Legend2TL

^ Alson thinking this is like 2008-9 when he moved back to a noncompetitive Renault after his first bad experience at McLaren. Jenson could be out of a drive next year.

Legend2TL

BBC Sport - Formula 1: How Williams blew chance to win British GP

I like Allan McNish's columns

Chief F1 Fan

James Allen is a better writer and deeper analyzer of race information IMO

00TL-P3.2

Unrelated to the current season, but found this in the local Ferrari dealer


Convinced my daughter to make the walk over from the mall. She asked a couple times if it was Sebastian's.
Says 2003 constructor's champion on it, so assuming it's Schumi's. Guy in the showroom was surprisingly nice considering I clearly didn't look to be a customer.

Legend2TL

^ cute pic

F-C

Cuteness gets bonus points in the fantasy league.

00TL-P3.2

Does that get me out of 7th?

Chief F1 Fan

Mega points for a daughter that age that can say "Sebastian" and knows who he is.

x 1000

Legend2TL

Agree, Allen brings in technical people and articles into his column which McNish doesn't but he also wasn't a F1 driver which also adds something.

New column

BBC Sport - Formula 1: Cracks appearing between Honda and McLaren

Don't quite agree with this one as it took Honda 3 years to develop their first F1 motor into the dominate powerplant.

One column I miss is Gary Anderson's BBC F1.

Edward'TLS

^^^^^

No surprise.

If things don't work out well, it's always a blame game.

Take the Red-Bull/Renault F1 team as another example.

F-C

Only if you tell me how in the world did she know who Sebastian is. My daughters have zero interest in F1.

F-C

Silly season is finally starting to heat up.

Bottas to replace Raikkonen? Nasr to take Bottas's seat at Williams? Two Brazilians at Williams?

00TL-P3.2

She loves watching the whole race weekend with me & may on occasion influence my picks here.

See above, though Lewis seems to be her favorite.

She knows Seb, Lewis, Max; mostly by their cars. Not bad for a nearly 4-year old.

Chief F1 Fan

That's the claim here:

Bottas signs deal to replace Raikkonen? > F1 News > Grandprix.com

Tonyware

I have always wondered if Daniel Ricciardo ever wipes that smile off his face when he drives or he actually drives like that? On the other hand Kimi, well, he is a natural LOL.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=11&v=hidqce-b7oE

F-C

It's funny, because the background music just doesn't match Kimi's responses at all.

Legend2TL

F1 Feature - My Favourite Race - Paddy Lowe

Great story by Paddy Lowe

F-C

Now they say in season testing will be banned. This is getting ridiculous.

West6MT

Tonyware

All these rules will force teams to cheat! Cheating is like screwing the fans with deception, corruption and lies. What part of this the F1 bosses don't understand? I don't know!

Chief F1 Fan

^^ Disagree. Teams will always push the envelope of acceptability within the rules (rear diffuser, fuel mixtures, etc.) but the FIA has such stringent measures in place no one is going to be able to "cheat" outright. I think the worst example of cheating was when Piquet Jr. was asked to crash allowing Alonso to pit and refuel/win the race and it was done with millions watching.

F-C

Ferrari is bulking up.

Tonyware

It takes 12 months between quitting one team and be allowed to sign up for another team... technically he can join December 2015 (since he gave his notice to AMG in Dec 2014), but in this case it appears that there is some freedom on behalf of AMG. Maybe the knowledge transfer to his replacement was done faster than 12 months. Jock Clear is a good communicator, no bull, straight shooter Brit. Doubt that he left because of more money... probably had enough with Lewis's sometimes childish persona.

So, thats why Vettel was all smiles today?

Tonyware

I was thinking that the difference between FIA and FIFA is just one F

(pardon my french!)

F-C

The biggest technical cheat I can think within the last few years was Honda's secret second fuel tank.

Chief F1 Fan

^^^

Chief F1 Fan

Driver Head Safety being looked at

New high speed cockpit camera to help understand head injuries in F1 accidents // F1 News // James Allen on F1 ? The official James Allen website on F1

F-C

Hungary FP1:

POS DRIVER NATIONALITY ENTRANT TIME
1. Lewis Hamilton Britain Mercedes GP 1:25.141
2. Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes GP 1:25.250
3. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Ferrari 1:25.812
4. Daniel Ricciardo Autralian Red Bull-Renault 1:26.053
5. Daniil Kvyat Russia Red Bull-Renault 1:26.070
6. Sebastian Vettel Germany Ferrari 1:26.395
7. Carlos Sainz Spain Toro Rosso-Renault 1:26.727
8. Sergio Perez Mexico Force India-Mercedes 1:26.776
9. Valtteri Bottas Finland Williams-Mercedes 1:26.825
10. Max Verstappen Netherlands Toro Rosso-Renault 1:26.934
11. Fernando Alonso Spain McLaren-Honda 1:27.272
12. Jenson Button Britain McLaren-Honda 1:27.308
13. Nico Hulkenberg Germany Force India-Mercedes 1:27.317
14. Felipe Massa Brazil Williams-Mercedes 1:27.381
15. Felipe Nasr Brazil Sauber-Ferrari 1:27.409
16. Marcus Ericsson Sweden Sauber-Ferrari 1:27.732
17. Pastor Maldonado Venezuela Lotus-Mercedes 1:28.568
18. Will Stevens Britain Marussia-Ferrari 1:29.693
19. Fabio Liemer Switzerland Marussia-Ferrari 1:30.631
20. Jolyon Palmer Britain Lotus-Mercedes No Time

F-C

FP2:

POS DRIVER NATIONALITY ENTRANT TIME
1. Lewis Hamilton Britain Mercedes GP 1:23.949
2. Daniil Kvyat Russia Red Bull-Renault 1:24.300
3. Daniel Ricciardo Autralian Red Bull-Renault 1:24.451
4. Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes GP 1:24.668
5. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Ferrari 1:25.134
6. Carlos Sainz Spain Toro Rosso-Renault 1:25.599
7. Sebastian Vettel Germany Ferrari 1:25.660
8. Fernando Alonso Spain McLaren-Honda 1:25.752
9. Valtteri Bottas Finland Williams-Mercedes 1:25.881
10. Felipe Massa Brazil Williams-Mercedes 1:25.920
11. Max Verstappen Netherlands Toro Rosso-Renault 1:25.935
12. Jenson Button Britain McLaren-Honda 1:25.994
13. Pastor Maldonado Venezuela Lotus-Mercedes 1:26.090
14. Felipe Nasr Brazil Sauber-Ferrari 1:26.379
15. Romain Grosjean France Lotus-Mercedes 1:26.442
16. Marcus Ericsson Sweden Sauber-Ferrari 1:26.831
17. Roberto Merhi Spain Marussia-Ferrari 1:29.113
18. Will Stevens Britain Marussia-Ferrari 1:29.115
19. Sergio Perez Mexico Force India-Mercedes No Time
20. Nico Hulkenberg Germany Force India-Mercedes No Time

Tonyware

If we are playing Win/Place/Show... I'll pick McLaren-Honda to show.

(OK, now I run and hide )

West6MT

Formula 1: Jenson Button could replace Williams' Valtteri Bottas

BBC Sport - Formula 1: Jenson Button could replace Williams' Valtteri Bottas

Chief F1 Fan

Jense would be a good fit at Williams (again)

Legend2TL

Dennis still has issues with Button despite 2011 (he placed 2nd in WDC). Jenson was signed by Martin Whitmarsh, which I think is Dennis's biggest issue with Button. Supposedly Jenson is well liked within the team/organization, even the majority owner of McLaren Mansour Ojjeh, was the one who advocated for him at the end of 2014 to re-sign him despite Dennis who wanted Kevin.

+1

Tonyware

The rolling restart, lap 49, was spectacular. Finally we see F1 drivers actually racing. They should have more rolling starts!!!

PS. Bad day for Lewis. Oh well, I am sure there are a few good parties he has to go to after anyways

Legend2TL

Vettel 2.0 is working out pretty well

CCColtsicehockey

Awesome race today. I agree the rolling restart was awesome.

Feel really bad for Kimi. He was doing so well and really needed a podium.

Sucks that we have another 3 week break now.

Mugen.Justice

Glad to see both McHondas finishing in the points. Here's to more in the second half of the season...


I'd like to see Button be retained by McLaren and retire there...

icy2

As a Lewis fan I was a bit disappointed in the result today, but that was an exciting race!

Tonyware

The entire race in the video below, if you don't mind the edit that bypasses the youtube rules. It appears Lewis lost his concentration while seeing, once again, another two cars beat him with their launch and power at the start. Something he needs to practice starting from 2nd or 3rd perhaps?

F-C

That's the craziest race this year. I think this race will be the biggest factor in Hamilton retaining his championship. Hamilton had his worst race ever, and he still gained points on Rosberg.

I loved Ricciardo's desperation pass on Rosberg, but I felt he should have been penalized for causing the contact. Ricciardo made the move, so it was up to him to make sure there was no contact as a result.