New Grand Prix Season Is Almost Upon Us!!!

[Orm]

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ORIGINAL: Orm

So when does the season begin? I waited years now. [;)]

warspite1

Just be patient.... it will be soon.

I thought I was patient. I am a WIF, and MWIF, player. [:)]

[warspite1]

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Bravo Max! WOW, what a win!

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Indeed - what a lot to take in! The guy is 18..... 18! He drove with such maturity under pressure - and was totally unruffled afterwards. Incredible. He's 18! Did I mention that?

Felt really sorry for poor Ricciardo though - another puncture. But Verstappen... 18! He could dominate the sport for the next 20 years.....

warspite

....and for Max, from Hero to ....

It will be interesting to see what he can do from the last row of the grid.

Let's hope for a wet/dry race.

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Well we got the wet/dry race - and what a race. Looked for a long time like Max was going back to Hero again but.... not easy this F1 lark. Speaking of Zero, just what was Raikonnen doing?

Anyway, heart goes out to Daniel Ricciardo. Frighteningly quick - and I mean frighteningly quick - around the swimming pool section all weekend the guy got unlucky for the second week running. Even when he's rightfully super cheesed off, that trademark grin doesn't stay off his visage for long. Class act.

[CarnageINC]

I agree Warspite, my heart also goes out to Riccardo, what a huge mistake the team made in the pits.

[Poopyhead]

FYI, the F1 homepage printed a rumor that Rosberg might be driving for Ferrari next year. You all heard it here first, as I scooped them back in March in post #904.

[warspite1]

.....or

http://www.crash.net/f1/news/230898/1/r ... mpaign=rss


I think its pretty certain though that Ferrari will be looking for someone new next year after Raikonnen's school boy error at Monaco.

[warspite1]

The circuit at Baku will feature an interesting mix of modern glass and steel buildings and....

...wonder who built that? and to keep out whom?

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

The circuit at Baku will feature an interesting mix of modern glass and steel buildings and....

...wonder who built that? and to keep out whom?

Disney? To draw people, and to get them to spend money?

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Orm

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The circuit at Baku will feature an interesting mix of modern glass and steel buildings and....

...wonder who built that? and to keep out whom?

Disney? To draw people, and to get them to spend money?

warspite1

Well I can't find anything on the internet so will wait for the race when, no doubt, all will become clear.

[warspite1]

Well Mr Verstappen that was another very impressive race.

Moreover, that day has come. The Mercedes have finally been caught; mechanically fragile at the moment, not great in traffic, and with problems heating its tyres.... Ferrari (in the hands of Vettel at least) put in a very strong showing, and the Red Bull will be more than just challengers on some circuits if things stay as they are. Nice to see Williams find some form too.

On the downside, what is Alonso doing? Okay it cannot be nice, in his position, to be having to drive a brick, but McLaren, Honda and the sponsors are paying him an absolute fortune. The least he can do is drive the brick for them for about 90 minutes [:-]

[Orm]

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The circuit at Baku will feature an interesting mix of modern glass and steel buildings and....

...wonder who built that? and to keep out whom?

Disney? To draw people, and to get them to spend money?

warspite1

Well I can't find anything on the internet so will wait for the race when, no doubt, all will become clear.

So did it become clear?

[warspite1]

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Disney? To draw people, and to get them to spend money?

warspite1

Well I can't find anything on the internet so will wait for the race when, no doubt, all will become clear.

So did it become clear?

warspite1

No - but then I had the race on 2x speed or more as I missed the start due to a Father's Day meal. If the commentators did mention it therefore, I hid not hear it.

[Orm]

If it was the fortlike building you wondered about I found this on wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Baku

Between the 12th and 14th centuries, a massive fortification was undertaken in the city and around it. The Maiden Tower, castles of Ramana, Nardaran, Shagan and Mardakan, and also famous Sabayel castle on the island of the Baku bay was built during this period. The city walls were also rebuilt and strengthened.

[warspite1]

Great race from Jenson Button [:)] - good to see JP getting close to Magnussen too. Good drive from Wehrlein and boy does Verstappen know how to look after a set of tyres?!

Good race in Osterreich.

[Poopyhead]

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/hamil ... da-795726/

Interesting if the commenter HeidiWolff is indeed Toto's cousin. Quite an insight.

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http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/hamil ... da-795726/

Interesting if the commenter HeidiWolff is indeed Toto's cousin. Quite an insight.

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Whoops [8|]

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/formula1 ... FUJITSUDHP

[Poopyhead]

http://www.spannersready.com/f1-article ... th-rosberg

As Hamilton would say, "It is what it is."

Dean Wormer from Animal House is not the only one to issue "double secret probation" it would seem.

http://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headl ... rning.html

[warspite1]

This Verstappen geezer is a bit special isn't he? [X(]

[Lecivius]

I was pulling for Rosberg, simply because Hamilton was such an obvious twit. Now that BOTH of them are proven such obvious twits, F1 has lost a lot of appeal for me. I am still watching & pulling for Haas. And it is fun to watch. But I sort of wish I had not laid out the cash to watch them, now [:(] I heard the commentators mention during Baku that these were 'Professional Drivers'. They would have been run out on a rail at the point of pitchforks in front of a howling mob in an Indy race, or even a NASCAR race.

I'm very disappointed in all this, TBO.

[warspite1]

I don't understand Ferrari's reasoning in re-signing Raikonnen [&:].

Okay he's a Grand Prix winner and a (extremely lucky) World Champion, but what exactly is he bringing to the party at the moment? As a driver gets older, he gets slower, but the trade-off is the experience and lack of mistakes compared to a rookie. But Raikonnen is both (comparatively) slow AND error prone (Monaco for example being pretty school-boy stuff).

Of course the biggest consideration is who to replace him with - and being sure that that replacement can provide Ferrari with an improvement. The obvious candidates are taken - Verstappen, Ricciardo, Sainz.

But surely there are better options - or at least options that they can give a one year 'trial' to; Button (old but experienced and less error prone) or Grosjean (young, fast and seemingly free of his disastrous decision making early in his career).

Ferrari are losing their way a bit at the moment, I would have thought the last thing they want is the semi-disinterested Finn....

[warspite1]

F1 returns after its break to the Glorious Ardennes in Belgium. Wasn't there a battle there once or something? [;)]

Have Red Bull come up with an answer to Mercedes? Unlikely I would have thought on this circuit but we'll see.... I am not so sure that Mercedes will have it all their own way for the rest of this season.