Accident aside, it was his own fault to compete in rally just right before 2011 season began. Stupid decision
F1 2018 Season
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Lewis gets his new contract as expected. You can be sure Bottas will get wrapped up for a couple of seasons quite quickly as well.
This means that the only top 6 seat in question still seem to be Kimi's, and he's upped the ante the last couple of races.
This means that the only top 6 seat in question still seem to be Kimi's, and he's upped the ante the last couple of races.
So after having watched the documentary on McLaren on Amazon Prime I have to wonder - why after the debacle they had with Honda does Red Bull believe it is the right decision to go with Honda? I have been out of the loop a bit on F1 for many years but getting back into it so please enlighten me.
They’ve had a good look at the Honda engine in their sister team Torro Rosso. They like what they see.
If they succeed with this, McLaren may as well just stop racing. What a momentous feck up uat would be... So bad i fully expect it to happen.
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Honda just returned to F1 after having been out of the business for a while, so needed to learn their ropes. Also, I believe the relationship with McLaren wasn't the best.
Red Bull believe the financial power of Honda coupled with the fact they're effectually being turned into a works team will help them get closer to Ferrari/Mercedes. And they seem to have lost confidence in Renault, particularly after the french manufacturer reinstated their own works team.
Thanks gents. I'm curious to see what happens there. I indeed got the idea McLaren wasn't exactly being a good partner for Honda - the documentary was obviously about McLaren so they weren't going to go into detail what they might have done wrong but the faces and expressions of the Honda reps were quite telling. The stress between the two parties felt pretty palpable.
Big chance for Seb to increase his lead at the top this weekend.
It's raining so no one is taking risks. Let's see for the qualifying.
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No rain atm.
Ferrari dominating in Q1 so far.
Q1: Raikkonen, Vettel, Bottas and Grosjean.
Lewis having a dreadful Q1
Problem for Hamilton!
Wow! Big crisis for Lewis! If he can't get back the car back to the box he is out!
Lewis out of his car , pushing car back so he can be out in Q2.
Not even sure that is allowed , could be out in Q1 !
Not even sure that is allowed , could be out in Q1 !
Hamilton 
Hamilton out!!!!!!
Hamilton trying to push his car all the way back.
The new updates have fecked Hamilton up.
"Stop, stop, stop the car. PU risk"
Hamilton's team radio.
Hamilton's team radio.
Championship surely over now, if it wasn't already. That Ferrari PU looks mighty anyway so not sure reliability will be seen as the deciding factor.
FFS scruffy Q1 , could have caused the problem, will start 14th.
He will be dropping more points this race.
Looking like a Ferrari 1 and 2 for the race already.
Lewis being Lewis and wanting to get back to the pit , he did not want to stop.
He will be fuming, he will be pumped up for the race , he will either finish top 4 or crash out.
He will be dropping more points this race.
Looking like a Ferrari 1 and 2 for the race already.
Lewis being Lewis and wanting to get back to the pit , he did not want to stop.
He will be fuming, he will be pumped up for the race , he will either finish top 4 or crash out.
FFS Marcus , way to throw a load of stones on the track
That needs cleaning or it will cause a puncture or worse.
That needs cleaning or it will cause a puncture or worse.
RED Flag Q2
Red flag for debris.
Verstappen just got screwed over.
Ricciardo is such a funny guy
Ericsson is a fecker. Almost did it again!
Q2: Bottas, Verstappen, Raikkonen and Vettel.
Vandoorne such a pointless driver. If he stay beyond this season McLaren might aswell folded into oblivion.
Take a bow Vettel! What a lap!
Wow! Hamilton already giving up. "Difficult to come back here".
GET INNNNNNNNNNNN! FANTASTIC LAP FROM VETTEL! Well-done to Bottas as well.
Surely the final nail in Kimi's coffin.
Mercedes celebrated far to early, what a lap front Seb!
What happened Hamilton? Car issue?
Yeah, gearbox problem.
Let's just hope there's no contact between Mercedes and Ferrari tomorrow. Vettel is gonna fly of the line tomorrow, so i'm not really afraid for his race but Ferrari has been super quick of the line, and with Kimi 3rd, it's gonna be close.
A Ferrari 1-2 and Verstappen 3rd to take some points from Mercedes should be perfect before the Hungarian GP next week which is a Ferrari track.
A Ferrari 1-2 and Verstappen 3rd to take some points from Mercedes should be perfect before the Hungarian GP next week which is a Ferrari track.
Of course it isn't, we're half way through the season with hundreds of points left to play for. I agree that it does look very good for Ferrari atm when it comes to pace and reliability compared to Merc but Hamilton could be top of the table tomorrow night if he does an ok race and Vettel ends up with a DNF.
That's Santi's line, you copycat!