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

I like it. Looks really good and will be ready to spot in track, hopefully for not being at the back.

Watching the recent race from 2016 on YouTube really highlighted their fall from grace. Williams were regularly in the points just 4 years ago and now they have been dead last for the last 2 years.

Bottas leaving seems to have been the real turning point.

Since we’re now seeing quite a few teams with financial difficulties

If a couple of them were lost, could we see teams fielding 3 drivers? It could be the only way to keep numbers on the field

PopePalpatine wrote: »

I'd imagine there's a "minimum cars" clause in the rules or the FIA's agreement with Liberty somewhere, IIRC it came up when the Caterham and Marussia teams collapsed towards the end of 2014 which would have left just 18 cars.

That said, could you imagine having 6 cars all belonging to the Red Bull group, and the top 3 getting to all but dominate the points-paying positions? *shudders*

Yeah I wouldn't be opposed to it in principle but a Mercedes 1-3 would kill off the competition.

Imagine the driver politics and team orders!

Anesthetize wrote: »

They've now gone from Colgate to Sensodyne.

Makes sense since there now trying to get sensible lol.

Jordan 199 wrote: »

Austrian GP just one week away :cool:

Here is the info for next weekend's schedules.

Sky Sports F1

Live practice from 9:30am on Friday morning.
Live coverage of the qualifying begins at 1pm on Saturday.
Live race coverage begins at 1pm on Sunday.

Channel 4

F1 qualifying highlights from 6:45pm to 8:15pm on Saturday.
F1 Race highlights at Austria is from 6:30pm until 9pm on Sunday.

AMKC wrote: »

I was so hoping Sky would show the first race live as it's been so long and maybe they would try and get supporters back in for it but no. Even if they sent deals out to Sky subscribers to buy just the F1 channel but no nothing. Terrible. I would say the viewing figures for the first race will be terrible.

I'd have thought they'd be quite high considering it's the first race and the break we've had. I do think they should've shown the first on Sky One or something, like they did with the odd football match recently, try get some old supporters back onboard.

dublinman1990 wrote: »

Here is the info for next weekend's schedules.

Sky Sports F1

Live practice from 9:30am on Friday morning.
Live coverage of the qualifying begins at 1pm on Saturday.
Live race coverage begins at 1pm on Sunday.

Channel 4

F1 qualifying highlights from 6:45pm to 8:15pm on Saturday.
F1 Race highlights at Austria is from 6:30pm until 9pm on Sunday.

2.5 hours coverage for the highlights? That's too much.

That's going to mean Stephen Jones filling the time with scripted "spontaneous" banter, pretending to trip over things and making terrible puns.

I really wish they'd go for quality over quantity.

Its been months since I posted anything on boards ......This is the last Forum im on ..............I cannot wait for this to start.I dont care if it is sh1te season something interesting will always come out of it . Even that stupid voice " Lights out and away we go" will not ruin this for me .

I didn't think I would miss this as much . Seems the absense had made me grow fonder of it . ...Interesting . Now if the Hurling had kicked back off in the same weekend I would be in dreamland .

and I know i am cheating with skygo access from a family member .

I know it is an anti-racism statement, and we all like a slick looking livery, but it's really hard to tell from that image if it's going to look the business. Really looking forward to Friday morning - might have to give work a miss.

McLaren have got the loan (150m) from the Bank of Bahrain - McLarens preferred creditor

I mean you have to always root for Ricciardo, although I can see things going sour since he is leaving Renault

I don't see Albon outperforming Max or even coming close tbh. I can see Max in a proper title fight with Lewis, but Albon being consistantly 5/6th or lower will see them out of the constructors race

A Vettel renaissance would be a fairytale, imagine him basically being booted out of Ferrari after winning the title, unlikely but peak Ferrari

I hope Racing Point close the gap to the top 3 this year, along with McLaren

That's giving Alpha Tauri a run for best looking livery on the grid.

The new Merc reminds me of the Saubers of the early 90s.

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

So, who is everyone rooting for then?

Hamilton and Renault.

Hopefully we will get a four way battle for the title this year. Hamilton, Vettel, Verstappen and Leclerc all having a chance of winning the championship.

Anyone but Hamilton!