Red Bull Racing have announced an agreement with Honda Motor Co Ltd to race with the Japanese manufacturer’s power units for the 2019 and 2020 Formula 1 seasons. The team therefore joins sister team Toro Rosso after their switch to Honda ahead of the 2018 season.
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I really hope they are running the long stints, because the gap to Fer/Merc is big. Riciardo, on spec C not really impressive. Both on supersoft
1. S. Vettel - 1:21:105 (SS)
2. K. Räikkönen - 1:21:375 (SS)
3. L. Hamilton - 1:21:392 (SS)
4. V. Bottas - 1:21:803 (SS)
5. M. Verstappen - 1:22:154 (SS)
6. D. Ricciardo - 1:22:296 (SS)
Riccardo's lap times are never impressive.
He tends to gain points by his opportunistic style and good fortune.
Yes his driving skills. For those who dont know how to drive-Luck and fortune
2018 is a great example of fortune, every other track where you loose a part of the power output of your engine you would be an absolute sitting duck, here Vettel didn’t even dare attempt an overtake for fear of loosing his points.
Not so good performance from spec C, i dont know why RB throwing resource to adapt their chassis for this engine. Rather if I can decide i would slap honda engine on it and say 'no worries, i ll pay u in full' to Renault to understand honda engine. Maybe it is to slap Renault in face when honda texas upgrade coming? I dont know, but for me it just a waste of resources
Based on tidbits Honda have been doing lots of test with RB gearbox recently on dyno. So maybe they have not quite reached the maturation but could be there in the penultimate races when there is nothing to lose. Gasly doing a seat fit on Daniels car could also suggest he might be there sooner than expected as they would not want Danny Ric anywhere near a Honda unit.
Must be highly embarrassing for Renault, when it's now claimed the Red Bull fuel supplier is extracting more from the upgrade than the works team
Not really. The spec B was producing more hp for customer team, so what this has done really is made it even with the additional risk and installation changes. Renault werent that far off RedBull here and Mclaren werent blown off.
Must be highly embarrassing for Renault, when it's now claimed the Red Bull fuel supplier is extracting more from the upgrade than the works team
Renault and Mclaren had no plans to use the spec C engine, so it was optimized for Red Bull, who of course use Mobil.
Q: (Stefano Mancini – La Stampa) Kimi, will you help Vettel to win his championship this year?
Kimi Raikkonen: I can only drive one car, obviously.
@2018 Singapore Grand Prix drivers press conference.
Maybe it is all just political talk, maybe they just try to part with Some bit of dignity still left, especially now that Ricciardo will be heading to Renault next year.
Must be highly embarrassing for Renault, when it's now claimed the Red Bull fuel supplier is extracting more from the upgrade than the works team
Renault and Mclaren had no plans to use the spec C engine, so it was optimized for Red Bull, who of course use Mobil.
Not having a go at you mate, but why on earth would Renault optimise an engine to suit RBR ? ? ?
Dyno running would have been with Mobil fuel, since Renault won't run and had no intention of using the C spec. They would still like to collect data on the engine, which is an evolution of the B spec.
Q: (Stefano Mancini – La Stampa) Kimi, will you help Vettel to win his championship this year?
Kimi Raikkonen: I can only drive one car, obviously.
@2018 Singapore Grand Prix drivers press conference.
Maybe you can explain monaco in 2016 and 2018 then?
Oh my god.
Its Sarcasm I think he is one of the better drivers on the grid as far as overtaking is concerned and 2018 has not happened yet. So open ur eyes specially when negatively voting some1
Maybe you can explain monaco in 2016 and 2018 then?
Oh my god.
Its Sarcasm I think he is one of the better drivers on the grid as far as overtaking is concerned and 2018 has not happened yet. So open ur eyes specially when negatively voting some1
It wasn't me who negatively voted you. Sarcasm doesn't translate well in text and what year are you living in where monaco 2018 hasn't happened yet?
Maybe you can explain monaco in 2016 and 2018 then?
Oh my god.
Its Sarcasm I think he is one of the better drivers on the grid as far as overtaking is concerned and 2018 has not happened yet. So open ur eyes specially when negatively voting some1
It wasn't me who negatively voted you. Sarcasm doesn't translate well in text and what year are you living in where monaco 2018 hasn't happened yet?
