Something feels off with the new F1 logo.
It doesn't look like the letters "F1"
Don't understand the need to change the F1 logo anyway
It looks more like a Force India logo
Pretty happy I didn't watch this race lol... seems Ferrari has a lot of development needed on the engine side to properly challenge Mercedes next year.... that may prove to be a monumental task...
Really disliking these cost cutting measures....
Rest in Peace Leza, you were a true warrior...
two roads coming to a dead end???
I agree...make the F more futuristic with the "dash" still in it.
It sure seems that way.....25sec lead during this race and Kimi was super slow all due to fuel savings.
Thanks for that but I still don't understand how the Hulk managed to grab Felipe's 10th in the WDC when they're on the same points and neither has finished higher than 6th in a race. Am I missing something? Also imagine if Mad Max hadn't had all those retirements (7) and Seb hadn't had the problems of Baku, Silverstone, Singapore and Japan. HAM probably wouldn't be laughing then.
gonna have to follow up on that one wisepie.
So who used most power-unit components in 2017 season?
Grand total average:
1. #Mercedes 3.6
2. #Ferrari 4.1
3. #Renault 5.1
4. #Honda 9.1
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The reason why Hülkenberg finished ahead of Felipe in the WDC was because he scored four 6th places to Felipe's two. Additional best results (as in Hülkenberg's case) is king. I was hoping Perez would finish within 5 seconds of Hülkenberg (because of his penalty) but he never managed that. One would think Renault would tell him to take it easy as a 7th place would give 6th to Renault anyway but he went for that 10th position in the WDC. Still, Sainz was the best of the rest this year.
Thanks for the explanation but looking at the results overall, Felipe had more points finishes than Hulk (13-8), so it doesn't seem fair to me. But I guess it's always been that way, a bit like 2008 when Felipe lost out big-time.
CAVALLINO RAMPANTE PER SEMPRE
Abu Dhabi testing (Tuesday)
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Alonso after Abu Dhabi race on radio he was donuts.
"I'm doing donuts practice for next year "
Abu Dhabi Testing day 2 (Wednesday)
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Cumulative results (Tuesday + Wednesday) - lap-times + lap count
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This is interesting. We all new the "aero" would play a significant role in overtaking.
Some figures compared by German (not so fabulous) http://www.formel1.de/news/news/2017...spektakulaerer
Fastest lap (race) 2016 vs. 2017: delta on lap time / delta per kilometer
Australien: Riccardo (1:28.997) vs. Räikkönen (1:26.538): -2,459 Sekunden/ -0.464**
Bahrain: Robserg (1:34.482) vs. Hamilton (1:32.798): -1,684 / -0,311
China: Hülkenberg (1:39.824) vs. Hamilton (1:35.378): -4,446 / -0,816**
Russland: Rosberg (1:39.094) vs. Räikkönen (1:36.844): -2,250 / -0,385*
Spanien: Kwjat (1:26.948) vs. Hamilton (1:23.593): -3,355 / -0,721
Monaco: Hamilton (1:17.939) vs. Perez (1:14.820): -3,119 / -0,935
Kanada: Rosberg (1:15.599) vs. Hamilton (1:14.551): -1,084 / -0,240*
Aserbaidschan: Rosberg (1:46.485) vs. Vettel (1:43.441): -3,044 / -0,507*
Österreich: Hamilton (1:08.411) vs. Hamilton (1:07.411): -1,000 / -0,232*
Großbritannien: Rosberg (1:35.548) vs. Hamilton (1:30.621): -4,927 / -0,836
Ungarn: Räikkönen (1:23.086) vs. Alonso (1:20.182): -2,904 / -0,654
Belgien: Hamilton (1:51.583) vs. Vettel (1:46.577): -5,006 / -0,715*
Italien: Alonso (1:25.340) vs. Ricciardo (1:23.361): +1,706 /-0,295*
Singapur: Ricciardo (1:47.187) vs. Hamilton (1:45.008): -2,179 / -0,430*
Malaysia: Rosberg (1:36.424) vs. Vettel (1:34.080): -2,344 / -0,423*
Japan: Vettel (1:35.118) vs. Bottas (1:33.144): -1,974 / -0,340*
USA: Vettel (1:39.877) vs. Vettel (1:37.766): -1,111 / -0,194*
Mexiko: Ricciardo (1:21.134) vs. Vettel (1:18.785): -2,349 / -0,544*
Brasilien: Verstappen (1:25.305) vs. Verstappen (1:11.044): -14,261 / -3,309***
Abu Dhabi: Vettel (1:43.729) vs. Bottas (1:40.650): -3,079 / -0,554*
*2017 on softer compound
**2017 on harder compound
***2016 or 2017 under wet conditions
Comparison top speeds in qualifying 2016 vs. 2017: delta in km/h
Australian: Hülkenberg (330,3 km/h) vs. Stroll (328,6 km/h): -1,7 km/h
Bahrain: Bottas (335,5) vs. Stroll (333,3): -2,2
China: Perez (334,5) vs. Magnussen (329,7): -4,8
Russland: Vettel (339,0) vs. Stroll (331,2): -7,8
Spanien: Wehrlein (341,5) vs. Vettel (326,5): -15,0
Monaco: Wehlein (297,9) vs. Massa (289,3): -8,6
Kanada: Massa (336,7) vs. Wehrlein (335,0): -1,7
Aserbaidschan: Rosberg (334,8) vs. Magnussen (330,3): -3,5
Österreich: Wehrlein (332,6) vs. Hamilton (328,1): -3,4
Großbritannien: Rosberg (329,1) vs. Massa (325,2): -3,9
Ungarn: Rosberg (321,4) vs. Perez (313,0): -8,4
Belgien: Gutierrez (342,5) vs. Ocon (318,4): -24,1
Italien: Massa (357,6) vs. Kwjat (327,1): -30,5*
Singapur: Hamilton (314,5) vs. Hamilton (308,3): -6,2
Malaysia: Wehrlein (335,6) vs. Hamilton (327,1): -8,5
Japan: Hamilton (319,4) vs. Räikkönen (311,6): -7,8
USA: Wehrlein (341,2) vs. Hamilton (330,8): -10,4
Mexiko: Massa (365,9) vs. Ocon (355,6): -10,3
Brasilen: Räikkönen (340,9) vs. Ocon (332,7): -8,2
Abu Dhabi: Massa (347,1) vs. Perez (331,8): -15,3
*2017 under wet conditions
Number of overtakes 2016 vs. 2017: Difference
Australian: 50 (15 mit DRS) vs. 14 (3 mit DRS): 36 less overtakes
China: 182 (70 mit DRS) vs. 54 (10 mit DRS): 128 less overtakes
Bahrain: 125 (52 mit DRS) vs. 48 (18 mit DRS): 77 less overtakes
Russland: 31 (3 mit DRS) vs. 18 (keines mit DRS): 13 less overtakes
Spanien: 64 (davon 38 mit DRS) vs. 36 (18 mit DRS): 28 less overtakes
Monaco: 34 (keines mit DRS) vs. 9 (keines mit DRS): 25 less overtakes
Kanada: 37 (17 mit DRS) vs. 36 (24 mit DRS): 1 less overtakes
Aserbaidschan / Österreich: no data for 2016 available
Großbritannien: 39 (9 mit DRS) vs. 56 (21 mit DRS): 17 more overtakes
Ungarn: 34 (11 mit DRS) vs. 14 (7 mit DRS): 20 less overtakes
Belgien: 85 (26 mit DRS) vs. 60 (24 mit DRS): 25 less overtakes
Italien: 68 (27 mit DRS) vs. 60 (18 mit DRS): 8 less overtakes
Singapur: 48 (14 mit DRS) vs. 46 (2 mit DRS): 2 less overtakes
Malaysia: 77 (26 mit DRS) vs. 46 (21 mit DRS): 31 less overtakes
Japan: 54 (19 mit DRS) vs. 40 (8 mit DRS): 14 less overtakes
USA: 79 (23 mit DRS) vs. 64 (25 mit DRS): 15 less overtakes
Mexiko: 31 (11 mit DRS) vs. 57 (22 mit DRS): 26 more overtakes
Brasilien: 101 (keines mit DRS) vs. 52 (20 mit DRS): 49 less overtakes
Abu Dhabi: 93 (28 mit DRS) vs. 5 (keines mit DRS): 88 less overtakes
I don't know why they didn't have data for Azerbaijan or Austria. Under the new regs dirty air will not benefit overtaking. Only in Mexico and GP it seems we saw more overtakes. I suppose Mexico was aided by the first lap mess and GP was seeing some exciting weather conditions this year.
Interesting side note is that they improved on lap time with every track but the high speed track Monza saw a reduction in lap time by 1.7 sec. The other high speed track Spa saw an improvement by 5 sec.
Thanks GonzalesMan, and 2018 it will be even more difficult to overtake, because another faster tyre is coming. Hypersupersoft, lol. Megahypersupersoft
F1 calendar gets confirmation for 2018
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2018 F1 name changes (highlighted)
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