The F1 thread

HAL9000

A bit of fun...

http://www.crash.net/f1/feature/883510/1/only-4-of-fans-can-identify-all-71-formula-one-circuits

I only managed 39 :-(

sinbaadi

55, interesting.  It sucks you in with the easy ones too.

Boromedic

46 - some toughies in there....... before my era and all that ;-)

stickyfiddle

Crikey, I reckon I can do about 30. Will see...

EDIT: 48, but around half were guesses (mostly the old ones), of which I got about half right.

thumpingrug

44, but I was guessing a lot towards the end.  Quite a few I had never heard of.

Electro_Ham

49

Hoof

70/71.

Fretwired

Max to Mercedes?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05j20xg

stickyfiddle

Fretwired said:

Max to Mercedes?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05j20xg

Probably. Riccardo will be targeting to sign with Ferrari as early into next year as possible (assuming RB aren't at the front), since he beat Seb the last time they were teammates he'll be working on the assumption that he can do it again, which would give him the title if the cars have the same relative performance as this year. And Ferrari will like him because he has Italian heritage and is clearly a great bloke. 

Max will have some kind of performance clause that gives him an out if the car isn't quick enough. And he's the obvious target for Mercedes trying to market itself to younger people, and he's bloody quick.

And Red Bull themselves will be very aware that McLaren could be very competitive next season. If they don't draw level with Merc and Ferrari they might find themselves with Alonso taking results off them which will only weaken them re Max's potential break clause. 

It's quite telling that there have been so many 1-year deals signed over the last 18 months. Everyone is trying to make themselves available when the next big shuffle happens - both teams AND drivers.

Fretwired

Stroll/Vettel crash from another angle. Was Vettel to blame? Did he yet again escape punishment? Why didn't he get into trouble for taking his steering wheel (regulations state you have to leave it on the car - he claims he couldn't refit it - paddock gossip says he didn't want anyone to see it) and hitching a ride on another car is also a breach of F1 regulations.

The Stroll incident.

simonk

Vettel definitely more at fault there I think
I find it most odd the stewards didn’t investigate SV removing the steering wheel because “nobody reported it”.

sinbaadi

Keeping the wheel straight when the road curves to the left is the same as turning to the right.

I think Stroll drifting across like that was unpredictable and the basic cause of the accident.

Boromedic

6 in one half dozen in the other really, neither paying enough attention. Stroll sort of drifts right by not steering but then Vettel cuts the corner slightly. I think they didn't penalise him on the other stuff possibly because of championship controversy, or maybe because he drives a red car..............

To be fair I wouldn't want him penalised for the lift thing anyway as that is one of my iconic F1 memories with Mansell and Ayrton. The steering wheel thing does seem odd but they explained it as maybe it would be stolen as it wouldn't fit back on.

thumpingrug

Id happily ban Vettel for life just for being an arrogant little arse, but much of that goes back to when he took Webber off years ago.  His behaviour is immature and occasionally dangerous.

Fretwired

Marko claims Red Bull have put Ricciardo on the market and are talking to teams about taking him - they are focusing on Max as a number one driver. Not a great way to treat a nice guy ... Maybe Toto should bite the bullet and swap Ricciardo for Bottas.

Boromedic

I'd take that, Ricciardo is an excellent driver. In the right team he could become a great. Fingers crossed......

Fretwired

Boromedic said:

I'd take that, Ricciardo is an excellent driver. In the right team he could become a great. Fingers crossed......

Agreed. I think Mercedes and Ferrari would be very interested in his services. Fast driver and a really nice guy. He'd shine in a Merc and it would be good to see him giving Vettel a hard time.

FX_Munkee

Fretwired said:

Marko claims Red Bull have put Ricciardo on the market and are talking to teams about taking him - they are focusing on Max as a number one driver. Not a great way to treat a nice guy ... Maybe Toto should bite the bullet and swap Ricciardo for Bottas.

Agreed that Ricciardo would be a great fit for Merc, but my main interest is them focussing on Max, because if they don't get a winning car by the end of next year he'll be off, there's already talk of him going. Then RB would be pretty scuppered.

holnrew

Ricciardo is also the handsomest driver

simonk

Don't think Helmut Marko is a particularly nice guy TBH.