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#1745645 22-Mar-2017 11:15

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Dad's chequebook can and will buy rides, but it doesn't buy trophies. His record looks pretty darn good to me for his age

i was familiar with his win history, Pastor Maldanado won championships as well

he does have talent for sure, i just dont think he would be in formula 1 at all without daddys cheque book.

anyway we can keep up to date with https://www.hasstrollcrashedyet.com/ as to his progress in f1 :P

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#1745665 22-Mar-2017 11:38

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As long as McLaren can fix their Honda engine issue

Not gonna happen. It's a pile of junk by all accounts, shaking itself to bits.

McLaren would do well to get out now and quick, moving to Ferrari or Mercedes asap.

A McLaren running Ferrari engines.....not a chance....it would be a cold day...well, you know the rest.

McLaren are considering Mercedes engines though

http://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/39290908

McLaren were very interested in the Mercedes engine last year. I remember an interview with Nikki Lauda before one of the races where this very issue came up and he basically said McLaren knew who to call if they did want to make the change.

The issue seems to be one of $$ - Honda are clearly a big sponsor, and buying Mercedes engines at retail price last year would have simply been unaffordable for them.

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#1745683 22-Mar-2017 11:55

As a McLaren and Honda can it makes me want to cry...
the Crowd goes Wild showed some highlights from testing and how Hamilton had paid no attention to Bottas' times as he was training. Andrew Mulligan looked straight at the camera and says 'Hamilton just [I] hates[I] him'.

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#1745700 22-Mar-2017 12:24

sbiddle:

WyleECoyoteNZ:

Jaxson:

ResponseMediaNZ:

As long as McLaren can fix their Honda engine issue

Not gonna happen. It's a pile of junk by all accounts, shaking itself to bits.

McLaren would do well to get out now and quick, moving to Ferrari or Mercedes asap.

A McLaren running Ferrari engines.....not a chance....it would be a cold day...well, you know the rest.

McLaren are considering Mercedes engines though

http://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/39290908

McLaren were very interested in the Mercedes engine last year. I remember an interview with Nikki Lauda before one of the races where this very issue came up and he basically said McLaren knew who to call if they did want to make the change.

The issue seems to be one of $$ - Honda are clearly a big sponsor, and buying Mercedes engines at retail price last year would have simply been unaffordable for them.

Wasnt also the issue that they may not get customer engines, actually I think that was RBR. RBR is very strong, McLaren is probably very strong, the issue is they sell engines to them and drop Merc down the grid. Merc has a very good chassis, but it wont be better than RBR, so thats a problem. Mega Conflict of interest

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#1745764 22-Mar-2017 13:15

If Mclaren gets rid of Alonso they'll have an extra 40 million to try get any engine but a Honda.

Love how Honda says the relationship with Mclaren is very strong and they're making changes now so the engine will work in Australia. If the engine was ever going to be decent we'd have seen by now.

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#1745770 22-Mar-2017 13:18

benokobi:

If Mclaren gets rid of Alonso they'll have an extra 40 million to try get any engine but a Honda.

Love how Honda says the relationship with Mclaren is very strong and they're making changes now so the engine will work in Australia. If the engine was ever going to be decent we'd have seen by now.

i dont believe that is correct, it was stated quite a few times over the years, Honda wanted Alonso, a top drive for their return, and its Honda's funding that is paying his mega salary

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#1746259 23-Mar-2017 09:33

Can anyone find SKY TV details about coverage? Or have I missed something in the off-season?

I've had a good gander through their TV Guide, and can't see anything for this weekend - practice, qualifying or race - nada.

Cheers, Greg.

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#1746262 23-Mar-2017 09:37

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Can anyone find SKY TV details about coverage? Or have I missed something in the off-season?

I've had a good gander through their TV Guide, and can't see anything for this weekend - practice, qualifying or race - nada.

Cheers, Greg.

im using a overseas Sky feed. Does Sky NZ not have the actual Sky F1 HD channel?

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#1746267 23-Mar-2017 09:43

dan:

GregF:

Can anyone find SKY TV details about coverage? Or have I missed something in the off-season?

I've had a good gander through their TV Guide, and can't see anything for this weekend - practice, qualifying or race - nada.

Cheers, Greg.

im using a overseas Sky feed. Does Sky NZ not have the actual Sky F1 HD channel?

SS4 FP1,2,3 Quali, Race, plus pre stuff before each

It better still be 5 Live, Crofty, Ted, etc, I do recall some change they mentioned, may not be every race??

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#1747055 24-Mar-2017 14:00

P1 live now. w00t!

...I've been having withdrawals for months ;-)

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#1747168 24-Mar-2017 16:29

6FIEND:
P1 live now. w00t!

...I've been having withdrawals for months ;-)

Me too. I had half day and could watch it but stuff to do. At daughters for tea then home alone, yippee

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#1747340 24-Mar-2017 23:30

Not much to see on both practice sessions. But what stuck out for me was the wry smile of Toto Woolf. And his quick words in an interview later. For a day where there is the most doubt in the unknown, he was very happy. Clearly Merc have a lot in reserve.

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#1747883 26-Mar-2017 09:12

My hope of a cracking race has waned. Merc will probably end up not far ahead of Ferrari, but consistently enough to shut them out. Bottas IMO will match Hamilton, but not yet. RBR will be well behind the top two and well ahead of the rest.

Procession. These cars were to be 5 seconds faster, that hasn't happened. The mechanical grip appears to be only just offsetting increased aero, and thats likely, with the big front wings, and big rear wings, to make following harder than usual. If thats the case in reality, then pitstops will be the main passing point, but, the tyres are lasting so well, that one stop will become standard.

The race may just be about Ferrari and Bottas racing together, with a passing interest in the tight group behind.

I guess its F1. Too much technology to make one car great at the expense of tight racing. Indycars race tight, but have smaller simple wing designs.

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#1748312 26-Mar-2017 20:21

Meh...

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#1748433 27-Mar-2017 06:52

benokobi:

Meh...

I thought it was interesting, not a cracking race though. But it does make me wonder of a few things.

How much extra HP does the Merc really have, and really have the last 3 years? I wondered this after Hamilton abused the engine penalty rule last year. Do they have some extra HP, but they use more in quali. and if needed, in the race, thereby reducing the life of the engine, while others retain a more sensible mapping with regards to engine lifetime??

Merc often get pole and win. But when they have been in traffic, they are nowhere, Ive seen that every time they are in traffic in the hybrid era. Are they running a very aggressive aero so that they will get pole and stay in free air, yet when in traffic its badly compromised? These two factors may show that Merc is a great car, but much of its dominance is management and setup rather then brute power?

Yesterday, he was stuck behind a slow Red Bull. A car that has aways had a terrific aero/balance package despite less top end speed, yet this race, its balance is off, it slides, and when Hamilton was stuck behind it , it was also on much older tyres, it should have been a breeze stay close enough to DRS it.

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