F1 2020

[MagicRat]

I've no issue with Jones, think he is doing a grand job.

He's feckin rubbish, useless Welsh pr!ck, comes across as utterly pompous, arrogant arseh0le who thinks the show is about him.

Sorry to put a contradictory opinion to yours, something I never do, but I'll make an exception for Jones because I loathe the d!ck.

 

[svensktoppen]

Christ almighty, what did the poor man ever do to you that was so bad???

 

[MagicRat]

See above

 

[sam_9n]

Made me laugh

 

[carmad.]

Ferrari have "settled" with FIA over their "innovative" fuel flow regulation workaround. No details about the agreement. I guess we'll see soon if they still have a power advantage.

Ferrari & FIA reach engine settlement

Formula 1's governing body says it has "reached a settlement" with Ferrari following an investigation into the engine it raced last year.

www.bbc.co.uk

they don’t know what they developed or how boarder line legal it is and i think the reason they are keeping it quite is that it could be worth a fortune in their road cars

 

[svensktoppen]

It's nothing to do with road cars. It's a specific "innovation" which appears to bypass the FIA fuel flow monitoring device, allegedly allowing them to use more fuel than they are supposed to within the regulations.

Nobody knows what the technical details are, and that is as it should be.

But the FIA need to be able to state if the Ferrari was legal or not at all times during last year's championship. They have not said one way or the other, but obviously that determination only needs to be kept secret of it were not positive for Ferrari.

A determination that the car was not legal at all times during last year's championship would have huge implications, from fines to challenging Ferrari manufacturer points, and with them theirs and other teams' allocation of prize money.

That is the bit everyone is upset about - was the Ferrari legal or not at all times during last year's championship?

And that question has not been answered one way or another with this "settlement".

 

[stevyg]

The FIA released a statement and it doesn't really clear anything up. Basically they were conducting a further in-depth investigation on Ferraris engine because they weren't happy with the initial results and Ferrari paid them/"settled" for a fee which in a nut shell means Ferrari paid them to not carry out the further investigation. I'm not 100% sure but I do think settling an investigation for a fee is within the rules of the sport but still if I was any other team I'd be looking for some transparency and integrity from the FIA. Seems a bit sketchy to me considering the amount of light that was shone on the issue last year.

 

[KevM]

Ferrari have likely rolled the dice and told the FIA they'd pull out of F1 if their brand was discredited by way of an investigation.

 

[stevyg]

Ferrari have likely rolled the dice and told the FIA they'd pull out of F1 if their brand was discredited by way of an investigation.

I *hope the FIA are above that. You can't cheat then threaten to quit if you are exposed and get let off essentially. There wouldn't be a team left in F1 if that were the case.

 

[KevM]

I *hope the FIA are above that. You can't cheat then threaten to quit if you are exposed and get let off essentially. There wouldn't be a team left in F1 if that were the case.

Reading above, you can 'buy out' of investigations. A brown envelope makes everything ok lol

 

[DC.]

Bahrain F1 race to go ahead without spectators

www.motorsport.com

 

[AlpineF30]

McLaren have pulled out of this weekends Australian Grand Prix due to coronavirus

 

[gpaevo]

They are all in country already. Be some craic trying to get home.

 

[Delboy23]

That mean then it’s non championship event

 

[svensktoppen]

A couple of different team members down with it. Good on McL to do the right thing.

The whole thing might be a bit a mad and massively hyped up and people can take different views on whether all this palaver really makes sense and all the rest of it.

But the whole point is trying to reduce the rate of infection so we get it gradually (we will all get it, there is no doubt about it, nobody is immune) rather than everyone getting it in one big bang.

To go ahead with a full race weekend, teams and spectators travelling all around the world to get down to Aus, and everyone locked up in the same spot.

Well, that's not too bright now is it?

 

[DC.]

Race weekend is off. Apparently.

 

[svensktoppen]

Surely must be. Insane it took this long to react.

 

[Delboy23]

Australian F1 Grand Prix officially cancelled due to coronavirus

Australian Grand Prix organisers, Formula 1 and the FIA have all agreed to cancel the season opener in Melbourne due to the coronavirus pandemic

www.autosport.com

 

[DC.]

F1 has handled this whole situation terribly.

Any race within the next 6-8 weeks should be under consideration.

 

[Dave..]

F1 has handled this whole situation terribly.

Any race within the next 6-8 weeks should be under consideration.

It seemed like money first and people’s wellbeing second.

 

[svensktoppen]

I suppose at this point it is all moot anyway. All spectators and all teams and all their entourage will already be there, all in the one place.

 

[roverspeed]

It seemed like money first and people’s wellbeing second.

My 2 mates were going, luckily they were also visiting their sister living in Melbourne. Still kick in the guts to be all the way over there and it's cancelled!

The last time I went to a gp with him, it was Monza 2001, less than a week after the September 11th attacks, doh

 

[stevyg]

F1 is postponed until End of May/June. Really?
If you're reading this, congratulations you have survived everything that the news media said was going to kill you in the last 20 years. Y2K, '01 Anthrax, '02 West Nile, '03 SARS, '05 Bird Flu, '06 E Coli, '08 A Bad Economy, '09 Swine Flu, '10 BP oil spill, '12 Myan Calendar, '13 North Korea, '14 Ebola, '15 ISIS, '16 Zika Virus, '17 Donald Trump, '18 Japanese Measles & '19 MERs.

 

[AlpineF30]

Enough time for each team to develop DAS

 

[carmad.]

gutted to be honest i like watching the race and having a few tins on a sunday

but if that’s what needs done so be it