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The Official 2018 F1 Thread
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Unless Seb and Ferrari make more mistakes and Lewis becomes complacent, the rest of F1 will be looking at their rear wing again in 2018.
I think McLaren shoot themselves in the foot with the switch from Honda to Renault after three years of development.The Honda PU have been reliable in the latter half of the season, just down on power. With the $$ that Honda will now put into TR team, they will move up the Grid for sure next year.
Renault, having PU units for three Teams, have lots of data/feedback, and maybe able to develop their PU faster, but that is not helping them currently, I'm not to sure that they will improve drastically next year...but we'll see.
I still have faith in Honda and their engineering abilities.....
Bram
Renault, having PU units for three Teams, have lots of data/feedback, and maybe able to develop their PU faster, but that is not helping them currently, I'm not to sure that they will improve drastically next year...but we'll see.
I still have faith in Honda and their engineering abilities.....
Bram
Wow. solidol beat me to starting the 2018 thread!
2018 will truly be a watershed year.
Will Ferrari wave "goodbye" to F1? Doubt it.
Will McLaren finally win a race? Doubt it.
Will we all be happy with the next round of engine rules? Doubt it.
But racing will march on!!!!
2018 will truly be a watershed year.
Will Ferrari wave "goodbye" to F1? Doubt it.
Will McLaren finally win a race? Doubt it.
Will we all be happy with the next round of engine rules? Doubt it.
But racing will march on!!!!
"really feel like McLaren made a mistake not sticking with Honda for another season. Understand why but still." They did it to retain Alonso.
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Would be better to talk to Iceman instead. Just saying.
Kimi won’t leave Ferrari for McLaren no one really wants Alonso plus McLaren needed to do something since Honda got sick of Alonso ( like Ferrari did). 2018 should be fun to watch halo busses trying to take a corner.
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True. Though what I was alluding to that there is fresh talent on tap for redheads. Though until Kimmi will start outperforming Vettel everything is great and quiet. They will eventually get freshman to be second to Vettel with 1/20th of iceman's salary too.
As a rule Ferrari doesn’t sign freshman except in the case of Massa.
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Freshman may be wrong term here. Someone like Hulk or even DiResta etc
DiResta may get Massa seat at Willians. Hulk seems to be happy at Renault for now.
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I was referencing class of "freshmen" not exact faces.
Look for either Charles Leclerc or Antonio Giovinazzo fill Kim’s seat in 2019
Didn't he have a season or 2 with Sauber before joining the varsity?
Yeah....Kimi sell by was when he left Ferrari the first time....He has lost his racing edge.
Bram
Bram
Yes. However, he was consider young by Ferrari. He was WC for a few moments too.
Nice pay check keeps and friends with Seb keeps him driving.
Kimi is a solid driver, top 5 right now. He knows his role on the team, is sometimes a bit prickly, but is still fast.
yes, Quite true, however, he is Playing second fiddle on a top team....I guess anyone can do that.
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Hasegawa finally out...
http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12...after-mclaren-split-boss-yusuke-hasegawa-axed
Hope that the folks who are replacing Hasegawa will face the challenges/issues head on instead of sugar coating everything.
http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12...after-mclaren-split-boss-yusuke-hasegawa-axed
Hope that the folks who are replacing Hasegawa will face the challenges/issues head on instead of sugar coating everything.
103 days to the first race of 18! Almost down to double digit days!
