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Seanie

Nikki Lauda was just on the BBC coverage really putting Jenson over. It seems like the McLaren option came with a certain salary, and now McLaren want (need!) Jenson, Ron is backtracking on the salary promise. He openly asked for Ron to "give him the money" because the McLaren Honda will need the ex...

Seanie

It'll be a sad way to exit if he does retire at the end of the year.

If I was Alonso, I'd be on at Ron to keep Jenson for 2016 - A rookie isn't going to be as much use to him in developing next year to be aiming at wins for 2017.

Seanie

Why can't the season just end in Brazil. :thumbup: Abu Dhabi must have a deal to be the last GP. I hope it runs out soon. While I appreciate that it's quite cool to have the last GP against a sunset backdrop I would rather they just floodlight Interlagos. They do. The opening and closing GP's bid f...

Seanie

Ron Dennis said that ALO has a watertight 3 year contract, so who is right now? Do you think Dennis will say in public Alonso can run away if he wants whenever he wants?, I don't think so, that's bad PR. But he would not also state something that is completely untrue, would it not provoke Alonso to...

Seanie

mcdo wrote:Oh damn, I read the thread title and got excited to read that Honda were going to go with an unprecedented 2 engines in the back of each car to close down the deficit to the others

Worth a try, they could reach Q3.

Seanie

Ha. A Ferrari lawnmower engine perhaps.

Very disappointing.

Seanie

a piece of rock for a month(s) salary In in this case, 25% more than the cost of the average house in the UK. For a tiny piece of rock. But it is all relative to earnings, isnt it? A shop assistant spends 3 months pay on a car and gets a Hyundai i10, the manager does the same and gets a 318, the br...

Seanie

I would still watch, but it would be impossible to remove the WDC, because there'd still be those keeping score online and in magazines, like we do with most wins, most podiums, team mate battles etc.

Seanie

He'll see out his two year contract to the end of 2016 no doubt. I would assume McLaren may want to keep him for 2017, whether he re-signs or not, will depend on what McLaren and Honda deliver in 2016. So in all honesty, short of some minor miracle, I reckon JB and FA will both retire from F1 next y...

Seanie

I don't think he's any more unlucky than any other driver. In fact, compared to most F1 drivers, he's been lucky enough to have a car capable of winning races almost every season. His fanbase is the loudest and they do love shout about it when something goes wrong, crying conspiracy and saying how u...

Seanie

Kravitz reckons that McLaren will exercise Button's 2016 option. http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/24100/9925665/watch-teds-hungarian-gp-race-notebook While I'm happy for Button, that makes me as a lifetime McLaren fan nervous. Button is a great driver and for 2016 I don't think they have a better c...

Seanie

I would be very surprised if McLaren stopped Jenson going. Surely there's performance clauses they've failed to meet on his side of the contract? Not just theirs! Also, hasn't Ron wanted MAG / VAN since he sacked Whitmarsh, but the Dubai investors insisted on Jenson? The option is with McLaren not ...

Seanie

How many times can Renault buy the same team?

I'm sure they'll go with Ferrari, can't imagine Merc offering their engine to Adrian Newey (even though he's less hands on... He could help work wonders) though they've threatened their own engine before - wonder if that's a possibility.

Seanie

It was pretty tragic watching Alonso push the car back to the pits. Symbolic of their season.

Seanie

I don't know why McLaren is blocking Button. They have Maggnussen and Vandorne in the wings. If they do continue to do so, I hope they release Kevin to a team like Williams. He had a very promising rookie season and I look forward to his restart. Macca trying to hold all these drivers in a bag just...

Seanie

I would be very surprised if McLaren stopped Jenson going. Surely there's performance clauses they've failed to meet on his side of the contract? Not just theirs!

Also, hasn't Ron wanted MAG / VAN since he sacked Whitmarsh, but the Dubai investors insisted on Jenson?

Seanie

Possibly, if Williams want him for two guaranteed years. If he stays with McLaren, then no. They'll more than likely ditch him after 2016.

And you never know, Barrichello is never far from a phone whenever a seat potentially is available

Seanie

I guess it depends on McLarens plans. Whether they see button as part of the team for 2017 as well or just 2016. In which case Williams could seem like an attractive option if they want 2 years for him, and they're not developing in frantic catch up mode.

Seanie

I would have thought that to omit the number for next season would be plenty . No need to retire the number permanently IMO. +1 Does it really matter. :uhoh: The FIA have made a decision out of respect. This isn't something that happens a lot, and I doubt they're expecting anything similar to happe...

Seanie

Hamilton's new contract doesn't come into effect until 2016 does it?

Seanie

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/fia-to-retire-jules-bianchis-number Yeah I read about that not long ago. Pretty much the perfect tribute in my opinion. I hate retiring numbers. Even more so when it's a number he raced with for so few and didn't even want in the first place. It's hardly like 17 is...

Seanie

I figure he will give McLaren 1 more year. He's going to retire soon though I would wager. Is the option with Button or with McLaren? Ron has recently said Button has a two year contract and he's not thinking about changing drivers. Though that means nothing in reality. However in Jensons favour, I...

Seanie

I just don't understand the logic of keeping your slower driver ahead while he backs your faster driver into the Mercedes. Well, he only appears to be faster on DRS which will be swapped around if he gets in front??? Massa does seem to have stabilised the situation. I'm hoping Lewis slows on the fi...

Seanie

It's kind of getting ridiculous now. I know the recent retirements weren't mechanical, but if your two world champions are qualifying behind 17/18 cars, they're more likely to get up in these back marker / mid field/ rookie skirmishes. Something is always breaking too, so they miss way too many Free...

Seanie

I loved the build up pretty much assuming the Mercedes were gonna skip off into the sunset with Lewis probably winning, and Williams would just be fending off the Ferraris. The Williams starts made me so happy Because it was so unexpected. Hopefully they can hold onto the 1-2. Lewis didn't want the ...

Seanie

I like how evenly matched the poll is, proof if we needed it that they were all deserving of the championships.

Seanie

As they all scored the most points in their respective seasons in their respective cars, they all deserve it equally. You can spout stories of team mates having a better second half of the seats or a rival "having better races" or whatever. But the aim of the game is to finish as high as possible an...

Seanie

Honda need all the miles they can get, with a second team they might cumulatively reach a race distance.

Seanie

I don't think a visor would have made much difference in the Alonso/Kimi case.

Seanie

To be fair, Honda are 2 years behind in terms of development time I believe. So? They had 2 years to prepare for 2015. The engines haven't developed that much since 2014. The other teams had two years longer to design, simulate, dyno test and package their engines. Big difference. Still, no excuse....

Seanie

On paper it seems like that would have been the best solution. But as a customer (which they would have been) they'd have been limited with development. Merc have the advantage because they have the data first, everything is built around it. Customers get their engine on Jan 1st and have to make it ...

Seanie

I loved it when the season would start in AUS at 1300 local time, 0300uk time. It looked so sunny and pretty. These days the later start causes it to look dull.

Ideally, I like Sunday evenings for a live race. Brazil, Canada, USA ...

Seanie

To be fair, Honda are 2 years behind in terms of development time I believe. So? They had 2 years to prepare for 2015. The engines haven't developed that much since 2014. The other teams had two years longer to design, simulate, dyno test and package their engines. Big difference. Still, no excuse....

Seanie

Asphalt_World wrote:To be fair, Honda are 2 years behind in terms of development time I believe.

So? They had 2 years to prepare for 2015. The engines haven't developed that much since 2014.

Seanie

Honda so far sucks big time. I dont think its McLaren, its Honda and the PU. The rest of the car really doesnt seem bad. Sad that you can take a production honda car and do more laps then the honda race car. Tisk tisk Dyno testing is unlimited. Ferrari are catching Mercedes. It's shocking that hond...

Seanie

I don't think being fed up is exclusive to Alonso. I think everyone is a bit tired of the lack of significant progress. Reliability updates resulting in two engine failures. Horner pointed out that Ferrari have almost caught up to Mercedes with their engine with dyno development. So it is possible. ...

Seanie

Well those reliability changes sure worked out well. Two unconnected engine failures.

Where do Honda go from here? They're clearly the main problem. How much more can they develop within the rules?

Seanie

Reliability is great, but why are they wasting tokens on reliability when the engine is so slow. Spend tokens on making it fast then work on reliability.

Seanie

Obviously skeptical of the McLaren practice times, as its practice. But if they could get near troubling the top 10 tomorrow it'd be a step forward!

Seanie

JohnnyGuitar wrote:Typical McLaren matching the flo-viz to their livery!

Does make it look pretty.

And the car does appear to be quicker. If they can get near Q3 tomorrow it'll be a mighty achievement.

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