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BOF Posted November 30, 2020 Author Moderator Share Posted November 30, 2020 Pietro Fittipaldi will replace Romain Grosjean at this weekend's Sakhir GP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted December 1, 2020 Author Moderator Share Posted December 1, 2020 And now Hamilton has tested positive for covid. No news yet on his replacement this weekend. Fingers crossed it's Russell, but I can't imagine Williams letting him go. Mercedes' official reserve driver is Stoffel Vandoorne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 1 hour ago, BOF said: And now Hamilton has tested positive for covid. No news yet on his replacement this weekend. Fingers crossed it's Russell, but I can't imagine Williams letting him go. Mercedes' official reserve driver is Stoffel Vandoorne. I’m surprised he managed to catch the virus during the race weekend. I’d have thought everyone there was tested multiple times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouUnastanFren Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 6 minutes ago, Genie said: I’m surprised he managed to catch the virus during the race weekend. I’d have thought everyone there was tested multiple times. He caught it beforehand apparently. Someone he was in contact with didn't test positive until after the weekend though. I would love them to give Russell the seat for the last two weeks as an audition. Failing that, Hulkenberg to finally get a podium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 4 minutes ago, YouUnastanFren said: He caught it beforehand apparently. Someone he was in contact with didn't test positive until after the weekend though. I would love them to give Russell the seat for the last two weeks as an audition. Failing that, Hulkenberg to finally get a podium. Do the drivers not get tested at the start of the weekend? Would be nice of Niko H got the drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouUnastanFren Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 1 minute ago, Genie said: Do the drivers not get tested at the start of the weekend? Would be nice of Niko H got the drive. They do but it takes a few days to test positive after contracting it I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted December 1, 2020 Author Moderator Share Posted December 1, 2020 It takes days for it to become a positive, hence the need to isolate for 2 weeks after a close contact. Incubation innit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 8 minutes ago, BOF said: It takes days for it to become a positive, hence the need to isolate for 2 weeks after a close contact. Incubation innit. Sure, I assumed he’d been there since Thursday so prolly picked it up over the weekend if he’s positive Monday. I’m not sure what the minimum duration is from exposure to positive test. Either way, doesn’t really matter. He’ll get a couple of weeks to chill out and look at his trophies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 I'm all of a sudden quite excited for Bahrain round 2. I'd love to see Stoffel back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouUnastanFren Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 2 hours ago, Farlz said: I'm all of a sudden quite excited for Bahrain round 2. I'd love to see Stoffel back. Getting demolished by Alonso, especially in Quali, really killed all of his hype. He would've really had to be a generational talent not to get run over as a rookie by Alonso though. Would be a nice feelgood comeback story if is him they choose he does well/wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouUnastanFren Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 21 hours ago, BOF said: And now Hamilton has tested positive for covid. No news yet on his replacement this weekend. Fingers crossed it's Russell, but I can't imagine Williams letting him go. Mercedes' official reserve driver is Stoffel Vandoorne. 20 hours ago, YouUnastanFren said: I would love them to give Russell the seat for the last two weeks as an audition. Failing that, Hulkenberg to finally get a podium. F1 Twitter has just confirmed that Russell gets the seat. If he's close to or even beats Bottas with no time in the car to prepare then the pressure to put him in next year will grow massively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted December 2, 2020 Author Moderator Share Posted December 2, 2020 Fantastic. And Jack Aitken steps up into the Williams. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted December 2, 2020 Author Moderator Share Posted December 2, 2020 And Schumacher has just been confirmed at Haas. They'll actually be interesting next season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AVFCDAN Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Fantastic news, absolutely buzzing for George. He should be in that seat next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 (edited) 34 minutes ago, AVFCDAN said: Fantastic news, absolutely buzzing for George. He should be in that seat next year. Lewis’s seat? I bet that is more than 1000/1 Being serious now, I’m not sure Mercedes would go with 2 British drivers. Edited December 2, 2020 by Genie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouUnastanFren Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 2 hours ago, BOF said: And Schumacher has just been confirmed at Haas. They'll actually be interesting next season. Hopefully they'll be interesting in the way that watching justice porn is interesting and Schumacher jr smashes that jumped up little shit so badly Haas decide the money he brings isn't worth it and cut his contract short Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted December 2, 2020 Author Moderator Share Posted December 2, 2020 40 minutes ago, YouUnastanFren said: Hopefully they'll be interesting in the way that watching justice porn is interesting and Schumacher jr smashes that jumped up little shit so badly Haas decide the money he brings isn't worth it and cut his contract short I've seen quite a few negative comments about Mazepin in general i.e. not related to a promotion to F1. I must admit I'm not familiar with his personality. Is he a bit of a knob or is it just the pay-driver element people are angry about? Some of the comments I read about him were vicious, which I found a bit odd. He is very young still. Only 3 weeks older than Mick Schumacher at 21 and while his junior pedigree isn't stellar, it's not bad and it's better than some. 2nd in GP3 in 2018, 3rd in Asian F3 this year and sitting 6th in F2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouUnastanFren Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 8 minutes ago, BOF said: I've seen quite a few negative comments about Mazepin in general i.e. not related to a promotion to F1. I must admit I'm not familiar with his personality. Is he a bit of a knob or is it just the pay-driver element people are angry about? Some of the comments I read about him were vicious, which I found a bit odd. I'm never overly fond of the pay drivers that just use parents money but he's a horrible little turd by all accounts. Notably punched Ilott (who is currently beating him in F2) in the face for spoiling a lap in free practice. All of the other drivers seem to hate him and there was something about him threatening to "out" Russell. If Haas hadn't signed MSC I'd have happily rooted for them to finish dead last every race next year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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