Charlie Whiting 1952-2019 RIP
 

Charlie Whiting has died on the eve of race weekend from a Pulmonary Embolism. Very sad news and not the way to start the 2019 F1 Season. RIP and Godspeed.

Agreed, he will be greatly missed!

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Formula-1 2019
 

Hey guys
Is anyone watching the “Formula 1 - Drive to Survive” series on Netflix? It’s absolutely amazing. Great cinematography and offers excellent insight into the 2018 season. I highly recommend it! I can’t stop watching it.

https://www.netflix.com/title/802048...trkid=13747225


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I added it to my list but haven't watched it yet. Looks like it just moved up to priority :tiphat:

A true gent and he cared about F1.....really cared. Very sad news.

Formula 1: Five talking points ahead of the new season

By Andrew Benson -- https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/47546338

Helmets of the drivers.

I’m so glad racing’s back. :driving:

:iagree::iagree::iagree::iagree::iagree::iagree:

Yes! :iagree:


Hopefully we won't just see silver colour in the front row.... :icon17:

https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/47527705 - Interesting read on the aero concepts at work this year! Well done to the BBC for this.

I never like ferrari, the last 3 years I pay for attention on them because of Raikkonen.

Why I don't like ferrari? Below is one of the reasons:

https://www.planetf1.com/news/lecler...i-team-orders/

Australia is always pretty processional. I was hoping for more overtaking with the new rules. I'll reserve judgement for a couple more races. Nice to see Bottas win.

I have to admit guys, after Friday's 1000 Mile WEC Race and yesterday's 12 Hrs of Sebring, the F1 race was just Boring to me. I still can't stand the commentators and Martin Brundle is the WORST. I know it's just the first race and hopefully it will get better. :ugh2:

Why is it when Lewis is leading, they can’t shut up about. Today, I almost forgot about Bottas because they didn’t say ANYTHING about him.
He’s definitely the Rodney Dangerfield of F1.

Even when it eventually turned to a 17 car train towards the finish line, I enjoyed the race. Glad to see Bottas win, Honda back on its feet with a podium for RB, Haas beat Renault. Renault engines continue to frustrate. Disappointed with Ferrari, Gasly, Grosjean, Ricciardo, and Sainz. One question, why can't Haas put on wheels right?

The reason why they can't put on wheels right is because ,they are being trained by Haas's NASCAR Team. :rofl2:

Formula 1; the formula is money. The best championship that money can buy. Congratulations Mercedes! What an absolute joke.

I've always believed in you have to pay to play and that is what makes Formula 1 great. They come up with the most insane technology. If you have an issue with who's spending the most, its Red Bull. They have two teams in F1.

Completely agree!! Here we go again. It’s looking like another boring season with Mercedes basically parading in the front. I don’t know what it will take for F1 to put a spending restriction in place. How hard can it be!


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As much as I agree with the "I'm sick of Mercedes spending more money and winning all the time" sentiment, the last thing I want to see in F1 is spending restrictions. Stifling innovation and R&D to make the cars more bunched up on race day is absolutely not what I want from F1. The competition needs to be there, of course, but I don't want to see the best team/car on the track having to restrict or de-tune so that other teams can keep up :shakes head:

GO Bottas!

Valtteri Bottas V3.0

Fear the beard ✅
Porridge for breakfast ✅
Drop F bombs ✅

Still have to give driver a lot of credit , if you put vettle in Hamilton’s car I’m sure he won’t go as fast just saying, a fast car is fast because of fast driver. Look at autocross people show up with 100 k car and cones in close to last jv

It's not Mercedes fault they are winning. It's the other teams fault they are losing. Ferrari get all the breaks in F1 and they still are losing. Racing is always about money....hell all sports are about money. I raced karts when I was young and that was all about money.

Let’s look at the first and last place teams. How is it normal that Mercedes has a budget of approx. $400 million and Williams has $135 million?
Would capping spending at $200 million for example, really kill innovation in F1? I seriously doubt it. I know that it would make for a more interesting racing series for everyone. Actually I think that teams would be forced to innovate even more by striving to find ways to make a better car within a certain budget.

There is enough spec racing out there and F1 is the closet to run what you brung!!! Racing has always been about the rich from the beginning and it was just that...if you want to beat me spend more and do more.

This is True. The best example is Indycar. It will never be like it was when it was CART. Even though it has gotten better. So we need to be careful of what we wish for. :tup:

Absolutely it would. To a degree of arguable amounts. Because if it doesn't limit innovation, then there is no reason to have a cap.

Not trying to argue; you're probably right on several points. I'm just one opinion that feels it's not worth the risk :twocents:

Because EU.
They can meet 200M if they hire Chinese and Indian engineers.

Renault's POV regarding $$$ and partnerships forged by B teams.

https://www.motorsportweek.com/news/id/22016

https://www.gptoday.net/en/news/f1/2...ukSHvfk4qCHI4Y

Technical Analysis: Why Ferrari could not solve the problem in Melbourne

There were 14 OTs compared to 3 LY. That's a large improvement in a track where it is difficult to OT.

I see that Verstappen and a couple other drivers say that overtaking is just as hard as ever. The new wings, etc. which were supposed to help so far have not. Maybe that was his excuse for not getting by Lewis.

The dark side of F1. Unfortunately the repression in many host countries will continue. Is it an F1 issue or not?

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/bl...ain-grand-prix

https://www.planetf1.com/news/lecler...-bahrain-pole/


Good luck tomorrow, Mr. Leclerc :tup:

Saw that report, too. My opinion (I like Max lol) is if Max isn't crashing into into the driver or passing him, he didn't try :icon17:

Maybe in a few years this would be a valid explanation explanation...

Yesterday's Race was a good one. With it only being the second race of the year, I will hold off on judgment with Ferrari for now. However I do think the other teams may have something to worry about!! :tup:

Red Bull caught snoozing in the final seconds of Q3. They should have told MV to get his a55 going.

Ferrari has 2 good drivers, but the team chooses to screw things up :ugh2: