2019 Formula One Discussion

R.I.P. Anthoine Hubert. We're hope tomorrow's race would be much better than today's tragic F2 race.

 

Leclerc finally wins his first grand prix, and very fititngly so. Was very good friends with Anthoine.

 

Juan Manuel Correa has fallen into Acute Respiratory Failure and currently in ICU. He is in an induced state of unconsciousness and under ECMO support, which is not a good sign.

In other news, Alex Peroni's F3 car launched off a random sausage kerb at Monza and landed upside down on top of a barrier, which probably would have killed him had it not been for the halo. He sounds to be ok. The kerb has been removed.

These last two weeks have been pretty not good.

 

Imagine the outcry if these wrecks were on ovals. My God, we wouldn't hear the end of it. As it is, though, why the hell would the FIA stick a damn ramp there?

 

Someone doesn't know about Nurburgring.

 

What about Nurburgring? Did I miss something?

 

Leclerc wins again in a very eventful grand prix. First for Ferrari at home in 9 years.

Bottas bottled it a lot in the final 5 laps. And Seb's future I think is very questionable now.

 

Bottas had a fantastic drive to come from 10+ seconds back. Ugh, if only he could’ve pulled it off.

 

Renault have a really impressive 4-5 as well, good for them.

And I love how absolutely mad the tifosi are. Post-race sounded like a world cup match. Couldn't even hear the drivers in the cool down room since the front stretch was filled end to end with screaming Ferrari fans.

 

Bottas, was struggling. Beating himself into 1, into 5, and even out of 9. I think the pressure of him trying to prove his new personna is getting to him. Meanwhile, Leclerc got away with a lot today, while it is a deserved win and I am happy for him, I can't help but not understand all the cheers everyone is giving him.

If Lewis or Max would have driven like that, they would have chastised them. I am excited to see Max in a Merc in the future. What he could do with TOP TOP equipment could be a nice Leclerc/Verstappen future.

 

We might have a new meme lord

 

Haas & Rich Energy officially part ways effective immediately.

 

Good riddance. For the record, the livery will stay the same for the rest of the season, just minus RE branding.

 

Haas F1 on Instagram: "We’re delighted to confirm Romain Grojean and Kevin Magnussen for the 2020 season!"

So much for Hulkenburg going to the team for next year.

 

Williams announced that Robert Kubica will be leaving the team at the end of the season. I think that if if Williams was smart, they'd bring in Hulkenberg and keep Latifi down in F2 and as a test driver. We'll see though.

 

The reason why they kept Grosjean is because Guenther Steiner really likes to watch himself on Drive to Survive.

 

Leclerc has been just monstrous these past few weeks. Pole and now has a 1 second gap on lap 1.

 

Juan Manuel Correa has given his first personal update since the crash: https://www.instagram.com/p/B3XZ5RVB_fP/?igshid=ga1lfnq5hgrb

 

gratulations to mercedes for their 6th consective championship in constructors (and drivers, even it's not 100 % sure who of them would it be)

 

So Nico Hulkenberg's chances at a 2020 ride have become even slimmer. Alfa Romeo will retain Antonio Giovinazzi's ride for next year. Giovinazzi currently sits 18th in the driver's championship table. Now - really the only shot Hulk has is Williams, as Kubica is departing.