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The 2020 F1 Countdown Thread

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#1 · (Edited)
Only three and a half months this time.

TestDateCircuit
PRE-SEASON TEST 119-21 FEBBarcelona
PRE-SEASON TEST 226 - 28 FEBBarcelona


Round
Grand PrixCircuitDate
1
Australian Grand PrixMelbourne Grand Prix Circuit, MelbourneCanceled
2
Bahrain Grand PrixBahrain International Circuit, SakhirSee Below
3Vietnamese Grand PrixHanoi Street Circuit, HanoiPostponed
4
Chinese Grand PrixShanghai International Circuit, ShanghaiCanceled
5
Dutch Grand PrixCircuit Zandvoort, ZandvoortCanceled
6Spanish Grand PrixCircuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, MontmelóSee below
7Monaco Grand PrixCircuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo[/strike]Canceled
8Azerbaijan Grand PrixBaku City Circuit, BakuPostponed
9Canadian Grand PrixCircuit Gilles Villeneuve, MontréalCanceled
10French Grand PrixCircuit Paul Ricard, Le CastelletPostponed
11
Austrian Grand PrixRed Bull Ring, SpielbergSee below
12
British Grand PrixSilverstone Circuit, SilverstoneSee below
13Hungarian Grand PrixHungaroring, MogyoródSee below
14Belgian Grand PrixCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps, StavelotSee below
15Italian Grand PrixAutodromo Nazionale Monza, MonzaSee below
16
Singapore Grand Prix
Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore20-Sep
17Russian Grand PrixSochi Autodrom, Sochi
See below
18Japanese Grand PrixSuzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka11-Oct
19United States Grand PrixCircuit of the Americas, Austin, TexasCanceled
20Mexico City Grand PrixAutódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico CityCanceled
21Brazilian Grand PrixAutódromo José Carlos Pace, São PauloCanceled
22Abu Dhabi Grand PrixYas Marina Circuit, Abu DhabiSee Below


New 2020 Schedule.


RoundGrand PrixCircuitDate
1Austrian Grand Prix*Red Bull Ring, Spielberg7/5/2020
2Styrian Grand Prix*Red Bull Ring, Spielberg7/12/2020
3Hungarian Grand Prix*Hungaroring, Mogyoród7/19/2020
4British Grand Prix*Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone8/2/2020
570th Anniv Grand Prix*Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone8/9/2020
6Spanish Grand Prix*Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló8/16/2020
7Belgian Grand Prix*Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot8/30/2020
8Italian Grand Prix*Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza9/6/2020
9Tuscan Grand Prix*Mugello circuit, Italy9/11/2020
10Russian Grand PrixSochi Autodrom, Sochi9/27/2020
11Eifel Grand PrixNurburgring, Nürburg, Germany10/11/2020
12Portuguese Grand PrixAlgarve International Circuit, Portimao, Portugal10/25/2020
13Imola Grand PrixAutodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, IT11/1/2020
14Turkish Grand PrixIstanbul Park, Istanbul11/15/2020
15
Bahrain Grand Prix
Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir11/29/2020
16Sakhir Grand PrixBahrain International Circuit, Sakhir (the "outer track")12/6/2020
17Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi12/13/2020

* Without fans in attendance.



TeamConstructorPower UnitNumberDriverNumberDriver
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One TeamMercedesMercedes44Lewis Hamilton77Valtteri Bottas
Scuderia Ferrari Mission WinnowFerrariFerrari5Sebastian Vettel16Charles Leclerc
Aston Martin Red Bull RacingRed Bull Racing-HondaHonda33Max Verstappen23Alex Albon
Renault F1 TeamRenaultRenault3Daniel Ricciardo31Esteban Ocon
Haas F1 TeamHaas-FerrariFerrari8Romain Grosjean20Kevin Magnussen
McLaren F1 TeamMcLaren-RenaultRenault55Carlos Sainz Jr.47Lando Norris
SportPesa Racing Point F1 TeamRacing Point-BWT MercedesMercedes11Sergio Pérez18Lance Stroll
Alfa Romeo Racing F1 TeamAlfa Romeo Racing-FerrariFerrari7Kimi Räikkönen36Antonio Giovinazzi
Scuderia Alpha Tauri HondaAlpha Tauri HondaHonda26Daniil Kvyat10Pierre Gasly
ROKiT Williams RacingWilliams-MercedesMercedes40Nicholas Latifi63George Russell
 
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#872 ·
"Ferrari Cheat Fees Will Apply", I'm Gonna Copyright That

As I posted earlier, teams would want to know if they could go beyond the boundaries, keep the wins, points and placement and just pay a private fine like Ferrari. Teams would do the math to see if it was worth it.

Renault has struggled mightily with low power and reliability issues. They would love to have some wins and would readily pay a "cheat fee" to get them :laugh: Renault's take is, "we're not complaining about it, we just want to know if we can do it too

From Renault's Cyril Abiteboul :

“We have made this joint statement and the FIA ​​has responded. That therefore confirms that their explanation was not clear, otherwise they would not have responded. We haven't had a real answer yet, so we'll be consulting again with the other six teams.

“It is important for us to know what led to this decision. We therefore do not necessarily complain about changing the outcome of their investigation [the settlement behind closed doors], but to understand whether such treatment is also available to others."

https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/56203/abiteboul-wants-fia-to-explain-ferrari-settlement.html
 
#874 ·
Considering records and Hamilton;

He has currently contested 250 GPs, placing him #9. Barrichello is #1 with 326.

Most consecutive racer starts... Lewis is #1 with 250. The next active driver is Ricciardo in #7 with 171, Vettel in #10 with 159.

Most races with a single engine manufacturer... Lews is #1 with 250 with Mercedes power.

Most wins in first championship season... Hamilton is tied with Villeneuve with 4.

Youngest race winner... Hamilton is #7, 22 years and 154 days when he won Canada in 2007.

Most wins at the same GP... Hamilton is tied for second with Schumacher. Hamlton has won 7 times at Canada and Hungry. Michael holds the record of 8 wins at the French GP.

Most consecutive wins at the same GP. Hamilton in second with Silverstone in 2014, 15, 16, 17 and US in 2014, 15, 16, 17. Tied in 2nd with Fangio, Clark, Senna, and Schumacher. Senna is #1 with Monaco 89-93.

Most consecutive seasons with a GP win, Hamilton is #2, 13 seasons. Schmuacher is #1, 15 seasons.

Total pole positions, Hamilton is #1 with 88. Vettel is #4 with 57.

Most poles at the same GP, Hamilton is tied with Senna and Schumacher with 8. Senna was San Marino, Schmacher was Japan, Lewis was Australia.

Most consecutive poles at same GP, Lewis is #2 with Australia 2014-2019. Senna is #1 with San Marino 85-91.

Most poles in a season, Lewis is 6th, 12 poles in 2016. Vettel is #1, 15 poles in 2011.

Fastest laps, Lewis #2 with 47. Schumacher is #1 with 77.


Plenty of other records out there. This data was pulled from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Formula_One_driver_records
 
#878 ·
https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/1...ce-behind-closed-doors-amid-coronavirus-fears

The 2020 Bahrain GP will be held without fans in attendance due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.

The Grand Prix is set to take place on March 22, a week after next weekend's season-opener in Australia, but with coronavirus cases growing in the Gulf kingdom, Bahrain race organisers say it will only be a televised event.

"In consultation with our international partners and the Kingdom's national health Taskforce, Bahrain has made the decision to hold this year's Bahrain Grand Prix as a participants-only event," a statement read on Sunday.
 
#880 · (Edited)
Ooof. Curious what this means for the teams/season? Didn't Brawn say that if one team could not compete because of travel bans, etc... they would not include the race in the championship (or cancel the race)?

https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/03/07/business/07reuters-healthcare-coronavirus-italy.html

ROME — Italy is set to lock down its wealthiest and most populous region, which includes the financial capital Milan, as part of tough new measures expected to be approved on Saturday to try to contain the coronavirus outbreak.

The 11 provinces affected are those around Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Reggio Emilia and Rimini in the region of Emilia-Romagna - Venice, Padua and Treviso in the region of Veneto - Asti and Alessandria in Piedmont - and the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the central region of Marche.
 
#893 ·
Check those DVRs.

Australian Grand Prix

Practice 1 - Thursday, March 12 - 8.55PM - ESPNEWS
Practice 2 - Friday, March 13 - 12.55AM - ESPNEWS
Practice 3 - Friday, March 13 - 10.55AM - ESPNEWS
Qualifying - Saturday, March 14 - 1:55AM - ESPN2

Pit Lane Live - Saturday, March 14 - 11.30PM - ESPN3
On the Grid - Sunday, March 15 - 12.30AM - ESPN
Race - Sunday, March 15 - 1:05AM - ESPN
Race (re-air) - Sunday, March 15 - 9:30AM - ESPN2
Race (re-air) - Sunday, March 15 - 7:00PM - ESPNEWS
https://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/26082657/espn-tv-schedule-2020-f1-season
Still commercial free until 2022 on ESPN :thumbup:
 
#898 ·
No Fans In The Stands, Wash Your Hands, Champagne Flows From My Glands

Knowing that fans around the works are watching I would guess rgst the champagne will still flow, even if it's just for the teams under the podium. It's as much a celebration of them, the team, as it is anything.

Kimi will be happy, this situation will take away a lot of the PR demands and paddock crowds. They can just focus on the job.
 
#900 ·
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#910 ·
It would be cool to add a poll to this thread polling how many of us F1 fans have purchased the F1 TV for the upcoming season. I bought it when it was discounted to 59.99; how about everyone else?
Same here.

I bought it the first year, but it was awful, complete with spoilers, major delays and glitches. Got a partial refund, ditched them last year, until the ESPN+ app stopped showing anything that did not originally air on ESPN (so if it aired on ESPN2, they wouldn't show it on ESPN+ unless you had a cable subscription). So for the last 4 races I went back to F1TV, and it was much improved but still buggy. Got it again this year, and I'm hoping they have it sorted out. The Roku app is a big help, and hopefully they'll get an Apple TV app soon as well.
 
#913 ·
If you cough, you're off.

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/self-isolation-f1-teams-coronavirus/4738310/
Three Formula 1 team personnel have been taken in to self isolation at the Australian Grand Prix while tests are conducted to see if they have coronavirus.

Amid concerns about the impact an outbreak of the virus could have on the tightly-knit paddock, teams are acting with extreme caution to head off the chance of any unwell personnel being able to infect anyone else.

In the wake of some team members showing fever symptoms at the track, a contingency plan has been put in place to deal with the first cases.

One member of the McLaren team, plus two personnel from Haas, have been evaluated at the Albert Park track’s bespoke isolation unit and swab tests have been completed.

With the results of those tests likely to take several hours, both teams have confirmed that their staff have returned to their hotels and been put in to a self isolation condition until it is known if they have caught the virus.
 
#916 ·
I can't wait until the top three chug their champagne and then lower the bottle to their awaiting mechanics who will then proceed to share the bottle amongst themselves. Let alone someone doing a shoey with Ricciardo (luckily for everyone he's at Renault). Good times.



 
#925 ·
Year 2 of Danny’s contract. Hopefully the car is competitive and he can make some progress.
 
#928 · (Edited)
(not so) bold predictions for this season:


Grosjean causes four crashes. One with KMag.
Vettel spins/crashes on his own three times
Renault engine catastrophically fails five times
Hamilton and LeClerc tangle and both go out of the race while fighting for the lead
Ricciardo gets a podium
Verstappen finishes ahead of one Ferrari (Vettel) in the WDC
Racing Point finishes four races in seventh
Ocon and Max almost get into a fight again
Norris out qualifies Sainz 13-9
Kimi swears on the radio at least twelve times in one race
 
#938 ·
I like to think that a team like McLaren or Mercedes would really like to have Ricciardo for his skill but also for his personality. I mean, he always has such a beaming smile on his face and his energy has to be contagious. I'd love to see him at a team with a competitive car because as others have stated, he is running out of time...
 
#939 ·
The Red Car



If Vettel tanks again I want to see Ricciardo at Ferrari. It's been the longest tease he was going to Ferrari. It makes sense team wise, Ricciardo can help develop the car and he's dealt with a talented but youthful teammate. Danny has a leveler head and better race craft than Vettel, Ricciardo and others thinks he's better too.

It would be good for the sport and the racing in general to have Danny in red.
 
#948 · (Edited)
The race will get cancelled or held behind closed doors.
Even Lewis and Kimi said in interviews this morning the race should be cancelled.

Interesting times...

Didn't they announce earlier that they wouldn't hold the race if a team has to drop out? I'm afraid the whole season is in jeopardy :(
I think their fine print was they would cancel if a team wasn't allowed into the venue/country. Not if a team decided to not enter the race. But not sure if they change that today?
 
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