Formula 1 2021 - General Discussion Thread (Read 1st post rules)

Hi,

yes I ordered from here in the past.

Nightmare to deal with, eventually received a refund after lots of issues.

Thinking about Spa, it might be helpful if the cars were fitted with one red light at the rear in such conditions.

In fact they now have three rear lights, as well as the central one they've had for decades there's now lights in the trailing edges of the rear wing.

Albon confirmed for Williams next year, which means that Bottas is likely to go to Alfa Romeo

Nevermind, was a fake account

I know we all know Russell is going Mercedes and they haven’t announced yet but am I going crazy or has Toto just confirmed it today?

Saw an article saying it’s still being kept tight lipped.

But did Toto not say that they have to look at open seats at Williams and Alfa Romeo today when asked if they were blocking Albon to Williams, and talking up Nick?

Like he said the open space at Williams.

Why stay coy on it? Pretty much confirmed Russell is going. Maybe a rare slip by him.

Sounds like Merc want Nyck de Vries in William, and will try block Albon, so that leaves Alfa for him.

I am glad I am not relying on Channel 4 anymore so. Of course there schedule could change during the week it has happened before. Be interesting to see if it does.

It is all new next year though, so I don't think the rate of improvement this year will be a factor.

I don't think that follows. He hasn't had a top tier teammate since Ric. Albon and Gasley as rookies and Perez is only alright and he's in a run of poor performance. Nobody is seriously suggesting any of those are top tier. Gasley has improved since leaving RB so that would be interesting to see him back in the RB to see if he could challenge Max. But he's still probably not top tier.

Max isn't beating the likes of Leclerc and Norris, he's beating Perez and he should beat a decent midfielder like Perez.

I really hope it does for Bottas what Seb's move to Aston Martin did for him

How has f1 turned into that Toto, Red Bull and Ferrari have literally control over who gets on the grid and where

The second Alfa seat is still up for grabs. If they stay with the Alfa branding then they're more likely to try to sell the seat to Ferrari and stay with Gio. There was talk of them switching to Mercedes and then they'd probably want a Mercedes driver in that seat. But that seemed unlikely. Most likely scenario is status quo, I'd say.

Yeah I don't disagree with that. He's on great form and he's doing a great job. I disagreed that beating Perez like a rented mule again next year would mean Max is the best ever (that was said in the post i responded to) I don't like to compare drivers form different eras or get into discussions of who is the greatest. But anyone could agree that Max is in the elite group of drivers on this grid (probably only himself and Hamilton with some drivers liek Leclerc, Noris close behind).

Albon and Gasley were rookies though. That has to be kept in mind. And Gasley has improved since being dropped by RB which i think shows he was promoted too early. Perez is grand, his early season form was much better than the last few races and his quali times have gone form bad to worse. He's having about the right level of performance for him. Inconsistent and usually miles off a top driver like max. I doubt we'll ever see max with a top teammate. If you have max (and are paying his wages) then you're backing him to win the championship so you hire a second driver like a Perez or a Bottas as Mercedes have done. Bottas is much better at keeping in touch with the leaders than Perez has been of late. But they've both been picked because they're ok, not bad but not too good either.

It used to be just Bernie who told everyone who to sign and when.