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An old friend of ours implying that the honeymoon might be over.

In McLaren's defense. Renault is the other team without a time........

But yeah, at this point I wouldnt be shocked AT ALL if Alonso walks out.

Can we already speculate on who will replace Alonso mid season?

Too soon for Norris? Too late for Button? Kubica is free-ish.

Button when he's free, Norris when Button isn't?

Mid-season? Optimistic..... At this rate I dont see him stay that long.

There’s no need for sympathy for Fernando, today he got the wish he made on Wednesday

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Honda might not be as reliable as some think.

STR have used 2 PU's in the first week. They say that was plannend to analyse the components after X amount of laps. But it might just be that the Honda PU can't handle the mileage that's needed this season (avg of 7 races per PU)
Renault in comparison have used one PU up until last night.

That doesn't mean Mclaren aren't screwing up. There's clearly something wrong with their packaging.

This reminds me of 1989. Ferrari's automatic (or semi automatic) gearbox I think it was, it broke throughout the wintertesting again and again.

First race, Brazil, and bam winning! Even though also in qualifying sessions the gearbox was causing lots of troubles.

I doubt it will happen with McLaren though in Australia

quite sure that after Alonso quits McLaren, good results will appear like magic

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Well, one very good news for McLaren

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mcla ... a-1012932/

If you have to explain there is a good relationship, perhaps there is already something wrong with it. I don't know, but this looks weird.

So most people are expecting Ferrari are 3rd best.
Nobody knows either why everytime they leave the garage, there's a shitload of smoke.

Craig Scarborough pointed out that the exhaust on the Ferarri teams runs out through the rear crash structure. This is somehow having something to do with it.



Can see it really clearly on this shot of a Sauber

I read it's possibly linked to their oil burning, apparantly the Ferrari powered cars all have this small trail of smoke when they're running.

I also noticed that Ferrari (the team, not the engine) was running on very low height. Every time they passed by, I could hear bodywork touching the asfalt. It was worse in corners obviously, but also sometimes on straights.

actually i was wondering: what if an egine supplier deliberately develop engine that can give let's say 50 or even 100hp more but can't handle the 7 races distance? I mean let's consider a team back in the grid, let's say a haas, wouldn't be better for them if they have a 50/100hp advantage for half of the season and then get penalized the other half for using more PU than the rules allow instead of just running the whole season struggling to enter the points?

Is that what Renault meant when they said they might have to get strategic with their engines?

interesting thought. A team like would be better off if it has a few races in the beginning with a few podium finishes (or even better) and thus also much on tv. So you could risk to race without setting the engine in conservative modus. And who knows, maybe the engines will survive longer then expected.

Is the penalty for one extra engine still only a grid penalty of one race? One race where you start at the back but who knows what happens, and then a couple of races with a fresh engine and advantage against the others?