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JN23

Strong words from Renault's Academy Director on the performance of their young drivers this year. Suggestions in the twitter comments that it could partly be a justification for hiring Alonso instead of promoting someone from their young driver programme. 1339938625195261952 Personally think he has ...

JN23

Delighted for Perez, a much deserved chance in a team towards the front of the grid. I hope he can make the most of it. I feel sorry for Albon, I think he was dealt a bit of a rough hand in hindsight but no complaints about him being dropped. I hope he gets another shot in F1 somewhere but wouldn't ...

JN23

Sounds like we won't get an announcement on a contract for Hamilton this afternoon following these comments from Wolff.

JN23

They wont sign him for 2 reasons… First they want to continue to project to the world that their YDP is one of, if not the absolute best in the world and prefer to field Albon one more season at least, and the other reason is because they are perhaps afraid that Checo might match and even beat Max ...

JN23

Mercedes first out the blocks today: https://www.mercedesamgf1.com/en/news/2 ... ouncement/

Wolff, Daimler and Ineos now own a third of the team each and Wolff will remain as team principal/CEO for the next three years.

JN23

Mazepin’s apology has been deleted from his twitter.

JN23

The maximum race time has been reduced from 4 hours to 3 hours. Does anyone kno[instagram][/instagram]w why? On the face of it, this seems pretty random. I wasn't aware of any concern caused by the existing 4-hour limit that wouldn't also be a concern with a 3-hour limit (cases like Suzuka 2014 whe...

JN23

mikeyg123 wrote: ↑
Thu Dec 17, 2020 10:29 pm

JN23 wrote: ↑
Thu Dec 17, 2020 10:17 pm
Looks like there might be more than one announcement tomorrow: https://twitter.com/mercedesamgf1/statu ... 65440?s=21
Wow I wonder how he will get on replacing Toto as team boss?

JN23

Looks like there might be more than one announcement tomorrow: https://twitter.com/mercedesamgf1/statu ... 65440?s=21

JN23

No.

They could have announced he was going beforehand so he'd have got a more public goodbye but he knew anyway as he said it after the race.

JN23

FIA has approved the calendar: https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/12164498/f1-calendar-of-record-23-races-for-2021-season-gains-fia-approval I've read there's concerns about the feasibility of the Australian GP, I assume that's related to Covid. I would have thought street races would be diffic...

JN23

Jeez, Matty has really nailed his colours to the mast on pretty flakey ‘evidence’. If she seriously has issues with what went on then attention seeking social media media posts, which are plenty vague enough to allow the reader complete creative license aren’t the way forward. I’m still highly scep...

JN23

Don’t know if people read much into this but saw the other week that Tsunoda scored more points than anyone in feature races this year.

JN23

I think you can make a case for the cars being equal over the last 4 races with the balance slowly shifting towards Red Bull being better, certainly they could have won 3 of the last 4 races. It kind of goes in line with Mercedes having stopped development of the car months ago whilst Red Bull carr...

JN23

I don't even think it's clear that Red Bull were faster in Abu Dhabi. To me, that depends on what one thinks of Hamilton's form. I think we can ignore Max in terms of the competitive balance of the cars. Instead, we should look at Alex Albon; how close he was to Hamilton means that either the Red B...

JN23

Question - Do RP get the 2020 Mercedes now or do they have to keep developing the current car? Will they get the DAS? No and no. Ted Kravitz said on his notebook that they’ll be building their own car (assume this means an evolution of their current car). DAS is now banned. Thanks. In that case the...

JN23

Siao7 wrote: ↑
Mon Dec 14, 2020 11:17 am

mikeyg123 wrote: ↑
Mon Dec 14, 2020 11:00 am
Question - Do RP get the 2020 Mercedes now or do they have to keep developing the current car?
Will they get the DAS?

No and no.

Ted Kravitz said on his notebook that they’ll be building their own car (assume this means an evolution of their current car).

DAS is now banned.

JN23

Any idea why Mercedes are 0.5 slower than last year? Has that happened so far this season? I don’t think it has no, Mercedes have usually been quicker when I’ve seen the comparisons. I could be wrong as there hasn’t been many of the same tracks for a while (Bahrain 1 the exception) but Red Bull wer...

JN23

I'm really pleased that Racing Point's rule breaking cost them something and McLaren gained from employing two good drivers rather than Zak Brown's son. McLaren probably had the 5th fastest car on average. Racing Point had easily the 3rd best car but got side tracked focussing on the weaker driver....

JN23

Today's race was the most boring of the entire season. If it's true that Mercedes "turned-down" the performance of their cars due to MGU fatigue, then they surrendered the race to Red Bull for no reason. So what if one (or both) Mercedes break down. It's not like Merc couldn't afford to lose the po...

JN23

Congratulations to Fountoukos13!

JN23

Delighted to pick up my first Pick 10 win :D congratulations to Schumacher Forever #1 on his title. P-F1 Mod - please can I just check the final standings of me and Uday? I'm guessing Uday's score is a typo. Nah, just a bribe! Corrected now, thanks. :] Thanks for running the competition!

JN23

Delighted to pick up my first Pick 10 win

congratulations to Schumacher Forever #1 on his title.

P-F1 Mod - please can I just check the final standings of me and Uday? I'm guessing Uday's score is a typo.

JN23

Thank you

Thank you and well done to everyone who took part this year. I’m already looking forward to 2021 and I hope to see you all playing again. Hopefully we’ll get more varied predictions than HAMBOTVER.

All the best to you all for the rest of this year and 2021.

JN23

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix [/b] Max Verstappen won the season ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from Mercedes duo Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton. Verstappen led away from pole position and started to pull away from the two Mercedes drivers until a virtual and full safety car period bunched the pack up. Mos...

JN23

First of all here are the private predictions

Fountoukos13
Hamilton
Bottas
Verstappen

Mayhem
Hamilton
Verstappen
Bottas

Remmirath
Hamilton
Bottas
Verstappen

Mod Titanium
Hamilton
Verstappen
Bottas

Espo
Hamilton
Bottas
Verstappen

Icemanjee1
Hamilton
Bottas
Verstappen

JN23

I'm pretty sure that I heard David Croft mention, during quali yesterday, that this race could be Kvyat's last. I'm not sure that I totally trust Croft not to be mistaken(!) but is / isn't Kvyat contacted for the next year? Kvyat isn’t contracted for next year. Sounds like Tsunoda will take his seat.

JN23

Got a virtual christmas get together with some friends this afternoon so results won't be straight after the race. All being well they'll be done today.

It's nice to keep you all in suspense with the private predictions though

JN23

This is him finding out

JN23

Any idea why Mercedes are 0.5 slower than last year? Has that happened so far this season? I don’t think it has no, Mercedes have usually been quicker when I’ve seen the comparisons. I could be wrong as there hasn’t been many of the same tracks for a while (Bahrain 1 the exception) but Red Bull wer...

JN23

‘Get in there JN23’

Delighted to have won a competition on the forum at last! Was a close run thing between us at the top.

Thanks to P-F1 Mod for running the competition and always posting the results so promptly.

JN23

I think that sets the winter up well.

‘Have Red Bull finally caught Mercedes?’

Australia: Mercedes lock out the front row by a second.

JN23

Great effort from Verstappen too. Should set it up nicely for tomorrow

JN23

I’m not confident

JN23

That must have been a great lap from Norris.

JN23

Better late than never, Ocon outqualified Ricciardo in the dry

JN23

You're boring. Then again, so am I. Probably a generational thing coupled with the advent of social media. I prefer to have a driver identify with a specific helmet design but that's just me. Plus, having said that, I really liked Lando Norris' helmet used (at Silverstone?) designed by a six-year o...

JN23

A few years ago they bought in a regulation permitting a one change for one event per season. Had that since changed? I do really like Bottas is new design he is running the weekend Yes, since when did this rule change? I agree the continuing smorgasborg of Norris helmets is over the top. I believe...

JN23

Obviously so hard to say with the 2022 regulations. The smart money is probably on Russell as he’ll probably be in a Mercedes at some point. Outside shout: Vettel in the Aston Martin. Question to those who think Leclerc. Do you think Ferrari will be able to build a championship winning car with the...

JN23

Obviously so hard to say with the 2022 regulations. The smart money is probably on Russell as he’ll probably be in a Mercedes at some point. Outside shout: Vettel in the Aston Martin. Question to those who think Leclerc. Do you think Ferrari will be able to build a championship winning car with the ...

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