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It's almost certain that Silverstone are going to invoke the clause in their contract and stop hosting the British GP after 2019 due to the costs associated with hosting the event being too high to be financially viable anymore.
Even though other tracks, such as Azerbaijan and Russia, pay around £40 million to the FIA to host a GP compared to Silverstone's £15 million-ish, their governments pay the bill to try and get a bit of prestige and trade to the country, where as Silverstone is in the hands of private investors who are mainly interested in making a profit.
So if, as expected, the clause is activated in the next few days, where does that leave the British GP? Brands Hatch? Donnington Park? A specially made street circuit around central London? Who knows. What I do know is that if this spells the end of the British GP it will be a disaster for both F1 and the country.
Even though other tracks, such as Azerbaijan and Russia, pay around £40 million to the FIA to host a GP compared to Silverstone's £15 million-ish, their governments pay the bill to try and get a bit of prestige and trade to the country, where as Silverstone is in the hands of private investors who are mainly interested in making a profit.
So if, as expected, the clause is activated in the next few days, where does that leave the British GP? Brands Hatch? Donnington Park? A specially made street circuit around central London? Who knows. What I do know is that if this spells the end of the British GP it will be a disaster for both F1 and the country.
Vettel gets away with no further punishment after his antics in Baku but has to issue a grovelling apology to Hamilton, fellow drivers, the fans etc etc. I was hoping he'd be disqualified but the authorities felt the 10 second penalty was sufficient.
He does however have 9 points on his licence so 3 more and he'll be banned for a race, which hopefully will make him less aggressive in his driving and be an advantage to other drivers on the track.
He does however have 9 points on his licence so 3 more and he'll be banned for a race, which hopefully will make him less aggressive in his driving and be an advantage to other drivers on the track.
After 37 years at McLaren Ron Dennis has sold his shares in the team and resigned from the board, ending his involvement in F1.
It's not surprising really, after he was ousted as Chief Executive last November after falling out with other major shareholders it was really only a matter of time before he left the team altogether.
He'll be a big loss to F1 after the success he had over the year, overseeing 10 driver's championships with Lauda, Prost, Senna, Hakkinen, and Hamilton. Unfortunately he'll also be known as being the driving force behind the currently disastrous engine deal with Honda.
Will this be a catalyst for a revolution for McLaren and propel them back to the top of the sport where they belong? Only time will tell.
It's not surprising really, after he was ousted as Chief Executive last November after falling out with other major shareholders it was really only a matter of time before he left the team altogether.
He'll be a big loss to F1 after the success he had over the year, overseeing 10 driver's championships with Lauda, Prost, Senna, Hakkinen, and Hamilton. Unfortunately he'll also be known as being the driving force behind the currently disastrous engine deal with Honda.
Will this be a catalyst for a revolution for McLaren and propel them back to the top of the sport where they belong? Only time will tell.
The FIA are holding a meeting on 3rd July to decide if Vettel should face further punishment for his clash with Hamilton in Azerbaijan, with the verdict due before Austria next weekend.
The stewards at Baku have said they were in no doubt that Vettel deliberately swerved into Hamilton so we'll have to wait and see if anything further happens over the incident.
The stewards at Baku have said they were in no doubt that Vettel deliberately swerved into Hamilton so we'll have to wait and see if anything further happens over the incident.
Reports are the F1 authorities are looking into punishing Vettel further for his deliberate swerve into Hamilton in Azerbaijan.
Hopefully they'll hit him with more punishment, the fact that the officials didn't disqualify him during the race because "they didn't want to interfere in the title race" is a disgrace.
Hopefully they'll hit him with more punishment, the fact that the officials didn't disqualify him during the race because "they didn't want to interfere in the title race" is a disgrace.
Well what an exciting GP we had!
Yellow flags, red flag, Vettel acting the idiot and then trying to blame it all on Hamilton, Riccardio and Bottas right at the back of the field after the start and somehow they manage to finish 1st and 2nd respectively.
Plenty of crashes, controversy, and excellent (and no so excellent) driving over the entire weekend made this a thoroughly enjoyable round.
As far as the Vettel/Hamilton incident goes, Vettel was clearly in the wrong. Hamilton was at the front behind the pace car and as such it was his right to dictate the pace. Vettel first of all simply made a mistake and assumed Hamilton would accelerate away out of the corner so accelerated himself and ended up crashing into the back of Hamilton. Pure accident there.
However what he did next was way out of line, coming up alongside Hamilton and deliberately sideswiping him. It wouldn't surprise me if he took a leaf out of Schumacher's book, realized he'd damaged his car and would need to pit, so tried to deliberately damage Hamilton's car so he'd have to come in to the pits as well.
He was lucky to get away with a stop-go 10 second penalty and 3 points on his licence. Hopefully he'll get 3 more points soon and be banned for a race.
Roll on Hungary in just under 2 weeks time!
Yellow flags, red flag, Vettel acting the idiot and then trying to blame it all on Hamilton, Riccardio and Bottas right at the back of the field after the start and somehow they manage to finish 1st and 2nd respectively.
Plenty of crashes, controversy, and excellent (and no so excellent) driving over the entire weekend made this a thoroughly enjoyable round.
As far as the Vettel/Hamilton incident goes, Vettel was clearly in the wrong. Hamilton was at the front behind the pace car and as such it was his right to dictate the pace. Vettel first of all simply made a mistake and assumed Hamilton would accelerate away out of the corner so accelerated himself and ended up crashing into the back of Hamilton. Pure accident there.
However what he did next was way out of line, coming up alongside Hamilton and deliberately sideswiping him. It wouldn't surprise me if he took a leaf out of Schumacher's book, realized he'd damaged his car and would need to pit, so tried to deliberately damage Hamilton's car so he'd have to come in to the pits as well.
He was lucky to get away with a stop-go 10 second penalty and 3 points on his licence. Hopefully he'll get 3 more points soon and be banned for a race.
Roll on Hungary in just under 2 weeks time!
Well we're certainly having an eventful race, yellow flags, a red flag, Vettel runs into the back of Hamilton under the safety car then tries to ram him off the track, five cars retired, Raikkonen a lap down on everyone else after some work needed to be done on his car after a collision, and still 20 laps to go.
Looking forward to the last half-hour or so!
Looking forward to the last half-hour or so!
I'm looking forward to a good GP today, Hamilton has banished last season's nightmare he had in Azerbaijan to take pole and with Vettel back in 4th hopefully Bottas and Raikkonen can keep him there at the start.
Weather forecast is for it to be dry with sunshine so there's no need to worry about extra tyre changes due to rain, roll on 1pm!
Weather forecast is for it to be dry with sunshine so there's no need to worry about extra tyre changes due to rain, roll on 1pm!
An excellent drive from Hamilton puts him on pole for tomorrow's GP, with Bottas in 2nd for an all-Mercedes front row.
This pole puts him ahead of Senna into 2nd for the most career poles, only two behind Schumacher which he will surely beat before the season is over.
Raikkonen was 3rd and Vettel 4th for an all-Ferrari 2nd row, so we should have an exciting, competitive start tomorrow. Here's hoping Hamilton keeps up his form from today and cuts Vettel's lead even further, or even manages to overtake him in the driver's standings.
This pole puts him ahead of Senna into 2nd for the most career poles, only two behind Schumacher which he will surely beat before the season is over.
Raikkonen was 3rd and Vettel 4th for an all-Ferrari 2nd row, so we should have an exciting, competitive start tomorrow. Here's hoping Hamilton keeps up his form from today and cuts Vettel's lead even further, or even manages to overtake him in the driver's standings.
Hamilton's looking good in qualifying, 0.7 seconds ahead of the field in Q2. Hopefully he can keep it up and get pole for tomorrow.
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