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Well, it makes sense that a factory team will always have a hotter motor than a customer team, and since Renault is in it's second season as a mfr, I think he's on the right track. That's where the problems between Red Bull and Renault have been - Red Bull is convinced that they've been getting "seconds" from Renault. I think the Honda won't come good for another year or more, so Riccardo may be able to finish better than he is now. If they have engine failures, he sure knows where to point the finger too!

Now Big Mac says they were *this* close to signing Ricciardo to their team.....that would have been an obvious and easy out for Alonso to go Indy racing.

Renault are currently (a distant) fourth in points so it makes more sense to go there if he wants to win some races next season.....Big Mac are only holding on to 7th because of Alonso's efforts so I really doubt they had a snowball's chance of signing Danny boy.

But, I think he missed a good bet not going to HAAS instead, think of what he could have done with that car, with the Ferrari engine now widely considered the most powerful on the grid....Big Jeans has been close to podium finishes several times this year and either crashed or did something stupid - I think we'd have seen a HAAS at least on the podium under Danny Ricky Bobby......and having him dicing it out with Mad Max would have been fun to see. I expect the problem there was simply salary - he can get a lot more from a works team than an independent.

As it is, if the Renault comes good next year and with him driving - plus 2019 being a learning year for Red Bull Honda - he could see Renault right where Red Bull is now, third in points and vying for the occasional win. I think it may turn out to be a good move for him after all, at least for the two years he's contracted, after that - with the rules change - he can move anywhere he wants.

So drivers on the bubble this fall

Kimi at Ferrari

Sainz

Brenda Hardley

Alonso depending on what he decides to do next year

Who knows if Force India will be on the grid since they're in administration right now, so Perez and Ocon could be available.

If Stroll's daddy buys Force India he'll go there, moving one of the guys above out

That would give Sirotkin's backers a chance to buy or buy into Williams, maybe Kvyat comes back and we have an all Russian team?

This silly season promises to be extra silly....only the first domino has fallen.

 

This is due to the World Cup finals July 14 -15. F1 didn't want to have a race that weekend.

Thanks for posting the 2018 schedule and starting the thread, Steve.

 

In today's world this move was likely an inevitability:

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/134153/f1-to-end-the-use-of-grid-girls-from-new-season

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Being a MINI-centric site, I'll post this here for posterity...

 

http://www.edgeaddicts.com/events.html

 

Some info regarding F1 on ESPN, and streaming.

https://jalopnik.com/american-f1-fans-wont-have-to-illegally-stream-british-1822963811

 

But, are we going to see 5 laps, commercials, 5 laps, commercials...

 

I have been able to confirm that the new streaming service will require a cable subscription to use.

So yeah, nothing has changed for me and how I’ll watch.

Idiot companies don’t realize that to appeal to cord cutters, they need to actually work for people who have cut the cord.

 

How to stream F1

Live - https://www.reddit.com/r/motorsportsstreams/ You'll need something like Ace Player to view.

Not live - https://www.reddit.com/r/MotorsportsReplays/ You'll need something to download the torrent.

 

That's not the 2018 Livery, it's a broken pattern of blues and blacks to obfuscate the new aero tweaks as long as possible to keep the others guessing.

 

Toto Wolff on the halo

Wolff would cut off Halo with a chainsaw

http://www.racer.com/f1/item/147569-wolff-would-cut-off-halo-with-a-chainsaw

 

And maybe a small handheld mic for when the Paddy Lowe's of the world just happen by.

 

Formula 1 broadcasting has a bit of a... formula to it. Not least, the overly pretentious, ultra-poetic intro video.

 

This image is not doctored.

 

The ESPN broadcast sucked. Pre-race started with just a shot of the track and no audio, then cut to a commercial only to return to the same thing, then switch to some E:20 sports show. What the heck? During the race they cut away to a basketball commercial just as the Haas cars are encountering their problems. I miss the NBC Sports coverage and can’t wait until F1 TV comes on and I can just cut out all the crap.

 

Good race, I thought. Nice to see McLaren finally finish without an explosion or two. Now about that other team I like....