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Haryanto and Wehrlein the favorites for the last Sauber seat - Autosport

Manor going for the highest bidders - AMUS

So that's Manor, Force India, Haas and possibly Sauber rejecting Wehrlein - wow, this guy must be a huge arsehole behind the scenes if he's driveless next season. Has Hammer got any dirt to dish?

 

[Zaru]

Wat. I thought Haryanto's money ran out, and Wehrlein has no Merc customer incentive for Sauber.

 

[DD]

Haryanto and Wehrlein the favorites for the last Sauber seat - Autosport

Manor going for the highest bidders - AMUS

So that's Manor, Force India, Haas and possibly Sauber rejecting Wehrlein - wow, this guy must be a huge arsehole behind the scenes if he's driveless next season. Has Hammer got any dirt to dish?

As far as I know, Wehrlein is the favorite to take Nasr seat because Toto is moving the pieces around, specially because Pascal is pissed about Ocon moving up before him.

This weekend is also the GP2 finale, with Giovinazzi leading Gasly by 7 points.

Go, Antonio!

 

[scorcher59]

Haryanto and Wehrlein the favorites for the last Sauber seat - Autosport

Manor going for the highest bidders - AMUS

So that's Manor, Force India, Haas and possibly Sauber rejecting Wehrlein - wow, this guy must be a huge arsehole behind the scenes if he's driveless next season. Has Hammer got any dirt to dish?

But what about Esteban "never manor" Gutierrez?

 

[FrankCanada97]

Haryanto and Wehrlein the favorites for the last Sauber seat - Autosport

Manor going for the highest bidders - AMUS

So that's Manor, Force India, Haas and possibly Sauber rejecting Wehrlein - wow, this guy must be a huge arsehole behind the scenes if he's driveless next season. Has Hammer got any dirt to dish?

I keep reading that Wehrlein was very hard to work with when he was in DTM, but I can't find any details or examples supporting that claim.

 

[Aiii]

Kinda hoping Giovinazzi loses the title so he can do another year in GP2.

There's no place for him in F1 and I fear that if he needs to leave GP2, he'll fade into obscurity without ever getting his shot. I mean, his ties with Ferrari are well and good, but how often do those ties lead to F1 opportunities? Maybe once Vettel throws a fit and tries to punch Arrivabene in the face and gets fired, perhaps...

 

[Fisico]

Kinda hoping Giovinazzi loses the title so he can do another year in GP2.

Last GP2 champion to move directly into a F1 drive was Grosjean after his 2011 title anyway, both Gasly and Giovanizzi might as well move into another formula next year.

 

[FrankCanada97]

Last GP2 champion to move directly into a F1 drive was Grosjean after his 2011 title anyway, both Gasly and Giovanizzi might as well move into another formula next year.

Red Bull has already been speaking to teams about putting Gasly into Super Formula next year.

 

[Aiii]

Formula 1 - Abu Dhabi GP 2016 |OT| No matter who wins, the race will end in fireworks

A day early, because I don't have that much time tomorrow.

 

[Chuck]

New Alt+F1!

 

[itsgreen]

This is epic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rnoVUg2oxQ

Max and Daniel interview each other

 

[scorcher59]

Formula 1 - Abu Dhabi GP 2016 |OT| No matter who wins, the race will end in fireworks

A day early, because I don't have that much time tomorrow.

Subbed!

 

[Fox Mulder]

I dont care, didnt enjoy this season outside of Max Verstappen.

Pretty much.

Ferrari sucks, Williams got worse, Mercs still dominant but almost never offer great racing between the two. Redbull only pinched two wins this year.

As far as I know, Wehrlein is the favorite to take Nasr seat because Toto is moving the pieces around, specially because Pascal is pissed about Ocon moving up before him.

Whats even the point of leaving manor for sauber, who's running year old Ferrari engines.

Pascal must not be that great.

 

[Zeknurn]

Hockenheim isn't happening. Budapest is one week later. Singapore and Malaysia switch dates.

Autosport - A new investor is in advanced talks with Manor Racing to acquire a majority stake in the Formula 1 team

 

[Tempy]

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[Zeknurn]

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I will never not laugh at how silly they look.

 

[brotkasten]

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It looks really goofy, but if it's needed to get the 2017 car designs, I'll accept it.

I'm sure it will look better on next year's cars anyway.

e: Are the 19" rims shelved forever?

 

[DD]

$3000 tires, yes!

 

[xrnzaaas]

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[Zeknurn]

@tgruener
Was told in the paddock today the Wehrlein-Sauber deal is done. Banco do Brasil announcing end of the sponsorship seems to confirm it

I hope he hasn't moved to a worse car.

 

[Hammer24]

Haryanto and Wehrlein the favorites for the last Sauber seat - Autosport

Manor going for the highest bidders - AMUS

So that's Manor, Force India, Haas and possibly Sauber rejecting Wehrlein - wow, this guy must be a huge arsehole behind the scenes if he's driveless next season. Has Hammer got any dirt to dish?

There is no dirt
MER simply doesn't want to pony up The same kind of money the others bring.

 

[scorcher59]

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Did anyone ask about the poor performance of full wet tyres?

 

[Paradise Brunch]

Silly question: Do you guys think the pit stop time will be slightly longer next year?

 

[Chuck]

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wide face posts pic of wide tyre.

 

[chuckddd]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZqo4OZ0Pqs

 

[DrM]

The main irony - there is only one more tyre test before the preseason testing.

 

[DBT85]

Silly question: Do you guys think the pit stop time will be slightly longer next year?

Because the tyres are a bit bigger and heavier?

Maybe a couple of tenths? More likely to see people fumbling at the start of the season probably X but they'll be practising a lot.

 

[Tempy]

Heh - "F1 teams agree plan for standing starts after safety cars" http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-teams-agree-plan-for-standing-starts-after-safety-cars-853792/

 

[DieH@rd]

Heh - "F1 teams agree plan for standing starts after safety cars" http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-teams-agree-plan-for-standing-starts-after-safety-cars-853792/

They are overreacting.

I can fully accept standing starts after bad rain safety cars and after [rare] red flags... but a standing start after each and every SC? That's madness. What if someone crashes 5 seconds after each of the ~10 standing starts in the Monaco? That would be so bad to watch.

 

[DBT85]

It won't happen. It was supposed to 2 years ago and the teams rightly gave a huge list of why it's stupid.

A grid start after a SC start in rain however is different and is what I thought they wanted to introduce.

 

[FrankCanada97]

Heh - "F1 teams agree plan for standing starts after safety cars" http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-teams-agree-plan-for-standing-starts-after-safety-cars-853792/

What was wrong with the current procedure?

 

[chadskin]

What was wrong with the current procedure?

Too boring.

 

[FrankCanada97]

Slightly off-topic, but apparently Red Bull Technology is one of the companies interested in becoming IndyCar's universal aero kit maker for 2018.

http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/136684-indycar-series-closing-on-universal-aero-kit-maker

 

[Fox Mulder]

Slightly off-topic, but apparently Red Bull Technology is one of the companies interested in becoming IndyCar's universal aero kit maker for 2018.

http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/136684-indycar-series-closing-on-universal-aero-kit-maker

Hot..

 

[Zeknurn]

ESPN reporting Imola might be replace Hockenheim and Baku wants to get out of the way of Le Mans

 

[Tempy]

Couldn't watch the race but LeClerc wins the GP3 title after Albon crashes out. The latter did say he would take risks to try and defeat LeClerc. Guess it didn't work out for him.

 

[Zeknurn]

Couldn't watch the race but LeClerc wins the GP3 title after Albon crashes out. The latter did see he would take risks to try and defeat LeClerc. Guess it didn't work out for him.

https://streamable.com/nks9

Not bad. Petrov would be proud.

 

[Fox Mulder]

ESPN reporting Imola might be replace Hockenheim and Baku wants to get out of the way of Le Mans

I'm sure all of Germany will be excited about f1 again when Rosberg wins, and is why Mercedes has been sabotaging lewis.

 

[brotkasten]

I'm sure all of Germany will be excited about f1 again when Rosberg wins, and is why Mercedes has been sabotaging lewis.

I hope you're kidding. No one in Germany gives a shit about Nico Rosberg. I'm not even sure people would recognize him.

 

[ElTorro]

I hope you're kidding. No one in Germany gives a shit about Nico Rosberg. I'm not even sure people would recognize him.

Seriously. People here even stopped giving a shit about Vettel's WDCs.

 

[Fox Mulder]

I hope you're kidding. No one in Germany gives a shit about Nico Rosberg. I'm not even sure people would recognize him.

It was sarcasm

 

[brotkasten]

It was sarcasm

I'm sorry. But you really never know. The conspiracy theories were off the charts at some point.

 

[Tempy]

Big Albon crash after contact with Calderon. Barrier repair looks like it might take a while.

 

[Zeknurn]

This is a great GP3 race.

 

[Tempy]

You can tell Fuoco is Italian.

 

[Jezbollah]

I can see Rosberg just collecting 2nds to inflict maximum troll level on Lewis.

It would be quite something to see

Called it.

 

[BigAl1992]

Well, I'm glad this season is over. Well done to Nico, Finally, and Lewis went down fighting as I expect no less from him. But I'm just glad this season is over. It's been less than impressive in terms of excitement, and every discussion I've seen about Lewis AND Nico has been toxic, to the point I found it genuinely awkward to watch it unfold, both here and on Facebook. Now I know people wan their favourite driver to win, but sheesh, it got really bad this year. Anyway, onwards to 2017 and hopefully, upwards too. I'm getting too old for this "one team rules the grid" shit.

 

[Jezbollah]

Well, I'm glad this season is over. Well done to Nico, Finally, and Lewis went down fighting as I expect no less from him. But I'm just glad this season is over. It's been less than impressive in terms of excitement, and every discussion I've seen about Lewis AND Nico has been toxic, to the point I found it genuinely awkward to watch it unfold, both here and on Facebook. Now I know people wan their favourite driver to win, but sheesh, it got really bad this year. Anyway, onwards to 2017 and hopefully, upwards too. I'm getting too old for this "one team rules the grid" shit.

Call me cynical, but there is always one team who ends up light years ahead of everyone else (one team rules the grid...) in the year of a major regulations change. In 1998 going from wider track and slicks to narrow track and grooved tyres it was McLaren. In 2009 going from the wing changes and back to slicks it was Brawn. I suspect that this will happen again next year - and my bet is on Red Bull.

 

[DrM]

• Record points haul from Mercedes - 765 points. 62 more than in 2015. But there were more races this year, compared to previous years.
• Ferrari scored less points compared to 2015 season : 398 vs 428. And no wins this year. Big boss Sergio will probably sack somebody.
• RBR had much much better season (TAG engine maps PRESS). From 187 to 468 points.
• Best season so far for Force India, 4th place with 173 points.
• Bad season for Williams, slipped from 3rd to 5th in WCC (only 138 points, compared to 320 in 2015)
• I hope that Monisha gives Nasr a hefty award for his heroic drive at home GP, which secured two golden points and 30 millions for next year.
• Newcomer Haas got pretty lucky with good first races (benefited greatly from indirect Ferrari help and vice versa). But lack of car development hurt them in the second half of the season and things are not looking good for 2017.

 

[Zeknurn]

Unless my math is wrong, Mercedes secured 81% of possible points as opposed to the current record of Mercedes with 83% in 2015.