They were close to making it to the big time, 2016 seemed like a turning point. I feel for them, they worked so hard.
Just read an interesting statistic - 2017 will be the first season since 1976 that a former teammate of Micheal Schumacher has not raced. Unless Massa comes back of course. Which he will. Story is here, but to save you being swamped with awful adverts I have cuta nd pasted. http://www.givemesport.com/956063-b...al&utm_campaign=Tribute-Pages-laika-III-1sted "Bizarre Michael Schumacher statistic ahead of 2017 Formula One season The 2017 season in Formula One is almost upon us. With major changes regarding regulations, as well as in terms of drivers, where we are guaranteed to get a new champion next term following the retirement of Nico Rosberg last December, the world of F1 will see some stark contrasts compared to the previous campaigns. However, one significant statistic has come to the fore, although it does not include any of the drivers competing in the upcoming season. It will be the first time since 1976 that no driver on the grid will be a former teammate of the legendary Michael Schumacher, a record which is set to be broken after a staggering 41 years, according to Daily Mirror. The German’s career in the premier level of racing saw him compete for a span of 19 years in the top-flight, featuring for teams like Jordan, Benetton, Ferrari, and Mercedes. Schumacher raced in the same teams with some drivers who have been involved with the sport since the 1970s, and was also a teammate to two members of the pack from last season. Riccardo Patrese began his career in 1977 at the Monaco GP with Shadows racing team, but moved to Brabham where he was joined by Nelson Piquet. Piquet was Schumacher’s teammate for the final races in 1991 with Benetton. The year 1992 saw the seven-time champion lining up alongside Martin Brundle, who had been involved with F1 since 1984, while the next season witnessed a change with Andrea de Cesaris coming in, one who has featured from 1980 and also partnered in 1991 with Jordan. Johnny Herbert was on the team for two seasons from 1994-95, while JJ Lehto and Jos Verstappen only for 1994. Schumacher signed for Ferrari in 1996, where he was partnered by Eddie Irvine for the following four years. Brazilian star Rubens Barrichello featured alongside the German from 2000, an association that remained for six successive years till 2005. Felipe Massa entered the frame in 2006, the final year of the 48-year-old with Ferrari. The 2010 campaign saw the emergence of the icon with Mercedes alongside Nico Rosberg, who then had already amassed four years of experience in F1. A three-year partnership ended with Schumacher calling time on his career in 2012. Rosberg is the reigning champion, and with his retirement, apart from Felipe Massa as well, the next term will be different to the previous seasons, dating back to over four decades. However, if Massa makes a comeback from his retirement with Williams being favourites to land the Brazilian, the statistic could be put on hold at least for one more campaign."
It is clearly the off-season as someone has taken the time to work it all out! So, this then begs the question. What do not.606 members do to fill their time during the off-season (clean answers only please, this is a family site!)
Work out what conspiracies to push this season Work out who to hate and adore Prepare arguments with no right answer. The usual
Former Mercedes boss Ross Brawn believes Formula 1 must work to ensure its financial model is viable for the smallest teams on the grid, and says the sport will never "see a Leicester City" kind of a short memory maybe? I mena ok his team was really actually a rebadged honda team with a merc engine and it dominated for half the season and won button the WDC. They were not exactly sauber strugling along for years or manor but they were nearly gone. tyrell to BAR to honda to Brawn gp... to.... mercedes. No its not quite leicester but its not far off given leicester actually had relatively rich owners and appointed a famous man at the helm etc etc. YES right now the rule son engines effectively block a team turning up like Haas for example and going for gold but.... never is a LOOOOOONNNNGGG time Ross.
manor can still be saved, I hope to see them on the grid this coming season, thanks to their engine deal they're actually a decent proposition.
http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/b...-2017-cars-will-be-a-monster-to-drive-865067/ http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12...g-for-extreme-demands-of-2017-style-formula-1 With regards to fitness levels, has anyone else noted the increased intensity pre-season fitness regimes of the drivers? Well lets just say we aren't talking a light run on the treadmill.
The issue they have is weight. They have spent the last 3 years trying to get down to a very lean 65kg.
I have a horrible feeling that there's going to be a few mid season rule changes as the FIA have rushed these rules through without proper thinking. A lot more of the track is now going to be full throttle, the PUs will only be marginally more fuel efficient than last season, they're only getting an extra 5% more fuel. I'm sure you can see where this is going, maybe I should be optimistic that we'll see cars going at different paces throughout the race so there's a constant change, but more likely is the 1 best way of going about a race. The tyres are due to be more resilient this season so that should move more weight to the importance of fuel use, I'm intrigued to how this will pan out. What did I read the other day, Barcelona will go from 65% full throttle to 80% full throttle? Big changes.
BLS I think you are right. The tyres are supposed to be more durable and more full throttle so fuel is going to be the limiting factor in a big way. Any idea if the electrical energy store and harvest limits have increased as that might help?
hmm, maybe, but tbh, I like to see lots of different strategies, last season had some great race endings with people trying to eek out their tyres while others had seemingly screwed themselves with an extra pit-stop, but had actually played it perfectly. Just like the 'good old days'. I'm more worried about 1 team dominating the whole season (RBR), yes Mercedes were ahead of everyone, but the gap was getting smaller and smaller each season. I think if they'd kept the same rules for this season, we would've seen the close racing we all want to see.
