didcot Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/55325530 Sir Frank is in hospital, hopefully nothing serious. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 8 hours ago, Pete the Elaner said: Both Perez & Hulkenberg are good, consistent drivers but not quite world champion quality. I think there have been a number of consistent drivers(and even some inconsistent ones) who weren't quite "world champion quality" who have gone on to win championships, although usually when the field is either somewhat depleted in terms of World Champions, or just that the season has been closely fought with the various drivers all taking points off each other. Keke Rosberg and Mike Hawthorne each only won one race in their Championship seasons, but had a lot of second places. James Hunt won his championship in a year when his main rival was missing for a large chunk of the season, etc. Of course, there were other drivers who were World Champion quality who never won one.... 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted December 16, 2020 Author Share Posted December 16, 2020 Sao Paulo stays till 2025. https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/30532279/sao-paulo-interlagos-keep-f1-race-2025 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 16, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 16, 2020 3 hours ago, ejstubbs said: They turn up from time to time on the Antiques Roadshow. In good nick they can apparently fetch a surprising amount: this one went for £1,725 (including buyer's premium) at Bonhams no less! EDIT: Phil's numbers certainly beat the one I found with a quick Google! Yes but note the date, 2010. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted December 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 16, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, PhilJ W said: Those J40 pedal cars fetch a lot of money for a good'un. £6,000-7,000. 4 hours ago, ejstubbs said: They turn up from time to time on the Antiques Roadshow. In good nick they can apparently fetch a surprising amount: this one went for £1,725 (including buyer's premium) at Bonhams no less! EDIT: Phil's numbers certainly beat the one I found with a quick Google! 1 hour ago, PhilJ W said: Yes but note the date, 2010. Just search ebay for "Austin J40" and see how much some folk think even a rust riddled bodyshell is worth. You can get a real car for what others are asking for a good example! As I said... Edited December 16, 2020 by Hroth 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted December 17, 2020 Author Share Posted December 17, 2020 Longest Calendar yet, Great for us, but not for the Teams. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/55344940 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/55344940 long year ahead 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejstubbs Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 (edited) 15 hours ago, Hroth said: Just search ebay for "Austin J40" and see how much some folk think even a rust riddled bodyshell is worth. And then click the "Sold items" filter to see what people actually paid. Recent going rate on the 'bay for one in decent nick seems to be around £2K. I suspect that people buying the "barn finds" and such like for several hundred are getting in to it as much for the enjoyment of the restoration project as for any expectation of making lots of money. Edited December 17, 2020 by ejstubbs 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 10 hours ago, Hroth said: Just search ebay for "Austin J40" and see how much some folk think even a rust riddled bodyshell is worth. You can get a real car for what others are asking for a good example! Auction just finished (5/12/20) £3220. https://www.handh.co.uk/auction/lot/austin-j40-pedal-car/?lot=51602&so=0&st=&sto=0&au=488&ef=&et=&ic=False&sd=0&pp=48&pn=1&g=1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 4 hours ago, Andrew P said: Longest Calendar yet, Great for us, but not for the Teams. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/55344940 It'll be hard work for them, no doubt. What are you hoping "TBC" ends up being? Portugal would be my choice, but any of the new/ revived ones from this year that turned out good would be good. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted December 17, 2020 Author Share Posted December 17, 2020 Perez to Red Bull possibly as early as next week. https://www.planetf1.com/news/red-bull-sergio-perez-2021/?fbclid=IwAR3m0uGzU5WNeL6AQ2LyV_H4NGBykHZqc6_810h5L_cpTd73tv3tS7EaiJQ 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted December 17, 2020 Author Share Posted December 17, 2020 FIA Develops 100% Sustainable Fuel. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/55352108 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted December 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 17, 2020 2020 has been a brilliant season for watching lesser-mortals cut it at the front. Gasly, Perez, Russell - even Stroll, in fairness. Perez won't truly challenge Max - who still has that gorgeous youthful impetuosity - but he will be a much better team-mate than Albon was found to be. Whether Checo will suffer from loss of the Merc engine is to be discovered. 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SR71 Posted December 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 17, 2020 J40 peddle cars go for so much now because they are eligible for Goodwood Revival; https://www.goodwood.com/grr/event-coverage/goodwood-revival/2019/9/video-the-worlds-tiniest-race--the-settrington-cup/ Apparently they have had to get tough on scrutineering in recent years after people were found to be using modern bearings etc. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 I’m not so sure that Checko and Max will be a lopsided pairing. Perez appears to have matured since Ocon was replaced by Stroll as his team-mate (and since he was supposedly no. 2 to Jensen Button), but both have had periods of impetuosity and I have a feeling they might revert to type. Cue Christian Horner tearing his hair out... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted December 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 17, 2020 1 hour ago, SR71 said: Apparently they have had to get tough on scrutineering in recent years after people were found to be using modern bearings etc. I wonder if the breaks get tampered with too? (Originally just a handbrake pulling on a strap around a drum on the rear axle...) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 F1...? Julian 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Didn't Alonso get overtaken by a J40 when he drove for McLaren? ;-) 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 (edited) And so, back on Topic, the BIG NEWS coming out of the States is that we now have, THE BIG RED. https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/30538630/cota-names-turn-1-big-red-co-founder-red-mccombs Edited December 18, 2020 by Andrew P 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jol Wilkinson Posted December 18, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 18, 2020 Lots going on. Ineos buy in to Mercedes F1, Wolff to stay on as Team Principal/CEO for three years. Barcelona circuit to be remodelled at turn 10. https://www.autosport.com/ 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted December 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 18, 2020 Not sure the rest of the paddock will be rejoicing that it may be business as usual at Merc for the next three years. Toto's vague mentions of other things in life had suggested he'd had enough of a tough schedule year-in, year-out. This paves the way for Lewis to sign up for another season or two, and the team will look very familiar. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Radford Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 16 minutes ago, Jol Wilkinson said: Lots going on. Ineos buy in to Mercedes F1, Wolff to stay on as Team Principal/CEO for three years. Barcelona circuit to be remodelled at turn 10. https://www.autosport.com/ Re Barcelona - That's great - get rid of a potential passing place on a track that is notoriously hard to pass on! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 2 hours ago, Oldddudders said: Not sure the rest of the paddock will be rejoicing that it may be business as usual at Merc for the next three years. Toto's vague mentions of other things in life had suggested he'd had enough of a tough schedule year-in, year-out. This paves the way for Lewis to sign up for another season or two, and the team will look very familiar. It's hard to imagine that they'll be far from the front in 2021, but it's possible that someone else will come up with the best car for the new regulations in 2022. After all, a rule change is what knocked Red Bull off their perch. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete the Elaner Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 11 minutes ago, Zomboid said: It's hard to imagine that they'll be far from the front in 2021, but it's possible that someone else will come up with the best car for the new regulations in 2022. After all, a rule change is what knocked Red Bull off their perch. It was, but slightly different. I saw a documentary about Merc's current dominance. They claimed this developing the car throughout the season is RB's ethos. When they felt they could no longer catch up in the 2013 season, they switched their focus to 2014. They were also quite pleased to win the first race after the summer break because this sold RB the dummy that they were still pushing with their 2013 car, ensuring RB would keep focusing on the 2013 one & be less well prepared for 2014. We have seen this again in 2020: RB took updates to Abu Dhabi. Why? The only thing which was not decided was P2 in the driver's standings, but Verstappen would have to win & Bottas DNF so what difference would a 0.1s/lap update make to that? An update usually provides less that that anyway. Merc have not taken any updates to a race since September, which in 2020 terms was a lot of races ago. I therefore expect them to re-establish some of their advantage that RB have been slowly reducing over the past 2-3 months. I also expect to see something similar after the next major rule changes. The team who start focusing on this first will be in a better position when the rules are in force. Ferrari conceded the 2020 season as a bad one before it even started & they said they would not recover next year. So are they ploughing their resources into 2021? 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 Perez confirmed at Red Bull. https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/30540329/sergio-perez-replace-alex-albon-red-bull 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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