BOF Posted September 19, 2019 Author Moderator Share Posted September 19, 2019 Just now, Jimzk5 said: Surprisingly grosjean stays at haas with kmag for 2020 Unsurprisingly kubica will not kept on at Williams after this season Yeah slightly surprised by the Haas news. Hopefully Hulkenberg can get Giovinazzi's Alfa seat now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 10 minutes ago, BOF said: Yeah slightly surprised by the Haas news. Hopefully Hulkenberg can get Giovinazzi's Alfa seat now. Apparently giovinazzi is staying at alfa, hulk staying in f1 can only be at Williams really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 19, 2019 Author Moderator Share Posted September 19, 2019 2 minutes ago, Jimzk5 said: Apparently giovinazzi is staying at alfa, hulk staying in f1 can only be at Williams really OK well hopefully some big progress for them over the winter so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 (edited) Claire Williams coud probably get that car around the track faster than Kubica. I'm all for a bit of sentiment from time to time but it was clear after the first couple of practice sessions that putting a man who can only use 1 arm properly in an f1 car isn't going to get you anywhere other than last by a long way. Complete waste of a season and nobody has come out of this looking good really Edited September 19, 2019 by LakotaDakota 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 19, 2019 Author Moderator Share Posted September 19, 2019 In related news, Formula 2 championship leader and champion elect, Nyck de Vries (24), has signed with Mercedes for Formula E next season. That gives you some indication of the dearth of F1-ready talent in F2 this season after Russell, Albon & Norris's promotions. I was looking down the ages of the championship and there are very few drivers under 23 years old in the top 10. The only ones doing any good are Sergio Sette Camara in the battle for 2nd place (21yo & signed to McLaren) and Renault's Guanyu Zhou (20). The younger drivers are further down (Schumacher, Mazepin) and may be ready after next season, plus there are some decent drivers in F3 (Shwartzman, Vips, Armstrong) who I would expect to feature in next season's F2 title race. Poor old Dan Ticktum (remember him?) is currently sitting 17th with a solitary point in the Super Formula series in Japan after being dropped by Red Bull after 3 rounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 19 hours ago, LakotaDakota said: Claire Williams coud probably get that car around the track faster than Kubica. I'm all for a bit of sentiment from time to time but it was clear after the first couple of practice sessions that putting a man who can only use 1 arm properly in an f1 car isn't going to get you anywhere other than last by a long way. Complete waste of a season and nobody has come out of this looking good really I thought the same until I saw the actual extent of kubicas injury, I think he deserves huge credit to be doing as well as he has been in a shopping trolley of a Williams, I'd expect him to be named a test driver somewhere soon Current Williams reserve driver latifi favorite for the Williams drive leaving Hulkenberg is without a drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 20, 2019 Author Moderator Share Posted September 20, 2019 Latifi's record to date is hugely underwhelming. He has never won anything in the lower formulas and hasn't even come close until this season, in an F2 that currently has a power vacuum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 21 hours ago, LakotaDakota said: Claire Williams coud probably get that car around the track faster than Kubica. I'm all for a bit of sentiment from time to time but it was clear after the first couple of practice sessions that putting a man who can only use 1 arm properly in an f1 car isn't going to get you anywhere other than last by a long way. Complete waste of a season and nobody has come out of this looking good really Claire Williams is driving that team into the wall. Nepotism yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 3 hours ago, BOF said: Latifi's record to date is hugely underwhelming. He has never won anything in the lower formulas and hasn't even come close until this season, in an F2 that currently has a power vacuum. He's 24 as well I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 20, 2019 Author Moderator Share Posted September 20, 2019 Just now, Jimzk5 said: He's 24 as well I think Yep he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 1 hour ago, villakram said: Claire Williams is driving that team into the wall. Still would though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 20, 2019 Author Moderator Share Posted September 20, 2019 1 hour ago, villakram said: Claire Williams is driving that team into the wall. I think at Williams they call that doing a Senna. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 3 minutes ago, BOF said: I think at Williams they call that doing a Senna. 25 years and still feels a bit too soon 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 22 minutes ago, BOF said: Yep he is. He must be a pay driver or be bringing some sponsorship with him if he gets the drive, as you say he's record in the lower formulas are average Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 21, 2019 Author Moderator Share Posted September 21, 2019 Correa is no longer in an induced coma, although he's still very vulnerable and it's now a race against time to stop irreversible damage to his lower right leg. An operation which couldn't be done while he was in the coma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 On 20/09/2019 at 14:29, BOF said: 5 hours ago, BOF said: Correa is no longer in an induced coma, although he's still very vulnerable and it's now a race against time to stop irreversible damage to his lower right leg. An operation which couldn't be done while he was in the coma. Thats good news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Top lap by Leclerc for pole, Leclerc v Hamilton round 2 tomorrow I've said it before but David croft on sky is an insufferable bellend, constantly calling Leclerc "the young monagasque", or "shar lecleir". Stop please 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Safety cars came out too late, once again when Mercedes need to make a split second decision the choose the wrong one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 22, 2019 Author Moderator Share Posted September 22, 2019 Beginning to be quite the pattern now. Ferrari are starting to turn poles & performance into victories. Pity there's so much ground to make up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 23, 2019 Author Moderator Share Posted September 23, 2019 So @Tegis & @sne there was quite the close finish in the Indy Pro 2000s last night. Rasmus Lindh missed out on the title by 2pts and that's 417 v 419pts. My man Kyle Kirkwood gets the scholarship into Indy Lights for next season. In reality the title was sewn up in the second to last race, so the close finish wasn't as dramatic as it looks. Kirkwood won 9 races including 7 in a row but Lindh was the epitome of consistency. I expect they'll see each other again next season for the 3rd season in a row. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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