Formula 1 2016 Thread

http://www.gptoday.com/full_story/view/578437/F1_world_blasts_Verstappen__Max_needs_a_psychiatrist/

http://www.gptoday.com/full_story/view/578483/Verstappen_I_was_the_victim/

Like Senna he can't see what's wrong.
Unfortunately he is, as yet, not in the same class as Senna.

 

Massa announced retirement at the end of the season, Abu Dhabi last and 250th race, JB to Williams then?

 

Doubt it, I think J.B.s time is up.
Massa at least went with a shred of dignity & wasn't left without a drive.

 

More wishful thinking on my part really.... Nasr is favourite I suspect

 

Makes me wonder if Wehrlein might be put in by Mercedes.

 

Ouch! .

I hope JB has another year in something competitive... In fairness, i reckon Massa would have thought the same thing!

 

Much as I'd love JB to have a last hurrah at Williams I can't really see past Mercedes easing one of it's young drivers in, almost certainly Wehrlein.

 

Palmer/Renault I do wonder why they bother.

 

Jenson anounces retirement

 

It's not a retirement, it's a " sabbatical ".

 

Seeing the video he released I read it as he wants to finish at mclaren, alonso probably out 2018 Jenson 1 last year? Can't see vandorme only stopping 1 year.

 

Eddie Jordan reporting Bernie out by Tuesday....

 

i saw that that might shake it up a bit

 

About time. One of the dodgiest blokes in sport.

 

Best one yet was when he paid off the German courts for bribery.

 

I'd say that this is the beginning of the end of any free to air coverage of F1.

One of Uncle Rupert's henchmen.
http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/n...campaign=RSS-F1&utm_term=News&utm_content=www

 

Was worried when I saw Murdochs name. I'm one of those that won't pay for Sky or buy the Sun on principle... so this is could be torture!

 

Totally agree , although i won`t miss it that much - it has got very tame and predictable of late .
All the drivers are millionaires and don`t want to rock the boat by saying what they think on camera .
The racing is `driven ` by media these days .

 

I think this will be the end
with all the regs and that stupid halo thing and now this the normal fans are going to walk away

 

I doubt I'll up and leave but I may have to pay a publican to allow me to watch! Hopefully the new bosses put the pay per view onto the multi media and other outlets allowing for a standard free to air model to remain.

I'm sure there are statistic that will say what the figures are like between free and pay per view... i can't imagine that it makes sense to lose the free to air completely?

As for the racing, I hope the 2017 regs will help a lot... the engines are going to converge more next season and if the aims of the rule changes work out then hopefully things will improve