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  1. Horse

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    #1001 Horse, Jun 18, 2018
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    #1002 jmillard308, Jun 18, 2018
    Fixed
     
  3. IanB

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    #1003 IanB, Jun 19, 2018
    particularly as Ferrari and Merc have sold out to the FIA to scupper RB's aero advantage.

    Narrower, simpler front wings with flat end plates for 2019. It's been needed for a long time, but the timing is terrible for RB, because Honda are unlikely to close the engine performance gap.
     
  4. Horse

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    #1004 Horse, Jun 19, 2018
    Daniel is better off dealing with Vettel than a slow RB with a time bomb in the back of it.
     
  5. Aircon

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    #1005 Aircon, Jun 19, 2018
    Vettel or Max? I reckon he won't be favoured in either team. He needs Hamilton to retire and to take his seat.
     
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    #1006 Horse, Jun 19, 2018
    Well that's not happening.
     
  7. Aircon

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    #1007 Aircon, Jun 19, 2018
    Are you sure? He still hasn't signed for next year, and maybe he wants to begin his music career
     
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    #1008 Its328, Jun 19, 2018
    As much as I’d love Daniel to drive a Ferrari, I don’t think he’d want to play no 2 to Vettel. From watching how the last few seasons have unfolded Ferrari is basically a 1 car team. My view of course :)
     
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    #1009 SPEEDCORE, Jun 19, 2018
    His 1st single will be a duet with Bieber.
     
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    #1010 PAP 348, Jun 19, 2018
    That would be the plan! I would hate to see DR play 2nd fiddle to Vettel or Max!

    But I would love for him to drive for Ferrari also.

    Decisions decisions. :(
     
  11. Aircon

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    #1011 Aircon, Jun 19, 2018
    and furthermore...

    So, what do you do now, Daniel?
    by Mark Hughes on 19th June 2018

    Now that Red Bull has secured Honda power units from 2019-20, it's up to Daniel Ricciardo to decide his next move in Formula 1

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    Although it won’t be news to him, the confirmation of Red Bull’s Honda power unit deal (for the next two years at least) makes Daniel Ricciardo’s choice of his next contract better informed. Everything is pointing towards him renewing with the team – except he is still in negotiation about the terms and there are still uncontracted seats at Mercedes and Ferrari.

    Coming up to 29 years old, this contract is likely to be the crucial one that decides if his CV is to include a world title. From the perspective of today, a strong case could be made for his prospects of winning it with any of those three teams. But those perspectives will invariably change over time and he desperately will not want to be looking back to this moment and reflect, ‘If only I hadn’t done that’. In the same way that, for example, Fernando Alonso might reflect on his actions at McLaren first time around (regardless of how provoked he was) or his subsequent contract choices. There’s no way of knowing in advance – and it can only ever be educated guesswork.

    The sticking point may well be the big-money deal Max Verstappen secured towards the end of last year that took the Dutchman off the market.

    Furthermore, only Ricciardo knows how realistic his chances of getting into either Mercedes or Ferrari are. From the outside looking in, he would seem to be an obvious and valuable potential addition to either of those teams. But one or both of them may believe they’re better served with the existing driver dynamic and that bringing Ricciardo in alongside their existing ace could upset that equilibrium.

    Any option running with Ferrari is due to expire within the next few days, so might we expect the Red Bull announcement imminently?

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    The sticking point may well be the big-money deal Max Verstappen secured towards the end of last year that took the Dutchman off the market. Mercedes’ Niki Lauda delights in taunting his old rival Helmut Marko that Red Bull paid over the odds for him in the mistaken belief Mercedes was trying to sign him. Perhaps it wasn’t, perhaps it was – and maybe Lauda’s taunts are just a bit of gamesmanship. But it may still be niggling Red Bull, and it may be anxious not to fall for the same ‘trick’ with Ricciardo, for although it very much wants him to stay, there has also been a bit of concern from the Austrian mountain lair that the return on Formula 1 investment isn’t what it might be.

    A big part of the appeal of the Honda deal for Red Bull will be the financial part of it. Instead of spending multiple millions for an engine, it will instead be receiving money and the new engine. All this from a manufacturer which appears already to be on par with Renault and which has given Red Bull the impression that it’s more open-minded – and determined to spend whatever is needed to succeed.

    There are two aspects to Honda’s F1 spend; its direct contribution to the team budget and its normal activation and development programme. One has probably just made Ricciardo’s financial demands more affordable to the team. The other has probably made the choice of Red Bull more competitively appealing to him.
     
  12. Horse

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    #1012 Horse, Jun 19, 2018
    I think we need a poll.


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  13. Aircon

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    #1013 Aircon, Jun 19, 2018
    I don't think Daniel will take any notice.
     
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    #1014 PAP 348, Jun 19, 2018
    That's a shame. :(
     
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    #1015 moretti, Jun 19, 2018
    Of course he will ...... he reads this forum all the time .... it's how he knows Max is ******
     
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    #1016 Nintendo64, Jun 20, 2018
    Mentioned it months ago as a sure thing, the longer they took to decide, the more obvious it was

    R/B have done the back to back testing, its faster than the Renault, so now our team must work even harder, honda will stop at nothing to get to the top, must really be pushing on Dans mind what team for 2019...
     
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    #1017 Nintendo64, Jun 20, 2018
    LOL, Luca still has a grudge and axe to grind for getting boned!

    Was never going to win a head to head with the black jumper man, out of his league.

    Had his chance to get Ferrari back to the top after Kimi's last Championship and failed, failed like he has at turning Alitalia Airlines around.

    Just retire, go away and stay silent LDM, Sergio is doing a stirling job!
     
  18. Aircon

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    #1020 Nintendo64, Jun 20, 2018
    Just another thought, what do Renault Inc. do now?

    On purpose give R/B dud engines, nobody really associates Renault with R/B anyway, does not even seem to have any Renault decals on it, just Aston Martin and TAG, give Renault a chance to jump R/B in the Championship.

    You can rest assured that Renault engine has been stripped to pieces, x-ray, photos taken, tested and measured every single way possible by honda with R/B's full support
     
  21. Aircon

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    #1021 Aircon, Jun 20, 2018
    These new times really aren't helping.

    1st Free practice Fri 22 Jun 20:00 - 21:30
    2nd Free practice Sat 23 Jun 00:00 - 01:30
    3rd Free practice Sat 23 Jun 21:00 - 22:00
    1st Qualifying Sun 24 Jun 00:00 - 00:18
    2nd Qualifying Sun 24 Jun 00:25 - 00:40
    3rd Qualifying Sun 24 Jun 00:48 - 01:00
    Race Mon 25 Jun 00:10 - 02:10
     
  22. Its328

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    #1022 Its328, Jun 20, 2018
    Yeah they suck.
    Moretti will be blind by then :D
     
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    #1023 Aircon, Jun 20, 2018
    No he won't....he had lenses implanted
     
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