T2 MSW Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Pascal Wehrlein is missing the Chinese GP now as well. That boy is heading for the sack. He missed the Aus GP as he felt his fitness was not up to Par, yet the reserve driver jumps straight into the car, does a quality job in Quali and completes the whole race without any complaints. He's now had 2 weeks to get onto of his fitness and he's not done it. If I was Sauber I would be handing him back to Merc as not fit for purpose and going with Giovinazzi for the rest of the season! [h=1][/h] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoGlE Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Agreed. Can't wait to hear what brundle has to say about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2 MSW Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Agreed. Can't wait to hear what brundle has to say about that. /QUOTE] I thought it was quite humorous when he was slating him at the last race. If he cant get fitness level sorted in 2 weeks with the might of Merc behind him he does not deserve to be in F1. Let someone else have a go. Its sod all to do with his accident and even he has said that. Im quite looking forward to seeing how Giovinazzi performs when he's had all the FP to prepare for quail. In Aus he was beating Ericcson until he made a mistake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManwithSupra Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Going to be intresting to see how far mclaren honda will be behind in china... it being a power track and having a number of mid to high speed corners. Supposed to be more than 30kph slower on the striaghts then any other team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_GT Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 I thought it was quite humorous when he was slating him at the last race. If he cant get fitness level sorted in 2 weeks with the might of Merc behind him he does not deserve to be in F1. Let someone else have a go. Its sod all to do with his accident and even he has said that. Im quite looking forward to seeing how Giovinazzi performs when he's had all the FP to prepare for quail. In Aus he was beating Ericcson until he made a mistake Giovinazzi is the Ferrari reserve driver. Remind me, what engine is in the back of the Sauber? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2 MSW Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Giovinazzi is the Ferrari reserve driver. Remind me, what engine is in the back of the Sauber? Good point, bye bye Wehrlein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2 MSW Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Going to be intresting to see how far mclaren honda will be behind in china... it being a power track and having a number of mid to high speed corners. Supposed to be more than 30kph slower on the striaghts then any other team. Thats seriously embarrassing for Honda, I still don't get how its possible. They have free rain of development, if I was McLaren or Honda the second that engine was bolted together it would be on a dyno running race sims for 24 hours a day till something broke - fix that bit and go again till its bullet proof. Its just not acceptable to get to testing and find the engine is unreliable, slow and that badly mapped its shakes the wiring loom connector to bits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 This season they have changed the engine architecture to one similar to Mercedes, i.e. the long turbo. But haven't had the 2 seasons development Merc have had. They can throw as many tokens as they want at it but I'm sure its going to end in disaster for the Honda project. Which raises a massive financial issue for McLaren as Honda give them free engines AND something like 180 million a season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Unless the weather changes for the better no race on Sunday due to poor visibility for the emergency helicopter ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Looks like the specialist equipment needed in case of a medical emergency has been moved to a hospital within 20 mins drive of the circuit so if the weather stops the helicopter from flying it shouldn't be a problem Qually at 08:00 this morning UK time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Ooops Giovinazzi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabella Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Yep was an oops! Cracking lap from Lewis. Whether you like him or not he's the best out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignum Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Nice 1 Lewis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Giovinazzi isn't doing himself any favours this weekend Interesting race with some more great moves by MV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabella Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Not bad race, good moves by Vettel too. Rain makes things happen, should rain at every race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_GT Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Does anyone else think Bottas could be out by the end of the season? He was completely invisible today. On the other hand Mercedes would want to keep him as he seems very submissive and they know he won't challenge Hamilton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Does anyone else think Bottas could be out by the end of the season? Really!!!!!! After 2 races, one of which he came 3rd. He had a bad day at the office, like all the greats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2 MSW Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Great race. Sprinklers should be installed at all circuits and the viewers can vote if it gets used or not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabella Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Does anyone else think Bottas could be out by the end of the season? He was completely invisible today. On the other hand Mercedes would want to keep him as he seems very submissive and they know he won't challenge Hamilton. He's only got a one year contract. Apparently Alonso is in the seat next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Alonso's back to Ferrari Anyway lets hope the battle continues and Red Bull can also get in the mix and nick a few wins as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formatzero Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Does anyone else think Bottas could be out by the end of the season? He was completely invisible today. On the other hand Mercedes would want to keep him as he seems very submissive and they know he won't challenge Hamilton. Saw a Hamilton interview recently where he said he was looking forward to a battle with Vettel this season,Bottas wasn't even mentioned as a rival.Think Bottas has a bit of the Coulthard syndrome about him ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 http://www.indycar.com/News/2017/04/04-12-Alonso-enters-Indy-500 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Good move for Alonso to be fair, in the grand scheme of things he will not exactly be missed from that weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabella Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Think he has a good chance of winning it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoGlE Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Was just about to post this. Definitely a good move for Alonso but it's gotta be quite a kick in the di*k for mclaren Honda f1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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