forth but overall been very surprised and impressed how much respect they've shown eachother. It's funny also when you see what goes on in the fan battles on Facebook and the likes, to be expected I suppose.

It would be brilliant for us if something happened to put more life in this battle but I don't see it happening.

Mick Schumacher is going quite well in F3 this year. Bet strings will be pulled to get him into F1 before too long. The show needs something like that . It is a showbusiness circus nowadays in reality.

Addyson Gray Glue wrote: »

Kubica apparently offered a test & reserve seat at not Force India.

I really don't see Kubica being able to compete over a full season. Even without the injury he's been out too long now for me (Testing =/= Racing). He'd also be the second oldest driver on the grid next season behind Kimi. It would be nice to see but if it was my car, I would't want him in it, not when there are other options that will pay as much

skipper_G wrote: »

Not a chance, it's a spec series. Dan Ticktum started that off because he's been comprehensively outperformed over the last few rounds and had no answer for it. Once Mick got his first win you could see the difference in his driving, he had an extra air of confidence, like he was missing that bit of self belief before.

Dan Ticktum is a horrible human, himself and Fenati should just feck off out of motorsport

pjohnson wrote: »

Isnt Ticktum the lad who was hoping to get the Toro Rosso seat despite not having a superlicense OR the means of acquiring one so fast.

Yep, he's also the one who moaned about how the licensing system was unfair because he didn't even have the points to do the F1 young driver test.

Not forgetting that he wasn't able to accumulate points while banned for a year, punishment for racing through the field under safety car to deliberately crash into an opponent

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

After doing what he did on track he should never get a licence.

Without that incident he would have the super license.

skipper_G wrote: »

All female racing series has been announced for next year, F3 spec single seaters with 1.8 litre engines

https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/11522506/women-only-w-series-to-launch-in-2019-aims-to-find-next-f1-star

Very interesting, I'd love for that to be successful - yet I have a feeling it'll go the way of the A1 GP and similar stuff, due to the sheer lack of numbers.

While it is true that women drivers face harder time convincing sponsors to back them up (just like drivers from certain countries like Italy or Japan), it's also true that the numbers of young girls taking up motorsports is extremely low to begin with - the reasons behind this being complex and ranging from sheer disinterest to perception of the sport being a male discipline. Physical qualities do not enter the picture - there are very capable and successful women piloting fighter jets in many airforces, if they can do that they can certainly race a formula car.

It's insane that in 100 years of motorsport, the only female racing driver to be truly successful at a global level still is Michelle Mouton, back in the early 1980s. And she drove the Group B monsters...

Looking for a laugh?

H3llR4iser wrote:

While it is true that women drivers face harder time convincing sponsors to back them up (just like drivers from certain countries like Italy or Japan), it's also true that the numbers of young girls taking up motorsports is extremely low to begin with - the reasons behind this being complex and ranging from sheer disinterest to perception of the sport being a male discipline. Physical qualities do not enter the picture - there are very capable and successful women piloting fighter jets in many airforces, if they can do that they can certainly race a formula car.

Female racing drivers would be more likely to panic in risky situations and cause accidents (see Danika Patrick). This is the case with most female drivers in general.

Rossi IRL wrote: »

Russell joins Williams for 2019

https://twitter.com/GeorgeRussell63/status/1050679444422180864

Great signing for Williams, much better than a pay driver

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Sorry but this ain't true. If you female and interested in motorsport at the lower levels you get sponsorship thrown at you. I have seen it first hand myself. They also get a load more coverage media wise as well.

Makes sense. Based on results alone, how many of us would have heard of Danica Patrick if she was a man?

The problem is clearly that if only a tiny percentage of people entering motorsport are female, and only a tiny percentage of competitors make it to top formula such as F1, then obviously there's very little chance of women making it that far. The solution is to get more young girls interested in it. How though, I've no idea!

Addyson Gray Glue wrote: »

Who's favourite then for the second seat? Stick with Sirotkin or give it to Kubica?

Straight shootout between them who brings the most money.