The official Formula 1 and general motorsport thread for 2019

[Robbo-92]

The FIA have taken some parts of the fuel systems from a Ferrari, a Ferrari customer team and a non Ferrari team to investigate. Doesn’t sound like Ferrari are out of the woods yet with questions over their power unit....

[SugarCubes]

Even if they cheated the FIA wouldn't do gooseberry fool. As their former boss and fat toad in charge would see to it.

The teams are Ferrari, Alfa Romeo and Red Bull according to the Italian version of Motorsport.com

[floydfreak]

[floydfreak]

F1 to release fragrance collection (Yes, really!)

[Robbo-92]

Dread to think how much they’ll charge for those

[Victor Mildew]

Eau de boredom

[floydfreak]

Dread to think how much they’ll charge for those

they will have Lewis to promote it on TV with him wearing some of his fashion from past photoshoots with some of his celeb friends to be cool and on trend fam

"yo fam, what you saying G, wanna smell like you are in spa in the rain with your crew?"

"then buy "eau rouge du sweaty paff" or "eau du red bull no 5"

"bitches be all over you look my pit crew"

[Robbo-92]

Wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest if Hamilton does help promote them, seems his kind of thing to do really.

[Return_of_the_STAR]

I’m off to the silverstone experience on Sunday. Anyone been yet?

[KK]

Wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest if Hamilton does help promote them, seems his kind of thing to do really.

Last time I looked (about a year ago) he was promoting L’Oreal Men Expert.

[Robbo-92]

I’ve not seen him do anything for them in a while so maybe the contract has ended on that one?

[KK]

Impossible, if the adverts told me anything it’s that he eats, sleeps, and gooseberry fools L’Oreal Men Expert. And then he chugs a gallon of Monster Energy.

[Vermilion]

I’m off to the silverstone experience on Sunday. Anyone been yet?

I want to do that next year, haven't been back to silverstone since 2003.

[Roonmastor]

I got some Formula E tickets for the London race in the summer. Can get five seats for the price of a GA Silverstone ticket.

[Robbo-92]

Silverstone is really expensive, my GA ticket for the weekend (plus camping pitch for Thursday to Sunday) was £285, obviously you then have food and drink on top so it works out rather expensive! It definitely is where Formula E shines, people can just hop on a train, get to the ‘track’, enjoy the session they’ve gone to see before doing other stuff in the city or going home, plus its loads cheaper.

[Robbo-92]

Last qualifying session of the year just getting underway, for a 21 race season it’s gone by remarkably quickly, but that just seems to be the case with everything these days.

Always found Abu Dhabi a weird one as well, good track to drive on the games but produces a pretty awful race most years.

[Victor Mildew]

Ferrari

[Robbo-92]

Ferrari are their own worst enemies, messing about trying to find a gap only for them to both be too slow, granted Albon was going slow in front but they both could have been a lot closer so they could have had a semi decent last run in Q3.

[Snowcannon]

Sums up Ferrari’s season really

Good to see Hamilton end the season with a pole

Norris wins quali battle with Sainz 11-10 but Sainz has really had the measure of Norris in the races, even allowing for Norris’ bad luck

[Vermilion]

always found Abu Dhabi a weird one as well, good track to drive on the games but produces a pretty awful race most years.

It might help if they get rid of the chicane before that hairpin which leads on to the back straight. Just make it a wider radius single hairpin (use the escape road as the track) like the one at Montreal. Doing so might allow the cars to run closer through there so that there is more overtaking on the straight.