more low downforce rear wings comparo's Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Alfa with a new livery Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
used components prior to Monza UPDATE; Gasly, Max, Norris and POSSIBLY Perez will start at the back of the grid due to new components Image Unavailable, Please Login
Sorry, I should have said he (Maxi) is able to. I didn't try to suggest he should run into Kubica's Williams, as we know Williams have their own struggles.
Dumb joke. But I may have to look into the Albanian solution, good help is hard to find around here. Do they speak the Queen's English?
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/145794/mercedes-reliability-concerns-over-engines-remain Toto Wolff admits there are still questions over the reliability of the latest Mercedes Formula 1 engines in the cars of Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas, Lance Stroll and George Russell. Sergio Perez and Robert Kubica, who both suffered failures on their upgraded Phase 3 power units at Spa, will run Phase 2 engines that have already completed high-mileage at Mona this weekend. Last weekend in Belgium, all six Mercedes-powered cars were equipped with the latest Phase 3 engines ahead of practice, and these were scheduled to last each driver until the end of 2019. But Perez suffered a failure in FP2, and then Kubica's let go in qualifying and doth drivers switched back to older Phase 2 engines for the rest of that event. Wolff suggested Mercedes had found some of the reasons behind the issues following an investigation at its High Performance Powertrains Brixworth engine base this week, but he explained that the exact situation was not yet fully understood. When asked if Mercedes' engine performance would be compromised at Monza, Wolff told Autosport "that is not yet totally clear". "We will know more tomorrow when we have run them," he continued. "It's still an unknown, we need to run them in FP1." Regarding Perez and Kubica sticking with their old engines, Wolff said: "We wouldn't be able to put the new ones together in time. It's a capacity problem. There were only six. Some spares, but not enough."
Toto getting the obligatory excuses set out well in advance if the race, just in case he needs to protect the ego of his mentally weak team leader in the event of a loss
Joe, Can I ask for a hi-res version of that last photo in the Piazza Duomo? I have a spot on my office wall that would be perfect. Personal, non transferable one time use only of course. Thanks!
Looks like RA, if so, April or September ('76)? 'Was there in April, and this was the finishing order (I know not RA, but the best pic of Al/Mike 1-2 I could find)...and, two Monzas (races) would be better than one.... Image Unavailable, Please Login
Many thanks for the photos, Joe. Has anyone noticed how Ferrari's rosso corsa has changed on the F1 cars? Years ago it was a pure red; during the Marlboro years a Marlboro 'cowboy' orange-red. Last year more red and, to my eye, this year again red-orange. Try comparing your Ferrari baseball cap with the color on this year's cars. I attended the 1960 race, the last F1 race in which 2 1/2 liter cars raced. F1 was ending the 2 1/2 liter engine formula and going to 1 1/2 liters for 1961. For the '60 Gran Premio d'Italia all of the English teams brought their 1 1/2 liter cars already prepared for the '61 season. Ferrari brought two 2 1/2 liter front engine cars for Phil Hill and Richie Ginther and a 1/1/2 liter mid-engine car for Wolfgang 'Taffy' von Trips. As they already had experience with 1 1/2 liter engines at the back, Porsche brought two cars. They produced a weird sound as they whistled past the grandstands straight; I learned that it was produced by the engine cooling fans placed flat horizontally above the engines, the tips of which were said to be spinning at supersonic speeds. What days those were!
disgruntled tifosi? you think Piero F. and John Elkann will be gruntled if the Scuderia does not deliver? ;-)
Ahhh, Ferrari themselves won’t be disappointed if they lose, it’s just us owners and fans that will be. ****ing hell, I’ve heard it all now Forza Ferrari..... the only racing team and car marque that matters. Italia forever It’s easier to apologise than it is to ask permission
I think he should try for another kamikaze in turn one. That would be, like, totally awesome! Forza arancio!
And that was the last World Championship GP won by a front-engine car....Phil Hill, in a Ferrari, at Monza. What could be better? You definitely were a witness to history.
I think even the top teams would differ.... As in, when is the "goal" of a top team a fifth when starting up front could result in a win. I sincerely would like to read the rationale.
It's the horrible matte finish on this years' Ferrari...it looks vaguely acceptable in some lighting conditions and a thoroughly dreary pale red-orange in others, like you describe. Definitely the worst shade red ever to be put on an F1 Ferrari. Hopefully it's quietly (or loudly!) abandoned in the coming years. They've tried to justify it as owing to weight saving, but imo Ferrari should never compromise style for such infinitesimal gains
