Albon up to 6th
F1 2019 season
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Their strategy was better, go long and wait for a VSC.
Yeah great race, guy started from pit right?
yeah think he did , he has done well since getting the Red Bull drive.
Albon driver of the day for me.
Bottas has done well , Leclerc , not really got close enough yet to take him.
Albon 5th.
Albon is DOTD.
Mercedes played the strategy game today and it paid off , at the start the most he could have hoped for was 3rd.
Seb with his dead car and the VSC helped him out, turned out to be a pretty easy win for him in the end.
I sense all is not happy in the Ferrari garage.
Albon driver of the day for me , pit lane to 5th, excellent.
Seb with his dead car and the VSC helped him out, turned out to be a pretty easy win for him in the end.
I sense all is not happy in the Ferrari garage.
Albon driver of the day for me , pit lane to 5th, excellent.
Leclerc's so fast that he can't even overtake Bottas.
I take it back, Lewis ain't the biggest whiner anymore, it's Leclerc.
Utter prick.
I take it back, Lewis ain't the biggest whiner anymore, it's Leclerc.
Utter prick.
FFS Lewis sort that hair out 
Albon is so fast that prevented Max from taking free pit.
Leclerc came as a bit dickish this race but its good he has that fire on his belly, something that certain Bottas lacking in his time in Merc.
Leclerc came as a bit dickish this race but its good he has that fire on his belly, something that certain Bottas lacking in his time in Merc.
Probably helps Bottas though, the shenanigans here will remind Mercedes of the Rosberg/Hamilton fight. Bottas might be a problem next year in the constructors if Ferrari remain ahead in development.Albon is so fast that prevented Max from taking free pit.
Leclerc came as a bit dickish this race but its good he has that fire on his belly, something that certain Bottas lacking in his time in Merc.
Probably in minority but I’ll never understand how Paul DiResta keeps getting these pundit jobs and interviewing drivers after races.
Off topic, but has the safety car ever been anything different than a Benz?
Well, good for him if he just happy to be there. As average Rosberg as some might think, he fought with his all for his championship. It was good to see and certainly better than anything Bottas has been showed.
Next year certainly his last year in Merc i think.
Not in my time as a spectator but apparently so:
https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/1wgxeh/the_history_of_the_f1_safety_car_part_1/
there has been a few read this it might shock you.
https://www.quora.com/Why-do-they-only-use-a-Mercedes-as-a-safety-car-in-the-F1
The Opel Vectra during the San Marino GP which some sources have attributed to the incident that caused Ayrton Senna's fatal crash.Not in my time as a spectator but apparently so:
https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/1wgxeh/the_history_of_the_f1_safety_car_part_1/
Remember thinking at the time, strange choice for a safety car.
Countach
Pretty sweet 'promotional' arrangement though...
I think promoting various exotic sport cars at this position would make sense though...
Yeah, reckon they'll make the switch before the big regulation change. Wouldn't be surprised to see Russell get the nod.
I can see that. Russel to accompany Lewis untill he get his 8th to see if Russel can challenge or go for Max in the first opportunity arrive.
Ferrari
Just watched the highlights. Merc lucked into a 1 2 a little but the big talking point is the Ferrari guys.
I know they want to maximise their team points but if the arrangement was to draft Vettel into 1st place at the start it was a fecking stupid idea. Given the pressure that Seb has been under and the history of the last few races (Vettel helping LeClerc win in Belgium, LeClerc screwing Seb’s qualifying in Italy & the team fecking LeClerc’s strategy in Singapore) this was never going to end well. Just let them race and sort it out on track. It’s not like Ferrari or either of the drivers are really going to lose anything/much in the standings.
Other than that, Albon did well. Pit lane to 5th is strong. What happened to Norris. One minute he & Sainz were running 5th & 6th, the next he was down in 9th? I can only guess he got fecked a bit by the safety car, but it wasn’t really explained.
I know they want to maximise their team points but if the arrangement was to draft Vettel into 1st place at the start it was a fecking stupid idea. Given the pressure that Seb has been under and the history of the last few races (Vettel helping LeClerc win in Belgium, LeClerc screwing Seb’s qualifying in Italy & the team fecking LeClerc’s strategy in Singapore) this was never going to end well. Just let them race and sort it out on track. It’s not like Ferrari or either of the drivers are really going to lose anything/much in the standings.
Other than that, Albon did well. Pit lane to 5th is strong. What happened to Norris. One minute he & Sainz were running 5th & 6th, the next he was down in 9th? I can only guess he got fecked a bit by the safety car, but it wasn’t really explained.
They messed up big time. They've cost Leclerc and themselves a ton of points this year by trying to appease vettel.
Also, how the hell did Ferrari find so much raw power all of a sudden?
They have found some sort of solution but it's speculation, combined with a low drag concept it's a rocket on the straight and in acceleration.
The rumours are something around how it's harvesting and applying the battery power.
The rumours are something around how it's harvesting and applying the battery power.
To the tune of 0.5 seconds or more. Extremely impressive.
Agreed, at a time when engine returns are diminishing to find half a second per long straight is incredible. If they don’t screw it up and the others don’t apply this trick then Ferrari will be hard to beat in 2020.
Have they found it or is it more of a case of the Merc being a little more ‘draggy’?
No doubt the PU is strong, probably just about the strongest on the grid, but their big change in fortune over the past few races seems to be their ability to get the tyres into the correct operating window over a qualifying lap. I still think the overall Merc race pace is generally quicker though.
Next season should hopefully be a blast though. Love to see Merc pushed for a full calendar properly since the hybrid era began. I think the boys in red need a little more reliability & strategic nouse still to bridge that gap. Hopefully Binotto gets the time to see this improvement through & isn’t fired at the first failure.
No doubt the PU is strong, probably just about the strongest on the grid, but their big change in fortune over the past few races seems to be their ability to get the tyres into the correct operating window over a qualifying lap. I still think the overall Merc race pace is generally quicker though.
Next season should hopefully be a blast though. Love to see Merc pushed for a full calendar properly since the hybrid era began. I think the boys in red need a little more reliability & strategic nouse still to bridge that gap. Hopefully Binotto gets the time to see this improvement through & isn’t fired at the first failure.
Ferrari's up turn in pace has been some upgrade packages implemented at Singapore focusing on the aero, not engine. New floor, diffuser, rear wing, and a new nose concept. The engine power has been there all year, and has been compensating for a poor aero package.
Typhoon Hagibis looks like it could affect race weekend, talk of moving qualifying to Sunday.
The typhoon is due to hit about the same time as FP3
The typhoon is due to hit about the same time as FP3
If the typhoon does affect the weekend and I think it will, F1 will almost certainly try to run Saturday's programme, which has final practice at 12:00 local time (02:00 BST) and qualifying at 15:00 (05:00 BST) with the race meant to be at 06:10 BST, but sure that will change, not going to start the race 10 mins after Q3?
Be interesting to see if the teams go for it in FP1 or FP2 just in case they end up qualifying from those results.
Not surprising.
and if for any reason Qualifying can not take played the grid will be sorted by the results of FP2.
FP2 has more of a bite then normal, understandable.
The strength of the typhoon forecast , the track will be lucky to get away with no damage.
The strength of the typhoon forecast , the track will be lucky to get away with no damage.
apparently there is a fuel upgrade , lets them run at higher modes for longer.
This is cool - one of my favourite races I've seen, Suzuka 2005, up on the official f1 youtube!
Kimi MP4-20
Kimi
MP4-20 I didn’t realise Hamilton was so close to securing the title already. Feel way out of the loop this year.
he could well be crowned champion in Mexico for the third year in a row.
If Hamilton wins in Suzuka, it will confirm that only a Mercedes driver can win the drivers' title in 2019 - likely securing a record-breaking sixth-straight double.