2016 Formula 1 Season Paddock

July 1 deadline set to determine whether cockpit protection will be adopted for 2017 and which version would be pursued

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f...creen-decision-ahead-of-further-tests-732467/

 

I'll say it for Vettel, WTF!!!!!!

 

He said it pretty well too:

"Oh, for fuck’s sake. Who the fuck? Oh, I’m out. Crashed! Somebody hit me in the rear [at] turn two, and then somebody hit me in the fucking rear againat turn 3. For fuck’s sake, honestly! What the fuck are we doing here?"

 

Friggin Kvyat screwed me up in my F1 pool. Was in the season lead until he scrambled my picks.

 

Good news is Haas is in the points again. Thats pretty sweet.

 

Entertaining race

Good weekend for McLaren

 

I think Kvyat was a little too amped up but just in the wrong place at the wrong time in turn 3. Alonso is probably stilling wearing a stupid grin. I'm surprised the stewards didn't do anything about that train Hamilton drove "the long way" around turn 2 on the first lap. The Williams' went backwards again in the race, they're good at that. Haas and Renault.

 

They didn't do anything to Hamilton since it wasn't his fault and he was avoiding hitting other cars. To penalize anyone in that situation would have just been silly.

 

Yeah, plus I think that's become a de facto standard lap 1 activity at that circuit. There would have been a dozen damaged cars otherwise.

 

He followed the correct instruction passing the bollard too, so he was fine (he had already been reprimanded for not doing that). Plus, like three other cars followed and they still came out behind Perez, so they only really passed the cars that were wrecking.

 

Putin to Rosberg via translator
"You and your colleagues, sincere thanks to you. Different segments, different sections of this sport have started to develop in Russia and people take pleasure in watching you do your job, if you can call it a job."

 

He had to go around the bollard , same thing he got reprimanded for not doing in qualifying

 

What he said , lol , should have read further

 

Yep I know why he went out there. What got my attention was how little on-track drama it took for so many of them to choose that route. But like I said it seems to be SOP at that track on lap 1 so eh.

 

So why were you surprised there was no steward action for them going around the bollard ?

 

"Well now that we've spent a year and finally all agreed on engine rules for 2017 and beyond , I might just tear that agreement up and we'll start over" ~ Eccelstone

http://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/15446378/bernie-ecclestone-holds-threat-engine-agreement

 

As it turns out , both Mercedes cars were lucky to finish the race

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/a...olute-nightmare-on-its-hands-in-sochi-732865/

 

Fuel saving cost McLaren-Honda 50 seconds in the Russian GP

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/124070

 

Kvyat in firing line after home grand prix howler . How much will it cost him ?

http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2016/...-grand-prix-howler-how-much-will-it-cost-him/

 

Financially struggling Sauber to miss Barcelona in season test

http://in.mobile.reuters.com/article/idINKCN0XU279?irpc=932