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...

[Anonymous]

I shall be voting for Lewis Hamilton in BBC Sports Personality of the Year

This programme kicks off my festive season tv viewing

I too @Cleoriff enjoy your posts on this thread 

[Cleoriff]

Thanks @Anonymous .

I'm obsessed with F1 as many people know. It's not for everyone but as long as people keep posting on the thread I will keep it going. (Well after the Abu Dhabi race this weekend, F1 is finished for the season)

Roll on F1 2020

This is Sky Sports picture welcoming us to Abu Dhabi....

[Anonymous]

What a fab picture @Cleoriff 

I just want Lewis Hamilton to win all the time 

Really chuffed he is F1 World Champion again !

Does the race begin in daytime and end in nightime ?

[Cleoriff]

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@Anonymous wrote:

What a fab picture @Cleoriff 

Does the race begin in daytime and end in nightime ?

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Yes it does in Abu Dhabi. They are 4 hours ahead of us...but as it's winter it gets dark about half way through the race. Its the only day/night race on the calendar.

However the floodlights are on at race start so it doesn't affect the drivers.

We start watching the race on Sunday at 13.10pm. So it will be 17.10pm there.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the info above @Cleoriff 

[Cleoriff]

Nicolas Latifi will replace Kubica at Williams for 2020. Another young lad with an extremely rich father

(Michael Latifi owns 10% of McLaren) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Latifi 

Naturally there is already talk that there are better drivers out there. However none of them will bring the same money to Williams that Latifi will.

[Anonymous]

Money talks... ugh

[Cleoriff]

So Abu Dhabi FP1, not without incident. Daniel Ricciardo had an engine blowout and Vettel spun into the wall...Session stopped and not restarted. Bottas has a brand new engine. Lewis had problems with his...and FP1 end like this

[Cleoriff]

Ferrari are very slow.

Lewis has been asked by the team to wear No 1 on his car. He could wear that number all next year but never does. He says 44 is is his number and that is what brings him luck. So I don't expect to see it on for FP2. They will have taken the photos for the team and that will be it.

As an aside, Vettels wife gave birth to their 3rd child, they now have a son. Bottas has announced with sadness that him and his wife Emilia are divorcing. Sad for them.

[Cleoriff]