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F1 2019 Season Thread (Next race: Dec. 1 Abu Dhabi)

Posted on 3/16/19 at 2:13 am
Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82
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Posted on 3/16/19 at 2:13 am
Motorsport.com is a great place to review all the sessions. (It's better than the official F1 site)

Plus I have an F1 Results Table and Progression Chart that kicks arse over anything else you'll find on the internet.

F1 2019 Schedule

Date - Grand Prix - Location => Podium

March 17 Australia => Bottas (FL), Hamilton, Verstappen
March 31 Bahrain => Hamilton, Bottas, Leclerc (FL) (pg 7)

April 14 China => Hamilton, Bottas, Vettel (P6 Gasly FL) (pg 15)
April 28 Azerbaijan => Bottas, Hamilton, Vettel (P5 Leclerc FL) (pg 19)

May 12 Spain => Hamilton (FL), Bottas, Verstappen (pg 22)
May 26 Monaco => Hamilton, Vettel, Bottas (P5 Gasly FL) (pg 24)

June 09 Canada => Hamilton, Vettel, Leclerc (P4 Bottas FL) (pg 26)
June 23 France => Hamilton, Bottas, Leclerc (P5 Vettel FL) (pg 29)
June 30 Austria => Verstappen (FL), Leclerc, Bottas (pg 31)

July 14 Great Britain => Hamilton (FL), Bottas, Leclerc (pg 33)
July 28 Germany => Verstappen (FL), Vettel, Kvyat (pg 37)

August 04 Hungary => Hamilton, Verstappen (FL), Vettel (pg 48)

September 01 Belgium => Leclerc, Hamilton, Bottas (P4 Vettel FL) (pg 51)
September 08 Italy => Leclerc, Bottas, Hamilton (FL) (pg 52)
September 22 Singapore => Vettel, Leclerc, Verstappen (P17 Magnussen FL) (pg 54)
September 29 Russia => Hamilton (FL), Bottas, Leclerc (pg 55)

October 13 Japan => Bottas, Vettel, Hamilton (FL) (pg 56)
October 27 Mexico => Hamilton, Vettel, Bottas (P4 Leclerc FL) (pg 58)

November 03 USA => Bottas, Hamilton, Verstappen (P4 Leclerc FL) (pg 59)
November 17 Brazil => Verstappen, Gasly, Sainz (NC Bottas FL) (pg 62)
December 01 Abu Dhabi Yas Island


F1 2019 Driver Standings

Driver (Team) - Points
1. Hamilton (Mercedes) - 387
2. Bottas (Mercedes) - 314
3. Verstappen (Red Bull) - 260
4. Leclerc (Ferrari) - 249
5. Vettel (Ferrari) - 230
6. Gasly (Red Bull => Toro Rosso) - 95
7. Sainz (McLaren) - 95
8. Albon (Toro Rosso => Red Bull) - 84
9. Ricciardo (Renault) - 54
10. Pérez (Racing Point) - 46
11. Norris (McLaren) - 45
12. Räikkönen (Alfa Romeo) - 43
13. Hülkenberg (Renault) - 37
14. Kvyat (Toro Rosso) - 35
15. Stroll (Racing Point) - 21
16. Magnussen (Haas) - 20
17. Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo) - 14
18. Grojean (Haas) - 8
19. Kubica (Williams) - 1
20. Russell (Williams)

F1 2019 Constructor Standings

Constructor - Points
1. Mercedes - 701
2. Ferrari - 479
3. Red Bull - 391
4. McLaren - 140
5. Renault - 91
6. Toro Rosso - 83
7. Racing Point - 67
8. Alfa Romeo - 57
9. Haas - 28
10. Williams - 1

Engine - Teams
Mercedes - Mercedes, Racing Point (Force India), Williams
Ferrari - Ferrari, Haas, Alfa Romeo (Sauber)
Honda - Red Bull, Toro Rosso
Renault - Renault, McLaren
This post was edited on 11/19/19 at 2:10 am
Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82
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Posted on 3/16/19 at 2:42 am to
Here we go. We're at Albert Park in Melbourne, Australia. The first qualifying session of the year has just finished, and now we have a sense of the true pace of the teams, and it's not looking good from a competitive standpoint.

1. Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes 1m20.486s
2. Valtteri Bottas FIN Mercedes + 0.112s
3. Sebastian Vettel GER Ferrari + 0.704s
4. Max Verstappen NED Red Bull Honda + 0.834s
5. Charles Leclerc MON Ferrari + 0.956s
6. Romain Grosjean FRA Haas F1 + 1.340s
7. Kevin Magnussen DEN Haas F1 + 1.613s
8. Lando Norris GBR McLaren + 1.818s
9. Kimi Raikkonen ITA Alfa Romeo + 1.828s
10. Sergio Perez MEX Racing Point F1 + 2.295s
-- Q2 CUTOFF 1m22.532s --
11. Nico Hulkenberg GER Renault 1m22.562s
12. Daniel Ricciardo AUS Renault 1m22.570s
13. Alexander Albon THA Toro Rosso Honda 1m22.636s
14. Antonio Giovinazzi ITA Alfa Romeo 1m22.714s
15. Daniil Kvyat RUS Toro Rosso Honda 1m22.774s
-- Q1 CUTOFF 1m22.966s --
16. Lance Stroll CAN Racing Point F1 1m23.017s
17. Pierre Gasly FRA Red Bull Honda 1m23.020s
18. Carlos Sainz ESP McLaren 1m23.084s
19. George Russell GBR Williams 1m24.360s
20. Robert Kubica POL Williams 1m26.067s


The 2nd fastest team Ferrari is 0.7s off the pace. That's huge! Mercedes should run away with this race.

The fact that P8 is almost 2s off the pace is pathetic. Only a few cars are going to finish on the lead lap, unless they have a couple of safety cars to bunch up the field.

I missed Q1 and Q2, and only saw Q3, but I just read that the reason Gasly got stuck so far back is that Red Bull opted to do just one run in Q1. Gasly was just 0.144s slower than Verstappen, but when the other teams did a 2nd run and improved their times, that 0.144s was the difference between Verstappen moving on to Q2 and Gasly getting stuck in P17. The team screwed up.

If Verstappen can finish the race (a big if) and compete with Ferrari, that will be a big boost for Honda, and Red Bull's decision to go with Honda (not that they had much choice).

US team Haas is looking good!
This post was edited on 8/4/19 at 10:22 pm
Posted by i am dan
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Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 3/16/19 at 5:15 am to
Hamilton is just too good.

Is the race televised today or tomorrow?

Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82
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Posted on 3/16/19 at 5:45 am to
quote:

Is the race televised today or tomorrow?

The Aussie race is a decent time for the west coast (Saturday at 10:00 pm PDT), but that makes it awkward for the eastern US (Sunday at 1:00 am EDT).
Posted by jordan21210
Member since Apr 2009
13379 posts
Posted on 3/16/19 at 6:22 am to
IN

Merc sandbagging at qualifying confirmed.

Really pulling for Kimi to make something happen at Sauber/Alfa.

Must be a bit of a bummer for Danny, but I’m sure it won’t be overnight success in a new car with a new team.

Also glad to see the Haas cars up there. Hope they don’t choke like last year and give F1.5 a legit go.
This post was edited on 3/16/19 at 6:23 am
Posted by MLSter
Member since Feb 2013
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Posted on 3/16/19 at 6:46 am to
Posted in the other thread
This is my first season trying to keep up. I’m going to rely on some true fans to talk technical and teach me the ins and outs

Was a bit disappointed to wake up and see Mercedes still dominating. I was hoping for a competitive 1-3 and good battle for 4th(like anybody) Oh well.
Glad for team America though.

I think I’m gonna be a Verstapin fan just to make people mad( he came off as a douche in the show)
Posted by flvelo12
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Member since Jan 2012
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Posted on 3/16/19 at 7:08 am to
& the Williams team still dragging up the rear.
Posted by weagle99
Member since Nov 2011
35893 posts
Posted on 3/16/19 at 7:11 am to
The interest this year might be in seeing how the new drivers do.

Looks like more MB domination.
Posted by jordan21210
Member since Apr 2009
13379 posts
Posted on 3/16/19 at 7:20 am to
I’m far from an expert, started following last season. That said, the new rule for fastest lap has potential to make things interesting. Fastest lap in the top 10 on race day gets a point.

Agree with above though, this season will be about the new drivers. I assume Mercedes will dominate as per usual.
Posted by weagle99
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Posted on 3/16/19 at 7:36 am to
Posted by Roll Tide Ravens
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Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 3/16/19 at 7:45 am to
Not a good first qualifying of the year for Renault. I’m hoping to see them challenge Red Bull some this year.
Posted by pjab
Member since Mar 2016
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Posted on 3/16/19 at 9:09 am to
quote:

Fastest lap in the top 10 on race day gets a point.



Hamilton will get that too.

In qualifying, the two Mercedes were trading track records back and forth. We can only hope for Bottas to outwardly challenge Hamilton.
Posted by fightin tigers
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Posted on 3/16/19 at 9:48 am to
Merc didn't sandbag. They showed exactly this pace during winter tests. They only went all out once at were faster than Ferrari when they did.

Renault...wow guys. Sucks.

Ferrari fans. Next year boys, always next year.
Posted by fightin tigers
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Posted on 3/16/19 at 9:50 am to
quote:

Hamilton will get that too.



Maybe, but probably not. Hamilton will save the engine and not worry about the one point. Formula 1.5 will be the ones fighting over that 1 point.

Save engine = turn down performance, use less fuel (more weight), stay on older tires longer.
Posted by Winston Cup
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Posted on 3/16/19 at 9:52 am to
Lewis is a prick
Posted by fightin tigers
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Posted on 3/16/19 at 9:55 am to
The Nick Saban on F1. Can't name anything prickish he has done, except win.
Posted by Rendevoustavern
Member since May 2018
1534 posts
Posted on 3/16/19 at 10:10 am to
In

Glad to see Grosjean and Magnussen off to a solid start. Hopefully they both finish in points to start the year.
Shocked to see Renault finish so poorly we will see how the drivers compete tomorrow. Wonder how the veteran drivers took Norris' finish.
Posted by MOJO mod
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Posted on 3/16/19 at 10:23 am to
The race for positions 4 through 10 will be the best racing and drama of the weekend, as it has for the last few years. Mercedes dominated qualifying last year and Ferrari pulled the upset because of mistakes, so it may be interesting to see. I wish there was some more parity amongst the teams but looking like a two team breakaway for 2019
Posted by Obtuse1
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Member since Sep 2016
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Posted on 3/16/19 at 10:37 am to
quote:

Hamilton will get that too.


It is more likely for mid-tier teams to pick up the fastest lap point. The top tier teams won't push their engines nor potentially hurt their race strategy by hammering their tires. Mid-level teams with someone with good safe track position can come in late for their last stop put on the races softest compound and take a couple of flyers with low fuel. Those points can mean lots of extra money for the mid-tier teams. Given it looks like a Mercedes whitewash is possible Hamilton won't need to push for them.
Posted by fightin tigers
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Posted on 3/16/19 at 10:38 am to
The Alonso Commemorative Point.
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