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Maybe but both chassis and drivers are last couple of rows material. Williams is weaker but no one else I think.
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Is it me or Gasly almost criminally underrated? Hartley I get even though he's not exactly a plodder, but Gasly is genuinely quick.
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Gasly hasn't had the chance to show what he can do yet. He's certainly talented enough
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29 Mar 2018, 15:47 (Ref:3811768) | #231 | ||
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I’m not entirely sure I believe JEV: https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/13...makes-me-laugh
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Then JEV goes on to talk about how he is much better now than he was then. The implication being... people can change and improve as he has. Might not the same logic be applied to Harley given he spent quite a bit of time at the peak of WEC and that he also may be a different person now? Richard |
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It reeks of sour grapes to me, however understandable that may be. But I generally think drivers should stay classy.
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I have to say that trying to compare F1 with all its faults, to Formula e or whatever it's called is a big leap.
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Yes. The truth is that, for whatever reason, JEV failed in Formula 1. Hartley has been handed a very, very rare lifeline. Whether he can make something of it remains to be seen. But I doubt JEV is really laughing.
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I think Hartley is justifying this second chance, as he has done a solid job so far. Shows what more experience can do
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Yes it is sour grapes, but to be fair to Vergne he mentions that he should have had a different approach when in F1 in that article.
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One race per engine?? Honda's dreadful reliability continues in 2018.
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/h...rosso-1021470/ Honda used 3 different PU's during the pre season tests. Whereas Mercedes and Renault only used the one single PU for all of their pre season testing. Honda still have not got their act together. They should be charged with bringing the sport into disrepute! |
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Completely agree with this. I also believe why two rookies were given the seat
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See my post from about two pages back regarding MGU-H from a third party supplier. Until Honda replaces it with a new unit, it is likely to continue to have issues. And then we can only hope Honda’s in-house unit proves more reliable. And who knows if the new one mentioned is a tweak the the existing unit, or the new replacement moved forward. Speculation was it may not show up until mid season. My guess is that this is not the new MGU-H. Quote:
They rotated between two to test different configurations. I believe neither failed during testing. They switched back and forth and examined components while out of the car. The third was to test the AUS spec. Last year they were burnt by not enough “in car” testing, so now they do more of what they should have been doing and are criticized for it? Damned if you do and damned if you don’t? What a ridiculous comment. Maybe we should say those running the sport have brought it into disrepute with ridiculous longevity requirements? Is ANYONE a fan of those other than someone (probably Mercedes and Ferrari) who thinks it can help them maintain a dominant position and to squash competition? Hence no agreement to stop the madness. Richard |
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not probably Merc and Ferrari...i say certainly those two.
rant alert! off topic random thought, but for the last several years they have resisted any effort to lower prices for the PUs citing development, build, supply costs/not beneficial to tech they want to develop. fair enough i suppose... but at the same time, they pursue a policy of limiting usage there by reducing the number of units they could potentially sell. they have made these thing expensive for a reason so why dont they want to sell more of them!!! relax the usage rules while equalizing the prize money with the assumption that the smaller teams will now have more money to be able to buy more of these over priced units. not sure if thats a fair quid pro quo or just another form of unfair redistribution/corporate welfare? but at least they would see development move faster and we would see these engines turned up to 11 at more races. |
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Whilst the sample size of 1 race is too small to draw a complete conclusion, it's not unreasonable to suggest Honda still has issues. They were not fast and they were the only team to lose an engine.
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Red Bull is gonna be annoyed at the amount of prize money they will lose this year.
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Honda are obviously using this season as another test, this time for a possible top team in the future, i.e. Red Bull. Shame for Gasly and Hartley though
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