Formula 1 2019 - General Discussion Thread

It can happen to the best of us

https://www.crash.net/indycar/news/920188/1/fernando-alonso-crashes-second-indy-500-practice

https://youtu.be/jkdtDQMomoc

mickdw wrote: »

The whole rich energy / Haas branding issue reminds me of the eddie Jordan Porsche dispute where Porsche got annoyed with eddies first f1 car, the Jordan 911.
For anyone who has not heard this, Jordan went to meet Porsche and after telling them that he would drop the name but it would cost his business significant funds to do so with team merchandise, advertising etc all to be revised.
Eddie hammered out a deal with Porsche while spending about 25 quid getting a couple of new posters printed up to replace the little branding material they had.
Soon after, a new Porsche was delivered to the Jordan factory for eddies personal use.

^There it is being tested by John Watson at Silverstone in November 1990. He had positive remarks about the car following the test.

And on another note, the team at the time didn't have enough money to paint the car so they polished the carbon fibre to make it look good. And it did.

astrofluff wrote: »

Not very many reviews of it. I'd wonder how many were bought, but alarmingly there's only 11 packs left on Amazon. Can't believe 90 million cans could be almost gone by the 5th race :rolleyes:

That was my personal favourite admission of truth from the recent judgement. They have produced 90 million cans but haven't filled them yet

AMKC wrote: »

I see Williams have signed W Series' driver Jamie Chadwick as development driver.

I wonder will she be the real deal.

Williams aren't making the best decisions these days. Hope this is a good one.

the_pen_turner wrote: »

cant really make them any slower anyway

True. But if they learned anything from signing Kubica it's that you can't buy good publicity with an inspiring story. You need to have a decent car too

Nothing to say but....damn!

It's not going to happen but I'd love Ricciardo to win the Monaco GP again this time in the Renault. Maybe in years past a chance but slim to none now.

Would be some slap in the face of Horner.

Burkie1203 wrote: »

If Max keeps a level head I think he could win

I hope him or LeClerc win

I'd like to see LeClerc win, and hoping Ricciardo scores good points.

Not a big fan of Max and Horner is my problem. Too much bias as a Ricciardo fan.

AMKC wrote: »

Anyone going to put up a thread for the Monaco GP? I could but it would be very bland. Don't forget that FP1 and FP2 are on today.

I just threw one up https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=110254660#post110254660

Because we can all drive a car, Formula One can tend to look like a bunch of over-paid, carefully coiffed, slim-hipped fellows turning a wheel with their wrists and occasionally flexing their ankles. And then poncing around somewhere like Monte Carlo, where this weekend’s Grand Prix is being held, being feted by the fabulously rich.

Totally disagree with the statement above bout F1 drivers being over-paid. F1 drivers actually do loads of training and work very hard to drive them cars both inside and out. Its no easy task. I think most of us here know that do.

A football player in the other hand who gets some stupid 90 million a year or something for running around after a ball for 90 mins. They are over-paid.

muckwarrior wrote: »

It's not about how hard you work, it's about your value. If a footballer earns hundreds of millions for a club, why shouldn't they get a significant percentage of that? Same for a F1 driver. They get paid a lot because they're the best in the world, and because of the money they help generate, not because of the hours they put in.

Goddamn free market economics - viva la revolucion!

pjohnson wrote: »

I love these. This shows the average gap from Pole position over the first 6 races.

Other than that just look at how bloody close that midfield is!

And look how far behind the Williams are! :eek::eek::eek: