Agreed. Bottas in the Alfa Romeo beating out Russell in the Merc is high comedy. And K-Mag in 7th?? This is gonna be a fun season.Great result for people that don't just cheer for one team/driver. So fun.
One qualifying in, and that looks to be the case so far.If the Ferrari engine has improved like they say it has, then you would expect all the Ferrari-engined powered teams to do better. Conversely, all the mercedes powered teams should drop down the pecking order.
I also feel that the Merc troubles are real, although this year, you could see the pecking order change throughout the season thanks to rapid development by all.
I ask this question out of total ignorance in terms of engine suppliers...but where is BMW or Audi? Would they not want to compete with Merc?K-Mag making Q3 was great, hope that hydraulic issue doesn't creep up in the race. Also looked like Mick had more speed than p12 but flubbed his last Q1 run and cost himself a chance for more.
I know the Merc engines are popular because they're frequently so strong (and because Toto), but man having 4 teams hit the skids all at once (at least in part) because they're down on power is quite something. F1 really needs another engine maker, arguably 2 now that Honda is not officially around anymore.
Audi has been rumored to join multiple times. BMW was in ~10 years ago and left (I still have a Juan Pablo Montoya BMW hat, he was partnered with Ralf Schumacher), ditto Jaguar and Toyota. Ford was the main engine supplier in the 70s/80s (Ford Cosworth DFV engine), I don't know when they were last in though.I ask this question out of total ignorance in terms of engine suppliers...but where is BMW or Audi? Would they not want to compete with Merc?
Moreover...Ford? Toyota? Jaguar? All would seem to make some bit of sense.
Well Audi's owner, VW, seems to lean toward the Porsche brand being their F1 face if they go that way. Tata Motors would probably use Jag as their brand if they got in, but there's some bad blood between F1 and India at the moment so I don't think its super likely. Toyota has seemed focused on NASCAR and smaller series of late, they had a high-profile LeMans team for awhile that didn't produce great results. BMW has cut way back on racing of late and is mostly just in some near-production sports car series. Honda's F1 exit doesn't make a huge amount of sense to me, especially since they just powered Max to a championship and they'll still be building engines without their branding for multiple seasons, but hey who am I to say.I ask this question out of total ignorance in terms of engine suppliers...but where is BMW or Audi? Would they not want to compete with Merc?
Moreover...Ford? Toyota? Jaguar? All would seem to make some bit of sense.
Ford (with Cosworth building the engines) was last in with Red Bull in 2005. Jackie Stewart's team had been purchased by Ford and became Jaguar, then Ford sold to Red Bull (the company) and the team became Red Bull Racing. Cosworth had a stint on their own after Ford pulled their branding, but when the engine formula changed in 2014 they couldn't find a partner willing to put up the money for the all-new architecture and couldn't afford it on their own. They've expressed interest in coming back in with the next update, and have been trying to entice someone like Ford to put the money up, but we'll see.Audi has been rumored to join multiple times. BMW was in ~10 years ago and left (I still have a Juan Pablo Montoya BMW hat, he was partnered with Ralf Schumacher), ditto Jaguar and Toyota. Ford was the main engine supplier in the 70s/80s (Ford Cosworth DFV engine), I don't know when they were last in though.
At the moment, yes. It seems the Mercedes engines aren’t currently as good as the others, plus McLaren also has some aero issues.Does McLaren have a shitty car this year?
It's actually their real color; the previous one was lighter because of the Philip Morris sponsorship.What the hell is this Ferrari's color?
I don't think the Mercedes engines got worse in absolute terms; it's just that the Ferrari engines improved so relative performance is closer.At the moment, yes. It seems the Mercedes engines aren’t currently as good as the others, plus McLaren also has some aero issues.
The bottom 6 are all Mercedes engines.I don't think the Mercedes engines got worse in absolute terms; it's just that the Ferrari engines improved so relative performance is closer.
The Mercedes problems mostly derive from their aero design right now. Like porpoising and having trouble in corners isn't an engine problem.
I just turned it on and I really like it.What the hell is this Ferrari's color?
Best looking Ferrari in years I thinkI just turned it on and I really like it.
And most of the cars that have surpassed them are Ferrari engines.The bottom 6 are all Mercedes engines.
Was thinking the same thing, whatever deal with the Devil they made to win last year is coming due.Karma smites Red Bull.
p6 for Bottas is nice too.P5 for MAG just puts a smile on my face. Mick nearly snuck into the points as well.
Yeah, but maybe some of Red Bull’s design choices put more stress on the part.Per twitter, the fuel pump that failed for Red Bull is a spec part. Meaning its supplied by the FIA and is on every car. Hold on to your butts
I’m pretty sure pressure and flow limits are fixed. If the supplied pump can’t sustain that I wouldn’t point the finger at a particular team.Yeah, but maybe some of Red Bull’s design choices put more stress on the part.
This is the case. Enough teams had issues with it that the FIA extended the time before parc ferme so teams had time to check on the pump. Reportedly some think the probelm is the way the new fuel interacts with the non-metallic parts inside the pump. At least one team replaced their pumps, but Red Bull did not. Some think Red Bulls specific fuel is to blameI’m pretty sure pressure and flow limits are fixed. If the supplied pump can’t sustain that I wouldn’t point the finger at a particular team.
If other teams have reason to suspect there’s an issue and have been monitoring it, I’d point blank at Red Bull for neglecting to check and the FIA for a bad part.
I’m not sad karma has a sense of humor.
Is it? Maybe it’s the illusion from the curves or other sponsor graphics but it looks almost maroonish like an 80’s Phillies uniform. I always understood Ferrari red (And by that I mean their branding, production cars, clothing, sunglasses) to be a pure fire engine like red.It's actually their real color; the previous one was lighter because of the Philip Morris sponsorship.
Agreed.Aesthetically, the Williams is the best looking car in my opinion.
The Tuscan Grand Prix will be the 1000th Formula 1 race Ferrari have contested – and to mark the occasion their cars will run in a special livery at Mugello this weekend.
The team, started by legendary founder Enzo Ferrari, first competed in F1 in the 1950 Monaco Grand Prix, and thereafter became a fixture in the sport, and the only constructor to have raced in every single season of F1.
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To reflect the incredible milestone, Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc's SF1000 cars will race in a one-off burgundy colour scheme this weekend – as you can see in the image above – in honour of the first livery seen on a Ferrari racing car, as Piero Ferrari, son of Enzo and now vice chairman of the company, explained.
“Scuderia Ferrari’s 1000th Grand Prix is a very important milestone, therefore it had to be marked in a special way," he said. "That’s why we decided to run a unique livery on the cars for this event, with the SF1000s taking to the track at the Mugello Circuit in the Burgundy colour first seen on the 125S, the first racing car to carry the Ferrari name.
Agreed - as much as I want to see a race this weekend, I want even more for them to stop racing in Saudi Arabia going forward (and the other Gulf countries, but SA would be a start).Missile strike near the track… Drivers are currently debating moving forward with the GP.
They shouldn’t be racing in Saudi Arabia to begin with. This should be the easiest decision in the history of the sport.