I agree with Alonso given the Ferrari but not with Ricardo at ferrari as his stock has really gone down.Ringleheim wrote: ↑17 Sep 2018, 05:47As a Ferrari fan, I wish Ferrari would fire Vettel and sign Freddy Alonso to a 1 year deal with possibility of extension if terms are met.
Alonso would be a consistently more competitive driver for Ferrari than Vettel and give them a better chance to win the drivers' and constructors' championships next year.
Vettel has done a good job of losing the championship this year all by himself.
Hell, I wish Ferrari replaced Vettel with Ricciardo! He had the better of Vettel when they were both at Red Bull and he'd have the better of him at Ferrari too.
I'm in a bad mood! I realized after the race today that the championship is over, Hamilton wins.
Well, this weekend I wouldn´t blame the drivers. It was the team the only one to blame with this strategy.iotar__ wrote: ↑17 Sep 2018, 09:17Just like last year but with a better car Ferrari lost this season six races before the end. My advice: hire better drivers. [Just about lost, let's wait a bit to stick a fork .]
Ocon is as clueless as ever in wheel to wheel. Corners only work like that in his head, did he expect Perez to disappear or move against laws of physics? What a loss to F1 it will be.
100% pushing borefest, not even a chance for SC since there's no racing. Except for the rubbish type - slower drivers benefitting from better tyres by accident not by design.
Stooge nr 2s of the top three were pushed out of the way, my god those gaps, these geniuses...
I thought he said just the opposite. Anyway, who cares? Lewis was clearly faster so there was no way to make an undercut. It was a desperate try by Ferrari and it obviously dind´t work. There was no chance to win the race under normal conditions so he should have put the soft tyres.atanatizante wrote: ↑16 Sep 2018, 18:39Lewis doing mind games with Vettel/Ferrari. Just after 2 laps when he reported issues with HS tyres Vettel went into the pits trying to do a undercut. There was a big bogus from Lewis bearing in mind Ricci was doing 27 laps on those tyres with no issue whatsoever ...
It seems more like Mercedes finally understands how to get their car to work the tires properly across the entire spectrum of use cases!
It could be as their race pace seems to be stronger than ever. Anyway, its strange that Ferrari had those problems to extract the (theoretical) potential from the car.
As I understand it, Ricciardo has basically been exiled by Red Bull so that the knowledge he takes over to Renault is as limited as possible. It's no surprise that, with no competition for their WCC, Ricciardo isn't doing well. Effectively, Red Bull has one car/driver and an unwelcome guest.siskue2005 wrote: ↑17 Sep 2018, 06:36They already could have signed Riccardo but they didn't...he is slower in comparison to Max
The bag of dry ice disappears, and so does the performance! (joking)Vasconia wrote: ↑17 Sep 2018, 09:53Well, this weekend I wouldn´t blame the drivers. It was the team the only one to blame with this strategy.iotar__ wrote: ↑17 Sep 2018, 09:17Just like last year but with a better car Ferrari lost this season six races before the end. My advice: hire better drivers. [Just about lost, let's wait a bit to stick a fork .]
Ocon is as clueless as ever in wheel to wheel. Corners only work like that in his head, did he expect Perez to disappear or move against laws of physics? What a loss to F1 it will be.
100% pushing borefest, not even a chance for SC since there's no racing. Except for the rubbish type - slower drivers benefitting from better tyres by accident not by design.
Stooge nr 2s of the top three were pushed out of the way, my god those gaps, these geniuses...
Furthermore, theoretically this track belongs to the Scuderia but its performance has been quite poor. I can understand that perhaps they had problems to head up the tyres during Q3. But during the race we saw that Vettel had not pace to follow Lewis who was clearly faster. Something hasn´t worked in the car and the team should investigate it.
Who knows mate, who knows...NathanOlder wrote: ↑17 Sep 2018, 11:02
The bag of dry ice disappears, and so does the performance! (joking)
Yes totally agree , guess this should be in the other topic, but the sky commenting has become so cliche , all of them now call the gas pedal or throttle pedal "the loud pedal" just because grandpa Brundle calls it that.ispano6 wrote: ↑17 Sep 2018, 01:38wish Martin Bundle could be replaced! Tired of him saying "for good measure". It's so annoying that anyone I hear say it just sounds like a fool with no vocabulary. If you've got nothing to say don't say anything. His commentating is so stale and irrelevant, I'd rather just listen to pit and driver radio.
Ricciardo had a particularly poor qualifying session, nothing else. He hasn't been exiled from Red Bull, he's only being excluded from meetings talking about anything to do with next years car. SO if they speak with Honda, Max sits in, Ricciardo doesn't. If they were to have a meeting about updates drivers want, do they want more front end, do they want stiffer suspension, do they want changes on the steering wheel, etc, again Max is in those meetings and maybe Gasly too, but not Ricciardo.Wynters wrote: ↑17 Sep 2018, 11:00As I understand it, Ricciardo has basically been exiled by Red Bull so that the knowledge he takes over to Renault is as limited as possible. It's no surprise that, with no competition for their WCC, Ricciardo isn't doing well. Effectively, Red Bull has one car/driver and an unwelcome guest.siskue2005 wrote: ↑17 Sep 2018, 06:36They already could have signed Riccardo but they didn't...he is slower in comparison to Max
That shouldn't take away from Verstappen's performances vs Ricciardo before the latter signed, however.