F1 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread

[baybars]

Do we know why the Renault stopped yesterday

because of left suspension

[Mansell89]

All you Mercedes and Red bull fans, kiss good bye to 2019 and look forward to 2020. Renault is the contender for the championship along with Ferrari.

https://i.imgur.com/sKyu1kF_d.jpg?maxwi ... ity=medium

I can’t agree with Anderson I’m afraid. It would be wonderful if Renault had made that sort of progress but at this early stage it looks to me like the same 3 teams are at the front but that gaps behind may have closed a little.

[the EDGE]

#Where is Ted Kravitz??

https://twitter.com/F1FIX2/status/1099032015536619521


https://www.change.org/p/sky-sports-f1- ... vitz-in-f1

[Ground Effect]

All you Mercedes and Red bull fans, kiss good bye to 2019 and look forward to 2020. Renault is the contender for the championship along with Ferrari.

https://i.imgur.com/sKyu1kF_d.jpg?maxwi ... ity=medium

I can’t agree with Anderson I’m afraid. It would be wonderful if Renault had made that sort of progress but at this early stage it looks to me like the same 3 teams are at the front but that gaps behind may have closed a little.

No need to sound apologetic, nobody agrees with Gary Anderson.... I doubt Gary Anderson agrees with Gary Anderson.

[zibby43]

Motorsport.it
Mercedes just testing things...
https://translate.google.com/translate? ... 4342684%2F

This was a pretty interesting read.

[bucker]

#Where is Ted Kravitz??

https://twitter.com/F1FIX2/status/1099032015536619521


https://www.change.org/p/sky-sports-f1- ... vitz-in-f1

Karun Chandok will replace Ted on "tech" side on Sky.

[the EDGE]

#Where is Ted Kravitz??

https://twitter.com/F1FIX2/status/1099032015536619521


https://www.change.org/p/sky-sports-f1- ... vitz-in-f1

Karun Chandok will replace Ted on "tech" side on Sky.

Thank God for JB, otherwise Sky's line-up is as poor as it could be. Did anyone else pay money to watch coverage of testing? My ears have never hurt so much... and it wasn't caused by loud engine noises

[Capharol]

be glad you guys have Sky F1 in England, you don't wanna hear or see it here in Germany.

yes i liked Ted, he was casual and funny, but Sky F1 will have his reason on why the kicked Ted.
Karun i saw a few times on C4F1
but as i said it aint that bad at all, try to watch it on German Sky or RTL …. i bet you guys switch within 10 minutes back to Sky F1

[ME4ME]

Well I won't miss Ted for a second. The last few years I started to dislike the guy more and more.

The problem is he pretends to have technical insight, yet he has not. He cannot even differentiate between different units. When he tries to simplify complex technical dilemmas he somehow dumbs it down without making it easier to understand. Unlike an engineer who would be precise, to the point and technically correct in their explanation, Ted messes it up.

Even Crofty, the screaming hype-creating mechanism that he is, does not pretend to understand something that he does not, and will openly admit the opposite.

Brundle and Chandok I can respect. I've found Brundle to increasingly talk rubbish over the years (to me he seems to age fast) yet still has interesting perspectives from time to time. Jenson Button? I honestly don't know. People get excited about him but to me he is yet another British ex F1 driver who return to live on past success.

[McMika98]

At least the likes of Brundle, Button and Chandok have driven in F1 and knows how it feels and operates. Ted had no insight on cars and his ramblings were good cure for insomnia. Likeable guy and evidently has a good following. However he was replaceable like many commentator and journalist finding that thier job is under threat by ex sportsmen they covered.

[Juzh]

I've found Brundle to increasingly talk rubbish over the years (to me he seems to age fast) yet still has interesting perspectives from time to time. Jenson Button? I honestly don't know. People get excited about him but to me he is yet another British ex F1 driver who return to live on past success.

Agree with everyting, especially the brundle part. Age is hitting him hard lately. He's talking nonsense more and more and often times outright forgets some technical or sporting rules which are not obvious to the average joe, but should be clear as day to him and anyone more invested in F1. His obvious british bias is also getting the better of him but i'm willing to cut him some slack there. In a few years he'll be a complete relic.
In regards to JB, i'm not getting any hopes up, but let's see how it goes. I'm giving it 50/50 chances at best.

[Juzh]

At least the likes of Brundle, Button and Chandok have driven in F1 and knows how it feels and operates.

Brundle hasn't driven an f1 car in competitive environment in 23 years. His experince has long since ran it's course of being relevant. We'll see what JB has to offer being the only driver with hybrid cars experience. As for chandok, he's imo just another totally neutral generic pundit.

[maximusfuadius]

Will be looking for a better option, not sure I'll find it, but I'll see where @antdavidson ends up! He's solid ! Knows what he's talking about

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[NathanOlder]

Yeah I agree. I do like Ant. As for Brundle, a lot of people I know say he doesn't get behind and appreciate Hamilton enough as a fellow Brit. Then I hear others say the opposite. To me that just says he does a good job of being on the fence or neutral.

Crofy is needed, as you need someone to just be able to talk and talk, like Murray used to. And as I said before, Crofty is a huge step up from James Allen or Jonathan Legard.

The Skyteam in general are a good bunch

Crofty Brundle Herbert Hill Davidson DiResta Kravitz Lazenby Pinkham and Brookes.

It looks like Chandhok has replaced Kravitz and Button is in , so maybe we wont see Hill/Davidson/DiResta as much.

[maximusfuadius]

Yeah I agree. I do like Ant. As for Brundle, a lot of people I know say he doesn't get behind and appreciate Hamilton enough as a fellow Brit. Then I hear others say the opposite. To me that just says he does a good job of being on the fence or neutral.

Crofy is needed, as you need someone to just be able to talk and talk, like Murray used to. And as I said before, Crofty is a huge step up from James Allen or Jonathan Legard.

The Skyteam in general are a good bunch

Crofty Brundle Herbert Hill Davidson DiResta Kravitz Lazenby Pinkham and Brookes.

It looks like Chandhok has replaced Kravitz and Button is in , so maybe we wont see Hill/Davidson/DiResta as much.

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