Guest Cannabis Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 Turning into another nightmare season for them, betting now they finish on zero points.
nudge Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 Even if the speed doesn't matter much here that Ferrari does look very fast. It's a shame about Williams... What's up with Haas? Why so few laps so far?
nudge Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 22 minutes ago, Cannabis said: Turning into another nightmare season for them, betting now they finish on zero points.
Moderator Tommy Posted February 18, 2019 Moderator Posted February 18, 2019 Ferrari almost 2 seconds ahead of the competition. Still hard to tell if the new car is so good, or if it's all down to Sebastian's incredible talent.
nudge Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 Oh look it's a red flag because a McLaren is broken again
nudge Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 Seb with a massive number of laps. Over 200 laps in total for Honda. Overall a good first testing day with no casualties in terms of overheating and blowing up engines. Well except for Williams...
Moderator Tommy Posted February 18, 2019 Moderator Posted February 18, 2019 McLaren 2nd on the first test day. I know it doesn't say a lot at this stage, but I'd laugh my ass off if they become proper competitive and Alonso made yet another stupid decision in his career
nudge Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 2 minutes ago, Tommy said: McLaren 2nd on the first test day. I know it doesn't say a lot at this stage, but I'd laugh my ass off if they become proper competitive and Alonso made yet another stupid decision in his career I thought they were back to usual when Sainz lost power exiting the pits today but they were able to sort it out quickly and put in a good number of laps today... As for speed it must be said that Sainz registered that best time with softer compound tires but at this point their priority surely was testing reliability anyway. As for Alonso, I don't think it's a stupid decision. McLaren will continue to be a mid-team at best meanwhile Alonso will be working on booking a spot in history books by becoming the second racing driver ever to win the Triple Crown...
Guest Cannabis Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 Just finished watching testing. Impressive performances from both Mercedes and Ferrari racking up a decent amount of laps. Interesting how Wolff is already playing down his team's chances and switching the focus to Ferrari and their "super-car", the man is a master of words. Red Bull Racing seemed reliable with the new engine which is exactly what they wanted after so many DNF's, I think Horner hinted that they were running on high fuel/energy, nowhere near race pace. Some good stints from Alfa Romeo and McLaren as already mentioned. It looked a nightmare for the latter breaking down but they managed to turn things around and get Sainz some track time. Williams are already mentioned are having a nightmare, Russell and Kubica desperately need track time and everything is pointing them to qualifying at the back come Melbourne regardless of how much George played down the current situation when interviewed.
nudge Posted February 19, 2019 Posted February 19, 2019 DRS failure for Ricciardo and his car loses the top part of the rear wing on the track... Not the best start for Renault.
Moderator Tommy Posted February 19, 2019 Moderator Posted February 19, 2019 45 minutes ago, nudge said: DRS failure for Ricciardo and his car loses the top part of the rear wing on the track... Not the best start for Renault. Footage of the incident: https://streamable.com/v8icc
Moderator Tommy Posted February 19, 2019 Moderator Posted February 19, 2019 Statement out of the Williams garage:
Administrator Stan Posted February 19, 2019 Administrator Posted February 19, 2019 Why are Williams in such a mess?
nudge Posted February 19, 2019 Posted February 19, 2019 1 minute ago, Tommy said: Statement out of the Williams garage: Have you read that post about someone talking to three Williams employees yesterday? Unconfirmed of course but definitely sounded plausible.
Moderator Tommy Posted February 19, 2019 Moderator Posted February 19, 2019 5 minutes ago, nudge said: Have you read that post about someone talking to three Williams employees yesterday? Unconfirmed of course but definitely sounded plausible. No, I haven't. What did those employees say?
nudge Posted February 19, 2019 Posted February 19, 2019 7 minutes ago, Stan said: Why are Williams in such a mess? Financial issues is one of the reasons for sure but it seems that the team is has also been struggling internally with bad organisation and poor decisions throughout the years as well.
nudge Posted February 19, 2019 Posted February 19, 2019 3 minutes ago, Tommy said: No, I haven't. What did those employees say? Yeah...doesn't sound like a functioning team. Also this today from BBC's Andrew Benson: If the new car is indeed 2 seconds slower than last year... then surely they shouldn't bother turning up at all.
Moderator Tommy Posted February 19, 2019 Moderator Posted February 19, 2019 Jesus, and they won World Championships once What a farce. Surely Paddy Lowe is a goner after this fiasco.
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted February 19, 2019 Subscriber Posted February 19, 2019 Williams dominated the sport for much of the 80s and 90s, and are probably the last "proper" racing team left on the grid that haven't sold out to a manufacturer, or become a highly commercialised conglomerate in their own right like McLaren. It's sad but it's starting to look like they'll join Lotus, Tyrrell, Jordan, Brabham and the rest on the scrap heap before long. They've had a great run to be fair but if Claire Williams isn't able to emulate what her father was able to do with his ingenuity and that of the people around him, there's no shame in that. We have Haas and Manor to carry the torch for the independent teams I guess .
nudge Posted February 19, 2019 Posted February 19, 2019 Sky Sports commentary is so boring and annoying. They have been chitchatting for an hour and a half now about things that barely have any relevance to the testing or even the upcoming season. Yesterday's topic seemed to be "would Alonso's potential further involvement with McLaren be a bad influence" and today they shifted to "should there be more standard parts or is it against F1 DNA". Yawn.
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