Naujienos, gandai...

There was a delay in Lotus receiving its tyres for this weekend because of issues with its agreement with Pirelli. It is understood payment was delayed. That was sorted this morning with the tyres being delivered just an hour before the FP1 session started.

Ferrari is wondering whether it is worth spending a lot of million for a driver (Bottas) who has not won a Grand Prix.
Anyway it's true that Ferrari made an offer for Bottas, but it's very far from what Williams wants.

Bottas is veryx200 000 overated. Bland, faceless and slower than senior citizen Felipe.

implying that kimi isn't :)

Protingos taisykles yra protingos taisykles:
"The rules say the car has to arrive by itself into the garage, so it was a lot of effort for nothing.

"It's a little bit of a strange rule because we've seen so many times a car arriving on a crane and starting again the session.

Bottas faceless. Yes.
Bottas slow. Nop.

Tai kas greitesnis - Bottas ar Verstapenas?

Nezinau kas greitesnis, bet bunant komandos vadovybes pozicijoje, uzsimerkes rizikuociau ir imciau Verstappena 2+1 minimum formatu.

Beje, ta pat tema:

Sergio Marchionne would like to have Max Verstappen on board, but he has a contract for next season, means they will likely go for another season with Kimi.

Probalby Ferrari will let expire the renewal option and setup a new contract with Kimi with less salary.

Ir dar:

Red Bull tries to get Mercedes V6 for 2016 as Ferrari only offers 1 year old engine specs.

Red Bull with Mercedes engines, Toro Rosso with Honda

Sunkiai patikeciau, kad Marchione Sauberiams duoda siu metu specs PU, o Red Bull siulo pernykscius - nematau logikos

Su Verstappenu - velgi nesueina galai - Williams uz Botta praso tariamus 12 mln ir Ferrari tariamai derasi, bet jei praso kazko uz Verstappena tai - no go? Aisku, mazai detaliu - gal RB uzsiprase kosmines sumos.
Anyway pritarciau, kad Raikkonenas yra realiausias pasirinkimas kitam sezonui. Jei ne Raikkonenas, nesuprantu, kodel jie tiek uzsispyre nenori duoti 1+1 (su savo valdomu optionu) Hulkenbergui? Per pusmeti pamate, kad netinka, galetu pasiimti ka tik nori - Ricciardo, Verstappena, Botta ir t.t. 2017-iems.

Gali būti kad ir pats SV blokuoja Hulka. Gal Vetteliui Hulkas neparankus, jam nusileidęs yra žemesnėje lygoje. O gal visgi baisiai nenori dviejų vokiečių, nors argumentas nerimtas. As visgi vistiek Kimi palikčiau. Yra komandoj harmonija, Kimis most favourite pilot visam gride - tikrai dar metus turėtų būti.

SV nieko blokuoti negali, nes visi zino, kad vienintelis, kuris kazka blokuoja yra Alonso.

Jenson Button looks set to be retained by McLaren-Honda in 2016.

Jolyon Palmer aiming for 2016 race seat at Lotus after being told there could be an opportunity.

Jean-Eric Vergne has been linked with a race seat at Haas for 2016 as the team eye experienced drivers.

http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12536/9926363/hungarian-gp-driver-ratings Vengrijos vertinimai iš Sky Sports. Labiausiai prajuokino ta dalis:
Where to start with a summary of Pastor Maldonado’s astonishing Hungarian GP? The Lotus driver was the recipient of no fewer than three penalties from the stewards during Sunday’s race - an undoubted record if only records existed for such matters. Although the infringements varied in detail – the first was for overtaking behind the Safety Car, the second for speeding in the pitlane, and the third for smacking into Sergio Perez’s Force India – the common denominator uniting each incident was that Maldonado was exclusively culpa***. How much more patience can his sponsorship buy?
Rating out of ten: Zero (LOOOL :D)

Ir dar, https://twitter.com/SkySportsF1/status/626083717849739264 šiek tiek vėl bus pakeista Singapūro trasa.

Del Singapuro tai buvau nustebintas, kaip anksti jie pradeda ruostis lenktynems - geguzes men jau buvo montuojamos lempos apsvietimui.

O cia - sena gera tema:
Renault has dropped a firm hint that its long-term plans are not in line with Red Bull's any more, but says it intends to honour its contract with the Milton Keynes-based team for next year.

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/frustrated-bored-fed-up-what-s-eating-fernando-alonso - neblogas No*** rasinelis

STREAKS ENDED IN HUNGARY:
18 races led (Hamilton)
28 races led (Mercedes)
16 podium finishes (Hamilton)
28 podium finishes (Mercedes)

Alonso visuomet megsta politikuoti. Nei vienas jo pasisakymas nevyksta be igelimo kam nors ar dvigubo turinio iterpimo. Beje, manau, jam uz 8-10 metu butu pats tas politika rimtai kultyvuoti. Prime minister of Spain, pvz.


Beje, is gandu - atnaujinto Top Gear vienas is vedeju gali buti... Jenson Button!

Valtteri Bottas was said to be the big favourite.
Benoit claims that the deal may have fallen through after Ferrari categorically ruled out paying Williams the EUR 12-18 million it was reportedly demanding for the young Finn's release.
"This is not football," Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne as saying, "so we should leave these (sorts of) transfer fees there."

"Probably Monza," Ecclestone said when asked by Spain's Movistar F1 if one of the proposed 21 races could be dropped. (GMM)

Na jau Monzos tai tegul nedrįsta mest. Viena iš tų trasų, kur pamatom, kiek bolidai gali ištempt. (Jeigu kas, manau, Ferrari parūpins, kad trasa išliktų...)

>mantazzo, ar mersai parūpino, kad Niurburgringas liktų?

AF1>> Bottas: not slow, just not quick enough imo ;) Jei Kimio nebutu istikusios nesekmes, jis tvirtai butu ketvirtoje vairuotoju iskaitos vietoje. Neisivaizduoju ko dar Ferrari galetu noreti is savo pilotu, esant dabartinei situacijai. '16 puikiai tarnaus Kimi, o veliau reikia imti gera ir/arba perspektyvu pilota: Verstappenas, Ricciardo, Sainzas, Hulk. Gal netgi Grosjeanas. Valtteri turejo keleta blykstelejimu, bet jis turetu skalbti Massa 85 proc lenktyniu ir didziojoje dalyje kvalifikaciju. deja, auksciausios Williams vietos kvaloje priklauso Massai. Valtteri kol kas laikau didziausiu nusivylimu, po Pastoro.

Sunku pasakyt taip vienareiksmiskai. Viskas su juo gerai su tuo Bottu, bet overall jis nera top of the top tiek dabar, tiek perspektyvoje.
Perspektyvoje dabar as matau tik Verstappena. Sakykit kas ka norit.

Jo Maxas Verstapenas manau geriausias sprendimas, nes sugeba greitai važiuoti, o Vetteliui pabaigus karjera galėtu puikiai perimti jo vaidmenį ir kovoti dėl čempiono titulo.

Tai jo - Verstapenas gali ateiti ir kokius 6-7 sezonus palaukes (kol Vettelis baigs karjera) pulti kovoti del titulo? Logiska....

Jei rimtai, tai Ricciardo, imho, yra daug geresne investicija, nei Bottas ar Hulkenbergas. Kad ir kokia masina turejo, kad ir kiek nesekmiu Vetteli istiko, bet nugaleti 4x cempiona nera tas pats, kas stumdytis su Perezais ir Massomis vienoje komandoje ju neiveikiant

Ricciardo yra real deal. Massive. Bet jis i Ferrari su Vetteliu will not happen :)

Iseitu, kad Vettelis krites iki Alonso lygio ir renkasi komandos draugus? Vaikams vel zlugs svajones ;)

Anyway, keli idomus faktai:
There has been some talk of the next step being a 50bhp upgrade which even if true and coming with attendant ‘driveability’ and energy efficiency, is still less than half way to closing the gap.
What was encouraging for the Tokyo-Woking axis was that Hungary was the first time that Honda have felt confident enough to run their power unit at ‘full power’, although Boullier clarified on Saturday night that the drivers would not have full ERS use during the race yet.

In the background there continue to be interesting developments in the ownership of McLaren, with Ron Dennis yet to put on the ta*** the money required to buy control of the company by acquiring shares from the Bahraini sovereign wealth fund, as promised when he returned to the helm in 2014.
Therefore the question of how long Dennis will continue is one that will be closely scrutinised in the second half of the season.

gilles82> "Jei Kimio nebutu istikusios nesekmes".

2 metus negali vien tik nesisekti :) Kazkodel Alonso ir Veteliui tiek tu nesekmiu nebuvo? Del daugiau nei puses Raikkonenas pats kaltas :) Jei kvalifikuojies kazkur prie pastoru Maldonadu... tai ir nesitikek kad starte nieko blogo neatsitiks... ar kad neuzstrigsi lenktynese. Didziausia jo problema kvalifikacija.

Ferrari may issue a surprise at Monza in September by keeping its full team together for 2016.

Amid raging speculation about Kimi Raikkonen‘s future, the Italian publication Motorionline claims that Ferrari may be planning not only to announce a new deal for Raikkonen at Monza, but also a contract extension for technical boss James Allison.

As Haas Factory Outlet Portugal's new headquarters was inaugurated near Oporto, the outfit's Californian founder Gene Haas confirmed that Jean-Eric Vergne, Esteban Gutierrez and Nico Hulkenberg have all been linked with the two availa*** race seats.

Mafaz>> Turiu omeny neprisukta rata Australijoj ir prarasta beveik garantuota antra vieta Vengrijoj. 12+18 prarasta

Kodel reikia vasaros atostogu:
http://bbs.hupu.com/13354654.html

Autosport spejama situacija 2016-tiems (jei aplinkybes sukris) arba 2017-iems:
Mercedes-Mercedes
Ferrari-Ferrari
Williams-Mercedes
Red Bull Racing-Mercedes
Force India-Mercedes
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
(Lotus) Renault-Renault
Sauber-Renault
McLaren-Honda
Manor-Ferrari
Haas-Ferrari

Manau rbr liks su Renault dar metams, nebent jie tikrai nupirks lotusą ir rbr nebus svarbiausia komanda jiems. Bet tada jie nebus svarbiausia klientė jokiems tiekėjams,kas,mano galva, labai akivaizdžiai užkerta kelią į pergales.

Ten idomi teorija. Kreivas Renault motoras irgi uzkerta kelia i pergales. Tiesa, eina kalbos, kad Renault kazka turi paruose, kas po vasaros sumazins atsilikima ir Mercedes iki 20ag

Šiaip jau db gerai pastebėjo, manau atėjo tokie laikai, nors panašiai ir praeityje buvo, bet dabar laimėti čempionatą su ne savu motoru yra beveik neįmanoma, t.y. nei su "Mercedes", nei su "Ferrari", nei su "Renault" niekas nelaimės, išskyrus jas pačias, arba šiuo atveju pirmą pasirinkimą, "RedBull". Net lenktynes laimėti ekipai su ne savu motoru yra labai sudėtinga. Tai šiek tiek blogai, nes šiuo konkrečiu atveju čempionatą gali laimėti tik "Ferrari", "Mercedes", "RedBull", arba "McLaren". Tiesa kaip minėjau taip buvo ir praeityje, tik dabar sunkoka butų atsiminti, ar yra buvę priešingai.