Just out of curiosity, how much is Stroll paying for the seat at Williams? Has to be alot! He'd want to be paying enough to off-set the loss of prize money as Williams drops down the constructors championship. I heard between $30M-$35M. I actually read it was 80 million from multiple sources. Heres...

Just out of curiosity, how much is Stroll paying for the seat at Williams? Has to be alot! He'd want to be paying enough to off-set the loss of prize money as Williams drops down the constructors championship.

I dont think Alonso will gain much with this move. From a midfield underpowered car to another a midfield underpowered car. You have to think about the bigger picture. Do you really think that with Hamilton and Vettel both performing at a high level (and both younger than Alonso) there will be an a...

I dont think Alonso will gain much with this move. From a midfield underpowered car to another a midfield underpowered car. You have to think about the bigger picture. Do you really think that with Hamilton and Vettel both performing at a high level (and both younger than Alonso) there will be an a...

I dont think Alonso will gain much with this move. From a midfield underpowered car to another a midfield underpowered car. You have to think about the bigger picture. Do you really think that with Hamilton and Vettel both performing at a high level (and both younger than Alonso) there will be an a...

Agree on all points above. The question though remains; how much longer do they give him? And who? Palmer's problems are compounded by the fact that the less he performs and fails to pick up points in a tight mid field battle, the more likely Renault will throw all the new upgrades on Hulks car to m...

I Think its quite obvious that Palmer
Is costing Renault in the mid-field fight.

If you guys were in charge what would you do?
Give him the rest of the season?
A few more races?

Personally I'd be ringing JEV and giving Palmer 3-5 more races maximum.

Am I being to cynical?

I'm a full hour early. So I thought I'd give everyone a run down on my weekend plans. Looking to watch fp1 from turns 3 and 4... while not the slowest corner on the track its a heavy braking zone coming out of the second DRS zone. Im hopingto get a goid indication of how the cars handle under brakin...

UnlikeUday wrote:Does anyone have an update regarding the weather?

I'm not out of my hotel yet. But forcast is for maiy overcast 17 C minimum hitting a maxium of 26 C at around 2:30pm.

Boarding my flight to Melbourne now! Just about wetting my pants with excitement. Third time I've attended Melbourne in four years. Still spewing I missed out last year though.

I'm guessing it'll all come out in the wash... but I think whoever suggested Williams deal with merc supplying them the latest engine upgrades is probably on the mark. Considering the Williams chassis this season doesn't seem to be running as many high down force bits and pieces as other teams I ca...

I reckon Ferrari are the goods this year, I know in the past they like to be time sheet hero's in pre-season, but I think the first 6 races they'll push Mercedes more than anyone else has in the past three years; they'll at least be in the hunt for genuinely upsetting Merc. I then think Merc will ge...

I'm guessing it'll all come out in the wash... but I think whoever suggested Williams deal with merc supplying them the latest engine upgrades is probably on the mark. Considering the Williams chassis this season doesn't seem to be running as many high down force bits and pieces as other teams I can...

Interesting to see quite a few people backing redbull. I think Ferrari have improved alot, but might be pushing a bit during pre-season as they seem to care alot more about how the team is perceived. I think Merc are taking it easy. Not sand bagging but just taking it easy. As for RB I think they we...

Kev627 wrote:I'm hoping the simple lines will be the faster choice over the more daring lines shown by some teams for 2017.

I hope so as well.
Both the redbull and the Williams cars are very simplistic. And as a Williams fan im hoping it's the way to go.

Interesting little nostril on the nose. kinda makes it look like a platypus bill. Any other teams done anything like that yet?

I like it, I think it looks clean and sleek. So far compared to the other cars, the Williams and the Merc both look really slippery through the air. I get the impression Williams went back to the drawing board and built on the fundamentals of their 2014/2015 cars noticeably lower drag qualities. Rat...

The colorscheme is nice. The sharkfin is allright, but I've never been a fan of those. I think the cars look very similar to the previous ones apart from looking a bit lower. I though they would look alot wider but they don't, a bit perhaps but they still look very long and narrow. Sure it's an imp...

I'd be happy to see the sausage curbs similar to what they had at the red bull ring; maybe a bit smaller. put them 3 quarters of a cars width from the edge of the white line. Might give drivers enough room to recover if they are pushed of the track but punishes full blown corner cutting. Not sure if...

Eastern creek got a 10 million dollar upgrade a few years back to bring it up to FIA grade 2..not sure which grade f1 requires, but looking at the alternate 'Brabham' layout i wouldn't mind seeing an f1 car on the track. I'd actually like to see f1 race in Australia other than AP, I now am looking t...

Yeah, I think the 2017 engine is fundamental design change so there is no point bolting bit and pieces on the current one if they are going to bin the design at the end of the year. Re update this weekend, Max had the update running in Friday practise. According to Horner, Dan is changing his engin...

So coming towards race weekend still no conformation or info as to whether they did bring an engine upgrade.
Has anyone heard anything? Perhaps they'll bring it to Malaysia.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/126057 Just saw this article, wasn't sure if there was a thread already. Curious to see if Renault will bring an upgrade or not. Judging by how RB performed in Monaco this year and (Singapore last year) if the update does bring the expected returns it shou...

Invade wrote:Ferrari have their upgraded engine now too along with Red Bull, but Red Bull appear to be close to Ferrari. The race should be fascinating!

Glasnost wrote:I wonder how much time that knock on the wall cost Dan Ric?

Yes, I wonder. Maybe about 0.15?

enough to match vettel.... race should be good.

I wonder how much time that knock on the wall cost Dan Ric?

Congratulations to Hass F1, great debut. Impressed by Palmer also.

What a Joke.... I'm glad I couldn't make it to Melbourne this year for the race after watching that. What an absolute mess they are making of the sport; All in the name of "spicing things up". If they stopped worrying about TV figures and crowds and got back to basic's focusing on racing the sport w...

I'm just theory crafting here..... but just an idea I had regarding a token system, I know many people don't like it, I'm 50/50 on the issue, but i had an idea regarding them. Its just a theory so try not to get to up in arms about it if you think its dumb, its merely more like a discussion/ thought...

I think the idea is a joke...... I suggest the drivers have to jog/sprint a lap with an egg and spoon o then jump into their cars before the start of quali. they then complete a tyre saving lap, followed by a fuel saving lap.... after which the 10 fastest drivers who saved the most compete in a roun...

I was more so meaning in terms of performance, I understand that they arn't planning a performance upgrade (token spend) until Russia, just very late in the season, basically from the start of the season Renault conceded the season as a write off... Just wondering if they were doing it in part 1. de...

So I'm not sure if its been discussed yet or in Another thread, but I've got a bit of a tinfoil theory on Renault. So basically Renaults relationship with Red Bull for the past two years has been a mess, no secret there. But what if Renault have deliberately not spent there engine tokens this season...

I'd like to see Renault return as a works team, I'd also liek to see RBR switch to the Merc engine, but i'd love nothing more than for that to happen and for it to turn out Renault get their sh*t together a produce a competitive engine, it would be worth it just to see the look on Christian Horner's...