F1 2018 SEASON: NEWS - RUMOURS

You know we will all be listening out for that now

 

you wouldn't want to be rear ended by them

 

Seems like the big teams are all at each other at the moment. Ferrari is having a go at McLaren for supposedly blocking the shark fins to spite other teams. McLaren is having a go at Ferrari for going down to 3 PUs. Mercedes is mocking Red Bull for being the reason for going down to 3 PUs. And Red Bull are bound to come out with something in the next 24hrs.

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mclaren-shark-fins-ferrari-criticism-982511/?s=1

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mclaren-three-engine-limit-not-f1-anymore-982538/?s=1

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/wolff-horner-three-engine-per-year-rule-982821/?s=1

 

It's official, Sauber are going to upgrade their car by slapping a badge on their Ferrari PU.

 

Quite possibly the end for Ericsson then. Unless, no, please Williams don't do it.

 

Williams , don’t you bloody dare .

Not sure it will be the end , he is still backed by the Sauber people I think . Time will tell I guess .

 

yeah, pretty sure his dad's mate bought a huge stake in it.

 

Yeah Williams are safe, Ericsson is looking to get smashed by Leclerc.

 

Santander have pulled their backing from Ferrrari. Doubt it will make too much of a dent.


Could Williams gamble that the exposure of Kubica driving for them could be good for luring sponsors wanting to be associated with his comeback? Will be a lot of press and TV coverage.

 

I wonder if McL have tempted them back?

It would be good to see Kubica back but not just for publicity. If he is still good enough he should be back in F1. I really hope he is fit enough and Williams give him a reasonable car next year.

As for reasonable cars anyone know why Toro Rosso got so bad this year? They are not not normally that far back. Do you think Renault were really giving them the bottom of the barrel PUs?

 

No . I read somewhere they have ended their association with F1 completely , and are putting money into the Champions league.

 

Smart, very smart.

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Shame it'll be wasted on Ericsson.

 

Martini need to move to sauber then the look is complete. Otherwise it looks like an early force India.

 

Tyre selections, notice the compound jump for China?

"It's that time already:The tyre selections for 2018's opening races in Australia, Bahrain and China have been revealed.

Australia: Soft, Supersoft, Ultrasoft

Bahrain: Medium, Soft, Supersoft

China: Medium, Soft, Ultrasoft

A reminder of the rules from Pirelli:

'Each driver must save one set of the softest of the three nominated compounds for Q3. This set will then be returned for those who qualify in the top 10, but the remaining drivers will keep it for the race.

'Each driver must have both these sets available for the race.

'Teams are free to choose the remaining 10 sets, making 13 sets in total for the weekend.'"

 

NO they bloody well don't

 

Ferrari going to a long wheel base next year.

 

If you think about it they have dont have much power in the sport. There are 10 teams and Ferrari have a good 'hold' over Hass and Sauber so they have 30% of the teams loyal to them. Merc are on their own as although they supply engines they don't have much hold over the other teams.
So for the new concord agreement negotiations Ferrari have much more power. Goes to show how much they actually value being in F1 but they want it on their terms!!!