The positive comments only thread

I had to check to see if this was a P&R thread...ok I'll play. I like the noise of naturally aspirated V10 F1 motors, drivers of the James Hunt era, and Grid Girls!

 

Amen brother

 

I'm trying to be positive about the Ferrari F1 team. The more I try though, the more I think I'll need mental therapy soon.

But seriously folks , , , , the upcoming tussle between Vettel at Racing Point, er , , , Aston Martin and Alonso at Renault . . . oops, I mean Alpine, should be good.

 

You’re right. I apologize to anyone who feels offended by my thinking. I also apologize to male and female goats for not discriminating gender.

 

Ahh ! The days when Garagistas raced for the championship

And the cars sounded like racing cars

And the drivers worked up a heavy sweat

And women of all shapes and sizes were welcome to the circuit.........

 

Another positive comment!...... No more needless accidents from [now] former HAAS drivers no longer in F1.

 

Let’s hope that next year gives us as much suspense as the last seven years!

 

I just wish I could stay in my sensory deprivation room that long..............

 

Mitch - stay 'positive'!

 

Dismissing the Mercedes, last yr was quite good as far as suspense, IMO. Let's hope this year Mercedes is part of that suspense.

 

Rumour has it that to help Bottas 5.0 remain inspired and positive, Toto has finally forced Lewis as part of their contract negotiations to let one of Team Hamilton's key personnel replace Bottas' race engineer for 2021 :

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Best,
Sammy

 

Unless you mean the last seven years combined, this I believe can be considered a sarcastic comment, so not appropriate.

 

I heard it was Bottas 6.2 this season.

 

Bottas will dominate Lewis this year.

 

It was going to be but 6.2 was ultimately deemed not positive enough - the 6 reminded him of the number of spins in Turkey and 2 was the total wins he achieved in the state of the art W11.

Also, .2 reminded him of his 2020 win ratio compared to Hamilton though he shouldn't have worried as it was actually .18 .

Too much negativity in 6.2 so went back to 5.0; it's just a number after all, just like the 124 he was behind his teammate so no biggie.

We have to remember that with him, less is more and more is less, and sometimes less is less, so that in itself is unequivocally positive while at the same time simply phenomenal, fluffy, and cute.

Best,
Sammy

 

Now that is 'positive'

 

Especially if Lewis and Merc fail to come to contract.

 

I hope that Lawrence Stroll will buy the Mercedes team so his son will finally have a deserved chance to shine.

 

I hear Roscoe is getting a recording contract.

And amazing what Racing Point has done with such a small budget and staff.

 

Their engineers have the same capabilities as a terminator. They can scan in three dimensions just by looking at the other cars.

 

Mercedes don't need Lewis for its WCC

But Lewis needs Mercedes

 

F1 ‘in discussions’ with new manufacturers claims Domenicali

http://www.gptoday.com/full_story/view/754882/F1_8216in_discussions8217_with_new_manufacturers_claims_Domenicali/

 

"Only two manufacturers"? I'd also count Alpine, it's a rebranding of Renault so Alpine makes its own engine (it's not like Alpine buy engines from Renault)...

 

Sainz hoping to keep it 'positive' at Ferrari with Charles!

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/154727/sainz-hopes-to-have-norrislike-relationship-at-ferrari

Carlos Sainz Jr hopes he will be able to replicate his "special relationship" with ex-McLaren Formula 1 team-mate Lando Norris alongside Charles Leclerc at Ferrari.

Sainz spent two years racing alongside Norris at McLaren, but left the team at the end of last year to join Ferrari for the 2021 season.

Sainz and Norris enjoyed a successful partnership both on- and off-track.

As well as helping lift McLaren to third in the constructors' championship last year, marking its best finish since 2012, the pair were close friends away from the race track.

Sainz said that while it was sometimes difficult to get on so well with your team-mate due to the fierce competition, he felt it led to greater openness and a strong relationship that he hoped could be replicated with new Ferrari team-mate Leclerc.

"It makes it difficult in one way, because [Norris] is also very fast, and very easy-going, so you need to handle the two things," Sainz told Autosport.

"But it's also really enjoyable to have someone who after qualifying or a race, you are either happy or sad because he has beaten you or you have beaten him, but still coming to the race with a full open mind, not trying to hide anything from anyone.

"You are being sincere and honest to your opposition, to your team-mate, shaking his hand to congratulate him and recognise the job he has done and vice-versa.

"It's something that I think is a special relationship, and something that I'm willing to keep having in the future.

"It makes the working environment and the team a lot less under pressure.

"It just makes everyone's life a lot easier, and the team can move forward a lot quicker and in a better way."

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Sainz has replaced four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari for the 2021 season, marking an end to the sometimes frosty relationship between Leclerc and Vettel at Maranello.

Tensions flared through their first season as team-mates in 2019, most notably at the Brazilian Grand Prix when they collided on-track, forcing both to retire from the race.

Sainz is set to complete his first running alongside Leclerc next week when Ferrari holds a private test at Fiorano using its 2018-spec car.

Discussing his relationship with Leclerc prior to linking up with Ferrari, Sainz said that they got on well and had already been talking about plans for 2021.

"I would lie if I said I've not talked to Charles," Sainz said.

"Of course I have. Of course I am paying attention that what happens over there, and asking him questions now and then.

"Until you get inside the team, it's difficult to really understand and really tricky to know what is going on.

"My relationship with Charles actually is very good. I expect to get on well with him in the future."