Motosport General discussion tread --- Formula1, MotoGP, WTCC, ETCC, DTM.....

[LTU_btc]

I hate him so much and I don't know why it's like a Bottas to me. 
Anyway it is almost official, from the next year the starting time of the races will change back to the 14.00 or 15.00, they will remove the 10 minutes delay typically from USA races.

I know that you hate Bottas, but what's wrong with Button? I thought for some time and I can't find any reasons to dislike him.
And for me this 1 hour difference doesn't makes big difference. Only disadvantage that on races in Asia I will have to get up 1 hour earlier in the morning .

[ILuckyGuyI]

As the days pass, my excitement rate continues to increase. I wonder what the new rookie F1 drivers will do this season. I'd like Mick Schumacher go to a better team than Haas but anyway, this is an important chance for him to prove himself. Tsunoda is the another rookie F1 driver who will be racing for AlphaTauri. I think he is a very talented driver. We could see a good competition between him and Gasly. Another rookie who will be racing for Haas is Mazepin. I don't have clear thoughts about him yet. I'll just wait and see what he'll do in the first races.

[Koal-84]

The first updates at the MotoGP calendar at 2021 see the Video.

https://www.motogp.com/en/videos/2021/01/22/provisional-calendar-2021-all-the-dates-in-one-video/354014

Two races at Katar and Portimao are back at the beginning, Portimao is a very interesting track 👌.

[-CryptoViking-]

As the days pass, my excitement rate continues to increase. I wonder what the new rookie F1 drivers will do this season. I'd like Mick Schumacher go to a better team than Haas but anyway, this is an important chance for him to prove himself. Tsunoda is the another rookie F1 driver who will be racing for AlphaTauri. I think he is a very talented driver. We could see a good competition between him and Gasly. Another rookie who will be racing for Haas is Mazepin. I don't have clear thoughts about him yet. I'll just wait and see what he'll do in the first races.

True, I haven't been watching F1 related news for a while and few das ago I read a bunch of them and now I can't wait for the season to start again. Think that Mazepin vs. Schumacher will be a very interesting pairing to watch this season. Probably very fiery one too.

[AakZaki]

The first updates at the MotoGP calendar at 2021 see the Video.

https://www.motogp.com/en/videos/2021/01/22/provisional-calendar-2021-all-the-dates-in-one-video/354014

Two races at Katar and Portimao are back at the beginning, Portimao is a very interesting track 👌.

It looks like the series on the American continent were postponed due to Covid-19 still growing. They will see until the 3rd quarter. Looking at the schedule after qatar and doha it looks like the  races will start on the continent of Europe, then Asia,  Australia  and then close back to Europe in Valencia. Unfortunately Mandalika is still not officially appointed as the main title or as a replacement. Maybe if the Australian Moto GP was canceled Mandalika could be a replacement. Even if I read in the local media of my country (Indonesia) they will be ready for the Moto GP schedule. I am a little disappointed because Mandalika is not the main series.

[aesma]

About the Monaco GP, I wonder how the decisions are taken exactly. Monaco is a "country" in many ways, however if the pandemic is raging in France I don't see how the GP could go on in Monaco, France would probably close Monaco's borders and then the trucks can't come, the spectators can't come...

[dre1982]

About the Monaco GP, I wonder how the decisions are taken exactly. Monaco is a "country" in many ways, however if the pandemic is raging in France I don't see how the GP could go on in Monaco, France would probably close Monaco's borders and then the trucks can't come, the spectators can't come...

Well I think if there will be a race it will be without spectators. If you see how the pandemic is still going on in France, I don't see a race in Monaco.

Few days ago there was a lot of news from the organisators of the GP of Monaco and they still say it will go on. But we see conflicting news items for weeks already.

[swogerino]

About the Monaco GP, I wonder how the decisions are taken exactly. Monaco is a "country" in many ways, however if the pandemic is raging in France I don't see how the GP could go on in Monaco, France would probably close Monaco's borders and then the trucks can't come, the spectators can't come...

Monaco Gp is one of the most beautiful ones in F1 although many times under normal race conditions,i.e sunshine it becomes boring to watch.I think France will make an exception to let only the F1 circus to pass to enter Monaco and most probably it will be a race without spectators except the ones who will see it from their balconies.

[coinlocket$]

About the Monaco GP, I wonder how the decisions are taken exactly. Monaco is a "country" in many ways, however if the pandemic is raging in France I don't see how the GP could go on in Monaco, France would probably close Monaco's borders and then the trucks can't come, the spectators can't come...

You are right in fact the street circuits are the ones who will are at high risk and probably will not race in 2021 as I read in an article the past week.

In this list we have

Monaco
Montreal

and maybe Baku/Mexico

[dre1982]

Looks like Mercedes and Hamilton are getting closer to a new contract. Toto said "We never played the George Russell card" but I think Russells race this counts in the background.

So we will see Hamilton trying to win the 8th title and when nothing weirds happen, he will win it.

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.wolff-reveals-positive-covid-test-earlier-in-january-and-says-legal.3cS96oNgQqBdx5dtUZ3NW1.html

[aesma]

I wonder if he could have a contract with a "low" salary during his F1 years, with a deal to stay as some kind of Mercedes ambassador for some years after that, with still a big salary to compensate ?

[Cnut237]

"We never played the George Russell card"

This is because there isn't a George Russell card. That's just something cooked up by the media. He had an impressive race deputising for Hamilton, yes, but that doesn't immediately make him equivalent to a proven x7 world champion. It's media nonsense, no more than that. And it also overlooks the relationships Hamilton has built up over the years at Mercedes, and the valuable input he has no doubt provided into the build of that formidable car. A world champion does a lot of work outside the car as well.

I think one thing that's often overlooked is how Russell lost that race. Yes, he was unlucky, but consider Hamilton's win before that - when he knew he was right to override team orders that could have cost him the victory. Chances are that if Hamilton were in Russell's position, he'd still have managed the win where Russell didn't. Russell is a talented rookie, he's not yet a world-beater.

[tokeweed]

^  Exactly.  I think I said the same thing a couple of months ago itt or at Twitter somewhere.  Russel just doesn’t have the experience of a multiple world champion to be gutsy enough to make some calls himself.  I mean really do we really think he’ll win week in, week out just cos he’s driving a Merc?

[Koal-84]

The first updates at the MotoGP calendar at 2021 see the Video.

https://www.motogp.com/en/videos/2021/01/22/provisional-calendar-2021-all-the-dates-in-one-video/354014

Two races at Katar and Portimao are back at the beginning, Portimao is a very interesting track 👌.

It looks like the series on the American continent were postponed due to Covid-19 still growing. They will see until the 3rd quarter. Looking at the schedule after qatar and doha it looks like the  races will start on the continent of Europe, then Asia,  Australia  and then close back to Europe in Valencia. Unfortunately Mandalika is still not officially appointed as the main title or as a replacement. Maybe if the Australian Moto GP was canceled Mandalika could be a replacement. Even if I read in the local media of my country (Indonesia) they will be ready for the Moto GP schedule. I am a little disappointed because Mandalika is not the main series.

It looks like this will be the case, the USA will be difficult and Australia currently has a complete entry ban. Just see what happens next and whether vaccination is mandatory in some countries? Maybe the similar at Formula 1?

[STT]

Monaco only has to rain and the race turns to chaos, its the most compact of the circuits and even purely teams the support crews will be raising risks in reduced distances.    It also possible that by that time all people involved will have a vaccine applied and so its no longer relevant, we are talking about people with a heck of alot of money who want it to ahead and so it might.

I wonder what the new rookie F1 drivers will do this season.

Developments in the cars are where I look for greatest changes, with such extremes even something subtle can alter lap times and so shift the balance of power between teams.

[masulum]

Maybe if the Australian Moto GP was canceled Mandalika could be a replacement. Even if I read in the local media of my country (Indonesia) they will be ready for the Moto GP schedule. I am a little disappointed because Mandalika is not the main series.

Mandalika is not as reserve for replacement, Based on the information from the Indonesian MotoGP organizers that I read in local media, Mandalika will become MotoGP venue in 2021, but because construction is still in process, Mandalika's status is still "subject to homoligation", according to the organizer, this means that for example the construction is complete and all facilities are in accordance with standards, then Indonesia will be included in the schedule between October - November. The construction schedule target will finished on June 2021, will see, may it's true.

[Koal-84]

The dates for the presentation  most of the MotoGP teams are fixed, many other teams have already no date for the presentation. All presentations this year are Online.

Suzuki GSX-RR - not yet known
KTM RC16 - you can already look
Ducati Desmosedici GP21 - 9.February
Yamaha YZR-M1 - 18.February
Honda RC213V - not yet known
Gresini-Aprilia RS-GP - not yet known
Petronas-Yamaha YZR-M1 - 15.February
Pramac-Ducati Desmosedici GP21 - not yet known
Tech-3-KTM RC16 - not yet known
LCR-Honda RC213V - not yet known
Esponsorama-Ducati Desmosedici GP19 - not yet known

https://www.motorsport-total.com/motogp/news/motogp-bikes-2021-termine-und-zeitplan-fuer-die-praesentationen-21012605

I'm already looking forward for a exciting new season  

[LTU_btc]

Vettel started to work with Aston Martin yesterday. And did you saw his new haircut?

[dre1982]

Vettel started to work with Aston Martin yesterday. And did you saw his new haircut?

Wow he looks much older now. Maybe they had some glue in the Ferrari helmets ;-)

[coinlocket$]

Vettel started to work with Aston Martin yesterday. And did you saw his new haircut?

Sainz started his work too, he is already on the track with the 2018's car.



Source: https://sport.sky.it/formula-1/2021/01/27/ferrari-sainz-test-f1-2021-fiorano

Timing is similar to the LeClerc times did in the past.