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Seanie

ReservoirDog wrote:Team getting part ownership of the sport will result in a slow death of the sport. Mark my words - in 10 years people will regret removing Ecclestone from the top.

10 years from now he'll probably not be around to run it anyway...

Seanie

Hamilton shot himself in the foot with that start Sorry, but I don't believe that. I'm of the firm belief that there's an issue with that Mercedes car that's intermittent. Hamilton has consistently had VERY BAD starts this year - of a much higher % ratio than in ANY OTHER year of his F1 career. Tha...

Seanie

Its always a snoozefest when Nico wins, he did everything right from start to finish. Good on Nico today on a track Lewis has dominated. I think you mean when Mercedes dominate, not Nico. It would have been just as dull had Lewis not dropped the ball at the start again. I see the "nico only wins wh...

Seanie

I'd much prefer a proper retirement, none of this "I'll be back in 2018" nonsense - what if McLaren don't want him and he's up for racing? Will they release him? It's going to end up with him retiring whilst not even racing, a sad end to a lengthy career. Just a few notches less embarrassing and end...

Seanie

Classic wrote:Has Ron thought this through properly? Does he not remember what happened the last time McLaren paired Nando with a rookie.

Hence JB being kept on retainer...

Seanie

The whole thing feels like Ron dangling a carrot to keep the commercial benefits that Jenson brings without paying him a drivers salary. He's not had a driver so popular with their (remaining) sponsors for a long time. He won't want to lose the few £ he's got coming in on these transition years... ...

Seanie

News low key Broke early this morning:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/csylt/2016/ ... 799d586c6a

Wonder what this means, Eddie seemed to think it'd benefit new teams entering as they plan to support rather than hinder new entrants?

Seanie

I think it's highly unlikely that Button will race an F1 car again after 2016. If McLaren build the sort of car I think they will, and Honda upgrade their engine over the winter at the same rate they have, even if Alonso decides to walk away that seat will be very desirable and Button at 38 will no...

Seanie

The whole thing feels like Ron dangling a carrot to keep the commercial benefits that Jenson brings without paying him a drivers salary. He's not had a driver so popular with their (remaining) sponsors for a long time. He won't want to lose the few £ he's got coming in on these transition years... S...

Seanie

Hypothetically if JB has a straight choice between Williams and McLaren, which would you go for? To me, as daft as it might sound, I think it's a no brainier to stay at McLaren. Why, because there's no point in him being on the grid unless he has a chance to win races and I can't see Williams offer...

Seanie

Time Lap 1 ROSBERG 1:35.548 44 2 ALONSO 1:35.669 43 3 HAMILTON 1:35.771 45 4 RICCIARDO 1:36.013 52 5 MASSA 1:36.141 40 6 VERSTAPPEN 1:36.407 41 So Alonso's (lap 39) best lap is 0.5s faster than Massa (38) with both having changed tyres within a lap. With a the Williams having a Mercedes drive train...

Seanie

The move to SKY is all to do with driving up the value of F1 to any potential buyer and the timing is interesting with BE recently announcing he has done a deal to sell F1 and its up to CVC to accept http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/ecclestone-sale-price-of-f1-has-been-agreed-682550/ The numbers a...

Seanie

Very impressed. Liked the use of the 'chain' and the title cards The new presenter seemed to know what he was talking about and didn't seem nervous, I will watch their live coverage as I like D.C and Ben Edwards. I'll record their highlights show even if I watch the live one on Sky.... I really thi...

Seanie

Here's a question to anyone who thinks F1 should be on FTA TV: why? What makes it special compared to pretty much every other sport that isn't readily available on FTA TV? (Obviously in an ideal world, they would all be on FTA TV so that isn't really an answer.) I can appreciate the commercial real...

Seanie

The GPDA have (indirectly) responded regarding rule changes and distribution rights. They've demanded change at the top and a reconsidering of the business structure. https://twitter.com/gpda_/status/712647643139334145 I wonder how far the drivers will take this. I can't see the British drivers bein...

Seanie

My only issue is the length of time it takes them to get it up on All4. Far too long.

Seanie

Why don't we draw names out of a hat to determine starting positions?

Seanie

F1 costs too much for the audience it can draw. Good luck to Channel 4 - I hope they get a better deal from Bernie and F1 becomes more interesting to watch. This is the problem. No point bitching about the BBC, its Bernie Ecclestone over pricing the product and pricing the average joe out of the sp...

Seanie

ALESI wrote:Sad truth is a LOT more people watch GB Bake Off than F1 (and it's still going up, unlike F1).

It also costs a LOT less than F1.

This.

We can whine and bitch as much as we like, Bernie has priced F1 so highly that one season could produce about 5 GBBO's

Seanie

I initially was quite annoyed, but now this is good for 2 reasons... 1. Hopefully Channel 4 will have rights to ALL races, rather than the stupid 50/50 Sky Deal. That was what they proposed when BBC/Sky outbid them last time, much to my own anger. 2. I can now finally cancel my license fee, as ther...

Seanie

How long have Sky got with its current contract with F1? I see BT grabbing F1 as soon as the Sky contract is up, hasn't anyone else noticed that Sky hardly advertised F1 this year, little to no promotions or TV adverts. SKY have the exclusivity until 2018. I would imagine SKY know now whether they'...

Seanie

25 points.

Seanie

And that's where companies get sued and Honda withdraws from F1 because of all the bad publicity and then we have 2 teams with no engines. Honda will either get sued by FIA, or Maclaren. Bernie will have no foot to stand on if he wants to sue RBR. RBR will tell them, we tried to get the Honda engin...

Seanie

I hope the FIA put their foot down on this based on the agreement Honda should supply two manufactures in the second year. Maclaren are quick to say they have a perfect chasis and their poor pace is all down to Honda, yet they are not comfortable for RBR to have the same engine, which will also hel...

Seanie

I kinda felt like Alonso has given up. After his "if we're not scoring points I'm retiring" message from Austin, then telling the team after 3 corners "I'm retiring"... Most drivers would question the loss in power and then wait for the team to see if it could be fixed. There was none of that, just ...

Seanie

He was completely average, another Kovalainen. Anyone accusing button of denying him a place is kidding themselves. There's nothing stopping him getting a drive now. Apart from an average first season and (sadly) lack of people willing to back him financially for F1.

Seanie

The hurricane won't last a week. So unless it washes the circuit away / devastates the city, I can't see them not going ahead with the race.

Seanie

mcdo wrote:As ridiculous as they look on track right now it appears McLaren have still taken the right approach

Possibly, but will the Honda customers that they'll eventually be able create demand for ever be able to beat the works team? (McLaren)

Seanie

It is a problem thats only going to get worse until we end up with a top 4 of Merc, Ferrari, Honda and Renault works teams. You're right, F1 needs one or two solely customer engine suppliers. I do wonder if the powers that be would be interested in persuading some manufacturers to enter the sport so...

Seanie

nixxxon wrote:Considering how little have they improved so far (using most of them), they might need hundreds of tokens to beat Mercedes

Ron is working on it.

Seanie

The problem isn't McLaren and Jenson denying Vandoorne a seat. McLaren are well with in their rights to hire Jenson because he suits their current needs, and Jenson is more than deserving of the seat. The problem is the disparity between entity level seats and the cost of running a team. The small f...

Seanie

How long will McLaren give it? Or do they just have to keep giving them time as there doesn't seem to be a viable alternative - other than finding another manufacturer willing to waste millions of pounds developing an engine which will always be behind the Merc and Ferrari. Will they terminate thei...

Seanie

I wouldn't be too down-heartened about Vandoorne.

He's young and has time on his side. Its probably best he doesn't go straight into the first team, not whilst they're the 9th best team on the grid, he'd only end up being the scapegoat if the team don't progress in 2016.

Seanie

How long will McLaren give it? Or do they just have to keep giving them time as there doesn't seem to be a viable alternative - other than finding another manufacturer willing to waste millions of pounds developing an engine which will always be behind the Merc and Ferrari. Will they terminate thei...

Seanie

Renault being interested certainly puts Ron's balls in a vice doesn't it. He says Button will be in a McLaren, and the only legal way he can have him is by honouring his contract. Letting it lapse and trying to renegotiate with Renault bartering for his services as well won't help Ron's negotiating...

Seanie

Renault being interested certainly puts Ron's balls in a vice doesn't it. He says Button will be in a McLaren, and the only legal way he can have him is by honouring his contract. Letting it lapse and trying to renegotiate with Renault bartering for his services as well won't help Ron's negotiating ...

Seanie

Ron did seem to me to be squirming during that Sky F1 interview. He reluctantly confirmed him, Sky suggested today that its possible Ron is going to let the contract expire to call Jensons bluff and offer him another contract for less money. Hopefully Ron saying that on Sky will mean he's accepted h...

Seanie

I find it really bizarre that people are still whining about the sound. F1 is about advanced technology, not about sound. The only reason old engines were loud was because they didn't have the technology and they were incredibly wasteful. It makes no sense for to go "chocolate fudge cake the wastage...

Seanie

SILVAF0XX wrote:I do wonder if Merc will see Manor as a feeder team in the same way that Red Bull use Torro Rosso?

Its possible, though you'd expect them to offer cheaper engines in exchange for use of a seat.

Seanie

I dunno, I think he wants to race still. If he wasn't arsed he'd just retire. He's probably trying to get as much out of Ron as possible, because it looks like he signed Jenson with no real intention of taking up the option and increasing his wages as promised. Jenson knows Ron's options for 2016 ar...

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