2017 Formula One Season ***Possible Spoilers***

It's allowed when he makes fun of the pommy drivers

 

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2017/4/honda-to-power-sauber-team-from-2018.html

 

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/wolff-bottas-should-have-taken-russian-gp-pole-900087/

 

Another boring race. Last few laps the only "action". Great 1st win for Bottas. Massa did a Glock

 

Not exciting, but another race the greatest of all time didn't win. How is it possible?

 

Zzzzzzzzzz......


Then.... Well done Valteri.

Massa you old goose: Ruined the one exciting lap of the race. Seb may have had it if not for your blocking.

But, most importantly, Elton has been shown to be the slow, overrated joke that he is when his car isn't streets ahead of the others.

 

PS. Is E. Jordan the second biggest joke in Formula 1?

Utterly cringeworthy.

 

yep

 

http://m.bbc.com/sport/formula1/39765906

 

I enjoyed the race, got a little slow through the mid part of the race but definitely picked up towards the end.

Shame Massa didn't get completely out of the way, would have made the finish a little more exciting for sure.

Great result for Ferrari! Looking forward to the next race.

 

+1

He is a bit of a pecker head alright!

I love Mark Webber's podium interviews.

 

Aren't you supposed to be doing a little road trip?

Did you catch up with Roy?

 

Thursday coming mate. I will definitely try and find him and bust his chops.

 

Aaaah,I thought it was this weekend gone,no wonder I didn't hear from you.

They must have had a test day there on the weekend,I dunno.

I'm flying to Melb on Wed to pick up a fridge(as you do),would like to be back for the weekend.

 

So it's a Frigidaire?

 

Nup,it's gunna be a FriginCRV.

 

Lol, no worries mate. Hope you're back in town by the time I get there.

 

Not really. A couple of laps too late.

Yep.

Pete

 

I call BS...thoughts?

Mercedes believes the relationship between Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas is such that they can fight for the Formula 1 title without the "extra aggravation" of the the past.

Bottas secured his maiden F1 victory in the Russian Grand Prix, on a weekend where Hamilton struggled for pace and finished a distant fourth/

That result moved Bottas to 23 points adrift of championship leader Sebastian Vettel and 10 behind his team-mate.

Hamilton and former team-mate Nico Rosberg had a fractious relationship during their four years together at Mercedes, with the last three of those spent engaged in a private duel for the title.

So far, there have been few signs of that situation repeating itself, with Hamilton having said pre-season working with Bottas is already his best team-mate relationship in F1.

Though Bottas proved he has the potential to be in the title fight mix with his performance in Russia, Mercedes bosses do not feel there will be a repeat of the Hamilton and Rosberg tensions.

"They have not been hot so far," said Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda.

"They have been nice because the Finn is not talking much.

"There is no extra aggravation which we had last year.

"Lewis is a professional and the other one too, so I don't see any problems because he [Bottas] won this race.

"They respect each other, this is the most important thing."



Hamilton and Rosberg were close during their karting years and time in junior single-seaters, but a number of on-track clashes meant that relationship became more intense while at Mercedes.

Mercedes chief Toto Wolff expects an intense fight between Bottas and Hamilton this season, but he insists the dynamic is very different to the one the team has endured recently.

"I think we could have a bit of a ding-dong in terms of going towards one and then the other," he said.

"Lewis had a really bad weekend and we just need to sort out the interaction between the car, the driver and the tyres.

"The relationship between the two of them is very intact. Lewis was one of the first ones to congratulate Valtteri on his first race victory and I think that shows the respect that they have towards each other.

"Nevertheless both are fierce competitors.

"They want to win races and fight for the championship, but I don't think it will affect the relationship and the dynamics in the team like it did in the last years with Nico and Lewis.

"That is a completely different relationship."

 

Let's see how it is when Lewis loses a few more races.

 

Yep.

Pete

 

+308

 

Can't wait for more whining on the radio.

At least Kimi is amusing

 

http://blackflag.jalopnik.com/fernando-alonsos-indycar-furiously-goes-mclaren-honda-o-1794872736

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UXh9uxthFnk