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Re: Silly Season 2019 (Updated - RPFI confirms Stroll)

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 2:57 pm
by owenmahamilton
Nicholas Latifi joins Williams as reserve driver:

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/14048 ... -f1-season

Re: Silly Season 2019 (Updated - RPFI confirms Stroll)

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 3:48 pm
by UnlikeUday
pokerman wrote:
Paolo_Lasardi wrote:
UnlikeUday wrote:Racing Point Force India will be renamed to Racing Point F1 in 2019:
https://www.racefans.net/2018/11/30/for ... ntry-list/
Racing Point? Seriously? What an utterly stupid name. No ideas, no creativity, no interest ...
Yeah somewhat disappointing.
Racing Point is just a temporary name. A new name will be finalized before start of the 2019 season:
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/raci ... e/4308086/

Re: Silly Season 2019 (Updated - RPFI confirms Stroll)

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 4:56 pm
by pokerman
owenmahamilton wrote:Nicholas Latifi joins Williams as reserve driver:

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/14048 ... -f1-season
A paying reserve driver.

Re: Silly Season 2019 (Updated - RPFI confirms Stroll)

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 4:57 pm
by pokerman
UnlikeUday wrote:
pokerman wrote:
Paolo_Lasardi wrote:
UnlikeUday wrote:Racing Point Force India will be renamed to Racing Point F1 in 2019:
https://www.racefans.net/2018/11/30/for ... ntry-list/
Racing Point? Seriously? What an utterly stupid name. No ideas, no creativity, no interest ...
Yeah somewhat disappointing.
Racing Point is just a temporary name. A new name will be finalized before start of the 2019 season:
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/raci ... e/4308086/
Fair enough.

Re: Silly Season 2019 (Updated - RPFI confirms Stroll)

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 6:02 pm
by Mayox
owenmahamilton wrote:Nicholas Latifi joins Williams as reserve driver:

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/14048 ... -f1-season
Latifi's father Michael became a shareholder in McLaren recently and Latifi's family wealth is bigger than the Strolls :) New patern in F1? Is his daddy going to buy him a team soon? xD

Re: Silly Season 2019 (Updated - RPFI confirms Stroll)

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 7:23 pm
by pokerman
Mayox wrote:
owenmahamilton wrote:Nicholas Latifi joins Williams as reserve driver:

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/14048 ... -f1-season
Latifi's father Michael became a shareholder in McLaren recently and Latifi's family wealth is bigger than the Strolls :) New patern in F1? Is his daddy going to buy him a team soon? xD
Latifi needs to get enough F1 super license points first.

Re: Silly Season 2019 (Updated - RPFI confirms Stroll)

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 8:34 pm
by Steam Coat Hun
So apparently Ricciardo had a deal with Ferrari, but it was vetoed

https://www.news.com.au/sport/motorspor ... bc603a0f43

Re: Silly Season 2019 (Updated - RPFI confirms Stroll)

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 11:49 pm
by pokerman
bradtheboywonder wrote:So apparently Ricciardo had a deal with Ferrari, but it was vetoed

https://www.news.com.au/sport/motorspor ... bc603a0f43
I would say probably Marchionne as he was pushing hard for Leclerc?

Re: Silly Season 2019 (Updated - RPFI confirms Stroll)

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 2:29 am
by Steam Coat Hun
Yeah the article suggests Vettel of Marchionne. I think it’s the latter as well

Re: Silly Season 2019 (Updated - RPFI confirms Stroll)

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 1:05 pm
by Jenson's Understeer
pokerman wrote:
bradtheboywonder wrote:So apparently Ricciardo had a deal with Ferrari, but it was vetoed

https://www.news.com.au/sport/motorspor ... bc603a0f43
I would say probably Marchionne as he was pushing hard for Leclerc?
Saying Ricciardo had a deal with Ferrari that was vetoed... I don't think that's correct at all, or at least based on the following quote from the same article:
“Good question,” he added. “Maybe it’s better if you ask them. I talked and discussed, but you see that they had already made arrangements with Leclerc, so mine fell through.

“That works well and good luck to them as far as I’m concerned. I hope to still have some time in F1 and who knows that in the future there are not opportunities to meet again.”
It sounds like they had either already decided to promote Leclerc, or that when Ricciardo spoke to them they had to make a decision between him or Leclerc and opted for the latter. I suppose there would've been discussions about the basic framework of the deal, but it doesn't sound like Ricciardo had a deal agreed and then Ferrari suddenly pulled the plug on it.

Re: Silly Season 2019 (Updated - RPFI confirms Stroll)

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 2:34 pm
by pokerman
Jenson's Understeer wrote:
pokerman wrote:
bradtheboywonder wrote:So apparently Ricciardo had a deal with Ferrari, but it was vetoed

https://www.news.com.au/sport/motorspor ... bc603a0f43
I would say probably Marchionne as he was pushing hard for Leclerc?
Saying Ricciardo had a deal with Ferrari that was vetoed... I don't think that's correct at all, or at least based on the following quote from the same article:
“Good question,” he added. “Maybe it’s better if you ask them. I talked and discussed, but you see that they had already made arrangements with Leclerc, so mine fell through.

“That works well and good luck to them as far as I’m concerned. I hope to still have some time in F1 and who knows that in the future there are not opportunities to meet again.”
It sounds like they had either already decided to promote Leclerc, or that when Ricciardo spoke to them they had to make a decision between him or Leclerc and opted for the latter. I suppose there would've been discussions about the basic framework of the deal, but it doesn't sound like Ricciardo had a deal agreed and then Ferrari suddenly pulled the plug on it.
I agree I can't see there would have been a deal agreed, there was a rumour going about that in order for Marchionne to keep a reign on Vettel's driving he would threaten to sign Ricciardo or at least that happened the once so that would suggest that Vettel himself was not keen on him being signed?

I don't think that Vettel could actually veto Ricciardo so I don't think that Ricciardo would have been using the right terminology, ultimately the final decision was with Marchionne.

Re: Silly Season 2019 (Updated - RPFI confirms Stroll)

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 3:43 pm
by Mayox
Whoever it was I think he shouldn't talk about it. I find it kind of unprofessional and maybe a bit rude to Renault. It's like "I was almost a Ferrari driver but someone fu...d me up and now I'm gonna drive this yellow dog car..." at least I understand it a bit this way...