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Does anyone know whether Martin Brundle is gradually stopping? I know he traditionally misses one or two races a year for a break, but this year he seems to have missed about a third of them. It would be a real shame if so. Nico Rosberg seems to have been the best stand-in to me (out of him, Jenson Button and Paul di Resta). Annoyingly, Brundle really makes the commentary for me as while I do kind of like David Croft, I find him too “matey” and really wish he’d find more varied descriptive phrases to shout instead of “wheel to wheel” and “down the inside”.
As for the supporting act, I don’t get what the world seems to see in Ted Kravitz… Karun Chandhok is much better and to the point, without waffling half-attempts at jokes. I also think Natalie Pinkham is more natural Formula One presenter than Simon Lazenby, so it’s good to see them sharing the role this year.
Anyway… they all do a much better job than I could! Easy to whinge from a comfy chair at home!
Wow – @banana88x with a great guess in March!
We seem to be getting some crazy races in recent years with strange results, but I’d still bet on Norris being the next new winner. Sainz is also coming closer and closer and seems to have settled in at Ferrari now.
Surely the next winner will come from:
Norris
Sainz
Russell (in 2022)I think there’s a trade off between the Driver’s and the Constructor’s championships. Sacrificing a Perez/Red Bull 10th place to deprive Hamilton/Mercedes of a point is obviously net even for the WCC, but net positive for Max in the WDC, while Perez is too far off to be considered part of the fight for 1st. At this point, it’s the obvious thing to do.
As you say though, I doubt they would have found that worth it if he was in, say, 7th… probably not even 8th or 9th, as you’re giving away WCC points at that stage and run the risk of missing out on the Fastest Lap if there’s a bad pitstop or a yellow flag or something similar.
I think there is some degree of weighting towards the WDC as well; this seems to be the one that most people remember. It’s an exciting battle this year, with many dimensions to it!
Hi @Nancy ; welcome!
Let’s ignore that the pandemic exists and hope that everything is available next year! I have been to the British GP (Silverstone), Belgian GP (Spa) and Italian GP (Monza) and loved them all for different reasons. You mention being based in the US, so you also have fairly closer options in Texas, Miami, Mexico City or Montreal. I’d recommend Monza, for incredible atmosphere, (almost) guaranteed good weather, great food and passionate, friendly fans. You can fly into Milan and there are good options for hotels or camping, depending on your budget.
When you decide where you’d like to go, I’m sure people on here can recommend specific grandstands and experiences to make it a great trip for you and your husband.
The obvious choice now is Russell; either in Abu Dhabi, or in 2022, when surely he’ll be in a Mercedes.
That said, with a reset due in 2022, will Mercedes even be the driving force (SPOILER: almost certainly!)?
I’ll say Russell if he’s in the Mercedes next weekend – or Norris if he’s not!
@enigma – pretty confident I’ve not been right at all on this thread; despite mentioning 9 names in my last post, none of them were Pierre Gasly!
So… Albon has easily the best car of the non-winners, so should be the logical choice. Unfortunately he doesn’t seem to be ‘sharp’ at the moment and has Verstappen well ahead of him, even if Mercedes falter. He’s probably followed by Sainz or Norris, depending on whether the Ferrari or McLaren becomes next in line in 2021/2022.
I’ll stick my neck out and go for Lando Norris.
I don’t like the reverse direction (logistically impractical) or reverse grid (potentially unfair from a sporting perspective, though I’d like to see it from an entertainment perspective) suggestions.
I think the only way you could ensure the races on the same tracks are different prospects is to run one with harder compound tyres and the other with softer compound tyres.
A slightly more controversial but similar idea would be to run the second race with a mandatory 2 (or even 3) pitstops. This would make it different, the same for everybody, but would lead to some exciting strategy discrepancies and spice it up a little.
Short of that… I wonder if Bernie has his sprinklers to hand!
I absolutely can’t wait, we haven’t been without Formula One for this long in my lifetime and there is a very real void in my life without it!
I’m expecting some fairly crazy races to begin with, perhaps due to drivers being a little rusty. Austria is going to be a wonderful place to start with two races as it’s one of the few places that Mercedes haven’t always dominated since 2014. In reality I’d guess at another Mercedes title, probably with ease, but it doesn’t stop me hoping for some variety!
In terms of what I’m looking forward to seeing, it mostly revolves around the driver moves which have been announced. Could Vettel bounce back and trounce Leclerc in his last hurrah? Could Norris soundly beat Sainz and make Ferrari question their decision? Will Ocon manage to beat Ricciardo? What if Bottas is thoroughly awful and forces Mercedes hand into a change? What will become of Williams? Can Albon get any closer to Verstappen? Will Aston Martin allow their investment to be undermined by having Lance Stroll occupy one of their 2021 cars?
How long will the season be? Could there be controversy in starting a season of undetermined length?
It’s going to be a fascinating season. So many questions to be answered!
As with the people above I had nothing booked, but I was due to be moving to the USA for my wife’s work and had hoped therefore to try and get to one/some of Austin, Montreal, Mexico City or the Indy 500. All those plans have been postponed as no visa applications are being processed at the moment, so it might just have to be all four of them next year in order to catch up!
I feel worst for my brother who is a Haas mechanic and was about to embark on his first full Formula One season and went all the way to Australia for a cancelled Grand Prix and has been sitting at home waiting ever since!
A nice discussion idea @enigma.
Alain Prost I always associate with McLaren, probably due to all his World Championship’s with them and the fact that most of his career was there.
For a similar reason, I’d place Alonso with Renault, despite spending much time with Ferrari and McLaren.
Petrov is an interesting one, I remember him mostly in Caterham green.
Here are my three:
Jenson Button
Rubens Barrichello
Giancarlo FisichellaIs it Norman Nato? With the trend being the winners of the first GP2/F2 feature race of the season, in reverse order?
Latifi – 2019
Norris – 2018
Markelov – 2017
Nato – 2016Exactly right – although Pierre Gasly came within a Verstappen mistake of ruining my question the other day!
@imhotep222 – could it be Antonio Giovinazzi? With the link being Kimi Raikkonen’s latest team-mates?
@imhotep222 – exactly right and your turn!
