2012 was a classic...
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Monday, 9 November 2015
Sunday, 8 November 2015
Day seven: Red Bull 2016
Rumour is that they now have an engine for next year.
It is to be a Renault engine, but Red Bull will upgrade it at their Milton Keynes HQ through the year, rather than Renault have anything to do with it.
Blimey.
What will they do?
As far as I am aware they don't have an engine department. Time to recruit. Quickly.
What will they do? Add rocket boosters to it? Give it go-faster stripes?
Will Red Bull be able to make an engine go quicker than Renault ever could? Doubt it.
Still, when you are up shit creek, you have to grab the only paddle left.
It is to be a Renault engine, but Red Bull will upgrade it at their Milton Keynes HQ through the year, rather than Renault have anything to do with it.
Blimey.
What will they do?
As far as I am aware they don't have an engine department. Time to recruit. Quickly.
What will they do? Add rocket boosters to it? Give it go-faster stripes?
Will Red Bull be able to make an engine go quicker than Renault ever could? Doubt it.
Still, when you are up shit creek, you have to grab the only paddle left.
Saturday, 7 November 2015
Day five and six: Fighters
So, I missed my blog yesterday - whoops!
I've written separately on blogs about drivers who inspire me, who I call legends.
It's drivers that fight. They fight their way past others, they never give up because they simply just do not know how. It's drivers who are tough.
Niki Lauda - The toughest driver ever to grace a track in my opinion. My eyes well up, I'm not ashamed to say it, when watching Rush; particularly at the moment he finishes 4th in Italy after being practically burnt alive just a few races before. He emerged from the car and the wounds on his face, nowhere near fully healed, were bloody! This guy is the toughest fighter out there, past or present.
In fact, all the drivers I have followed throughout my life have the fighting/ never give up attitude (perhaps aside from Damon Hill who was always quite a smooth driver and a pretty placid chap off track - though, he certainly fought back hard against Schumacher!).
Nigel Mansell - Perhaps the most balls out racer in recent times. He used to muscle his way past people. Piquet at Silverstone in 87...just wow. He would not be intimidated by anyone, ever. One of the most famous bits of footage from "yesteryear" (snigger) is him and Senna at the first Barcelona GP in 1991, side by side for the whole start/ finish straight. Neither willing to yield.
Gilles and Jacques - Like father like son (Murray Walker says so himself). Both these guys existed to race. Both had a fighty, on the ragged edge style. Both liked exploring the limits of the car.
Witness Jacques setting himself the target of going through Eau Rouge flat out during his leaner BAR times, just because it was something to do!
Video from "Formula Spy" - though he won't get much traffic as nobody reads this :-).
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Alonso - Valencia 2012 - What a fighter!! Erm there are loads of tribute videos to this drive alone.
I've written separately on blogs about drivers who inspire me, who I call legends.
It's drivers that fight. They fight their way past others, they never give up because they simply just do not know how. It's drivers who are tough.
Niki Lauda - The toughest driver ever to grace a track in my opinion. My eyes well up, I'm not ashamed to say it, when watching Rush; particularly at the moment he finishes 4th in Italy after being practically burnt alive just a few races before. He emerged from the car and the wounds on his face, nowhere near fully healed, were bloody! This guy is the toughest fighter out there, past or present.
In fact, all the drivers I have followed throughout my life have the fighting/ never give up attitude (perhaps aside from Damon Hill who was always quite a smooth driver and a pretty placid chap off track - though, he certainly fought back hard against Schumacher!).
Nigel Mansell - Perhaps the most balls out racer in recent times. He used to muscle his way past people. Piquet at Silverstone in 87...just wow. He would not be intimidated by anyone, ever. One of the most famous bits of footage from "yesteryear" (snigger) is him and Senna at the first Barcelona GP in 1991, side by side for the whole start/ finish straight. Neither willing to yield.
Gilles and Jacques - Like father like son (Murray Walker says so himself). Both these guys existed to race. Both had a fighty, on the ragged edge style. Both liked exploring the limits of the car.
Witness Jacques setting himself the target of going through Eau Rouge flat out during his leaner BAR times, just because it was something to do!
Video from "Formula Spy" - though he won't get much traffic as nobody reads this :-).
Alonso - Valencia 2012 - What a fighter!! Erm there are loads of tribute videos to this drive alone.
Thursday, 5 November 2015
Day four: Daniel Ricciardo - future world champion...
... If Red Bull doesn't bugger off next year and leave him without a drive or having to bog off to Indycar.
Wednesday, 4 November 2015
Day three: Random ramblings...yesteryear...
1. Are Ferrari really going to be challenging Mercedes consistently for race wins next year? I just can't see it personally.
2. Will McLaren actually make any progress next year? Consistent points scorers at least? Hmmm. Unsure.
3. Will Alonso and Button last the year if McLaren show absolutely no signs of progress? Perhaps not.
4. My co-blogger recently went to "An evening with Nigel Mansell". Where he spoke about his life and times in and out of F1. He spoke about his book too, which is fantastic. He talks about "yesteryear" an awful lot mind.
Go Red 5!!!!!!!
2. Will McLaren actually make any progress next year? Consistent points scorers at least? Hmmm. Unsure.
3. Will Alonso and Button last the year if McLaren show absolutely no signs of progress? Perhaps not.
4. My co-blogger recently went to "An evening with Nigel Mansell". Where he spoke about his life and times in and out of F1. He spoke about his book too, which is fantastic. He talks about "yesteryear" an awful lot mind.
Go Red 5!!!!!!!
Tuesday, 3 November 2015
Day two: Red Bull are up shit creek without a paddle
And have nobody to blame but themselves...
I saw an article on the BBC today where Christian Horner stated Red Bull were right on the cusp of not being able to fully prepare for 2016.
It's the old five to midnight on the clock and they are still faffing around trying to find an engine for next year.
In it for racing and F1 or in it for marketing?
I ask myself, and indeed you, would a pure racing team such as Williams have thrown their toys out of the pram so far and loudly when their engine partner falls below their expectations?
Perhaps they might. But would a pure racing team completely tear their engine partner to shreds in public and actively look to turn the relationship so toxic that there is no other alternative than to dissolve the partnership - even though there are zero obvious alternatives to give you an engine?!
No, I don't think so.
In this aspect alone, Red Bull really must stop whinging and either put up or get the hell out of F1.
I don't like them...but...
They have been a breath of fresh air for F1 in some terms. Though, they nearly killed my interest in the 2013 season when Vettel dominated the last half of the season like Hamilton has this season.
I despise Helmut Marko and think Horner needs to grow his vocabulary above and beyond "Yeah, no, absolutely!".
I strongly disliked the blatant favouring of Vettel over Webber, even in 2010 when Vettel was not a champion. Just look at Turkey that year - blatantly Vettel moved into Webber, and everyone bar the actual team owner blames Webber!
All that said, Dietrich Mateschitz more often than not seems like a sensible chap.
F1 will survive without them
Will it though? I would like to hope so...But at the same time, if they leave and take Torro Rosso with them, thats four pretty racey cars that in all probability will be replaced by backmarker teams - making the Mercedes procession ever more straightforward.
So, I'd rather Red Bull raced next year for sure. Plus in Ricciardo and Kvyat, they have two hugely talented guys. And indeed Verstappen and Sainz Jr.
In it to win it, else we'll pack up and go home
If Williams doesn't win, they try and get back to the top as they exist to race.
If Red Bull stops winning, they may pack up and go home as they exist to market a product.
I mean, sure we have had quit threats from huge teams in the past, but that was different. That is because they didn't like rule and regulation changes.
Red Bull have turned their engine partnership so toxic, they had to divorce without having a replacement in mind! Stupid idiots.
They whinge that Mercedes and Honda don't want to do a deal. They don't have to do anything!!
Well, rumour is that Honda do but are being blocked by Evil Ron - snigger.
Ferrari want to supply them with a 2015 engine. Doh. That has gone down like a lead turd in Milton Keynes.
VW....not any more!!
The big rumour was they would take Ferrari engines of some sort for two years, then VW would come in and buy Red Bull out.
Not any more. You try losing £3 billion then coming into F1!!
So, as the clock strikes twelve, the latest is they may have an unmarked Renault engine after all.
Will they be on the grid next year?
One thing for sure is that Evil Bernie is doing all he can to help.
I saw an article on the BBC today where Christian Horner stated Red Bull were right on the cusp of not being able to fully prepare for 2016.
It's the old five to midnight on the clock and they are still faffing around trying to find an engine for next year.
In it for racing and F1 or in it for marketing?
I ask myself, and indeed you, would a pure racing team such as Williams have thrown their toys out of the pram so far and loudly when their engine partner falls below their expectations?
Perhaps they might. But would a pure racing team completely tear their engine partner to shreds in public and actively look to turn the relationship so toxic that there is no other alternative than to dissolve the partnership - even though there are zero obvious alternatives to give you an engine?!
No, I don't think so.
In this aspect alone, Red Bull really must stop whinging and either put up or get the hell out of F1.
I don't like them...but...
They have been a breath of fresh air for F1 in some terms. Though, they nearly killed my interest in the 2013 season when Vettel dominated the last half of the season like Hamilton has this season.
I despise Helmut Marko and think Horner needs to grow his vocabulary above and beyond "Yeah, no, absolutely!".
I strongly disliked the blatant favouring of Vettel over Webber, even in 2010 when Vettel was not a champion. Just look at Turkey that year - blatantly Vettel moved into Webber, and everyone bar the actual team owner blames Webber!
All that said, Dietrich Mateschitz more often than not seems like a sensible chap.
F1 will survive without them
Will it though? I would like to hope so...But at the same time, if they leave and take Torro Rosso with them, thats four pretty racey cars that in all probability will be replaced by backmarker teams - making the Mercedes procession ever more straightforward.
So, I'd rather Red Bull raced next year for sure. Plus in Ricciardo and Kvyat, they have two hugely talented guys. And indeed Verstappen and Sainz Jr.
In it to win it, else we'll pack up and go home
If Williams doesn't win, they try and get back to the top as they exist to race.
If Red Bull stops winning, they may pack up and go home as they exist to market a product.
I mean, sure we have had quit threats from huge teams in the past, but that was different. That is because they didn't like rule and regulation changes.
Red Bull have turned their engine partnership so toxic, they had to divorce without having a replacement in mind! Stupid idiots.
They whinge that Mercedes and Honda don't want to do a deal. They don't have to do anything!!
Well, rumour is that Honda do but are being blocked by Evil Ron - snigger.
Ferrari want to supply them with a 2015 engine. Doh. That has gone down like a lead turd in Milton Keynes.
VW....not any more!!
The big rumour was they would take Ferrari engines of some sort for two years, then VW would come in and buy Red Bull out.
Not any more. You try losing £3 billion then coming into F1!!
So, as the clock strikes twelve, the latest is they may have an unmarked Renault engine after all.
Will they be on the grid next year?
One thing for sure is that Evil Bernie is doing all he can to help.
Monday, 2 November 2015
30 days, 30 blogs...Day one: My love for F1 never really dies
Justin:
It has been a while!
I last blogged about the Hungarian GP back in late July. Since then, I've, more often than not, gotten a little frustrated watching F1.
In a fair few races there was a distinct lack of unpredictability about the race for first. Essentially, due to Hamilton's dominance over Rosberg, there was no racing for the win.
There has been racing galore through the field, but fun though that is, I really get off on the race for the win.
It only takes a moment to restore the faith
Maybe my deep passion for F1 allows it too easily back into my good books, who knows. Before Austin and Mexico City, I actually fell asleep during a couple of races.
Austin was an insane race from start to finish. From early on, the two Red Bulls got into the mix and certainly upset the Mercedes running order.
Capgate was hillarious! One can understand Rosberg being frustrated and angry with himself and that probably enhanced his feeling of annoyance at being run out of road by Hamilton at the start.
The race in Mexico City - erm, wow! Every time the cars raced through the baseball stadium section, where the cars go between two massive grandstands, you could hear the roar of the crowd.
The podium celebrations taking place in that area, rather than the pit straight, was a pure stroke of genius. F1 is back in Mexico.
So, as part of a series of challenges I am setting myself over the next 30 days, one of those is to compose an F1 blog every day. No matter how long or short, any or all F1 topics may come up.
There is plenty going on in F1 right now to chat about, plus the fact I currently have four F1 books on my coffee table to read.
Here are a few pics from Hungary that I took, to remind us all where I last left the blogging.
Catch you tomorrow.
It has been a while!
I last blogged about the Hungarian GP back in late July. Since then, I've, more often than not, gotten a little frustrated watching F1.
In a fair few races there was a distinct lack of unpredictability about the race for first. Essentially, due to Hamilton's dominance over Rosberg, there was no racing for the win.
There has been racing galore through the field, but fun though that is, I really get off on the race for the win.
It only takes a moment to restore the faith
Maybe my deep passion for F1 allows it too easily back into my good books, who knows. Before Austin and Mexico City, I actually fell asleep during a couple of races.
Austin was an insane race from start to finish. From early on, the two Red Bulls got into the mix and certainly upset the Mercedes running order.
Capgate was hillarious! One can understand Rosberg being frustrated and angry with himself and that probably enhanced his feeling of annoyance at being run out of road by Hamilton at the start.
The race in Mexico City - erm, wow! Every time the cars raced through the baseball stadium section, where the cars go between two massive grandstands, you could hear the roar of the crowd.
The podium celebrations taking place in that area, rather than the pit straight, was a pure stroke of genius. F1 is back in Mexico.
So, as part of a series of challenges I am setting myself over the next 30 days, one of those is to compose an F1 blog every day. No matter how long or short, any or all F1 topics may come up.
There is plenty going on in F1 right now to chat about, plus the fact I currently have four F1 books on my coffee table to read.
Here are a few pics from Hungary that I took, to remind us all where I last left the blogging.
Catch you tomorrow.
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