2017 Formula 1 Season Paddock

Paddy Lowe leaves Mercedes

http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12...cedes-set-to-join-williams-for-2017-f1-season

 

Checking flights to Austin.. going to be around $800 round trip for 2. Not too bad. Still going to be an expensive weekend though.

 

I used Megabus and Air BnB to make a real trip out of my Austin trek. Megabus to Austin and back to Georgia tallied about $200. Air Bnb was $40, and I stayed with friends in Austin.

 

My Montreal weekends cost about $5K

 

Damn, That's nuts. Is half of that just for flight?

 

Flight , 5 nights at the hotel is like $1500 and the 3 day pass for 2 of us is $1200

 

Compared to that I guess a trip to COTA doesn't seem so bad.

 

DAMNNNN! My Cota trip was roughly $500 total. 3-day pass was $210 with free shuttle from downtown to the track. It helped I had lady friends to crash with for two nights. I bought a sack of apples and a jar of peanut butter for my westward trek. That held me over on the 2-day bus trip. The gals cooked a big meal and we downed a lot of beer. I splurged on track concessions but always kept no less than 6 pieces of fruit in my bag at all times. I bought a bag of mixed fruit at HEB for the return trip. I tried to make it as frugal as possible.

 

The hotel costs go ape shit in Montreal for F1 weekend , we stay about a 15 minute metro ride from downtown , and our hotel is about 2 blocks from the nearest metro station and at that our 5 night stay is $1500 , the hotels downtown have $600-800 / night rates for Fri / Sat on F1 weekend , it's nuts

 

Wife says we'll go for our 20th wedding anniversary..... in 10 years.

 

2017 F1 tires to feature 'very low degradation'

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/127693

 

Renault F1 team principal Vasseur resigns effective immediately

https://www.google.ca/amp/www.motor...ves-renault-f1-team-864554/amp/?client=safari

 

Interesting. Difference of opinion on the direction of the team?

 

Poor Hulk. He really has the luck.

 

http://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id...lt-due-lack-coherent-vision-senior-management

 

Tech Analysis ~ Why Honda backtracked on it's 'Size Zero' concept

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/t...-backtracked-on-its-size-zero-concept-864854/

 

Williams admit Bottas to Mercedes move imminent , announcement likely this week

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/b...cedes-in-final-stages-admits-williams-865734/

 

INSIGHT: THE START OF A PIVOTAL FORTNIGHT FOR THE FUTURE OF FORMULA 1

https://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2017...ivotal-fortnight-for-the-future-of-formula-1/

 

Sky Sports F1's Martin Brundle suffered heart attack during Monaco GP coverage

http://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id...ed-heart-attack-sky-sports-monaco-gp-coverage

 

Renault overhauls ERS system for 2017 F1 power unit

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/renault-overhauls-ers-for-2017-f1-power-unit-865513/