Formula1 Talk

[MadManCK]

F1 TV Streaming will become available next Month, during the GP of Spain.

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/head ... n-may.html

[MadManCK]

[grooks10]

Hopefully this race is as exciting as Bahrain!

[MadManCK]

Epic win by driver of the day Daniel Ricciardo. RBR Team mate Max had his chances, but made a few costly mistakes, especially on Vettel. Seb opened the door, only to slam it in his face. Max should know better than be fooled like that, 10 sec penalty for him. Destroying both' chances on a podium finish. Also a little patience wouldn't hurt sometimes.
Ferrari were sacrificing Kimi's race in favor of Vettel. Stupid mistake. Stupid team politics. Especially as this is only race 3 of this season.

Red Bull won it with strategy today. Without Max' mistakes, it would have been an easy double podium.
Bottas drove a much better race than Hamilton and was the better Mercedes driver today.
Also promising to see is Renault catching up. Helped by the safety car, but still.

China is good for spectacular races each year. It is one of Hermann Tilke's best track designs IMO.
But they should fill the empty unsold grand stand seats with local school kids.

Alonso will open 40! karting tracks in China, to breed China's next F1 driver. Kudos to him.

Great race to watch with excitement all the way to the end and a well deserved winner.

Race result GP China;

1 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull TAG -
2 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes Mercedes 8.894
3 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari Ferrari 9.637
4 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes Mercedes 16.985
5 Max Verstappen Red Bull TAG 20.436
6 Nico Hulkenberg Renault Renault 21.052
7 Fernando Alonso McLaren Renault 30.639
8 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari Ferrari 35.286
9 Carlos Sainz Renault Renault 35.763
10 Kevin Magnussen Haas Ferrari 39.594
11 Esteban Ocon Force India Mercedes 44.050
12 Sergio Perez Force India Mercedes 44.725
13 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren Renault 49.373
14 Lance Stroll Williams Mercedes 55.490
15 Sergey Sirotkin Williams Mercedes 58.241
16 Marcus Ericsson Sauber Ferrari 1'02.604
17 Romain Grosjean Haas Ferrari 1'05.296
18 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso Honda 1'06.330
19 Charles Leclerc Sauber Ferrari 1'22.575
20 Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso Honda 5 laps

[Beardroid91]

When Ricardo was making those crazy divebombs then my heart just skipped a beat, it is crazy how he could come out of nowhere and make it stick, the little kid Verstappen has alot to learn in that regard, atleast he / they finished the race.

Haha off with the shoe EPIC i love it when Ricardo wins.

[MadManCK]

F1 considers to increase fuel limits for 2019. Also a smaller front wing and larger DRS flap at the rear, to improve overtaking and reduce air disturbance behind the cars, are considered.
The front wing air disturbance analysis will now be tested as well by the teams to be confirmed. If they agree, changes can be applied in 2019 already.
An additional motivation to make front wings fit between the front wheels is the reduced chance of front wing damages and collisions.

More fuel is a good thing. Drivers should be racing, not managing. F1 is not endurance racing.

[MadManCK]

[Lunytrickz]

inequality ???

[MadManCK]

Red Bull pays performance bonusses
Vettel is clearly overpaid. And i can not believe LeClerc 150.000$



PS Hamilton asks 60M $ a Year for his new contract at Mercedes

Speed or Greed ? You decide

[MadManCK]

Epic attempt from Kimi Raikkonen stranded with a big slide entering the final straight. That lap would have put Vettel in place. Unfortunately that did not happen. But this Baku qualifying was a lot closer than last Year. Good sign for the race tomorrow.

Qualifying results Azerbaijan GP;

1 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari Ferrari 1'41.498
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes Mercedes 1'41.677 0.179
3 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes Mercedes 1'41.837 0.339
4 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull TAG 1'41.911 0.413
5 Max Verstappen Red Bull TAG 1'41.994 0.496
6 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari Ferrari 1'42.490 0.992
7 Esteban Ocon Force India Mercedes 1'42.523 1.025
8 Sergio Perez Force India Mercedes 1'42.547 1.049
9 Nico Hulkenberg Renault Renault 1'43.066 1.568
10 Carlos Sainz Renault Renault 1'43.351 1.853
11 Lance Stroll Williams Mercedes 1'43.585 2.087
12 Sergey Sirotkin Williams Mercedes 1'43.886 2.388
13 Fernando Alonso McLaren Renault 1'44.019 2.521
14 Charles Leclerc Sauber Ferrari 1'44.074 2.576
15 Kevin Magnussen Haas Ferrari 1'44.759 3.261
16 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren Renault 1'44.489 2.991
17 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso Honda 1'44.496 2.998
18 Marcus Ericsson Sauber Ferrari 1'45.541 4.043
19 Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso Honda 1'57.354 15.856
20 Romain Grosjean Haas Ferrari