F1 2016 - F1

It would. But Merc won't let Red Bull have them for the same reason that Ferrari wouldn't let them have their engines. They're afraid of Adrian and the Bull.

 

I know....but it's fun to think about, isn't it?

I mean, suppose Bernie offers Merc some kind of "deal" (wink wink, nudge nudge) and they gave them to Red Bull - if Red Bull starts beating them - OMG there would be Mercedes people falling all over their swords - heads would roll.

And if they didn't start beating them, RB would complain that they weren't getting the same spec engines or something......

Either way, more soap opera......

Without them, I predict more of the same as the last two seasons.....

1) Merc
2) Ferrari
3) Everyone else.....

 

I saw Kimi smile! A Christmas miracle!!!

 

...or it was filmed after the end of the season team party

 

Could be, but a smile is a smile.

 

Rats I don't qualify for any of those.

 

Looks like the F1 championship is being decided in the meeting rooms instead of the track for the next 4 years. The groups all decided that no low cost engine. Instead the manufactures will supply power units at a loss to other teams. So Merc stays on top with Ferrari the only potential competition. They won't supply the same engine to anyone that could beat them.

The new aero regs that were to happen in 2017 have been watered down to basically wider tires. Merc has concerns that added down force will effect the tires. (read Red Bull will do it better than us and we'll be eating tires) So of course Pirelli jumps in because they don't want tires blowing up like before. So all the cool new chassis changes that could shift the competition back to the teams from the engines is gone.

Bye bye F1

 

F1 will go on. Will it be what many would like it to be? No it won't but there will be some good racing. Maybe if Benz painted their cars red it would make folks happier, who knows. It is racing & that is good enough for me. Hoping for a good fight up front this year. :fingerscrossed:

 

I've said it before but I just wish he would go away. Put on his Depends and

just go.

 

You can hope but don't hold your breath. I don't want to see Babs become a widow.:cornut:

 

No worries I don't let the F1 circus get me upset. I just watch & marvel at the action or inaction.

 

I don't marvel at F1, just isn't my bag and I don't question others high regard for it. It seems to me though, as an outsider, that it's more about politics, rules and Bernie's money than it is about racing.