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[thegamer23]

 

 

 

   

Edited by thegamer23, 25 November 2018 - 11:34.

[rog]

Lol Bottas at his prime isn't as good as current Kimi as almost 40 y old.

 

 

No chance, Kimi can't even challenge a poor Vettel. And Kimis statistic looks really poor, only one lucky win in his Ferrari time from 2014 up until now.

Edited by rog, 25 November 2018 - 11:35.

[Marklar]

Bets on Hamilton having yet another suppost engine issue, so that Bottas gets finally his Sochi win back (assuming he doesnt win the start).

Ferrari should be able to do something at the start. And Verstappen something in the first stint: How well he progresses there will be decisive for his chances. I still dont think that starting on Hypersoft is on the Red Bull a real disadvantage. If it is, then it could be Ricciardo's chance (finally).

Rooting for Alonso to finish in the points, although it's unfortunately unlikely.

Would be highkey amusing if this of all races has rain 

[MortenF1]

I think Verstappen will take his hypers as long as the rest on ultras, but that means there’s no real advantage. He’ll be somewhere between 4th and 6th anyway.

I refuse to believe it will rain.

[Laster]

lol, keep dreaming!

[ferrarista]

from amus:

At HaasF1 one wonders how fast the other Ferrari customer Sauber is on the straights. "They take us three to five tenths in the full throttle sections," marveled HaasF1 team manager Guenther Steiner. The top speeds confirm that. The Sauber are 6 to 8 km / h faster.


I think something is going on with engine modes on the Sauber, maybe it’s become effectively Ferrari B team.

[JonnyJ]

lol, keep dreaming!

I not having it either. Though it would be ironic if the first wet weather we get in 25 consecutive Sundays happens to be when we're in the sodding desert

[Danyy]

 
 
 
   

Please god open the heavens on this race!

[MJB5990]

from amus:

At HaasF1 one wonders how fast the other Ferrari customer Sauber is on the straights. "They take us three to five tenths in the full throttle sections," marveled HaasF1 team manager Guenther Steiner. The top speeds confirm that. The Sauber are 6 to 8 km / h faster.


I think something is going on with engine modes on the Sauber, maybe it’s become effectively Ferrari B team.

Didn't Ericsson suggest this to the media yesterday regarding Charles being given higher modes? Leclerc was consistently quick in S1 and S2.

[ferrarista]

https://video.sky.it...ore/v469170.vid

[TomNokoe]

from amus:

At HaasF1 one wonders how fast the other Ferrari customer Sauber is on the straights. "They take us three to five tenths in the full throttle sections," marveled HaasF1 team manager Guenther Steiner. The top speeds confirm that. The Sauber are 6 to 8 km / h faster.


I think something is going on with engine modes on the Sauber, maybe it’s become effectively Ferrari B team.

This has been evident for a while.

Not sure if it has anything to do with the Leclerc connection, or if it will continue into next year for Kimi? Who knows.

For next year, I would guess not because Kimi's deal was negotiated completely independently.

Edited by TomNokoe, 25 November 2018 - 12:20.

[TomNokoe]

Vettel has a fresh set of Hypers. I wonder if Ferrari will try a crazy strategy and do the reverse of Max

[Lights]

I guess 'Hamilton' will behave a bit odd on track today.

 

[jonpollak]

That’s a hoot.
https://twitter.com/...6023186432?s=21

[Danyy]

I guess 'Hamilton' will behave a bit odd on track today.
 

That was brilliant

[monolulu]

The way Redbull look after its tyres don’t think Max will be too disadvantaged by starting on hypersoft

[statman]

Very subdued atmosphere. Hopefully Ricciardo can challenge for victory.

 

Last race of the season should be on a track with some atmosphere and great die-hard f1 fans a la Brazil. Suzuka or Mexico would also be great. Not Abu Dhabi where some rich oil guys blow some expensive fireworks into the air.

 

Same bizarre decision with the upcoming 1000th race. Saying it will be very special and historic and then plan it so that China will host the 1000th race.    .

[MonkeySpin]

My money is on a Hamilton DNF due to them being too stubborn to change that old, tired engine.

 

 

EDIT

 

Is "classified - no" ok to bet as a DNF?

Edited by MonkeySpin, 25 November 2018 - 12:49.

[Baddoer]

 

 

 

   

I'm not buying this.

[Marklar]

Bets on Hamilton having yet another suppost engine issue, so that Bottas gets finally his Sochi win back (assuming he doesnt win the start).

 

 

Mercedes' mechanics are working frantically on Hamilton's W09 ahead of the final race of the season. Hamilton has already had to change elements of his engine ahead of the race and Mercedes will be hoping for a quick fix before lights out.

And there it starts 

[pitlanepalpatine]

Please be upstanding for the anthem? wut?

[pitlanepalpatine]

btw no race thread?

[Jordan199]

Who was the young guy that was on the Grid Walk with Martin? I missed the start. He was in a documentary or something?

[TauriJ]

lol I refuse to believe that it will rain in the desert   

[ANF]

btw no race thread?

There is one now.

[thegamer23]

lol I refuse to believe that it will rain in the desert

Well it happened many times in Quatar, Motogp!

[EndlessMotion]

Who was the young guy that was on the Grid Walk with Martin? I missed the start. He was in a documentary or something?

 

That would have been Mr Billy Monger.

[sportyskells]

and more importanly F1 already had a rain race under lights

[Baddoer]

Hulkenberg as usual does stupid things

[jannyg]

Omg

[SCUDmissile]

Racing incident DC. Lol

A lot of these racing incidents because the quality of racing is so bad.

Hulk would rather risk killing himself in a crash by blocking Grosjean rather than just giving him some space ffs.

[prty]

lol I refuse to believe that it will rain in the desert   

On Spanish TV there's a running joke with de la Rosa, because he never gets the weather prediction right (Toni Cuquerella for example, ex Ferrari and Kubica engineer and also a comentator, always says that what de la Rosa does, getting it systematically wrong, is just as hard as getting it always right).

So de la Rosa got asked last GP how's the weather going to be in Abu Dhabi. He said not rain obviously, and how he would at least get that one right, since it's the desert. They couldn't stop laughing at him today

Edited by prty, 25 November 2018 - 17:03.

[alframsey]

Out of frustration from those desperate for someone to stop the Hamilton juggernaut.

I'm very much pro Hamilton I love nothing more than his recent form, I just get frustrated seeing such a clear second tier driver divvying around in a top tier car.

[Brackets]

Very unusual to see Lewis on form with both championships decided!

 

Nice to end the previous form of going off the boil after wrapping things up in previous years. There's been a noticeable change in the way he speaks and conducts himself at this stage of the season this year. I suspect it's his age and fully realising he's reaching the tail end of his career and seems to take a bit more pride in representing the team and maximizing all the pole and win records while he's still racing.

 

I have a new pet-theory which is going to carry me through the winter: Hamilton has ~finally~ realized that Schumachers records are up for grabs. So there won't be any more 'calling it in'.

 

(Mind you, my previous pet-theory was that Vandoorne is actually better than Alonso coz none other than Alain Prost said so to a Belgian news-outlet. The one before that involved Scarlett Johansson and is not fit for publication in this forum)