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11-28-2018, 03:00 PM | #1 |
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Formula 1 2019
Last year's thread: https://forums.nasioc.com/forums/sho....php?t=2860070
While Vettel looked like the front-runner for a good chunk of the first half of the season, after the summer break has been the Lewis Hamilton Show and he cruised to his 4th 5th World Driver's Championship, marking 4 5 straight years of Mercedes dominance in the V6 turbo hybrid era. Yep, that intro was copy/pasted from last year's thread as that's 10 out of 10 driver's/constructor's championships for Merc now. Hopefully there is more action at the front next year as only one podium spot for the entire season did not belong to the top 3 teams. Next year's revised/simplified aero regs as well as consolidated Pirelli compounds could help close up the current 3 team domination of the sport with everyone else making up the numbers as a clearly defined "Formula 1.5." Speaking of changes, this has been the silliest of silly seasons on record with only 2 out of the 10 teams keeping the same lineup as next year, drivers leaving the sport, coming back to the sport, changing teams and engine manufacturers changing as well. 2019 driver lineups: Mercedes (Mercedes): Hamilton, Bottas Ferrari (Ferrari): Vettel, Leclerc Red Bull (Honda): Verstappen, Gasly Renault (Renault): Hulkenberg, Ricciardo Haas (Ferrari): Grosjean, Magnussen McLaren (Renault): Sainz, Norris Force India (Mercedes): Perez, Stroll Sauber (Ferrari): Raikkonen, Giovinazzi Toro Rosso (Honda): Kvyat, Albon Williams (Mercedes): Kubica, Russell Bottas will need a strong showing after an abysmal year which saw him finish 5th in the driver's championship with 0 wins to his name, albeit due to some team orders, punctures and bad luck. Still, Mercedes needs someone pushing Hamilton like Rosberg did and with Ocon out of a drive and serving as Mercedes reserve/test driver and their other junior Russell in at Williams, his 2020 seat is far from secure. Vettel will have a new teammate in the hotshoe Leclerc who has mightily impressed in his rookie season with a surging Sauber team. Gone will be Vettel's quiet, reliable wingman of Raikkonen who took it upon himself to sign with Sauber after Ferrari released him, showing there is still fight in the old dog yet. He will team up with another Ferrari junior in Antonio Giovinazzi. Ricciardo has taken the biggest gamble of all in deciding to leave the nest of Red Bull to join the works Renault team where he will pair the consistent Nico Hulkenberg. Regularly outqualified and outraced by Verstappen, Ricciardo has decided to take the plunge on the hopes of a factory works team coming good in several years' time. We'll have to wait to see how that pans out for him and how Red Bull fares with their new Honda engines. Christian Horner has been notoriously quick to point the finger at Renault over the years and Honda has already endured plenty of that with McLaren. Pierre Gasly has been called up from the junior Toro Rosso team to fill Ricciardo's shoes. Thankfully for Gasly, there hasn't been much champagne in them recently. Sainz was surprised to find himself without a seat after Ricciardo's surprise Renault signing and with Red Bull opting to promote Gasly instead (as Sainz was still a contracted Red Bull driver), he ended up down at the struggling McLaren where his hero Fernando Alonso has finally tapped out of a long, painful stint at the back of the grid. Sainz will pair rookie Lando Norris in a totally new lineup after Stoffel Vandoorne was regularly thrashed by the veteran Alonso, failing to outqualify him even once over the 21 race season. Racing Point Force India were bailed out of a potential administration by billionaire Lawrence Stroll mid-2018, saving the jobs of hundreds of team members and keeping them on the grid. In a total coincidence, he has taken the he money to provided to Williams where his son, Lance, was driving and given it to Force India where, wouldn't you know it, Lance will be driving next year. Amazing what duffel bags of cash can do for your career! He will partner Sergio Perez who will be his strongest teammate to date and will need some strong performances to shake the constant perpetuating of the view that his dad is paving the path up the grid for him in gold. Sauber had a great 2018 and all signs point to an even stronger 2019 despite a totally new driver lineup. That's because they managed to replace Marcus Ericsson with Ferrari's veteran 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen and traded one Ferrari junior in Leclerc for another in Antonio Giovinazzo. With a strong Ferrari power unit, look for them to challenge even higher up the grid even more consistently. Toro Rosso is yet another team with a totally new driver lineup in the form of former Red Bull journeyman Daniel Kvyat, everyone's favorite torpedo, and 2018 F2 3rd place finisher Alex Albon. The junior pipeline has dried up for Red Bull as they resorted to bringing in WEC driver Brendan Hartley last year to replace the demoted and booted Kvyat who is now being brought back in to the team for a 3rd time and Alex Albon who was dropped by Dr. Helmut Marko after a horrific rookie season in single seaters in 2012. I suspect the difference in experience will show in their results. And finally, with yet another totally new driver lineup, Williams. Oh, Williams. What can you say about this dumpster fire of a season? The car was the worst on the grid, hardly ever making it out of Q1 or scoring any points. An inexperienced driver lineup of Lance Stroll and rookie Sergei Sirotkin were of little use as the team floundered at the back of the grid. With $troll moving up to Force India thanks to his dad's investment and rumors of Sirotkin's funding drying up, former F1 driver Robert Kubica is set to make his historic F1 comeback after a life-threatening and crippling rally accident in the winter before the 2011 season. 8 years later, he will be back in a full time race seat against Mercedes young gun and reigning F2 champion George Russell. While a rookie, he is highly rated and combined with Kubica's experience, they are a vastly superior lineup compared to this year. We can only hope the team can produce a car that can provide them with better results. 2019 F1 calendar: 17 March 2019 Melbourne Australia 31 March 2019 Sakhir Bahrain 14 April 2019 Shanghai China 28 April 2019 Baku Azerbaijan 12 May 2019 Barcelona Spain 26 May 2019 Monaco Monaco 9 June 2019 Montreal Canada 23 June 2019 Le Castellet France 30 June 2019 Spielberg Austria 14 July 2019 Silverstone Great Britain 28 July 2019 Hockenheim Germany 4 August 2019 Budapest Hungary 1 September 2019 Spa-Francorchamps Belgium 8 September 2019 Monza Italy 22 September 2019 Singapore Singapore 29 September 2019 Sochi Russia 13 October 2019 Suzuka Japan 27 October 2019 Mexico City Mexico 3 November 2019 Austin USA 17 November 2019 Sao Paulo Brazil 1 December 2019 Yas Marina Abu Dhabi That's right, from St. Patrick's Day all the way to December! 2019 pre-season tests: February 18-21 Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona February 6 - March 1 Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona
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11-29-2018, 11:38 PM | #2 |
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The driver shake up has me very
Not sure how I feel about this much new blood (that seems rather meh), and some high caliber drivers taking huge steps down. |
11-30-2018, 08:48 AM | #3 | |
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11-30-2018, 02:06 PM | #5 |
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Ok, so it's something between the current 7 and only having 3. Not confusing in any way .
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I'd like to bring the tyre wars back - don't like the single tyre manufacturer one bit.
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2019 vs 2007
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12-13-2018, 11:26 AM | #8 |
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Mick Schumacher has turned down an offer from Mercedes and signed with Ferrari's junior driver program.
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12-13-2018, 11:52 AM | #9 |
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12-13-2018, 01:15 PM | #10 |
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they're bigger so they can accommodate all the hybrid and energy recovery systems.
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12-13-2018, 02:09 PM | #11 |
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Isn't that mostly length? I was thinking width and the significant addition of aero bits. Narrow them up makes more room for two cars in a corner (passing) and may also reduce the dependence on aero grip and allow them to follow and pass each other.
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12-13-2018, 03:10 PM | #12 |
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2018: 740kg 300.8lbs ! Monza going to try again to modify the track: https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/m...-2022/4313019/ Ahead of crunch discussions to secure the Italian Grand Prix's future beyond next year, Angelo Sticchi Damiani, the president of the Italian racing federation ACI, has revealed a host of changes he wants ready for 2022. According to a report in Gazzetto dello Sport, Damiani wants a new circuit configuration that will make the track quicker so it can seal its position as the ***8216;Temple of Speed'. An initial suggestion is to remove one of the track's three chicanes, most likely the second one, and open up the second Lesmo so it returns to being the faster challenger it was before it was modified in 1994. As well as tweaks to the layout, there will be a widening of the track, new access roads, a new main grandstand and possible renovation of the old banking. Damiani suggests that having a full workable banking could make Monza a unique attraction with, in theory, a 10 kilometre circuit. The cost of the project has been put at 100 million Euros, but Damiani is not put off by the amount of money it will take - and thinks it can be raised through contributions from the local and national governments. He told Gazzetto dello Sport: "The money will be found in some way." Key to the project moving forward will be a renewal of the Italian GP contract for 2020 and beyond, which has not yet been done as Liberty and race promoters have yet to agree a price. Not sure if its the same changes they tried to do a few years ago. |
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congrats Lewis Hamilton for winning his fifth consecutive title in 2019
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https://formula1.ferrari.com/en/ferr...uncement-2019/
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It's about time... I think he should have fallen on his sword immediately following the season, if not before the final race. He was far too emotional in terms of moods that would swing to perceived depression and turmoil, I don't think he was able to motivate the team when things weren't going well, and probably was more of a de-motivator.
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Yep. Not surprised.
Vettel made his share of mistakes but the team had a few blunders too: Poor race strategy Sloppy pitstop execution Updates that didn't work and failed to recognize it. Bernie E called the team too Italian. |
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Need some help guys.
I really want to attend Monza this year, but wanted to purchase tickets from a reputable retailer. Any help is appreciated. I found a websites online, just not sure if they can trusted. Thank you Jesse |
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