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Via “illegal” Acestreams found all over the Internet. If there seems to be a problem with those then F1 TV with a VPN shall be it.

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01. Hamilton: Was completely in league of his own. Managed to win races even when Mercedes wasn’t the fastest car. Was as strong as always in qualis as well. His Singapore pole lap was one of the greatest I’ve ever seen
02: Leclerc: Incredibly strong rookie campaign. Mistakes were made rarely, was consistently way faster than Ericsson and has a promising racecraft. Expecting big things from this kid.
03: Räikkönen: Was very much on-par with Vettel. Ferrari’s insane race strategies, team orders and DNF’s due to mechanical problems dropped Kimi soon out of WDC fight. Should’ve finished the season in 2nd place. His victory in USA was the best thing that has happened in F1 for over a decade.
04: Gasly: Left Hartley far behind. Often times had clean races. Grid penalties ruined his season but without them he would’ve fought for F1.5 title
05: Verstappen: Terrible start to the season followed by world class 2nd part of the season. Really difficult to rate this guy.
06: Alonso: Was way ahead of Vandoorne, but was it due the car suiting him much better or did Vandoorne lost his speed? You can’t do miracles in McLaren but Alonso used a chances to score points whenever they were available.
07: Vettel: In some weekends, like Spa, a Vettel known to us all was there, but there were so many mistakes from his part that he cab’t be higher than 7th. How can he keep his head cool next year?
08: Hülkenberg: Winner of F1.5 title and made Sainz look bad. A strong, consistent season from Hulk yet again. His driving in Spa was incredibly dangerous and a race ban wouldn’t been too harsh a penalty. Also made a mistake in Baku. Apart from that he had a solid season and will probably beat Ricciardo next year.
09: Bottas: Was the best driver in front teams at the beginning of the season, but bad luck and team orders crushed him mentally. He just couldn’t cope with the situation, especially after Sochi. Next year he has to deliver.
10: Ricciardo: Difficult to rate due to enormous amounts of DNF’s. However, when his Red Bull kept running Verstappen usually was faster. Was a bit lucky to win in China and in Monaco his only competitor crashed himself out. Mexico pole was great, though. Must improve if he wants to beat Hulk.
11: Ocon: Has a lot of speed, but his racecraft still needs some work. Not much though. His qualifying at Spa being the highlight of his season.
12: Perez: Solid season by Perez. Was there when an opportunity to score a podium was available. Couldn’t keep up with Ocon though.
13: Magnussen: Was also very good at the beginning but seemed to struggle when season progressed.
14: Grosjean: Same as above, but in reverse order! Made more mistakes than his teammate, hence Magnussen is ahead.
15: Sirotkin: Williams was such a disaster it’s hard to rate Sirotkin, but he kept steadily improving, didn’t do many mistakes and was usually outqualifying his more experienced team mate. Should’ve been given another chance in F1.
16: Sainz: Really disappointing season from him. Didn’t really shine in any GPs and was rather weak in wheel-to-wheel battles.
17: Hartley: Never thought this guy was good enough for F1. Lacked the speed and rarely took any risks on track. However, he was quite consistent and possibly useful asset for Honda.
18: Ericsson: Another weak season by the Swede. Crashed himself out from time to time and Leclerc was another team mate who turned out to be too fast competitor. Good luck in Indycar!
19: Stroll: Really bad season. Sirotkin isn’t exactly a world class supertalent, yet he still couldn’t beat his team mate especially after Sirotkin gained some experience.
20: Vandoorne: Alonso is difficult team mate to beat, but that was just pathetic. He was matching or outpacing even Alonso in the latter half of 2017. Where did that speed go? Hopefully he can revitalize his career in Formula E

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Is there a single reason why I should buy F1 2018 instead of keep on going with Assetto Corsa and Automobilista?

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Editing and deleting comments are basic functionalities all over the Web. (Social media, forums etc.) Does it really make any difference for moderating tasks? It might increase mods’ workload a bit, yes, but if it was so time-consuming for the mods to deal with I think less sites and platforms would allow editing and deleting comments. I don’t see it as a big problem and it would be handy to be able to fix typos easily without spamming the comment section with messages about the typos or wrong choice of words.

I really dislike the idea about “+1’s” or “likes” or whatever. The comment section would immediately turn into a popularity contest with cheap jokes being repeated over and over again. The Internet is full of examples of that. I think the system we have here is oustandingly refreshing compared to Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube, Reddit etc. If you want to have your celebratory moment with your “funny” or “clever” joke then go and post it elsewhere.

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@FlatSix It’s impossible to predict how much midfield/bottom teams could improve their pace with bigger budgets made possible by fairer distribution of the money. Anyway that isn’t really my point. The point is in your 2nd paragraph. Fairer distribution of money -> more teams could enter F1 -> fuller grid of cars. Economical stability is what minnow teams need. This could also help out in battle against pay drivers.

I find it harsh that it takes 3 years (I think?) before team can earn any prize money. From my understanding Haas hasn’t earned anything at all yet and won’t score any money from this year either whatever their position might be in WCC. System like that makes it practically impossible for new entries to stay in the business.

I believe it’s the most vital thing to do in order to keep F1 healthy, but I’m not Bernie or Carey.

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Right now? Inequal distribution of prize money between the teams.

However, when the 2018 season gets under way the biggest problem will be Halo.

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Kimi advertising alcoholic beverage. Because why not.

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If I’d have to guess now, I’d say the grid for next season will look like this:

Mercedes: Hamilton/Bottas
Ferrari: Räikkönen/Vettel
Red Bull: Verstappen/Ricciardo
Force India: Ocon/Perez
Williams: Alonso/Stroll
Toro Rosso: Sainz/Gasly
Renault: Hülkenberg/Buemi
Haas: Magnussen/Leclerc
Sauber: Wehrlein/Matshushita
McLaren: Vandoorne/Grosjean

Can’t see anything changing in top teams. Mercedes have found harmony inside their team. Bottas has been easily good enough to fulfill Rosberg’s seat and I’d imagine he is getting even better when season goes on. Hamilton’s retirement talks are just that, silly talks. He is still battling fiercely on track. There is still fire in him. I don’t believe he’d retire after this season.
Räikkönen’s start to the season was pretty weak, but Kimi has greatly improved in last few weekends. Luck just hasn’t been on his side. And besides, there are no super talent going up the ladder right now to replace him. There’s no point for Vettel to go anywhere else, so no changes in Ferrari.
Ricciardo and Verstappen is a great pair for Red Bull. Red Bull has zero need to change a thing and there’s no better seats available for either of the RB drivers. The same applies for Force India’s pair.
Alonso is desperate to get out of McLaren and Williams is one of the only places in the paddock where he hasn’t destroyed team spirits or burned bridges yet. That’s where he’ll end up. Stroll’s wallet secures his drive at Williams.
Kvyat gets the boot from Toro Rosso and he is replaced by Gasly. Sainz has to settle in and wait for another day until he gets out of junior team.
Hülkenberg continues in Renault but he gets a new team mate for next season. Abysmally bad Palmer leaves the sport and he is being replaced by Buemi who is doing excellent job in WEC and Formula E. He has contacts to Renault through their e.dams FE-team and he has been driving tyre tests for Pirelli, making him a tempting option for Renault.
Magnussen continues in Haas, while under-performing Grosjean has to go. Leclerc takes his place after utterly dominating the entire F2 field.
Wehrlein continues to improve at Sauber throughout this season, so he’ll stay there. But for next year Honda wants to have Japanese colours in the grid, so they’ll bring in Matshushita who can outbid Ericsson with the help of Honda and other Japanese sponsors.
McLaren still believe in Vandoorne despite mediocre debut season. He’ll be paired with Grosjean who has nowhere else to go at this point.

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Mexico’s ePrix has been far and away the best race this season, all series included. Nothing gets even close.

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1. Räikkönen
2. Hamilton
3. Vettel
4. Alonso
5. Verstappen
6. Bottas
7. Ricciardo
8. Perez
9. Hülkenberg
10. Sainz
11. Ocon
12. Magnussen
13. Wehrlein
14. Kvyat
15. Vandoorne
16. Grosjean
17. Massa
18. Ericsson
19. Stroll
20. Palmer

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@keithcollantine I’m pretty sure Kimi actually shot those shootouts there. I’ve heard he’s been practising with Swiss hockey league team EV Zug in his sparetime. And well, all Finns have hockey skills in their blood.

Those “saving attempts” by the goalie were pretty laughable though. It looked as if he was trying to avoid the puck rather than make a save.

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Here’s Kimi Räikkönen driving around with the new Ferrari GTC4Lusso T. And playing ice-hockey, for whatever reason.

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@keithcollantine In what style would you prefer teams to report news on social media?

All teams have their own websites for interesting and exclusive articles. I don’t see social media as a platform for those. Sure they can provide a link for an article like that on social media and I get your point that they might be easy to miss especially if you follow huge number of accounts. However, social media is exactly that, social, so banter between the teams is to be expected. I really hope the “fights” between teams will stay as humorous as they are now.

I still giggle when I think of Lotus’ “it hurts a little bit” tweet about Kimi’s exit. I think that was far better way to report it compared to more serious way of sharing a link to an official press release or something.

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I think Mercedes, Force India and Renault (especially in their Lotus days) are showcasing some brilliant tongue-in-cheek writing at Twitter. I don’t have a Twitter account but I’ve encountered some of their funny tweets via other platforms of social media and via F1 news site such as F1Fanatic.
When it comes to drivers the absolute king of social media is Taki Inoue. No doubt about that!

F1’s official Facebook account is doing pretty decent job. Lots of content is being published daily. Would like to see more humorous posts from them though.

Also special mention for Sauber and their Reddit-account. It’s so cool when official F1 team takes part to conversations at /r/Formula1. I wish more teams and drivers would become active at Reddit.

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Räikkönen on Nasr (Hungaroring), Verstappen on Perez (Interlagos), Magnussen on Palmer (Circuit of the Americas), Vettel on Hülkenberg and Sainz (Shanghai International Circuit), Hülkenberg on Bottas (Suzuka)

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