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FIA Formula One 2018 |OT| Halo: Racing Evolved
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http://www.crash.net/f1/news/889241/1/alonso-renault-giving-mclaren-f1-more-facts-honda
Honda. The Power of Hopes.
Honda. The Power of Hopes.
Alonso is doing the whole 2018-19 WEC superseason except for Fuji? He gets two shots at Le Mans in that case.
Don't you think they have a reason to be critical of Honda, given the three years of abject failure by them?
The fact that McLaren Honda only scored more six more points in the three years they were together (132) than Jenson Button scored in his season with the customer Mercedes engine in 2014 (126) says it all.
It's the worst attempt at an F1 engine in the last 20 years.
The fact that McLaren Honda only scored more six more points in the three years they were together (132) than Jenson Button scored in his season with the customer Mercedes engine in 2014 (126) says it all.
It's the worst attempt at an F1 engine in the last 20 years.
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They were shit talking Honda pretty quickly. The alonso gp2 engine comment was in 2015.
Well perhaps there were major issues behind the scenes that we don't know about - such as the implication that Honda never gave McLaren information on their new engine vs what Renault does. I don't think that's vindictive - it shows that one partner in the partnership isnt living up to expectations.
Our hero and saviour:
"the more people say something is impossible, the harder I try"
"an engine that doesn't rage like a beast isn't like a real Honda"
Nah.
Like everything with FE, it looks cheap and shitty. Some lame-ass Hot Wheels shit right here.
Even if you're a fan of the new design it won't fix the myriad problems the series has imo.
https://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2018/01/31/fujis-wec-race-moved-alonso-can-enter/
While it's a bit silly that just one driver could make them move an entire race weekend it would give Alonso the chance to become the first driver to win both WEC and Formula 1 in one season.
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I honestly doubt Alonso isn't gonna have a performance drop. Especially when he has to compete in five events in five weeks come June, one of which being a 24h event.
I'm 34 and even considering not having a single free day and lots of travel for five weeks straight sounds absolutely terrible to me.
Alonso's upcoming schedule: (Excluding possible WEC event at Fuji that currently clashes with the US GP).
March 25 Australian GP Melbourne
April 8 Bahrain GP Sakhir
April 15 Chinese GP Shanghai
April 29 Azerbaijan GP Baku
May 5 6 Hours of Spa (WEC)Spa-Francorchamps
May 13 Spanish GP Barcelona
May 27 Monaco GP Monaco
June 10 Canadian GP Montreal
June 16-17 24 Hours of Le Mans (WEC)Le Mans
June 24 French GP Paul Ricard
July 1 Austrian GP Spielberg
July 8 British GP Silverstone
July 22 German GP Hockenheim
July 29 Hungarian GP Budapest
August 19 6 Hours of Silverstone (WEC)Silverstone
August 26 Belgian GP Spa-Francorchamps
September 2 Italian GP Monza
September 16 Singapore GP Singapore
September 30 Russian GP Sochi
October 7 Japanese GP Suzuka
October 21 United States GP Austin
October 28 Mexican GP Mexico City
November 11 Brazilian GP Interlagos
November 18 6 Hours of Shanghai (WEC)Shanghai
November 25 Abu Dhabi GP Yas Marina
I have no doubts that ALO can physically cope with the challenge, but that schedule looks mentally exhausting.
March 25 Australian GP Melbourne
April 8 Bahrain GP Sakhir
April 15 Chinese GP Shanghai
April 29 Azerbaijan GP Baku
May 5 6 Hours of Spa (WEC)Spa-Francorchamps
May 13 Spanish GP Barcelona
May 27 Monaco GP Monaco
June 10 Canadian GP Montreal
June 16-17 24 Hours of Le Mans (WEC)Le Mans
June 24 French GP Paul Ricard
July 1 Austrian GP Spielberg
July 8 British GP Silverstone
July 22 German GP Hockenheim
July 29 Hungarian GP Budapest
August 19 6 Hours of Silverstone (WEC)Silverstone
August 26 Belgian GP Spa-Francorchamps
September 2 Italian GP Monza
September 16 Singapore GP Singapore
September 30 Russian GP Sochi
October 7 Japanese GP Suzuka
October 21 United States GP Austin
October 28 Mexican GP Mexico City
November 11 Brazilian GP Interlagos
November 18 6 Hours of Shanghai (WEC)Shanghai
November 25 Abu Dhabi GP Yas Marina
I have no doubts that ALO can physically cope with the challenge, but that schedule looks mentally exhausting.
The strange thing is that he's not really going out of his way with flights to other continents doing this schedule. He's doing Spa after flying back from Baku and then going to Barcelona, he'll do one French race (Le Mans) before doing another a week later (Paul Ricard), he's doing Silverstone WEC being sandwiched between Hungary and Spa F1 races, and when he does Shanghai WEC he could basically be going from Brazil to Abu Dhabi the long way.
I have a feeling that travel wise this will be less of a deal than having to cram his Indy practices sessions between doing F1 duty this year. And it's not as if F1 drivers aren't training or doing sponsorship commitments in other countries during the season anyway (which they all do).
I have a feeling that travel wise this will be less of a deal than having to cram his Indy practices sessions between doing F1 duty this year. And it's not as if F1 drivers aren't training or doing sponsorship commitments in other countries during the season anyway (which they all do).
Never say never but it's highly unlikely. He's on the wrong team for that, too. Apparently, he's good enough to be used as a bargaining chip in driver negotiations, though. Imagine that we could have Hulk in the second Ferrari seat and not Kimi. What a shame.
Wasn't Hulk Mercedes first target to replace Rosberg? However Hulk had already had the Renault contract signed before Rosberg retired.
He went through 3 years of McLaren-Honda after 5 years of being regular runner-up to a young german (and his rookie nemesis Lewis) boy in a politics-riddled Ferrari team.
I think as long as his car doesn't break down all the time, his mind will be fine.
I think as long as his car doesn't break down all the time, his mind will be fine.
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June is pretty crazy. He has GP's a week before and after Le Mans.
Dunno about that, you have heard his team radio over the last few years? He already sounded pretty broken and dejected at times.
That said, he should be fine, so long as he has this seat to rest on, along for his travels.
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There's a triple header after Le Mans, he actually has four GP's and Le Mans for five weeks straight.
He barely missed out on the Ferrari seat in 2014 and didn't get Kimi's open Lotus seat then because he had little sponsor money.
He's good, but the window may be shut with all the young drivers coming in. He'll never drive for a top team now.
Never say never. It's always possible to pull a late Jenson or something.
Liberty Media does the right thing by stopping the use of grid girls.
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2018/1/formula-1-to-stop-using-grid-girls-.html
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2018/1/formula-1-to-stop-using-grid-girls-.html
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You know, I think it's good Honda got out of this toxic environment.
This doc is going to be very revealing, I hope.
https://wtf1.com/post/mclaren-will-not-return-to-the-indy-500-in-2018/
Pretty old news tbh.
Did Honda contribute to that toxic environment?
That grid girl thing has to suck for the girls doing the work. Must have been nice to get that kind of work every year, plus I bet it helped get a few of them other jobs.