[Official] Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2020: Grand Prix Weekend Thread - Round 17 of 17

[peebee2]

Originally Posted by wnut

Looks like we are going to find that RoGro and Magnussen were not as bad as everyone thought and young Schu has been handed a poisoned chalice.

Nobody involved in racing thinks Grosjean and Magnussen are anything but very quick, top-line drivers. Just not going to be World Champs.

But, for 2021, Gene Haas has gone for two super-moneyed drivers to run the team at a potential profit for once.

[steve nielsen]

Originally Posted by VIVA GT

Didn't he (modestly) claim that having him in the car was worth something like 6/10ths of a second when he was at McLaren? Is that how much quicker he was than the regular pilots?

He also claimed McLaren had one of the best chassis and that the Honda engine was the only problem

[chunterer]

Originally Posted by steve nielsen

He also claimed McLaren had one of the best chassis and that the Honda engine was the only problem

Did he?

Do you think he did not know the engine was crap and there were serious installation issues?

Something Red Bull managed much better later on

Not the drivers fault though is it?

[chunterer]

Originally Posted by greentrumpet

Pity the "goat' proved him wrong!

What an uber talented once in a generation rookie against the best driver of the day woefuly mismanaged by the team?

[S griffin]

Originally Posted by Mister_T_Head

The final race of the year is done: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsebecmWNxM

That tache looks good on Sainz

[P38 in workshop]

So did anybody see Cyril Abiteboul with a new tattoo?