gaijinmark wrote:

Vettel makes it two out of three in Bahrain:

Nice... That should make Hamilton think that this isn't a cakewalk like previous years.

Three different winners in the first four races. Can't remember the last time that's happened.

Bottas gets first win at Russian Grand Prix

1 77 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes

2 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari

3 7 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari

4 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes

5 33 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer

6 11 Sergio Perez Force India Mercedes

7 31 Esteban Ocon Force India Mercedes

8 27 Nico Hulkenberg Renault

9 19 Felipe Massa Williams Mercedes +1 lap

10 55 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso +1 lap

11 18 Lance Stroll Williams Mercedes +1 lap

12 26 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso +1 lap

13 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas Ferrari +1 lap

14 2 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren Honda +1 lap

15 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber Ferrari +1 lap

16 Pascal Wehrlein Sauber Ferrari +2 laps

NC 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer DNF

NC 30 Jolyon Palmer Renault DNF

NC 8 Romain Grosjean Haas Ferrari DNF

NC 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren Honda DNS

Hamilton bests Vettel in Spain

Kimi and Verstappen took each other out on the first turn which eliminated half the real competition.

1 #44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes

2 #5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari

3 #3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull

4 #11 Sergio Perez Force India

5 #31 Esteban Ocon Force India

6 #27 Nico Hulkenberg Renault

7 #55 Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso

8 #94 Pascal Wehrlein Sauber

9 #26 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso

10 #8 Romain Grosjean Haas

11 #9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber

12 #14 Fernando Alonso McLaren

13 #19 Felipe Massa Williams

14 #20 Kevin Magnussen Haas

15 #30 Jolyon Palmer Renault

16 #18 Lance Stroll Williams

17 #77 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes Engine

18 #2 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren Accident

19 #33 Max Verstappen Red Bull Accident

20 #7 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari Accident

Ferrari 1 - 2 in Monaco

1 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari

2 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari

3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull

4 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes

5 Max Verstappen Red Bull

6 Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso

7 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes

8 Romain Grosjean Haas

9 Felipe Massa Williams

10 Kevin Magnussen Haas

11 Jolyon Palmer Renault

12 Esteban Ocon Force India

13 Sergio Perez Force India

14 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso

15 Lance Stroll Williams

16 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren

17 Marcus Ericsson Sauber

18 Jenson Button McLaren

19 Pascal Wehrlein Sauber

20 Nico Hulkenberg Renault

Takuma Sato wins the Indy 500!

Don't know if they'll show this movie over here or not, hope so:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wAMk1sllp0

They showed her on "Samurai Wheels" tonight. Why not? Lewis Hamilton started when he was 12: http://www.thedrive.com/start-finish/12196/11-year-old-juju-noda-wants-to-be-the-first-woman-to-win-in-f1

gaijinmark wrote:

Ran across this, looks like it might be pretty good:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkcqA7AoqZo

Now available on DVD/Blu-ray: https://www.amazon.com/McLaren-Pioneer-Leader-Father-Champion/dp/B073L8PKRG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1510794596&sr=8-2&keywords=mclaren+dvd

gaijinmark wrote:

Now available on DVD/Blu-ray: https://www.amazon.com/McLaren-Pioneer-Leader-Father-Champion/dp/B073L8PKRG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1510794596&sr=8-2&keywords=mclaren+dvd

Downloaded this off the internet... Good show.

He never won an F1 World Championship, or an Indy 500, but you could make a strong case that he was the greatest race car driver this country ever produced, Dan Gurney passes away at 86: https://speedsport.com/road-racing/other-road-racing/racing-legend-dan-gurney-dies-86/

Same thing happened last year, Vettel won the opener and then Mercedes took over. Big surprise is McLaren. Fernando was saying all winter they would be better, maybe he wasn't just blowing smoke after all.

Vettel wins in Australia

1.Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 58 Laps

2.Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +5.036

3.Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari+6.309

4.Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing +7.069

5.Fernando Alonso McLaren +27.886

6.Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing +28.945

7.Nico Hulkenberg Renault +32.671

8.Valtteri Bottas Mercedes +34.339

9.Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren +34.921

10.Carlos Sainz Renault +45.722

11.Sergio Perez Force India +46.817

12.Esteban Ocon Force India +1:00.278

13.Charles Leclerc Sauber +1:15.759

14.Lance Stroll Williams +1:18.288

15.Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso +1 Lap

16.Romain Grosjean Haas DNF

17.Kevin Magnussen Haas DNF

18.Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso DNF

19.Marcus Ericsson Sauber DNF

20.Sergey Sirotkin Williams DNF

Three races into the season and no wins for Mercedes. This could get interesting.

Ricciardo wins in China

1 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull

2 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes

3 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari

4 Max Verstappen Red Bull

5 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes

6 Nico Hulkenberg Renault

7 Fernando Alonso McLaren

8 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari

9 Carlos Sainz Renault

10 Kevin Magnussen Haas

11 Sergio Perez Force India

12 Esteban Ocon Force India

13 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren

14 Lance Stroll Williams

15 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso

16 Sergey Sirotkin Williams

17 Marcus Ericsson Sauber

18 Romain Grosjean Haas

19 Charles Leclerc Sauber

20 Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso

gaijinmark wrote:

Three races into the season and no wins for Mercedes.

This could be one of the best F1 seasons in a long while.

Turns out the 240Z was not Nissan's first hi-performance car:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW13zlTFNvI

bmwracer wrote:

This could be one of the best F1 seasons in a long while.

Yes it could. Yesterday in Austria it all came unglued for Mercedes as both cars dropped out, Max Verstappen got the win with Red Bull and the Ferrari's came in 2nd and 3rd. So, after 9 races with 12 to go, the standings look like this. (The first six are the only ones with a realistic chance of doing anything.)

1 Sebastian Vettel GER Ferrari 146 pts.

2 Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes 145 pts.

3 Kimi Raikkonen FIN Ferrari 101 pts.

4 Daniel Ricciardo AUS Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer 96 pts.

5 Max Verstappen NED Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer 93 pts.

6 Valtteri Bottas FIN Mercedes 92 pts.

I guess Fred is tired of driving his guts out to finish 9th: http://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/24365012/fernando-alonso-retire-formula-one-end-season

Anybody got $3.5 million to spare? I just want to look the part when I say, "Bond, James Bond".:https://www.autoblog.com/2018/08/20/aston-martin-goldfinger-db5-reproductions-gadgets/

Volkswagen is squashing the Beetle, looks like this time for good: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-beetle/volkswagen-to-end-production-of-the-beetle-next-year-idUSKCN1LT315

gaijinmark wrote:

Volkswagen is squashing the Beetle

"squashing the Beetle"
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Lewis Hamilton wins his 5th World Championship: http://www.latimes.com/sports/more/la-sp-motors-20181028-story.html

The way Vettel threw away wins in Azerbaijan, France, and especially Germany, it's beginning more and more to look like his championships were more due to Adrian Newey's work as a designer than Vettel's skill as a driver.