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Formula 1 2019 - General Discussion Thread

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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

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Peyton Lively Tiller wrote: »

I’m hoping and praying that Honda outdo Renault, in turn McLaren, it will be a two fingered gesture to the McLaren board.

Honda themselves said they weren’t ready in 2015.

The shackles came off with Toro Rosso and Red Bull look set to give Honda their first podiums of the current hybrid era.

Seeing a Sauber or even a Honda-powered car on the podium will bring a great change.

Getting sick of hearing the same anthems every race.

Totally agree would love to see Honda teams to crush Mclaren and that slimy twat Zak Brown he is the epitome of a typical American corporate twat all talk and no action and if there is action it seems to be always wrong. If McLaren is to survive in F1 as a top team that needs to happen this year.

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El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

Honda does seem to have sorted out the engine. Reliability is good so I presume they're confident they've cracked it. Wouldn't be surprised if Honda is better than Renault this year.

I’m hoping and praying that Honda outdo Renault, in turn McLaren, it will be a two fingered gesture to the McLaren board.

Honda themselves said they weren’t ready in 2015.

The shackles came off with Toro Rosso and Red Bull look set to give Honda their first podiums of the current hybrid era.

Seeing a Sauber or even a Honda powered car on the podium will bring a great change.

Getting sick of hearing the same anthems every race.

El_Duderino 09

Honda does seem to have sorted out the engine. Reliability is good so I presume they're confident they've cracked it. Wouldn't be surprised if Honda is better than Renault this year.

mickdw

Looking at the entire grid, has it ever been so strong in the midfield.
Williams are at the back but considering the history etc I wouldn't call them also rans. After that it's so strong that it's impossible to put order on the field.
None of the midfield are struggling for cash this year or struggling to stay afloat and with the many tie ups with bigger teams, it looks very competitive all the way down.
With honda seeming to finally be getting there, it will only add strength also.

ppn

recyclebin wrote: »

So testing is coming to an end so its prediction time:
Ferrari look to be fastest followed by Mercedes. Then it's anyones for third. Red Bull don't look great.

Tyre-corrected, Red Bull are there or thereabouts with Ferrari and Merc.

flazio

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Peyton Lively Tiller wrote: »

Stick Chandok in the commentary box with Brundle. Sick of David Croft

I had the same thought, it’d be a dramatic improvement.

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Stick Chandok in the commentary box with Brundle. Sick of David Croft

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pjohnson wrote: »

Karun Chandhoks twitter is well worth a glance at. Explains certain parts of the testing extremly well!

He’s a class act is Karun, he’s great in all aspects of F1 punditry...the pit lane, front and center, grid walks, commentary, he’s brilliant.

skipper_G

pjohnson wrote: »

Karun Chandhoks twitter is well worth a glance at. Explains certain parts of the testing extremly well!

Second that! I'm an avid follower, he's the best analyst around imo.

pjohnson

Karun Chandhoks twitter is well worth a glance at. Explains certain parts of the testing extremly well!

Frank Bullitt

Peyton Lively Tiller wrote: »

When you consider how much time Williams missed they weren't too far behind Racing Point in terms of laps done.

Solid enough reliability throughout really. A few natural bugs that will happen with new cars, most of the time lost for Ferrari or RB were a result of crashes.

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Gintonious wrote: »

Laps done in Pre-Season Testing 2019:

Mercedes: 1190
Ferrari: 997
Renault: 961
Toro Rosso: 934
Alfa: 922
McLaren: 873
Haas: 870
Red Bull: 835
Racing Point: 625
Williams: 567

When you consider how much time Williams missed they weren't too far behind Racing Point in terms of laps done.

Frank Bullitt

Laps done in Pre-Season Testing 2019:

Mercedes: 1190
Ferrari: 997
Renault: 961
Toro Rosso: 934
Alfa: 922
McLaren: 873
Haas: 870
Red Bull: 835
Racing Point: 625
Williams: 567

Harika

HighLine wrote: »

Mercedes have another quick car. Puke.

There was not that much of a change to see a drastic shift. 2021 is the chance to fail but with all the resources of Mercedes it is very unlikely.

Charlie-Bravo

I fancy Renault for best of the rest. Two great drivers, and I predict a podium for Hulk this year and a possible race win by Ricciardo during a special messed up weekend (like a sprinkling of rain on a track like Monaco).

I'm thinking that Verstappen still hasn't grown up enough and the risks taken won't pull off for him so much. Gasly will be kind to his engine but I don't think he'll have the speed just yet.

I'm thinking Renault will beat Red Bull this year.

HighLine

Mercedes have another quick car. Puke.

muckwarrior

Jordan 199 wrote: »

Midfield battle is going to be very interesting. Two teams I can see fighting for fifth so far are Racing Point and Haas.

To me they look like they're behind Renault, McLaren and Toro Rosso.

Jordan 199

Gintonious wrote: »

Looks close at the top between Ferrari and Merc. After that it's really tight, but who cares about the midfield?

Midfield battle is going to be very interesting. Two teams I can see fighting for fifth so far are Racing Point and Haas.

Frank Bullitt

Looks close at the top between Ferrari and Merc. After that it's really tight, but who cares about the midfield?

recyclebin

So testing is coming to an end so its prediction time:
Ferrari look to be fastest followed by Mercedes. Then it's anyones for third. Red Bull don't look great.

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Cool_CM

Jordan 199 wrote: »

Did you bump into him?

We did, he was weirdly subdued and didn't look like he had a media accreditation, but could have been wrong. Met Paddy Lowe, Mattia Binotto and Charles LeClerc too - LeClerc was stopping for everybody on the paddock and a complete hero!

mickdw

Cool_CM wrote: »

mickdw wrote: »

How do you get hold of paddock passes?
Can they be bought cheaply for testing?

50 quid here if you can get in background of sky coverage drinking a can of rich energy!

Got 2 cans of Rich Energy and in the background of Craig Slater's report, but not at the same time.

1:06 in with the tricolour in the tricolour in the back left

https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/11598703/f1-testing-day-three-second-test-ferrari-set-fastest-times-of-winter

Close but no c̶ ̶i̶ ̶g̶ ̶a̶ ̶r̶ ̶ rich energy.

Jordan 199

Cool_CM wrote: »

Ted is back anyway

Did you bump into him?

Harika

Mitch Connor wrote: »

So, just how worried should Merc/Hamilton fans be? They don't seem to be anywhere near the pace of others. Sure, testing is testing but still.... Merc look mid pack at the moment.

Not at all, it is still time for Melbourne and also a long season where Mercedes out developed ferrari twice in the last years.

Cool_CM

mickdw wrote: »

How do you get hold of paddock passes?
Can they be bought cheaply for testing?

50 quid here if you can get in background of sky coverage drinking a can of rich energy!

Got 2 cans of Rich Energy and in the background of Craig Slater's report, but not at the same time.

1:06 in with the tricolour in the tricolour in the back left

https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/11598703/f1-testing-day-three-second-test-ferrari-set-fastest-times-of-winter

pjohnson

ppn wrote: »

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.why-mercedes-brought-such-a-heavily-revised-car-to-test-2.1LtnfYtp4oLgQVEXOCw4DH.html

Ah that makes sense. I havent been checking F1 site much recently.

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El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

True but nobody would recommend going around a hairpin with one hand on the wheel either.

Kubica won't be doing that though, he'll have one fully functional hand, and the other providing assistance. I'm not saying he'll be as good as he was, I'd be shocked if he was...but having knocked in hundreds of testing laps, possessing a Super License, and being faster than Stroll AND Sirotkin last year, I think he'll be at least competitive wherever the car allows him to fight.

It remains to be seen whether he'll be fine or not.

Monaco, Singapore, and Azerbaijan as Deckard posted above, will be his litmus test. On more traditional tracks, I expect him to be fine.

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eviltimeban wrote: »

It'd be great if Hamilton actually had to work for his championship this year...

Call me sour, but it would be even better if he didn’t win it.

One of the youngsters would do nicely like LeClerc or Verstappen. The Honda engine is incredibly reliable.