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Just saw this in the news - RBR have ordered Daniel Ricciardo to drop 2kg, so according to the stats in Peter's title thread that means he'll be down to 63kg, only 5 kg more than Seb. http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/motor-sport/daniel-ricciardo-ordered-to-slim-down-by-red-bull-to-meet-teams-2014-ra...

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I wouldn't consider Webber to be a great driver, although I think he had a good career and achieved a lot of things that many F1 drivers (past and present) would consider to be great achievements. 1. He won Monaco twice, which is the race that everyone wants to win besides their home GP because of ...

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I wouldn't consider Webber to be a great driver, although I think he had a good career and achieved a lot of things that many F1 drivers (past and present) would consider to be great achievements. 1. He won Monaco twice, which is the race that everyone wants to win besides their home GP because of t...

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From the top of my head: Schumi (questionable) Coulthard Hakkinen Panis Alesi Hill Yamamoto What about Prost? He told Frank Williams to pay out his contract because he didn't want to partner Senna again, so in a way he both quit the sport and retired there and then. Is that true? I thought Prost wa...

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MistaVega23 wrote:From the top of my head:

Schumi (questionable)
Coulthard
Hakkinen
Panis
Alesi
Hill
Yamamoto

What about Prost? He told Frank Williams to pay out his contract because he didn't want to partner Senna again, so in a way he both quit the sport and retired there and then.

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Basically, the equation is big ego + big money = big conflict. As Zoue has said, Senna and Prost is perhaps the best example of two elite drivers in the one team which caused one of the greatest rivalries in sport, but it doesn't end there. Mansell and Piquet were teammates at Williams in 1986-87 an...

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Nutcases, kids and Multi 21 - here's the best Mark Webber quotes nicely packaged in one article:

http://www.news.com.au/sport/motor-spor ... 6766078063

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I've seen this nose before....it looks better on the tapir.

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Really hard to decide between Prost and Senna, but I voted for Senna only because as a rookie driver he beat his peers (some seriously exceptional peers) in equal machinery at the Merc 190E race at the new Nurburgring track in '84.

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Mark Webber is officially out of F1 after the conclusion of the Brazilian GP and he's joining Porsche on Monday morning, with no more RBR commitments. He'll be test driving his new car before Christmas. http://www.carsguide.com.au/news-and-reviews/car-news/webber_gets_early_exit_from_f1_20131120 Tha...

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Speaking of 1984, there's an article on the Top Gear website about the Mercedes 190E race at the Nurburgring to celebrate it's return to the F1 calendar. If you don't know the story, the old Nurburgring circuit was taken off the calendar after Niki Lauda's horrific crash there in '76 (as shown in Ru...

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Second, who will get third in the driver's championship? While Vettel is clearly first and Alonso is a clear second, third place is still up for grabs. Because of Kimi's absence, its now a race between Hamilton and Webber with only 6 points separating the two. This is the kind of result Mark and th...

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@VDV23 - One of my degrees is in International Business and I did an essay which focused on the rise of F1 from a European sport to a global sport. That said, you might find this a bit constricting as you only have 9000 words. One topic that might be interesting to research is the impact of pay driv...

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Is it just me or is anyone else a bit worried about this new Star Wars movie that's due out in a couple of years? Let's call a spade a spade here, the prequel trilogy was pretty average at best and now JJ Abrams is in charge; personally i'm not sold on his new Star Trek movies - the action is great ...

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Bernie turned a multi-million dollar sport into a multi-billion dollar sport and because of that almost everyone involved in Formula One are making a lot more money than if he had not transformed the sport. And although it is easy to focus on the negative aspects of this man, he has a lot of positi...

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This looks like a fantastic event and it seems be both a celebration of Senna's and Ratzenberger's life as well as a fundraising event for the Ayrton Senna Foundation, I look forward to watching it.

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I have only watched F1 since 2010 and there are things I don't like about F1 and think they are unfair. with all the recent dramas in driver changes and such, why not just put a new rule in place and limit teams from signing drivers during season? I mean no talks can be held, not publicly or secret...

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Thanks to Lt. Drebin for starting this thread, it's great to reminisce about the good old days. I've been following F1 since the late 80s (although I stopped watching during the Schumi dominance years). I remember this funny story from the late 80s; the McLaren team were at dinner before the '89 Mex...

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He is far and away the best team boss and is in politically the hardest position. He is basically a middle manager but has to look like he is the most important guy. He had huge success with Arden and now with Red Bull so he obviously has something a bit special. If he is close to Bernie then that ...

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This is BS - Perez doesn't deserve to be the scapegoat and I hope he's already on the phone to Telmex and Monisha Kaltenborn to get his old job back. OK, so the guy tried a few risky overtakes that didn't quite work, but so has RoGro and he's in a competitive car. I'd really like to know how McLaren...

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The Quantum deal was never confirmed. It was very close to completion but it looks like it's getting further and further away from being a reality again. I can honestly see Perez and his Telmex cash beating Maldonado to the punch if he really is leaving McLaren. At least the Telmex money is clean a...

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Nico strikes me as a really nice guy, and that's part of the problem as you need to be a bit of a thug to stand out in F1. That said, he's quick and he definitely deserves his seat at Merc.

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Here's a link to a summary of the interview. Nothing groundbreaking here, he basically said that he wants to win LeMans with Porsche and he won't miss Vettel, so no surprises there. http://www.foxsports.com.au/motor-sports/formula-one/mark-webber-says-le-mans-is-his-target-when-he-joins-porsche-for-...

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I doubt whether it will be a tell all interview. Mark may not give two fairy cakes about Seb or Helmut Marko, but he does have a good relationship with Dietrich Mateschitz and he wouldn't want to throw away any potential personal sponsorships/future employment opportunities just to get the last wor...

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I doubt whether it will be a tell all interview. Mark may not give two fairy cakes about Seb or Helmut Marko, but he does have a good relationship with Dietrich Mateschitz and he wouldn't want to throw away any potential personal sponsorships/future employment opportunities just to get the last word...

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No offense to the OP, but there is nothing revolutionary here about Seb. The best drivers in F1 have always been friends, that's what it takes to be champion. Lauda is a great example, they used to call him "the rat" in his Brabham days because he stole John Watson's tyres during a qualy session, se...

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I wonder where the hate will be directed next year, which driver is going to cop all the fairy cakes that webber has on this forum? I sincerely hope that the fans give Dan a chance before they get stuck into him. That said, it will be interesting to see what the fan's reactions will be if Dan gets ...

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Could Seb gift Mark a win? Of course he could, and yes it would probably help in the PR department. Would he do it? Not if he considers himself a racing driver. Mark himself has been quoted as saying that he's lost the motivation for F1 and it was stated on SkyF1 that he no long does the F1 fitness ...

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Part of the problem is that some of the answers that drivers and team principals give the press are either lies or deliberately vague. Case in point - After the Italian GP, Christian Horner (when asked why Seb was booed on the podium) replied that it's because he is wearing a blue racesuit and he's...

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Part of the problem is that some of the answers that drivers and team principals give the press are either lies or deliberately vague. Case in point - After the Italian GP, Christian Horner (when asked why Seb was booed on the podium) replied that it's because he is wearing a blue racesuit and he's ...

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So long as Mercedes keep Lauda a long way away from the TP position they will be ok . Sounds like that too late tbh. Brawn started making noises about being a bit unhappy not long after. Lauda joined. I get the feeling it's Lauda's way or the highway at times and he doesn't know when to let the peo...

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So long as Mercedes keep Lauda a long way away from the TP position they will be ok . Sounds like that too late tbh. Brawn started making noises about being a bit unhappy not long after. Lauda joined. I get the feeling it's Lauda's way or the highway at times and he doesn't know when to let the peo...

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Thanks guys, I hope you enjoy it. It's a great read and covers more that just the 88/89 seasons. It's also a lot more balanced than the Senna documentary if you're interested in both sides of the story. Lamo - Perhaps confidence is the wrong word because as you said there was nothing wrong with Senn...

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He'll be in there next year, but 2015 may be a different story as Honda have a history of "suggesting" drivers to teams that they are involved with and there's Kevin Magnussen in the McLaren YDP breathing down his neck as well. I don't know much about him except he's Jan Magnussen's son, but it soun...

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If mercedes are really going to go for this "rotating team principle" thing next yer, I expect them to be utter rubbish then. A team needs a strong leader with a definite direction :thumbup: Agreed - It seems like Ross left Merc because he knows that too many chefs spoil the broth and he didn't wan...

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Cozz wrote:Yup confirmed.

Williams or McLaren

So if he did go to Williams, what would his role be considering that the deputy TP is Sir Frank's daughter and they only recently hired Pat Symonds as technical director to replace Mike Coughlan.

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No big surprise here, this has been on the cards since Paddy Lowe came over from McLaren. I read somewhere that he's going to Honda to head up their re-entry into F1, which could be bad news for Martin Whitmarsh if McLaren don't see some results in the next two seasons.

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Marketing and PR is also a huge expenditure to the top teams. For example, the Red Bull energy centre (their three story motorhome) cost Mr. Mateschitz €12 million to build and who knows how much to take it around the world on top of that.

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f1diablo - I highly recommend that you get a copy of a book called "Senna Vs Prost" by Malcolm Folley if you're interested in the old days. These two passages are from the first chapter (about Imola '94), which answer your question: "More pertinently, Hill could detect an uncertainty in Senna. 'The ...

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Here are Alonso's thoughts on the matter: Alonso added that it is not possible to come up with a definitive answer as to how to rank the great drivers of F1 and that numbers alone only tell part of the story. He believes it is up to individuals to decide who the greats of the sport are. "Many people...

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