Not quite doing a full Williams, but 3 were sent to hospital and checked out there.
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Not quite doing a full Williams, but 3 were sent to hospital and checked out there.
Bottas: Mercedes needs upgrade to fix 2019 F1 car handling issues
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/141705/bottas-mercedes-needs-upgrade-to-fix-handling
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/141705/bottas-mercedes-needs-upgrade-to-fix-handling
Soldato
Merc laying a spot of corn down just in case they don't end up on top in Melbourne. I doubt we've seen anything like their genuine performance yet, either with regards to laptime or car handling.
The general consensus I’ve seen across most sites and journos is that Ferrari appear to be ahead at the moment and the car is easy to drive fast and compliant to the driver as well as being responsive to changes. Mercedes have some catching up to do.
Soldato
Well, sure. But it's a consensus based on a whole 4 days of testing, with the Mercs clearly not going all-out in search of the top of the timesheets. Just like in previous years.
I'll be the first one to jump up and down and be ecstatic if we get to Melbourne and the Ferrari is well ahead of the Mercedes. But I'm sure as hell not going to start crowing just yet!
Soldato
In watching the tests though the Ferrari did appear to be handling better with different fuel loads whereas the Mercedes didn't at all....
Mhm. https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/141690/pirelli-data-hints-at-ferrari-actual-advantage
Adjusted to the softest compound tyres times:
Just to point out how lazy this bit of journalism was...Adjusted to the softest compound tyres times:
They took Pirellis advice that the difference between the C3 and C5 was 1.2 seconds, and adjusted the best times of people who didn't run the C5 and compared them to people who did. Putting Ferrari in the sub 1:17's for lap time.
What they neglected to do was actually take everyones best relative time on the other compounds and adjust them down. Hamilton and Bottas for example both did a low 1:18:3 (or lower) on the C2 tyre, which has a 1.7s delta to the C5, so both were in the mid 1:16's according to this. I believe a few others including the Ferraris also did similar.
So according to the way they adjust the times based purely on tyres, Merc were fastest.
I absolutely don't like the utter laziness of this piece of work, totally pointless.
Seems like Ted is sticking around 
https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12430/11646703/sky-sports-f1-gears-up-for-start-of-formula-1-2019
https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12430/11646703/sky-sports-f1-gears-up-for-start-of-formula-1-2019
Good, and Ant. I heard there was beef between him and the new Sky F1 head honcho, would have been a shame to see either of them go as both bring good value.Seems like Ted is sticking around
https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12430/11646703/sky-sports-f1-gears-up-for-start-of-formula-1-2019
Soldato
Ant sadly won't be around more than last year. But perhaps Karun and Jenson will do a better job than PDR.
Soldato
If they let him go, he'd be snapped up either by Channel 4 or one of the online channels (Autosport?)Seems like Ted is sticking around
https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12430/11646703/sky-sports-f1-gears-up-for-start-of-formula-1-2019
How about F1 themselves? More technical person alongside Will Buxton.
Talk of bonus point for fastest lap from Australia being introduced.#
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/fastest-lap-bonus-points-2019/4348938/
Not sure what I think of it, could be good to give some incentive and a little race within a race near the end to get the point as it looks like it would only be for a top 10 finisher.
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/fastest-lap-bonus-points-2019/4348938/
Not sure what I think of it, could be good to give some incentive and a little race within a race near the end to get the point as it looks like it would only be for a top 10 finisher.
Soldato
F1 continues to simplify the sport every day in every way...
Will the lesser teams in the top 10 risk their track position in order to gain just an extra point? There'll probably be a couple of races a year finish under the safety car as they go for last lap glory. Or, more likely, there'll be a second car of Mercedes or Red Bull adrift of the leaders but with sufficient gap to the midfield to come in and change tyres without risking position and then do a glory lap.
What problem is this exactly trying to solve, I wonder?
Will the lesser teams in the top 10 risk their track position in order to gain just an extra point? There'll probably be a couple of races a year finish under the safety car as they go for last lap glory. Or, more likely, there'll be a second car of Mercedes or Red Bull adrift of the leaders but with sufficient gap to the midfield to come in and change tyres without risking position and then do a glory lap.
What problem is this exactly trying to solve, I wonder?
Soldato
You'd see everyone outside of the top 10 pitting just before the last lap to get a fastest lap right at the end.
I can see many more Verstappen / Ocon incidents happening.
I can see many more Verstappen / Ocon incidents happening.
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You haven’t read the link. It’s for top 10 finishers only.
Also, the driver and the constructor get a point which could be valuable if you’ve got a Williams in the top 10 (because of a dodgy safety car) who need WCC points.
Soldato
Cool. I've been calling for this for years. So on the current pattern, we should get ground effect and active ride back in about 2023.