Lewis Hamilton has won the Singapore Grand Prix in a dominating fashion, with only Verstappen briefly looking into a chance for victory. The Dutch Red Bull driver eventually finished 9s down in second, while Vettel ended up third, 30s further down the road.
I'm at an AWS conference and was browsing the forums and that post just made me LOL in the middle of a presentation. Kimi is on fire! Go Kimi!Phil wrote: ↑13 Sep 2018, 18:33He is. Here's another gold one from the press conference:
Q: (on the move to Sauber) ...and you're still passionate about racing, the fire is still....
Kimi: No, I'm not actually. You know, ... just for head games for you guys, I happen to sign and gonna spend two years there and not be happy.
It's an utter absurd idea, that's what it is. First of all, it's logistically not feasible for the smaller teams. So we're down to the argument that only the teams with capacity would do it. So lets assume, best case, that's Mercedes, Ferrari and RedBull. So now we have the top 3 teams occupying the best 9 slots, leaving position 10 for the rest to fight over. Even so, if you assume that we could have points for the top 12 cars, it doesn't change the fact that this pushes down the rest further down the grid.
Easy man, I just said I like the idea, but I would prefer multiple teams. It's the same way I would like a Veyron but it's just a thought indulgence. I know practically speaking what is or isn't a good idea (generally speaking).Phil wrote: ↑14 Sep 2018, 14:07It's an utter absurd idea, that's what it is. First of all, it's logistically not feasible for the smaller teams. So we're down to the argument that only the teams with capacity would do it. So lets assume, best case, that's Mercedes, Ferrari and RedBull. So now we have the top 3 teams occupying the best 9 slots, leaving position 10 for the rest to fight over. Even so, if you assume that we could have points for the top 12 cars, it doesn't change the fact that this pushes down the rest further down the grid.
Awesome way to kill the sport. It will give more power to the big teams too. If a small one goes bust, no problem, just add another car by the big teams at the front. Fast forward 5 years and we might only have 4 teams filling up the grid. You can then wave good bye to diversity. Better yet, why doesn't Mercedes go make its own F1 and call it MercedesF1. They can fill an entire grid and run their own "spec championship".
Ocon's situation is a pity, but that's just the way it is. Mercedes (and the other top teams) are paying the price because they already have their best seats occupied. There's an F2 championship every year, it just isn't possible to accommodate every new young F2 winner. Sometimes, it isn't even possible to retain talented ones. Feel sorry for Ocon? Well, I feel sorry for Buemi, Vergne and others who got cut because RedBull was sitting by its strong philosophy of either making a big impact or get replaced by the next younger generation.
If Mercedes felt that strongly about Ocon, they should rethink Bottas (or Hamilton) in their Mercedes seats. Or perhaps all the big teams should worry more about fairer distribution of price money to not have the midfield teams having to rely on pay-drivers and sponsors as much as they do. If they didn't - perhaps Stroll wouldn't be driving in the first place as there'd be no (survival) need for his fathers money in the first place. If the sport wasn't controlled by the big teams, perhaps the midfield seats would be more attractive places to race to begin with.
