The F1 Thread

[FrankMunro-371]

Rosberg retires!!

Totally unexpected. But as he says, he can bow out at the top. I wonder if he is moving on to Indy Car or something like that?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Actually I've overlooked the obvious replacement.

 

[Nando]

Fookin' hell!

Fair play, Nico.

No idea where Merc go now. Vettel?

 

[Nando]

TBH he isn't half the driver Hamilton is. I'd love to see him up against Vettel or Alonso. We would see who really is the best then.

Lewis and Alonso would both eat Vettel alive IMO.

 

[Nando]

Max and Dan would be very, very brave to move from Red Bull when the direction is going back towards aero supremacy.

 

[The Bear]

I have a feeling they'll go for a younger No.2 driver to go alongside Lewis. Especially after the last couple of years trying to referee Lewis/Nico.

 

[Nando]

You'd think so, but their main interest is the constructors. Wehrlein would be a big gamble when you'd imagine that Red Bull are going to be all over them.

 

[The Bear]

Massa would have been ideal. A nice safe pair of hands that isn't going to trouble Lewis too much.

Bottas would be a good choice as I rate him as a good solid driver. Hulkenberg too.

 

[Carrotdude]

I don't think they'll chuck massive money at anyone already contracted for next year, maybe Wehrlein for a year and see how he gets on or tempt someone like Button into giving them a year

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

JB would be ideal with setting up a new car for a year but he sounded like he'd thoroughly had enough over the last couple of months.

 

[Law's Bus]

Have a feeling they will throw everything at getting Max

I'd go for Carlos Sainz first any day of the week if I had to try to prise a Red Bull driver away.

 

[Tredman]

Might be Max

https://twitter.com/Max33Verstappen/status/804720896367849476

 

[Freddeno]

Vettel would be very good for Merc.. Maybe they want one for the future instead... As many said, Nico has won the title and wouldn't repeat that

 

[Kenny]

No punishment for Lewis from Mercedes after they admitted they made the wrong call in asking him to drive faster,

 

[darlowolf64]

No punishment for Lewis from Mercedes after they admitted they made the wrong call in asking him to drive faster,

Easier decision for them to come to now that Rosberg has quit

 

[FrankMunro-371]

Easier decision for them to come to now that Rosberg has quit

I was thinking that. The outcome might have been different if Rosberg was still racing.

 

[Nando]

Yeh, no chance they risk alienating Lewis once Rosberg quit.

 

[Tom Hark]

Even so, sets a precedent for common sense.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

In all this, did anyone mention that the French GP is coming back?

Yay!!!!

At Paul Ricard

Boooo!!!!

Ghastly circuit.

Magny Cours is shite, but fuck me Paul Ricard was shit even on ZX Spectrum driving games. It is an abomination. Surely they can get the old Dijon circuit operational again rather than use this awful layout?

 

[The Bear]

i was only thinking a few weeks ago when we were talking aboiut crap races that I'd like to see Magny Cours back. Shame about the German GP but meh.