Guest Cannabis Posted February 23, 2019 Posted February 23, 2019 Ted Kravitz was the best F1 reporter that Sky had, it's a massive loss if he has indeed been sacked - especially if that buffoon from India is taking his place. Hopefully someone picks him up because I'd tune in just to see him, Ted's Notebook was a part of the race weekend just like practice of qualy.
Guest Cannabis Posted February 23, 2019 Posted February 23, 2019 https://www.change.org/p/sky-reinstatement-of-ted-kravitz-to-sky-sports-f1
Moderator Tommy Posted February 23, 2019 Moderator Posted February 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Cannabis said: especially if that buffoon from India is taking his place. Karun Chandhok? He's not bad at all. But there's no reason to get red of Ted.
Guest Cannabis Posted February 23, 2019 Posted February 23, 2019 10 minutes ago, Tommy said: Karun Chandhok? He's not bad at all. But there's no reason to get red of Ted. Yeah him, right whopper.
nudge Posted February 23, 2019 Posted February 23, 2019 I watched all of the testing this week with Sky commentators and was extremely happy when I found the button that turns the commentary off completely. Awful.
Moderator Tommy Posted February 23, 2019 Moderator Posted February 23, 2019 4 hours ago, nudge said: I watched all of the testing this week with Sky commentators and was extremely happy when I found the button that turns the commentary off completely. Awful. Those weren't the proper GP SKY commentators though.
nudge Posted February 23, 2019 Posted February 23, 2019 3 minutes ago, Tommy said: Those weren't the proper GP SKY commentators though. I have heard enough of Brundle & Crofty and for me that is anything but "proper"... Well Brundle is alright but I'm talking about the team as a whole. In the testing coverage this week they had different people taking turns in the commentary box; Crofty, Johnny Herbert, Simon Lazenby and Chandhok (who at least talked about technical side of things unlike the rest of them 90% of the time) were all there so only Brundle was missing really. I understand that commentating 4 hours of testing is quite a challenge but I seriously couldn't stand it.
Moderator Tommy Posted February 26, 2019 Moderator Posted February 26, 2019 Mercedes with some massive updates. Looks like a completely new car
Guest Cannabis Posted February 26, 2019 Posted February 26, 2019 Perhaps they really were behind in Testing One then?
nudge Posted February 26, 2019 Posted February 26, 2019 Or more likely it was all pre-planned... I don't think it's possible to bring as many updates over a few days that they had between testings; certainly not considering that certain aero parts can take weeks to make. Probably they were just running internal systems checks mostly during the first week in Catalunya, using additional time for wind tunnel testing of the 'new' aero package we're seeing today.
nudge Posted February 26, 2019 Posted February 26, 2019 Ferrari with cooling issues in the morning session. McLaren out with hydraulic pressure issues. Red flag just now as Mercedes suddenly stops in the middle of the track.
nudge Posted February 26, 2019 Posted February 26, 2019 Mercedes are swapping the engine in Bottas' car; oil pressure issues confirmed.
nudge Posted February 26, 2019 Posted February 26, 2019 Lando Norris with fastest time of the day! It's disappointing that there's no live coverage of this week's testing anywhere...
MUFC Posted February 26, 2019 Posted February 26, 2019 Be interesting to see how the Honda engine is for RB when they properly turn it u in Melbourne. I really hope its mustard and reliable.
Guest Cannabis Posted February 26, 2019 Posted February 26, 2019 Good that the problems are coming in testing for each team rather than Australia. Interesting to see that Mercedes have brought a completely new wing to the track this week.
Moderator Tommy Posted February 26, 2019 Moderator Posted February 26, 2019 46 minutes ago, Cannabis said: Good that the problems are coming in testing for each team rather than Australia. Interesting to see that Mercedes have brought a completely new wing to the track this week. Not just the wing. *Oh oh's in Italian*
Guest Cannabis Posted February 26, 2019 Posted February 26, 2019 It's interesting because I thought that talk of Ferrari being way ahead was just Wolff's mind games but it does look as though they felt threatened or else they wouldn't change the car so much. I see that the coathanger is still hanging out of the back which is always a good look . Looking forward to seeing what lap times Hamilton and Bottas put down this week even though they won't be going full throttle. Interesting that McLaren seem to be on pace too, they've seemed to get through testing quite well so far which has been the total opposite to the last two years.
nudge Posted February 26, 2019 Posted February 26, 2019 1 hour ago, Cannabis said: Good that the problems are coming in testing for each team rather than Australia. Interesting to see that Mercedes have brought a completely new wing to the track this week. 26 minutes ago, Tommy said: Not just the wing. *Oh oh's in Italian* 23 minutes ago, Cannabis said: It's interesting because I thought that talk of Ferrari being way ahead was just Wolff's mind games but it does look as though they felt threatened or else they wouldn't change the car so much. I see that the coathanger is still hanging out of the back which is always a good look . Looking forward to seeing what lap times Hamilton and Bottas put down this week even though they won't be going full throttle. Interesting that McLaren seem to be on pace too, they've seemed to get through testing quite well so far which has been the total opposite to the last two years. I'm not buying it. There's just no way they could design and manufacture all composite parts required for an upgrade of such scale in just a few days as a reaction to feeling threatened by or being behind Ferrari during the first week of testing. AMuS article today actually quotes Mercedes engineers saying that those new aero package parts are dated in January and they just ran a spec-B car during the first week while they were still working on (wind tunnel testing) the spec-A car aero that they brought in this week.
Moderator Tommy Posted February 27, 2019 Moderator Posted February 27, 2019 Vettel in the barriers. No spin or anything, looks like a mechanical failure.
nudge Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Tommy said: Vettel in the barriers. No spin or anything, looks like a mechanical failure. Yeah looked quite nasty...
Moderator Tommy Posted February 27, 2019 Moderator Posted February 27, 2019 Reminds me of Schumacher's Silverstone crash. Seb's okay though.
Moderator Tommy Posted February 28, 2019 Moderator Posted February 28, 2019 Oh man, I really hope we're going to have an exciting season on our hands.
nudge Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 Alex Albon with a 1.17.4 lap on C3 tyres and 1:16.882 personal best; looking good, especially for a rookie! Judging from the testing, midfield will be very close this year. Hope Sauber can come out on top and also hope Honda PU beats Renault. And the biggest wow factor this morning - 1.17.253 from Leclerc on C2 tyres allegedly That's very impressive if true!
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