Formula One 2018 - General Thread

[bob6600]

You fancy Silverstone next year Bob?

I have been thinking about it Ant, would be great health permitting

 

[grober]

Soo ---are Porsche going to make a bid for the Williams team to get VAG entry to F1? Claire Williams denied it this weekend but it would come with a huge wodge of development money? Been rumoured before of course. Formula 1: Porsche to Formula 1 with Williams - it makes sense

 

[grober]

Did they jump or were they pushed?
Costa and Ellis departures prompt Mercedes reshuffle

 

[Mactech]

Did they jump or were they pushed?
Costa and Ellis departures prompt Mercedes reshuffle

They are jumping! (present tense) You don't get pushed and stay on for 6 months.
Both great guys who have contributed greatly to the current success.

 

[bob6600]

Lewis signs 2 year deal

Lewis Hamilton signs new Mercedes deal for 2019 and 2020

 

[Deleted member 113659]

Lewis signs 2 year deal

Lewis Hamilton signs new Mercedes deal for 2019 and 2020

£109,589.04p every day of the year for the next 2 years. That’s not bad at all.

 

[brucemillar]

£109,589.04p every day of the year for the next 2 years. That’s not bad at all.

That will hang heavily on his bottom lip.

 

[Stratman]

If you think he's not worth it then don't buy a Mercedes, don't buy a Sky subscription and don't buy anything advertised on the car or during the broadcast.

 

[Deleted member 113659]

If you think he's not worth it then don't buy a Mercedes, don't buy a Sky subscription and don't buy anything advertised on the car or during the broadcast.

Who said he’s not worth it?

 

[Stratman]

Mrs. Stratman.

 

[bob6600]

Bottas also confirmed for another 12 months

 

[Deleted member 131833]

Paper hinting that LH thinks Ferrari have an advantage on grid start?

 

[Stratman]

Link?

 

[AMGeed]

Tough ask for Hamilton tomorrow after todays hydraulic failure. Seems another title is slipping away given Ferrari's recent performance.

 

[Deleted member 113659]

Yeah. But hopefully they’ll be a few more twists & turns before the last race. A few bad results or/and DNF’s will add further to the excitement.

Looking forward to the race. I’d love to see K-Mag hold his position or maybe get on the podium if there’s trouble ahead.

Sad to see SVD qualify in last place. Not sure he’s impressed the bosses this season against Alonso.

 

[Chrishazle]

Interesting that LH said the hydraulic failure had nothing to do with his trip over the kerbs, Toto then said the data indicated that was the cause, then DC reckoned LH had felt something not quite right with the steering before he went off track and over the kerbs, and that he (DC) would back LH's feelings ahead of further analysis of the data.

 

[bob6600]

Ferrari boss Sergio Marchionne replaced due to ill health

Sergio Marchionne replaced as Ferrari boss after health struggle

 

[grober]

Interesting that LH said the hydraulic failure had nothing to do with his trip over the kerbs, Toto then said the data indicated that was the cause, then DC reckoned LH had felt something not quite right with the steering before he went off track and over the kerbs, and that he (DC) would back LH's feelings ahead of further analysis of the data.

AUSTRIAN GP
Mercedes checks for "unknown gremlins" after double failure
QUOTE :-
"On Valtteri's car it was a hydraulics failures, starting in the power steering but being felt ultimately in the ability to shift the gears, which caused his car to stop"

further to that
" last year several teams used to run hydraulic active rear suspension which used hydraulic fluid preheated in the gear box till the regs were changed"
taken from a German article
- 5 teams are using hydraulic suspension systems at the rear
- these are Mercedes, FI, RB, TR, McLaren
- the hydraulic components control the ride height and spring rate and roll
- most systems are hidden in the gearbox structure and invisible to the outside
- indications are that teams are and can manipulate the systems with the temperature of the oil of the hydraulic system
- more heat, higher, cold lower ride height
- Oil is pre heated before QF and Race. Therefore, the characteristics are changed during park ferme
- FIA is clamping down on this since Baku, saying that pre heating is not allowed
- This means drivers have to drive more aggressively when going to the grid to get heat into the oil
- Mercedes is rumored to be using a more sophisticated system as the oil lines go through where the oil of the gearbox and thus can heat it this way
- its impossible to the regulate for now because its completely internal and its a grey zone area
- for 2018 they can only ban hydraulic systems if all vote for it, 2019 this may be disallowed
- rumour has it that Mercedes is using this system to better control their efficiency with the tires and keeping heat in them
Combine this background with Mercedes current difficulty to keep the right temperature in their tyres, perhaps some new regs on preheated hydraulic fluid?? might indicate a team operating their current hydraulic system beyond its normal operating limits resulting in hydraulic failures during the race??? all pure speculation of course

 

[Deleted member 131833]

Lewis Hamilton determined to exploit 'weakness' in Sebastian Vettel | Daily Mail Online

I buy the paper but found it online


Surely not cheating, or bending the rules in corporate speak?

 

[Petrol Pete]

LH is going to have a hard time exploiting 'weakness' in Vettel from 14th on the grid after breaking his own car in Q1. But I wish him luck.