Soldato
You could have like ten races at Paul Ricard! And every one would be a procession.
Haha true, plus isn't Paul Ricard owned by Bernie? He skimmed enough millions from F1 already!
You could have like ten races at Paul Ricard! And every one would be a procession.
I was of that opinion before the positive test was confirmed too.I know McLearn pulled out, that was more precautionary than not being able to participate..
Whatever damage was done in terms of spreading the virus has already been done.
I was of that opinion before the positive test was confirmed too.
However while only one has tested positive thus far, there are 14 other McLaren employees also in quarantine now, so it's a bit premature to say the damage has already been done - if any one of those 14 tests positive then you might have to quarantine another dozen or more employees from within McLaren and whoever else they had come into close contact with in the paddock.
No, was just about to set off walking from the hotel. Had tickets to watch Bahrain as well on the way home
Crazy idea for later in year when COVID19 is hopefully not so deadly...
Pick a track or two that has several layouts and run races on different layouts over a number of days, to make up for ones missed early in season?
It wasn't just McLaren, HAAS were isolating crew even though they tested negative. It wouldn't take long for a mechanic to talk to a team leader who talks to a team boss, who talks to a journalist who then talks to everyone else. You'd have most of the paddock affected by the next race.
Only 3 teams wanted to keep going according to AutoSport: Red Bull, AlphaTauri and Racing Point. Disappointing that AT wanted to continue given the current lockdown in Italy and they wouldn't be allowed to for future races.
Bahrain would have been a repeat of 2005 USA GP (but now there's a minimum of 12 car grid)
It's a flu not ebola. It's not particularly deadly as it is. It's only a problem for those with health issues already, just like many other flus and viruses. A lot of the fuss is most likely because there isn't health care and hospital places to look after the elderly if they catch it.
Amazing! Every word of what you just said was wrong.
But there's a whole other forum to discuss Coronavirus/SARS-CoV-2/Covid-19 so perhaps you can take it there?
Others in the thread were discussing it, hence I was replying.
From sponsors, I assume, as the championship prize money is given out at the end of the next year and is solely dependant on finishing position not the number of rounds.
If they didn't put any force majeure clauses in to cover races not being run (admittedly normally due to weather conditions instead of a pandemic) then their legal teams need a kick up the arse.
I had a grand vision of downloading F1 Manager and recreating the Melbourne race to compensate.
From sponsors, I assume, as the championship prize money is given out at the end of the next year and is solely dependant on finishing position not the number of rounds.
If they didn't put any force majeure clauses in to cover races not being run (admittedly normally due to weather conditions instead of a pandemic) then their legal teams need a kick up the arse.
Good point. I assumed the prize pool was fixed.Money also comes from the prize pool, which comes from the fees that the tracks pay... So fewer races, less cash in the pool, less prize money altogether.
Add to that the 'pay drivers' usually are on a pay per session type deal, so the FP1 drivers will get a run for £500k or something like that. No FP1's - no drivers - less money for the teams.
I had a grand vision of downloading F1 Manager and recreating the Melbourne race to compensate.
F1 2019 is free to play on Steam right now.