johnny g Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 (edited) Key dates ahead of the 2019 F1 Season. Launch Dates [table="head;]Team | Date | Location Mercedes AMG Petronas F1|13th February |Silverstone, UK Scuderia Ferrari |15th February |Maranello Aston Martin Red Bull Racing |13th February |TBC McLaren Renault |14th February |McLaren Technology Centre Toro Rosso |11th February |Online Williams |11th February |TBC Haas Ferrari |7th February |Online Racing Point Mercedes |13th February |Toronto Renault F1 |12th February |Enstone Alfa Romeo |18th February |Barcelona [/table] Testing Dates [table="head;] Date | Location 18th February - 21st February |Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona 26th February - 1st March |Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona [/table] Races [table="head;] Date | Name | Location | Winner | Channel 17 March|Australian GP|Melbourne|Bottas| Sky F1 31 March|Bahrain GP|Sakhir|Hamilton | Sky F1 14 April|Chinese GP|Shanghai|Hamilton | Sky F1 28 April|Azerbaijan GP|Baku|Bottas | Sky F1 12 May|Spanish GP|Barcelona|Hamilton | Sky F1 26 May|Monaco GP|Monaco|Hamilton | Sky F1 9 June|Canadian GP|Montreal|Vettel* | Sky F1 23 June|French GP|Le Castellet|Hamilton | Sky F1 30 June|Austrian GP|Spielberg|Verstappen | Sky F1 14 July|British GP|Silverstone|Hamilton | Sky F1 & Channel 4 28 July|German GP|Hockenheim|Verstappen | Sky F1 4 August|Hungarian GP|Budapest|Hamilton | Sky F1 1 September|Belgian GP|Spa-Francorchamps|Leclerc | Sky F1 8 September|Italian GP|Monza|Leclerc | Sky F1 22 September|Singapore GP|Marina Bay|Vettel | Sky F1 29 September|Russian GP|Sochi|Hamilton | Sky F1 13 October|Japanese GP|Suzuka|Bottas | Sky F1 27 October|Mexican GP|Mexico City|Hamilton | Sky F1 3 November|United States GP|Austin|Bottas | Sky F1 17 November|Brazilian GP|Sao Paulo|Verstappen | Sky F1 1 December|Abu Dhabi GP|Yas Marina|Hamilton | Sky F1 [/table] *Hamilton won in the eyes of the FIA Drivers [table="head;] Team| Driver 1| Driver 2 Mercedes| Lewis Hamilton| Valterri Bottas Ferrari| Sebastien Vettel| Charles Leclerc Red Bull| Max Verstappen| Alex Albon* Renault| Daniel Ricciardo| Nico Hulkenberg Haas| Romain Grosjean| Kevin Magnussen McLaren| Carlos Sainz| Lando Norris Racing Point| Sergio Perez| Lance Stroll Alfa Romeo| Kimi Raikkonen| Antonio Giovinazzi Toro Rosso| Danill Kvyat| Pierre Gasly* Williams| George Russel| Robert Kubica [/table] *Albon and Gasly swapped seats Edited December 5, 2019 by johnny g Updated winners for all races (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Looking forward to this season, as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted January 3, 2019 Author Share Posted January 3, 2019 Looking forward to this season, as usual. Huge year for Vettel against Leclerc, and for McLaren as a team. Surely they have to target Renault (works) as their target? Can't wait to see how RedBull do with Honda. Hope Hamilton retires from the fist 19 races... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabella Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Can see a Vettel meltdown by the French, like when Riccardo joined Red Bull. Think Renault will keep best engines away from McLaren, making the decision to go Renault more of a bad decision, driven by Alonso I guess? Unless Merc have reliability issues, Lewis will win again, as above Ferrari will have more petulant behaviour because of non compliant young upstart interfering in 'Vettels' team, where as Merc have a compliant second driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraAyf Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Nice one J-G, that's a fab set of facts n' figures I'm really looking forward to watching the F1-19 season albeit I'm a wee bit pi$$ed off that it's just on Sky. The Leclerc seat will be one to watch for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 I'm more interested to see what KR can do in the Sauber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Nice one J-G, that's a fab set of facts n' figures I'm really looking forward to watching the F1-19 season albeit I'm a wee bit pi$$ed off that it's just on Sky. The Leclerc seat will be one to watch for sure. Is Sky doing a free to air F1 channel? I thought I read somewhere that they had to, where the race is not shown live similar to the highlights C4 does now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_supra Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Is Sky doing a free to air F1 channel? I thought I read somewhere that they had to, where the race is not shown live similar to the highlights C4 does now. Channel 4 will show highlights of every race for 2019 and only do one live race, they struck a deal with Sky in exchange for channel 4 content being made available to Sky users. As much as I want to watch all the races live I refuse to get Sky to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Channel 4 will show highlights of every race for 2019 and only do one live race, they struck a deal with Sky in exchange for channel 4 content being made available to Sky users. As much as I want to watch all the races live I refuse to get Sky to do so. Ah right, great. I thought C4 was only doing 1 race period. I am the same, point blank refuse to pay Sky any more money than they already ass rape me for per month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabella Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Use a friends/relatives Sky Go ID on your PC/Laptop and your away..... (as long as its within their 2-4 device limit, whichever they pay for) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 I'm more interested to see what KR can do in the Sauber Im more interested to see what Danny Ric can do in the Renault, and also if Williams and McLaren can do anything to salvage their great names Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share Posted January 19, 2019 Im more interested to see what Danny Ric can do in the Renault, and also if Williams and McLaren can do anything to salvage their great names And how Kubica stacks up in race distances and consistency. He's got the talent, but does he still have the (human) tools. - - - Updated - - - Nice one J-G, that's a fab set of facts n' figures I'm really looking forward to watching the F1-19 season albeit I'm a wee bit pi$$ed off that it's just on Sky. The Leclerc seat will be one to watch for sure. No problem, happy to do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted February 7, 2019 Author Share Posted February 7, 2019 All launch info updated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabella Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 New Haas looks good. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/47162100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuneR Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Im happy enough to watch it on C4, last year i think i only managed one live race anyway. I prefer to watch it afterwards so i can forward it on if im getting tired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 RIP Charlie Whiting https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/47564762 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdavies Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 I woke up to this news this morning, Very Sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 I woke up to this news this morning, Very Sad Very sad indeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_supra Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Very sad, there's some big shoes to fill for whoever takes on his role. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabella Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 They don't think 1 person can fill his shoes due to his extensive knowledge. Although Ross Brawn comes to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 (edited) Nice to see Leclerc not too far off Vettels best time and also Kimi up there as well. Were the Mercs at max attack to be 8 tenths up on the next team Not looking promising for Williams going by the time sheet which is a shame as they appear to be a country mile off the sharp end Quite looking forward to qualifying Edited March 15, 2019 by Dnk (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabella Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Can't see the mercs showing full speed yet, like Ferrari are on low boost too! Maybe Williams are sandbagging too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azam Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Hopefully McLaren get into the points this year after may years of unreliability, I know there is a strategy for them to get to the top 3 by the end of the year. Carlos Sainz seems promising to McLaren hoping we have a great start to the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Hopefully McLaren get into the points this year after may years of unreliability, I know there is a strategy for them to get to the top 3 by the end of the year. Carlos Sainz seems promising to McLaren hoping we have a great start to the season. Still at the wrong end of the time sheet but lets hope they and Williams can improve and get back to where they should be, it would liven up the racing for sure if they could get on the pace of the top 6 ish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azam Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Still at the wrong end of the time sheet but lets hope they and Williams can improve and get back to where they should be, it would liven up the racing for sure if they could get on the pace of the top 6 ish Seriously doubt they will get back up to the top 6, I think for most of the early year they are still looking at development and maturation. Never know though Carlos and Lando might bring some surprises to the grid. I work for McLaren and have for the last 4 years now, there will be an improvement but will be later on. I hope the excitement is brought back to F1, last year made me lose passion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.