In the round-up: Daniel Ricciardo reveals the ‘engine degradation’ problem which has struck him in Japan has happened earlier
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Ricciardo's engine was 'bleeding' power (Autosport)
"Normally you don't see a deg in the engines, they hold pretty well for the life they are supposed to do. But it was there last week, I didn't bring it up but it's been there a few times this year."
"The safety measures were in place (today) to maybe not run it as spicy as we could. But we are not sure 100% that this will protect it.”"
Vettel plays down Ferrari boss’s comments on future (Reuters)
"There is nothing between us, nothing that we need to sort out."
FIA tells Pirelli to make formal request for move to Bahrain (Motorsport)
"The request was made by Charlie Whiting at a heated meeting at Suzuka on Saturday at which Niki Lauda put the case for Bahrain and Christian Horner argued for remaining in Barcelona."
"He was a little bit less than careful with words. The problem is there are a lot of Hamilton supporters who will support him to their dying breath and hang on his every word."
Lewis Hamilton criticises 'disrespectful' media over social media claims (BBC)
"Hamilton did not specify which particular articles he was offended by, and Mercedes said they did not know. The team did not know Hamilton was planning to make his statement."
Kimi Raikkonen still after perfect lap but happy with Ferrari improvement (Sky)
"Positively surprised how well the car's been behaving and how quick it's been."
McLaren and Honda admit Japan struggle not just down to engine (ESPN)
"This track doesn't suit our chassis and obviously on the engine side we are not on the same performance level of Mercedes, so both combined make it a difficult weekend for us."
Palmer boosted by delivering under 'a lot of pressure' (F1i)
"There’s a lot of pressure at the minute on both me and Kev (Magnussen) to do the job, and to have a point in Malaysia was massive."
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Notable posts from Twitter, Instagram and more:
Dealt with qualifying as best I could. Start 5th nonetheless and gonna be sprinkling herbs all over this shiz tomorrow
— Daniel Ricciardo (@danielricciardo) October 8, 2016
A very rough Saturday.No laps in FP3 ment we where in the back foot for Qualy. In the end P14 is not that bad but i expected something more!
— Carlos Sainz (@carlosainz) October 8, 2016
How awesome is this?! #F1 #Ferrari F187 #JapaneseGP #Suzuka pic.twitter.com/ZCGZnuMGlU
— Darren Heath (@F1Photographer) October 8, 2016
Well that was odd. Lewis unhappy about reaction to presser the other day and says he won't be answering questions. Never a dull moment
— Daniel Johnson (@danielt_johnson) October 8, 2016
Hamilton refuses to take questions from written media following qualifying. Gave his reasons as to why and left. #F1 #JapaneseGP
— Phil Duncan (@PhilDuncanF1) October 8, 2016
after thu press conference issue, @LewisHamilton refuses to talk to written media about qualifying. so why bother calling press meetings?
— Christian Nimmervoll (@MST_ChristianN) October 8, 2016
not that we journos have a monopoly on the truth, far from it. but it is dangerous if drivers only use social media for their communication.
— Christian Nimmervoll (@MST_ChristianN) October 8, 2016
On last answer: After 'walkout', Lewis immediately did fan Q&A in front of main grandstand. Nobody reporting on it because it's fan time.
— Chris Medland (@ChrisMedlandF1) October 8, 2016
That's meant as an example of when media appreciate when is their time for access and when isn't.
— Chris Medland (@ChrisMedlandF1) October 8, 2016
Hunt, Hulme, Scheckter, among the past world champions awarded the Prix Citron (Lemon Prize) for being the least co-operative to the media.
— Gerald Donaldson (@f1speedreader) October 8, 2016
Re;#hamilton walkout. Now the #F1 journos can perhaps relate to the behaviour exhibited-for so long-by LH to #F1 photographers..#nothingnew
— Darren Heath (@F1Photographer) October 8, 2016
I'm not surprised Lewis Hamilton has finally spat his dummy out. I think he's been burned by tabloid media once too often #JapaneseGP
— Sean Kelly (@virtualstatman) October 8, 2016
❤️ #TeamLH #BestFans pic.twitter.com/Plnmxw8TdW
— Lewis Hamilton (@LewisHamilton) October 8, 2016
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Comment of the day
A best-ever fourth for Force India in the constructors’ championship is as good as settled, isn’t it? Ben suspects not:
I’m not totally convinced yet Force India will beat Williams this year yet.
Remember how well Bottas did from 11th last race when he had tyre choice? If Massa doesn’t have problems like he did last race, I think he’s got a decent chance of some points as well as Bottas.
I also feel that Williams will be a little stronger in Mexico than Force India as it is a really high speed track.
Ben Rowe (@Thegianthogweed)
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On this day in F1
Sebastian Vettel won his second world championship on this day in 2011. However he was beaten to victory at Suzuka by Jenson Button, and Fernando Alonso took second:
jamiejay (@jamiejay995)
9th October 2016, 0:21
So let me get this right. Lewis offends the press during the conference while being on his phone doing something he is obligated to do. Now he is offended because of what the media wrote. Seriously Lewis. Its called respect. These journalist are there because they are passionate about f1 they live and breath f1 they make far less than you and would gladly trade places with you. Some would drive for free and do all the press conferences without complaining. So Lewis dont be a hypocrite and be offended by what the media writes because you disrespected their job and them personally so stop being such a cry baby.
@HoHum (@hohum)
9th October 2016, 0:38
@jamiejay995, What’s the beef? He was there, did anyone directly ask him a question about the race that he refused to answer because he was passing time with his pocket-computer ? Did any reporter ask a thoughtful, original question that LH was uniquely qualified to answer ? I don’t know because the media don’t think these pressers are worth broadcasting, but I suspect that a really worthy question would have somehow made its way into this blog, and I haven’t seen one here.
jamiejay (@jamiejay995)
9th October 2016, 0:56
I may have come across a little crass. But to me it just grinds my gears when someone doesnt take another person’s job seriously. I completely understand your point but it’s not like the press conference was 3 hours long. He was the only one doing it too and Alfonso has done way more press conferences than him. I like that he engages with the fans, that is nice but in my opinion there is a time and place for that, and hat wasn’t the time or place for that.
James Coulee
9th October 2016, 1:31
Sure, but that’s still impolite, disrespectful and unprofessional: FIA press conferences are part of his job, part of his pay check, and it’s offensive not only to the jornalists doing their job but to the fans that get their info from them. The other drivers know how to behave. Being rude is not the same as having a personality.
Strontium (@strontium)
9th October 2016, 0:39
+1, I completely agree.
Hamilton might have a point in saying the media overreacted, but there are so many reasons why that’s not unreasonable. Firstly, Hamilton controversially draws a lot of attention to himself. Some people like it, some don’t, but most of this attention comes from none other than the media itself. And given that he cares so much about being popular, surely the best thing to do would have been to, if nothing else, be the bigger man and move on from it. If the media is unhappy with him then I can imagine they can slant stories to ruin his image – not something I agree with, but surely something Hamilton doesn’t want.
Strontium (@strontium)
9th October 2016, 0:40
Although having said that, it is honourable that he went out to engage with the fans. That I would like to see a lot more of in F1.
@HoHum (@hohum)
9th October 2016, 0:25
Great photo by D.Heath of a Ferrari in exactly the spec I would like to see them race, BIG tyres, NO wings.
Fletch (@fletchuk)
9th October 2016, 2:12
Amen +1
anon
9th October 2016, 8:00
@hohum, so that is all you can offer up as the future of the sport – to just keep repeating the past. Why can’t you accept that those days are gone?
@HoHum (@hohum)
10th October 2016, 0:47
@anon, I would respond to your comment if I thought you would read it, but since there is no way to alert you to a reply ( you don’t have an F1f account), it seems pointless. If in fact you do read this let me know, I do value your knowledge and opinions and would enjoy constructive debate with you on making F1 better.
Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
9th October 2016, 0:58
I’ve been, for the whole season saying that McLaren’s chassis was not being held down by Honda anymore, reality is that neither is that good, obviously that still leaves McLaren down on power but it’s not as if McLaren has a better chassis than STR, no they’ve improved on the PU. I appreciate McLaren finally respecting Honda because what they get on the packaging they lose on power and that they must not forget, it’s a compromise F1 and it’s a team effort, they are settled in f1, they don’t need to drag a multi million yen company through the mud as an excuse.
Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
9th October 2016, 1:06
I respect Lewis reaction. Honestly, Ham’s behaviour wasn’t upstanding but nevertheless Ham’s right, he’s entitled to his own opinion and he’s a free man. The press is a rather oppressive outlet.
Fletch (@fletchuk)
9th October 2016, 2:17
I respectfully disagree. The media are part of the business he is in and a huge part of how F1, and therefore LH earn their living. LH’s actions and attitude have been unprofessional and would equally be so in any other business or sport.
pastaman (@)
9th October 2016, 2:19
Funny how when HAM answers a question about his performance, it’s because he’s “moaning”. But RIC does it and not a peep.
Didaho
9th October 2016, 5:28
LH has used all his free passes.
pastaman (@)
9th October 2016, 20:26
And who is giving the passes? The fanbase? Laughable.
Jay Menon (@jaymenon10)
9th October 2016, 4:02
Aren’t drivers contractually obligated to participate in press conferences? I am not sure, hence the question.
If thats case, Lewis might not have much of a choice.
Guybrush Threepwood
9th October 2016, 4:36
Max should be glad Ricciardo has had engine issues. The qualifying stats would look really bad if not.
Baron
9th October 2016, 9:13
And Ricciardo should be really glad Max has had clutch issues. The race stats would look really bad if not.
Mark
9th October 2016, 12:57
Well no…..they’d be pretty even actually…..RIC still leads that battle too.
Aapje (@aapje)
9th October 2016, 9:59
Max has had some bad luck in qualifying early in the season, so it’s just evening out now.
Phylyp (@phylyp)
9th October 2016, 4:47
Now this is a shocker: Grid drops for Raikkonen (5 places, for gearbox change) and Button (35 places, for new engine/components).
http://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2016/10/grid-drops-for-raikkonen-and-button.html
Revised grid is:
Rosberg, Hamilton; Verstappen, Ricciardo; Perez, Vettel; Grosjean, Raikkonen; Hulkenberg, Gutierrez; Bottas, Massa; Kvyat, Sainz; Alonso, Palmer; Magnussen, Ericsson; Nasr, Ocon; Wehrlein, Button.
Row 2 is now Red Bull Racing.
BasCB (@bascb)
9th October 2016, 5:46
I think the Button one makes perfect sense, and was even to be expected @phylyp. But yeah, real shame for Kimi.