RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted December 2, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 2, 2020 12 minutes ago, Zomboid said: What colour will "Aston Martin" paint their Merc, that's the real question... it will remain pink if BWT remain as main sponsor IMHO 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted December 2, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 2, 2020 A great opportunity for George. I don't expect him to qualify much higher than 4th or 5th, but given that he does appear to look after his tyres (wamup error ignored), he could give Bottas an interesting battle. Hopefully he can have a good race, finishing somewhere around Perez (assuming engine holds up) and beating Albon. Can't see him beating Bottas or Verstappen though. Will Perez have an engine penalty, surely must have used his allocation? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Perhaps we should have a prediction competition?! No prizes though!! I'll go for 4th in qualli and same in the race. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERandBR Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 In theory I think Bottas and Max will outqualify him. Albon I'm not sure given that he's often ending up lower down the starting grid then you'd expect a RB to be. Hopefully he'll be in the top 5 positions but exactly where I'm not sure. It all depends on how he gells with the car in Practice. No matter what happens, I've got two Britons that I'm rooting for this weekend. George Russell in F1 and Elfyn Evans in the WRC 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 32 minutes ago, LNERandBR said: In theory I think Bottas and Max will outqualify him. Albon I'm not sure given that he's often ending up lower down the starting grid then you'd expect a RB to be. Hopefully he'll be in the top 5 positions but exactly where I'm not sure. It all depends on how he gells with the car in Practice. No matter what happens, I've got two Britons that I'm rooting for this weekend. George Russell in F1 and Elfyn Evans in the WRC And also Jack Aitken in the Williams to beat Latifi. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 46 minutes ago, Hobby said: Perhaps we should have a prediction competition?! No prizes though!! I'll go for 4th in qualli and same in the race. Lewis's first Race with McLaren he qualified 3rd, GR is at about the same level with a Car that was at the same Level back then. He also set faster times in the Merc than both Lewis and Bottas in testing. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Collier Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 This could be the first time Russell doesn't out qualify his team mate. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 Ben's take on the new Track Layout. https://f1.channel4.com/news/bens-sakhir-gp-preview 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulleidboy100 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Zomboid said: What colour will "Aston Martin" paint their Merc, that's the real question... I've read the decision has already been made - it will be British Racing Green - incorporating a shade of pink! Edited December 2, 2020 by Bulleidboy100 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 2, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 2, 2020 3 hours ago, Zomboid said: What colour will "Aston Martin" paint their Merc, that's the real question... 58 minutes ago, Bulleidboy100 said: I've read the decision has already been made - it will be British Racing Green - incorporating a shade of pink! I was going to suggest British racing green. Now we just need to see Renault in French Blue. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 2 hours ago, Andrew P said: And also Jack Aitken in the Williams to beat Latifi. Latifi did well in F2, is there any reason to really expect someone to come in at 5 minutes notice and be better than someone with a good history in lower formulas and a season of experience in the car? I'd back Latifi in that particular battle. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, PhilJ W said: I was going to suggest British racing green. Now we just need to see Renault in French Blue. And Mercedes back in silver.... Incidentally, this will be the first Formula One race in which Mercedes haven't had a World Champion driving for them! Edited December 2, 2020 by RJS1977 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
black and decker boy Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 24 minutes ago, RJS1977 said: And Mercedes back in silver.... Incidentally, this wi8ll be the first race in which Mercedes haven't had a World Champion driving for them! Maybe not a current World Champion but maybe, just maybe, a future one in dear old George 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 2 minutes ago, black and decker boy said: Maybe not a current World Champion but maybe, just maybe, a future one in dear old George And of course nothing to say Bottas might not win a Championship or two as and when Lewis decides to call it a day... Mischeivous thought I had earlier in the day though - if Lewis fails to test negative in time for Abu Dhabi, and George wins both, how might that affect Lewis's contract renegotiations? ;-) 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 31 minutes ago, RJS1977 said: And Mercedes back in silver.... Incidentally, this will be the first Formula One race in which Mercedes haven't had a World Champion driving for them! Since they took over Brawn... Were they in that situation the first time round too? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 3 minutes ago, Zomboid said: Since they took over Brawn... Were they in that situation the first time round too? Yes - Mercedes were only in F1 for a very short period in the 50s - they joined F1 partway through the 1954 season. The 1955 season was curtailed following the Le Mans disaster, and Mercedes withdrew from all forms of motor sport at the end of that year. Juan Manuel Fangio drove for them in every race in that short period. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 I've just been learning that very thing from Wikipedia 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 1 minute ago, Zomboid said: I've just been learning that very thing from Wikipedia How do you think I found that bit out....? ;-) 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Worst case is were both misinformed in the same way then 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 2 minutes ago, Zomboid said: Worst case is were both misinformed in the same way then To be fair, I'd first read that this would be Merc's first race without a World Champion from a post on their Facebook page. However I wasn't sure whether that included the 1950s or was just in reference to the post-Brawn era. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 50 minutes ago, RJS1977 said: And of course nothing to say Bottas might not win a Championship or two as and when Lewis decides to call it a day... Mischeivous thought I had earlier in the day though - if Lewis fails to test negative in time for Abu Dhabi, and George wins both, how might that affect Lewis's contract renegotiations? ;-) And another mischevious thought, how about he beats Bottas, and Bottas decides to retire having seen Grosjeans Crash, even though he has a contract. Vettle decides to do the same leaving the seat free for Perez. I'm off now for my medication 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Already been on it judging by that post! 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted December 2, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 2, 2020 7 hours ago, Gareth Collier said: This could be the first time Russell doesn't out qualify his team mate. Might be embarassing for Bottas if he did... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocor Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 11 hours ago, RJS1977 said: To be fair, I'd first read that this would be Merc's first race without a World Champion from a post on their Facebook page. However I wasn't sure whether that included the 1950s or was just in reference to the post-Brawn era. 1954 and 1955 Juan Manuel Fangio 2010 to 2012 Michael Schumacher 2013 to 2020 Lewis Hamilton 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 8 hours ago, Hroth said: Might be embarassing for Bottas if he did... Bottas can out qualify Lewis on occasion, so he'd probably have to have a proper off day to be beaten by Russell given the experience and familiarity gap. But on a track with a likely lap time under 60s, the margins are going to be so tight that anything is possible. Not that I'd wish the plague on anyone, but having Russell in the Merc (and Aiken in the Williams) provides some extra interest to a race where nothing much is at stake in championship terms. I'm quite excited to see how they both do. 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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