Formula One 2019

[Cleoriff]

What better way to start the new F1 thread than wishing Lewis Hamilton a Happy 34th Birthday

Here's hoping for a great season and another world championship for the lad from Stevenage

Get In Lewis and hopefully

PS: New cars are revealed from February 12th. Testing starts February 18th..

Season starts in 10 weeks. March15th Australia...

[Cleoriff]

Just saw this on an F1 site. Says it all really

Proving how to give a masterclass of a drive on hard tyres for 33 laps, when they normally only last for 20 laps lol

[jonsie]

Sometimes the driver knows best....

[Cleoriff]

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@jonsie wrote:

Sometimes the driver knows best....

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Which is exactly what Toto said post race...

[Cleoriff]

It's the German F1 this weekend. This time last year Vettel was leading the championship by 8 points from Hamilton. Vettel got pole position, Lewis broke down in Q1 with a hydraulic issue and started from 14th on the grid.

They say every picture tells a story...this is what happened

Purely because Seb lost his bottle and crashed into the barrier with Lewis all over his ass..

It could be a different story this weekend. The weather is expected to be extremely hot and we know what happened to Mercedes in Austria. They could not cope with the heat

[jonsie]

I expect the procession as long as qualifying goes OK. 

[Cleoriff]

I just hope Mercedes have sorted out their cooling issues though!

[jonsie]

Fingers crossed they learned the lesson but if Lewis gets in front the only dirty air will be lapping the others. 

[Cleoriff]

Mercedes promised an all white livery this weekend to celebrate 125 years in motorsport

This is it....

Bit disappointed really. It's not ALL white, only the front.....

Maybe it will grow on me.... but not impressed currently!!

[gmarkj]

Looks like someone threw grey paint/ink at it and it carried on driving and it rolled backwards on the car!!

[Cleoriff]

Looks better from the side view...though not by much...