Anyone got the F1 TV subscription? I used a friend's account to watch qualifying the other day. Best thing about it is David Hobbs and Steve Matchett :tup:

lol Baku P1

The cover coming loose was :shakes head: :thumbsdown:

The crane hitting the bridge and then leaking hydraulic fluid all over the F1 car on the flatbed was :roflpuke2:

yup... I thought this thing will only happen somewhere in some 50 years behind places....

https://www.planetf1.com/news/raikko...like-amateurs/

I love that Kimi wasn't afraid to call it like he sees it. Amateur hour for sure...

:iagree: That's one of the things I like about him. :tup:

I don't car for this race, however since it's the only racing on beside NASCAR, I will watch it.

Euro-season begins. Ferrari need to get their shite together or its over much sooner than later- https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/48086441

LOL, everyone thought this season was going to be the season of battles between Ferrari and Mercedes and Hamilton vs Vettle. Instead it is Mercedes against Mercedes and Hamilton vs Bottas. At least that is exciting and has some drama. The sad fact is that Mercedes is making a statement that Ferrari is the best of the rest!

Blunt summation of the season thus far with respect to the success of Mercedes and the utter stupidity of Ferrari and the design failure they may have put into the chassis - Monaco is not at all a sure RedBull win either.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/48248600

The story that really is not get much air time but is significant is that Red Bull and Honda are a real threat to out pacing Ferrari this year. Max is killing it and Gasley continues to improve. The Red Bull team is executing as they are known for and if Ferrari doesn't their act together their story book past will be the only thing to talk about and the only thing keeping them relevant.

Formula-1 2019
 

Yesterday’s race was one of the most boring F1’s in recent memory. Between Mercedes’ invincibility and Ferrari’s utterly disappointing and inferior cars/ team management there was nothing else. This season is shaping up to be the season that the F1 series will lose the most amount of loyal spectators. Even Mercedes fans are beginning to ask themselves, is it worth even watching the remaining races if all the Mercedes team have to do to win is qualify on pole on Saturdays?

F1 so far this year: :yawn:


Hopefully Max can maintain the edge on Ferrari :driving:

When I watch, I just imagine there aren't any Mercs. And I'm pissed Ricciardo bailed out on Red Bull. He'd be more competitive had he stayed.

Red Bull could have been in front of Ferrari if he would have stayed. I don't know if you could blame him for leaving after all he went through last year.

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Suck some candy and eat humble pie. Lol.

As Hamilton matures, he has grown on me.
He's got class..

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...=rss-flipboard

Agreed! He deserves a lot of credit and is probably the best F1 driver out there. It’s not his fault that the Mercedes cars are just in a separate league making for a boring season for everyone watching. I’ll bet Lewis is also bored and could use a little more competition. Doesn’t look like it’s gonna happen this year though.


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RIP Mr. Lauda. :(


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I don't know if some of the midwest F1 fans are aware but there is going to be a Formula 1 festival in Chicago on June 8. Doing demo runs in on the streets around Soldier Field. Music and a bunch of other stuff. Kind of like what they do in other cities. Going to show Canadian GP qualifying on Big Screens. They must be having former drivers doing the demos since the current ones will be in Montreal. I know David Coulthard did some of these events.

it is shocking and sad... i start watching F1 in 84, which is the year he won his 3rd crown.

I was 9 years old and Lauda has become my idol right away.

Unfortunately he retired after the '85 season...

He is always a true racer and a legend

Racecar drivers in his day had balls the size of King Kong and to go through what he did and get back in a racecar again is enough but to perform at the level he did is miraculous!

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Now that is a lot of downforce.

Who among the greats would do very well in today's F1 cars?

Senna? Niki? Mansell? Prost? Stewart? Clark?


I would love to see Schumacher driving today's cars.

i bet they'll all doing about the same like everyone else, since today's F1 cars are all about aerodynamic grip. They can't pass regardless your driving skill unless it's a Mercedes vs Williams.


I'll be more curious on how will today's drivers do in the old F1 cars, like those in the 80s or prior.. 3 pedals, no power steering, only "radioc and "water" button on the steering wheel.

pure driving with balls n guts!

I think great drivers would be great drivers no matter what era you put them in. One could argue they may actually be better because they did what they did without modern technology. This can said for most sports that technology and fitness has had a significant impact on. You know who it better Nicholas vs Woods, Babe vs Aaron vs Bonds and the discussion and speculation goes on!

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Yeap, it is their drive for perfection and to be the very best.

Just a little car porn for your enjoyment

finally, a mercedes is being sandwiched by 2 ferrari on the grid.

I am eager to see what will happen in the first two corners...

:icon17:

I predict Vettle will succumb to the pressure and it will be another will for the Silver Arrow!

Well I guess I was right and I don't like the way it happened!!!:shakes head::shakes head::shakes head:

I am a Hamilton fan, however Vettel won the race. The stewards got the race wrong in a major way. Also once again, will someone please take the mic away from Martin Brundle. He has to be the worst I have ever seen. Including all sport.

I couldn't agree more!

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a very very close call...

Vettel did kinda squeeze Hamilton towards the wall...

I agree 110%!! I was there. That call was complete bullsh*t and demonstrates what is wrong with F1. Vettel was supposed to somehow maintain control of the car on GRASS, stop the car and wait for Hamilton to pass before re-entering the race track. Idiots!!!


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Now Vettel knows how the New Orleans Saints feel!:shakes head:

LMAO, that's funny and they still lost their protest as shall Vettel. There is no way they are going to reverse their decision as it will lead to more protest. The best thing they can do is change the rule to state that a car that leaves the track most enter back on to the the track safely and providing room for other vehicles to pass given the totality of the circumstances. This will add much needed room for common sense to prevail...or not!

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Well Vettel didn't get back on the track in a safe manner. So he failed. What erks me about Vettel is he should have had his head down and got a lead of more than 5 seconds. That's what a driver would have done. Instead he was whining like a big old baby. Hell, he made the mistake in the first place. If he wouldn't have messed up he would have won.

I agree, he lost focus and lost the race... As to the call, it sucks, but like everything else with all the damn replays / slow motion and such, alters the outcome. In reading several articles today, it showed that he did go wider then he needed to... But damn, you got to go and make a charge... What is interesting Hamilton said he would to the same thing... I really thing its the drivers fault, it all started with complaining about this and that and now they have a mess. Damn this is racing and sh-t happens....

Are you saying Vettel had enough speed to increase his lead b more than 5 sec when Ham was able to stay within 3 virtually all day; and had turned up to the max power Toto would give him to make a pass in the last 15 laps?

It was a ******** penalty and disgrace and totally representative for what F1 has become where everything has become more important than drivers and racing. The one opinion I unquestionably respect who I didn't hear speak out on it is Jackie Stewart.

I can see many people think the stewards ruined Vettel race and also F1.

But the original cause of the incident is the driver's error by Vettel himself.

Hamilton didn't force him to run onto the grass, he was all by himself as it happens which he missed the right hander thus has to go straight, got onto the grass.

If you look at the replay, he gets back onto the asphalt, gained control of the car when it sits on the middle of the track, then he merges to the right thus squeeze hamilton.

His own mistake caused the incident, and he should responsible for the consequence

I am not a fan of either of both.