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Perez, I've been bigging him up for months. If Marko doesn't phone him up tonight with a job there's no justice.

First lap will be fun. Mercedes on the front row but on the slower tyre. Hoping George makes a better start than last week.

Bottas just had massively fast lap deleted for track limits. Looks possible GR63 will lead FP2 as well.

Bottas already signed a contract. Hamilton's seat is the vacant one 😁

Fastest in FP1 eh? And Mercedes haven't yet signed a second driver for 2021?

Mazepin has to finish in the top 7 in GP2 to get a F1 Superlicence. He's currently 3rd, but it is still mathematically possible for him to drop to 8th (highly improbable) and not qualify for F1. HAAS would be looking for another pay driver I guess?

No wonder EV look slow. The World Record fastest Scale speed of a Scalextric type slot car is 983mph

^^^ 26 miles. The petrol record drift is 232.5 miles. Cant see most EV going that far in ECO mode, let alone sideways with lots of power required. Just a dull motoring development. Bring back something exciting like steam cars, which after all eclipsed electrics in 1902 when Serpollet took the LSR from Jenatzy, and 4 years later Marriott outran the latest IC cars too at 121mph.

On facebook yesterday there was an item about an EV (whatever one - I forgot) breaking the EV world drifting record. Woo-hoo. Not exactly a Silvia S10 or R34 GT-T with 1000 screaming bhp and open exhausts is it. Googled. It was a Porsche Taycan. Whatever.

I like the way a search for formula E latest news takes you straight to their official site: - which makes absolutely no mention of the fact that 2 of its biggest manufacturers are leaving after the 20/21 series

Busy week in Formula E. Good news as Mahindra signs up for 3 more years... but then Audi quits... and then BMW quits... The future of electric wheeled sport looking somewhat less rosy at the moment, with just the Indian manufacturer signed up for the Gen 3 era so far.

Even if Brit Calum Illot beats him to the title Mick has still got the nod. Not much of an F1 chance though Haas? If K-Mag cant get anything out of that car, a 2 rookie team are going to have an uphill struggle I think.

1. Yes. why is that barrier even there along the straight? Protecting what appears to be a decorative orchard/wood? 2. Cars through Armco has pretty much always been fatal before. This time the halo held its shape and saved his head. 3. Not only the fuel but the battery exploded and caught fire too. I think point 1 is key. The landscaping of the circuit seems to have put a needless hazard alongside the track, which has then been ignored for years.

George Russel on Facebook. Appears to have the Mercedes drive next week!

Grosjean keen to race at Abu Dhabi finale.

Vandoorne and Gutierrez are official reserves. Hulk is probably available and has raced the Mercedes engine already this year. Pietro Fittipaldi is racing for Haas by the way. Is he the first grandson of a F1 Champion to do so? No mate. He's actually retiring after that crash.

Weekend off for Hamilton who has tested positive. Mercedes seat up for grabs.

Speaking of poor drives, what has happened to Bottas lately? Has Hamilton finally crushed his spirit?

Will a podium save Albon's job? Or will anybody notice Perez had him covered the whole race ( in a slower car) ?

Channel 4 making me wait till 9PM for the highlights show! The race is on at 2.

Drivers all hate the 2021 tyres they tested Friday. These tyres are stronger and slower and Pirelli say they are more robust to cope with rising downforce levels. FFS, downforce is being substantially reduced next year - so F1 will just be left with a set of too stiff tyres again.

There is only one seat Perez is waiting for...at RBR. The other seats are all gone, and I believe he rejected Haas.

Renault against Engine freeze for 22. Wolff says plan (from RB & Ferrari) for engine convergence would be an insult. So Horner has pushed too far and Mercedes wont support him (but who knows what is his real agenda?).

So, Honda are quitting at the end of 2021. RedBull's best (only?) option is to buy the Honda engine project and run it themselves from 2022. In order for this to work Red Bull have been pushing for an F1 engine freeze from 2022. After initial No's, Mercedes and now Ferrari are coming round to supporting this... However today from Horner: "Important F1 engine freeze doesn’t lock in disadvantages" Redbull are now seemingly proposing a freeze on the fastest engines but not any other... I can see Mercedes support for the scheme evaporating already

I'd say no... Its impossible to rate anyone as all time best. Each era was different and so difficult to compare. Even picking the best of each era is difficult... but here's my best drivers 30's Carraciola, Rosemeyer, Lang, Nuvolari - could you pick just one? 50's Fangio, Ascari, Moss - who's the best? 60's Brabham, Clark, Hill, Gurney? 70's Stewart, Fittipaldi, Lauda? 80's Prost, Senna, Piquet, Mansell? 90's Schumacher, Hakkinen? 00's Schumacher, Alonso? 10's Vettel, Hamilton Therefore, Hamilton is in my top 23 My best of the best: Ascari, Clark, Stewart, Senna, Schumacher, Hamilton. But I cant pick one out because of the different eras they raced in. As for a knighthood, why? No F1 driver has ever been knighted just for being a success in F1. Brabham, Stewart, Moss, were all long retired before their awards. 29 years for Stewart, 38 for Moss, 8 for Brabham Of course a quicker way to a knighthood for racers used to be to break the LSR (Segrave / Campbell). Maybe Lewis would be up for a go in Bloodhound?