Formula 1 - 2020 Season

Please, please, please let Ricciardo take his seat.

 

Wonder if Renault will be calling hulkenberg in that case

I guess that would mean Vettel is going to quit? Neither RBR or Mercedes is likely to make a seat available and I doubt he wants to drive around in the midfield. Not to mention those teams probably can't afford him anyway.

 

The BBC mentioned Sainz as a Ferrari candidate. He would be as interesting as Ricciardo in terms of a very competitive and more experienced teammate for LeClerc. Hulk would be interesting as a "safer" choice. I'm not sure he's as quick as Sainz or Ric, which Ferrari probably prefer. Does his driving style match LeClerc's? Is he known to be a good at development?

BTW, the balls on Silverstone, if it's true that they asked for £15M (the same as their annual race fee) to host this year's double header. https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/52612210

 

Ferrari has confirmed Sainz will fill Vettels seat, McLaren recruits Ricciardo for next season. Vettel is either completely out or Renault then.

 

https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/52661201

"Ferrari, who say they have signed Sainz on a two-year deal, will envisage the Spaniard in the type of back-up role Valtteri Bottas plays to Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes - quick enough to be close to him and engage in battle with other front-runners but unlikely to be a consistent challenge."

Isn't Sainz thought to be quick? I'm surprised he'd be willing to accept second driver status to someone younger than him, even if it is for Ferrari. I don't see Vettel going to Renault, but that probably also rules out Alonso for the same reason (not competitive enough).

 

well sainz havent won a race in f1 so he's looking at it in a way of getting into a top car and then showing the world what he can do, winning races, challenging for world championships etc.

 

I bet Williams would snap him if he pays enough

 

alonso and vettel at enstone for 2021? spicy

 

They got Ocon so I doubt that. Ricciardo jumping ship the first chance he got will also make any half decent driver think twice about going there.

I agree with Perez, I think the chance of Vettel quitting is bigger than him going to another team. He won 4WDC's, probably got more money than he knows what to do with so why bother driving around in P7 at best when he could have stayed with Ferrari? Vettel doesn't strike me as a driver that wants to be on the grid of the sake of being on the grid.

 

ocon is mercedes bound for sure, if he can have some decent races in 2020 (if we have races at all!)
bottas will go to ??? or hamilton will retire

 

Did Renault just confirm Alonso coming back?

 

Leclerc-Sainz is a strong young team.
I feel Sainz will be happy enough taking team orders as 2nd driver since he's finally getting to drive a top 3 car with inherent opportunity for a load of pedestals & wins.
If Sainz scores more consistently Ferrari has form in quickly switching preference.

Vettel has a great record but he's not been on great form & frankly has shown a dangerous tendency towards collisions when someone gets past/is too hard to pass.
Arguably better to go into retirement now with a great record than tag along for several more years in the mid-back of the field, though there is a pretty long tradition of doing that...

I feel like Hamilton is one who will quit at the top, hard to see him struggling around in mid-field for years.

 

I'm not so sure. They couldn't find a seat for him at first and then went with Bottas over him. If they were that confident in him they would have just put him in the car and out up with one year of fewer points but most likely still a constructors championship.

But we'll see. If he is there or thereabouts against Ricciardo than who knows.

 

Thoughts ?
Why Ferrari WILL Join IndyCar

 

I heard this (Ferrari entering IndyCar with the people they could no longer employ in F1 under the new budget cap) mentioned in a Sky Sports vodcast, I think. Sure, why not? It’s a nice solution to their specific problem. There’s probably no rule they have to spend the $70M/yr bonus they get from F1 in F1.

 

Williams up for sale: https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/52847040

• £13M loss last year.
• Considering selling stakes in the team or all of it.
• In preliminary discussions but no offers yet.
• Want process completed in 3-4 months but team fully funded for the year.
• Rokit no longer a title sponsor.
  

 

Surprisingly small loss considering their performance lately.
Regardless, whatever they do it will most likely mean Williams family losing the unrivaled majority, they (or rather Frank Williams) currently holds 51.3% (as per 2017, no mentions of changes since then in Wiki)

 

yeah easily the most vulnerable team
its sad

 

july 5 and 12, austria
here we (dont) go but the teams will go there and zoom zoom