RMweb Gold Hroth Posted January 25, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Andrew P said: Toto Wolff Reveals Issuing Lewis Hamilton a Hilarious Threat if Mercedes Contract Talks Fail. https://www.essentiallysports.com/f1-news-toto-wolff-reveals-issuing-lewis-hamilton-a-hilarious-threat-if-mercedes-contract-talks-fail/?fbclid=IwAR0J_W0twA3n0Ufcd8Nig7YMk7wsdLT-l5JWTw-SayPHwk7mRo5mECq9TGw Quote One day we’ll pull out the fountain pen. I wonder who's blood it will contain? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Red Bull set for Le Mans 24 Hours involvement in new hydrogen class. https://www.gpfans.com/en/articles/61441/red-bull-set-for-le-mans-24-hours-involvement-in-new-hydrogen-class/?fbclid=IwAR3KDWmrD8nuFrebRyxJ5INL8gkIQv51tR4VJ8deMHd_wqCoSBI0oEQTE5U 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Direct from Toto. = Wolff: Mercedes ‘Never Played’ Russell Card in Lewis Hamilton F1 Contract Talks. https://www.essentiallysports.com/f1-news-wolff-mercedes-never-played-russell-card-in-lewis-hamilton-f1-contract-talks/?fbclid=IwAR2XtMkak-Hdpwxo96eZb_Rom-T5kNnsnAueXuTbfh4wsxFFXWr5vANPkpU 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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37114 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 12 minutes ago, Andrew P said: I know the points system changed around 10 years ago but I never would have thought Button would be in the top 10 points scorers. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 31 minutes ago, 37114 said: I know the points system changed around 10 years ago but I never would have thought Button would be in the top 10 points scorers. Yes, Button, Senna and Rosberg with relatively short careers. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Lewis Hamilton: Mercedes boss Toto Wolff provides contract talks update. https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/24181/12198599/lewis-hamilton-mercedes-boss-toto-wolff-provides-contract-talks-update?fbclid=IwAR0BCN2dpfVcfI399ZvXeFm9Ql6BinDC54CRrVgdPmebpgvwSfJRu6ggFQI 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Probably the most believable of all the press reports so far. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 1 hour ago, 37114 said: I know the points system changed around 10 years ago but I never would have thought Button would be in the top 10 points scorers. He had a long career at a time when seasons had a lot of races, so it's not all that shocking. If it was actual points then he'd be higher still, since a few of them raced during the period when only the top 6 scored. (It's not exactly fair, because perhaps if there has been points for 8th when Prost was racing the drivers around there would have driven differently). You'd expect drivers like Max and Leclerc to make inroads into that list once they've been around long enough. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 25, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2021 13 minutes ago, Andrew P said: Lewis Hamilton: Mercedes boss Toto Wolff provides contract talks update. https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/24181/12198599/lewis-hamilton-mercedes-boss-toto-wolff-provides-contract-talks-update?fbclid=IwAR0BCN2dpfVcfI399ZvXeFm9Ql6BinDC54CRrVgdPmebpgvwSfJRu6ggFQI Sounds as if the delay was due to Toto Wolff contracting covid. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Red Bull Racing Gets Its F1 Engine Deal for 2022 and Beyond Red Bull's Helmut Marko tells German media that team will will stick with Honda, minus factory support. https://www.autoweek.com/racing/formula-1/a35292717/red-bull-racing-gets-its-f1-engine-deal-for-2022-and-beyond/?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=socialflowFBAW&utm_medium=social-media&fbclid=IwAR0OVQk-WIDpf9Ahks18m7HCR6ZAKNbH8hEEWZVYZ6Xk0Lchsi3L00KaUhM 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Sounds like a big gamble to me... We'll see how it goes... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Radford Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Andrew P said: Red Bull Racing Gets Its F1 Engine Deal for 2022 and Beyond Red Bull's Helmut Marko tells German media that team will will stick with Honda, minus factory support. https://www.autoweek.com/racing/formula-1/a35292717/red-bull-racing-gets-its-f1-engine-deal-for-2022-and-beyond/?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=socialflowFBAW&utm_medium=social-media&fbclid=IwAR0OVQk-WIDpf9Ahks18m7HCR6ZAKNbH8hEEWZVYZ6Xk0Lchsi3L00KaUhM The last 4 paragraphs make interesting reading... Marko warned that if the freeze is not put in place, "that would make Red Bull drastically rethink its situation in Formula 1." "This is not blackmail," he said, adding that Red Bull does not have a plan B. "For reasons of reason and cost, an engine freeze is just the only way now with these ill-fated engines." 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocor Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 16 hours ago, PhilJ W said: Sounds as if the delay was due to Toto Wolff contracting covid. Lewis should bear in mind the words of the late McLaren boss Teddy Mayer: "Drivers are just interchangeable light bulbs - you plug them in and they do the job" . 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Surely it depends on their brightness... Not all bulbs can do the job... 2 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted January 26, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 26, 2021 27 minutes ago, Hobby said: Surely it depends on their brightness... Not all bulbs can do the job... For a railway analogy, some bulbs are as bright as those in old Mk1 carriages and Pilot Scheme loco marker lights, and about as efficient. (Probably identical bulbs) 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 I've never watched any FE so I can't comment. Agag convinced F1 should merge with Formula E 'before it's too late. https://f1i.com/news/396063-agag-convinced-f1-should-merge-with-formula-e-sooner-or-later.html?fbclid=IwAR0YX9sIy1G9YeMlK79jSx-Dq74iBPWvHoeMk7aRj6M3ZEPs-vtYRYr9vBo 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Strange, I like Eddie, and his comments, but last week he was saying ditch Lewis. Hamilton to sign new Mercedes deal over next few days - Jordan. https://www.gpfans.com/en/articles/61473/hamilton-to-sign-new-mercedes-deal-over-next-few-days-jordan/?fbclid=IwAR3HK6I3uq_WDndNAdZvqJAHP27YXiZxEkJwQBuBCTqao7bnm2JwSw21UUo 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 (edited) Here's my thoughts for what it's worth. For many years I was involved in Sales and Marketing, and one thing I always insisted on was keeping our Brand and Image in the public domain. So working on that principal, Have Toto / Merc and Lewis HATCHED a plan to keep both names in the headlines almost every day since the last Race. It both raises public awareness of the Brand and Image and has made more headlines than any other Team since the last Race. Almost every headline has started with = 7 times F1 Champions Mercedes, or 7 times F1 Champion Lewis Hamilton, etc, etc. As I say, just my thoughts. Edited January 26, 2021 by Andrew P 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 42 minutes ago, Andrew P said: I've never watched any FE so I can't comment. Agag convinced F1 should merge with Formula E 'before it's too late. https://f1i.com/news/396063-agag-convinced-f1-should-merge-with-formula-e-sooner-or-later.html?fbclid=IwAR0YX9sIy1G9YeMlK79jSx-Dq74iBPWvHoeMk7aRj6M3ZEPs-vtYRYr9vBo Just a thought, but if electric cars are the way forward and the current F1 hybrid cars eventually develop into full electric they won't need Formula E, will they... Desperation, perhaps, by Agag... 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Just now, Hobby said: Just a thought, but if electric cars are the way forward and the current F1 hybrid cars eventually develop into full electric they won't need Formula E, will they... Desperation, perhaps, by Agag... But if you read it, F1 cannot go full electric as FE have the licence for full electric for 25 years. meaning if Petrol / Diesel / Hydrogen etc was banned as a means of vehicle propulsion then they would have no choice but to merge or join FE. It probably wont be in my life time though. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted January 26, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Andrew P said: I've never watched any FE so I can't comment. Agag convinced F1 should merge with Formula E 'before it's too late. https://f1i.com/news/396063-agag-convinced-f1-should-merge-with-formula-e-sooner-or-later.html?fbclid=IwAR0YX9sIy1G9YeMlK79jSx-Dq74iBPWvHoeMk7aRj6M3ZEPs-vtYRYr9vBo I've watched parts of FE several times (more by luck than judgement) and the sound the cars make always reminds me of electric milk floats... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 3 minutes ago, Hroth said: I've watched parts of FE several times (more by luck than judgement) and the sound the cars make always reminds me of electric milk floats... Are any driven by an Ernie. He drove the fastest milk cart in the West. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted January 26, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 26, 2021 2 minutes ago, woodenhead said: Are any driven by an Ernie. He drove the fastest milk cart in the West. Yeah, but Two-Ton Ted from Teddington got the girl, and he only drove the baker's van! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocor Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 19 minutes ago, Andrew P said: But if you read it, F1 cannot go full electric as FE have the licence for full electric for 25 years. meaning if Petrol / Diesel / Hydrogen etc was banned as a means of vehicle propulsion then they would have no choice but to merge or join FE. It probably wont be in my life time though. F1 will go full electric when the cars can go full race distance on a reasonable size battery pack. If the existing licence agreement with FE proves to be a problem, then F1 will amalgamate with FE, and FE as we currently know it will disappear. Once F1 goes full electric, so will all its feeder series. Possibly there will still be a place for a ICE open wheel race series, either full spec (identical cars), or a version of how some advocate a reduced cost F1 should be. That is with teams free to design chassis, but everything else to a standard specification. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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